Haha thanks :) Was being a little hard on myself - the area was so small it was hard to get a wide angle shot of the fights without getting my friend's camera housing in the frame
@@crookedchimneys This means a lot! Hoping to use the channel to so some beauty in some unexpected life forms as well as the ones we all know and love :)
You are setting the bar SOOOOOOOO high!!! This film is absolutely incredible. I am grateful for your presence and your artful and lovely films. I appreciate your caring sensitivity, your artistic eye, your delightful way with words and your willingness to share such wonderful adventures with us. Thank you ✨🙌🏻🙏🏼
Accidentally caught one while catfishing the Blue river in Indiana 25 years ago. Amazing powerful salamanders. Great video. Hopefully nature wasn’t too harsh on them after the flooding
@@JDubfishing79 Oh interesting! I know that does happen every now and then - if they’re hungry they’ll snap at things passing by. They really are so cool - thanks! I hope so too. The population survived similar river flood levels in 2021 with tropical storm Fred but that’s some big weather events back to back so hard to tell
Macro-hellbender texture is so epic! So many oranges, greens, browns, bumps, folds, fingers. Overall, such an excellenet job taking great high quality video and describing what we're witessing. I thought it was intresting how they breath through their skin but get tired from wrangling one another and have to take a real gulp from the top of the water. i never knew that. Knowing that has improved my life in a small way that I enjoy. I also had never seen how the eggs stick together like that. Very Intresting!
@@GhostRanger75 That’s so kind! Glad you enjoyed it! Tried to lean harder into storytelling with this one - especially since there was so much neat behavior happening
You need to come back and film some beautiful Native Brook Trout too with that wonderful orange underbelly, always a good reason to keep visiting the Southern Appalachians!
Its fun to hear more about you going on these quests in addition to the wildlife scenes! It really makes you look forward to the awesome footage. You change the audio and I lock in so hard its amazing. You are a wizard with the edits I bet it takes forever
I just adore your videos!! It is evident from your footage that you have an eye for finding the beauty in all things, accompanied by such well spoken scripts makes for a wonderful homage to our mother earth 🫶
Thank you for taking time out of your adventures to create videos for us! I really really enjoy them, and they’re part of the reason I plan to get a degree in wildlife conservation :)
@@alexsecor5633 Of course! And that’s super awesome! Steve Irwin’s videos/show inspired me to get into wildlife conservation so that’s really cool to hear that I can have a similar effect even if in a smaller way. Best of luck to you!
Wow! My boyfriend and I always watch your videos together. He's an artist in asheville who got his studio flooded completley when hurricane helene hit! We love camping and looking for wildlife at night and think you do such a great job. You are inspiring and loved the part where you showed all the other terrestrial salamanders! Keep up the excellent work, I know we will all be friends soon and can find ways to collaborate ecological storytelling through videography, art, and community!
@@merylgartland2614 Thank you so much for the kind words and I’m so sorry about the studio flooding. Is your boyfriend Spencer? I think he messaged me a while back and I meant to respond but unfortunately had a lot going on at the time and lost it :( Ecological storytelling is my jam so if you guys have any ideas for collaborating I’d love to hear them! All the best to you guys!
@@josephrickettsphotoincredible footage! Next time you’re in town again we would love to invite you to a nature journaling campout-led by Spencer Beals, the artist. Any sort of collaboration involving art and nature knowledge would be such an inspirational experience. I’m all for the uniting of highly skilled individuals-especially when it involves the passion of our shared ecosystems.
Thank you so much and absolutely! Looks like hellbenders might get federally listed soon which would be great news for the species - hopefully it happens!
It’s so disappointing that there are people out there who knowingly take the salamanders right in the middle of a protected area. I hope they are eventually caught.
Thank you so much! The vid I am currently working on I actually filmed while free-diving in the ocean! Definitely more marine content to come in the future, but freshwater is the most accessible for me at the moment
Video idea: Brook Trout and Terrestrial Salamander Biodiversity. kinda like this but deep dive animal behavior of other salamanders. Toss some lichen B-roll in there that would be a hit!
I'm just going wild with the comments because I'm trying to have this video reach a million people. Fun idea though: You sell your art photography and Spencer (asheville artist) sells his wildlife narrative watercolor drawings. We both make a bunch of money and go on epic quests talking about wildlife and just having a nice time camping and enjoying the woods!
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11:24 Bro just dropped that after some of the most amazing American hellbender footage to date
Haha thanks :) Was being a little hard on myself - the area was so small it was hard to get a wide angle shot of the fights without getting my friend's camera housing in the frame
The quality of your guys’ work is insane! Love how you choose the unassuming, more obscure parts of nature to focus on. Keep up the great work!!👏
@@crookedchimneys This means a lot! Hoping to use the channel to so some beauty in some unexpected life forms as well as the ones we all know and love :)
You are setting the bar SOOOOOOOO high!!! This film is absolutely incredible.
I am grateful for your presence and your artful and lovely films.
I appreciate your caring sensitivity, your artistic eye, your delightful way with words and your willingness to share such wonderful adventures with us. Thank you ✨🙌🏻🙏🏼
Thank you so much! This means a lot :)
Wow! Stunning underwater footage and great information. Thanks for trying to restore the destroyed den and reposition the eggs.
@@yurihuta8487 Thank you so much! And of course, always gotta help out the native amphibians 💪🏼
Accidentally caught one while catfishing the Blue river in Indiana 25 years ago. Amazing powerful salamanders. Great video. Hopefully nature wasn’t too harsh on them after the flooding
@@JDubfishing79 Oh interesting! I know that does happen every now and then - if they’re hungry they’ll snap at things passing by. They really are so cool - thanks! I hope so too. The population survived similar river flood levels in 2021 with tropical storm Fred but that’s some big weather events back to back so hard to tell
Macro-hellbender texture is so epic! So many oranges, greens, browns, bumps, folds, fingers. Overall, such an excellenet job taking great high quality video and describing what we're witessing. I thought it was intresting how they breath through their skin but get tired from wrangling one another and have to take a real gulp from the top of the water. i never knew that. Knowing that has improved my life in a small way that I enjoy. I also had never seen how the eggs stick together like that. Very Intresting!
Awesome video. The story and filmography are spectacular. Definitely my top RUclipsr right now.
@@GhostRanger75 That’s so kind! Glad you enjoyed it! Tried to lean harder into storytelling with this one - especially since there was so much neat behavior happening
This is fantastic. The salamander diversity in the Appalachians is incredible and your video quality is awesome!
@@charlesbrooks5749 Hey thank you so much! Oh yeah, Appalachian amphibian diversity is amazing!
When it clamped down and they did a death roll spin move I was geeked I have never seen so much hellbender behavior in one video
Very underrated channel
@@AKoboldsAdventures Thank you! 🙏🏼 Hopefully we’ll get there :)
I’m surprised you don’t have millions of subscribers. This is awesome. Keep up the good work
@@Dronekid965 Thank you so much!! Haha maybe one day, I’ll keep at it :)
You need to come back and film some beautiful Native Brook Trout too with that wonderful orange underbelly, always a good reason to keep visiting the Southern Appalachians!
Awesome! You've become one of my favourite youtube channels so quickly, I'm always looking forward to new videos!
@@living_wildlife That’s so kind! Thanks so much :) Plenty more to come!
This video is amazing!! You have a way with words and the filming is so engaging. Great work!!!
Thank you :)
This whole video is electric
Great footage! What an amazing salamander and place!
@@MatthewPerez-k6u Hey thanks, Matt! Can’t wait for next time
7:00, What a perfect shot! Recently found your channel, your videos are so relaxing and visually delightful 🥹
I got lucky that individual wandered into the shallows for the split shot. Thank so much, and welcome to the channel!
Including more cool insects I always find interesting. That caterpillar was unreal! WILDLIFE!
Its fun to hear more about you going on these quests in addition to the wildlife scenes! It really makes you look forward to the awesome footage. You change the audio and I lock in so hard its amazing. You are a wizard with the edits I bet it takes forever
Insanely underrated channel man. Amazing stuff
@@natemaestre1080 That means a lot! Thank you!
Great video as always. Keep them coming!
@@joaopedrocypriano3069 Thank you! Will do!
those salamanders are so cool
@@KOOLAIDMANN987 They are hands down the coolest of cool
I was hoping you'd post again soon! Amazing filmography, and keep up the great work!
This one took me a while to edit haha, but hoping to pick up the pace going forward. Thank you, I definitely will!
I just adore your videos!! It is evident from your footage that you have an eye for finding the beauty in all things, accompanied by such well spoken scripts makes for a wonderful homage to our mother earth 🫶
@@camilleonparisi7368 Hey thank you so much for the kind comment! That means a lot :)
Thanks for sharing something a little different, interesting as always. Cheers.
@@divercraig65 Of course! Thank you!
Thank you for taking time out of your adventures to create videos for us! I really really enjoy them, and they’re part of the reason I plan to get a degree in wildlife conservation :)
@@alexsecor5633 Of course! And that’s super awesome! Steve Irwin’s videos/show inspired me to get into wildlife conservation so that’s really cool to hear that I can have a similar effect even if in a smaller way. Best of luck to you!
The GOAT is BACKKKKK!!!!!!
@@ssizzlee14 Haha thank ya! This one took a while to edit 😅
legitimately my favorite channel on the platform pls keep uploading
@ I definitely will! Plenty of videos planned - I’ll work on getting them out a bit faster :)
Wow this is wild
@@WilsonRicketts-n1g Thanks bro :)
A awesome video again❤
@@VicbrixYT Thank you! :)
Wow! My boyfriend and I always watch your videos together. He's an artist in asheville who got his studio flooded completley when hurricane helene hit! We love camping and looking for wildlife at night and think you do such a great job. You are inspiring and loved the part where you showed all the other terrestrial salamanders! Keep up the excellent work, I know we will all be friends soon and can find ways to collaborate ecological storytelling through videography, art, and community!
@@merylgartland2614 Thank you so much for the kind words and I’m so sorry about the studio flooding. Is your boyfriend Spencer? I think he messaged me a while back and I meant to respond but unfortunately had a lot going on at the time and lost it :(
Ecological storytelling is my jam so if you guys have any ideas for collaborating I’d love to hear them! All the best to you guys!
@@josephrickettsphotoincredible footage! Next time you’re in town again we would love to invite you to a nature journaling campout-led by Spencer Beals, the artist. Any sort of collaboration involving art and nature knowledge would be such an inspirational experience. I’m all for the uniting of highly skilled individuals-especially when it involves the passion of our shared ecosystems.
Another awesome video. Would love to see some more trout!
Thanks so much! It will probably be about a year (missed breeding season this year), but I am planning to do a trout video eventually!
I love these videos, I’ve been introduced to so many new species from watching
@@Catapillock That’s awesome and a large part of my goal in making them!
Incredible video and incredible footage! Thank you for spreading such valuable information about these populations and the dangers they face!
Thank you so much and absolutely! Looks like hellbenders might get federally listed soon which would be great news for the species - hopefully it happens!
This is insane footage, man. I’d imagine the behavior you were able to capture is not commonly documented. Good stuff!
Thanks so much! I was very excited to see it!
I hope a million people see this video
One of my favorite animals. so underrated
@@billsmith1998 100% agree! Excellent choice for a favorite animal
Fascinating!
@@robertfaber6796 Thank you! They really are wonderful and weird creatures
Awesome video, beautiful habitats. Reminds me of snorkeling up in NH/VT streams but down there you guys got more freshwater diversity.
Thank you! Oh that's really cool, I'd love to do a ton of freshwater snorkeling in the Northeast
Great video Joseph!
Thanks Andrew!!
SAVE THE HELLBENDERS
It’s so disappointing that there are people out there who knowingly take the salamanders right in the middle of a protected area. I hope they are eventually caught.
I definitely agree. On top of all that it's a species of special concern. I hope so too.
Nice one!
Thank ya!
Please teach at Florida Earthskills! That would be awesome! You would really enjoy that Earthskills gathering!
Your videos are so good!
@@qdhmkd Thank you! Glad you enjoy them!
Love your Videos! ❤
@@aha7303 Thank you so much!
your videos are so relaxing, I love watching them! Would you ever wanna do ocean dives
Thank you so much! The vid I am currently working on I actually filmed while free-diving in the ocean! Definitely more marine content to come in the future, but freshwater is the most accessible for me at the moment
@@josephrickettsphoto I can't wait to watch it! I love the freshwater videos too, your awesome 👍
Video idea: Brook Trout and Terrestrial Salamander Biodiversity. kinda like this but deep dive animal behavior of other salamanders. Toss some lichen B-roll in there that would be a hit!
What a great channel..
@@Quackins Thank you!
Cute rocks
@@Autumn_Dome There are definitely some great rocks in these rivers
Can you document brook trout?
@@Patrick-dj9dd They are already on the schedule for next Fall :)
Waiting for breeding season otherwise they are WAY too flighty to film haha
just saw the catalina island vid and was gonna comment to ask you to visit southern app.
@@ethanchesser756 oh that’s awesome! And don’t worry, I’ll be headed back in the spring :) - lots to explore in the Appalachians for sure!
dude i adore nature and am right in this area, would love to link up and dive sometime if you ever need an extra hand 🤙🤙
@@CrabCakes2629 Appreciate it man!
I desperately wants your videos to go viral, hoped my comment helped boost the algorithm
@@abdanr.a6244 Aww that’s so kind, thank you! I got lucky with one video, just going to do my best to stay consistent and keep creating :)
I'm just going wild with the comments because I'm trying to have this video reach a million people. Fun idea though: You sell your art photography and Spencer (asheville artist) sells his wildlife narrative watercolor drawings. We both make a bunch of money and go on epic quests talking about wildlife and just having a nice time camping and enjoying the woods!
Awesome video, Joseph!!
Thanks Bill!!