Dang son, that intro! 😎 Funky ass places are the best. That habitat is just sick looking. 13:20 hell to the yeah! Nice find!! 16:05 ridiculous looking. 19:51 damn 2fers. Get down with the sickness. Excellent video brother.
Insane Perentie encounter! Wow! Man if I had grabbed its leg I'd be in over my head with an animal like that. Too much reptile for me to take on bare handed heh. Dope drone shots! Awesome black headed pythons. The legless geckos are a mind blower -- I hadn't heard of those until seeing your videos. Good job on that id -- seeing the scaly-foot lick its own eyes was an awesome tell. Neat that you got that eye-lick on video. What an awesome way to figure out a "snake" wasn't venomous. Excellent videos Frank! You are cranking on the editing here and its great stuff sir.
@@reptiliandiaries We just extended our stay-at-home order in WA and it might be June before overnight camping + non-essential travel isn't scorned. Springtime cabin fever is a drag. You are making good use of your quarantine time in the edit bay!
Your videos are the shit! I especially appreciate that you are a lizard guy as am I and your vids aren’t too snake heavy. I hope you found some ackies as I want to see what they look like in that area.
Thanks dude! Man we did see an ackie back in Egernia epsisolus episode but we didn’t get it on film. It was down in the rock cracks deep and there was no way we could get it out. But if you look at that habitat, that’s it. Bummer we didn’t get one on film, but that only means we gotta go back for a second trip:)
Love your videos, Frank. For me, herping reptiles in the field, photographing and just checking them out, is where it's at. When you stick them in a cage, you lose most of what is interesting about them, which is seeing them in their own habitat and interacting with nature. Here in Oregon, my favorite herping area is southeast Oregon. There are some pretty cool herps, such as collared lizards, ground snakes, Great Basin rattlers and more.
I am fascinated by the fact that your knob-tailed gecko has the same tail as the spiny-tailed uromastyx (spelling?) of the Middle East. The tail looks as if it could be an aid for digging in sand. An example of evolutionary convergence?
That’s more or the less the idea. Both genera are known to use the tails to block the entrance of burrows/crevices and also both are known to store fat in the tail for leaner times:) pretty awesome.
Should be retitled 'Acting macho by handling and stressing out wild reptiles across WA' . But hey, you got the clicks and subscribers. I respect the reptiles that I come across, both large and small; give them their space. Maybe you should too.
I can appreciate your opinion and thanks for the comment. I hardly do this for clicks and subscribers as you can tell by the subscriber count. I’ve spent the better part of thirty years studying, photographing, keeping, and observing reptiles in the wild and in captivity. I’ve traveled all over the world to see them on my own dime and I’m well aware of the stress levels an animals faces during a capture. I gauge this accordingly when catching an animal. There was not one moment where anyone in this video acted macho or went overboard. I feel I portray the fun of herping and traveling with friends decently without overdoing it, and if you can’t appreciate that, then by all means, move on. Thanks.
Indeed, it's not my preferred style of presentation, it makes me even more nostalgic for old episodes of 'Harry Butler'. Having said that; that is a Perentie, which is different from the coastal Lace Monitor. I suppose that's what you mean by a 'normal monitor lizard'. It's a big and diverse genus, however, particularly in Australia.
I just discovered this channel and i already think this vid didnt get the views it deserved. You deserve better man!
Agreed, kinda true tho XD
Thanks man!
man that applies to every single one of franks videos.
When I camped my way across Oz I also found a Black headed Python on a night Cruse in the Northern Territory. One of my highlights
I can definitely attest to that! Such cool snakes! I’d love to see the NT
Your videos = My therapy.
That’s so rad:) thank you
Dang son, that intro! 😎 Funky ass places are the best. That habitat is just sick looking. 13:20 hell to the yeah! Nice find!! 16:05 ridiculous looking. 19:51 damn 2fers. Get down with the sickness. Excellent video brother.
Smetlogik thanks broski:)
Thanks for sharing!
Hi Frank, i like your Channel .Best wishes from Düsseldorf Germany
Thank you Markus!
Excellent photography. Thanks for the road trip. Wish I was there.
Great video! Keep it coming please! Any more skinks on the list for the rest of the trip?
Thanks dude! We have a big awesome skink in the final episode, and we have a little something in the next episode:)
Cool vid! That's one big lizard! I liked the cute gecko too!
Thanks man, so much cool stuff there
I dont know if you already have but i recommend going to kalgoorlie near the goldmines there is so much i love it there
Never been, but totally down for a second trip! Thanks!
Insane Perentie encounter! Wow! Man if I had grabbed its leg I'd be in over my head with an animal like that. Too much reptile for me to take on bare handed heh. Dope drone shots! Awesome black headed pythons. The legless geckos are a mind blower -- I hadn't heard of those until seeing your videos. Good job on that id -- seeing the scaly-foot lick its own eyes was an awesome tell. Neat that you got that eye-lick on video. What an awesome way to figure out a "snake" wasn't venomous. Excellent videos Frank! You are cranking on the editing here and its great stuff sir.
Thank you sir! That continent is full of wacky stuff. I hope this lock downs ends before the series does! I need to get out!
@@reptiliandiaries We just extended our stay-at-home order in WA and it might be June before overnight camping + non-essential travel isn't scorned. Springtime cabin fever is a drag. You are making good use of your quarantine time in the edit bay!
I’m gettin out in a week or two. I gotta do a little herping!
Thanks for the awesome videos!!
My pleasure man:) Thanks for watching
Your videos are the shit! I especially appreciate that you are a lizard guy as am I and your vids aren’t too snake heavy. I hope you found some ackies as I want to see what they look like in that area.
Thanks dude! Man we did see an ackie back in Egernia epsisolus episode but we didn’t get it on film. It was down in the rock cracks deep and there was no way we could get it out. But if you look at that habitat, that’s it. Bummer we didn’t get one on film, but that only means we gotta go back for a second trip:)
Love your videos, Frank. For me, herping reptiles in the field, photographing and just checking them out, is where it's at. When you stick them in a cage, you lose most of what is interesting about them, which is seeing them in their own habitat and interacting with nature. Here in Oregon, my favorite herping area is southeast Oregon. There are some pretty cool herps, such as collared lizards, ground snakes, Great Basin rattlers and more.
Field herping is life….I do enjoy keeping them, but if I had to choose one….easy answer. Oregon definitely had a nice little handful of cool species
that's a good way of putting it but i have to have a pet one 😂,
wow, never knew blackheads were cobra impersonators, and awesome experience with that perentie!
Thanks dude! Yeah that Blackhead was doing crazy stuff! That whole day was epic
Your videos are just awesome!!!!
Thanks bro! Glad you’re enjoying them:)
Epic Videos!! Can’t wait for more
tdnerheb thanks bra! Gotta get you out with me
I am fascinated by the fact that your knob-tailed gecko has the same tail as the spiny-tailed uromastyx (spelling?) of the Middle East. The tail looks as if it could be an aid for digging in sand. An example of evolutionary convergence?
That’s more or the less the idea. Both genera are known to use the tails to block the entrance of burrows/crevices and also both are known to store fat in the tail for leaner times:) pretty awesome.
Lol. I love that breakfast. If that is typical for Aussies, they must have broken away from the Queen a bit and taken some lessons from us yanks.
wanna be friends?🙋☆
Should be retitled 'Acting macho by handling and stressing out wild reptiles across WA' . But hey, you got the clicks and subscribers. I respect the reptiles that I come across, both large and small; give them their space. Maybe you should too.
I can appreciate your opinion and thanks for the comment. I hardly do this for clicks and subscribers as you can tell by the subscriber count. I’ve spent the better part of thirty years studying, photographing, keeping, and observing reptiles in the wild and in captivity. I’ve traveled all over the world to see them on my own dime and I’m well aware of the stress levels an animals faces during a capture. I gauge this accordingly when catching an animal. There was not one moment where anyone in this video acted macho or went overboard. I feel I portray the fun of herping and traveling with friends decently without overdoing it, and if you can’t appreciate that, then by all means, move on. Thanks.
Cut the music and the annoying commentary and ur herp vids would be good ,isn’t that a normal monitor lizard ? I don’t get the drama and the music
That’s Australia’s largest lizard predator, anything but normal. If you don’t like the music, mute it.
@@reptiliandiaries I didn't see anything that was not normal about that perentie. What were you referring to as "anything but normal"?
Indeed, it's not my preferred style of presentation, it makes me even more nostalgic for old episodes of 'Harry Butler'. Having said that; that is a Perentie, which is different from the coastal Lace Monitor. I suppose that's what you mean by a 'normal monitor lizard'. It's a big and diverse genus, however, particularly in Australia.