WORLD’S WEIRDEST TURTLE?
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Planet Earth remains home to some of the most bizarre yet beautiful animals. From birds that perform quirky mating rituals to mammals that lay eggs, our natural world never ceases to amaze us with the weird and wonderful. Reptiles already host some of the strangest species we've come to know but when we think of turtles and tortoises we often picture a creature with a domed shell and the face of an old man that slowly lumbers around eating plants. What if we told you there is a turtle that looks nothing like that but instead appears as though it is a rotting log with fallen leaves and has a snorkel for a nose? What if we told you that it has a permanent smile on its face and that it suction feeds on live fish? Well, all of that is true and in this video we explore the amazing mata mata turtle (Chelus fimbriata) from South America. This wacky turtle species is found in iconic areas like the Amazon and Orinoco basin as it sits motionless at the bottom of freshwater bodies waiting for unsuspecting fish to pass by. Meet our brand new addition "Jatta" the mata and see how we set up a zoo-style habitat for her in our indoor nature room.
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Chris and Casey Leone
1 hour ago I knew norhing about this species of turtle. You are providing a grand service educating the public about the wonderful world of turtles/tortoises!
Thank you so so much 🙏🏻
I didn't either
Beautiful turtle and love the setup! Keep up the great work GST family 😍 can’t wait to see you in the Snake Discovery enclosure build off
Thank you!!
Chris the most interesting part of this was your attention to detail on the set-up for this Turtle..absolutely agree 100% keep it as natural as possible.well done sir
Awesome habitat! Your habitats always are so amazing 👏 😍
Thank you Sierra!
How neat! What a great addition! This is going to be fun watching and learning about the Mata -Mata.
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Thanks Paige!
What an extraordinary example! Such an amazing and unique turtle, one of my favorites! And what an awesome setup!
Thanks Mike!
As much as I like turtles, I certainly would hate to meet up with this turtle in a dark alley. Its intriguing, but I would have to say, "Only it's Mother could love that mug."
Did you mean to say " only it's Mata -Mata " could love that mug?
@@Astro_touches_children Whether it's mother cared for it or not, the Mata Mata had a mother and never seeing it herself, she would be shocked. Just my Sunday morning sillys.
Have a Blessed day sir.
@@redbird675 the same to you, my avian friend 🕊️
@@Astro_touches_children Avians are birds, I know that much. Had plenty of those pets in my lifetime. Have a nice day.
Haha definitely! Such an incredible animal, though.
Kenan (Kamp Kenan) has a Mata-Mata in one of his ponds and I’ve always been fascinated by it. I think their camouflage is second to none and I also think they’re beautiful. An unusual opinion, I know but I really love what Evolution By Natural Selection does. 🐢❤️🐢
That innocent, sweet smile....surprise! Jada is beautifully made to suit her environment.
Thank you for the donation! It's a lovely container!
So happy y'all got a matamata, especially with such a dope (and visible) enclosure. They are my favorite species of turtle!
Awesome and thank you!
😮💗 this is incredible! Thanks for sharing so much about this wonderful turtle! Never knew it existed! She really looks like a little Kaiju!
Mata Mata are my favourite turts 🥰 they're like leaf/dragon/turtles and are so beautiful and fascinating. Their permanent smile expression makes me so happy 🥰
I love Mata-Mata, I had a book on animals for children in '80 with the chapter on this particular species.. It was probably the first turtle I got to know about❤️. I admire what you are doing guys along with Kamp Kenan and few others, great inspiration for reptiles conservation programs.
This was great to watch, matas are cool.
Thanks!
Omg! Amazing! It really looks pretty dope! Thank you
Also, have you guys though about making a Discord? Might be a really cool community! Congratulations, you guys are flying towards 100k!!!
Love everything that y'all do, and it's so amazing to see all of the great enclosures and outdoor setups! If ok to say, just be careful with rosey reds and fathead minnows, as they both contain thiaminase just like goldfish do.
Wow! Amazing. Thank you.
Big fan of mata Mata. Also new fan cause I'd never seen this species. Good video and info man
I had to slo mo at 0.25x to make sure it ate the fish but I couldn't tell if it did. It was way to quick!!
I was referring to the intro before I watched the whole video.
I thought the alligator snapping turtle was the ugliest looking of all turtles, but this one is the winner!
I meant "ugly" per human-eyes standard. 😜 IN MY HEART THEY ARE NOT UGLY AT ALL. I love watching turtles. I love your videos.
Mabuhay! 🇵🇭
Crazy fast! We couldn’t believe we even caught it on camera more than once.
Whoa 😳.. amazing and unique. What a great addition to your family.
Thanks for sharing Jatta with us. ❤️
Thank you and thanks for watching!
WOW! amazing looking animal! almost alien like. great video
I loved this soooo much! I'm subbed now
Thank you!!!!!
Wow that is a cool looking turtle absolutely beautiful🥰💕
I THOUGHT that might have been what was in your recent “what is it?” Quick clip the other day. They have the BEST camouflage ever, and I have long been fascinated by the species. Congratulations on adding Jada to your critters.🖤🇨🇦
So excited for the build off!
Wow that’s awesome aquarium and that turtle is one cool looking turtle she’s awesome I think she’s beautiful🥰🥰💕💕
Didnt know about the snorkel nose. Cool.
4:45.. for half a second I thought the dog was in the tank
Amazing..I've never heard or seen anything like her and I love turtles
Thanks for sharing. I have never heard of them.
Thanks for watching!
Never seen this before in my life but I love it, sorta like those soft shelled turtles with the cute noses
So in love with this species!😍
I had no idea this turtle species existed. I feel the prehistoric!
I think that is the strangest but coolest thing I have ever seen xxxx
I've seen these turtles before but I learned so much more about them in this video! Given that you have lots of breeding projects going on, are there any plans to breed this species when Jata is adult size?
Awesome!! 🤩 Matamata turtle❤️
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i never heard of this turtle and yes strange interesting wonderful education i enjoy your educational series😊
I thought it was cool when you mentioned that “one of the VP meanings of the word Jada is tangled/matted” and I wanted to mention that coincidentally the word “Jada” means Girl in Haida (the language of the natives of Haida Gwaii also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands!
Fantastic habitat!
one type of turtle that is aggressive, cool
Your background music journey is so interesting … I say rock music !!
That is amazing evolution 👏 🐢
I want one !
Is your nature room in a converted garage? I noticed the pathway and rocks and thought that was a really cool. That set up was awesome, I love all the animals/reptiles and bugs that mimic nature! Those are my favorite kind because they blend in so well you could be staring right at it and dont even know it! She was really interesting to learn about, thanks for sharing this!
Thank you for teaching us about this amazing species of turtle. So cool!
A Mata Mata is my dream animal, they are so cool.
Awesome. Definitely amazing to experience them!
Great Tank and Turtle
Thank you!
Jatta the Mata... so cool 😎👍
Haha we thought it had a nice ring to it!
Turtle ? Ah....
awesome tank.. looks great
Thanks Jim!
Love her enclosure! Great job!
Wow 😲😍
Cool weird perfectly describes her! So cool 🙂
😊
Evolution is wonderful.
Totally 💯
I loooove mata mata turtles!!! I'm so happy you have one now 😁😁😁🥰
Thanks!
"Weird, but cool weird." Best definition of a Mata Mata I've heard!
Thanks Jay!
There’s a huge one of these in a small, bare tank at a local fish store where I live. It’s so sad.
Definitely strange looking
What the shell is that?!? Wow!!! I've never seen anything like this. Looks like a Mass Effect alien 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
She is beautiful!
I saw a short on one of these and had to find a full video. I'm still trying to figure out where it's eyes are.
Cool turtles so well blended with the environment it lives in awsome 💚 java
Looking forward to seeing you on the build off!
Thank you!
He's getting a little 'wiggley', I think she wants you put her down, lol.
Tiene un camuflaje espectacular
Parece una pedazo de tronco o una hoja seca en el fondo del lago
Mata is good, interesting. But it is Otis with whom I am infatuated.
Does the blackwater share any similarity to tannins?
The Mata Mata reminds me of some of the fungus that clings to rotting logs here in western Washington!
Wow, I bet certainly resembles it!
Are the lights uvb?
Wtf that is so weird I have never seen a turtle look like that before.
Great video Chris and Casey! Do you have any thoughts to try to breed this species? I've heard that it's extremely difficult, but I also have seen some USA CBB being offered by Jay Frewer.
Thanks Tom! Hard to say really. Everyone claims it’s impossible but yes I see that Jay is offering CB. I don’t have enough background with matas to make any claims but I guess anything is possible!
I love turtles - all kinds of turtles (and tortoises). But, that thing's got a face only its mother could love.......... Thanks for the education on this type, Chris.
Haha totally Mike, thanks!
When you first showed the tank it looked like a dog was in it as well it wasJust a reflection but spooky
It’s a Mata Mata I love them guys
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Wow, that’s the funkiest looking turtle I’ve ever seen, where are the eyes on it?
Diversity is BEAUTIFUL.
What about keeping this spiecies with other turtles?
very cool look but very stinky after several fish😅
Wow
Can you keep different species of Mediterranean tortoises together. Like for example a Russian and Herrman's
I need a tank like that
Awesome
Thanks!
Neat turtle.i always thought they were called leaf turtles. I have not seen much footage of them
Thanks Tim. They really are bizarre.
@@GardenStateTortoise I think the largest freshwater turtle is in India.another weird one is the one where it wraps it's head to the side in it's shell
weird to us. nightmare to fish
Totally 🤣
Oh my goodness that looks like a dragon that don’t look like a turtle although I can tell it is but I wouldn’t have known it unless you have told us and showed us they are amazing😳💕
Jaya is gorgeous!
ever since first seeing one of these earlier this year i been wanting one. but i realize the setup and so on is more than i can handle. neither of us would be happy. still my family have a nice pond be cool to get a few set free in there. but i afradit the snappers would kill them.... Edit, wow that pretty warm water temps. yea def cant do the pond idea then. fresh underground water def not freezing but i guess it sticks around 60*... seems to be to cold sadly. well good to know
I hear you!
it's a water puppy
Totally 🤣
interesting animal
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Only Chris could love such an ugly turtle! LOL Very educational video as I've never seen a Mata Mata except in pictures. Hope she/he loves the enclosure. Always amazed as to the effort you guys put into creating their habitats. One question: what do you do in the winter if you have a power outage for more than a couple of hours? Do you have a backup generator? (Also loved everyone's comments)
🤣🤣 We are well prepared with multiple generators in case that happens. Lucky for us south jersey winters aren’t harsh for long and even on the coldest nights the building doesn’t get near freezing with everything turned off.
Rinsing the sand before would have been easier….
Its cute.
Agreed.
It looks like it's smiling sort of
Totally
Never seen
06:54 How exactly do you grow fake plants?
Is that wild caught? Can they be captive bred? Also I hope it does not drown in that tank. They are really poor swimmers and need to climb up the banks to get air..might be difficult for it to balance and climb on the branches.
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wow i have never heard of this type of turtle. God is awesome.
it looks like a she to me too...
it looks very agile