Five of the WEIRDEST Pet Reptiles You Could Possibly Get!
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- Reptiles are weird pets, but some reptiles are so weird that they make weird not seem that weird. Clint takes a look at five of the strangest pet reptiles that you could actually get to help you determine if these bizarre creatures might be the perfect pet for you.
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You guys are so RAD! - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
"they've got a movable eyelid"
gimli: *winks at the camera*
Gotta admit Clint, you're like the Bob Ross of reptile handlers. You have a calm and quiet voice, smile at everything, and always seem to be happy 😂
Hind D ikr😃
I was going to comment that XD
I’d say he’s more the Fred Rogers of reptile keepers.
I have always thought this
Clint smiles a lot, and is generally happy when filming his videos. And he's smart, and handsome, and good at explaining concepts. But his voice isn't what I'd call calm lol. He's both very excited and exciting, and I see that as a plus.
My 80 year old neighbour every time I see her asks if my snakes are still in their enclosures 😂
Just say that you lost one or something lmao
@@thesaviorofsouls5210 You wanna give her a heart attack?
@@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 yes
Say yes and ask if she wants to see. Never know, might be an opportunity
My 87 yr old mother always asks about my Sav monitor and wants to see and pet him. I've had him for years since he was a teeny tiny hatchling so she has had plenty of time to get to know him.
Clint needs a tv show, his personality is the strangest overly excited goofiest etc person I have ever encountered. And I LOVE it. He makes me laugh even when he’s not trying to 😂 love the channel. I learn so much
His passion is just SO contagious, right? I guess he could get me excited over nearly anything 😂
#ClintforNetflix
He is the Mr. Rogers of reptile lovers , his voice is so calm he clam make anyone love reptiles
Look up an old show called John Acorn the Nature Nut.
"THE STINKIN' RAD SHOW
with Clint Laidaw"
Hes like a cautious and hyper Steve Irwin
“it doesn’t look like a turtle, it looks like some sort of accident”
you are so endearing. i’ve never seen this channel, but i’m glad i did.
Maggie Shepherd It looks like what would happen if you set off an m80 in a log
@@charlottewalnut3118 It looks like God gene spliced a snapping turtle, some exotic tree, a Crested Gecko (that smile) and some sort of living alien crystal.
“Owning a tank of dirt” is *exactly* how I feel about my Pac-Man frog 😅😂
💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💕💕💕💕💕💕♥️♥️♥️♥️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
owning scolopendra centipede is same. "you wont see it until you dig around to see if its alive"
Basically 😂😅
That's legit what a Pacman frog basically is
@@dholder I see my scolpendra dehani every day
I will just get a really big jar, fill it with dirt and pretend I own a worm lizard.
It's a shame that tuataras aren't available- captive bred, of course. Establishing captive breeding populations of threatened or endangered reptiles seems like a good insurance policy against them going extinct in the wild, and provided that captive breeding hasn't sufficiently changed them to the point that they aren't compatible with their natural habitat, releasing a bunch of them back into the wild would be possible if needed. But unfortunately, I doubt we'll take this approach with tuataras at this point.
I can confirm that when you’re at the park with a snake you stand out like a sore thumb. My friend has done this several times with his smaller retics when we’re playing Pokémon Go, and it is priceless! 😅
Gosh, it's just a twelve-foot snake 😉
I’ve done this with my Bp! He gets so much attention (and secretly we love it) and so many people who thought they were terrified of snakes love him! (He does spend a lot of the time in my shirt though... 😂)
Galatea I hope to do that with my ball python once summer rolls around! Not sure how I’ll feel about it since I don’t like standing out that much, but it should be fun nonetheless!
Chris Kibodeaux
People do notice actually, and are always very interested!
Is your friend named Joe? I know someone who does that with his retics too!
I LOVED the very appropriate MIB reference, Clint! Also, many people don’t know about or understand the thiamine/thiaminase relationship, so thank you for including that 👍
Thank you Aquarimax Pets, very cool.
Michael Seale You’re welcome! 👍
:)
If you want to keep feeder fish for your pet reptile, amphibian, or predatory fish, here are better alternatives to goldfish:
Mosquitofish/gambusia
Guppies (dull-colorer ones are good as feeders)
Platies (again, dull-colorer ones are good feeders)
Just in case anyone reading this doesn't know, Thiamin/Thiamine is Vitamin B1. Although I don't know if it has to be in a different form from what we consume for reptiles that need it.
I actually own a matamata turtle. Amazingly, it was captive bred by a fellow Hungarian turtle keeper and I see more and more Americans and European breeders succeeding in that, seeing more and more captive bredd.
So anyway. Luckily I have never experienced any kind of respiratory infection and I have the lil fella for almost a year now... Granted, the only time my room temperature of 22-27 Celsius Degree and 50-60% humidity drops down to 20 Celsius max minimum and 45% is when I open the windows to let fresh air in. The aquarium has a sliding top lid, but I often forget to close that when I change air, so in theory it could have caught a flu. Luckily never did and now I am paying more attention to that.
As far as my experience goes with captive bred and my friend's, who got a barely over hatchling size wildcaught... They are fairly easy to switch over to frozen-thawed freshwater and brakkish water feederfish. Pretty much all you need to is vibrate the death fish with a tong in front of them while they try to hunt down the live feeder fish. Then they can very quickly associate the vibration then the tong, then the death fish itself with food. Mine now actually is willing to take dead fish from the aquarium floor, cause it recognizes... The smell? The look? I don't know, but it actually finds and vaccuums it up even if I lazily throw it into the opposite end of the aquarium.
They pretty much eat anything that can fit into their mouth and is in the water moving or has been recognized as food. Guppies, minnows, platti... They also readily eat aquatic frogs and even pinky mice (I really don't recommend feeding them that regularly, I offer mine 1 every 2-3 months for some extra activity and mimicking their natural diet of picking off small animals fallen into the water if given the chance).
A definitie con though, they need brutal, and I mean BRUTAL filtration to keep the water from turning into a death swamp . Like a shoal of piranha kind of brutal. They produce so much ammonia and waste that even with filtration and stuff they make water pH shift to slightly alcalic - (7.4-7.8ish) just by being there. So trying to neutralise that or other parameters of the water can be as frustrating as running a saltwater aquarium. It's tedious often, really.
However, one very cool thing about them is that given they need large aquariums, they can be actually kept together with carefully selected fish. Now what you need to keep in mind is that they need to be be able to reach the surface from standing on the bed of the aquarium, so it can't be too deep. The fish roommates also need to be A) big enough not to be eaten alive and B) not toothy and bitey to harm the turtle (so most cichlids and alligator gars are out) while being okay with potential Ph shifts and shallower water.
Most people who keep them with fish are having success with bichirs (Polypterus), sailfin plecos (Gibbiceps), leatherfin upside-down / squeaker or any big catfish, ropefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus), any lungfish, knifefish, Marble goby and the likes. There are reports of successful cohabs with peacock bass, arrowana, angelfish and discusfish as well, but I am a bit skeptical about those working outside of some pretty big luck factors.
In my experience bichirs, ropefish, knifefish, big upside-down catfish and marble goby really do get along well with the matamata. But I would say it is pretty trial and error.
It's pretty interesting to note it seems to be a beneficial thing to match the turtle with the desired fish the soonest possible, because as far as I tell, on first introduction the turtle will always test with a quick vacuum snap that a fish can be consumed or not. After that, deemed "unedible" entity won
't be attempted to be consumed again unless the size difference becomes huge.
So, in conclusion, what I absolutely adore about them is that they can be an alien looking main piece of a beautiful aquarium, but can be kept with certain, well-chosen fish, bringing a piece of Amazonas into one's house. And that is just really cool.
Amazing
Thank you for sharing this.....I found it super fascinating!!!
Lol my livebearer tank produces so much babies and you can just toss the culls in (although I don’t have a matamata)
Thank you so much for this channel!! I was scared of reptiles until some baby garters started sunning themselves on my porch and I thought “hmmm they’re actually kinda cute”.
I started watching your channel and Snake Discover and I’ve gotten over my fears and am looking to getting a reptile when I move into a place that allows pets. Thank you!!! ☺️
Yay!
3 Dislikes! What unholy demon would dislike any of Clint’s videos
Sorry to offend you
Probably a green iguana 😉😂
Bendietrees you’re probably right
I blame gold fish. :P
Perhaps a few PETA activists?
ITS A SMILING TURTLE IM GONNA CRY ITS BEAUTIFUL IM SO HAPPY
When I saw a few baby mata mata turtles in a petshop ( that specialises in reptiles) in Greece, my jaw dropped to the floor. Simply amazing animals. I am fortunate enough to also see a legless lizard in the wild. Unfortunately they are often mistaken as snakes and killed...
which pet shop
i live in greece and i d like to check it out
meli demi Το καταστημα βρισκεται στην Αθηνα και λεγεται Reptilia Nostra. Αν μενεις στην Αθηνα και εχεις (ή σκεφτεσαι να αποκτησεις ) κατοικιδιο ερπετο σου προτείνω ανεπιφύλακτα να το επισκεφτείς . Εχουν παρα πολλα και σπανια ερπετα και καλα ενημερωμενο προσωπικο
@@nuclearthrasher666 ευχαριστωω
@@nuclearthrasher666 αααα το ξέρω αυτό το μέρος έχουν και snapping turtles !!!
I've never heard of or seen a tentacle snake before! They're so cool!! I can totally imagine them as a pokémon. So cute and pretty.
I always love to see people so excited about unconventional things, whether it be pets like reptiles, or bats, to hobbies like DND and legos. That passion is so welcoming.
Gimley has the sweetest creey smile 😏
Edit: not that i plan to have one of these aquatic reptiles. But from experience guppies are super easy to breed. And fast. They're like aquatic bunnies. So if you kept a seperate tank for a breeding stock you probably wouldnt have to spend too much on fish.
Edit2: clints show has a real 1996 animal planet vibe for somereason. Love it!
mata mata's get rather large, up to around 35 lbs. You'd need probably hundreds and hundreds of guppies a week.
Can you do 5 of the coolest/ most colourful reptiles?
Sounds good to me!
@@ClintsReptiles I hope so!
1 crested gecko because I love crested gexkos
Panther chameleon
Panther chameleon. Most colourful reptile I have ever seen.
The tentacled snake actually looks pretty awesome
Kamp Kenan's channel has a great (recent) video about his Mata mata who lives in an outdoor pond, basically like a wild turtle. If that species is of interest, it's a good video to show an ideal wild-type environment.
He is a great resource on turtles.
I wish that I had had you as my biology prof in college - you're always so enthused, and bring solid knowledge to anyone curious about reptiles and amphibians.
I've thought about getting a reptile pet, but I dunno...they seem kinda cold....🦎❤
It's so freaky watching something snake like blink. I came into the video knowing about legless lizards, but it's so strange that it's not quite a snake.
It's such a shame European legless lizards aren't bred in captivity. We have legless lizards in the UK but it's highly protected to stop people from catching them as pets. The population definitely has been dwindling due to loss of habitat and human activity.
If they were CBB, I would recommend them all day long.
Wait we really have those in the UK? Sad that I've lived here my whole life and never seen a single lizard or snake in the wild
@@lolaandjoe123 Yup, my grandad had a piece of corrugated iron in his garden and slow worms would congregate under it in the summer.
Slow worms are not the same as European legless lizards. They're much smaller.
@@zooker7938 ahh thanks for letting me know. I thought since they were both legless maybe it was a sub species or something. Everyday is a school day! 😁
I just want to say thank you. If it wasn’t to your channel I wouldn’t have my little baby gecko. I’ts a crested gecko if someone just wounders. So thank you Clint and stay awsome❤️🦎🐍🐢
Clint there is scientific research that refutes the common misconception of snakes not having ears
Snakes have ears the just don’t have external ears, but they have holes behind the eyes.
They do have functional ears but not ear drums or middle ear.
Snake ears have air not fluid. There is a lot of research regarding what snakes can or can’t hear
I just had to point out about the ear thing
I bought a ball python 3 months ago. My girlfriend who was previously terrified of snakes, fell in love with him and now we have 2 ball pythons. I told her "you know people will call us a weird couple behind our backs and will be weirded out by us". She was genuinely concerned about it because she hadn't thought about that before.
The worm lizard is gorgeous. Odd choice of wording but that lil tongue!!! Aaah such a priceless blep
do you have any crabs? would you ever do a "Clint's Crustaceans" series
I know he's done some videos on other arthropods, so it wouldn't surprise me if he's covered crustaceans.
I'd love to hear about some of the friendliest lizards or reptiles. I mean, I know bearded dragons will sit on your shoulder, but what other lizards and reptiles take well to handling or will ride on your shoulder?
I do reside in a limestony area in southwestern Germany and we have the Legless Lizards in abundance in our garden. They love to be hidden, so I established some piles of stone. Most fascinating is, how fast they can "swim" through the densest vegetation.
I learned so much in this video! Also the Mata Mata is so adorable oh my goodness.
Your info on a spiny softshell turtle from baby on up
This video was perfect, I took the Mark Twain test today, so I had to get up early and “study” (by study I mean watch all of Clint’s videos hoping they had some relevance to the test)
I hope they helped :)
They didn’t but I hope they will with something else
This video was awesome! I learned a lot of new things. I love you so much clint!! I get so excited when i see a new video come up.
I do not have the time or resources for a reptile in my life yet, but I still watch this channel all the time. If I was a teacher this is the sort of contact I would want to be showing to my students: Informative, fun, just an all-around a good time. You sir, are the Mr. Rogers of reptiles and I mean that as a sincere compliment.
I love Gimli! What an absolute stunning little fellow you have there! I like watching him blink and it was so cool seeing him up close like that. ☺
My Saturday tradition
Check clints
In Finland legless lizards are called 'vaskitsa'. I found only one of these in the wild. Tho when I found it I thought it was a snake. I'm so happy that they are native to Finland. Great video and I love the enthuziasm in your voice.
Perhaps they need hybernazion to breed. Since they come in hibernation in europes winter
Ours in UK are slow worms
Use to find legless lizards all the time growing up as the area became more developed there are less around : (
I love this video man. I'm no expert keeper, but I'm pretty advanced and these are animals (minus worm lizard, that's pretty new to me) that have been on my radar for a decade or so, and I hope that someone can breed them all very successfully very soon. Thank you for showing more of the weird side of the hobby. Weirdness is part of why we... well at least I... have gotten into some of the species besides the pet store selections.
Keep it up man and I look forward to the next video.
Fun fact, it's actually pronounced as "zheltopuzik" and just means "yellow belly":) I remember learning about them in a biology class as a kid, evolution is honestly so incredibly cool!! Never knew that they were also called "european legless lizards" hahah, although I guess that's an accurate description :)
Another great video Clint! I completely give credit to you for why I chose to add Norbert, a blue tongue skink, to my little scaly family 💜
Ive seen this legless lizard lots of times in Greece rhodope mountains. They r so calm doe
Oh I can’t believe I just discovered you. You are a TREASURE. Literally I just wanna hug you haha you just seem so sweet and honest and just so darn in love with reptiles! Your happiness talking about them just makes me smile! You got a sub in me!!!
You're amazing, Clint! Thank you for posting such awesome vids!
I personally don't see alot of people with a Uromastyx.
They are less common since import slowed. CBB had always been rare, and they are underappreciated.
@@ClintsReptiles I support an online reptile store that readily sells Uromastyx called Snakes at Sunset. Do you think that they're 100% bred?
I love my uros and not hard to breed been doing it for a few years if there not aleast 100 dollar then there not
@@toddlahaye5478 The babies come out to about $78-$110, and the adults come out to about $120-$400.
@@infamousinferno2506 snakes at sunset is pretty bad imo
"You have lots of snakes, don't you?"
-Everyone within 30 seconds of meeting Clint.
This was amazing as always 💚 Thank you for teaching people about so many different species. You guys are STINKIN RAD!!
Happy birthday, Clint! It's my birthday today, too. Really enjoying your videos. Very informative and entertaining.
But Clint, what if I want to relieve my youth of babysitting a gator but full time? Where's my saltwater croc video?! 😁 (Yes, I seriously babysat a 2-3 yr old gator in my early teens ^^)
Also, I can now only see Gimli wrapping himself around an orc's neck and giving a war cry as he breaks it 😂😂
I do plan to cover crocodilians in the future. I would pity the orc that had to fight my legless, beardless little dwarf.
@@ClintsReptiles Oh grand, I look forward to those and would be happy to share the story if you wanted ^^. Also, please say you made him a little helm and axe 🤣
I would, but it would make Legolas feel bad because he can't use his bow...
@@ClintsReptiles You're a smart guy, I'm sure you can work it out 😁
I’m not a reptile pet owner. Nor do I want to be for the most part. But the reptile facts are fun and neat. I find Clint to be interesting and clearly passionate for what he does. Thumbs up and keep up the awesome videos.
Yey! I voted for this ,I love it when Clint goes into the morphology , evolutionary lineage of a species ,can't get enough.
here in the UK we have slowworms, they're just like gimli but pretty small. i think that legless lizards are super cool, and it's great to see someone make videos about so many reptiles, including legless lizards!
Happy Birthday Clint hope the day was great and I love your videos
Can you do the basilisk lezard, he is the coolest pet lizard because he can run on water.
I do plan to cover them :)
Awesome video bud! Keep up the great work you should definitely think about doing a part 2 down the road. Well anyways great video like always
love how informative your videos are, and love the energy you bring to each video. can deff. see how passionate you are about these videos
hey clint cool fact for you legless lizareds are captive bred here in ireland lots of petshops have them all reptiles in ireland are 98% bred in ireland
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLINT!
hope you have a rad day!🎂🎁🎉
You need to do kids television. You are a good teacher and have a happy, bubbly personality.
That would be fun. I do so love teaching kids and adults.
Man I wish I had a crazy (but responsible) reptile keeper as a neighbor, I would love to visit
i love how legless lizards look! they remind me strongly of skinks
Some of them do fall into the scincidae family.
I saw an elephant trunk snake for the first time at an expo in the fall and it was SO COOL
Edgar, the alien water snake.
This video's definitely different but welcomed. Great content as ever!!
Clint’s excitement and expertise reminds me a lot of a nature show I used to watch as a kid on UPN or PBS in the early/mid 90’s. I think it was a Canadian show because the gentlemen referred to Alberta often, but I’ve never been able to find that show and scratch that nostalgic itch. Until Clint’s Reptiles- thank you for being you, sir!
New subscriber here! I really enjoyed this video very much and thank you for teaching me about some animals I probably never would have ever heard about!
Clint, you inspire me so much and make me so happy thank you so much for being nice and kind and descriptive
Love the strange! I actually knew about the first three from volunteering at my zoo, the tentacled snake is one of my favorite in the reptile house!!! Was cool hearing new things about all of them :D
that lizard expression is like yea im weird deal with it
2:10 which kind of snake can drop their tail? :O
Great Video, as always. I Love me some strange stinkin rad creatures and learnig more about them! ❤️
I just recently learned of a few species. None that are common in the pet trade.
Clint's Reptiles I had a terrifying dream that my Bp dropped his tail!!! Aaaaah I know he can’t but still...!
I really like how you can see Clint’s huge passion for reptiles.
Just subscribed I hold my head in shame that I have not done so by now. Recently watched your video on the leucistic king cobra. You have an excellent demeanour about you and how you share your wealth of knowledge in this area. I have been fascinated with amphibians and reptiles since about the age of 6, I turned 46 a few days and became a Zoologist/Herpetologist once I attained my degree back in 2015, these creatures will always be a part of my life I have kinda known this since 6. You have definitely and continue to inspire me for how I will approach my outreach in future in the hope that I can help to inspire as many people as possible and that if they can't love these creatures at least they understand thier place in the world. Thank you Clint for all the time and effort that you put into these videos, you truly are an excellent educator/communicator. I wonder if you could do a vid perhaps on medically insignificant snakes or what are listed as such, I have just been gifted a Baron's Green Racer for my bday. I know research for hognose has increased knowledge into their toxicity, just a thought and thanks again.
my kids jus love watching your vids breakfeast and reptile info 😆 as always great job on video
This was awesome! I learned of 2 new species today.
I would love a video series on your enclosures for the animals you keep. What has worked for you? What were some mistakes you have found when keeping certain animals? Love your videos so much but they always leave me dying to see your enclosures!
Oof, that worm lizard is beyond precious, it's little tongue has my heart doing backflips
Amazing video as always you are my favorit youtuber
Thank you so much! That means a lot.
I'll be getting a Uromastyx pretty soon, not sure what species. Any tips on telling the difference between them?
Color and pattern are good indicators. You can look them up online.
Ok!
I think it’s funny that snakes creep people out for moving unnaturally, because I’ve become so used to how snakes move that the legless lizard creeped me out for being unnatural to me
Happy birthday! you’re such a great person with such an amazing passion for animals!
Happy birthday Clint! (Coming from Snake Discovery)
It's almost not your birthday anymore. But for me it still is! Happy birthday!!!
For whatever reason, Clint gives me massive Dr. Who vibes. I'm going to assume it's the quasi rapid meter of his speech and that lovely quirky smile. Love your channel, it's immensely fun and educational!
I’ve been watching your channel for 3 weeks straight. 😂 very helpful thank you🙏🏽
Happy birthday 🎂🎁🎉🎊🎈🥳
14:25 “Don’t feed them gold fish”. Then shows footage of like 10 of them swimming around the snake.
My understanding is that for most reptiles a goldfish here and there is ok , just shouldn't be fed goldfish all the time.
Still it looks like more than just a goldfish one a while
A. G. Those aren’t goldfish, they’re Mollys
Izzy&Andy D&A those are goldfish
I love your enthusiasm and your tie!
"YOU SCARED ME!"
"Good, that's perfect. Nailed it!"
😂😂😂
There is a mata mata turtle thats going on 50 years old named Lynda hidden in a hidden gem of an aquatic pet store on Chicago ave in Minneapolis Minnesota called Aqualand . Super cool and definitely worth checking out that mind boggling creature . She was just left in a box on the doorstep of the store so they took her in, custom built her a tank once she outgrew every other one . With her (and her appetite) in the showroom nothing goes to waste!
I love the weird ones! More exciting
Hopefully these were weird enough for you :)
Definitely
Love your videos, Clint!
Gimli is such a model 😍😍 he is eating up that camera time and loving it
HAPPY BIRTHDAYYY
From Snake Discovery
And on the topic of rare reptiles, I would like to know your thoughts on the subject of wild caught/imported animals as pets. Would be a nice subject for a future video
Great idea!
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Nobody:
Gimli, trying to escape from being held: 🙃🙂🙃🙂
Clint, your videos are awesome. Love how informal they are. I always learn something!
I've owned an Eastern Rat Snake for 14 years. Would be cool to see a video about them! God bless :)
He got me into collecting lizards and snakes
My work here is done :)
@@ClintsReptiles I live in Australia and I have a lot of Herps around me. I once found 50cm long Eastern Blue Tongue in me gran’s backyard and I held him.
When are we getting the crocodile skink episoden
Soon :)
Idk about your other videos, but kudos to getting right to the business!! No long, overdrawn intros. 🙌
I found a whole bunch of legless lizards in my backyard once! They were living under old logs and they were super adorable, I was scared when I first found them because I thought they were baby brown snakes which are very deadly lol
Xenodermus javanicus is the weirdest snake i have ever seen 😅