Hello stranger. Ken K from High School. Had a turtle adventure the other day and started talking about your rescues and looked you up. I am happy to see you are still at it. Keep it up.
Awesome glad you found us on here! I'm working on a rattlesnake video right now from last week. It was an awesome trip where we found 10 snake species and close to 100 individuals! There's about 200 video files to sort thru, but hopefully we'll get the video wrapped up in a few more days.
Thank you for the video, those are cool turtles and what a pretty little area! Is it not called brumation for turtles as it is for snakes and lizards? Maybe they do actually hibernate, I know there are some differences.
That’s a smart question! There are some terms that get used interchangeably where I insist on using the most precise term, but sometimes I use the most widely understood term. For example with poisonous/venomous I always use the exact term because I know people will understand both. But with hibernation/brumation, I tend to use the word hibernation because it’s more widely understood. Using common language vs more technical language can be tricky sometimes, but we create educational content for the general public, so I want to be accurate, but I also usually choose language that is most widely understood. But maybe we will have to do a video on hibernation vs brumation sometimes. Even as I write this, my browser is telling me brumation is not a word 😳🙄
@@ForgottenFriendReptileTV, lol your browser is being a brat. 😆 But ...do turtles hibernate or brumate? They seem to really go to sleep, so if you do know or can find that answer I would love to know. I love to learn. Here's what Merriam -Webster says about brumation, in case your browser keeps being in denial ;) a state or condition of sluggishness, inactivity, or torpor exhibited by reptiles (such as snakes or lizards) during winter or extended periods of low temperature. This subterranean torpor is not a true hibernation …
@@ForgottenFriendReptileTV, one (questionable) source simply says mammals hibernate, ectotherms brumate, which is not a description nor an explanation. I tell you this just to explain why I asked, I had hoped you would know. I do know that hibernation is a deeper sleep, brumating animals will move around some and will drink.
Hello stranger. Ken K from High School. Had a turtle adventure the other day and started talking about your rescues and looked you up. I am happy to see you are still at it. Keep it up.
Awesome glad you found us on here! I'm working on a rattlesnake video right now from last week. It was an awesome trip where we found 10 snake species and close to 100 individuals! There's about 200 video files to sort thru, but hopefully we'll get the video wrapped up in a few more days.
Thank you for the video, those are cool turtles and what a pretty little area! Is it not called brumation for turtles as it is for snakes and lizards? Maybe they do actually hibernate, I know there are some differences.
That’s a smart question! There are some terms that get used interchangeably where I insist on using the most precise term, but sometimes I use the most widely understood term. For example with poisonous/venomous I always use the exact term because I know people will understand both. But with hibernation/brumation, I tend to use the word hibernation because it’s more widely understood. Using common language vs more technical language can be tricky sometimes, but we create educational content for the general public, so I want to be accurate, but I also usually choose language that is most widely understood. But maybe we will have to do a video on hibernation vs brumation sometimes. Even as I write this, my browser is telling me brumation is not a word 😳🙄
@@ForgottenFriendReptileTV, lol your browser is being a brat. 😆 But ...do turtles hibernate or brumate? They seem to really go to sleep, so if you do know or can find that answer I would love to know. I love to learn. Here's what Merriam -Webster says about brumation, in case your browser keeps being in denial ;) a state or condition of sluggishness, inactivity, or torpor exhibited by reptiles (such as snakes or lizards) during winter or extended periods of low temperature. This subterranean torpor is not a true hibernation …
@@ForgottenFriendReptileTV, one (questionable) source simply says mammals hibernate, ectotherms brumate, which is not a description nor an explanation. I tell you this just to explain why I asked, I had hoped you would know. I do know that hibernation is a deeper sleep, brumating animals will move around some and will drink.