AHAH MY PARENTS SAY THAT TO ME ALL THE TIME WHEN IM TALKING ABOUT MY REPTILES!! Also I’m a huge fan of your channel, you’ve inspired my dad and I to start our own reptile business! We’ve started our tiktok and working on our websiten
The “sizing you up” thing is especially ridiculous given that my kingsnake made good attempts to eat me, an adult human, when he was like, 45 grams. If a snake decides it wants to try to eat you, it is not going to bother measuring first.
Yep, the only time I've seen anything close to this is when my ball will start face rubbing the rat and wandering around its enclosure after "killing" it.
The soaking police scared the hell out of me as a new ball python owner! The week after I got my bp his scales were looking kind of strange. I have since learned this is his pre-shed routine, but at the time I hadn't experienced a shed before. I wasn't sure if maybe it was stuck shed, so I followed Snake Discovery's bath guide to give him a quick soak. Afterwards he was making a wheezing noise, so I googled to try and figure out what it was, and only came across dozens of angry soak police posts. "Why would you EVER soak your snake? What kind of horrible person are you?!" I was so terrified I'd hurt my snake less than a week after getting him! (And don't worry--the wheezing wasn't a respiratory infection, my BP is just dumb and stuck his whole head underwater during his bath. He had water in his nose lol). The polarized nature of this community is very frustrating sometimes. I think the weirdest snake myth I've ever heard is that snakes are "slimy," which is usually sited as the #1 reason people don't like them when I talk to folks. I don't understand where this myth came from to this day. Unless you picked the snake up out of a mud puddle, snakes aren't slimy!
My mom always told me that people thought snakes were slimy because of how shiny their scales are and I was also scared too that I didn’t know when I should soak it because once I watch videos like snake discovery WWR people like that out here “oh yeah give him a bath” and then I would go on the Internet and I see people saying you should never do it “you’re a horrible person gonna kill your snake” but eventually stopped listening because a bunch of snake myths were coming from those post and I was like wait a second I have held snakes I’ve seen how they act and watched their behavior that doesn’t make any sense most people are dumb on here
I heard it actually bc “your the slimy one”. Basically when a nervous person timidly strokes a snake the scales repel the sweat. The person always assumes it’s the snake tho. Probably bc (subconsciously) they think of snakes as a kind of danger worms, the Only other amimal with no limbs they know of.
One of the myths or misconceptions that drives me insane is that arid species can not have a drop of humidity in their enclosure or they will die. Like sorry to break it to you, but it actually rains in Australia. Also under ground can hold moisture and many arid species burrow to access humidity that most people don't provide because they think arid species means that water in their substrate is toxic to them. This was a great video, I loved all the snark in it, really made it humorous and entertaining.
Literally heard that last one (again) this morning. I told him it's more likely that he'll die of a heart-attack and get eaten by his cat. I'm not even going to explain how ridiculous it is to suggest a snake will eat an adult human anymore.
A lot of the time when people say “doesn’t bite” they are usually saying that this animal is not very inclined to bite not that it is literally incapable of biting
doesn't bite and can't bite are definitely very different things. if someone says theirs doesn't, or the species doesn't, i know they mean it's not very likely to. it's the can't bite that you have to look out for. hell people say their dog or cat doesn't bite. and i usually believe them, but i would never think their dog is incapable of biting
Definitely do more of these! The main misinformation thing that drives me nuts is people calling snakes poisonous! If I had a dollar for every time I've had someone ask me that I could probably buy a couple reptiles lol
The thing is, there is actually a couple of poisonous snake species, but they are generally considered exceptions. One of them is the tiger keelback, it steals the poison from toads and stores it in a pair of glands on the back of its head. We actually don't know how many snake species could be poisonous because not many people are just out here eating snakes lol. I highly doubt any of the people calling them poisonous know any of this though lol.
Would love to see a part 2! As far as the cohabbing myth, I wanted to chime in as a mourning gecko owner. Mourning geckos love being together, but that doesn't mean I can't just not examine their behavior and make sure they're getting along. The babies grow very quickly, and if I'm not paying attention, the oldest ones could end up bullying the younger ones and despite having many feeding spots within the enclosure, a brand new hatchling may not eat due to the stress from an older one. I have a cycling exoterra that sits empty for this reason, just in case the store I sell my babies through doesn't have any spots. I've never needed it, but I feel better knowing I can move older babies if I need to. If you are cohabbing anything, you should (almost) always have an extra empty space just in case an animal needs it. Just as Adam said, there is no always or never with these things.
That is really interesting I’ve always been more of a snake guy Personally but I find that really really interesting and you know this from experience or somebody told you or a mix of both and I’m not trying to challenge your sources or anything I’m not trying to make an argument
@@Trapper1836 it's a mix of both my experience and understanding the behavior of communal geckos. Even though a species may be communal, it can still happen with individuals where they just don't get along, or if size is a factor it's easy for the smaller one to get bullied which is normal in nature. Just like with humans, where we don't always want to be sharing our space, communal geckos still each need their own spaces in the enclosure and if there are too many older babies, they will outcompete their brethren and chase them out of comfortable spots. I notice it every month and a half or so when I bring the eldest babies down to the store. Once a handful of the oldest babies have moved out, the youngest ones begin to thrive. In turn, more eggs hatch, and those youngest grow, and the cycle continues. Having an empty, cycling exoterra that is ready anytime I need it is a necessary precaution in case the store doesn't have any space to take babies that month.
@@Trapper1836 that's so kind of you 🥺 the store is absolutely incredible, with knowledgable staff who dedicate themselves to the animals while they are in their care. They're called Aquariums West, I've yet to have a negative experience with them. I love my mourning geckos so much and will go to any length to ensure they are thriving. Due to their size it's difficult to give them any sort of medical treatment if something happens. The best offense is a solid defense.
I'm sorry for your... oh wait, that's a species. When I was into fishkeeping, it was always a good idea to have a spare smaller tank just in case you needed to rehab your betta.
I've heard "the snake is straightening itself next to you at night to size you up" one quite a few times, and the persons who told the story were always telling it like it happened to their friend. 🙄 Clearly they're part of the people who think that a snake's stomach spans its full length.
Thank you so much for number 4. I have a rescue Northern blue tongue that is much smaller than it should be and the previous owner claims “reptiles only get to the size of their enclosure.” No sir, your lizard that you surrendered to me is incredibly small for a blue tongue because you only fed it boiled chicken every two weeks and it has very visible metabolic bone disease. Very frustrating that some people put in no effort to making sure their reptiles are kept correctly.
I find the co habit point really particularly interesting because its just good advice in general to research that for any animal you plan to get! Like for example with mammals even just looking at rodents guinea pigs are so social that keeping one by itself will likely leave it so depressed it will die young. Sometimes guinea pigs even become visibly distraught after the death of a group member they are just that close to each other. Syrian hamsters on the other hand are so aggressively territorial mating is really the one and only time two adults should ever come in contact and you better separate them fast after that lest you risk one killing an cannibalizing the other. Hamsters are surprisingly hardcore for how cute they are lol.
i would be hyped on a reptile mythbuster series 👀 i wanted to keep our cresties together (they're clutch-mates) but in their case they just had incompatible personalities 😅
I literally had to deal with #1 on this list a couple days ago! I'm a docent (volunteer educator) at a local (AZA accredited) zoo, and was talking to some of the new docents that had just started. We got to talking about snakes and a man of at least 60 told me with absolute certainty that snakes were dangerous because he heard a story where a women told her vet how sweet her big snake was when he laid on the bed with her and the vet said to get rid of the snake IMMEDIATELY because the snake was sizing her up to eat. I was honestly baffled. This man had just gone through an 8 week course of animal education to become a ZOO DOCENT and believed this nonsense completely. Of course I shut him down on that but even after I had explained how it was just a ridiculous myth I could tell he still didn't really believe me. I'm just hoping he stays away from the reptile house.
I have gotten that exact same thing from a bunch of people when they find out i keep snakes. almost as much as fish only grow to the size of their tank
I have a children's python who is a bit over a metre big (about 3 and a half foot long). I have plenty of photos and videos of her trying to eat me. I'm almost twice her length and about 90x her weight. I use her as the perfect response to people saying that a snake will size you up before trying to eat you.
@@meredithnavin1358 That one way to prove them wrong! Is that a thing with children's though? I have a spotted python and she's super sweet and polite.
@@alyssafigliano3994 childrens can be nippy but tend to grow out of it. Mine decided that she's not like all them other snakes. She decided to become MORE nippy as time goes on. When I'm handling her, she's very trustworthy. Won't strike at all. But if a human isn't touching her, she'll bite. 100%. My other snake is a Stimmy (which was reclassified as Children's last year) and she's an absolute sweetheart. I'm instinctively scared of her when she looks like she's about to strike. I've come to accept I'm in an abusive relationship with my snake. Lol.
@@meredithnavin1358 I had no idea childrens were so moody (hungry?)! My girl has never even bluff striked at me let alone show any signs she was willing to bite. She actually seems to enjoy being handled to some extant, or at least interacting with me. Although one day I would like to have all the Antaresia species, and maybe breed them. The world needs more of them!
Great video! Am afraid I get sarcastic now when someone says my python is sizing me up, I say ‘ wow really? Where do you reckon he keeps his measuring tape?’ 🤣🤦🏻♀️ other myths I have been told is …you can attract snakes with milk…snakes always travel in pairs… There are so many sadly!
I was told by this kid who has never owned or even touched a snake that snakes can't get sick. Like they literally can't get sick and they just go through times of "depression" where the eat less or struggle to "peel". I hate people who think they know what their talking about when they absolutely don't.
I had a good laugh watching this! I can't believe some people actually still believe some of these things! I've heard the "sizing you up" one from someone more than once and I feel like tearing out my hair when trying to explain to her that not everything she reads on Facebook or heard from "a friend of hers" is correct...
it reminds me so much of the myth about cats that goes like "a couple brought their newborn baby home & in the dark of night their house cat jumped into the crib & killed the baby because the cat was jealous!" i've done a lot of work with cat rescue & no joke we've had pregnant couples use that myth as the reason why they're surrendering their cat - absolutely ridiculous!
I have pretty old southern grandparents that are deathly afraid of snakes and would rather kill one than being near her even the smallest so you have no idea how much I relate
There was a pretty pervasive myth that some snakes would sting you with their tail, like a scorpion. I personally think this was born of those snakes' tendency to wrap with it's tail, so it doesn't fall. Basically, if you are scared and ignorant of them, anything they do is viewed through an anthropomorphic lens of malicious intent. The only one I found to be true is one I've told before: If your carpet python escapes his enclosure and makes it's way to your bathroom shower curtain rod, he will strike at your roommate, when said roommate comes rushing in the next morning to take a shower. True story. My bad.
Great video! The one about how cage size affecting an animal's growth is one of those really saddening myths that you even hear about from pet stores... You hear it especially regarding goldfish, a highly personable fish that lives for 20 years. They grow BIG but everyone seems to think you can just put them in a small tank their entire life. Well, that 'entire life' is typically like two years before they die, often due to neglect. And of course, if they die after two years they haven't had the chance to grow big yet. Thus the myth lives on. Also, because they die after such a short time, a lot of people think that is how old they can get... Goldfish are actually veery difficult fish to keep, if you want to have them live for as long as 20 years. They're highly sensitive and high demanding. I wish it was possible for people's perception of goldfish to change for the better.
I really like how with the "grows to the size of the enclosure" myth you gave a practical reason why people might think that and how it probably got started! You need some "do your research" merch! 😂 One can never be reminded to research potential pets too often!!
Rex on Snake Discovery is the only well known case I can think of where an animal was noticeably stunted due(in part) to living in a too-small enclosure for most of her life. And I’m pretty sure (based on watching videos of her) that she’s grown some since they rescued her.
I will say, years ago when I was much younger, I got a hermit crab from a store, and was actually told by the salesperson that if I didn’t provide another shell, the crab would stop growing and stay in that one shell (as in, a new, bigger shell wasn’t necessary). You could imagine my surprise when the exact opposite happened. Now I know that’s far from the truth, but for me at that time, who wasn’t experienced in keeping exotics, I believed it
@@Trapper1836 you can also track the animals openly on the conservation pages and just donate without the bracelet. Saves the environment some shipping, still supports the cause and you don't have to worry about whether or not you wear bracelets ;)
the wrapping around the chair is true my snakes can't get enough of mine they love to wrap around the holes that the neck pillow goes through and its a massive pain in the ass to get them off
The snake sizing up their owner urban myth, is one I hear often. I’m so blown out of the water that such nonsense actually floats in peoples minds. I’m glad you covered it.
I'm also enjoying the "anything with a mouth can bite" (I recently joined the "people who have been bitten by their reptiles" club!) while showing off a bite mark on your arm
If you think trying to untangle a ball python from a chair is hard, try a 6' carpet python. My sweet dork of a snake seems to have a second brain at the base of his tail and just when you've freed his head, his tail has wrapped around a leg. Then you unwrap his tail only to find his head and neck have corkscrewed up the side of the chair. Honestly, sometimes it's easier to just put the chair in front of his enclosure and wait until he decides to go back himself.
Hey great videos. I've started going back to the very first video you made and been watching them all in order. I have a suggestion for a future video if you're down for it. A video of all the pet friendly plants or at least the best plants for enclosures with pictures and for the different types of animals i.e. desert, tropical. I think it would make a great video. Thanks!
I'll admit, Believed the python sizing up myth way longer then I should of. I'd heard it on an animal planet show while I was a kid. Can't even remember the show anymore, but I remembered that little nugget. Wasn't until I got into snake keeping and did more research on pythons in general that I realized it made no since. Just goes to show that no matter your source, always do your own research.
I love it my mom and my sister come at me about all my snakes sizing me up. I was listening to this in my car running my mom around and I told her watch this will be #1 on the list haha to funny. Love the channel and keep it going
When you were talking about the python "sizing up" the girl while she sleeps I couldn't stop laughing cuz I saw people say that EXACT thing and I get so tired of it. But the way you imitated it was so freakin hilarious, I lmao'd 😂😂😂
Love the video! I know that you talk about reptiles but I wish you would have done an honorable mention to the old warts myth when it comes to frogs/toads.
i'd love a video like this that focuses on snake myths specifically because there are SO many myths & misconceptions out there. it wasn't until i got my first pet snake that i realized just how wide-spread these ridiculous myths are. snakes are so misunderstood & all the negative misconceptions just make people more afraid of them, & in a lot of cases that fear leads to real harm being done to these animals. it's important to debunk the myths & show people just how amazing & important snakes are!
Yes make a part 2, 3, 4 . . . . There are so many myths and misinformation about reptile husbandry that consistently gets perpetuated. It is frustrating. You say, "Do your research", which is so important, but sometimes even supposedly reliable sources perpetuate myths. thanks for the fun vid man.
"your snake is planning to eat you" boy, my biggest ball python cant even figure out how to eat appropriate sized F/T rats sometimes and went on a hunger strike when I changed her type of substrate (it is now switched back because shes a picky princess)
the first one is so true😂😂i know so many people who think that snakes "size up" their owners so they can eat them. its hilarious, great video keep up the amazing content :)
I have 2 Royal Pythons/Ball Pythons. 1 normal called Servine, 1 Pinstripe called Snivy . Looking after a friends snake cause he was getting evicted. But now he is quite safe. But decided to leave Ethel with us. She is a lovely dark Royal Python, then finally still at home Son left home left his 14 foot Reticulated Python here cause girl friend does not like snakes. I find them a lovely form of me neck massage!!! Also servine and snivy in their own way very affectionate.
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the #1 story or similar stories, and it’s like, first of all your snake isn’t going to eat you or even try to, and second, why would you let your giant snake free roam your house in the first place 😂
Great video. I personally don't have reptiles but I do have various inverts ie jumping spiders, tarantulas, isopods, mantids etc. I totally agree with your comments about people who should do their research; currently almost ever day there are posts about unexperienced owners feeding their jumping spiders flightless fruitflies and wondering why their spiders aren't doing well, no regard for the appropriate sized prey they should be giving. I did lots of research before I got my first jumping spider, tarantula etc, and I still research on a regular basis incase anything has possibly changed. Before each tarantula I research the species so I am as prepared as possible. It's so frustrating that others don't.
I have a toothless cat (she had a bad disease as a baby) but she’s healthy now but good lord is it creepy when she bites me while playing hahaha. Great video Adam!
Alot of this myths bugged me even when I had no reptiles or fish. I always learn I got to have that in. Just those is it poisonous? Do you feed them bugs and egg? Don't they get huge?? It doesn't bite right? It's going to eat you want! I have to remind myself that some people don't know, but I can't with that some people ask "stupid" questions
"They are from kind of arid parts of Australia" Yer, not really, bearded dragons live right here in Perth, West Australia and it rains here, sometimes a lot, so they get wet in the wild too. Caught a young wild one at work last year, to release it back into the national park next door (because bearded dragons and heavy machinery don't mix). The absolute funniest one I ran into happens to be from my ex wife, who had the Chinese cultural thing of being so terrified of snakes she would drop her iphone if someone posted a snake picture on facebook, I asked her why, and she said "because Adam and Eve".
You had me scared with the Fahlo contact first because there are SO MANY scams with those bracelets out there but Fahlo is the only one I have found so far which is actually named as being a legit collaborator by the conservation projects they are collaborating with. Glad to see at least one company being honest. Cute bracelet.
You should do a kenyan sand boa care guide! I love my KSB and would enjoy your input on proper care. When getting him I saw alot of conflicting info on substrates and other aspects of care.
research is important! im getting a pacman frog this weekend (my first reptile/amphibian pet :D) and i had to watch like 5 videos to learn what their diet consits of and how much i should feed them!
I own and run a small pet store. I hear on a weekly basis if not daily that snakes are slimmy and grosse. Coming from people who want fish, which are kind of slimmy. This annoys me so much. Speaking of keeping fish, many believe that fish will only grow to the size of their tank. They get annoid with me when I explain that it isn't true.
Something to note about dart frogs (I misunderstood what you were saying at first so worth clarifying): darts of the same species generally do well in pairs (1m 1f). Some can do decently in trios or even larger groups, depending on the species, and with plenty of room. But really really not recommended to mix species or even different locales of the same species.
I actually just learned yesterday that ball pythons don’t go into hibernation during the winter time I mean I thought that’s what they do since they go off feed during that time
Whenever I tell people I have snakes I know at some point in the conversation they're going to do the whole 'I heard a story about this snake sizing their owner up.' I stop them before they can get fully started and they always seem surprised and disappointed I know exactly what they're about to say and ruin their one 'fact' about snakes.
Wow , 204k subs. I'm really happy for you and your co-star Big D. Your content and personality deserve 1 million plus. I'm glad to see the growth though since the year or so that I've been subbed , congratulations Adam ! To the moon....
I did have a king snake (my first reptile) that tried to eat my elbow once. To be fair, I'd just played with rats before getting him out, and he seemed to think long and hard about whether or not my elbow really was food. But it's definitely a weird feeling to have a snake nomming on your elbow skin.
It's difficult finding reputable sources for more of the beginner species. Trying to figure out specifics is a nightmare because nobody has an appropriate answer. Like, I want to know the recommended grams to feed my beardie. That way I can plan out the most effective meals for her, and how long the food I buy will last. All I ever see is "You should feed your bearded dragon 80% veggies!". I understand that, but how many veggies? What are there estimated Kcal expenditures? What veggies provide the best nutrition? The pet trade is frustrating when you want to do viable research for animals that are not dogs or cats.
Even for dogs & cats it can be a nightmare! I have lost count of the times I've had to explain to people that dry kibble is actually bad for dogs & cats.
Your videos are dope….could you PLEASE make a video depicting all the positive things that come with a BI or BCC that I can show my wife, so she’ll be more comfortable with me buying one? We have a ball python, but she’s super skeptical about me getting anything bigger (despite what I’ve told her)….Either way, thanks for all the effort you put into these. You’re in my top 3 reptile you tubers
I don't have a myth. Is there a top 5 list for reptiles that escape their enclosures or what to check for in the enclosure that allows the reptile to escape? Love the videos!
The biting one always makes me laugh. I used to have a leopard gecko, who I fed a wax worm which he knocked out my hand and grabbed hold of my finger instead and near tore a chunk out of it... and someone told me that was possible because they dont bite and they dont have teeth. Sure seemed like it could bite when he was hanging off my finger.
What is the craziest snake myth you've ever heard!?
Never really been told any!
That they breath fire
That corn snake bites hurt...
Ball pythons are called ball pythons because they were discovered by Lavar Ball.
That an African Rock Python killed two kids in New Brunswick.
The way you told the story of the last myth sounded like "This one time, at band camp..." and I love it 😆
AHAH MY PARENTS SAY THAT TO ME ALL THE TIME WHEN IM TALKING ABOUT MY REPTILES!! Also I’m a huge fan of your channel, you’ve inspired my dad and I to start our own reptile business! We’ve started our tiktok and working on our websiten
Big fan of u mam love ur isopods videos love ur videos mam!
Something about snakes biting their tail to roll downhill like a hoop. Damn near died trying not to laugh .
hahahahhaa!
I love the way people are like "oh he's sizing me up" like... Relax Martha. He's struggling to swap to rats.
hahahhaa!
The “sizing you up” thing is especially ridiculous given that my kingsnake made good attempts to eat me, an adult human, when he was like, 45 grams. If a snake decides it wants to try to eat you, it is not going to bother measuring first.
I have had several king snakes and a ball python try to start eating me from the side of my hand. They just aren't that smart!
Yep, the only time I've seen anything close to this is when my ball will start face rubbing the rat and wandering around its enclosure after "killing" it.
Yeah I don’t think most snakes can do math
if snakes sized up their meals, they wouldn’t find burmese pythons in the everglades that tried to eat gators and died
The soaking police scared the hell out of me as a new ball python owner! The week after I got my bp his scales were looking kind of strange. I have since learned this is his pre-shed routine, but at the time I hadn't experienced a shed before. I wasn't sure if maybe it was stuck shed, so I followed Snake Discovery's bath guide to give him a quick soak. Afterwards he was making a wheezing noise, so I googled to try and figure out what it was, and only came across dozens of angry soak police posts. "Why would you EVER soak your snake? What kind of horrible person are you?!" I was so terrified I'd hurt my snake less than a week after getting him! (And don't worry--the wheezing wasn't a respiratory infection, my BP is just dumb and stuck his whole head underwater during his bath. He had water in his nose lol). The polarized nature of this community is very frustrating sometimes.
I think the weirdest snake myth I've ever heard is that snakes are "slimy," which is usually sited as the #1 reason people don't like them when I talk to folks. I don't understand where this myth came from to this day. Unless you picked the snake up out of a mud puddle, snakes aren't slimy!
The slimy thing may be when garder snakes musk. It's a fairly common snake and it does a strange thing when you mess with it in the wild.
My mom always told me that people thought snakes were slimy because of how shiny their scales are and I was also scared too that I didn’t know when I should soak it because once I watch videos like snake discovery WWR people like that out here “oh yeah give him a bath” and then I would go on the Internet and I see people saying you should never do it “you’re a horrible person gonna kill your snake” but eventually stopped listening because a bunch of snake myths were coming from those post and I was like wait a second I have held snakes I’ve seen how they act and watched their behavior that doesn’t make any sense most people are dumb on here
@@naezjinra that could also be a reason but I have heard that it’s because people she how shiny they are well that’s what my mom always told me
I heard it actually bc “your the slimy one”.
Basically when a nervous person timidly strokes a snake the scales repel the sweat. The person always assumes it’s the snake tho.
Probably bc (subconsciously) they think of snakes as a kind of danger worms, the Only other amimal with no limbs they know of.
Woth how big this hobby is now it's inevitable that you'll come across those laughable overly toxic reptile nazis
One of the myths or misconceptions that drives me insane is that arid species can not have a drop of humidity in their enclosure or they will die. Like sorry to break it to you, but it actually rains in Australia. Also under ground can hold moisture and many arid species burrow to access humidity that most people don't provide because they think arid species means that water in their substrate is toxic to them. This was a great video, I loved all the snark in it, really made it humorous and entertaining.
The wife's male beardy loves swimming.
agreed. i keep a couple of desert/scrubland species and i just keep the surface dry. they find where they're comfortable.
Literally heard that last one (again) this morning. I told him it's more likely that he'll die of a heart-attack and get eaten by his cat. I'm not even going to explain how ridiculous it is to suggest a snake will eat an adult human anymore.
wild!
Dude you've really upped your game in these vids, from the thumbnail and music to the content. Top quality stuff!
Thanks a ton!
Clips are hilarious
I was about to say that the funny stuff in the vids are funny lol
adam very quickly became one of my favourite, if not my favourite reptile youtuber!
A lot of the time when people say “doesn’t bite” they are usually saying that this animal is not very inclined to bite not that it is literally incapable of biting
doesn't bite and can't bite are definitely very different things. if someone says theirs doesn't, or the species doesn't, i know they mean it's not very likely to. it's the can't bite that you have to look out for. hell people say their dog or cat doesn't bite. and i usually believe them, but i would never think their dog is incapable of biting
Definitely do more of these! The main misinformation thing that drives me nuts is people calling snakes poisonous! If I had a dollar for every time I've had someone ask me that I could probably buy a couple reptiles lol
I sure will!
The thing is, there is actually a couple of poisonous snake species, but they are generally considered exceptions. One of them is the tiger keelback, it steals the poison from toads and stores it in a pair of glands on the back of its head. We actually don't know how many snake species could be poisonous because not many people are just out here eating snakes lol. I highly doubt any of the people calling them poisonous know any of this though lol.
Yeah but some languages don’t have separate words for venom and poison
@@kaciek6893 I don't think we're including that here since that would be a legitimate reason.
I've seen a documentary that called snakes poisonous. It made me SO angry.
Would love to see a part 2! As far as the cohabbing myth, I wanted to chime in as a mourning gecko owner. Mourning geckos love being together, but that doesn't mean I can't just not examine their behavior and make sure they're getting along. The babies grow very quickly, and if I'm not paying attention, the oldest ones could end up bullying the younger ones and despite having many feeding spots within the enclosure, a brand new hatchling may not eat due to the stress from an older one. I have a cycling exoterra that sits empty for this reason, just in case the store I sell my babies through doesn't have any spots. I've never needed it, but I feel better knowing I can move older babies if I need to. If you are cohabbing anything, you should (almost) always have an extra empty space just in case an animal needs it. Just as Adam said, there is no always or never with these things.
That is really interesting I’ve always been more of a snake guy Personally but I find that really really interesting and you know this from experience or somebody told you or a mix of both and I’m not trying to challenge your sources or anything I’m not trying to make an argument
@@Trapper1836 it's a mix of both my experience and understanding the behavior of communal geckos. Even though a species may be communal, it can still happen with individuals where they just don't get along, or if size is a factor it's easy for the smaller one to get bullied which is normal in nature. Just like with humans, where we don't always want to be sharing our space, communal geckos still each need their own spaces in the enclosure and if there are too many older babies, they will outcompete their brethren and chase them out of comfortable spots. I notice it every month and a half or so when I bring the eldest babies down to the store. Once a handful of the oldest babies have moved out, the youngest ones begin to thrive. In turn, more eggs hatch, and those youngest grow, and the cycle continues. Having an empty, cycling exoterra that is ready anytime I need it is a necessary precaution in case the store doesn't have any space to take babies that month.
@@ForestOfEmeralds that is a really cool system and I hope your store does or keeps doing well we need more reptile keepers like you
@@Trapper1836 that's so kind of you 🥺 the store is absolutely incredible, with knowledgable staff who dedicate themselves to the animals while they are in their care. They're called Aquariums West, I've yet to have a negative experience with them. I love my mourning geckos so much and will go to any length to ensure they are thriving. Due to their size it's difficult to give them any sort of medical treatment if something happens. The best offense is a solid defense.
I'm sorry for your... oh wait, that's a species.
When I was into fishkeeping, it was always a good idea to have a spare smaller tank just in case you needed to rehab your betta.
I've heard "the snake is straightening itself next to you at night to size you up" one quite a few times, and the persons who told the story were always telling it like it happened to their friend. 🙄 Clearly they're part of the people who think that a snake's stomach spans its full length.
Thank you so much for number 4. I have a rescue Northern blue tongue that is much smaller than it should be and the previous owner claims “reptiles only get to the size of their enclosure.” No sir, your lizard that you surrendered to me is incredibly small for a blue tongue because you only fed it boiled chicken every two weeks and it has very visible metabolic bone disease. Very frustrating that some people put in no effort to making sure their reptiles are kept correctly.
I find the co habit point really particularly interesting because its just good advice in general to research that for any animal you plan to get! Like for example with mammals even just looking at rodents guinea pigs are so social that keeping one by itself will likely leave it so depressed it will die young. Sometimes guinea pigs even become visibly distraught after the death of a group member they are just that close to each other.
Syrian hamsters on the other hand are so aggressively territorial mating is really the one and only time two adults should ever come in contact and you better separate them fast after that lest you risk one killing an cannibalizing the other. Hamsters are surprisingly hardcore for how cute they are lol.
As a misplaced Alaskan, I miss living somewhere where +40 feels like spring. And I've been told my corn snakes are sizing me up lol
i would be hyped on a reptile mythbuster series 👀 i wanted to keep our cresties together (they're clutch-mates) but in their case they just had incompatible personalities 😅
Crested geckos shouldn’t be housed together, so it’s good that yours are housed separately.
I literally had to deal with #1 on this list a couple days ago! I'm a docent (volunteer educator) at a local (AZA accredited) zoo, and was talking to some of the new docents that had just started. We got to talking about snakes and a man of at least 60 told me with absolute certainty that snakes were dangerous because he heard a story where a women told her vet how sweet her big snake was when he laid on the bed with her and the vet said to get rid of the snake IMMEDIATELY because the snake was sizing her up to eat. I was honestly baffled. This man had just gone through an 8 week course of animal education to become a ZOO DOCENT and believed this nonsense completely. Of course I shut him down on that but even after I had explained how it was just a ridiculous myth I could tell he still didn't really believe me. I'm just hoping he stays away from the reptile house.
I have gotten that exact same thing from a bunch of people when they find out i keep snakes. almost as much as fish only grow to the size of their tank
I have a children's python who is a bit over a metre big (about 3 and a half foot long). I have plenty of photos and videos of her trying to eat me. I'm almost twice her length and about 90x her weight. I use her as the perfect response to people saying that a snake will size you up before trying to eat you.
@@meredithnavin1358 That one way to prove them wrong! Is that a thing with children's though? I have a spotted python and she's super sweet and polite.
@@alyssafigliano3994 childrens can be nippy but tend to grow out of it.
Mine decided that she's not like all them other snakes. She decided to become MORE nippy as time goes on. When I'm handling her, she's very trustworthy. Won't strike at all. But if a human isn't touching her, she'll bite. 100%.
My other snake is a Stimmy (which was reclassified as Children's last year) and she's an absolute sweetheart. I'm instinctively scared of her when she looks like she's about to strike.
I've come to accept I'm in an abusive relationship with my snake. Lol.
@@meredithnavin1358 I had no idea childrens were so moody (hungry?)! My girl has never even bluff striked at me let alone show any signs she was willing to bite. She actually seems to enjoy being handled to some extant, or at least interacting with me. Although one day I would like to have all the Antaresia species, and maybe breed them. The world needs more of them!
Great video! Am afraid I get sarcastic now when someone says my python is sizing me up, I say ‘ wow really? Where do you reckon he keeps his measuring tape?’ 🤣🤦🏻♀️ other myths I have been told is …you can attract snakes with milk…snakes always travel in pairs…
There are so many sadly!
milk snakes hahaa
I was told by this kid who has never owned or even touched a snake that snakes can't get sick. Like they literally can't get sick and they just go through times of "depression" where the eat less or struggle to "peel".
I hate people who think they know what their talking about when they absolutely don't.
I feel this!
Everyone always asks me for any of my pets "does it bite?"
I always tell them "well they have teeth, so they could"
I had a good laugh watching this! I can't believe some people actually still believe some of these things! I've heard the "sizing you up" one from someone more than once and I feel like tearing out my hair when trying to explain to her that not everything she reads on Facebook or heard from "a friend of hers" is correct...
hilarious eh!
I heard this and was like couldn't it just be that it was cold and found a large roughly 97degree heat source.
@@WickensWickedReptiles your canadian really shined threw this on
it reminds me so much of the myth about cats that goes like "a couple brought their newborn baby home & in the dark of night their house cat jumped into the crib & killed the baby because the cat was jealous!"
i've done a lot of work with cat rescue & no joke we've had pregnant couples use that myth as the reason why they're surrendering their cat - absolutely ridiculous!
I have pretty old southern grandparents that are deathly afraid of snakes and would rather kill one than being near her even the smallest so you have no idea how much I relate
There was a pretty pervasive myth that some snakes would sting you with their tail, like a scorpion. I personally think this was born of those snakes' tendency to wrap with it's tail, so it doesn't fall.
Basically, if you are scared and ignorant of them, anything they do is viewed through an anthropomorphic lens of malicious intent.
The only one I found to be true is one I've told before: If your carpet python escapes his enclosure and makes it's way to your bathroom shower curtain rod, he will strike at your roommate, when said roommate comes rushing in the next morning to take a shower. True story. My bad.
Great video!
The one about how cage size affecting an animal's growth is one of those really saddening myths that you even hear about from pet stores... You hear it especially regarding goldfish, a highly personable fish that lives for 20 years. They grow BIG but everyone seems to think you can just put them in a small tank their entire life. Well, that 'entire life' is typically like two years before they die, often due to neglect. And of course, if they die after two years they haven't had the chance to grow big yet. Thus the myth lives on. Also, because they die after such a short time, a lot of people think that is how old they can get... Goldfish are actually veery difficult fish to keep, if you want to have them live for as long as 20 years. They're highly sensitive and high demanding. I wish it was possible for people's perception of goldfish to change for the better.
I really like how with the "grows to the size of the enclosure" myth you gave a practical reason why people might think that and how it probably got started!
You need some "do your research" merch! 😂 One can never be reminded to research potential pets too often!!
So reptile in the wild grow to the size of the earth lol
Rex on Snake Discovery is the only well known case I can think of where an animal was noticeably stunted due(in part) to living in a too-small enclosure for most of her life. And I’m pretty sure (based on watching videos of her) that she’s grown some since they rescued her.
It should work the other way, if you want a big snake. Want a 15 ft garter snake? No problem, just put it in a large enough enclosure
I will say, years ago when I was much younger, I got a hermit crab from a store, and was actually told by the salesperson that if I didn’t provide another shell, the crab would stop growing and stay in that one shell (as in, a new, bigger shell wasn’t necessary). You could imagine my surprise when the exact opposite happened. Now I know that’s far from the truth, but for me at that time, who wasn’t experienced in keeping exotics, I believed it
Great video! I have two Fahlo bracelets...one shark 🦈 and one polar bear 🐻❄. Thank you for the introduction to this cool company 😊
thanks for supporting a great cause!
Hey that’s really cool I thought about getting one but I’ve never really worn bracelets but if it helps a good cause I’m all for it
@@Trapper1836 you can also track the animals openly on the conservation pages and just donate without the bracelet. Saves the environment some shipping, still supports the cause and you don't have to worry about whether or not you wear bracelets ;)
Great video as always! I would like to see more about reptile urban myths. The silly things that people believe crack me up.
More to come!
the wrapping around the chair is true my snakes can't get enough of mine they love to wrap around the holes that the neck pillow goes through and its a massive pain in the ass to get them off
big time!
The snake sizing up their owner urban myth, is one I hear often. I’m so blown out of the water that such nonsense actually floats in peoples minds. I’m glad you covered it.
I have heard of 'Beating a dead horse' but never, 'Beating with a dead horse'. I will definitely be use this.
hahahaa
I'm also enjoying the "anything with a mouth can bite" (I recently joined the "people who have been bitten by their reptiles" club!) while showing off a bite mark on your arm
very cool
If you think trying to untangle a ball python from a chair is hard, try a 6' carpet python. My sweet dork of a snake seems to have a second brain at the base of his tail and just when you've freed his head, his tail has wrapped around a leg. Then you unwrap his tail only to find his head and neck have corkscrewed up the side of the chair. Honestly, sometimes it's easier to just put the chair in front of his enclosure and wait until he decides to go back himself.
The sizing up thing I heard a few months ago. I was like if that was the case, why sleep with the snake?
My Ball python sized me up and ate me when he slept next to me.................
I got better.
RIP
Hey great videos. I've started going back to the very first video you made and been watching them all in order. I have a suggestion for a future video if you're down for it. A video of all the pet friendly plants or at least the best plants for enclosures with pictures and for the different types of animals i.e. desert, tropical. I think it would make a great video. Thanks!
I'll admit, Believed the python sizing up myth way longer then I should of. I'd heard it on an animal planet show while I was a kid. Can't even remember the show anymore, but I remembered that little nugget. Wasn't until I got into snake keeping and did more research on pythons in general that I realized it made no since.
Just goes to show that no matter your source, always do your own research.
I love it my mom and my sister come at me about all my snakes sizing me up. I was listening to this in my car running my mom around and I told her watch this will be #1 on the list haha to funny. Love the channel and keep it going
Always don't step on animals! love this whole video, would love to see another one. and you're right,be better!!
Thank you! Will do!
My literal thought process during the video:
Adam: they pounce!
Me: Oh hey I had a cat named...
Adam: not like a cat.
Me: or... :(
lol
oh man, did you SEE the frogletts at the expo that basically look metalic? So awesome!!
You make such high quality content! And your animals all look so well cared for.
When you were talking about the python "sizing up" the girl while she sleeps I couldn't stop laughing cuz I saw people say that EXACT thing and I get so tired of it. But the way you imitated it was so freakin hilarious, I lmao'd 😂😂😂
so insane!
@@WickensWickedReptiles for real!
Another great video about some INSANE reptile myths
Love the video! I know that you talk about reptiles but I wish you would have done an honorable mention to the old warts myth when it comes to frogs/toads.
i'd love a video like this that focuses on snake myths specifically because there are SO many myths & misconceptions out there. it wasn't until i got my first pet snake that i realized just how wide-spread these ridiculous myths are. snakes are so misunderstood & all the negative misconceptions just make people more afraid of them, & in a lot of cases that fear leads to real harm being done to these animals. it's important to debunk the myths & show people just how amazing & important snakes are!
Loving the new thumb nails! I will watch no matter what they look like but I think it’s doing wonders for your overall engagement 👍
Glad you like them!
Yes make a part 2, 3, 4 . . . . There are so many myths and misinformation about reptile husbandry that consistently gets perpetuated. It is frustrating. You say, "Do your research", which is so important, but sometimes even supposedly reliable sources perpetuate myths. thanks for the fun vid man.
Please do a part two I love stuff like this.
ok!
@@WickensWickedReptiles thanks
"your snake is planning to eat you" boy, my biggest ball python cant even figure out how to eat appropriate sized F/T rats sometimes and went on a hunger strike when I changed her type of substrate (it is now switched back because shes a picky princess)
I like how the bearded dragon looks like he's saying why are you making me wear my mother's skull wicken
the first one is so true😂😂i know so many people who think that snakes "size up" their owners so they can eat them. its hilarious, great video keep up the amazing content :)
Please do another one! This was great.
ok!!
I personally love snakes, 2 of mine have had animal blessings at church.
I have 2 Royal Pythons/Ball Pythons. 1 normal called Servine, 1 Pinstripe called Snivy . Looking after a friends snake cause he was getting evicted. But now he is quite safe. But decided to leave Ethel with us. She is a lovely dark Royal Python, then finally still at home Son left home left his 14 foot Reticulated Python here cause girl friend does not like snakes. I find them a lovely form of me neck massage!!! Also servine and snivy in their own way very affectionate.
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the #1 story or similar stories, and it’s like, first of all your snake isn’t going to eat you or even try to, and second, why would you let your giant snake free roam your house in the first place 😂
insane right
It's funny you severely call out people who keep ball pythons in small aquariums but not the tiny dark tubs that 99% of breeders use.... 🤔
Great video. I personally don't have reptiles but I do have various inverts ie jumping spiders, tarantulas, isopods, mantids etc. I totally agree with your comments about people who should do their research; currently almost ever day there are posts about unexperienced owners feeding their jumping spiders flightless fruitflies and wondering why their spiders aren't doing well, no regard for the appropriate sized prey they should be giving. I did lots of research before I got my first jumping spider, tarantula etc, and I still research on a regular basis incase anything has possibly changed. Before each tarantula I research the species so I am as prepared as possible. It's so frustrating that others don't.
I have a toothless cat (she had a bad disease as a baby) but she’s healthy now but good lord is it creepy when she bites me while playing hahaha. Great video Adam!
Pikachu is so gorgeous and great video today
Glad you enjoyed!
Alot of this myths bugged me even when I had no reptiles or fish.
I always learn I got to have that in.
Just those is it poisonous? Do you feed them bugs and egg?
Don't they get huge??
It doesn't bite right? It's going to eat you want!
I have to remind myself that some people don't know, but I can't with that some people ask "stupid" questions
"They are from kind of arid parts of Australia" Yer, not really, bearded dragons live right here in Perth, West Australia and it rains here, sometimes a lot, so they get wet in the wild too. Caught a young wild one at work last year, to release it back into the national park next door (because bearded dragons and heavy machinery don't mix).
The absolute funniest one I ran into happens to be from my ex wife, who had the Chinese cultural thing of being so terrified of snakes she would drop her iphone if someone posted a snake picture on facebook, I asked her why, and she said "because Adam and Eve".
We have a completely toothless cat and he really thinks he still has teeth, to the point he tries to steal the 80lb dog's kibble. That he can't chew.
adorable
You had me scared with the Fahlo contact first because there are SO MANY scams with those bracelets out there but Fahlo is the only one I have found so far which is actually named as being a legit collaborator by the conservation projects they are collaborating with. Glad to see at least one company being honest. Cute bracelet.
You should do a kenyan sand boa care guide! I love my KSB and would enjoy your input on proper care. When getting him I saw alot of conflicting info on substrates and other aspects of care.
research is important! im getting a pacman frog this weekend (my first reptile/amphibian pet :D) and i had to watch like 5 videos to learn what their diet consits of and how much i should feed them!
amazing!
The Joey swoll “be better”🤣
bald dudes gotta stick together haha
Nice video man, getting a new reptile soon after my old one died and you have helped a lot!
thanks for watching!
So my geckos are not sizing me up? What a relief! Lol great vid like usual, mate.
hahhahaa
someone: this animal does not bite
me: oh no, how does it eat?
hahahhaa!
Monkey tail skinks always look cracked out lmao
8:31 That dude is in outer space right there 😂
he's on pluto
@@WickensWickedReptiles Faaaar out brooo
This was awesome! I would love to see more videos on reptile myths like this! Keep up the great work and thank you for all you do!
I love it have a great day have a cool day have a super day wicked wickens reptile
Have a nice day
Love this do mor myth videos adam!
coming soon!!!
A myth that is actually completely true is that a snake when dropped from any height will always land on its feet
wooooooooooooooow
Great vid! Love these 😂
thanks for watching!
I rarely comment, keep this series up! This is entertaining and super educational
thanks for commenting :)
I own and run a small pet store. I hear on a weekly basis if not daily that snakes are slimmy and grosse. Coming from people who want fish, which are kind of slimmy. This annoys me so much.
Speaking of keeping fish, many believe that fish will only grow to the size of their tank. They get annoid with me when I explain that it isn't true.
insane right!
Something to note about dart frogs (I misunderstood what you were saying at first so worth clarifying): darts of the same species generally do well in pairs (1m 1f). Some can do decently in trios or even larger groups, depending on the species, and with plenty of room.
But really really not recommended to mix species or even different locales of the same species.
I actually just learned yesterday that ball pythons don’t go into hibernation during the winter time I mean I thought that’s what they do since they go off feed during that time
nice, you learn something new every day
@@WickensWickedReptiles always open to new info
Whenever I tell people I have snakes I know at some point in the conversation they're going to do the whole 'I heard a story about this snake sizing their owner up.' I stop them before they can get fully started and they always seem surprised and disappointed I know exactly what they're about to say and ruin their one 'fact' about snakes.
hilarious!
Wow , 204k subs. I'm really happy for you and your co-star Big D. Your content and personality deserve 1 million plus. I'm glad to see the growth though since the year or so that I've been subbed , congratulations Adam ! To the moon....
I loved this. The animal only grows the size if enclosure lol I have heard that one so many times.
right!?
You using "bois" all the time makes me so happy XD
all the bois!
Same here!!
One u turn around time is spot on and 2 yass and some make me laugh
thanks for watching!
I hope for More this was great
I did have a king snake (my first reptile) that tried to eat my elbow once. To be fair, I'd just played with rats before getting him out, and he seemed to think long and hard about whether or not my elbow really was food. But it's definitely a weird feeling to have a snake nomming on your elbow skin.
Keep up the amazing work you do! Another great video!
Your one of the only reptile UA-camrs I watch now (I only watch 3)
It's difficult finding reputable sources for more of the beginner species. Trying to figure out specifics is a nightmare because nobody has an appropriate answer. Like, I want to know the recommended grams to feed my beardie. That way I can plan out the most effective meals for her, and how long the food I buy will last. All I ever see is "You should feed your bearded dragon 80% veggies!". I understand that, but how many veggies? What are there estimated Kcal expenditures? What veggies provide the best nutrition?
The pet trade is frustrating when you want to do viable research for animals that are not dogs or cats.
Even for dogs & cats it can be a nightmare! I have lost count of the times I've had to explain to people that dry kibble is actually bad for dogs & cats.
Brooooo nice loving the thumbnail and video quality some body is hitting 1,000,000 subs this year I’m calling it !!
Your videos are dope….could you PLEASE make a video depicting all the positive things that come with a BI or BCC that I can show my wife, so she’ll be more comfortable with me buying one? We have a ball python, but she’s super skeptical about me getting anything bigger (despite what I’ve told her)….Either way, thanks for all the effort you put into these. You’re in my top 3 reptile you tubers
This was an awesome video! Also I would just dread to see the day that the turtle stops moving on the tracker 😅 I would be devastated tbh
I'd never heard of the 'sizing you up in your sleep to eat' story until I started watching reptile youtubers who always mention it.
Great video as always. Defo want a part two...maybe also cover snakes "unhinging their jaws" to eat lol
Your reptile room looks awesome. My ultimate reptile myth is that all snakes are “poisonous”. Makes me mental every time someone says that to me.
that's a good one!
Pause at 4:53 XD
That judgmental stare is freaking hilarious
I don't have a myth. Is there a top 5 list for reptiles that escape their enclosures or what to check for in the enclosure that allows the reptile to escape? Love the videos!
Pretty cool. Craycray reptile *facts* next?
heck yes
Yes! Please part 2! This was awesome!
My bearded dragon has a huge water dish, so he soaks himself if he needs it. He usually poops in his water when he's done soaking.
It made me feel so much better you mentioning the co-hab thing. I just got harassed my local reptile FB group for cohabing 😮💨 people suck.
The biting one always makes me laugh. I used to have a leopard gecko, who I fed a wax worm which he knocked out my hand and grabbed hold of my finger instead and near tore a chunk out of it... and someone told me that was possible because they dont bite and they dont have teeth. Sure seemed like it could bite when he was hanging off my finger.
You mean a snakes head won't chase me if I cut it off ?! 🤔😬😅
wild eh!