CUBAN ROCK IGUANAS IN THE WILD (are we keeping them correctly?)

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  • @kmckee18
    @kmckee18 2 роки тому +23

    Important to note most desert/arid reptiles tend to sleep somewhere much more humid (underground) than the outdoor RH. It would be cool to see some underground RH readings. Great series!

  • @DabKing999
    @DabKing999 2 роки тому +14

    I love how much information you give us no one else is going out there and showing us how animals live in the wild and how they should be kept

  • @tracieandthecrazyturtle477
    @tracieandthecrazyturtle477 2 роки тому +1

    I just love these videos where you take us to where the animals live naturally

  • @carschmn
    @carschmn 2 роки тому +2

    Sitting in my armchair eating popcorn watching Dav Kaufman: seems like a good morning.

  • @krystalb8276
    @krystalb8276 2 роки тому +1

    Your sarcastic sense of humor is the best and I absolutely love it. "Way off into the ocean... right there" lol

  • @kathymoline5598
    @kathymoline5598 10 місяців тому

    The extended warranty had me cracking up. Lolol

  • @cara9648
    @cara9648 2 роки тому +11

    It really looks like you could be in Colorado! It's so cool to see how they're thriving on the island. I'm really happy you do this series! Thank you. Being able to replicate their natural habitat to give them the best life is all I want to do as a keeper when I get some.

    • @fernandomendoza6949
      @fernandomendoza6949 2 роки тому +1

      That's what I was thinking it looks like they're right outside of Pueblo Colorado

    • @cara9648
      @cara9648 2 роки тому

      @@fernandomendoza6949 Yes! Definitely the southern part of the state, but it does bring Pueblo to mind.

  • @mannylozano8146
    @mannylozano8146 2 роки тому +14

    Would love to see you do a video on the natural habitat of tegus in Argentina. That would be amazing

    • @cara9648
      @cara9648 2 роки тому +2

      Yes!! That would be fantastic. They're a dream reptile of mine

    • @wanderingangelstudio1359
      @wanderingangelstudio1359 2 роки тому

      Yes!! I kept an Argentine red. Beautiful animals!

  • @ReefBuildersVideo
    @ReefBuildersVideo 2 роки тому +1

    I used to work on that island and I remember the Cuban iguanas and having to step over the lazy ones who wouldn’t move off the sidewalks and footpaths.

  • @dixongecko8018
    @dixongecko8018 2 роки тому +2

    True but the burrows themselves act as humid microclimate so the humidity is likley higher in those burrows. It would have been cool to see the readings of how far down they went and what they were. I would suspect around 70%.

    • @kellybraun7048
      @kellybraun7048 10 місяців тому

      He usually tries to get underground humidity readings too (like in the ball python movie). Maybe he didn’t find a burrow? If they were too far off the paths, it might’ve been a matter of not being allowed off the paths.

  • @lesamonroe2355
    @lesamonroe2355 2 роки тому +1

    I love your videos and I love that you love these precious animals enough to take your money and time to where they live to teach us how to care for our precious critters great and small thank you

  • @carltoncarnivores
    @carltoncarnivores 2 роки тому +3

    Was just listening to one of the Animals at Home podcasts, and they mentioned Cyclura basically needing some of the highest UV exposure of any reptile. Those high readings definitely support that.

  • @crystalbainbridge5339
    @crystalbainbridge5339 2 роки тому +1

    Love the way you educate through all you're videos and it's fantastic because we never stop learning in life. Take care Dave.

  • @scrubjay93
    @scrubjay93 2 роки тому +2

    That was a wonderful video! Love the flower feeding 🤗 They would be so fun to study on that naturally isolated population! Doesn't appear that food is limiting; they seem more abundant than even seems natural. Must be all that fruit floating to shore added to the island's food resources. Lucky iguanas. They look very happy, healthy, and quite confident in their tail whipping abilities. Very dragon-like eyes. They remind of the marine iguanas on the Galapagos Isles.

  • @THEGEEK-wo5lb
    @THEGEEK-wo5lb 2 роки тому

    This video just shows you why Cycluras iguanas are the goat my guy walked up to a wild Cuban rock iguana and just picked it up any other lizard would have just dipped but man it just amazing to see even naturally these guys are pretty calm

  • @billythekid6509
    @billythekid6509 2 роки тому +1

    Dav bro that was so cool to see that Cuban take that flower from your hand. I really hope I can meet u one day when u make another trip to Florida.

  • @jhurley4481
    @jhurley4481 2 роки тому +8

    Another great video, what I cant understand is it has 600 views but only 107 likes, come on people hit the like button!! Dave gos to great effort and has excellent content that's very well produced . Keep up the Excellent work Dave.

    • @thetangibles8242
      @thetangibles8242 2 роки тому +2

      I don't understand how Dav doesn't have a mill subs

  • @MotherTruckinReptiles
    @MotherTruckinReptiles 2 роки тому +2

    I'm still waiting for a python Regius in the wild video. This is the best series for reptile keeping!

  • @mistyabernot
    @mistyabernot 2 роки тому

    If you ever need another buddy to tag along, count me in Dāv 🤩

  • @jontaylor938
    @jontaylor938 2 роки тому +2

    So cool dav! Thanks for sharing! Love this channel.

  • @morphcityreptiles
    @morphcityreptiles 2 роки тому

    This was a great watch, I’ve just started to build a Cuban rock iguana enclosure for a pair.

  • @sarahwinans8415
    @sarahwinans8415 2 роки тому +2

    Incredibly informative! Thank you

  • @RadReptile615
    @RadReptile615 2 роки тому +1

    Another great video Dav!!!!! Can’t wait for your review of Iguana land one of the grand opening finally happens. Next time you get to the Bahamas can you give us a fast perspective on what’s going on with the tourists feeding the native cyclura over there it’s having some detrimental effects i here....

  • @MrActionproductions
    @MrActionproductions 2 роки тому +1

    Man the drone footage gives great perspective.

  • @DaveDurham
    @DaveDurham 2 роки тому

    Well 122 comments so you might not read this one, but if you do I would like you to know that I believe the rock iguana, specifically the Cayman Brac rock iguana I have found to be the smartest reptile species ever recorded. So I hope people stop saying the monitor lizard is smarter. I know over the years I even thought that, but when training monitors although inquisitive, have never seemed to be quite as observant or interested as the Cayman Brac, or even the rhino. I did like you using the temp gun and humidity gage, we even use the same temp gun! I also believe they are more likely to eat animal protein when available, but maybe the island doesnt have as many animals as a mainland would. If I offer my rock iguanas animal protein and vegetation at the same time, they will go for the animal protein, from hatchlings to adult makes no difference. Thanks for the video

  • @calelreptiles2715
    @calelreptiles2715 2 роки тому +1

    I love these are we keeping them right series

  • @studbourbon798
    @studbourbon798 2 роки тому +1

    Cool video, this is why I love Key West, they are everywhere. And the chickens are cool too.

  • @coleaugust4792
    @coleaugust4792 2 роки тому +2

    If you ever find yourself around the Amazon basin I’d love to see a video on Amazon basin emerald tree boas, redfoot tortoises, or spilotes pullatus

  • @wpsreptiles
    @wpsreptiles 2 роки тому +1

    So cool!! What an excellent environment, and informative video for keeping these!

  • @loispadgett6306
    @loispadgett6306 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for show those beautiful reptiles too us. I love those species.
    GOD BLESS ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @sherrybrzeczka7966
    @sherrybrzeczka7966 2 роки тому +1

    What an awesome experience!!

  • @kyleerosee3
    @kyleerosee3 2 роки тому +3

    Literally my dream to be surrounded by them. Im pretty sure that ive dreamt about this before... You may have been in it lmfao. Looks like so much fun and yes i do agree about it being closed to the public and people trespassing should be arrested... Protect them at all costs.

  • @gregcalzada6710
    @gregcalzada6710 2 роки тому

    Dav my favorite part of your videos is the rattler awards. When I was in the Army when you did something really awesome you were giving a coin by a higher ranking officer. As an infantryman I would take a coin over a bronze star. There is something special about them. I think when your handing out rattler awards you should hand out coins of your own custom designs being that you are the highest ranking officer in the herp community I think it would be a sacred item for the recipient. RATTLE ON!!!!

  • @loriw2661
    @loriw2661 2 роки тому +4

    As usual, this is an amazing video! However, you must’ve been exhausted with a type of “jet-lag” after that lengthy trip from the mainland to the island. Lol! Those cyclura are gorgeous and it’s so nice to see them protected and thriving. The guy was right, WE are the invasive species……everywhere!!😡

  • @Gottalovecarpetpythons
    @Gottalovecarpetpythons 2 роки тому

    Similar to keeping a Central Beadie. dry, hot and plenty of UV. Glad they are protected, good on them.

  • @mikeyben6144
    @mikeyben6144 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome video as always. Amazing to see how the climate is similar to Curacao but the green iguanas thrive. No cyclura.

  • @hockeypuck4622
    @hockeypuck4622 2 роки тому +1

    Now I have a love for another reptile. The Cyclura. I’ve seen that island before, but didn’t take a second look. I’ve always taken tours out on the ocean at night just east of where you were at in the Bahia Fosforescénte. I hope he took you there. Thanks

  • @growingheart8039
    @growingheart8039 2 роки тому +1

    "No body's feeding them by hand."
    Cut to, feed them by hand😛
    Great video! 🌞

  • @aleksnikolic7765
    @aleksnikolic7765 2 роки тому

    Hey, awesome video! I love this series, and I think you should maybe try to make a video about leopard geckos in the wild (because there's not a lot of research about them in the wild, so this would be a hit video!) and maybe some tortoise or turtle species! I think your fans would enjoy them!

  • @adrianbara-popa9960
    @adrianbara-popa9960 2 роки тому +2

    Very interesting video. The island's history of a zoo releasing the iguanas on the island got me thinking about what other creatures can be found on the island? And are there any native endemic species on the island that weren't introduced by humans?

  • @juliephillips279
    @juliephillips279 2 роки тому +2

    Iguana, iguana, iguana, iguana, iguana, iguana, iguana, brian kusko, iguana, iguana, iguana....

  • @marieparsons3507
    @marieparsons3507 2 роки тому

    What a unique place!

  • @mattc9875
    @mattc9875 2 роки тому

    Thank you, great video and opportunity to see what is barely available online...!

  • @bryonflaherty5957
    @bryonflaherty5957 2 роки тому +2

    Great video , these are my favorites. Have you ever done a frilled lizard in their natural habitat video? I would love to see one and I believe more people are starting to keep and breed them

  • @ForestExotics
    @ForestExotics 2 роки тому +1

    Good video thanks

  • @herpdiversity9152
    @herpdiversity9152 2 роки тому +2

    Cyclura are amazing.

  • @jdssurf
    @jdssurf 2 роки тому

    I like these vids Dav, would be cool to see the monthly changes in these areas since I’m sure the temps and weather conditions change but your getting some great baselines for ppl. Also great footage.

  • @BradT_Herping
    @BradT_Herping 2 роки тому

    So cool that The Island is protected. We need to do that with papua New Guinea for crocodile monitors

  • @claytoncook731
    @claytoncook731 2 роки тому +2

    anyone else getting vibes from the dung pile scene in jurassic park? Who wore it better, Dav or Laura Dern?

  • @grandadoboman1995
    @grandadoboman1995 2 роки тому +1

    Tropical doesn't always mean wet humid moist rainforests. A country in a tropical climate can have grassland or semi-arid areas. It's not always rainforests.

  • @HidefVince
    @HidefVince 2 роки тому

    Please don't poop on me *next shot, you handle a piece of disrespect bare sausage ...for science.

  • @taeviansworldofreptiles3828
    @taeviansworldofreptiles3828 2 роки тому

    OOOH you should do Pectinatas one day! These are very similar in the environment department. As always awesome video Dave!

  • @hereshetep2337
    @hereshetep2337 2 роки тому

    Best #Iguanadon 📹 2022🎥

  • @Adventure_Allie
    @Adventure_Allie 2 роки тому +1

    Great video!

  • @cesarmiranda7941
    @cesarmiranda7941 2 роки тому +1

    I don't know if you had the opportunity to visit Mona island on the west side of Puerto Rico and see the rhino iguanas, Mona island boa or in Mayaguez Puerto Rico to Colombia red tail boas in the wild also there's a place in Moca Puerto Rico called La cueva de las cucarachas (cave of roaches) to see the Puertorrican boas hunting bats or caimans basically everywhere in the island. That's a lot material to make more great videos like this one.

  • @fernandomendoza6949
    @fernandomendoza6949 2 роки тому

    That little Island looks like it could be right outside of Pueblo Colorado

  • @dustintinsley3899
    @dustintinsley3899 2 роки тому

    That area looks just like my land in south Texas. You better believe that once I get moved onto the land I will start working with cyclura.

  • @MrPeter924
    @MrPeter924 2 роки тому +1

    Great pets animals reptiles 👍

  • @Upper_echelon_exotics
    @Upper_echelon_exotics 2 роки тому +1

    Did they ever come check people out? Like if you just sat there ...would they ever come close on their own?
    I guess yes then since it was following that guy around. Still would be cool to see footage of you sitting quietly near one and see what they do.

  • @AldousHuxley7
    @AldousHuxley7 2 роки тому

    Love your vids

  • @patrickcullen8875
    @patrickcullen8875 2 роки тому

    really cool

  • @shandicormier2919
    @shandicormier2919 2 роки тому

    Look at them all! What you iguana do about it dave

  • @cesarmiranda6450
    @cesarmiranda6450 2 роки тому

    don't know if you had the opportunity to visit Mona island on the west side of Puerto Rico and see the rhino iguanas, Mona island boa or in Mayaguez Puerto Rico to Colombia red tail boas in the wild also there's a place in Moca Puerto Rico called La cueva de las cucarachas (cave of roaches) to see the Puertorrican boas hunting bats or caimans basically everywhere in the island. That's a lot material to make more great videos like this one.

  • @Hornetboy
    @Hornetboy 2 роки тому

    Awesome video! :-)

  • @pigywcw9456
    @pigywcw9456 2 роки тому

    Dav please can you make a care video about club tail iguanas I want one but I can't find any information about them.

  • @AldousHuxley7
    @AldousHuxley7 2 роки тому

    Hey good video idea head to Algeria and document the Berber/Schneider skink natural habitat! I love my skink hes 20 years old now!

  • @theflyingdutchguy9870
    @theflyingdutchguy9870 2 роки тому

    awesome

  • @brianhopkins5776
    @brianhopkins5776 2 роки тому

    Hi dav

  • @Jimmyprice258
    @Jimmyprice258 2 роки тому

    My roomie has a HUGE blue iguana that lives in his bathroom.

  • @LanceKirkman
    @LanceKirkman 2 роки тому +1

    Simply amazing!
    I wonder why they don't swim across to the main land?
    Experience bad things happen if they cross the sea?
    #RattleOn

    • @scrubjay93
      @scrubjay93 2 роки тому +1

      I wondered that too. The "mainland" probably has predators like dogs and humans, and egg predators like snakes and rats? They have the ideal life on that island, that's for sure!

    • @sdqsdq6274
      @sdqsdq6274 2 роки тому

      why would they swim across when there sufficient food around

  • @kimspurre1242
    @kimspurre1242 2 роки тому +1

    Looks a lot like parts of Southern California

    • @scrubjay93
      @scrubjay93 2 роки тому

      It does. Also parts of southern Europe/Mediterranean countries.

    • @kimspurre1242
      @kimspurre1242 2 роки тому

      You’re right I’ve been to the Mediterranean a long time ago I’d forgotten that it was a lot like home in places. Ditto for Mexico(I live 2 hours away from the border)

  • @stefanostokatlidis4861
    @stefanostokatlidis4861 2 роки тому

    Cyclura are quite tame, because traditionally they didn’t have many predators. That is why they quickly declined when humans and domesticated animals arrived.
    Also this island shows that native and invasive is mostly about politics rather than any species’ history.

  • @billythekid6509
    @billythekid6509 2 роки тому +1

    Has anyone else noticed how much bigger the Rhino Iguana is than the Cuban iguana in the wild and captivity even though the Cuban is suppose to get the largest out of the Cyclura species.

    • @billythekid6509
      @billythekid6509 2 роки тому

      Yeah the Rhinos are always bigger but if u read up on them there suppose to be the largest out of the cyclura. That's why I was curious why it says that if u look up the species and read about them. But yes the Rhinos get bigger and they get bigger much quicker than the rest as well

    • @billythekid6509
      @billythekid6509 2 роки тому

      @DIO I absolutely agree they are awesome. Also your right about where they live and what they eat it also could be false information I read as well. I mean alot of the old reptile books have a little bit of misinformation especially on size when it comes to snakes

  • @718Insomniac
    @718Insomniac 2 роки тому

    When are we getting a video with some Lewisi? =]

  • @michaelross5674
    @michaelross5674 2 роки тому

    Dave are we allowed to go catch the retics over there and send them home..... My buddy his parents and family live over there

  • @teeroux2767
    @teeroux2767 2 роки тому

    Can you do a monitor lizard video

  • @SimejiClub
    @SimejiClub 2 роки тому

    Good!!

  • @bighoss7412
    @bighoss7412 2 роки тому

    When you coming back to Texas sir? How's your Puerto Rico trip going?

  • @kevinpoe8137
    @kevinpoe8137 2 роки тому

    Are you going to do a video on the Lacey act amendment

  • @kathymoline5598
    @kathymoline5598 6 місяців тому

    So are we supposed to be misting their enclosures?

  • @lizdyson3627
    @lizdyson3627 2 роки тому +1

    Hi Dav, not heard of Cycluras before. I assume it's the scientific name for iguana?

    • @shamik_sathe
      @shamik_sathe 2 роки тому +1

      It's the genus of rhe rock iguanas

    • @lizdyson3627
      @lizdyson3627 2 роки тому +2

      @@shamik_sathe Thank you.

  • @pyromaniac407
    @pyromaniac407 2 роки тому

    Cane toads have lived in Aus for decades, it doesnt mean they're native man. Would you recommend Green's get this kind of climate just because they live there?

  • @ericpeters5201
    @ericpeters5201 2 роки тому

    Similar to the habitat for Rhino iguanas?

  • @shamik_sathe
    @shamik_sathe 2 роки тому

    So there are green iguanas out there too, then does the heat and humidity and heat point also apply to the greens? Cuz they're thriving there as well, right?

    • @pyromaniac407
      @pyromaniac407 2 роки тому +2

      Iguanas can survive invasively in non ideal habitats. You should use their native range as the guide to their care.

  • @Zappygunshot
    @Zappygunshot 2 роки тому

    "It's dry and arid and there's very little humidity here" ah so you're saying it's parched, desiccated and the level of water in the air is really quite low?

  • @abdielramos4325
    @abdielramos4325 2 роки тому

    They are actually swiming to the mainland but the population in the mainland its much lower than the island puerto rico had its own native rock iguana in the past cyclura pinguis but when spanish arrived they hunted them to extinction there is an island that still has cyclura pinguis but that island refused to bring some of their iguanas here and that was the end of the try to repopulate puerto rico

  • @just.another.car.girl.
    @just.another.car.girl. 2 роки тому

    Yo everyone we need to start spreading the word on this new Lacy Act that's on its way to the Senate if you value your reptiles.
    It could ban all shipping and transfer from state to state and all imports

  • @billythekid6509
    @billythekid6509 2 роки тому +1

    Honeslty there's alot of areas here in Florida and other spots in the U.S. that I wish was more protected that if u are caught taking reptiles out of the wild or just being a lazy herper and not putting shit back the way u found it and destroying everything u get in trouble or arrested. I've been herping and found some cool reptiles and came back like a week later and everything is all destroyed or everything is gone and it's a place where I've been going for years and see the same species year after year amd the wrong people find it and ruin it very sad.

    • @scrubjay93
      @scrubjay93 2 роки тому +1

      Things became exponentially worse after social media was invented. I'm 60 years old and can't begin to tell you how much has been lost and how it used to be. 😢

  • @rosiehawtrey
    @rosiehawtrey 2 роки тому +1

    How come there's so many of them? They're not small lizards and even a single one needs a fair amount of food.. Its almost like the Galapagos. Do they have a specific breeding bed area?

    • @Upper_echelon_exotics
      @Upper_echelon_exotics 2 роки тому +1

      You sound like me! I have so many more questions....maybe we both need to be biologists. Lol 😂

    • @Oh_My_Darwin
      @Oh_My_Darwin 2 роки тому +1

      No threats

    • @scrubjay93
      @scrubjay93 2 роки тому +1

      I was wondering the same! Here is my guess: they have abundant year-round food in the form of fruit floating onto the island (like the ones we saw) on top of abundant food on the island itself. Since they can even survive on leaves, then food doesn't limit their density. Where food is superabundant, territoriality often breaks down because there is no need to expend energy guarding it. So then the only resource limiting them might be suitable nesting areas, but if they just dig nests in sand/soil, and there are no serious egg predators, then that habitat is also super abundant. My big question then is, what happens to the excess eggs and juveniles? I didn't see any iguanas that looked like juveniles. Maybe there are predators that can eat juveniles but not adults? You both need to be biologists for sure. I'm a fish/wildlife biologist and you never get bored. This island is the perfect natural laboratory for evolutionary studies of these lizards--maybe someone is studying it. I'm afraid to google them because I know I will end up going down a Cyclura rabbit hole all night. 😂

    • @scrubjay93
      @scrubjay93 2 роки тому +1

      @@Upper_echelon_exotics You definitely should! Just be sure to go into a field of biology where you can be outside studying critters! I was a wildlife and fish biologist for about 30 years and was lucky to spend years doing just field work. The jobs are out there and pay pretty well. See my guess about the lizards in my other comment.

    • @Upper_echelon_exotics
      @Upper_echelon_exotics 2 роки тому

      @@scrubjay93 I would love to but I'm getting kinda old. I know people have gone back to school in their 50's plus but idk if I have the energy. For school...yeah I do. I actually love studying but the work after idk. I actually have earned about 3/4 of my bachelor degree in biology. I was going back for something else but my classes were still kinda general. So I probably could switch it to do something with animals. Which I would love...

  • @JIMBO8472
    @JIMBO8472 Рік тому

    yeah they can go ages without water and their body sucks out the moisture from prey

  • @teeroux2767
    @teeroux2767 2 роки тому

    Are you gonna get a monitor lizard

  • @jannovak7775
    @jannovak7775 2 роки тому

    OK. But there are only adult animals??? No babies??

  • @lowalkerdemolition3255
    @lowalkerdemolition3255 2 роки тому

    can you do rhinos next time?

  • @billythekid6509
    @billythekid6509 2 роки тому +1

    I really hope all those people on FB are watching this when they post themselves giving there cuban or Rhino iguanas baths or soaking them. People please stop doing that. Lol no serious though stop it!!

    • @Oh_My_Darwin
      @Oh_My_Darwin 2 роки тому +1

      Right!
      I shared it to the Cyclura Friends Group for that reason.

    • @billythekid6509
      @billythekid6509 2 роки тому +1

      Cool sometimes people get really upset at u when u are just trying to help them and there reptile. Most of them just want to argue over nothing.

    • @Oh_My_Darwin
      @Oh_My_Darwin 2 роки тому +1

      @@billythekid6509 lol that is so true. Honestly the ‘Cyclura Friends’ group on facebook is one of my favorite reptile groups because everyone is really cool about getting and giving advice both. But I know what you mean about most of them!

    • @billythekid6509
      @billythekid6509 2 роки тому +1

      Well hopefully all of us can just completely come together and ignore our differences and all the other crap if we all can do that we will all benefit in this hobby or life style of all could just be cool and come together then the amount of number of people who keep and if we support USARK we will win tue battle. Because it's all about numbers and really money. So the more of us that can agree on this that are willing to give a little then the better

  • @creeperboss268
    @creeperboss268 2 роки тому +1

    don't know if you had the opportunity to visit Mona island on the west side of Puerto Rico and see the rhino iguanas, Mona island boa or in Mayaguez Puerto Rico to Colombia red tail boas in the wild also there's a place in Moca Puerto Rico called La cueva de las cucarachas (cave of roaches) to see the Puertorrican boas hunting bats or caimans basically everywhere in the island. That's a lot material to make more great videos like this one.