Smartest reptile I owned in the past was my green Ameiva. They’re a dwarf tegu essentially, and I click trained him to come out of hiding to eat. Which was incredibly cool. I miss that little guy. Life happened and I moved, but luckily my friend has him and he’s living a good life still.
Yay!! Every single one of your videos, my husband asks, “Where’s Sabzi???” 😂😂😂 He cried out in delight when I put this on. He reeeaaaalllly wants a green tree monitor! Lol So great to see the update! Sabzi is awesome!!!! I love watching him jump to you! Thank you for sharing ☺️☺️☺️
I love how smart he is. I looked into the care of them and its nothing I wana try to get right. Maybe in few years I might try to keep one. They are absolutly beautiful
I have a rescue iguana and he likes chilling on my shoulder. I was watching a horror movie and I got spooped and he raised his head and pressed it against my cheek( and he is usually a potatoe and wont move) like he was comforting me. Not neccesaraly an intelligence thing, but it shows that animals can show emotions.
My blue tongue skink Moses was actually saved from our pool, and he knew that if it wasn't for us, he would have drowned. He looks up to us and tries to open his enclosure door, and so taught my other lizards how to do it.
My mom had an Oscar (fish) when she was a teenager. She would tell us stories about how smart that fish was. She really loved him/her. You wouldn't normally think a fish could have a personality. But apparently this one did.
For you question of the day, I only own one reptile and he's a crested gecko. He is....not very smart LOL I've seen him jump for crickets and completely miss I love him anyway though!!
I had a Florida Kingsnake years ago that was super smart. He escaped from his "escape proof" enclosure several times...be gone for a few days and then show up on feeding day! I finally caught him in his escape act...he had figured out how to stick his nose in one of the holes of the sliding lid of his enclosure, and then slide it open just enough to get out! And one time when I all could get were small feeder rats, which were a bit too big for him, he actually stretched the rats out before swallowing them...grabbing the head in his mouth and throwing a coil around the rat's hips, and pulling in opposite directions. He only did this with larger prey.
The most intelligent animal I ever owned was a mantis everytime I would open her enclosure she would come running to the opening because she knows I’m going to feed her or handle her😊
My blue tongued skink delta is easily the most intelligent reptile ive owned. One time she jumped out of my hands and wedged herself inside of a table corner so it took me an hour to pull her out. Keep up the good work diane ;)
I only had a royal python for about 10 years and I actually taught a terrestrial snake species an arboreal hunting technique. When I first upgraded Paul to a pvc enclosure I got one that had a shelf in the back that was halfway up. I think the enclosure is around 30 inches tall in total. So, at the time I was feeding live and Paul was full grown. I began putting him on the shelf and letting a rat into the floor. Paul will dangle a bit and when the rat runs under him he strikes, and rolls it up to the point where he’s still dangling while constricting and holding onto the shelf. If he stays in that position he’ll even consume the prey while dangling. I taught a 5 year old royal python an arboreal hunting technique. I think that’s pretty impressive.
The smartest reptiles I own are by far my ackie monitors. The way they quickly learned that I was no threat to them and now just hang out with me and chill on my shoulders shows that they can tell who I am and that I pose no threat to them. Monitor lizards are so interesting and intelligent.
My female GTM is super smart by far the smartest reptile I’ve ever owned... and I’ve had many! Although My gator was pretty dang smart too. I’ve had her(GTM) for over a year now and she is still super skittish. ☹️ she tong fed a few times but still after a year she doesn’t like to even eat in front of me. I probably could of been more patient growing trust with her, but when I first got her she refused to eat and I had to syringe feed her eggs to get her going. Awesome work with savsee(or how ever you spell it)!!!! I can’t believe how friendly he is! Good job buddy and thanks for the update.
Such an intelligent lizard. It’s amazing how smart he is. The smartest animal I ever owned was a miniature Doberman pincher she was super smart and I well behaved dog just really protective over me. I had 18 yrs with her until she pasted away but she had a great life
My Gastropholis prasina is definitely my most intelligent reptile! He's a little bit like a very small green tree monitor haha. He's incredibly aware of his surroundings, and I'm going to try to do some clicker training with him.
I have 7 snakes. Boas, corn snakes, retic, jungle carpet, Royal. Shockingly the Jungle Carpet Python is the most intelligent. My retic is hyper aware but kind of a dunce…especially when her feeding response takes over (striking inanimate cold objects trying to eat them lol and never understanding our routines). The Carpet Python is not only very aware of what’s going on around her (although I’ll bet her vision isn’t as good as the tiger retic).. but she also understands our routines. She can be taught to “wait”, knowing I won’t feed her until she settles down. She can be a bit defensive and strikes occasionally but usually just fakes me out. She can open her cage (slides it with her nose) if it is not locked and I’ve been away for a few days. This snake WAITS and has never escaped (making me think she was incapable) until two times in the last 7 years where I was on vacation. She’s kind of an asshole to me sometimes but was sweet to her sitter, never biting him once … she deserves the attitude directly for ME! I’ve never mistreated her or kept her in a foul way. My other snakes love me but she displays a lot of sass. She may be an outlier for a Carpet Python… I don’t know 🤷♀️ if this intelligence is common in them but she’s definitely a very clever individual. Corn snakes I believe are smarter than we give them credit for… especially my bloodred. I’ve potty trained my corn snakes. They wait until I take them to the bathtub and have learned to communicate they need “to go” by freezing dead still and lifting their tail like they are about to go. .. or they will dart around hyper speed and flick tongue like they are stressed. They will give me a few minutes to take them to the bathroom but WILL poop if I don’t understand their cues. Over the years, we’ve come to agreements of their bathroom habits lol. It’s clear to me because before they were trained, they would just drop their poop everywhere, including on my bed lol. Now they wait. I’ve seen them “hunt” around their enclosures too around feeding time. They “ask” to come out. My bloodred will periscope and peer into the next room if I leave their room door open. Carpet Python periscopes. My retic isn’t the brightest compared to what I’ve heard of other retics but she is very interactive and like a giant corn snake. She also asks to come out and seems to greet me when I walk up by rubbing her nose all over the glass where I am standing. She lets herself out when I open the lid and transfers herself to my arm. She is a very rewarding pet, very social for a snake. The carpet is NOT social but seems like the clear winner
Wow, she is something else. I've never seen a lizard, so curious and wanting to be interactive with people. Almost on the level of a bird, you can see the wheels turning in her head as she thinks things out. What a neat animal, she is so cool, like a beautiful, slinky, emerald dragon.
Lol, I'll have to go back and correct my earlier comment because I just got done watching your newest upload. Also congrats on your new boy lizard and future hubby of "Miss" Sabzi. He's a beauty.
He is the best with Tiki ))) I think , that after a bit of such keeping ,the keeper seas the lizard like a thinking creature , just like us , With feelings and thoughts . the animals turn from it , to he or she )
My Merrem's Madagascar swift lizards are easily the smartest reptiles I have kept so far. On purpose, they will shake natural plants to see where the crickets are hiding! :D
what a great job your doing with him ,i have worked with parrots in terms of training ,he kind of reminds me of birds in a way .makes me very interested , i really like how your focus on enriching his life good work keep it up !!!!
My caiman lizard is probably one of the smartest reptile I’ve owned she learned to know when it open up her enclosure she comes swimming out the water up for food
Oh my god im dying of cuteness 🥺 Sabzi is literally adorable! I have a zoo in my house (literally a normal household of pets x27) I have 2 axolotls and they are my favorite! My smartest animals are them for sure! They are even recognizing my face everytime i walk in and its so cute
Beautiful and amazing. We can see his alert intelligence and excellent memory and responsiveness because you have provided a rich, varied, active life for him, full of exciting, fearless exploration and surprises. And crickets in the oddest places! I am fascinated by his obvious intelligence, and it got me to thinking about something that has only been reported in this last year about bird neurobiology. The size and connectivity of bird brain cells is very different from mammalian brains. They are MUCH denser, with many much smaller cells packed into a small space. This was especially true of the most intelligent bird species. This gives an answer to the question of how such a tiny brain as a parrot’s or a crow’s can apparently support intelligence comparable to the smartest nonhuman mammals, with their much larger brains. I am wondering about the comparative neurobiology of various genera of lizards. I think it is likely that the smartest monitor species have a more developed, complex brain than more “stupid,” unaware genera of lizards. The birds have shown that a brain’s small size does not bar intelligence, it’s the detailed structure and number of (small) interconnected cells that make the difference in potential intelligence. Here is a summary with a brief embedded video about the bird findings: www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/why-bird-brains-are-more-brilliant-anyone-suspected And here is a summary of bird brain evolution from their dinosaur ancestors to (relative to body size) big-brained modern birds: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200423130506.htm
I had a Corn 🐍 named Chloe (1996 to 2010. Died a few months after her 14th Birthday) as a teen. She was given to me by a friend cause she was moving to an apartment that didn't allow pets. Chloe was such a smart and inquisitive 🐍. She loved to hang out with me by wrapping around my neck or arm or laying next to me on my 🛌 (usually on the other pillow) or lap when I'm sitting on it (I sit on my 🛌 frequently). She would curl up and sleep on my lap too. She also loved hanging out with my 🐩, but didn't like my Yoroshire Terrier. 😅 I think it was because he was a very hyper dog and Lisa was a chill and calm dog like my Beagle is. She knew when my 🐩 had passed and I still remember that day as she wouldn't leave my side after I got back from taking Lisa to a Pet Crematory. Chloe would even let me know of stuck shed and let me remove it. Even during shed season she was still super friendly. I miss her and Lisa a lot. I have her ashes resting with hers. By the way my friend has another Corn 🐍 as well as a Hognose and Green 🌳 Python. I don't currently but would love another Corn 🐍 sometime. And Sazi is so beautiful! I love Green 🌳 Monitors. My favorite 🦎!
I havent figured out if hes the dumbest or smartest reptile i have but my panther chameleon Leonardo can do tricks like a dog, opens his own enclosure to come looking for me if im not down there to feed him shortly after the lights come on and has now figured out combo locks and sliding locks so keeping him in takes some creativity now. He is gesture trained, target trained, uses puzzle toys, and can solve basic problems (such as knocking over a cup to get at the bug underneath it or using his tail to sweep under a small gap to push a bug close enough to get at it. We also play a sniping game with bugs and a fiscus tree. Also If hes feeling lazy instead of climbing up to get within bug shooting range he'll turn around grab the upper part of the branch with his tail and bend it until he can just shoot the bug without climbing around. He will sometime use a front paw to do the same thing where he grabs and bends it so the top part of the leaves are low enough to grab the bug. He will also weave around the lower branches if its a dense plant to make the upper branches shake and drop the bug. He also does the reverse, using his tail he'll hold it near where the bug is and when it climbs up on his tail he'll move it to get a clear shot and then shoot the bug. Hes the only chameleon i have that does this. Hes also dumb enough to grab his own leg and freak out because somethings grabbed him, forget that hes only a foot long at a stretch and cannot reach things five feet away (doesnt stop him from trying). I also have a frilly that will frill up if you stick your tongue out at him. No idea why he finds tongues so offensive because he rarely frills at even things that would normally be cause to. I also have a savvy that can make a noise like a rattler. He likes to lurk and scare the shit out of my brother who is terrified of snakes. Not sure where he picked up the sound to mimic it because we dont have rattlers anywhere near here and im not sure how well they hear sound compared to humans. We did have them where my grandparents lived and so the sound makes my hair stand up on end everytime i hear it and i have to remind myself that we're at least a day's drive away from any rattlers. It's the only time he makes that particular sound. All his grumpy noises are your usually loud hissing and tailwhipping. Its only when hes messing with my brother and i and lurking in some unexpected corner. Hes an asshole but also a rescue as someone dumped him on my doorstep in a pillowcase. Like, if i wanted a giant lizard i would have bought a giant lizard. He also didnt come from a good place either from the lack of care. I named him potato because he looked like one of those big brown potatoes as he had so may layers of stuck shed you couldnt see the patterning anymore. And he was covered in ticks.
I had a red tegu, I could hide food in different locations and he could find it every time. Also he climbed a ladder one time. I think he was a bit more intelligent than the green iguana I had which was more better at picking up on people's feelings
I recommend u look at some parrot foraging toys in order to get some inspiration for new enrichment for the little green guy. Green tree monitors are definitely top 3 for me.
I mean my bearded dragons are really clumsy because they are both missing nearly 1/2-2/3 of their Tail (they are kept really bad by a not interested owner) they often fall off the platform because of bad balancing skills. But after falling they really look outraged, and that looks quite intelligent. One of them take advantage of the small tail he use it as a stool to watch what is going on outside his enclose.
Was watching a video on Iranian foods, was researching to cook my own, found the word “SABZI” is a Persian word for herbs, or greens… are you Persian Dayyan? Perfect name for Sabzi!!! Love learning more about the people I love watching!!!
You have obviously done a great job socializing him and he is lucky to have such an awesome home. He does appear more inquisitive than other monitors and I'm wondering if it has something to do with them being arboreal. They are definitely little acrobats. Thanks for sharing with us--definitely would love to have one someday but this will do in the meantime! I love watching Sabzi with the ball. Have you checked out any basic clicker training on UA-cam? The process is the same no matter the species and might work well with him! It's a way of pinpointing the behavior he is being rewarded for.
Damn that has to be one of the coolest reptiles iv ever seen.i see sabzin on your other videos but this is the first time iv seen you interact with him like in this video as i’m fairly new to your channel.He looks amazing but its the interactive behaviours i think is so cool. He/she is reptile gold. You ask whats the most intelligent reptile i own or have owned. I once had a 25 foot king cobra that would sit doing crossword puzzles and 1000 piece jigsaws while watching the news 😂😂😂
You should try using a certain whistle or clicking noise to train him. Whenever you want him to jump to your knee like that do whatever noise you choose and tap your knee like normal, then before you give him the treat reward do the noise again. Eventually he’ll know that noise means if he goes to it (you) he’ll be rewarded
The smartest pet that I have is probably my savannah monitor. I have had her for about a year and since I’ve gotten her and I have tamed her down enough to where when I come home i can put my hand in the cage and she’ll run up say hi and hangout for a minute then runs back to her cage and knows it’s feeding time
The smartest reptile I own is my pet timor monitor and he is just the sweetest and I have been willing to ask u what enclosure do u use because for the size he is right now he needs an upgrade and that size looks perfect so what type of cage is that and the dimensions?
I know this video is friggin old, but my smartest lizard is my Chinese Water Dragon. I feel like she can read my actions better than any of my other lizards, she knows when there's food, she knows when people want to hold her and want her to just chill, yet you can still tell she's rather careful about who she trusts and where she feels safe. She's observant about who's in the room with her and what they're doing. My bearded dragon on the other hand literally just tries to eat my hand, I love him too but he's got two brain cells!
The Smartest (and only) reptile i ever owned was a leopard gecko. I don't know if this is common,but he was so Smart that he Learned how to open his terrarium and escape by himself. He would use his claws and mouth to slowly open the sliding panel to exit his terrarium and escape.
i only own 2 tortoises, but personally i believe even a tortoise is actually smarter than we think. Yes i believe they are not as smart as tegus or monitors. But my torts show me enough intelligence to amaze me. As they can recognize me as their caretaker, and so many things♥️
Idk what the smartest reptile is thst I've owned. But my most inquisitive reptile is easily my DeKay's brown snake. Any time I come into my room she sneakily tries to spy on me. I guess she would be pretty smart. She's technically wild caught. She somehow got into my ground floor apartment and I found her. She's lucky she chose MY apartment to go into. Hate to think what would have happened to her if she went into literally any other apartment. And of course I fell in love and she was so tiny I couldn't bare to let her go. She's taken to captivity very well though. I feed her worms 2x a week and she takes em off tongs as if she's been doing it all her life. The act of me getting her out of her enclosure still stresses her out. But she quickly calms down in my hands once she is out. Love Sabzi. I'd love to have a green tree monitor. But I definitely don't have the time to put in the way you do with Sabzi.
Not nessicerally reptile but my dart frogs are always looking for little nooks and crannies in the glass to try to escape I was watching them all day climbing the glass but they miss calculated some of their jumps and landed on the ground
I have a question so I have a Red Ackie Monitor he is about a year old now he is very friendly but not very tame I would like some advice on new ways to interact and tame my Ackie he will tolerate some interaction he is quite hyper I want him to be like your Green Tree Monitor super puppy dog tame
Doing some beginning research on these and blue tree monitors. Since this video was uploaded 3 years ago, what would be your guidance on which to choose? Or do they both have about the same disposition/care etc. I guess in other words, what would your preference be?
Smartest reptile I owned in the past was my green Ameiva. They’re a dwarf tegu essentially, and I click trained him to come out of hiding to eat. Which was incredibly cool. I miss that little guy. Life happened and I moved, but luckily my friend has him and he’s living a good life still.
Yay!! Every single one of your videos, my husband asks, “Where’s Sabzi???” 😂😂😂 He cried out in delight when I put this on. He reeeaaaalllly wants a green tree monitor! Lol So great to see the update! Sabzi is awesome!!!! I love watching him jump to you! Thank you for sharing ☺️☺️☺️
I love monitors so much. Building a quince monitor enclosure, can’t wait till I get my not-so-little baby!
Quince are more a skittish type correct?
That’s brilliant! They are beautiful animals!
I love how smart he is. I looked into the care of them and its nothing I wana try to get right. Maybe in few years I might try to keep one. They are absolutly beautiful
I have a rescue iguana and he likes chilling on my shoulder. I was watching a horror movie and I got spooped and he raised his head and pressed it against my cheek( and he is usually a potatoe and wont move) like he was comforting me. Not neccesaraly an intelligence thing, but it shows that animals can show emotions.
Whoo finally a Sabzi update!! Don't tell the others but he might be my favorite. It's amazing to see him become so comfortable with you!
My blue tongue skink Moses was actually saved from our pool, and he knew that if it wasn't for us, he would have drowned. He looks up to us and tries to open his enclosure door, and so taught my other lizards how to do it.
Dion has been absolutely blowing up. Keep up the good work! Road to 100k and many more!
Congratulations on one wonderful individual of a Green Tree Monitor. Awesome
I LOVE SABZI!!! CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HE'S FUTURE ENCLOUSER!!! GOD BLESS :)
my adult male Argentine Red tegu is by far the most intelligent reptile i own! keep up the amazing work Dayyan
Very cool animal! Thanks for sharing/watching!
Fell in love with these guys at the chattanooga aquarium cant believe how cool they are
Awesome video brotha! Sabzi is so amazing.
Thanks so much my man! ☺️🙏🏼
My mom had an Oscar (fish) when she was a teenager. She would tell us stories about how smart that fish was. She really loved him/her. You wouldn't normally think a fish could have a personality. But apparently this one did.
For you question of the day, I only own one reptile and he's a crested gecko. He is....not very smart LOL
I've seen him jump for crickets and completely miss
I love him anyway though!!
That’s so sweet! Thanks for sharing!
My tegu has used his mouth to pick up and dump out a cup of roaches instead of sticking his head in the cup!
Very cool!
had a prehensile tailed skink that would wander around at night and then go back into his enclosure Freddie was awesome miss him so much
I love the green tree monitor
I had a Florida Kingsnake years ago that was super smart. He escaped from his "escape proof" enclosure several times...be gone for a few days and then show up on feeding day! I finally caught him in his escape act...he had figured out how to stick his nose in one of the holes of the sliding lid of his enclosure, and then slide it open just enough to get out! And one time when I all could get were small feeder rats, which were a bit too big for him, he actually stretched the rats out before swallowing them...grabbing the head in his mouth and throwing a coil around the rat's hips, and pulling in opposite directions. He only did this with larger prey.
I think it’s crazy how one little lizard can be that smart
The most intelligent animal I ever owned was a mantis everytime I would open her enclosure she would come running to the opening because she knows I’m going to feed her or handle her😊
A praying mantis?
My blue tongued skink delta is easily the most intelligent reptile ive owned. One time she jumped out of my hands and wedged herself inside of a table corner so it took me an hour to pull her out. Keep up the good work diane ;)
Haha very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Haha it’s Dayyan* (just so you know ☺️👍🏼)
Thanks for watching!
I only had a royal python for about 10 years and I actually taught a terrestrial snake species an arboreal hunting technique. When I first upgraded Paul to a pvc enclosure I got one that had a shelf in the back that was halfway up. I think the enclosure is around 30 inches tall in total. So, at the time I was feeding live and Paul was full grown. I began putting him on the shelf and letting a rat into the floor. Paul will dangle a bit and when the rat runs under him he strikes, and rolls it up to the point where he’s still dangling while constricting and holding onto the shelf. If he stays in that position he’ll even consume the prey while dangling.
I taught a 5 year old royal python an arboreal hunting technique. I think that’s pretty impressive.
The smartest reptiles I own are by far my ackie monitors. The way they quickly learned that I was no threat to them and now just hang out with me and chill on my shoulders shows that they can tell who I am and that I pose no threat to them. Monitor lizards are so interesting and intelligent.
My female GTM is super smart by far the smartest reptile I’ve ever owned... and I’ve had many! Although My gator was pretty dang smart too. I’ve had her(GTM) for over a year now and she is still super skittish. ☹️ she tong fed a few times but still after a year she doesn’t like to even eat in front of me. I probably could of been more patient growing trust with her, but when I first got her she refused to eat and I had to syringe feed her eggs to get her going. Awesome work with savsee(or how ever you spell it)!!!! I can’t believe how friendly he is! Good job buddy and thanks for the update.
Thanks so much for sharing! Sorry about your gator! Haha close! It’s Sabzi- pronounced “Sabzee”. Thanks for watching!
@@Reptiliatus gator is good he got rehomed! Lol
I honestly do not own a single pet animal. But after seeing a video on the blue tree monitor... I am absolutely in love with this animal.
Be very careful. They are pretttty hard to own. Requiring commitment and experience
Such an intelligent lizard. It’s amazing how smart he is. The smartest animal I ever owned was a miniature Doberman pincher she was super smart and I well behaved dog just really protective over me. I had 18 yrs with her until she pasted away but she had a great life
My Gastropholis prasina is definitely my most intelligent reptile! He's a little bit like a very small green tree monitor haha. He's incredibly aware of his surroundings, and I'm going to try to do some clicker training with him.
Love them! Haha I agree- very very similar 😅! Very cool! Best of luck with that!
One of the most amazing lizards. He is so cool, I can not wait to see his new build.
I am so jealous of your gorgeous lizard! And you are too adorable!
That's a intelligent monitor no doubt and absolutely gorgeous coloration.
Indeed! Thank you very much! 🦎
I have 7 snakes. Boas, corn snakes, retic, jungle carpet, Royal. Shockingly the Jungle Carpet Python is the most intelligent. My retic is hyper aware but kind of a dunce…especially when her feeding response takes over (striking inanimate cold objects trying to eat them lol and never understanding our routines). The Carpet Python is not only very aware of what’s going on around her (although I’ll bet her vision isn’t as good as the tiger retic).. but she also understands our routines. She can be taught to “wait”, knowing I won’t feed her until she settles down. She can be a bit defensive and strikes occasionally but usually just fakes me out. She can open her cage (slides it with her nose) if it is not locked and I’ve been away for a few days. This snake WAITS and has never escaped (making me think she was incapable) until two times in the last 7 years where I was on vacation. She’s kind of an asshole to me sometimes but was sweet to her sitter, never biting him once … she deserves the attitude directly for ME! I’ve never mistreated her or kept her in a foul way. My other snakes love me but she displays a lot of sass. She may be an outlier for a Carpet Python… I don’t know 🤷♀️ if this intelligence is common in them but she’s definitely a very clever individual. Corn snakes I believe are smarter than we give them credit for… especially my bloodred. I’ve potty trained my corn snakes. They wait until I take them to the bathtub and have learned to communicate they need “to go” by freezing dead still and lifting their tail like they are about to go. .. or they will dart around hyper speed and flick tongue like they are stressed. They will give me a few minutes to take them to the bathroom but WILL poop if I don’t understand their cues. Over the years, we’ve come to agreements of their bathroom habits lol. It’s clear to me because before they were trained, they would just drop their poop everywhere, including on my bed lol. Now they wait. I’ve seen them “hunt” around their enclosures too around feeding time. They “ask” to come out. My bloodred will periscope and peer into the next room if I leave their room door open. Carpet Python periscopes. My retic isn’t the brightest compared to what I’ve heard of other retics but she is very interactive and like a giant corn snake. She also asks to come out and seems to greet me when I walk up by rubbing her nose all over the glass where I am standing. She lets herself out when I open the lid and transfers herself to my arm. She is a very rewarding pet, very social for a snake. The carpet is NOT social but seems like the clear winner
Love these videos by far my favourite reptile on UA-cam!
I love his little leaps so darn cute.
Awesome video, Sabzi sure is a smart & beautiful creature, compliments on your husbandry, it really shows 👍❤😁
Wow, she is something else. I've never seen a lizard, so curious and wanting to be interactive with people. Almost on the level of a bird, you can see the wheels turning in her head as she thinks things out. What a neat animal, she is so cool, like a beautiful, slinky, emerald dragon.
Exactly! Thank you so much for watching!
Lol, I'll have to go back and correct my earlier comment because I just got done watching your newest upload. Also congrats on your new boy lizard and future hubby of "Miss" Sabzi. He's a beauty.
Just purchased a captive bred varanus prasinus. Can’t wait to start working with it
He’s getting so big! 😍
I know! It’s actually crazy! I’m planning his adult enclosure! How are you my friend?! Miss you! I wish we’d be seeing each other Xmas :(.
Man they're so adorable.
He is the best with Tiki ))) I think , that after a bit of such keeping ,the keeper seas the lizard like a thinking creature , just like us , With feelings and thoughts . the animals turn from it , to he or she )
My Merrem's Madagascar swift lizards are easily the smartest reptiles I have kept so far.
On purpose, they will shake natural plants to see where the crickets are hiding! :D
what a great job your doing with him ,i have worked with parrots in terms of training ,he kind of reminds me of birds in a way .makes me very interested , i really like how your focus on enriching his life good work keep it up !!!!
Thank you so much! I’m trying my best!
@@Reptiliatus have you considered target training its not hard to do if an animal is food motivated thats half the battle your doing great .
He is stunning. Great work👍
Thank you!
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Heart melts.
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Incredible animal!
Beautiful and you see can his smarts. Always thinking!
My Bearded Dragon Buddy. he is VERY SMART he can actually figure puzzles out
That’s super cool! What kind of puzzles?
My caiman lizard is probably one of the smartest reptile I’ve owned she learned to know when it open up her enclosure she comes swimming out the water up for food
He’s ADORABLE 🥰
Oh my god im dying of cuteness 🥺
Sabzi is literally adorable! I have a zoo in my house (literally a normal household of pets x27)
I have 2 axolotls and they are my favorite! My smartest animals are them for sure! They are even recognizing my face everytime i walk in and its so cute
Thanks so much! 🦎
They are very cute! Love those guys
Beautiful and amazing. We can see his alert intelligence and excellent memory and responsiveness because you have provided a rich, varied, active life for him, full of exciting, fearless exploration and surprises. And crickets in the oddest places!
I am fascinated by his obvious intelligence, and it got me to thinking about something that has only been reported in this last year about bird neurobiology. The size and connectivity of bird brain cells is very different from mammalian brains. They are MUCH denser, with many much smaller cells packed into a small space. This was especially true of the most intelligent bird species. This gives an answer to the question of how such a tiny brain as a parrot’s or a crow’s can apparently support intelligence comparable to the smartest nonhuman mammals, with their much larger brains. I am wondering about the comparative neurobiology of various genera of lizards. I think it is likely that the smartest monitor species have a more developed, complex brain than more “stupid,” unaware genera of lizards. The birds have shown that a brain’s small size does not bar intelligence, it’s the detailed structure and number of (small) interconnected cells that make the difference in potential intelligence.
Here is a summary with a brief embedded video about the bird findings:
www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/why-bird-brains-are-more-brilliant-anyone-suspected
And here is a summary of bird brain evolution from their dinosaur ancestors to (relative to body size) big-brained modern birds:
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200423130506.htm
THANK YOU!!!! YOU ARE AWESOME DUDE!! KEEP US UPDATE!!! STAY SAFE :)
Thanks for the well wishes! You as well! Take care!
They really are intelligent What a reptile
Indeed!
I had a Corn 🐍 named Chloe (1996 to 2010. Died a few months after her 14th Birthday) as a teen. She was given to me by a friend cause she was moving to an apartment that didn't allow pets. Chloe was such a smart and inquisitive 🐍. She loved to hang out with me by wrapping around my neck or arm or laying next to me on my 🛌 (usually on the other pillow) or lap when I'm sitting on it (I sit on my 🛌 frequently). She would curl up and sleep on my lap too. She also loved hanging out with my 🐩, but didn't like my Yoroshire Terrier. 😅 I think it was because he was a very hyper dog and Lisa was a chill and calm dog like my Beagle is. She knew when my 🐩 had passed and I still remember that day as she wouldn't leave my side after I got back from taking Lisa to a Pet Crematory. Chloe would even let me know of stuck shed and let me remove it. Even during shed season she was still super friendly. I miss her and Lisa a lot. I have her ashes resting with hers.
By the way my friend has another Corn 🐍 as well as a Hognose and Green 🌳 Python. I don't currently but would love another Corn 🐍 sometime.
And Sazi is so beautiful! I love Green 🌳 Monitors. My favorite 🦎!
I havent figured out if hes the dumbest or smartest reptile i have but my panther chameleon Leonardo can do tricks like a dog, opens his own enclosure to come looking for me if im not down there to feed him shortly after the lights come on and has now figured out combo locks and sliding locks so keeping him in takes some creativity now. He is gesture trained, target trained, uses puzzle toys, and can solve basic problems (such as knocking over a cup to get at the bug underneath it or using his tail to sweep under a small gap to push a bug close enough to get at it. We also play a sniping game with bugs and a fiscus tree. Also If hes feeling lazy instead of climbing up to get within bug shooting range he'll turn around grab the upper part of the branch with his tail and bend it until he can just shoot the bug without climbing around. He will sometime use a front paw to do the same thing where he grabs and bends it so the top part of the leaves are low enough to grab the bug. He will also weave around the lower branches if its a dense plant to make the upper branches shake and drop the bug. He also does the reverse, using his tail he'll hold it near where the bug is and when it climbs up on his tail he'll move it to get a clear shot and then shoot the bug. Hes the only chameleon i have that does this.
Hes also dumb enough to grab his own leg and freak out because somethings grabbed him, forget that hes only a foot long at a stretch and cannot reach things five feet away (doesnt stop him from trying).
I also have a frilly that will frill up if you stick your tongue out at him. No idea why he finds tongues so offensive because he rarely frills at even things that would normally be cause to.
I also have a savvy that can make a noise like a rattler. He likes to lurk and scare the shit out of my brother who is terrified of snakes. Not sure where he picked up the sound to mimic it because we dont have rattlers anywhere near here and im not sure how well they hear sound compared to humans. We did have them where my grandparents lived and so the sound makes my hair stand up on end everytime i hear it and i have to remind myself that we're at least a day's drive away from any rattlers. It's the only time he makes that particular sound. All his grumpy noises are your usually loud hissing and tailwhipping. Its only when hes messing with my brother and i and lurking in some unexpected corner. Hes an asshole but also a rescue as someone dumped him on my doorstep in a pillowcase. Like, if i wanted a giant lizard i would have bought a giant lizard. He also didnt come from a good place either from the lack of care. I named him potato because he looked like one of those big brown potatoes as he had so may layers of stuck shed you couldnt see the patterning anymore. And he was covered in ticks.
I let my sulcata tortoise roam around on my back deck and he can open the sliding screen door and walk inside by himself
I had a red tegu, I could hide food in different locations and he could find it every time. Also he climbed a ladder one time. I think he was a bit more intelligent than the green iguana I had which was more better at picking up on people's feelings
I recommend u look at some parrot foraging toys in order to get some inspiration for new enrichment for the little green guy. Green tree monitors are definitely top 3 for me.
Thanks for the great suggestion! I appreciate it!
I mean my bearded dragons are really clumsy because they are both missing nearly 1/2-2/3 of their Tail (they are kept really bad by a not interested owner)
they often fall off the platform because of bad balancing skills.
But after falling they really look outraged, and that looks quite intelligent.
One of them take advantage of the small tail he use it as a stool to watch what is going on outside his enclose.
Glad he's doing well. Great video.
Sabzi is the cutest 😭😭 I want to pet his little cute head
Was watching a video on Iranian foods, was researching to cook my own, found the word “SABZI” is a Persian word for herbs, or greens… are you Persian Dayyan? Perfect name for Sabzi!!! Love learning more about the people I love watching!!!
Haha yes! Exactly!
Sabzi is just beautiful!!
She’s the cutest thing I have ever seen and I have two baby leopard geckos
Really cool Dayyan! 😃💚🌳🦎👍
You have obviously done a great job socializing him and he is lucky to have such an awesome home. He does appear more inquisitive than other monitors and I'm wondering if it has something to do with them being arboreal. They are definitely little acrobats. Thanks for sharing with us--definitely would love to have one someday but this will do in the meantime! I love watching Sabzi with the ball. Have you checked out any basic clicker training on UA-cam? The process is the same no matter the species and might work well with him! It's a way of pinpointing the behavior he is being rewarded for.
Damn that has to be one of the coolest reptiles iv ever seen.i see sabzin on your other videos but this is the first time iv seen you interact with him like in this video as i’m fairly new to your channel.He looks amazing but its the interactive behaviours i think is so cool. He/she is reptile gold.
You ask whats the most intelligent reptile i own or have owned. I once had a 25 foot king cobra that would sit doing crossword puzzles and 1000 piece jigsaws while watching the news 😂😂😂
You should try using a certain whistle or clicking noise to train him.
Whenever you want him to jump to your knee like that do whatever noise you choose and tap your knee like normal, then before you give him the treat reward do the noise again.
Eventually he’ll know that noise means if he goes to it (you) he’ll be rewarded
I had a cat that was trained better than most dogs and most of the commands were just noises 😂
Thank you for the great suggestions!
The smartest pet that I have is probably my savannah monitor. I have had her for about a year and since I’ve gotten her and I have tamed her down enough to where when I come home i can put my hand in the cage and she’ll run up say hi and hangout for a minute then runs back to her cage and knows it’s feeding time
Where would you get large rounds of cork like the ones that build the background? Beautiful specimen, great video 👍
These monitors are so cool!!!
The smartest reptile I own is my pet timor monitor and he is just the sweetest and I have been willing to ask u what enclosure do u use because for the size he is right now he needs an upgrade and that size looks perfect so what type of cage is that and the dimensions?
It’s the largest exo Terra I’m pretty sure its 36x18x36
I know this video is friggin old, but my smartest lizard is my Chinese Water Dragon. I feel like she can read my actions better than any of my other lizards, she knows when there's food, she knows when people want to hold her and want her to just chill, yet you can still tell she's rather careful about who she trusts and where she feels safe. She's observant about who's in the room with her and what they're doing.
My bearded dragon on the other hand literally just tries to eat my hand, I love him too but he's got two brain cells!
Honestly the smartest lizards I've ever had are Green Anoles, they are little houdinis who manage to escape and memorize the feeding patterns.
Wow this is great!!! I had an amazing water dragon named meekah super outgoing and loved to interact
Such a sweet little lizard
My black and white tegu for sure
Bro same! I shall get my Blue Tree Monitor at some point in the Future.
The Smartest (and only) reptile i ever owned was a leopard gecko.
I don't know if this is common,but he was so Smart that he Learned how to open his terrarium and escape by himself.
He would use his claws and mouth to slowly open the sliding panel to exit his terrarium and escape.
That’s super cool! Thanks for sharing! Probably not common! You should have named him Houdini! 😅
Leo's aren't known for being very bright at all so yours sounds like an outlier!
i only own 2 tortoises, but personally i believe even a tortoise is actually smarter than we think. Yes i believe they are not as smart as tegus or monitors. But my torts show me enough intelligence to amaze me. As they can recognize me as their caretaker, and so many things♥️
That’s super sweet! I certainly believe that about tortoises too from what I have seen! They are very sweet animals
He is AMAZING!
Thank you!
Me and my partner are looking at buying one. She has experience as she used to own a black throat monitor
Love the vid again good job keep it up❤️👍
SABZI THE CUTEST MONITOR EVEERRRRR
They are so beautiful 😢
Idk what the smartest reptile is thst I've owned. But my most inquisitive reptile is easily my DeKay's brown snake. Any time I come into my room she sneakily tries to spy on me.
I guess she would be pretty smart. She's technically wild caught. She somehow got into my ground floor apartment and I found her. She's lucky she chose MY apartment to go into. Hate to think what would have happened to her if she went into literally any other apartment. And of course I fell in love and she was so tiny I couldn't bare to let her go.
She's taken to captivity very well though. I feed her worms 2x a week and she takes em off tongs as if she's been doing it all her life. The act of me getting her out of her enclosure still stresses her out. But she quickly calms down in my hands once she is out.
Love Sabzi. I'd love to have a green tree monitor. But I definitely don't have the time to put in the way you do with Sabzi.
Not nessicerally reptile but my dart frogs are always looking for little nooks and crannies in the glass to try to escape I was watching them all day climbing the glass but they miss calculated some of their jumps and landed on the ground
There a store near me with a 4 year old green tree monitor you think it would come to me and eat ? Even if 4 years at the store
My adult male red tegu and my female black and white
I didn't know there's monitor lizard species this small and beatiful
Keep in mind she is hardly 1/3 full grown in this video and in recent content she almost isn’t 1/2 full grown yet :).
@@Reptiliatus when I was a kid I got used to those that can reach over 2 meters long sneaking around my neighbor's chickens 🤣
I have a question so I have a Red Ackie Monitor he is about a year old now he is very friendly but not very tame I would like some advice on new ways to interact and tame my Ackie he will tolerate some interaction he is quite hyper I want him to be like your Green Tree Monitor super puppy dog tame
I was curious where you got Sabzi's terrarium featured in this video and the measurements?
a bearded dragon in my opinion is super smart I love them
Doing some beginning research on these and blue tree monitors. Since this video was uploaded 3 years ago, what would be your guidance on which to choose? Or do they both have about the same disposition/care etc. I guess in other words, what would your preference be?
i love that after the world cup part i got an ea sports commercial
Looks AMAZING
Thank you!
My grandma use to have a iguana that was paper trained
What dimensions are the cage he's in? Also how much did he cost?
My Ackie Monitor is the smartest. Would love to get a Tree Monitor someday though!
My parents won't let me get a reptile so I'm showing them all the video of these guys I can find
My smartest animal is 4 auratus dart frogs, they know the exect time im gonna feed them and they sleep in the same random spot every night