Meet all of our Turtles! (Fun facts time!) 

I found a box turtle hidden under the leaves after a brush fire. His little toes were singed so we named him Smokey & kept him while he healed. My daughter was 5 at the time & Smokey made many trips to school & even vacationed in Florida with us. He loved the screen porch at my mom's! He was fun to feed grapes & worms to, was a great ambassador. My daughter cried for weeks when Smokey dug out of his summer enclosure but as we lived in the woods, he was healthy enough to be on his own & find a girlfriend. Our family has perfected the "turtle on the road" routine with everyone playing their parts to stop traffic & ensure their safe crossing. It's a great way to get kids comfortable with wildlife unless you mistake a box for a snapper 😅

I can imagine if dinos were still around, Ed and Emily would have a sactuary for them and as pets 😀

Chloe is the turtle version of an influencer, she knows EXACTLY when the camera is on her and she thrives on the attention of strangers (but don’t touch!)

Another fun fact about leopard tortoises (that I’ve personally witnessed, as I see them often where I’m from in South Africa) is that they will eat Spotted Hyena dung, as their dung contains a lot of calcium and minerals from all the bones that they eat (their dung is actually white), so the tortoises eat it to get extra calcium for their shell.

The fact that soft shells feel like stingrays is amazing to me. I love the way sting rays feel

My favourite/least favourite fact about turtles is that their shells are their ribcage! It's all fused! They can just _pull all their legs and also head into their ribcage and how messed up is that._

“This is Elon, the musk turtle.” I love your guys’ naming conventions, it’s so fun hearing your animals’ names being said, lol.

Right now I'm caring for my mothers Hermann's tortoise named Molly. Molly is a spry older lady of about 70years, with - of course - a head of her own and a huge love for strawberries. 😃

Love Emily talking about the differences between the painted turtles and Ed's voice has that "I learned something cool" tone to it. It's so cute to hear an adult who works with these animals enjoying learning new things.

If I remember correctly, the Guadalupe softshell turtle is actually a regional sub-species of Spiny soft shell, so I think taco is good either way.

I love Sharon! I remember when I was lucky enough to visit the zoo I gave her lots of scritches and she actually followed me around; what sweetheart!

It makes me so happy to know they feel the shell scratches. I’ve always seen the large tortoises in local zoos and got told as a kid to touch their shells n never thought touching the shell did anything. Knowing they feel it and enjoy it is all the joy in my heart.

Fun fact of my own, my backyard was for several years the site of a turtle nest. We'd see turtles come to my back yard to lay their eggs. It's been a while so I don't know if any are gonna show up any more, but yeah, turtles regularly visited my back yard. Had to help them cross the street a few times. Before you ask, I don't actually know what species they were. They might have been a kind of painted turtle. Bonus: one year a GIANT snapping turtle was sitting on the sidewalk. I didn't get to see it's face because I was young and my parents didn't want me to get hurt, but it was there!

I know Chloe is relatively tame as far as snappers go but Ed is still SUPER gutsy to tickle a snapping turtle's foot like that. Wowwie.

Love how casually Emily reaches in the water and picks up a turtle

Emily just casually yoinking the western painted turtles from the water just gave me a heck of a serotonin boost and IDK why.

Also I love how when Emily is educating us, Ed acts as the student with all the questions lol

I have a vivid memory of walking in Florida, looking at the ground because it was raining, and seeing a box turtle in a storm drain! We used a large stick that was "Y" shaped at the end to wedge around the turtle and pull him up high enough to grab him through the grate. We drove him to a small wildlife rehab place, they said he looked all fine and healthy and we let him go in the forested area behind the building

Please do an updated meet all our snakes video! It'd be so interesting to see who you all still have vs your newer snakes 🐍

Your positive vibe with animals warms my heart

Aquatic turtles are such an underrated pet 🥰 I have a DBT named Wasabi that lives in my office and I just watch him all day.

I'd never seen a sulcata tortoise up close, I was so struck by just how pretty Sharon's face is! It seems so exotic to me, the idea of having all of these wonderful animals be native to where you live, it must be wonderful

Sweet, I loved seeing all the turtles together in one video! Really impressive how you can feed one turtle with one hand while holding two in the other LOL That's an animal wrangler professional move right there!

I've got a southern river cooter and he's an absolute character! I never even thought about getting one. He was kinda a special case and still has a big special place in my heart 💖. He was originally a class pet when my daughter was in middle school (approx 7-8 years ago). At the end of the school year he was given to a classmate friend of my daughter. But within 2 mo of getting him, their dad made them take his outside and place him and his tank down the road and just leave him on the sidewalk on a 🔥 HOT🔥 sunny FL summer day. Thank goodness my daughter got a call from this friend about an hour after she left him and at some point just kinda mentioned it casually and my daughter started freaking out on her (rightfully so in my opinion). So my daughter screamed for me and asked if we could go get him. Of course I said yes and she told her friend she needed to go get him, bring him back to her home and to add some cool water and cover him. When we got there he barely had any water and it was no joke 105°. He was basically getting boiled alive 😡😤🤬. But now Mr Turds living his best spoiled life!

We had a western painted turtle a female that my son found in the middle of the hywy near us. We put her in a tub and she layed eggs in it. We took her to our pond on the Columbia River near where she was found and she has happily lived there since. The western painted turtle can be found down the entire length of the Columbia River, even though the field guide maps say they can only be found on the eastern end of it. Our daughter named her Kathalina and all the kids went swimming in the pond with her every summer.

Mike the Minnow reminds me of Lucky the Mouse, a mouse that my first grade teacher live fed to her garter snake. But instead of eating, the snake decided to escape and so Lucky the Mouse got to hang onto life for the rest of the school year.

I love your videos they are always interesting and informative and all ages can watch im glad Ed has come out of his shell you two make a good team

Emily just out here saving the world with reusing fanart as script paper and viseversa

Right as Emily went to feed Sharon, I paused the video to say to my son, “I really love watching tortoises eat.” I’m happy to hear that it’s not just me!

The fan art script is really sweet and I love how much you appreciate all of your fans ❤️

Who else has been watching since em and ed had to explain the story of rex every time she was in a video. Also when Emily was working at petsmart did she own reptiles of just birds.

I work at an aquarium and we have a tortoise we let guests feed. He is such a good boy. One thing he loves is if we take a vegetable peeler and make thin slices of veggies. They are kind of like big noodles. Also, one more fun fact about sucata tortoises, each ring on their shell is a growth spurt. As they grow instead of shedding scutes they add rings.

I just started working at a children's museum and we have turtles, tortoises, snakes, and several lizards! Your videos have made me comfortable to work with them!

Painted turtles' plastrons are specifically designed to look like oak leaves, which are the most common deciduous tree in their range, especially around bodies of water.

My favorite thing is when tortoises are REALLY enjoying their shells getting scratched and they start doing that little wiggle! It's so adorable!

I LOVE your turtle tank. A little painted turtle took a nibble of my finger 😂 Scared me silly but we all had a chuckle 😅

Chloe has reeaallyy cute face!! One more fan fact…somehow all of turtles have smiley faces😊!!

You guys are amazing! I have been watching you guys for forever now, thanks to you my mum got my a leopard gecko a couple years ago. And now our reptile collection has grown to 5. Thanks :)

I love the shout out for the art! Always remember there are three R's - Reduce, REUSE, and Recycle! What a great way to give some cool art a new, additional purpose, and saving a piece of paper on top of it!

The turtles are ADORABLE 🤩

the picture at 11:14 of the softshell basking made me die of laughter 😂 also how you described how the common snapping turtle got its name made me LOL 🤣

i love turtles so much and all of yours are so cute

the clip of Taco basking is EVERYTHING

That is soo cool looking life a leaf 🍁 I learned something new that’s great. My favorite turtle 🐢 is an alligator snapping turtle 🐢 soo freaking cute 🥰

1:29 A snapping turtle has the aesthetic of a dinosaur, or other prehistoric reptile, but they are not a living dinosaur as people often call them. Testudines as a whole aren't considered dinosaurs because they're a separate order within Reptilia, have a unique history, and weren't as greatly affected by what killed the dinosaurs. The Chelydridae family (snapping turtles) survived the mass extinction event mostly unaffected unlike dinosaurs, with species still living today. Turtles do have some common ancestors with the dinosaurs but with their unique evolutionary history and overall design they are very different. They are referred to as prehistoric turtles instead of being considered dinosaurs. It's pretty common for people to refer to pet reptiles as little dinosaurs even when they aren't as old or prehistoric as a snapping turtle, so I don't think comparing the snapping turtle to a dinosaur was meant seriously. Everything else was pretty good.

Turtle Day! Reminded me of my grandmas turtle she had, she passed away about a year ago, but she lived to be 39 years old tho! I believe she was a Red Eared Slider, since she had markings similar to the ones I see on google

Emliy just yonking the painted turtles out of the enclosure was amazing XD

Its sooooo good to see sharon again xxxx loved meeting all the others too 🎉 thanks as always ❤❤

I love how excited Ed got during this video!

Always love to see more of the critters in the Zoo.

Love this! And Chloe at the start is so cute

Taco is definitely my favorite Turtle of you guys he's so cute LOL

I used to have gopher tortoise and burrows in my back yard, since they are protected in Florida we weren't allowed to build a fence near it. It was real fun watching them and seeing the babies.

Love the Sulcata tortoises! The animal rescue centre I work at has 5, and they're the sweetest things ever. Ours are very fond of watermelon rinds (as a treat as they are kind of sugary) and carrot sticks too, and it's always so fun watching them eat and giving them shell scratches.

You guys are getting _so_ close to 3 million subs! Almost there...

Turtle are my my very very favorite animal!! Love you guys! 🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

I found a wild turtle in our yard, he was heading for our gate but I worried he wouldn't make it past, so I did move him just beyond it. I gave him shell scratches and wiped his shell down and he loved it. Started coming out of his shell and looked at me as if to say "what is this magic?"

Watching this channel for 1 year and i was terrified of lizards,snakes and turtles/tortoise now i love them Emily and Ed are amazing

Very cool turtle display. Over here in South Louisiana all the slider turtles have been going onto the land, digging holes and laying their eggs. 🐍 🦎

Do you know what is the difference between tortoises and other turtles? You might be surprised... tortoises walk on their toes, digitagrade, while all other turtles walk on their whole foot, plantigrade. Noticed how I said 'other turtles'? Well it is because tortoises are a specific group of turtles. All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. A second thing that distinguishes tortoises from other turtles is that they do not shed their scutes. Clint's reptiles has a whole video explaining all of the turtle families and how they are related (please watch)

The timing turned out to where I was eating sweet potatoes with my dinner at the same time Sharon was 😂 this was really cool, and neat to see all the different turtles!

The turtle tank needs white cloud mountain minnows... and pearl danios ..... Or rainbow shiners... Y'all need more musk turtles ... they are the best!! Waiting for you to end up with leopard-cata hybrid tortoises.

I've found that my love of a turtles aesthetics is directly linked to how much the look like Gamera.

There's nothing quite like a turtle smile ❤

This episode popped up right after I saw a story about them finding a turtle shell fossil the size of a car.

I love how easy it is to find the program vs. pet/display animal in these videos. Even the non-program animals have chill and don't feel super threatened or afraid for their lives.

I love chloe. She's such a chill snapper. ❤ Unless you poke her feet...😂

I just thought of something. When you fed Taco, you made him a shrimp Taco! 🦐🌮😆 About the leopard tortoise, if you think about it, most species of tortoise enjoy spiney foods, like cactus paddles and whatnot. Love the channel and all the videos you guys make! I really enjoy watching and learning about the animals you have in the zoo and all the ones you breed and put up for adoption. Thank you for all you do Ed & Emily! You two rock!! Keep up the amazing work and all the amazing things you do for the reptile community!! Hope you are doing well, as well as everyone in the comments section! Take care and stay safe out there!! ❤

Great video, but if you don't mind me asking, could we get an update to Quasimodo (the deformed snapping turtle whose egg you rescued)?

It is so cute watching Chloe eat. I have some one in my family named chloe!!!😀

"wee I'm flying!" Whoever does the lil animal voices it seriously makes my day lol

Long live Mike the minnow🙌

Hey guys, have you ever made an update video on those teeny tiny snakes you got a long time ago, pre-Covid? IIRC their adult size was smaller than a foot, and you had 3. Are they still alive?

It warms my heart that someone, somewhere, has a Ridgeback Map Turtle named Worf.

Hi snake discovery! I would LOVE to see a rescue chameleon video if youd be able to make one? I work a ton with rescue reptiles and i dont see chameleon rescue too often on YT So much love to you guys! You got me into my reptile babies ❤

That painted one kicking the musk one away to steal their shrimp 😂😂😂

I love turtles facts and this might be my favourite video ever🎉thanks for the fun facts❤

oh to be a turtle at snake discovery being fed shrimp..... i have weird life goals 🐢

My current only pet is a desert ornate box turtle that was a rescue from a client at a veterinary clinic I used to work for. She might be a little too chonky to close up completely but she's also not afraid of me. She's great

I love that you pronounce “species” correctly. 😊

I always love someone that makes education fun . I'm learning and don't even realize it 😁❤️

Sulcatas and leopard tortoises have been known to hybridize, so if you keep Sharon and Rafiki together make sure you keep an eye on Sharon so she has access to a suitable laying area. Tortoises sometimes become egg bound if they cannot find an appropriate place to lay.

I just found this channel. (I don’t own a reptile 😂) I’ve been binging for days. I love the animal subtitles. “Weeeeee I’m flying” hilarious

6:41 the new southern painted turtle is a nice friendly turtle.

So good to see all your turtles again! ❤

around since the dinosaur eras! chloe: *breathes deeply*

My earliest memory of the San Diego zoo was watching the giant tortoises "play piggyback" as my parents told me.

15:49 tell me I’m not the only one who heard “sulcata kewl” 😁

Turtle food response is always hilarious. You'd almost think they were warm blooded.

There was one summer at the Toledo Zoo where Emmerson, the galapagos tortoise, dug a whole pond in a day. Also, it was interesting to hear how tortoises have tons of nerves in their shells since people wouldn't normally believe that they can feel anything through their shells.

I feel like Chloe needs a friend. All the others have friends but she's on her own 🫤😊

Whenever my mom would see animals mating she'd go "Oh! They're playing leap frog!" 😂

forgot to mention a fun turtle fact that Australian scientists discovered that musk turtles can breath through their tongues.

Thanks! Turtles are very interesting indeed! You have such a good collection of species in your zoo!

Will you maybe be able to do a video where you show all your hognoses? Thanks and all your tortoises and turtles are soo cuteee

here for any and all tortoise content. I just love them too much.

Sharon is so adorable, she's a gentle giant.

The video of Taco basking is so funny to me like the way he bends his neck omg XD

I LOVE SNAKE DISCOVERY SO MUCH AND LIKE TOO SEE HOW THEY SUCCES OVER THE YEARS 🤩❤️❤️🥰🕷🕷🕷🕷

That pic of Taco basking cracks me up 😂