Meet the Monkey Tailed Skink! 

Monkey-tailed skinks are so cool. If they weren't often so darn grumpy, they would be so amazing!

I really don't know why RU-vid recommended me your channel, but I think I'm here to stay. You seem very charming, natural and knowledgeable and the reptiles and other kinds of animals are just stunning and interesting. Edit 1: And I guess I found one of the friendliest communities on RU-vid, thank you for the nice words! Edit 2: There's no chance I could get a reptile as a pet for different personal reasons, but I watched a couple of their videos already, which are really entertaining and educational and that's partly why I decided to stay here.

If you make the pothos trail and grow upwards, it will grow much faster and the leaves can get huge! Just a suggestion ☺️

Hey Emily, the pothos reminded me that you have a green house. Y'all could start growing a monster pothos and supply all the plants for terrariums. Mini orchids. Aquatic plants for aquascaping. Different kinds of moss.

I love how chill the skink is about Emily moving it tail around. I also love that when she let go it just stayed in that position

I'd be interested in seeing a nocturnal live stream of them, similar to what you do with Rex! It'd be a cool way to actually see them being active!

Can we give Charles some applause this mans is funny but even though we’ve never seen him i can tell he’s caring.

Skinks are so adorable, their faces are so funny looking.

Just an idea with the plant! You could have a mesh type box (could make it natural looking) around the plant, with leaves sticking out. They can munch until they reach the mesh, then this gives the plant some time to recover and grow more shoots for your skinks ❤️

Skinks are what made me love reptiles. I was holding a beardie at a pet fair and the lady who owned the reptiles asked if I wanted a skink in my hood, she said he’d love it because of how fluffy the inside was. Not sure why, but younger me became OBSESSED after that.

Something that would be really cool, would be an event where the zoo is opened at night. So the visitors could see all the nocturnal animals :) It doesn't have to be regularly but like ones every couple of months Edit: the lights would be turned off of course, but you could use blacklight or just weak flashlights! :)

Don't know if he'll see this but I wanted to send lot's of love to Charles, the Editor. I really enjoy his editing style

Charles did a great job editing the video. I love the addition of word definitions for words that we typically don’t hear as often. I know Emily tends to explain those words as well in the videos but it’s nice to be able to read this too. I’m more of a visual learner so being able to read the definition to visually comprehend the meaning.

Emily! Pothos are super easy to propagate! Buy one and you can make a hundred lol just cut off a segment of the stem with a couple of leaves on it and put the cut end in water! You should see roots growing from it in the next few weeks.

head skink is my fave! i kept watching it going blep as emily talked. so cuuute! thank you for another great video!

I love Charles’ edits! Also the skink on Emily’s head is so cute

PLEASE WE NEED A DEFORMED SNAPPING TURTLE UPDATE

I’ve been a long time watcher, and I went on a rewatch binge because as much as I miss having snakes I know my mental health isn’t where it would need to be in order to properly care for them. Thank you so much for showing off and talking about so many beautiful animals

I am studying biology, and monkey tailed skinks and their habitats are definetley on my list of possible BSc project!! This is awesome guys!

Watching Emily do the entire video with a skink on her head was life! 😁

I've never heard of a monkey tailed skink until now. You learn something new AND cool everyday!

Hi guys, I love your channel and have become obsessed with anything reptile (mostly snakes) over the holidays because of this channel. I think it would be really cool if you guys did a “day in the life” video to see what your busy busy days look like. From feeding animals to talking to customers, I think we would all enjoy it 😊 ❤️ love you guys

Here in New Zealand we used to have the largest skink ever, it was huge, but sadly it’s extinct now. We have lots of little skinks though! Edit: sorry, it was a gecko. I remembered it wrong.

Watching your videos always brightens my day with your positivity, educational vids and high regard of animal welfare. Keep being awesome

I don't know how many nocturnal species you have in your zoo. But maybe you could do special night events (like once every month or two) so that visitors could see those species...?

I know in the Netherlands they sell plant pots you can stack. Every pot has 3 places (i believe) for plants. So if you stack some of those pots you have multiple plants so maybe that could be an alternative for one big one. But of course the question is how to match those pots with the enclosure :)

I always love these types of videos! I love learning about new animals! ❤

I always look forward to all of your videos. I just find it so interesting learning new things about reptiles.

Loving the plants in front of the mural!! Makes it look even more amazing

Thank you for another very informative video on another animal i knew nothing about. I find your content so interesting. Not just the animal of the day but the personalities of Ed and Emily. Just real smart people talking about really interesting things.

I love how calm she is as one climbs up her head

The skink on your head is so cute! Its like plop this is where I live and Charles editing is great! I love how he left your little bloopers in!

Several years back my parents sold their house and they had a pothos plant that was so huge it could circle the house a couple times when stretched out. It probably would have been perfect for y'all.

Ooo new animal to talk about! I love this channel so much for the educational and funny content that Snake discovery provides. Thank you so much for all your dedication and work, I hope 2022 is a wonderful year for you guys!!💕✨✨

I’ve been waiting to hear about your monkey tails! Love your channel ❤️

I love how you used the painting 🖼 as a background.

Hiiii love you guys!!!! Thank you for being so positive and amazing

A blue tongue skink would still be my first choice but these would definitely be a very close second. I've also wondered for a while as to why you didn't have any pet African land snails (Lissachatina fulica) as I thought they would be right up your alley but I recently discovered that they're actually illegal to own in the US. Such a shame as I know you'd offer some great advice on them.

Great video! I love that the male climbed onto your ponytail and stared into the camera. I love your videos, I could watch you all day. I have watched you guys all day, actually.

love the new editing with the definitions its a very nice touch.

I love these guys. I have a breeding pair and they are my favorite pets, by far.

I am dying laughing at the male just hanging out on Emily’s head. The best hat.

Emily!! If you want a super-long pothos you should start growing stems of them in your fishtanks!! In my experience they grow SUPER quick if they're grown in a tank -- like, UNMANAGEABLY quick. I plopped a single stem in mine and within six months it had taken over the entire rim of the 75-gal tank WITH it dangling down everywhere, even after me snipping it in half about a dozen times to try and keep it under control! (Which admittedly didn't help the overgrowth lol, more stems just kept growing back quicker and fuller to compensate for what I took off XD) Just be sure to keep the leaves out of the water so the aquarium critters don't get nippy with them.

That's so damm cool!! Bever knew Solomon island skinks were so damm social and bonded with their families so well!! Thanks for the info

Ayyyy I’m early I love all your videos and how you are here to educate as much as you can over a wide variety of animals! Love watching all your vids to find out some amazing facts?!

I love your vlogs it great to see reptile lovers sharing there passion .

Awesome video and very informative! Keep up the great work you guys! ❤️

I have a 1.2 circulus too 😊 this was my first ever reptile back in 1993. So happy to have some again. Especially since now that I know they are communal I am really enjoying watching my group interact. My one female is getting quite chubby so I’m about 5 months I will discover if she’s a momma or piglet lol

Buy a bunch of pothos and repot them together. You can get a rectangular type of pot, and add grow lights(or adjust what you have to improve growth) if you don't have have for their enclosures

We see you new editor.... and you're doing fantastic I love the little sound effects

Thank you for all the amazing videos. Only ever had a leopard gecko, and because of your channel, Clint’s, Dav’s, and adams I have a Kenyan sand boa and now a uromastyx. Hadn’t planned on the uro we named styx, but she’d been at a feeder supply for 5 months and no one was taking proper care of her. 24 hours after getting her and getting her warmed correctly; her colors came out and so did her personality. I’d have never thought of getting these animals without you all! All of you make the world a better place

It's also funny that Emily compares them to koalas early in the video and then tells us about how the skinks eat their parents poop to gain the right gut flora for digestion. Koalas do the exact same thing for their babies

Skinks are so cute

Hi Emily. Are you planning to ever do a video on all of the animals in your zoo enclosures? Maybe a quick walk through?

This is so cool! Love the new outro btw!

You guys are awesome and so informative. Keep up good work.

The pop eating thing happens with koalas too (I think I'm not a koala expert). Btw a lizard with separation anxiety both is something I never knew about. Poor skink. They seem like one of those reptiles which are very sociable

Love your videos keep up the good.work ❤

Haven’t commented before, but I wanted to say thank you so much for all of the amazing videos! I’m a huge snake fan, but my partner is terrified of them. Your videos are helping him slowly overcome his fear and has made him start to love snakes as well :)

Koalafications...beautiful. Perfect. Every video on this channel is such a treat!

Hey I’m first, we love your channel

Love your correlation between koalas 🐨 & the monkey tailed skink...especially about eating the parents poop (even though you didn't state this fact) for bacterial flora. Have you thought of putting all your nocturnal reptiles together in a separate area of your business & 1 time/day a week being open, a few hours beyond regular business hours, at night for nocturnal viewing? Just a thought 🤔

What a way to start the weekend , Ed and Emily and some reptiles what more could you want 🦋💜only Emily could film a video going into great detail with one on her head. This is why we love you guys xxx

You should host nocturnal nights! Where we explore the zoo in low light to see the animal that are more active at night! I love these guys they are so cute

I always thought it was interesting that because of their size and niche, they don't really look all that skink-y.

Yay more snake discovery

Great info as always, thank you so much x

Ooooo new vid! Quickest I have seen a new one!

I really love your videos, and the new editing is fantastic! I hope it's alright to give constructive criticism though but I think the zoom ins are a biiiiit too excessive on this one. I hope you and your editor dont take it the wrong way though, you guys are hitting it out of the park with all the additional info and tiny details in the "new style"! Here's to seeing more from you!

thank you for making these videos! cause of your videos im going to get a corn snake!!

You should start your own big Pothos! Its incredibly easy to do and they grow fast with decent light! Just take a Golden Pothos and put it in a pot and use a stake for it to climb on, repot into bigger pots often and keep up with vines up the stake and within a few months you'll get the plant to maturity and start getting some nice big leaves/stems. I can start one for you if you like I currently have 2 mature Pothos growing on my bedroom wall right now :)

I just love watching your videos and thar so entertaining and I learned a lot from you about mostly reptiles

Love your video’s keep it up

I love these videos, also, maybe do a Mexican Walking Fish? Or As Most People Call Them, An Axolotl

I love them! And I love the information I'm still learning from reptiles!

OMG I love these skinks one of my favorites to work with when I worked at a zoo.

Just a suggestion It would be nice if Charles left the text on the screen for a little bit longer. I read relatively fast and have a hard time reading all the text that flashes on the screen without pausing the video. Thanks!

They are so cool !!

You are amazing Emily!

I have learned so much Emily and Ed thank you

I am nearly 21 but everytime I watch your videos, I am back to 10 watching the Animal Planet learning about the world!

Skinks are cool. I enjoyed watching. Hope they breed. It would be nice.

Yay video on my b-day 🥳 Perfect gift!

The skink on Emily’s head is so cute!

I love you guys so, so, so, so, much! I would like to just say that I got very distracted by all the quick zooming in and out on Emily, and it started to hurt my eyes a little. Other than that, another great and educational video ❤❤❤❤❤

I had a dream last night that I worked for y’all at the Snaks Discovery facility! I was checking on the bullsnakes and they were extremely sassy and tried to bite me! 😂

i clicked on this so fast😭 love y’all 💕

here in under an hour! love this!!!

1 st comment...love you guys.😃😃😃😃😃

I got my first monkey tail in ‘93. I had her for 17 years. They are amazing!!! Just got my second. Hoping to get one more so my baby can live a full life.

I love watching your videos, I used to watch your videos on how to properly handle, take care of, and how to treat your snake. I used your videos as refrences to taking care of my snake and now I would love to take care of some monkey tailed skinks too

I love skinks in general but I think I have a new favourite... They are lovely little critters!

So quick question. Since it's tail is prehensile does this mean that it cannot lose a segment of tail like many other lizards? Or do none of the skinks have this ability?

Good job to anyone who sees this comment, have a great day 😊

That's really cool. Very interesting. Especially their social behavior.

Hi,I’m a huge fan and love all your reptiles!

Hi! Mike 3.0 from Outback Reptiles here!Importation of animals out of the Solomon Islands just got banned about a month ago or so from what we were told. Which means wild caught Monkey Tail Skinks will soon be unavailable. So if you are looking to get one you might only be able to find Captive bred ones around unless someone is selling their long term captive monkey tail skink! Hope this helps in some way!

You should make a giant board with all your feathers on it and under each feather is information on each bird or it could be a challenge to see who can name the most birds

Really interesting, so much info I didn’t know, of course, I hadn’t researched them extensively cause I’m not planning on getting any, really cool to know guys, thanks!!

OMG, the head clime was too adorable!