Tuatara, Not a Lizard?

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Kiwis, tuataras, and green geckos are just the tip of the iceberg! New Zealand has some of the coolest and most unusual reptiles in the world! In 2019 Clint went to New Zealand and this is what he discovered!
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@ToreRides 2 года назад

So.. I dont usually leave comments or, to be brutally honest, care a lot about this kind of content. That said, I found this video extremely entertaining. You are capable of dishing out an absurd amount of facts and information in such an amazing way. I dont know if its because of your energy, positivism or your sheer love about what you do, but it just works. Thanks a lot for taking your time to gather the footage and spending God knows how many hours to research and edit it all to transform what you do, or love if I may, into a video and posting it here for us to enjoy. Cheers, keep it up! ✌🏼😁

@Jenn_with_2_N 2 года назад

Haha I actually scrolled down to write the exact same thing! I rarely comment, or even think to, but I just have to echo this sentiment. I can't even think how I stumbled onto this channel we a few days ago, but I'm hooked! Clint makes learning all of this neat stuff so much fun and I'm actually retaining a lot of stuff I struggled with back in uni lmao. This is easily one of the best learning channels I've ever found, I'm so excited to binge through everything :D Please keep up the awesome work Clint!!

@landonfitch3204 2 года назад

i love the use of positivism instead of positivity

@jebVlogs556 10 месяцев назад

Sighs.. Well @Clint'sReptiles sadly you and other herpatologist are missing a lot when it comes to the pinel Go And sensitivity to live and sleep patterns(it does way,way further out more 😮✋than what you goes are willing to research and talk about. All my reptiles third eyes are full developed(full functional) from my matamata, armor lizard, blue iguana,and lard grilled lizard. I haven't acquired a this lizard yet,the one you've shown here and one day soon it will be more available during the pet trade.. I believe dragons existed, but their bones were to flammable or to frail to be preserved like the "dinosaurs" stupid humans hunted them akl, that's why none are left. The komondos used chariot pullers(the big ones anyways) they lost their purpose after the Ming dynasty(wagons, llamas, alpaca,cameks,elephants,horses took their place cause they were more desirable. One of the many reasons the aren't seen other than what we seen them on their respective islands .. 😢

@peteg4957 5 месяцев назад

I don't know what you were on when you wrote this, but I hope you enjoyed it and can stop 'sigh'ing.@@jebVlogs556

@PhinClio 2 года назад

Is the Tuatara the Best Pet Rynchocephalian?....For Availability, we give the Tuatara a score of Zero. You just can't get one. Nonetheless, by process of (evolutionary) elimination, the Tuatara is unquestionably the Best Pet Rynchocephalian.

@levihuttner3260 2 года назад

I frantically clicked on this video thinking somebody in the US had finally started captive breeding these things lol. Now I'm sad but still learned a lot

@florianschulz3027 2 года назад

actually in terms of rynchocephalians, tuataras are the only ones, so they are a oerfect 5/5 if only looking at rynchocephalians.

@FalconOfStorms 2 года назад

But is it the best pet rynchocephalian for ME?

@nessamillikan6247 2 года назад

Tuataras would get a higher score than that. Availability certainly is 0/5, but I imagine these things are actually pretty hardy.

@rohanplantboyjames6812 2 года назад

@@levihuttner3260 25K USD I'll get you one but getting it to the US from NZ would be on you.

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 года назад

Our favorite NZ bird is the kakapo. Because if it wasn't for the kakapo, one of the funniest creature moments wouldn't have happened...when a kakapo was so desperate to mate, that it tried to mate a human (it thought he was a kakapo because of the shirt he was wearing)

@bearyhot 2 года назад

I saw that video and it's still on RU-vid! It's a very funny video, especially if you're a macaw owner, or other large parrot owner. Once my macaws reached sexual maturity, they both, even though I have a proven male and female, are highly sexual animals! My male regularly tries to woo me into petting him on the rump, which I don't encourage. My female will present to me, as if I'm a male macaw, as well. Unfortunately for BeBe, I raised Zeke from a 4wk old chick and BeBe was adopted later in her life, so Zeke can't stand BeBe. They compete for my affection, rather than falling in love with one another.....I have some older videos here if you're interested. The only truly funny video, is of Zeke, trashing the newspaper, while my late father was trying to read it....

@ramtrucks721 2 года назад

Mating means.. having a baby.. didn't happen

@caspianbell9556 2 года назад

You’re being shagged by a rare parrot

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 года назад

@@ramtrucks721 it was attempted, duh it wasn't successful

@SetzerII 2 года назад

@@caspianbell9556 Austin Powers, the birb what shagged me. Now in theaters.

@glub9075 2 года назад

Hi Clint, I’m from New Zealand and I work with the department of conservation about saving these amazing animals, even though you can’t really keep them I would suggest doing a video on some of the NZ skinks and / or geckos. 🦎 Clint if ur reading this tell these people in the comments than New Zealand is real (joke - ish)

@PondScummer 2 года назад

+1 would also be really cool if he talked about the dangers the overseas pet trade and poaching have on our native reptiles!

@willyscreatures 2 года назад

There are a few breeders of New Zealand geckos, they’re quite expensive but you can get your hands on atleast N elegans if you have several grand to spare hahaha. Atleast in America.

@the_lomax 2 года назад

We can keep the skinks a ND geckos as part of the breeding programs but you don't own them and you cannot sell them

@willyscreatures 2 года назад

@@the_lomax there are infact breeders of New Zealand geckos in America, they got their original stock through smuggling them out of New Zealand and such but if you have like 2500$ and such you can get an Auckland Green Gecko in the United States. As US law doesn’t really care about the laws of New Zealand, it’s the same reason we have Australian species when tons of them are illegal to export as well.

@Tony-ic1cx 2 года назад

I would love to see a video and get more info on helping these amazing creatures!

@NomicFin 2 года назад

The really interesting bit about the tuatara's parietal eye is that it has a lens. It really doesn't need one as on the adult animal the eye is completely covered by scales and is only used to sense the amount of ultraviolet light (which aside from helping to determine whether it's day or night might also help them to find good basking spots?), which it could do just as well without a lens. This implies that the lense is a vestigial trait, which would imply that some of tuatara's ancestors would have had a parietal eye where the lens actually served a useful purpose. That might suggest that some prehistoric rhynchocephalians actually had three fully functional eyes.

@juanausensi499 2 года назад

In an island with no mammals, maybe the biggest threat to a Tuatara were (is?) flying birds. Two eyes looking forward for food, and a eye pointed upwards to watch the skies. Then, maybe the aerial threat diminished over time or the Tuatara got better at camouflage, and the third eye was repurposed for other useful things.

@NitroIndigo Год назад

@@juanausensi499 Haast's eagle used to be the apex predator of New Zealand, but it went extinct centuries ago.

@juanausensi499 Год назад

@@NitroIndigo A Haast's eagle is a little overkill for our little tuatara

@addiegaskin6807 Год назад

@@juanausensi499 young haast eagle larger ancestral tuataras you never know

@BeyondIntention 10 месяцев назад

But this is New Zealand we’re talking about… the birds here don’t have to fly to tower over a tuatara. (Say ‘tower over a tuatara five times fast) I’m sure you’re correct that being able to see or even detect the shadow of a predator was (or perhaps WILL BE in the very distant future, an evolutionary advantage to creatures like these.

@ferdinandstrat 2 года назад

We need to do an April Fools episode where Clint reviews a humanoid reptile like a mutant turtle or the reptilians that supposedly control our worlds

@randombloke82 2 года назад

The Visitors! Remember, the Visitors are your friends!

@adamevangelista191 2 года назад

Mark Zuckerberg is pretty hard to get an interview with but it’s worth a try

@theapexsurvivor9538 8 месяцев назад

@@adamevangelista191Oh, he's just an android dressed up to look like a reptilian to distract from the Islamic Jewish sasquatch mafia new world order's global takeover.

@XcaptainXobliviousX 2 года назад

the parietal eyes in tuataras are /extremely/ developed, which is probably why they get so much attention. theyre very nearly actual eyes structurally, compared to the glorified patches of light sensitive cells you'll see in some other examples.

@chriswatson7965 2 года назад

Your presentation of this information was first class. I loved the way you compared kiwis with mammals.

@ClintsReptiles 2 года назад

Thank you so much!

@SergeiMosin 2 года назад

I would love to see an entire episode series dedicated to the unique fauna of New Zealand. There are just so many incredible creatures that evolved in isolation on the islands

@bearyhot 2 года назад

I was very fortunate in the 1990s to hold a Tuatara at a Zoo, where they were on loan, behind the scenes, as a breeding set. I won't mention the name of the Zoo, as I'd never want to get them in trouble, but I actually cried when they gave me the opportunity to hold one. Now that I've moved, I have no idea where all of the photos are, that were taken with a disposable camera. However, I do have my memories, and I could easily reminisce with anyone who still works at that Zoo! I have to say, with all of the amazing things, that I've had the good fortune to experience in my life....handling a live Tuatara, was one of my top 5 highlights! 💓 a hobbiest herper and dual macaw owner, beary

@meisteremm 2 года назад

So how did the skin feel? Was it pretty calm while being held or more active?

@bearyhot 2 года назад

@@meisteremm because it was very cold in the room, the Tuatara was extremely calm. The felt like a grainy, thick skinned texture. I asked if I could touch its head and they said yes. The top of its head was very hard, a lot like a Solomon Island prehensile tailed skink, but rough, as apposed to smooth. It wasn't large and I was able to hold it comfortably with 2 hands, while it's tail looked exactly like an alligators tail, where it had 2 ridges on top of the tail and down either side, joining to one at the end of the tail. I remember it vividly, as if it was yesterday.

@meisteremm 2 года назад

@@bearyhot You are very lucky.

@bearyhot 2 года назад

@@meisteremm Thank you. I never took that time for granted and I was extremely fortunate to have the encounter. Now a days, something like that, would most likely never happen. All of it took place behind the scenes. When I knocked in the door and someone answered, I told them that when I was a child, my private art tutor, who was also a very well known artist at the time, had organized a behind the scenes tour, so I could see the anatomy of reptiles close up. I described the tour to the herpetologist who answered the door, and they said "ok, come on back". I wound up talking to several of the herpetologists at the zoo, for over an hour. I told them about the reptiles I had in my personal collection at that time..... 50 in all. I think that they were pretty impressed, since I had some rare specimens. We talked about husbandry and behavior, and before I knew it, they asked me if I wanted to see something "REALLY rare". I excitedly said "Of course!" and that's when they took me into a small room, with high ceilings and small tanks, that each housed one Tuatara. I asked why they didn't have hide spots, or an environment..... they explained to me that they were eventually going to go on display and it was just a temporary situation. It's so crazy that this all happened over 17 years ago, and I still remember everything, like it happened last week!

@buzzedbeelzebub9454 2 года назад

Tuataras are like little Varan the Unbelievables, it's great

@toastcrumbsinmybed9841 2 года назад

I'm from nz, you can actually get a permit from the department of conservation to keep some species of the native geckos. Although they must be kept outside in approved enclosures, they also cannot be bought or sold. Only gifted by other keepers/breeders. Captive bred geckos can't be released into the wild either. There's unfortunately a demand for them and tuatara in the black market pet trade, there have been a few people caught trying to smuggle them out of the country

@fenelladeans3962 2 года назад

Also from NZ, we used to have a permit for a breeding pair of Auckland Green Geckos that produced 2-3 young every year. After a while we had trouble finding other permit holders to take in all the babies as you have to have pretty large enclosures to get a permit. Hopefully the ones in the US will breed this prolifically and decrease demand for illegal imports.

@Allopexx Год назад

I looked into getting a permit recently. You can keep them indoors. And sometimes DOC may take them (depending on species) if they are needed in a breeding program (to be released to repopulate areas). So you never own them, they are more on lease.

@kiaradoesart9682 2 года назад

An entire video of Clint nerding out about our weird wildlife was the best surprise! (Well timed trip Clint!) Kea are the only NZ animal that I find a bit terrifying. They're chaotic neutral toddlers with a knife. Very unpopular with farmers because they're known to kill sheep (by landing on them, tearing open their backs and eating them alive). Also, you park your car around the alpine trails at your own risk, because if a bored Kea finds it they'll strip it of anything they can hook with that beak. Rubber, mirrors and all!

@drimachuck 2 года назад

I've been into extinct animals lately and only found out about anapsids/synapsids/diapsids recently. Can I just say that turtles are weird as hell?

@sampagano205 2 года назад

Archosaurs in general are really weird.

@tjarkschweizer 2 года назад

Synapsids and diapsids are not extinct.

@emilyvalentine4565 2 года назад

@@tjarkschweizer I think what they mean is they only recently found out about the concept of anapsid/diapsid/synapsid; if they watched that portion of the video, clearly they know there are extant taxa which fit all three of these conditions.

@tjarkschweizer 2 года назад

@@emilyvalentine4565 Yeah you're probably right.

@pvtpain66k 2 года назад

Kea's are on my "if human's die, who takes over?" list.

@NitroIndigo Год назад

Another amazing New Zealand animal is the lesser short-tailed bat, one of the few bats that can walk.

@brightbite 2 года назад

When a bird gets on your shoulder or head, they basically own you. You're THEIR human!

@designersheets 2 года назад

What a fun episode! As a bird lover, I always appreciate that you incorporate them whenever relevant. New Zealand is one of those dream places for me to visit, the land is so beautiful and the wildlife is so unique. It must have been a blast to go there! Thanks for sharing your experience and teaching us about these awesome animals.

@brandonbutler334 2 года назад

>if you can't regulate your circadian rhythm, you're not going to last very long No need to call me out like that, Clint.

@MarisArmoury 2 года назад

I did research on the third eye as part of my masters thesis. It is a truly fascinating subject, one rather common reptile Clint didn't mention that also has a third eye is a Bearded Dragon! You can even see it, it looks like a slightly more white scale slightly behind and between the eyes. So if you read this and have a bearded dragon, have a good look at its head the next time you handle it!

@lordgrunwalder1607 2 года назад

Tuatars are so great, its sad that they are endangered because invasive dogs and ferrets. Those animals are grow and breed so slowly, every babies need at least 20 year for reach into sexual maturity, and a male specimen found some years ago was 104 year old!

@photographychannel3875 2 года назад

In New Zealand, there are also those green almost extinct birds called "Kakapo" I think.

@bearyhot 2 года назад

Kakapos are extraordinarily rare, however they are not extinct, yet. They do have a small breeding program in NZ.

@davidcunningham1289 2 года назад

Yes, they are the last of the land parrots and are nocturnal hence why they look so owl like. But they are also very hard to see since they are all kept on predator free islands for breeding. Sometimes they'll bring afew onto the main land for public viewing though. If you want to see a NZ bird that was declared extinct until they found afew again check out the Takahe the roundest boi.

@coggie4837 2 года назад

Ooh, you went to NZ at the end of 2019? Did you attend the World Congress of Herpetology? I once got to do some fieldwork through the University of Otago's frog lab, and I wanted so badly to go back when I heard they were hosting the Congress in 2020... I'm still super bummed that I wasn't able to make it. Fantastic people doing fascinating work.

@amandastakeonit7402 2 года назад

This is so cool. I hope people don't skip this thinking they already know about tuataras because the other animals mentioned were so cool too! You really rock Clint.

@amandastakeonit7402 2 года назад

*NOTE* tuataras are very slow to propagate. They have some serious requirements that actually become their downfall. I have heard a lot but it's been some time, so I don't recall it all, Clint you should do a part 2, and explain why we can't own them and what difficulties they have in increasing the numbers.

@sampagano205 2 года назад

New Zealand only got sent the memo that giant dinosaurs were supposed to be extinct in the past couple hundred years and I am disappointed the last heartland of the therapods has been so harshly hit.

@vincentlizio2676 2 года назад

As am I. Really disappointing to see the last large therapods disappear. However, on an optimistic note, we do have DNA from exceptionally preserved specimens. Perhaps we can de-extinct them one day.

@heyher_the_odd 2 года назад

Whoa... lots of really big words early in the morning. 😂😂 In all seriousness, I really like these types of videos. Extremely informative and entertaining.

@roberte.o.speedwagon6043 2 года назад

Human (goes blind): Oh no!! 😫 Kiwi (goes blind): Oh no... anyway 😐

@SilveryFlame 2 года назад

I've been secretly hoping for Tuatara video for so long! And I immediately knew it was here the moment I saw the title!

@tomtomisek 2 года назад

Clint. this is one of my favorite videos to date! Thanks for incorporating the history (phylogeny) of the animals with their behavior! Now, if we can bring that fully into an ecosystem, I could be here for days watching!!!

@sydhenderson6753 11 дней назад

A phylogeny video of the tuatara would by very short unless he did a paleontology video.

@christianjorgensen4621 2 года назад

As someone from NZ my eyes flew to this videos title. Glad you had a good time down here during your stay.

@ClintsReptiles 2 года назад

It was wonderful! I hope to return one day soon!

@RomulusTheWild6693 2 года назад

One of the rarest reptiles in the world and the only surviving species of it's genus

@kaijuar2003 2 года назад

There's two subspecies of Tuatara alive. 1. Sphenodon punctatus 2. Sphenodon punctatus guntherii

@silverschmid4591 2 года назад

@@kaijuar2003 nah, that's outdated info. there are still two variants, just not different enough to be distinct species.

@kaijuar2003 2 года назад

@@silverschmid4591 I meant subspecies, my bad. Reply made: 7:53 AM Tuesday, July 26 2022

@paulak7963 2 года назад

So pleased you mentioned the Kea one of my favourite birds we have here. They are so naughty and we have had a few try to remove parts of our car. One of.my other favourite NZ birds is the fantail. They love to come and have a chat with you quite often in your house and then carry on their way.

@cs4870 2 года назад

This is a great video. Thanks for being a positive presence out there and for all the hard work you guys do!

@o.osuq-madiq2008 2 года назад

Easily one of your finest videos. Thank you for your work!

@YochevedDesigns 2 года назад

I love the passion you have for all living things. Your enthusiasm is infectious! You remind me of my favorite high school biology teacher.

@hrrawr 2 месяца назад

I can't stop staring at that gecko plush on your bookshelf. Very cute!

@Ngtef 2 года назад

I love that NZ is finally getting some love from someone! The emu at Auckland zoo (1:34) who's name is Elvis, stole an apple that I was eating right out of my hand and ate it when I was like 5. I love this video!

@jpslizards 2 года назад

Tuataras are a dream reptile to see in person

@hollyodii5969 2 года назад

This is one of the BEST episodes ever! I love all the discussion about skeletal anatomy and species classification.

@teraedwards7835 2 года назад

You have totally wrecked my productivity at work today! Waaaayy too entertaining... I love your enthusiasm, you're an excellent teacher, and you can tell you absolutely love what you do. Can't stop watching, lol...

@teddypawncrumps23 2 года назад

Man, I've always wanted to know more about these things! I was really hoping you'd cover them at some point, and lookee here! Thanks for always giving us free education Clint, you're totally rad!

@Tony-ic1cx 2 года назад

Your excitement about teaching is always awesome to see and learn from! I always find myself taking notes whenever you give information! Thanks so much for the info! I hope to one day be helping to do research about these guys! You're awesome dude!

@nothingtoseehere5678 2 года назад

I would love a series that is just Clint going to different countries and taking about their interesting animals

@pythonparis 2 года назад

Could watch a whole video of Leisha interacting with those birds! Glad you had such a wonderful time in New Zealand. This video had a bit of everything. Love the content of extinct NZ creatures compared to living Australian creatures and how proximity doesn’t necessarily correlate to close relationships in evolution.

@wilhelmtan5301 2 года назад

The Rhynchocephalia is so interesting. I love that they had the lizard niche and they were more diverse. so sad they almost went extinct and yeah lizards kind of contribute with them competing them to almost extinction.

@summerbreeze6567 2 года назад

Well that was a surprise. Thanks for covering animals from my country in such depth. Glad you enjoyed your visit. I love kiwi too

@pamelapilling6996 2 года назад

That was fascinating as always Clint. Thank you.

@Geralt_of-Rivia 2 года назад

Another awesome video, as always 😎 Great stuff, Clint!

@torquess454 2 года назад

I love learning about new (to me) reptiles! So cool!!

@saramartin2204 2 года назад

Oh my I'm so happily geeking out on this information in this video. Thanks so much for info!!! You rock Clint!!!😁😁😁

@Hullad1379 2 года назад

dude i love the way you present information. if we had more teachers in high schools teaching the way you do our country would be leading the pack.

@Raymond8501 2 года назад

Random animal: Exist Clint: This is the most exciting animal ever!

@sadienewman2391 2 года назад

I love this video, all of this content is so cool and interesting!!

@dugoranges6552 2 года назад

Omg thank you for coming to New Zealand and taking a look at our awesome wildlife!

@AllCanadianReptileGirl 2 года назад

Great video! Although, I admit my heart sank a bit when I saw it come up. I am working on a video on these guys myself (scheduled for mid-December) and was worried it would be redundant/seen as 'copying' a bigger channel. Thankfully you left lots of Tuatara-y stuff for me to talk about too! Loved the footage of NZ and exploring how other animals have filled the niches that mammals occupy everywhere else.

@torravengael4490 2 года назад

Love your channel! Happy to hear you are going to do a video about the Tuatara and will fill in some details.

@ClintsReptiles 2 года назад

I'll be looking forward to it!

@AllCanadianReptileGirl 2 года назад

@@torravengael4490 Thanks! They are such a fascinating creature!

@AllCanadianReptileGirl 2 года назад

@@ClintsReptiles Ok, so, no pressure then! 😄

@simplytao 2 года назад

Wow. This I think is your best video, which is amazing because all your videos are great. More videos like this sprinkled in would be amazing.

@rebecasabourin1318 2 года назад

Love this. Would love to see a more in depth video on this. So cute that they loved her.

@the_lomax 2 года назад

Aww look my beautiful Aotearoa! Glad you got to get here Clint! Btw you should look up Kiwi vs Possum.. kiwis are some tough birds.

@chimmichurri6940 2 года назад

Something I love most about your videos is how when you're talking about something particularly interesting to you, your face legit lights up. Damn awesome videos man :D

@JanetStarChild 7 месяцев назад

That was too funny, that bird constantly perching on that person's head. LOL!

@ZaphielSahaquielSariel 2 года назад

Awesome video and content, been binging all of the videos within a few days. Would LOVE to see you talk about crows/ravens as pets. Thanks for all the information and fun time, keep it up!

@rexmikes6270 2 года назад

man big clint you are one of the most positive and uplifting personalities on all of youtube, akin to townsends but with a penchant for herpetology like myself. thanks for being you!

@chazsaw 2 года назад

The closest I have gotten to seeing a wild kiwi was an incredibly brief glance at one that was captive bred and was in Riccarton Bush - a fenced off and predator free area in Christchurch - and it was certainly out in the day. Though it was young, and in my experience nocturnal and crepuscular animals like hedgehogs and rabbits seem to come out during the day a lot more when they are adjusting to a sudden lack of parental care. I did get to hear at least three kiwi calling to each other while camping one night though, and that is an exceedingly fond memory.

@corvid... 11 месяцев назад

So much more info on various stinkin rad animals than i expected. I really was excoted for tuatara video and got SO much more

@floridamanHooning 2 года назад

I'm right there with you on kiwi birds. If it was legal to own one I would immediately get one.

@Parker307 2 года назад

A lot of new vocabulary to learn in this. Clade is one I am remembering. I think I should watch this again

@ggittins4097 2 года назад

All kiwis the minute you notice us OMG HE SAID NEW ZEALAND!! THAT'S US! HE'S TALKING ABOUT US!!!!! Haha, I'm glad you enjoyed your visit

@jayfila 2 года назад

love your passion man!! great video

@RS14988 2 года назад

I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but since you were gushing on kiwis so much here's one: Because the kiwi's nostrils are basically at the end of its bill, by the ornithological definition of measuring a bird's bill from its tip to its nostrils, the kiwi has the shortest bill of all birds. Was amazed at the size of their eggs though, must be as big as their own body.

@Alein116 2 года назад

Next time you go to New Zealand visit the glowing worm caves! I've wanted to go there for a long time and I would love to see that.

@ClintsReptiles 2 года назад

We did! It was awesome!

@bobcheapek4334 2 года назад

those caves are breathtaking!

@katelillo1932 2 года назад

I didn’t know this was a thing but now I need to see it 😮

@Galian6686 2 года назад

I've never heard of these until now and my goodness, they are equally as rad as the bioluminescent bay I visited in Puerto Rico. If only we could combine the two!

@Shae_Sandybanks 9 месяцев назад

They're so cool! My grandad's farm is out past where the glowworm caves are, and has a private cave I went caving in as a kid. So fun and so beautiful

@MagicMusicSbGl 2 года назад

This video is so informational! I need to know more about anapsids/synapsids/diapsids!!

@TheGrandChaosMaster 2 года назад

Nice to see you back Clint!

@alkggkla5643 2 года назад

Loving all your amazing videos! I'd love to see some basic A&P lectures about various animals. Especially spiders and tarantulas! Their biology is so rad! ❤💯🕷

@Vcaser 2 года назад

The bird definitely appeared to be attracted to her beautiful hair 💕. My bird was obsessed with my mother’s blonde hair back in the day

@dickard8275 Год назад

I once saw a kiwi attack and chase a possum up a tree 😅 They arent to be messed with!

@malvoliosf 4 месяца назад

“Examples of synapsids: this human with a bird on her head.” I LOLed.

@lizdyson3627 2 года назад

Fantastic video Clint. I love the Kakapo.

@kajusuraj9621 2 года назад

Awesome video! I learned a lot :D

@AntiPoetLaureate 2 года назад

Thank you for just being awesome and making life better.

@reptilemafia2738 2 года назад

I learn so much from this channel

@flakes1972 Год назад

This was insanely interesting and engaging, massive props. xD

@TheJLAMAR23 2 года назад

Love these kinds of videos

@heatherhorton2547 2 года назад

Thanks for the great video. Don’t forget the Kakapo. I would love to see one but there are only a little over 200. People would look for turkey vultures in the US to find natural gas links in the line.

@22ony 5 месяцев назад

I love that I learnt something new about something I know about thank you.

@AstralPhnx 2 года назад

Ayyyyyy it's the Tuatara, our laddddd. As a Kiwi I love the Tuatara. Freaking awesome things. Also the fact we have tons of birds are just... God I LOVE birds so much. I love my country. We've just got such a strange and bizarre ecosystem with unique animals and I love it

@theminttea6033 2 года назад

hi Clint I've been watching your videos for years and i really love your channel cause its about reptiles and i love reptiles and i love your bearded dragons I've been wanting one of those for ages but i couldn't but keep on making vids must see MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@mrnoodles5871 2 года назад

Once when I was a kid my grandparents took me to their vacation house in Florida, and while I was there I went on a lizard catching spree I caught so many green anoles I could have opened a store. And I also ended up catching a complete white gecko. The only wild gecko I have ever seen in my life. I was amazed and I ended up keeping it as a pet for a couple years before it died.

@Paula-sw2tt 10 месяцев назад

I grew up seeing kiwis at the San Diego Zoo in CA. They are awesome birds indeed. I once held a Black Palm Cockatoo, such a cool experience.

@jackpotjunkie 2 года назад

Whoa Clint! This episode about "tuataras" was amazingly informative! I never knew these creatures existed, and how cool or "weird" some of their bone structure & organs are. God's creations are incredible. Life is so beautiful; and we, as humans, really don't know sh!t, but we think we know everything. Great content buddy, keep up the creative work! ...till next one!

@eh.440 2 года назад

I hope you come to NZ one day! You should check out Wetas (particularly cave Wetas, really cool weird critters)

@tookmyhandle2 8 месяцев назад

Man we're a far cry away from videos contemplating if leopard geckos are the best pets. Fantastic to see the direction this channel has taken.

@caomunistadoggo4129 Год назад

you look so in love with all the animals I LOVE IT

@Ibaneddie76 2 года назад

Great video Clint, very informative and you highlighted some of my all time favorite animals! Looks like you had some stiff competition for your wife's attention there at the end!

@seregiel9541 2 года назад

I've been in love with these guys since 4th grade. This would be my dream reptile

@hjalfi 2 года назад

CLINT! I'M OVER HERE! (I don't know why the three-quarter-view camera angle has suddenly become fashionable, but I find it really offputting...)

@marcoanderson316 11 месяцев назад

Well you clearly aren't autistic most likely haha cuz eye contact can be intense and it's nice to have a reprieve slash different angle sometimes

@FusionDeveloper 2 года назад

Great video. I learned new things.

@LunaBianca1805 2 года назад

Kiwis are dang cool, but I personally love Keas even more 😁. They're sooo intelligent and mischievous 🥰

@chrishoo2 2 года назад

You sir, Clint, have a fantastic talent!

@loispadgett6306 2 года назад

I always learn something new every time I watch your show. Cool things to know. Keep taking us on your adventures and teaching us new things. GOD BLESS 💖💖💖💖💖

@Hixbrianrkule 2 года назад

Oohh man, I have been waiting for this one since I subscribed to you! Dreams do come true! Edit: just finished it. Better than what I thought it was going to be about. Do more videos like this! I am sure most here already know but people should definitely look into the Master Herpetologist Course through the Amphibian Foundation. This video reminded me a lot of that fun course, worth every penny!