Other Animals

Image courtesy of the Cape Parrot Project In December 2022, South Africa named the Cape parrot as its Parrot of the Year. This unusual and highly endangered species (Poicephalus robustus) inhabits isolated patches of forest in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Naal and Limopo areas of South Africa, the only country where it can be found. The

Did you know that there are over 20 families of snakes? How many can you name? I bet it is fewer than 10. So what are all of these snake families, and how are they related to one another? I’ll show you. There are some crazy snake out there! #clintsreptiles #snake #snakes ==== ucb =

Spiders, scorpions, vinegaroons, mites, ticks, and other arachnids are amazing, creepy crawlies that live almost everywhere (including right on your face). But how many kinds are there? How are they related? And where are they found? You’re about to find out. #clintsreptiles #spider #arachnid ==== “Cicada molting animated” by T. Nathan Mundhenk under CC BY

Webinar: The Grey Way: Behavior – Why Understanding Instinct is the Key Date: Friday, February 17, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest,

Schedule a virtual ONE-ON-ONE with Clint! https://square.site/book/JYBMZXG2X02FF/clint-s-reptiles-virtual-show ==== Clint is a professional biologist and educator, but above all, Clint LOVES reptiles and he loves to share that love with everyone he meets. Whether you’re lover or a hater of reptiles, you can’t help but get excited with Clint! We post a new video every Saturday

Webinar: Avian Vet Insider: Feather Disorders in Pet Birds – Special Time 11AM PST Date: Friday, February 10, 2023 Time: 11:00 am PST (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our

African fat-tailed geckos (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus) are much less common pets than their cousins the leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius), but do they make good pets? Is the African fat-tailed gecko as good of a pet as the leopard gecko, or are they not? Is the African fat-tailed gecko the best pet lizard for you? #africanfattailedgecko #clintsreptiles

Despite being severely injured, Cher Ami delivered a vital message that saved the lives of 194 ambushed soldiers known as “The Lost Battalion” We have heroes of all kinds within the consciousness of humanity. Heroes in sports, heroes in mentoring, heroes in moments of extreme danger and need, and heroes from the many wars fought.

So, how much herping is too much herping? 20 hours? Because when you go herping in the hot, Arizona desert with Dav Kaufman, Brian Kusko, and Garrett Hartle, apparently it is an epic affair. But we were looking for Gila monsters. No sacrifice is too great! #davkaufman #briankusko #reachoutreptiles ==== CnB Reptiles: https://www.facebook.com/cnbreptile/, https://www.instagram.com/cnb.reptile/ Phoenix

Rick elis.simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons This is a big world that we live in. We discover new things all the time. And sometimes, some of the things we discover become rarer than we want them to be. There are many areas of the earth that we have not had ample time to

It’s the end of the world as we know it and birds and crocodilians will be fine? How is it possible that they survived the extinction event that killed all of their closest relatives including all of the non-avian dinosaurs? Let’s take a look at what exactly killed the other dinosaurs and what made birds

Tyrannosaurus rex is probably the most famous of all dinosaurs, and the largest land predator to have ever lived on Earth. That said, there is so much about T-Rex that you don’t yet know, but that you will never be able to unsee after today. And what are the other members of the Tyrannosaurid family?

Turtles are, as a group, pretty unusual reptiles. They have a shell, their head and limbs can go inside of their ribcages, they have a beak instead of teeth. They are weird! But among the turtles, there are a few that are particularly weird. One of the weirdest is the Fly River turtle, also called

Umbrella cockatooPhoto by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash A lot of well-deserved time is spent on the recognition and better understanding of bird intelligence, a process that we are seeing more of these days via in-depth studies. These are not living room observations from backyard birders, either. The uptick in scientific studies surrounding birds has risen incredibly

Wild type reptiles are very cool, but there are also an incredible variety of unusual and beautiful morphs like albino, piebald, leucistic, hypo, etcetera that are dazzling to behold. So what is really going on with these beautiful and unusual color morphs? I’ll tell you. #clintsreptiles #reptilemorphs #clintexplains ==== “Smyth Co. Hypomelanistic Snapping Turtle” by

So you want a pet fish, why not get one of the most amazing fish in the world? The arowana is one of the most beautiful and interesting fish that you can get, but is it a good pet? Is the arowana the best pet fish for you? ==== Filter: https://amzn.to/2KIBCnt Heater: https://amzn.to/3mwopeP Aquarium: https://amzn.to/3apXOhh

The mangrove or gold-ringed cat snake (Boiga dendrophila) is venomous, beautiful, and notoriously grumpy. That said, they can make very interesting and spectacular captives. So, is the mangrove snake the best pet snake for you? #mangrovesnake #bestpetsnake #clintsreptiles ==== Jason’s Mangrove Snake Video: Enclosure: https://visionproducts.us/snake-cages.html Water Bowl: http://amzn.to/2BhgDim Hide: http://amzn.to/2gt8Ubt Substrate: https://amzn.to/2TEPr6n http://amzn.to/2w22IxV Heat Pad:

Izzy the cockatoo. Image courtesy of Gabby Nikolle One of the more pleasant and longest-running traits of any creature, human included, is the essence of love. We’re no strangers to it in the human category, and we’ve seen more than ample evidence of it in the animal kingdom. But it becomes an even more endearing

Reptiles make great pets for sure, but do they make the best pets of all? Many people would argue that they do not. So are they right, or are they wrong? Let’s let science decide! Clint puts reptiles against mammals, amphibians, fish, mammals, and arthropods to determine which animal group makes the best pets. #bestpet

We don’t understand very much about very many things, but we’re working on that. Science is the key, but what is science? How does it work? And given that it is probably at least a little bit wrong about almost everything, what good is it? ==== Clint is a professional biologist and educator, but above

The farmer’s wife greeted Cheetah Conservation Botswana’s (CCB) rapid response unit as they approached the homestead, heralded by a choir of bleating sheep. Her husband had reported that he’d caught a cheetah prowling near his livestock that September morning. This cheetah, Ashton, was one of several GPS-collared and monitored by CCB. His GPS location had

With the scream of a passing jet ski filling her ears, Dr. Saliza Bono watched the dolphins’ fins cut through the glittering waves 50 yards away. As the boat rocked with the current, she raised the pole and lowered the recording device into the water. She lives out her childhood dream as the Bioacoustics Officer

The baby’s grip tightened around shocks of her mother’s red hair as they descended from the high tree limbs. It was rare that they visited the world below, for orangutans are Earth’s largest arboreal mammals. Here in Malaysian Borneo’s Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (LKWS), Hutan, one of WCN’s newest Conservation Partners, monitors and protects orangutans

Part two of a four-part series intended to bring you from having little to no understanding of genetics, to the point of being a MASTER of genetics! If you are a reptile breeder, a biology student, or just interested in understanding how life works, these videos are for you! In this video Clint explains the

Image courtesy of Ifeanyi Ezenwa Of all the parrot species, African greys are one of the most heavily trafficked for export. In Nigeria, the greys are further threatened because of strong competition for habitat with palm oil farmers and corporations. With ever more people in the world, there is more demand for palm oil, which

What is the best pet isopod? I don’t know. It’s time that we get to the bottom of this via a bracketed tournament! Move over Tokyo Olympics, this is the Isopod Olympics 2021! Who is going to bring home the gold? #clintsreptiles #aquarimaxpets #isopods Aquarimax Pets: https://www.youtube.com/user/Aquarimax ==== Some video clips provided by smug-bug.com. ====

Suction feeding sucks on land! The good news is that reptiles and amphibians, like frogs, chameleons, monitor lizards, and turtles have some amazing adaptations that make feeding on land a possibility. And best of all, this transition onto land, actually made possible the evolution of my personal favorite adaptation of all. What is it? I’ll

Emily from Snake Discovery is one of the raddest people on the planet, so when she invites you to a place called the RAD Zoo, you go! Our mission was to find the 10 raddest snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodilians at the RAD zoo. I think we found them! We had a great time and

Get up to 40% off with my link https://www.ridge.com/clint from now until December 22nd! Surprisingly, great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are not the only white sharks. There are actually five species of white sharks, and are only one of 15 total species of mackerel sharks from the order Lamniformes. And while they are probably the

Photo by Tyler Moulton on Unsplash Our worldview often depends heavily on a “set apart” reality. For parrots and other exotic birds, it’s their varied colorful appearances, and their ability to mimic human speech that easily captures our attention. The more common birds, especially those that are of a single color that could be described