Other Animals

Reticulated pythons are pretty much the perfect snake–except for the fact that they are gigantic, dangerous, and eat farm animals. If only there were tiny retics… Wait, what? There are super dwarf retics?! Is this the best pet snake?! Is the super dwarf reticulated python the best pet snake for you? #clintsreptiles #superdwarf #reachoutreptiles ====

Common snapping turtles are wonderful creatures, but they aren’t known for their calm dispositions. But Bubba Chunk is a very special snapping turtle. After we saved his life, we found out that he was not the monster that he was reported to be. So how much can I trust this giant snapping turtle? Can I

Amazon parrot. Photo by Jon Leclainche on Unsplash Many people who are considering welcoming a feathered companion into their family do some research to get a sense of typical behaviors, vocalization levels, care, feeding and housing requirements, and so forth. Sometimes the name comes before the bird; for others, one look at the bird, and

Venomous snakes, such as the king cobra, mamba, rattlesnake, Gaboon viper, monocled cobra, false water cobra, mangrove snake, coral snake, boomslang and even the hognose snake use venom to kill their prey. But what is venom? How does it work? What does it do to you? How is venom different from poison? #clintsreptiles #snakevenom #clintexplains

Bogey’s surgery required a three-week hospital stay, but the results were worth the long stay—Bogey is a visibly happier bird. Image courtesy of Exotic Avian Sanctuary of Tennessee (EAST) For many hundreds of years, medical science has slowly advanced to its current state of remarkability. Even so, science is consistently working hard to get further

==== 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 morning! So stay tuned! Be sure to

image courtesy of Echo Bonaire is a small island in the Caribbean, just north of South America’s Venezuela. It is one of the native homes to the yellow-shouldered parrot (Amazona barbadenis). This Amazon is considered vulnerable to the threat of extinction, and their numbers are dwindling in other countries. But in Bonaire, their future is

Webinar: Ask the Vet with Tom Tully, DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), DECZM (Avian) Date: Friday, February 25, 2022 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

Webinar: The Grey Way: The Healthy Grey – Keeping Your Bird Healthy & Happy Date: Friday, February 18, 2022 Special Time: 12:00 pm 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.

What do zoologists think of your animal-themed Halloween decorations? They’re terrible! What do they get wrong? And what do they get right? Clint takes a look at some horrifyingly inaccurate skeleton decorations to see what we can learn from these anatomically incorrect abominations. #clintsreptiles #halloween #zoologist ==== “Common Fruit Bat” by אורן פלס Oren Peles

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Lord Vader is a beautiful black pine snake. He is an absolute dream–except for one little problem: he bites incessantly. Is there anything that can be done? Can you train a snake not to bite? Yes! I’ll show you how. Spoiler, this works on a lot more than snakes! #clintsreptiles #snaketraining #snakebite ==== NERD: https://www.youtube.com/user/nerdreptilesinc

photo courtesy Farmington High School Aviaries are found in many places including zoos, rehoming and rescue centers, and colleges. The purpose of an aviary is to provide as natural an environment as can be attained for the birds housed within them. For rescue and care facilities, aviaries give a comforting world to a neglected, unwanted,

The Solomon Island prehensile-tailed skink or monkey-tailed skink (Corucia zebrata) is one of the coolest lizards on the planet. They are big, adorable, and interesting, but is it the right pet reptile for you? ==== Enclosure: https://amzn.to/2GGSczM Water Misting System: https://amzn.to/2o7TA4o Substrate: https://amzn.to/2TEPr6n Pathos: https://amzn.to/2KFq68a Vitamin Supplements: http://amzn.to/2yt4ipW Calcium Supplements: http://amzn.to/2ytwp8D Basking Lamp Fixture: https://amzn.to/2wrzHZE

Most of the time, our parrots find the tasks we present to them interesting, if challenging, and they really seem to enjoy doing the various trials. They carefully watch us set up the equipment; Griffin will often start asking for a reward (“Wanna nut!”), both to signal us to hurry up and about his readiness

The crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii) is an absolutely legendary lizard. It deserves that status. It might be the most hardcore lizard that exists today. The Komodo dragon might be its only real competition. Amazingly, you could get one for a pet. But should you? Is the crocodile monitor a good pet? Is it the best

Stanford engineers developed the grasping robot based on studies of birds. (image by William Roderick) During our own childhoods, many of us only envisioned robots as plot material for Science Fiction novels. As the years progressed, the idea of a functional –and useful–robot of any kind slowly took hold, and science produced many variations of

Painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) are some of the most beautiful turtles in the world. They are also very commonly kept as pets. But is this common pet turtle actually a good pet? Is it the best pet turtle for you? ==== Aquarium: https://amzn.to/36GaUkQ Aquarium Filter: https://amzn.to/2LIDHia Aquarium Heater: https://amzn.to/2FS6Mnf Filter Media: https://amzn.to/2vmGYgH Heat Lamp Fixture:

==== 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 morning! So stay tuned! Be sure to

Image by Tomasz Proszek from Pixabay Fall is in full view, and winter is just ahead. With that, it’s time to approach an important part of our backyard bird-watching experience with the readying of advice. Summer celebrates the full array of birds that prefer various locations, but fall and winter are important as they present

The Macaw Recovery Network (MRN) has a long history of saving parrots from the edge of extinction. Headquartered and registered in Costa Rica, it leads and executes an impressive number of growing projects. However, the larger admirable goal of MRN is to continue expanding its collaborative network and projects across the Americas. The name says

In the wild, creatures of all kinds have a level of differing intelligence that assists them in their daily existence. None of this is a surprise. It stands to reason that the ability to process thoughts, decipher problematic situations that occlude the way of necessity and the ability to get along is quite the requirement

Declines in numbers for many of our exotic birds have plagued the parrot world for many decades. Some of the majestic birds have already become extinct, birds like the New Caledonian Lorikeet, which has been unseen since 1987. Others include the Spix’s Macaw, which has not been seen in the wild since 2000, although there

Bearded dragons, ball pythons, leopard geckos, corn snakes, and crested geckos all make great pets! They are great options for beginner reptile keepers. But what else is out there? Are there some rare pet reptiles that are a good choice for beginners too? Are some of these rare pet reptiles even BETTER that the Top

I’m just going to say it, rosy boas are great pet snakes! They are beautiful, easy to handle, easy to care for, they are just fantastic pets and are quite underrated. So, is the rosy boa the best pet snake for you? Probably, but lets score it on our five categories just to be sure.

Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum), like their cousins the Mexican beaded lizards (Heloderma horridum), are venomous lizards. As such, they are some of the most famous, and the most feared lizards on the planet. They can’t possibly be good pets. Right? Clint explores these beautiful, notorious, dangerous lizards to determine if these beautiful lizards deserve their

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An old picture of a “grumpy Griffin”, to give you an idea of the kind of looks we get when our behavior is not what he would consider satisfactory. The most common question I get at events like parties, when I tell people that I train parrots to communicate with humans in English, is, “But

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! #kiwi #tuatara #clintsreptiles ==== “Mullerornis_agilis” by DFoidl under CC BY 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mullerornis_agilis.jpg “Southern Cassowary” by Summerdrought