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Rodents are the most successful group of mammals on the planet. Some, like rats, mice, and squirrels are very familiar. Some are just plain weird! Let’s explore them all! #clintsreptiles #rodents #biology ==== Clint is a professional biologist and educator, but above all, Clint LOVES reptiles and he loves to share that love with everyone

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The jungle carpet python (Morelia spilota cheynei) is one of the most beautiful snakes in the world. They are also widely available as pet snakes, but have a bit of a bad reputation. Is the jungle carpet python the right pet snake for you? ==== Enclosure: https://visionproducts.us/snake-cages.html Water Bowl: http://amzn.to/2BhgDim Malaysian Driftwood: https://amzn.to/2rmiX3I Mopani Wood:

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Save up to 40% off Ridge products right now using my link https://ridge.com/clint Sponsored by Ridge. Insects are, really without question, the single most successful group of animals on the planet. They are very likely the most successful group of living things on the planet. And this is true not just now, but ever! Insects

Click this link https://sponsr.is/bootdev_clint and use my code CLINT to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. As a zoologist and evolutionary biologist, people often assume that I know all of the animals. I don’t, not even close, but I do know a lot more animals than most people. But these ten animals are

Go to https://buyraycon.com/clint to get 15% off sitewide! Brought to you by Raycon. Have you ever wondered what the closest relatives of whales might be? I mean, what else is like them? Well it isn’t manatees, and it isn’t seals. The closest relatives of whales are these, the other members of the rad and highly

When you think of rhinoceros, you probably don’t think of North America. But the reality is that rhinos got their start in North America. They are an American group. So what were these American rhinos like, and where did they go? Well when Steve from the amazing paleontology channel Paleo Analysis appears at your door

Subscribe through my link https://ground.news/clint  to stay informed on the latest in science and breaking news from around the world. Get 40% off unlimited access with the Vantage Subscription this month. Biological evolution is broadly accepted by the scientific community. That said, a large number of people and organizations, especially the Young Earth Creationists, are highly

Marsupials are some of the strangest of all mammals, but their story is even stranger. We explore this amazing clade that includes familiar favorites like kangaroos, koalas, Tasmanian devils, wombats, and opossums, as well as so many amazing animals that you have never seen before, and we look to discover if the Tasmanian tiger is

Have you ever gotten a really good look inside the mouth of a gaboon viper? There are some amazing structures in there from fangs, to the famous Jacobson’s organ. But where is the tongue? And you’ll never guess how they breathe. Snakes are amazing! Full video: https://youtu.be/1OzKtsSMqiY #clintsreptiles #gaboonviper #snake ==== Clint is a professional

Elephants are amazing, intelligent, enormous, charismatic animals that are loved by people all over the world, but their relatives are REALLY WEIRD! How weird? I’d be happy to explain because the Afrotheria (elephants and their closest relatives) has got to be one of the strangest and most diverse groups of mammals on the planet! #clintsreptiles

Star Wars is one of the greatest franchises of all time! But, as I explained in my review of the Jurassic Park franchise, the prequel trilogy falls flat! Not just that, but the world would be a better place if there were only four Star Wars movies. I know this may sound controversial, but I

The southern house spider (Kukulcania hibernalis) is a huge, interesting, easy to keep spider with one great flaw… well, it had a great flaw. Because thanks to the Cobweb Castle, that flaw just might be a thing of the past. But is the southern house spider a good pet? Is the southern house spider the

This is my favorite group of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)! I love pufferfishes, triggerfishes sunfishes and boxfishes, and yet, until recently, I didn’t even know what their closest relatives are, or how they are related to one another. Well it turns out that this group is much cooler, and much crazier, than I ever would have

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Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 bonus months free here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/clintsreptiles It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! (Includes all plans – Standard, Plus, and Complete.) Spiders are a diverse and somewhat misunderstood group of arachnids. Recently I was taught that tarantulas are not spiders. Is that true? What is a spider? What is

Cephalopods, such as octopuses, cuttlefishes, squids, and nautiluses are some of the most remarkable animals on the planet, and certainly some of the most intelligent invertebrates ever to live. But what are they? Well, shockingly they are mollusks, like snails, slugs, and clams. But the world of mollusks is far more bizarre still. #clintsreptiles #octopus

What are your dream reptiles? I have many. I am living many of my reptile dreams, but there are some that just haven’t yet come true. Well, today is a great day! Here are eight dream reptiles that just came into my life. Which one is the most exciting to you? ==== Clint is a

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Insects are, really without question, the single most successful group of animals on the planet. They are very likely the most successful group of living things on the planet. And this is true not just now, but ever! Insects rule the world from ants to termites, praying mantises to beetles, butterflies to bugs, insects are

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As a zoologist and evolutionary biologist, people often assume that I know all of the animals. I don’t, not even close, but I do know a lot more animals than most people. But these ten animals are ones that I didn’t know existed until very recently. Have you ever seen any of these animals before?

Subscribe through my link https://ground.news/clint to stay informed on the latest in science and breaking news from around the world. Get 40% off unlimited access with the Vantage Subscription this month. Hummingbirds are some of the most remarkable animals on the planet. The way that they fly is extraordinary, and very different from the way

Use my code CLINT to get $5 off your delicious, high protein Magic Spoon cereal by clicking this link: https://sponsr.is/magicspoon_clint_0224 What’s a squid? Is an octopus a squid? Is a cuttlefish a squid? Is there such a thing as a squid? Let’s take a dive into the shocking diversity of cephalopods to answer these questions

The six-eyed sand spider might be the most venomous of all spiders. Like their close relatives, the brown recluse spiders, these little guys are known for their necrotic, life threatening bites. Obviously, they probably make great pets, but is the six-eyed sand spider as good of a pet as it sounds? Is the six-eyed sand

Alligators are awesome, but they aren’t a reasonable pet. For this reason, we had to travel to an unreasonably awesome place, New England Reptile Distributors (http://www.youtube.com/user/nerdreptilesinc), to ask the question, is the alligator the best pet reptile? Turns out that they are not. So we had to ask a new question, if you make the

Subscribe through my link https://ground.news/clint to stay informed on the latest in science and breaking news from around the world. Get 40% off unlimited access with the Vantage Subscription this month. Biological evolution is broadly accepted by the scientific community. That said, a large number of people and organizations, especially the Young Earth Creationists, are highly