LIVING WITH GIANT TORTOISES! (Galápagos Tortoise care with Jerry Fife)
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- LIVING WITH GIANT TORTOISES! (Galápagos Tortoise care with Jerry Fife)
Galápagos Tortoises are every chelonian fans dream tortoise to have and work with so what would it be like to live with them in your backyard? While I’m on tour in Phoenix, Arizona, I stop by Jerry Fife who is without a doubt a pioneer in the care and breeding of these awesome giant tortoises!
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Leave it to our government to put its nose where it does not belong.
They always seem to do that, don't they?
One thing i loved about this oldman that he's talking care of all these tortoises from his heart and not treating them like comodites and emotionally attached to them. I wish everyone who have pets treat them like this .💕
Galapagos tortoises are truly amazing personality filled ancient dudes 😍😎 I have had the privilege of working with these gorgeous guys and they are amazing! Thanks for the awesome video 🤓🤓
I'm so sorry for what happened to her. 😭
Those thieves and killers should be punished.
No names for his grown tortoises...that is difficult to imagine why or even how. There are so many names. Wonderful video . Thanks.
Thank you for preserving this incredible species!
Hi, 4:46 please get her a "saddle", similar to the turkey saddles you can buy or put some duct tape on her shell to slow down the wear and tear.
It would be soooo cool to have a tortoise farm! I probably wouldn't name em either, tbh. Maybe a couple
I love turtles. I have a red eared slider and if someone tried to take him I would lose my mind. I'm so glad you got them back.
What was the reason that the US Fish and wildlife took his animals?
Anout 20 babies mom. Well done 👏 ❤
We had a sulfate, that grew up, and ate my parents yard. They decided to donate him to a sanctuary down in AZ. Pretty neat place. They had alot of Sulcatas. I remember dropping her off, they gave me a tour and told me they were working on a birth control. For them, was kinda interesting
Hi super video.
I'm trying to learn the difference between Galopogas, Salcato and Aldaras. Which one would stand taller?
I have a wild one on my property and wanting to identify him /her. Also concerned about scaring it away.
Thanks Kira
If I’m not mistaken, the Galapagos is the largest of the three, followed by the Aldabra and then lastly, the Sulcata. I hope this helps even though your comment is a month old!
I've had two for 5 years and someone took them ,from my yard. I miss them ,
@Isaac johnson they arent born weighing 300 pounds 😂
Tolomy, Talula and Tomaguchi
Titan for the boy Zena for one of the girls lol.
Is this jerry guy with underground tunnels lol ?
Tank..
U need more subs here is one for u.
Thanks!
Dāv Kaufman's Reptile Adventures no prob man
sammy and jacky! :D
name one of them oogway
So how much do they cost as young
in uk £4k +
In american I have found hatchling in florida and they are 7,000 each. But legally they can never leave Florida.
10k+
I hear I that he sells his babies for about 3k to 5k, at least here in arizona, I would love to get one from him one day
Thousands
Do you sell them
2 likes 0 views lol
You can like the video as it plays...once the video finishes it counts as a view so obviously people got the notification that Dāv uploaded, clicked it, started watching, liked the video as it started and are watching it now...
TH-cam's analytic system is on crack. We never really know how many views/subscribers/watch time we really have at any given moment. It's all delayed
Jerry is doing a fantastic thing. US fish and wildlife should be ashamed. Thank goodness they did not euthanize his collection!!!!!!!
Why did they want to euthanize his tortoises?
It's such a sad situation when our government sticks its nose in where obviously it doesn't belong but you'll see road side zoos with animals looking horrid and they never do a thing!! I commend this gentleman for keeping the breed alive, just like he says it's nice to have ambassador animals to bring the gen public's awareness to the plight of the ones in the wild. I think they are gorgeous!
They look so happy. Im sorry to hear about what happened :( At least she leaves behind many little baby galapagos' :)
Of course Fish and Game would wrongfully take someone's animals. Ugh. Glad he got them back and I hope the person he's talking about can get their male back!
Words of wisdom: "move slowly, eat grass, sleep a lot, you'll live a long time."
Tell that to the cows m8
Rest In Peace jasmine
Hopefully, the government will see the light and return the male. Please keep us informed.
I will
I’m not understanding why they seized the tortoises in the first place. If they are endangered, looks like the gov would be protecting them and even issuing grants to promote their breeding, etc. How can they let Tiger King and ppl with dangerous animals raise, breed, sell deadly animals that aren’t endangered, but confiscate this man’s tortoises? No one has been attacked and killed by a tortoise (that I know if), but I’ve seen several shows about ppl being killed by lions, tigers, monkeys, hyenas, etc. that owners turn loose or fail to contain.
Tiger king was definitely Dealing with endangered animals. But that was 10-15 years ago when laws were lax.
who in their right mind would seize all of those beautiful tortoises from this man he is doing the world and this species an amazing service!! I would take that WAY PAST PERSONAL, THATS BEYOND ANYTHING I CAN EVEN DESCRIBE. Thats straight up way past theft. I would literally not get out of that situation alive. Take my passion Ill fight you until I die because Im nothing without them. Thats my take on it . Something about the sheer beauty of these largescale tortoises makes me cry every time I see them. Seriously I am so in awe of them. So much respect to them and to this man for helping them breed thank you so much.
How can you have a pet/animals for 25 years and not name them? Like he clearly loves them. Give the bubbies names 😭🥺
Mind blowing.
The man is a legend in the tortoise world and Fish & Wildlife go and confiscate all of his Galaps, what on earth!?
I'm glad he got them back.
So sad to see such depressing behavior from Fish & Wildlife.
#RattleOn
It happens more than we know. And the end result is the same. "we'll give your animals back if you don't sue us". Quite stupid.
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures yikes :(
Time to sue them
Unfortunately, as time passes, regulations become even stricter and the state intervenes much more in our hobby. I hope that his breathing operations go well into the future.
That's why we need to support USARK!
This guy is my hero! Why does our government think they can treat people like this? And then they knew that what they did was illegal by giving the torts back if he would sue? Pathetic.
I'd rather not judge as we're lacking details from the other side. Seems like a big waste of money and time on their part though when what they did amounted to taking a bunch of large animals and feeding and housing them for a year. One would think if they went to so much trouble they must have thought they had good reason to.
@@Ryodraconot necessarily. they might have just wanted to shut him down. No charges ever materialized. Probable cause for a warrant is not that high a bar, and agencies usually keep evidence seized until its sold at profit - look up civil asset forfeiture. They probably were not planning on selling these tortoises, but just because they seized them doesn’t necessarily mean they had clear evidence of wrongdoing, just they managed to convince a judge to let them go fishing.
@@theodoretibbitts9538 certainly possible, but as I said I prefer to hear from both sides before coming to a conclusion.
Ok am I the only one that finds its EXTREMELY strange that this man had these animals 25plus years and never named them.....that bothers me...lol
It's like Ron Swanson and his friend of 3 years who he never learned the name of
Thats amazing. They're awesome animals and it's crazy sad that the government couldnt care less if they go extinct
They don't
Rest in peace Jasmin
Can’t believe he hasn’t named his 25 year old tortoise?
I love giant reptiles too and this was one of my favorite videos you've done!
Thanks Andy! Glad you liked it!
Awesome animals.
As you pet the neck of an animal most of us will never be able to, "For people that don't know, their skin feels almost like elephant skin." Ohhhhh ok, cuz we have a better chance of knowing what elephant skin feels like LMAO
Love you brother!!!
What? doesn't everyone know what an elephant feels like? lol
Dude this is amazing , and I really appreciate people like him that want to preserve a species and obtain stability in wildlife for our future ... now we have to get paid from the government rather then scolded to release some of these bad mama jamas to keep population up , all we have to do is make sure they are acclimated and treated to be released , I’m sure easier said then done , but recently this is what I am all about and want to help also , I’m trying to figure out just what it’s gonna be... I really thought I was first to like this btw lmao 😂
I hope that happens one day
Jeffery Fife speaks like I would picture a tortoise talks.
If their an endangered species then how is breeding them a bad thing?
Because you're breeding them in captivity. They won't be able to survive in the wild if they've been raised like that. This is essentially commercial farming for profit, the man in this video is clearly a breeder. At least zoos have the goal to educate the public through conservation and breeding but this man is just rearing them to be sold as exotic pets.
Baby tortoises hatch and immediately live on their own, they learn from their surroundings and experiences, what they learn from a caged environment won't help them in the wild.
@@starsfalldown1234567 what part of “there are none left in the Galapagos islands” don’t you get?
@@starsfalldown1234567 these wouldn’t be alive if this man didn’t breed them.
laws often don’t make sense. The intent of the law is assuredly to discourage poaching, because if you allow captive breeding a poacher could steal a gravid female, hatch the eggs, and then sell them as captive bred. This in fact happens all the time with other species. That being said, there are better ways to prevent things like that, but policy makers don’t usually have the expertise to know the best way to do things, so instead you get these broad laws that maybe make sense in some circumstances, but not in others, and punish innocent actors just trying to preserve an endangered species.
@@starsfalldown1234567even if all that were true - and I feel like you are grossly misreading this man who is clearly doing this as a passion and probably doesn’t make much from it since sales are so legally restricted on Galops - they’d probably do just fine in the wild. Galopagos tortoises have no natural predators. You plop one of the adults down on the islands they’re just gonna start munching cactuses. But even if you say, no, there are key lessons they are missing by being raised in someone’s yard in Arizona - then plop down the babies right after hatching. Problem solved.
But even apart from that, he is raising these NOT to be reintroduced into the wild, but to preserve the species that might go extinct in the wild in captivity, so future generations will know what they were like. There is value in preserving endangered species in captivity even if they are not directly being used to bolster wild populations, so that people can see and learn about these animals, especially if they do gone extinct in the wild, which they might.
Now, you might say, thats what zoos are for. But if you watch the video, you’d know that zoos are only hatching females, and, moreover, many zoos have issues breeding these. Lonesome George went extinct because the zoos couldn’t get him to breed. Having more people preserve them is better. More bloodlines, more breeding stock, you have a healthier population with less inbreeding depression and less risk of extinction.
This man is doing very good things.
I have a 260lb Aldabra tortoise in my backyard since he was 14 ounces...low maintence , friendly, love him!!!!❤️❤️
I wait every saturday till you upload
Those tortoises are so precious. You can tell he cares alot about his animals. Appreciate that.
Somtimes the laws people come up with make little to no sence
That's why it's so important to support USARK
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures can we support it in canada I have no idea what our version is I do support my local reptile rescue
LOVE the giant chelonians. By far my absolute favorite reptile and one I could definitely dedicate my life to if my circumstances were different. Jerry is amazing for keeping with the breeding of these gentle giants even though the government can be such asshats at times. Sucks it took a year to get his tortoises back from the seizure, but I'm glad he kept at it and fought for them!
As for a name, even though the male is on loan, he should call it Sherman because it's built like a tank.
Love that name!
Woulda been hell for anyone trying to take my reptiles😂 Especially an endangered species !!
Leave it to the government to screw it up.
I have 2 turtles and I’m like this guy I didn’t name them I just let them be
So who is buying the tortoises? There aren’t that many people that can handle these guys for the long haul. Kind of like people that buy young retics and then have buyers remorse once they get big.
This guy is amazing and obviously takes excellent care of his animals. Unfortunately, oI think he is definitely in the minority.
Well back in Sept of 15 I went to Jerry's place to buy a 125.00 leopard....2 hours later and a home equity check I came back with 2 galaps.....4 years later I finally got my leopard...
I suggest them to be named Tonka, Tank, Tanky, Bowser, Bower, Blue Shell, BlueShell, Yoshi, Gianty, Galapagy, Durable, Reliable, Bulletproof, Toyota, Honda, Corolla, Civic, Camry, Accord, Tacoma, Indestructible, Sienna98, Sienna01, Sienna03, SafeSienna, or BestSienna.
I say Sulcatafy the beasts ! I think they are magical creatures that everyone should get to enjoy 😊
I don't disagree
the hard part of owning one is being a young adult with college debt lol. i cant afford a galapagos hatchling for $5k+ AND a property with a yard.. hopefully one day i can :)
Dude. Sometimes. Your. Intros. Demolish. Me.
Lol!
I can't understand how he could not name his tortoises. People even name their cars.
do you not see how many he has? he would have to paint them to distinguish each one
@@averagejoegrows Yeah, that's what I thought, too...but he never even named that one that was one of the first hatchlings that he's had for twenty-five years.
That's def a man lol no woman could have an animal for that long & not give it a name lol we baby everything 🤣 when he said " love hurts" lmfao damn thats alot s breeding wben you still have marks left behind
That’s wild 😂😂 25 yrs and no name hahah
Oh man I want one, I wanna grow old with a giant tortoises
You'd grow old with it, then your children and grandchildren! They can live up to 220+ years!
I had nooo idea you could raise these... mind blown
7:15 can eat wheatgrass
If the person really wants a galap they can travel to the state and pick them up. Then travel back to there state. Same thing people do with Indigo snakes, and other things the govt says we cant have/do.
Can I buy a Galapagos baby from someone who breads them?
Yeah if you have a extra couple thousand dollars. Hahaha.
@@kyleerosee3 try 5000
@@jeffmiller9798 worth it, I’d rather pay that for a tortoise that lives 100 years than a small dog that lives 14
yes you can! check with your state laws because some states do require a license in order to have Galops. and that also can run you a few thousand... I have 3 baby aldabra tortoises. theyre very similar to galops and dont require licensing in most states! still cost $2000+
they cannot be sold across state lines without a permit, so the answer is yes, IF you live in a state somewhere where someone owns and breeds them. I know there are people in California, Florida, and, obviously, Arizona who have them, but if you’re in another state, you’re probably SOL. As mentioned, you can get a permit to sell across state lines, but they aren’t easy to get.
Gotta name the male Franklin for sure!
wow what a cool tortoises paridise and what a cool video you have
Have you ever heard of a TH-camr named Kamp Kenan
Thems be my dream tortoise babies! I absolutely adore those guys. One of my favorite earliest interactions, there's nothing quite like them! 🥰
PS- If the grandkids don't come through, give me a ring, email, or send smoke signals, and I'll be there in 2 shakes of a lamb's tail!
I think it's really nice they don't have names
anyone else think Dav's voice sounds like Bob Belcher?
I wonder who's government job it was to take care of the seized tortoises?? glad they made it back to him
Pry animal control
I was really expecting the story to end saying some of them had died, glad at least the government managed to take care of them
Great video of them if I had the money I would have loved to have one or two here in Texas
Name suggestions:
Eloise
Einstein
Egbert
Bearnaise
Eleanor
Pumpkin
🤗
Dav 🤘🏼Rattle On, I have a Desert and a Adult Sulcata
Rattle On! Awesome! Sulcata episode coming soon!
That male is definitely a Bruce
Such a same the government acts the way it does sometimes
Right?
Grants to protect these beautiful reptiles? This owner should be getting such grants..????? Great info video..
That one tortoise shown in the background while Jerry was speaking about 10 min into the video really gives us a chance to see how big these guys really are.
They are huge!
Awesome look Dav, thanks for bringing this to us!
Thanks for tuning in! Glad you liked it
Can you out something on her shell to protect her?
Dav the education is real
dont forget cylindraspis the albabra's exticnt cousins
How would I get a hold of him? That part was funny. Do you name them? Nope not really lol!
Great video Dave an Jerry. I feel privileged that I have seen them in person.
One day we'll meet down there and do some herping!
My favourite tortoises.
I wanna name one Big Ed! 🤣
Something wrong with people
Baby galapagos is the cutest thing!.
Jerry is a hero.
The male is Thor, first female is Wonder Woman, second female is Shera
This is Heaven! 😍
Are any of the captive bred animals ever returned to the Galapagos islands?
No, they can't be.
He should name the male Cristobal, and the females Isabela and Floreana. Those are the names of some of the Galapagos Islands. 😃🐢🐢👍
I like that. Good suggestions
Thanks, Dav! 😀
How old is your female Aldabra that had all those baby tortoise?
What a good man!
They sure are amazing Tortoises and l certainly wonder if l had them who would continue to care for them after l am gone. l have some snakes that may out live me and l hope that my grandson will do this for me.
Lucy, Ethel, and Ricky
Love it!