Ha, I always think about that watching Survivor Man. He sets the camera up and films himself climbing down a rock face or something and I always think, "Now he has to climb right back up to get the camera and then climb back down again."
Charlie Harper yeah I love it when he gives up on some cameras... on some episodes he left some cameras behind for the crew to go back and pick it up.... I would do that all the time.
I wish more people cared about the natural world as much as you do. I think your nature explorations are my favorite vids; I love seeing Croatia through your eyes!
I think my favorite thing about your channel is how much you share with us about your homeland. I knew very little about Croatia before watching your vids (and still do really) but I'm learning and seeing more of your beautiful country the more I watch and that's as exciting to me as the animals on your channel. Thanks for all the hard work you clearly put into your videos. I appreciate it.
Like always great video! Fantastic place - very sad no one cares about the beautiful places nature gave us :/ but we need to enjoy the moments while they are still here like You said. Also great song. Video was kind of National Geo style really if You would have more equipment and things You could do even more amazing stuff believed in You since beginning Petko - keep up the fantastic job! Give us more and longer vids :) PS: You killed me with the gypsys :P
It's wonderful you still have your desert! I live in nebraska in the US and the west part of our state basically looks like this. The sand is about 2 inches below the grass fields peeking out in hills in places. I have ant lions in my flower garden. Very cool to watch! We have a very endangered beatle here that's only found by our Salt Creek. Our state was once an ocean and that is why we have so much sand. Maybe your situation there as well. You can actually find fossilized coral in one of our state parks.
"Gypsies are near, better put my camera away so they don't get any ideas" same problem here in Houston Texas of all places man :( people suck all around the world
"there's a reason why this is a dessert.... that I don't know" I'm crying XD also how did you manage to post it on Sunday! oh god! dat sticker is rad ;) also the rant was perfect ahahaha yes we need more people to be aware love the video especially when you show how the antlion dig and the wasp dig your expeditions are my favorite hopefully one day you can travel around the world ;)
Waking up to your videos is always great. :') And Croatia is such a beautiful country, when we were there all we saw though were a looooot of lizards on the stone walls, and some cats that didn't seem to like us very much. Oh, and of course fish, especially when we went to Plitvice Lakes National Park. Fish everywhere, but not one spider in two weeks.
"Enjoy the moments. " Your attitude is great, I admire your enthusiasm, and your love for animals really does shine through on your videos and channel. Great to see someone so passionate. Have a great Fth13th
Thanks for sharing your beautiful country with us. It's great to be drawn into your passion for the natural world too. I really enjoyed watching this video. Keep it up!
Im from California. I LIVE in those kinda places! AZUSA, is my hometown, we have the AZUSA canyon. Now, im in San Diego county. Lakeside, surrounded by sands, rocks, sagebrush, rattlesnakes. I just LOVE that kinda area!
Lol the butterfly was laying eggs when you picked her up. This was a great video. I love to see the different life out in nature around the world. Thank you for sharing!
Fantastic video, I loved seeing a little glimpse into your part of the world, I especially liked you showing the Ant lions up close, they are amazing little creatures, we get them here
Dobar video brate, svidjaju mi se tvoji video snimci! Mi Balkanci samo unistavamo I radimo protiv sebe, tako da ne cudi sto tako specijalno mesto trune. Klasicna prica. Srdacan pozdrav iz Srbije, odlican kanal!
I use this channel to educate my arachnaphobic girlfriend, in the hopes she'll one day conquer her fears! She's come along way and doesn't scream and climb on the table when one is in the house anymore so i guess you could say its working xD. Big personal fan of your videos man! Hoping to see more of devil soon, keep up the great content! :)
I visited Croatia for two weeks five years ago, it is in my opinion the most perfect place in all of Europe, it's beautiful, perfect and natural. I hope whatever happens to Europe In these Scary times that Croatia stays as it is, it's a wonderful place and I hope it Keep it's identity and beauty for hundreds of years to come
I'm excited to see that small desert. I actually have one of those where I live. I live in Maine, eastern US, and we have a place called the "Desert of Maine" and it's a bit of a tourist attraction up here. Altogether it is probably less than a half a square mile, so quite small as well, and like yours, getting smaller all the time. Experts say it will probably be gone within 20 years. On the tour we took, they said that back in the early 1900's, a young man took the land and started farming vegetables on it, but he only farmed the most profitable vegetables, so he didn't properly rotate the crops to keep the soil rich and healthy, and in doing so, created a dry sandy oasis, that looks and feels like an actual desert. It's even 10-20 degrees hotter out on the desert than it is on the bordering wooded areas. You are correct about one thing, unique places like those need to be cared for and preserved. Enjoy them while you can.
You are one very fascinating young man. Even though I am terrified of spiders, your true love for all of God's little creatures makes me so happy. I enjoy every single video, and often watch them several times. HAVE A Blessed Day And Enjoy Your Little critters.
I live in an overly populated country (old world) and I feel so relaxed to see this quiet and peaceful place. Btw, this channel is the reason why I'm deciding to get my first tarantula. Keep up the good work :)
awesome video! that location is gorgeous and it makes me miss home. I lived in Arizona for most of my life and a few years ago moved to Washington state. big change for me but it's gorgeous here so I make it work 😎. As always I enjoyed the video and I will be waiting for the next!!
the littles green lizards were cute as fuck. It's nice to see how environments looks different from place to place. I should make a video like this some times :p from my little village in Quebec, Canada
“Ant lion” is the insect in the sand :) ... your videos are extremely inspiring. You’re fun to watch, and full of information. I learn about different animals, and more about different places in the world. I had to google Croatia because I was curious where it was located. (I’m in the United States) it can be tricky to remember all of the countries in different places, but I enjoy trying to fill in the gaps. I appreciate what you’re doing!
I really enjoy your videos!! it looked like a fairly decent size desert, not as big as some but still neat that it is there. Hopefully they see the beauty in it and preserve what's left. You seem to care a lot for nature! :)
Really interresting video. Love the arid area you visited. Thanx for showing all of us this fantastic location. I checked your town on Google maps. You live in a very beautiful part of Croatia. Take care my friend. 🤗🕷🇸🇪
Your videos make me really think about what is happening around me. Like when that ant eating insect was digging the hole and grabbed the ant.. it was amazing to watch, and I'm sure similar things are happening right in my backyard all day, every day and that never occurred to me. It makes me stop and think about it now when I'm outside.
I seem to love nature just as much as you do. Where you live is very beautiful. Nature is some that we really need to protect at any cost, but like you said the government is not going to care until the last minute when it may be to late cause they only worry about how they gonna get their next dollar. Keep up the great job!
Really loved this video! Especially loved the little speech things you did for the animals, like the ant and the lizards. Those were really funny! Sorry to hear about how this part of Croatia is waning away! But I think it's awesome that you're spending time there while you can and also spreading awareness and spreading the message! Keep up the great content!
I just found your channel about 2 weeks ago and I'm pretty sure I have watched all of your videos already. I love what you are doing! It is really tempting me into getting a tarantula!
We call a similar thing mier leutjies in South Africa. It translates to ant lions. There one off my favorite insects and if I remember correctly we even have a nursery rym about them.
Hey men, i realy, realy like what you are doing. And this even i'm not a spinnig-fan like you are. The big sand hole bug is an ant-bear so we called it in germany....and the wasp that made the hole would be called grave-wasp. Plesse give us more! You do a Very good job
At 7:00 i grew up calling them doodle bugs. Because if you take a small piece of grass and slowly drag it around the surface of the hole they will grab on and you can pull them out
Ant lions yes! They throw sand to dislodge the ant and make it hard for it to climb out of the hole. Then munch it. :P Yes enjoy the moment, and I loved the lizards. :D also IS THE SONG A PUN Erasus gainst time? ;D
I saw a documentary about them at some point, they throw the sand like that to make it really lose and when ants steps there the sand starts falling and the ant loses his grip and fall to the bottom of the pit if I don't remember incorrectly :>
I know the problem with cool locations that slowly get destroyed and I feel you on that, but for me as a big city kid, there never was anything near me that was so beautiful, like your spot there! Greetings from Germany
That is an Ant Lion @ 6:56 in the sand. It is a beetle larva of some kind. Jumping spiders are cool too they have more personality than most spiders. Cool video
That animal in the hole in the sand is called Myrlejon on Swedish on english if I translate it Antlion. You are very fun so keep the good work up! Hugs, Susanne.
Čoveče svaka ti čast.Bas sam srecan stoneko sa ovih prostora snima ovakve stvari.Stvarno pokazujes koliko je tvoja drzava lepa a koliko materialiste ne brinu za nju!Samo nastavi
there are also a lot of camponotus queens flying around there atm, you should take a screwdriver or something with you next time you go and carefully pry open some fallen logs with small holes in them
The animal making the holes in the sand is called an ant lion, we have some in the woods where I live in the northern part of Ontario in Canada, usually in sandy patches under birch trees. Although this may be a different subspecies seeing as it is in Europe. :) So cool they have some in Croatia as wellXD
"Enjoy the moments" Words to live by.
if i see the far away shots: walking away or riding, i always think like "now he has to walk back for his cam"
its still cool for scenery nontheless
Well, that's the price you pay to get shots like that xD
Ha, I always think about that watching Survivor Man. He sets the camera up and films himself climbing down a rock face or something and I always think, "Now he has to climb right back up to get the camera and then climb back down again."
The Dark Den - and you do produce some excellent footage / videos !
Charlie Harper Ikr
Charlie Harper yeah I love it when he gives up on some cameras... on some episodes he left some cameras behind for the crew to go back and pick it up.... I would do that all the time.
I wish more people cared about the natural world as much as you do. I think your nature explorations are my favorite vids; I love seeing Croatia through your eyes!
we are born from nature and we control our makers
exactly! I agree.
Oh, The Dark Den uploaded. My essay can wait.
Ben Moak That's exactly how I feel😃 He is definitely intelligent and entertaining!
Ben Moak I
Ben Moak ,,,
Did your balls tingle, too?
Ben Moak ?
I am beginning to appreciate creepy crawlies. .... ain't sayin I'm going to go look for one and hold it, but maybe I won't scream if I see one now. =D
Well done.
Raspberry Enwoo I like you as a friend
They are important to the ecosystem. Normally those types of bugs just mind their own business, even the poisonous ones
"We are now getting closer to area where gypsies live... so i'll put camera in my backpack... i don't want to give them ideas"
Hahahahah
Good call
ApachePieman what did he mean when he said that?
@@chlordiazepoxide shut the fuck up romanians and gypsies are not the sames
/Yung x Razvan chill the f down, he meant Romalen, not Romanians
somehow I could feel that sentence due to I used to live also in Yugoslavia :D
I think my favorite thing about your channel is how much you share with us about your homeland. I knew very little about Croatia before watching your vids (and still do really) but I'm learning and seeing more of your beautiful country the more I watch and that's as exciting to me as the animals on your channel. Thanks for all the hard work you clearly put into your videos. I appreciate it.
Its a very interesting story that i don't know... Its probably written over there! *walks away*
Like always great video! Fantastic place - very sad no one cares about the beautiful places nature gave us :/ but we need to enjoy the moments while they are still here like You said. Also great song. Video was kind of National Geo style really if You would have more equipment and things You could do even more amazing stuff believed in You since beginning Petko - keep up the fantastic job! Give us more and longer vids :)
PS: You killed me with the gypsys :P
Petko really enjoys nature and the animals in it, I really enjoy watching him enjoy what he chooses to do, it's inspirational to me...😃👍
It's wonderful you still have your desert! I live in nebraska in the US and the west part of our state basically looks like this. The sand is about 2 inches below the grass fields peeking out in hills in places. I have ant lions in my flower garden. Very cool to watch! We have a very endangered beatle here that's only found by our Salt Creek. Our state was once an ocean and that is why we have so much sand. Maybe your situation there as well. You can actually find fossilized coral in one of our state parks.
Love these vids! Keep up the exploration videos that are awesome!
Haha funny with the "subtitles" you put on the animals! Great video!
"Gypsies are near, better put my camera away so they don't get any ideas" same problem here in Houston Texas of all places man :( people suck all around the world
Zachary Folse yes I’m up in Boston and we have the same Gypsy problem!! There everywhere!! Lol...🕷🕸🦟🦂🦗🐜🐝🐞🐛🦎
Yeees! I waited for a video like this for so long!
Please keep it up you are my favourite channel on youtube
Same with me
"there's a reason why this is a dessert.... that I don't know"
I'm crying XD
also how did you manage to post it on Sunday! oh god!
dat sticker is rad ;)
also the rant was perfect ahahaha yes we need more people to be aware
love the video especially when you show how the antlion dig and the wasp dig
your expeditions are my favorite hopefully one day you can travel around the world ;)
Thanks :)
I edited the video faster then I expected so it was complete in time ^^
Lone Learn how to spell it's desert not dessert
Waking up to your videos is always great. :') And Croatia is such a beautiful country, when we were there all we saw though were a looooot of lizards on the stone walls, and some cats that didn't seem to like us very much. Oh, and of course fish, especially when we went to Plitvice Lakes National Park. Fish everywhere, but not one spider in two weeks.
You didn't look close enough then :P
pooossibly not! I feel like I ate the entire time, so my focus was probably more on the food than anything else, haha.
I love how invested you are in regards to land and nature, it's pretty inspiring. Keep up the good uploads bro!
"Enjoy the moments. "
Your attitude is great, I admire your enthusiasm, and your love for animals really does shine through on your videos and channel. Great to see someone so passionate. Have a great Fth13th
Thanks for sharing your beautiful country with us. It's great to be drawn into your passion for the natural world too. I really enjoyed watching this video. Keep it up!
Im from California. I LIVE in those kinda places!
AZUSA, is my hometown, we have the AZUSA canyon. Now, im in San Diego county. Lakeside, surrounded by sands, rocks, sagebrush, rattlesnakes.
I just LOVE that kinda area!
Lol the butterfly was laying eggs when you picked her up. This was a great video. I love to see the different life out in nature around the world. Thank you for sharing!
Love the spider that look like a spider. Really cool. Love the lizards. Cool adventure. Really cool guy showing us all this. Thanks.😃💕
Awesome video. Been years since I was in Croatia with the Army. Beautiful land.
Seeing a few of your older videos, which are great, it's awesome to see how far you and the Den have come!
the wasp did dig funny. and that little antlion was super cute. the place is amazing. really like this video.
Fantastic video, I loved seeing a little glimpse into your part of the world, I especially liked you showing the Ant lions up close, they are amazing little creatures, we get them here
Lovely coloured lizard! Beautiful green.
Dobar video brate, svidjaju mi se tvoji video snimci! Mi Balkanci samo unistavamo I radimo protiv sebe, tako da ne cudi sto tako specijalno mesto trune. Klasicna prica. Srdacan pozdrav iz Srbije, odlican kanal!
Ant lions!!!! I used to catch those all the time
This is so far the best channel on TARANTULAS EVER!!!!!!!!!
I use this channel to educate my arachnaphobic girlfriend, in the hopes she'll one day conquer her fears! She's come along way and doesn't scream and climb on the table when one is in the house anymore so i guess you could say its working xD. Big personal fan of your videos man! Hoping to see more of devil soon, keep up the great content! :)
I visited Croatia for two weeks five years ago, it is in my opinion the most perfect place in all of Europe, it's beautiful, perfect and natural. I hope whatever happens to Europe In these Scary times that Croatia stays as it is, it's a wonderful place and I hope it Keep it's identity and beauty for hundreds of years to come
love these outdoor explorations
I'm excited to see that small desert. I actually have one of those where I live. I live in Maine, eastern US, and we have a place called the "Desert of Maine" and it's a bit of a tourist attraction up here. Altogether it is probably less than a half a square mile, so quite small as well, and like yours, getting smaller all the time. Experts say it will probably be gone within 20 years. On the tour we took, they said that back in the early 1900's, a young man took the land and started farming vegetables on it, but he only farmed the most profitable vegetables, so he didn't properly rotate the crops to keep the soil rich and healthy, and in doing so, created a dry sandy oasis, that looks and feels like an actual desert. It's even 10-20 degrees hotter out on the desert than it is on the bordering wooded areas. You are correct about one thing, unique places like those need to be cared for and preserved. Enjoy them while you can.
As always an awesome video and great footage! I will go on the look for Eresus as well when I'm on vacation in Croatia in a few weeks.
theDarkDen stickers... want.! take my money 💱 I've said it b4 about the teeshirts too. we need darkden products.
Maybe in the future :P
I wood LOVE either a SEXY TIME, or a HUBBA HUBBA time shirt!!
You are one very fascinating young man. Even though I am terrified of spiders, your true love for all of God's little creatures makes me so happy. I enjoy every single video, and often watch them several times. HAVE A Blessed Day And Enjoy Your Little critters.
I live in an overly populated country (old world) and I feel so relaxed to see this quiet and peaceful place. Btw, this channel is the reason why I'm deciding to get my first tarantula. Keep up the good work :)
You bin holding out. lol Where do we get the dark den stickers?
I just made few for myself :P
The Dark Den you know we are all going to want one don't you,🤣
I'd buy one!
The Dark Den share! lol
I’d buy one.
Love your videos! Best animal channel on TH-cam
my routine is like,
"oh a new dark den video is up :D , its time to prepare my noodles and watch todays video" haha
awesome video! that location is gorgeous and it makes me miss home. I lived in Arizona for most of my life and a few years ago moved to Washington state. big change for me but it's gorgeous here so I make it work 😎. As always I enjoyed the video and I will be waiting for the next!!
You are not wrong, the Ladybird is quite an adorable little spider lol
We have those too in Florida, USA (@ 6:48. ) We call them Ant Lions. I use to catch them all the time when I was a kid.
That is a Balkan Green Lizard! Awesome herp! They are really beautiful.
the littles green lizards were cute as fuck. It's nice to see how environments looks different from place to place. I should make a video like this some times :p from my little village in Quebec, Canada
Rambling Bordeline Hello fro Mtl/Ottawa:)
Samanthalb yes friends from the country :P
Seriously cool colouring on those lizards! Wicked green!
I love seeing the neighborhoods that you are bicycling through. It's like being there. :)
Loved this video, now I want to go to the forest for a walk, and look for some tarantulas. Cheers from Guatemala!
“Ant lion” is the insect in the sand :) ... your videos are extremely inspiring. You’re fun to watch, and full of information. I learn about different animals, and more about different places in the world. I had to google Croatia because I was curious where it was located. (I’m in the United States) it can be tricky to remember all of the countries in different places, but I enjoy trying to fill in the gaps. I appreciate what you’re doing!
I really enjoy your videos!! it looked like a fairly decent size desert, not as big as some but still neat that it is there. Hopefully they see the beauty in it and preserve what's left. You seem to care a lot for nature! :)
Really interresting video. Love the arid area you visited. Thanx for showing all of us this fantastic location. I checked your town on Google maps. You live in a very beautiful part of Croatia. Take care my friend. 🤗🕷🇸🇪
Your videos make me really think about what is happening around me. Like when that ant eating insect was digging the hole and grabbed the ant.. it was amazing to watch, and I'm sure similar things are happening right in my backyard all day, every day and that never occurred to me. It makes me stop and think about it now when I'm outside.
I seem to love nature just as much as you do. Where you live is very beautiful. Nature is some that we really need to protect at any cost, but like you said the government is not going to care until the last minute when it may be to late cause they only worry about how they gonna get their next dollar. Keep up the great job!
Thoroughly enjoyed watching your video. Thank you..
Really loved this video! Especially loved the little speech things you did for the animals, like the ant and the lizards. Those were really funny!
Sorry to hear about how this part of Croatia is waning away! But I think it's awesome that you're spending time there while you can and also spreading awareness and spreading the message!
Keep up the great content!
I just found your channel about 2 weeks ago and I'm pretty sure I have watched all of your videos already. I love what you are doing! It is really tempting me into getting a tarantula!
Cool antlions. Used to catch these as a kid in Australia.
I loved his teeny tiny bottle of sunscreen ☀️ compared to the Costco-sized bottles we buy each year!! 😂
Great upload Petko. I love the nature trails here in the UK. But it is not very warm here.
Have a great day.
lmao how you casually let your bike fell at the end :D nice vid as always
Your videos are getting better and better. I really like how your explorations of your local areas make me learn a little about Croatia.
We call a similar thing mier leutjies in South Africa. It translates to ant lions. There one off my favorite insects and if I remember correctly we even have a nursery rym about them.
I'm a subscriber but this is my first time seeing this video . I really liked it! I'm going to have to do a deep dive on your old videos
You care about nature and you are awesome my favourate
I love these videos. You've inspired me to get a bicycle and go exploring
Ow man, please do more exploring vids like this. I FREAKING love em
Hey men, i realy, realy like what you are doing. And this even i'm not a spinnig-fan like you are. The big sand hole bug is an ant-bear so we called it in germany....and the wasp that made the hole would be called grave-wasp.
Plesse give us more! You do a Very good job
grats on 80k subs my dude! love from Yorkshire , England :)
This was amazing. I love your sense of humor.
At 7:00 i grew up calling them doodle bugs. Because if you take a small piece of grass and slowly drag it around the surface of the hole they will grab on and you can pull them out
Ant lion. We have them in the states and are fun to watch. Love your channel more and more everyday.
Ant lions yes! They throw sand to dislodge the ant and make it hard for it to climb out of the hole. Then munch it. :P
Yes enjoy the moment, and I loved the lizards. :D
also IS THE SONG A PUN
Erasus gainst time? ;D
Haha, I just love that song :'D
I saw a documentary about them at some point, they throw the sand like that to make it really lose and when ants steps there the sand starts falling and the ant loses his grip and fall to the bottom of the pit if I don't remember incorrectly :>
Yeah I saw the documentary too, I've watched so many but I remember it was by david attenborough. :)
I love videos like these you should do more videos on finding T’s in their natural habitat
I know the problem with cool locations that slowly get destroyed and I feel you on that, but for me as a big city kid, there never was anything near me that was so beautiful, like your spot there! Greetings from Germany
I enjoy every video including this one you are awesome man keep up the good work
Nice Music den👍I really, really, like your Videoosssss! I'm a fan😘
That is an Ant Lion @ 6:56 in the sand. It is a beetle larva of some kind. Jumping spiders are cool too they have more personality than most spiders. Cool video
Antlion is correct. Another awesome video! 👍😊
Ant Lions are very cool and live everywhere apparently, maybe a different genus based on its location, we have them here in the states as well.
I fricking love the way you talk. It's so engaging. Also, 'Thumbs It Up' should be a Dark Den t-shirt! I'd buy one for sure.
That animal in the hole in the sand is called Myrlejon on Swedish on english if I translate it Antlion. You are very fun so keep the good work up!
Hugs, Susanne.
Čoveče svaka ti čast.Bas sam srecan stoneko sa ovih prostora snima ovakve stvari.Stvarno pokazujes koliko je tvoja drzava lepa a koliko materialiste ne brinu za nju!Samo nastavi
was really cool seeing some of Croatias wildlife
Awesome vid. Croatia looks beautiful.
there are also a lot of camponotus queens flying around there atm, you should take a screwdriver or something with you next time you go and carefully pry open some fallen logs with small holes in them
Love your videos thanks for the videos...
new to the channel...love it!! I am not a keeper but am fascinated, thanks for sharing
so beautiful there
I love your videos so much. I could listen to you all day ❤ and I have a whole new appreciation for spiders because of you thanks!! 🕷🕸
Always amuses me when you do those camera shots where you *enter for the first time* :P
great channel ! Earned a new sub . And big ups from south africa
And the animal at 7:00 are indeed antlions
Definitely make more of these kinds of vids these are the best
a really good national geographic video for sure !!!!
The animal making the holes in the sand is called an ant lion, we have some in the woods where I live in the northern part of Ontario in Canada, usually in sandy patches under birch trees. Although this may be a different subspecies seeing as it is in Europe. :) So cool they have some in Croatia as wellXD
Absolutely fantastic vid 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
Every video you made so dam cool man i appreciate
Nature is amazing and fascinating! Sad that so many people are not able to see it's true beauty. :\
my favorite channel!