Had the same sentiment. How about we normalize sex and how nature works to our children to educate them rather than shame it. It's a natural behaviour. The more you know the more we can protect ourselves too.
So many surprise babies! I wonder if the increased breeding behavior means the animals are happy and less stressed, or if something about being in a naturalistic environment gives them that instinct. And the way she put her self away was so cute! T^T
@@Geoffthespider sorry to say this, but that's unfortunately wrong :/ most animals in zoos mate, even tho they're in a big stress and/or bad enclosures. Especially fish will breed, but actually all animal have the instinct do mate, no matter how bad their situation is. [not saying that snake discovery's zoo is bad, it's pretty awesome! but zoos in general aren't that good..] (I would link a video of a ex-zoo employee explaining this, but it's a German dude :d sorry)
@@ozzy.666 Depend on animals, animals would usually mate less or reject impregnation if they're stressed or their basic need isn't satisfied, though it's true a lot of animals do mate no matter what and it's just instinctual, getting the female to not reject the male or not miscarrying the baby is hard if the zoo take care of the animal awfully, but it does depend on animals
@@icey2203 my school used too then like 10 kids moms complained because their kids “purity” was ruined I was like your kid swears constantly I think their “purity” left a long time ago😂
My female's first clutch was 7 eggs (6 fertile, 1 slug). I think it largely just depends on how long you wait. Two comments on husbandry: - More substrate. In my experience, the female will nominally lay in a tunnel underground. My female had 10 inches to work with for her last clutch and went straight to the bottom. I think the reason why the eggs got scattered for you is because she didn't have a tunnel to fill in. My female had the same digging behavior after laying, but instead ended up backfilling her tunnel, leaving a neat row of eggs with no denting. Apparently, females also get more picky on subsequent clutches, but I haven't witnessed this yet. - Keep an eye out for the female becoming overly stressed by the male. My girl snapped back in May, 2021 and it's only now that she'll let the male approach without trying to kill him.
@@Meraxes6 if you're in the market for a 150 g to 300 g lizard, you should really check them out. For a large fraction of people, they're one of, if not the best monitors you can get. They're in the same general size range as a bearded dragon, but are much more active, athletic, and curious (although, by extension, not as good of a lap lizard). If you do decide to get one, try to ask the breeder how friendly the baby is. Out of the 4 I had hatch out last August, 3 were on the level of Clint's emerald tree skinks right out of the egg. The fourth one is a little monster that is just starting to show signs of calming down. I kind of suspect there are genetics at play.
My females first clutch was 11 eggs, 7 fertile and 4 duds. Now she's gravid again and I'm hoping she will lay them soon. She has already started to do some testdigging in the enclose.
When I saw the enclosure, I quite honestly was a bit taken back. Quite literally, every single thing written or demonstrated online is contradictory to multiple aspects of the way they are keeping them. I'm not saying its wrong or right, I am curious about who made the decisions up to this point and the details on how things work out aside from what we see here. Then again, they are "surprised" by the clutch and didn't even expect it.
As soon as I heard the story about the mom and the 14-year-old, I was immediately brought back to one of my favorite memories: I couldn't have been more than 10 years old, probably more like 7. I've always loved animals, so my grandmother would very frequently take me to a zoo nearby when I was staying with her. I would, of course, frequently be a good distance ahead of her, but she knew that I wouldn't do anything too outlandish for the setting. It was a zoo that catered to children, so moderate amounts of noise and activity weren't uncommon. I've always been a cat person, so I was always happy to see the big cats. But today would be especially exciting. Something you have to understand is that my family has always been comfortable discussing anatomy. As a result, I knew the process by which reproduction happened at a younger age than most. This led to many interesting stories, but this one is unique in how prominent it was. As I approach the enclosure, I see a male lion on top of a lioness. How thrilling it is that we get a chance to observe this behavior! I didn't want my grandmother to miss out on this behavior that isn't usually observed by the public audience, so naturally I turn around and at the top of my lungs yell "GRANDMA HURRY, COME LOOK! THE LIONS ARE MATING!" before racing ahead to get a better look. Did I need to later have it explained to me that it's considered impolite to talk about reproductive behaviors in public? Yes. Was I confused at that? Also yes. Was it mortifying for my grandmother? I'm sure. (Although this is nothing compared to some of the things my mom did in college.) All in all I'm very grateful. Not only that I got to have that educational experience, but also that I have such a communicative and understanding family.
My grandparents were kind of odd. I understood animal mating behavior at a very young age (grew up surrounded by farm animals) so I knew exactly how babies were made. Yet the human process was a scandalous subject. My grandmother pulled me into the bathroom (house was completely empty) and explained periods to me in a whisper (again we were completely alone in the house) when I was 8. It was an extremely uncomfortable experience. It was so weird that my family could be both so open and also so closed off at the same time. My kids will definitely know about the birds and the bees from a young age. They will also learn about human anatomy and reproduction as soon as they begin asking questions. No shame attached.
karens are so weird smh like you see this kind of thing all the time in nature anyways. As if kids this age didnt know. Like theres this 7 year old kid i know and he was (with his family) in our house to watch a movie and we thought the movie was safe but then there was a sex scene. That rascal just started laughing, as in it knew he's not suposed to see this, while we were trying to find the remote lol. I think parents shouldnt "force" this "knowledge" on their kids, just let it happen accidentally
I had a friend about a year younger than me, who had a mom who was COMPLETELY off the wall bonkers controlling about her daughters learning ANYTHING about sex or reproduction. It wasn't even a religious thing, it was just this weird- like SUPER weird total denial of it and refusal to talk about it at all. I had to teach my friend about periods myself when I was 12, and like ALL kids with parents like that do, she came to me to ask me a question one day. She had overheard someone use a certain word that started with the word master, and ended with ation.... she didn't know what that word was. She asked me. I told her. Of course I did! I was a GOOD friend who KNEW THINGS! Also she already knew what... that particular action was, she just didn't know the WORD for it. After I told her, she suddenly paused, her eyes went wide, and she looked over at me and in a breathless, devious voice, she said "Watch *this*." She got up, went out to the kitchen where her mom was working on dinner, and in the sweetest, most innocent sweet girl voice I have EVER heard out of another human being, she said, "Mommy? What's (THAT WORD)?" (censoring cause I know there are much younger kiddos on the channel sometimes). Her moms eyes just about BUGGED OUT OF HER HEAD! She gasped out loud, started spluttering and fumbling her words, and asking where my friend heard that from, ("Two boys on the bus said it and I didn't know what it meant...?") and then she managed to blurt out that it "wasn't anything she needed to know about" and to "go play with her toys". She came back into the room and we just started cackling, busting up with laughter. Pro tip parents... teach your kids about this stuff. Let them know what words mean. It not only helps them recognize innapropriate behavior from others, but also will help them communicate with you if they ever suffer any abuse. It will also teach them what's happening so they can AVOID IT HAPPENING TO THEM... My friends little sister, because she had ZERO education, ended up pregnant by 15. My friend had a kid by 18. Because they'd both not been taught anything, and had gone off to learn/figure it all out themselves. Teach your children about their bodies!
To be honest I think people overreact. I guess saying things like "mating" could be triggering for a very select few people, but then again, they likely wouldn't be at a zoo anyways. Or if they were, at that point, either they made a huge oversight or they had it coming. Lol. There's really nothing wrong with saying the word in public, in my opinion.
Sorry about Karen, She seems to be everywhere these days. I'm fairly sure 14 years old is old enough for the birds and the bees talk.. or in this case maybe the reptiles and the monotremes?
Wow the mom that got upset should have just took her daughter and walked away and looked at something else like how could yall help that but love yalls channel very educational in my opinion
Besides, the kid was 14 apparently. From my experience, sex ed in school usually starts in like 7th grade anyway, so the mom was just being paranoid lol. Did she seriously expect her teen kid to not already know that animals do it too?
@@unbekannternutzer25 Yeah, I guess that’s true. The kid could be homeschooled or go to a school that teaches none or abstinence-only sex ed or something like that. You would think she still would’ve learned about it by now, maybe from an internet source or whatnot. If she genuinely hasn’t, I feel bad for her for being sheltered this much. Young people like her not being allowed to learn about this stuff properly before they go out and do it is why the US has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancies sadly.
I feel so sorry for the 14yr old, especially since there's a good chance that she might see the video and the comments, let's all be nice. I'm sure most of us experienced "What the hell is up with you, mom/dad? Was that really necessary? IN PUBLIC?!" moments when we were that age, no matter how perfect or imperfect our parents usually were 😁
I only feel sorry for the girl for having parents like that as its unlikely she'll be able to get access to a good sex education which everyone should be entitled to for their own health. The only person who should embarrassed about their childish behaviour is the mother herself.
No no. I wished someone bashed the hell out of my parents for being crazy. It would have made me feel better rather than having everyone ignore their stupid behavior.
I am all for educating kids about sex ed from the very beginning. I still don't get why people think they need to be an appropriate age to learn something perfectly natural that almost all species do. If they don't understand the basics, how can you possibly encourage them to have ethics, health, and safety in mind when they hit puberty? I also don't understand how someone thinks they can keep their daughter "pure" when the girl in question does not even know what it is? That said, we should respect the mother's right to raise her child the way she wants to, because every child is different and matures at a different rate. It's not realistic to complain, but nothing is stopping her from steering her daughter away from seeing it.
I'm so excited that all the animals seem to be so happy and comfortable in their enclosures. It's a testament to how well you did design your zoo. As for the mother... What does she think happens at a zoo? Most zoos breed animals in some compacity or another. If you're that uncomfortable, don't look. I wish the world hadn't become so uncomfortable with a completely natural interaction. I just hope that her child has someone they can talk to. If two lizards breeding are to shocking for mom then I find it hard to believe there's much open communication when it comes to safe sex or preventing pregnancy.
... I'm tempted to suggest the zoo keep some pamphlets or cards with say sites about planning parenthood or scarleteen on them for occasions like this. Not for the parent, that likely won't help. Altho it would be funny. Just... Accessible. Tho that's above and beyond their purview
Your channel has done so much for me emily and ed! When im older I want to go to herpetologly school and be a snake breeder! And I laughed when you said that the mom got mad because her 14 year old daughter saw monitor's breeding. Lol
The story about the mom is so funny and it reminds me of my own story. When I was a small child and was visiting a local wildlife zoo a seagull flew into the bear enclosure during the public feeding. It was trying to steal some of the bear food but instead it became the food... Won't go into too much detail but there was a lot of blood, a lot of crying children, and a lot of complaining parents. I was kind of shocked but my parents just explained to me in a really good way that it's part of nature. My parents are great
Good on your parents for using that as an opportunity to educate you. I think it does a real disservice to children to try to hide everything from them, instead of helping them learn about and understand the world.
Reminds me of my daughter seeing a video of an orca at seaworld tossing fish out of the water to bait the birds to come closer. The orca got a tasty feathery snack, and my daughter's eyes were so wide, lol.
@@millenial90 My mom is a teacher so she is both smart and great with kids. She was also raised on a farm where they bred and slaughtered their own cattle and she has never been shy about telling me where our food comes from. When the seagull died she just told me that it was okay to feel bad about it but in the end it's nature and animals need food as well.
Honestly if nobody has taught her and she genuinely doesn't know what it is by that age that's a really bad thing, that's how kids get pregnant at 12/13 because they don't know what they are doing and what the consequences are so a boy could easily talk them into it etc. It happens far more often than you'd think unfortunately and it's the reason health education is so important
yeah i don't get it when i was kindergarten we had police men/women and nurses visiting frequently and with the teacher on how to ask/react in some situation for help if a mister shown us his penis or offer candies to prevent rape and kidnappings EVERY WEEKS (i was 5 ) .it was in the 90 in Canada Quebec ! We sure did learn the proper body parts names LOL
Hi guys, I love your channel and have become obsessed with anything reptile (mostly snakes) over the holidays because of this channel. I think it would be really cool if you guys did a “day in the life” video to see what your busy busy days look like. From feeding animals to talking to customers, I think we would all enjoy it 😊 ❤️ love you guys
I can't be the only one who feels very bad for a 14 y/o whose parents thinks they are too young to know about animal breeding. Like they should have had the talk a long time before that. I wouldn't be surprised if it's one of those parents who believes they don't need the talk until 18 or they get married.
I won’t be surprised if the 14 year old gets pregnant later on and it immediately disowned by her family. Sad scenario but this happens more than you think.
It really is a testament to the naturalness of the enclosures that the animals are breeding. I'd like to say I was surprised about the mom but as Forrest Gump would say, "Stupid is as stupid does". I do feel sorry for the child.
gotta love a mum getting annoyed about nature happening in front of a whole damn teenager. like, maybe I'd understand up to like 11 years old but by her age she's probably catching onto how that works, I know I was.
Funny thing is that young kids won't even understand what the monitors are doing until the adults start acting weirdly. It could honestly have been an educational moment than an awkward one.
I know. This is just a natural thing that can happen at any zoo really. It's kind of like " What do you expect? Just have them sitting and playing cards?". Besides, she's around that age where she probably knows that stuff, at least here in the States.
Imagine being mad about animals mating. On the one hand it'd be kinda rude to stereotype that as typical North American behaviour (I know they've got many, many subcultres over there), on the other hand I've never heard so many stories of people trying to be prudish about nature as I have from the US. Really just a silly behaviour wherever it turns up. Animals gonna be animals.
@@uncabob214 The irony of this is that in the US, sex ed usually starts sometime in junior high (7th-8th grade or so, at least from my experience), so unless this Karen homeschools her kid or the kid goes to a private Catholic school that only teaches abstinence, the 14 yo definitely already knows about how nature works for both humans and animals lol
Every time I watch a video of yours it makes my day, whether its a new video or watching an old one. I am so happy to see that your breeding projects are taking. I am also very excited to see the cute little ackie babies
I thank you for your phrase "incubate till there's no debate". I do propagating with plants and I know for a fact that I would have thrown out some of the props (simply because they began to rot before they even grew roots but I was unsure) that have now become beautiful babies.
I don't want to believe that some Karen complained about animals mating, but I can totally see it happening. People need to realize that there is some law of the universe that at some point when you take your kid to a zoo, it's going to be mating season for some species of animal, and your kid is going to see it! This seems to have happened to everyone I know when they were kids. (for me it was penguins). But to complain about your 14-year-old seeing two lizards getting it on? Seriously, I guarantee that kid looked up far worse on the internet.
To the woman that complained about the Ackie monitors locking up. Grow up, it's literally part of life. If you couldn't handle your daughter seeing that don't go to a zoo. Kinda feel sorry for a 14 yr old.
Exciting!!! Also interesting to learn that schools closed in that temperature. Did a little conversion and that would be -31C. Last week everything was business as usual at -35C XD it's always so interesting to me how different areas handle similar situations. The only time we would shut down is heavy snow storm which happened yesterday and we're still dealing with the 40-60cm drop. It's going to ice over in the next few days as rain is coming. Such an intense winter already. 😣
Schools in my area of the US close for extreme amounts of snow that the plows can’t clear to make the commute safe in a reasonable amount of time (a meter or so) or in temperatures too low for students to safely wait at a bus stop. Usually the buses also have trouble running at those temps because they use diesel fuel.
It's definitely interesting how different places react to different scenarios. I'm from the south (southern United States). We rarely see snow and only drop below freezing a few days per year. Six inches of snow can shut down an entire town here. Possibly less. Mostly because we never see snow so when we do everyone panics. Even mention the possibility of snow and the grocery stores get wiped out like it's the end of days. I always found the last part funny because even the biggest snows are usually melted within a day or two, four at the absolute max.
It depends on the type of buildings and the area. Last year my whole region was shut down for a week because a weird week of snow and ice. Like it was in the -12Cs and there was no power or water in my apartment because we are built for the 30Cs . It was coldest it been in the area in over 75 years. Today we were 28.3C but tomorrow night we are suppose to be 4C. I'm hoping it doesn't freeze like last year.
How can they make kids go to school when its that cold? Classes get canceled here at that temp because its not safe for kids to wait outside for the bus. Not all kids have sufficient winter gear or parents that can drive them so they close in extreme temps usually.
I’ve been getting a lot of chicken eggs since November! My breed of chickens don’t lay unless it’s spring time but for some reason this winter has been different! I’ve been getting over half a dozen a day!
@@kwiggy5091 I raise game fowl and they aren’t specialized in laying. They lay about 15 eggs a clutch before they lay out for a while. Thank you! I’ve got so many I don’t know what to do with them lol
@@kwiggy5091 I’ve never raised quail before. It’s pretty hard with game fowl though because you have to keep all the Roos separate from each other. I personally love them the most out of the chicken breeds. I just hate what people used to use them for.
Well It's technically turning "spring" so the chickens start laying based off mainly the molts if they have finished and if they know spring will be soon-ish.
it would be really cute if you marked the reptiles that have had babies recently, like a fake egg inside the enclpsure or an egg sticker on the glass. it would really fun for visitors to recognize the recent parents
Omg I can’t wait for them to hatch that’s so exiting I love monitors 😍unfortunately I’m not alowed to have another pet especially reptiles but if I could I’d defiantly get one from you ☺️and hopfuly I can be a vet when I’m older and not have to keep one to play with them 😊😊😊
I've been watching this channel since a few years ago and then I stopped, 6 ish months ago I started watching again and rekindled my love for reptiles, I now have a ball python and a leopard gecko!
Well obviously Carol loves her enclosure! She didn’t try to go anywhere BUT back inside. You guys have done so fantastic. I’m sure God is proud of you!
Hi Emily and Ed (and all the animals) I love your channel so much it made me realize how much I love animals I’ve only started watching you since last year and I’m OBSESSED with your channel I love you guys so much keep doing what you do we all love you!
It’s wild that a mother complained. Maybe it’s just because my own mother took me to a zoo when I was in my teens and a pair of monkeys were aggressively getting it on right in front of us and she just about died of laughter. Different parenting techniques I guess? lol
OMG!!! Karen complained that you can't control every aspect of another living beings life and actions?!?! The horror. Some people need to get over their self importance. For God's sake!!
So many babies! Seems like y'all are gonna have a good breeding season this year! Also, congrats, you experienced your first Karen! Jokes aside, don't let those complainers get the best of you. You're doing an amazing job running the facility and if they don't see it, that's their problem, not yours. ESPECIALLY if they're gonna complain about something like two lizards breeding that they can easily just ignore. Keep up the great work Emily and Ed! God bless you!
wow guys!! cant wait to see it those eggs hatch!!! i have a male red ackie and he is so personable. he loves attention. i have him out to play 3+ times a day. they are so inquisitive if socialized. the only other animal i can relate it to is ferret. although my guy is a lover and not a fighter. it means he tries to hump everything and anything. i wish i had a girl for him but its not possible at the moment. the only time hes tried to bite me is if i put hin near running water. i hope you guys have success with this clutch. they are amazing animals with so much personality. awesome video s always! love watching Rex on the stream!
The mom complaining about the monitors breeding in front of her daughter is ridiculous and alarming, like, they're just animals AND THE DAUGHTER IS 14. Seriously what the hell is wrong with this lady
I would have just told that mother that she and her daughter were the ones perving on the poor lizards in their own home 🤣 not sure how you responded to that person with a straight face!
You've had so many babies in these natural enclosures. Clearly you're doing it right. I'm so excited for these babies. I went look up how long they incubate for. Egg clutch videos (laying and hatching) are my absolute favorites. 3 to 4 months from now we will have beautiful babies! *hopefully*
Great video guys. Congrats on the baby eggs. Prayers they all make it. I can not wait to find out what else is in the incubator. I can already tell it is going to be a good breeding season for you all.
Wow! I don’t know much about them (Don’t have time to getting my first snake soon soo-) This was super entertaining! Congratulations on the new eggs :)
You should put a disclaimer in the entrance hall at adult's head height, "If you see breeding activity, you are witnessing one of nature's miracles, and complaints will be ignored. Your preteen is old enough to know, they probably learned it from their friends at school anyway." Lol
This brought back a great memory- we were at Chessington (a theme park in the U.K.) and my cousin sees pair of tortoises on top of each other ((clearly having a good time)) and shouts very loudly “the tortoises are humping!!!” 😂
I find it hilarious a parent complained. When animals (the lions and bonobos especially) at the local zoo do the do parents just laugh when the little kids ask if they're fighting, or laugh harder when teens say ew.
Some people don't like to see creatures having sex? Probably would have preferred to see them without the sex.. I doubt it was as dramatic as some of these commenters are making it out to be. Probably something like "the zoo was awesome! Except the ackie monitors were mating in front of my daughter haha" maybe? Idk
The fact that a mother complained about two lizards breeding in front of her FOURTEEN year old daughter is just plain ridiculous. That poor child🤦🏼♀️
Lol. Same 😂
Lol she’s a Karen that’s why
@@garrabella89 karen to the ackies: no breeding in front of my christian 14 year old daughter
like come on lady
Had the same sentiment. How about we normalize sex and how nature works to our children to educate them rather than shame it. It's a natural behaviour. The more you know the more we can protect ourselves too.
i would be embarrassed to have her as a mother. hope the daughter doesn’t grow up to be like her mom.
So many surprise babies! I wonder if the increased breeding behavior means the animals are happy and less stressed, or if something about being in a naturalistic environment gives them that instinct. And the way she put her self away was so cute! T^T
It does. Any animal will not breed if they are stressed and in bad enclosures.
@@Geoffthespider sorry to say this, but that's unfortunately wrong :/ most animals in zoos mate, even tho they're in a big stress and/or bad enclosures. Especially fish will breed, but actually all animal have the instinct do mate, no matter how bad their situation is. [not saying that snake discovery's zoo is bad, it's pretty awesome! but zoos in general aren't that good..] (I would link a video of a ex-zoo employee explaining this, but it's a German dude :d sorry)
@@ozzy.666 Depend on animals, animals would usually mate less or reject impregnation if they're stressed or their basic need isn't satisfied, though it's true a lot of animals do mate no matter what and it's just instinctual, getting the female to not reject the male or not miscarrying the baby is hard if the zoo take care of the animal awfully, but it does depend on animals
Same
i think it might do the opposite idk don’t ask me
the audacity of the mother who complained this is hilarious
Exactly and a 14 year old daughter. We had sex Ed in like 7th grade
I only think of the one Loud House episode where they saved all the frogs and that one kid says ‘What are those two doing?’
@@icey2203 my school used too then like 10 kids moms complained because their kids “purity” was ruined I was like your kid swears constantly I think their “purity” left a long time ago😂
@@Ccc_b124 😂yea that’s true. They made parents sign forms if they didn’t want their kids in it at my school but most didn’t.
lmao I mean 14 yrs old? grow up bro.
My female's first clutch was 7 eggs (6 fertile, 1 slug). I think it largely just depends on how long you wait.
Two comments on husbandry:
- More substrate. In my experience, the female will nominally lay in a tunnel underground. My female had 10 inches to work with for her last clutch and went straight to the bottom. I think the reason why the eggs got scattered for you is because she didn't have a tunnel to fill in. My female had the same digging behavior after laying, but instead ended up backfilling her tunnel, leaving a neat row of eggs with no denting. Apparently, females also get more picky on subsequent clutches, but I haven't witnessed this yet.
- Keep an eye out for the female becoming overly stressed by the male. My girl snapped back in May, 2021 and it's only now that she'll let the male approach without trying to kill him.
Makes sense that burying the eggs in a tunnel would keep them hydrated. I've never seen this type of monitor before, they're so cute!
@@Meraxes6 if you're in the market for a 150 g to 300 g lizard, you should really check them out. For a large fraction of people, they're one of, if not the best monitors you can get. They're in the same general size range as a bearded dragon, but are much more active, athletic, and curious (although, by extension, not as good of a lap lizard).
If you do decide to get one, try to ask the breeder how friendly the baby is. Out of the 4 I had hatch out last August, 3 were on the level of Clint's emerald tree skinks right out of the egg. The fourth one is a little monster that is just starting to show signs of calming down. I kind of suspect there are genetics at play.
My females first clutch was 11 eggs, 7 fertile and 4 duds.
Now she's gravid again and I'm hoping she will lay them soon. She has already started to do some testdigging in the enclose.
Is it the average amount?
When I saw the enclosure, I quite honestly was a bit taken back. Quite literally, every single thing written or demonstrated online is contradictory to multiple aspects of the way they are keeping them. I'm not saying its wrong or right, I am curious about who made the decisions up to this point and the details on how things work out aside from what we see here. Then again, they are "surprised" by the clutch and didn't even expect it.
why yes, we must get angry when a 14-year-old (a very innocent being) sees monitor breeding 😂
"innocent"
You got to hope someone is teaching that teenager sex ed, as her mother certainly isn't >.>
Sounds like a karen to me
@@kaylee4357 ikr😂
And like, it's one thing to laugh it off, it's another to demand a manager. 😂
As soon as I heard the story about the mom and the 14-year-old, I was immediately brought back to one of my favorite memories:
I couldn't have been more than 10 years old, probably more like 7. I've always loved animals, so my grandmother would very frequently take me to a zoo nearby when I was staying with her. I would, of course, frequently be a good distance ahead of her, but she knew that I wouldn't do anything too outlandish for the setting. It was a zoo that catered to children, so moderate amounts of noise and activity weren't uncommon. I've always been a cat person, so I was always happy to see the big cats. But today would be especially exciting.
Something you have to understand is that my family has always been comfortable discussing anatomy. As a result, I knew the process by which reproduction happened at a younger age than most. This led to many interesting stories, but this one is unique in how prominent it was.
As I approach the enclosure, I see a male lion on top of a lioness. How thrilling it is that we get a chance to observe this behavior! I didn't want my grandmother to miss out on this behavior that isn't usually observed by the public audience, so naturally I turn around and at the top of my lungs yell "GRANDMA HURRY, COME LOOK! THE LIONS ARE MATING!" before racing ahead to get a better look.
Did I need to later have it explained to me that it's considered impolite to talk about reproductive behaviors in public? Yes. Was I confused at that? Also yes. Was it mortifying for my grandmother? I'm sure. (Although this is nothing compared to some of the things my mom did in college.) All in all I'm very grateful. Not only that I got to have that educational experience, but also that I have such a communicative and understanding family.
My grandparents were kind of odd. I understood animal mating behavior at a very young age (grew up surrounded by farm animals) so I knew exactly how babies were made. Yet the human process was a scandalous subject. My grandmother pulled me into the bathroom (house was completely empty) and explained periods to me in a whisper (again we were completely alone in the house) when I was 8. It was an extremely uncomfortable experience. It was so weird that my family could be both so open and also so closed off at the same time. My kids will definitely know about the birds and the bees from a young age. They will also learn about human anatomy and reproduction as soon as they begin asking questions. No shame attached.
karens are so weird smh like you see this kind of thing all the time in nature anyways.
As if kids this age didnt know.
Like theres this 7 year old kid i know and he was (with his family) in our house to watch a movie and we thought the movie was safe but then there was a sex scene. That rascal just started laughing, as in it knew he's not suposed to see this, while we were trying to find the remote lol. I think parents shouldnt "force" this "knowledge" on their kids, just let it happen accidentally
I had a friend about a year younger than me, who had a mom who was COMPLETELY off the wall bonkers controlling about her daughters learning ANYTHING about sex or reproduction. It wasn't even a religious thing, it was just this weird- like SUPER weird total denial of it and refusal to talk about it at all.
I had to teach my friend about periods myself when I was 12, and like ALL kids with parents like that do, she came to me to ask me a question one day. She had overheard someone use a certain word that started with the word master, and ended with ation.... she didn't know what that word was. She asked me.
I told her. Of course I did! I was a GOOD friend who KNEW THINGS! Also she already knew what... that particular action was, she just didn't know the WORD for it.
After I told her, she suddenly paused, her eyes went wide, and she looked over at me and in a breathless, devious voice, she said "Watch *this*."
She got up, went out to the kitchen where her mom was working on dinner, and in the sweetest, most innocent sweet girl voice I have EVER heard out of another human being, she said, "Mommy? What's (THAT WORD)?" (censoring cause I know there are much younger kiddos on the channel sometimes).
Her moms eyes just about BUGGED OUT OF HER HEAD! She gasped out loud, started spluttering and fumbling her words, and asking where my friend heard that from, ("Two boys on the bus said it and I didn't know what it meant...?") and then she managed to blurt out that it "wasn't anything she needed to know about" and to "go play with her toys".
She came back into the room and we just started cackling, busting up with laughter.
Pro tip parents... teach your kids about this stuff. Let them know what words mean. It not only helps them recognize innapropriate behavior from others, but also will help them communicate with you if they ever suffer any abuse. It will also teach them what's happening so they can AVOID IT HAPPENING TO THEM...
My friends little sister, because she had ZERO education, ended up pregnant by 15. My friend had a kid by 18. Because they'd both not been taught anything, and had gone off to learn/figure it all out themselves.
Teach your children about their bodies!
To be honest I think people overreact. I guess saying things like "mating" could be triggering for a very select few people, but then again, they likely wouldn't be at a zoo anyways. Or if they were, at that point, either they made a huge oversight or they had it coming. Lol. There's really nothing wrong with saying the word in public, in my opinion.
Thankyou for the story hahaha thats a good one !
Wow! So many surprise clutches since the zoo opened, hoping the good luck continues this year!
They're happy with their spaces
it's almost as if naturalistic enclosures are better and encourages them to do natural things.
@@Kingdomall yes although sadly theyre not practical for everyone
@@iimuffinsaur when it's not practical for someone they probably shouldn't own reptiles to begin with.
All these surprises feel like compensation for the bad couple years they've had with clutches
Sorry about Karen, She seems to be everywhere these days. I'm fairly sure 14 years old is old enough for the birds and the bees talk.. or in this case maybe the reptiles and the monotremes?
Wow the mom that got upset should have just took her daughter and walked away and looked at something else like how could yall help that but love yalls channel very educational in my opinion
Besides, the kid was 14 apparently. From my experience, sex ed in school usually starts in like 7th grade anyway, so the mom was just being paranoid lol. Did she seriously expect her teen kid to not already know that animals do it too?
@@mezzokitty247 I mean, they're in the US. So, as I learned from the internet, sex ed is not a given 🤷♀️
@@unbekannternutzer25 Yeah, I guess that’s true. The kid could be homeschooled or go to a school that teaches none or abstinence-only sex ed or something like that. You would think she still would’ve learned about it by now, maybe from an internet source or whatnot. If she genuinely hasn’t, I feel bad for her for being sheltered this much. Young people like her not being allowed to learn about this stuff properly before they go out and do it is why the US has one of the highest rates of teen pregnancies sadly.
Apparently the mom doesn't have a brain to think about that
She (the kid) might've been a little embarrassed, but honestly she probably thought it was funny. The mom is being ridiculous for complaining
If she thought lizards locking up was bad, she definitely shouldn’t go to a zoo with primates cause they’re nasty 😂
She would be so mad because primates can be a lot like humans.
@@taylorbishop8865 I’ve seen gorillas playing with themselves right in front of a gawking audience,I think they like to see peoples reactions
Try miniature donkeys at a petting zoo. They didn't even take a break. 😂
Too bad it wasn't a crested gecko pair. The males lick their bits enthusiastically once they're finished 🤣
I mean technically were related to primates so what does that say for humans-
I feel so sorry for the 14yr old, especially since there's a good chance that she might see the video and the comments, let's all be nice. I'm sure most of us experienced "What the hell is up with you, mom/dad? Was that really necessary? IN PUBLIC?!" moments when we were that age, no matter how perfect or imperfect our parents usually were 😁
Exactly
i think its good that comments stated that her mom's behaviour was wrong but yeah she probably knows anyway
I only feel sorry for the girl for having parents like that as its unlikely she'll be able to get access to a good sex education which everyone should be entitled to for their own health. The only person who should embarrassed about their childish behaviour is the mother herself.
No no. I wished someone bashed the hell out of my parents for being crazy. It would have made me feel better rather than having everyone ignore their stupid behavior.
I am all for educating kids about sex ed from the very beginning. I still don't get why people think they need to be an appropriate age to learn something perfectly natural that almost all species do. If they don't understand the basics, how can you possibly encourage them to have ethics, health, and safety in mind when they hit puberty? I also don't understand how someone thinks they can keep their daughter "pure" when the girl in question does not even know what it is? That said, we should respect the mother's right to raise her child the way she wants to, because every child is different and matures at a different rate. It's not realistic to complain, but nothing is stopping her from steering her daughter away from seeing it.
I'm so excited that all the animals seem to be so happy and comfortable in their enclosures. It's a testament to how well you did design your zoo.
As for the mother... What does she think happens at a zoo? Most zoos breed animals in some compacity or another. If you're that uncomfortable, don't look. I wish the world hadn't become so uncomfortable with a completely natural interaction. I just hope that her child has someone they can talk to. If two lizards breeding are to shocking for mom then I find it hard to believe there's much open communication when it comes to safe sex or preventing pregnancy.
... I'm tempted to suggest the zoo keep some pamphlets or cards with say sites about planning parenthood or scarleteen on them for occasions like this. Not for the parent, that likely won't help. Altho it would be funny. Just... Accessible. Tho that's above and beyond their purview
The critters are clearly happy with the new digs!!
*Clutches pearls* How dare you not be able to control natural animal behaviours! 😂
I’m so excited to see all the new babies ❤️
Your channel has done so much for me emily and ed! When im older I want to go to herpetologly school and be a snake breeder! And I laughed when you said that the mom got mad because her 14 year old daughter saw monitor's breeding. Lol
I would tell the mom don't take your daughter a local farm, I mean, have you seen livestock breeding? 😅 She should be happy it just tiny monitors!
The story about the mom is so funny and it reminds me of my own story. When I was a small child and was visiting a local wildlife zoo a seagull flew into the bear enclosure during the public feeding. It was trying to steal some of the bear food but instead it became the food... Won't go into too much detail but there was a lot of blood, a lot of crying children, and a lot of complaining parents. I was kind of shocked but my parents just explained to me in a really good way that it's part of nature. My parents are great
Good on your parents for using that as an opportunity to educate you. I think it does a real disservice to children to try to hide everything from them, instead of helping them learn about and understand the world.
Reminds me of my daughter seeing a video of an orca at seaworld tossing fish out of the water to bait the birds to come closer. The orca got a tasty feathery snack, and my daughter's eyes were so wide, lol.
@@millenial90 My mom is a teacher so she is both smart and great with kids. She was also raised on a farm where they bred and slaughtered their own cattle and she has never been shy about telling me where our food comes from. When the seagull died she just told me that it was okay to feel bad about it but in the end it's nature and animals need food as well.
You’re telling me that lady doesn’t think her 14 year old daughter knows what sex is? 😭
Yeah, I learned it in fifth grade.
Honestly if nobody has taught her and she genuinely doesn't know what it is by that age that's a really bad thing, that's how kids get pregnant at 12/13 because they don't know what they are doing and what the consequences are so a boy could easily talk them into it etc. It happens far more often than you'd think unfortunately and it's the reason health education is so important
yeah i don't get it when i was kindergarten we had police men/women and nurses visiting frequently and with the teacher on how to ask/react in some situation for help if a mister shown us his penis or offer candies to prevent rape and kidnappings EVERY WEEKS (i was 5 ) .it was in the 90 in Canada Quebec ! We sure did learn the proper body parts names LOL
@@Lilith-Rose ti*#8#
Ah...actually she may know, but only the unhealthy aspects.
Hi guys, I love your channel and have become obsessed with anything reptile (mostly snakes) over the holidays because of this channel. I think it would be really cool if you guys did a “day in the life” video to see what your busy busy days look like. From feeding animals to talking to customers, I think we would all enjoy it 😊 ❤️ love you guys
Lol, what did the Karen expect you to do? Give the lizards a stern talking to about propriety?
I can't be the only one who feels very bad for a 14 y/o whose parents thinks they are too young to know about animal breeding. Like they should have had the talk a long time before that. I wouldn't be surprised if it's one of those parents who believes they don't need the talk until 18 or they get married.
And than are surprised If the Teen child comes home pregnant
I won’t be surprised if the 14 year old gets pregnant later on and it immediately disowned by her family. Sad scenario but this happens more than you think.
No need to worry, nearly every comment is about that.
It really is a testament to the naturalness of the enclosures that the animals are breeding. I'd like to say I was surprised about the mom but as Forrest Gump would say, "Stupid is as stupid does". I do feel sorry for the child.
Clearly everyone's really liking the new zoo! I'm so happy and excited for the two of you
gotta love a mum getting annoyed about nature happening in front of a whole damn teenager. like, maybe I'd understand up to like 11 years old but by her age she's probably catching onto how that works, I know I was.
Right I found it dumb and overprotective of the mom, she probably knows more than the mom thinks at her age.
Funny thing is that young kids won't even understand what the monitors are doing until the adults start acting weirdly. It could honestly have been an educational moment than an awkward one.
I remember being taught about animal reproduction in second grade. We watched a video about dolphins. It's just nature, nothing to get upset about.
I know. This is just a natural thing that can happen at any zoo really. It's kind of like " What do you expect? Just have them sitting and playing cards?". Besides, she's around that age where she probably knows that stuff, at least here in the States.
i learned at 4 after seeing the stray cats doing that and asked what were they doing
I was there that day! One of your employees told me that she was laying them though I didn't see any of the eggs, just the mama. :)
The mom who had complained obviously doesn’t know that most teens, including 14 year olds, 100% know what sex is and knows how it works lol
Reality: sand covered eggs
My brain: tiny potatoes
The lady that complaint about the monitors doing their thing was definitely a Karen 😂😂
She shouldn’t have went to a zoo if she didnt want to see what happens in the wild lol
@@jessig8854 exactly like hello what did you expect Karen
Imagine being mad about animals mating. On the one hand it'd be kinda rude to stereotype that as typical North American behaviour (I know they've got many, many subcultres over there), on the other hand I've never heard so many stories of people trying to be prudish about nature as I have from the US. Really just a silly behaviour wherever it turns up. Animals gonna be animals.
@@uncabob214 The irony of this is that in the US, sex ed usually starts sometime in junior high (7th-8th grade or so, at least from my experience), so unless this Karen homeschools her kid or the kid goes to a private Catholic school that only teaches abstinence, the 14 yo definitely already knows about how nature works for both humans and animals lol
i wonder if the sticky eggs getting covered in substrate is something that evolved to help hide the eggs?
Yeah maybe!
I'm sure that baby ackies will be incredibly adorable!
Did you guys ever do an update on these? I'd love to see some cute baby Ackies!
I have been looking for her the hatching of these cool lizards but no they haven't done an update on them sadly
I was just looking for it as well 😢
Every time I watch a video of yours it makes my day, whether its a new video or watching an old one. I am so happy to see that your breeding projects are taking. I am also very excited to see the cute little ackie babies
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Clutch city over here! A clear sign you're doing something right with their enclosures XD
Also, ackies are so cute! She's just a little sausage!
Will you do an update video showing your reptiles again this year? I can’t wait to see how they’re all doing!!
It feels like Ed has been more vocal in recent videos and since Ed and Emily have really good chemistry(go figure lol) it's been so fun!!
I thank you for your phrase "incubate till there's no debate". I do propagating with plants and I know for a fact that I would have thrown out some of the props (simply because they began to rot before they even grew roots but I was unsure) that have now become beautiful babies.
I've been taking the same policy to raising mealworms. I've had some really dubious-looking worms, pupa and beetles make surprising recoveries.
I don't want to believe that some Karen complained about animals mating, but I can totally see it happening. People need to realize that there is some law of the universe that at some point when you take your kid to a zoo, it's going to be mating season for some species of animal, and your kid is going to see it! This seems to have happened to everyone I know when they were kids. (for me it was penguins).
But to complain about your 14-year-old seeing two lizards getting it on? Seriously, I guarantee that kid looked up far worse on the internet.
I heard of a Karen once complaining, why deer were allowed to roam free. In nature....
@@lagggoat7170 Bruh the Karen needs to go away like wt heck
@@lagggoat7170 Well, this just proves that Karens don't understand nature.
@@lagggoat7170 egeter
Love to see it, keep up the good work emily and ed!
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LMAO at the mom who complained 😂🤦🏻♀️ how embarrassing for her. i'm glad the animals are so happy and so comfortable at the zoo!!! that's wonderful ❤️
To the woman that complained about the Ackie monitors locking up. Grow up, it's literally part of life. If you couldn't handle your daughter seeing that don't go to a zoo. Kinda feel sorry for a 14 yr old.
@𝕔𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕠𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕪🔞 take your business elsewhere.
@@Subtletext reporting them is really the only way to get rid of em sadly, I've been going through all the comments and reporting the spammy sex bots
@@BoopsTroops yeah I just reported them
I just want to say I love the enclosures!
And when Ed and Emily say "eggies!"
All your reptiles seem to be veeeerry happy with their new enclosures.
Exciting!!! Also interesting to learn that schools closed in that temperature. Did a little conversion and that would be -31C. Last week everything was business as usual at -35C XD it's always so interesting to me how different areas handle similar situations. The only time we would shut down is heavy snow storm which happened yesterday and we're still dealing with the 40-60cm drop. It's going to ice over in the next few days as rain is coming. Such an intense winter already. 😣
Schools in my area of the US close for extreme amounts of snow that the plows can’t clear to make the commute safe in a reasonable amount of time (a meter or so) or in temperatures too low for students to safely wait at a bus stop. Usually the buses also have trouble running at those temps because they use diesel fuel.
School only closes for extreme temperatures at I think -45°C in my area
It's definitely interesting how different places react to different scenarios. I'm from the south (southern United States). We rarely see snow and only drop below freezing a few days per year. Six inches of snow can shut down an entire town here. Possibly less. Mostly because we never see snow so when we do everyone panics. Even mention the possibility of snow and the grocery stores get wiped out like it's the end of days. I always found the last part funny because even the biggest snows are usually melted within a day or two, four at the absolute max.
It depends on the type of buildings and the area. Last year my whole region was shut down for a week because a weird week of snow and ice. Like it was in the -12Cs and there was no power or water in my apartment because we are built for the 30Cs . It was coldest it been in the area in over 75 years. Today we were 28.3C but tomorrow night we are suppose to be 4C. I'm hoping it doesn't freeze like last year.
How can they make kids go to school when its that cold? Classes get canceled here at that temp because its not safe for kids to wait outside for the bus. Not all kids have sufficient winter gear or parents that can drive them so they close in extreme temps usually.
I’ve been getting a lot of chicken eggs since November! My breed of chickens don’t lay unless it’s spring time but for some reason this winter has been different! I’ve been getting over half a dozen a day!
I've never heard of a breed that didn't lay year round, albeit not as frequently as in spring and summer. Congrats on the eggs though!
@@kwiggy5091 I raise game fowl and they aren’t specialized in laying. They lay about 15 eggs a clutch before they lay out for a while. Thank you! I’ve got so many I don’t know what to do with them lol
@@Hailey_is_shady Ohh okay, I was like dang most chickens lay annually. I want to raise quail in the next few years lol
@@kwiggy5091 I’ve never raised quail before. It’s pretty hard with game fowl though because you have to keep all the Roos separate from each other. I personally love them the most out of the chicken breeds. I just hate what people used to use them for.
Well It's technically turning "spring" so the chickens start laying based off mainly the molts if they have finished and if they know spring will be soon-ish.
it would be really cute if you marked the reptiles that have had babies recently, like a fake egg inside the enclpsure or an egg sticker on the glass. it would really fun for visitors to recognize the recent parents
Awwww some eggies! I hope they incubate well and hatch into lovely babies!
Mom: exCUSE me, your animals were doing the Devil’s Tango in front of my child!
Em & Ed: Ok sorry we’ll tell them to stop
Now I'm cracking up thinking of them wagging their fingers at them through the glass saying "no, bad Ackies! Stop that!" 🤣🤣
@@sarahmiller9670 - I could see that too 🤣🤣
Omg I can’t wait for them to hatch that’s so exiting I love monitors 😍unfortunately I’m not alowed to have another pet especially reptiles but if I could I’d defiantly get one from you ☺️and hopfuly I can be a vet when I’m older and not have to keep one to play with them 😊😊😊
To the 14 year old who saw the Ackie lock up: CONGRATS! You now know how babies are made!
given the written fiction that 14-17 year old girls produce, boy howdy do they already know. And limits of reality need not apply
Yeah, the 14-year old would already know, mom just wanted to complain
She is officially old enough that she needs to start educating her parents better. 😂
I've been watching this channel since a few years ago and then I stopped, 6 ish months ago I started watching again and rekindled my love for reptiles, I now have a ball python and a leopard gecko!
Somebody went to a zoo and complained when they saw animals acting like...animals? People never cease to amaze me 😅
I love y’all’s channel so much! Love all the snakes and reptiles
Well obviously Carol loves her enclosure! She didn’t try to go anywhere BUT back inside. You guys have done so fantastic. I’m sure God is proud of you!
Hi Emily and Ed (and all the animals) I love your channel so much it made me realize how much I love animals I’ve only started watching you since last year and I’m OBSESSED with your channel I love you guys so much keep doing what you do we all love you!
Yea
I'm so happy for you, guys. Barely the start of the year and already so many new possible babies. 💜
Oh my gosh Ackie monitor just had eggs to! I’m so excited to see her baby’s and hers too!
So did these guys actually hatch since this is a little older video
That zoo is gonna be a baby factory! 😁❤
It’s wild that a mother complained. Maybe it’s just because my own mother took me to a zoo when I was in my teens and a pair of monkeys were aggressively getting it on right in front of us and she just about died of laughter.
Different parenting techniques I guess? lol
😂 he’s “getting the job done”, with no F’s given as to who was watching.......
😂😂😂 and a mom complained !!!!!
We are getting a LOT of surprise babies!! I’m so excited! First the garter snakes and now this? Omggg, it’s amazing!
That's so cool! My parakeets just laid there first egg today, and I think it's kinda funny that I just got a notification about this video!
Is it fertile? If so, good for you and your birds!
@@sbh79 it is! I'm so proud of them.
Good! Do you have a nice incubator for it?
@@sbh79 I'm gonna let the mom do it. I'm only gonna step in if she has more than 4 or is having trouble.
Oh I apologize ma'am, I will tell two lizards to get a room, because they'll totally understand that command.
So glad you found the slug at the end! It made the rest of the eggs very obviously fertile
Ackies are the cutest! My coworkers have a few and I love playing with them!
MORE BABYS YAYYYYYY.im a big fan of y'all and I'm sooo happy that there is more baby's!
What did that mom want you to do, have a talk with them to get a room? 😂
OMG!!! Karen complained that you can't control every aspect of another living beings life and actions?!?! The horror. Some people need to get over their self importance. For God's sake!!
Did the eggs end up hatching. My ackie laid eggs beginning of March so I'm hoping end of June or beginning of July I will have baby ackies.
It's so awesome that you guys keep getting eggs...and in winter! Just shows how great you guys are doing
Yipppeeeeee more eggs. Just showing all your hard work and love building the zoo is really heart warming. You guys are awesome x
Have they Hatched yet? I haven't found a video on them yet
So many babies! Seems like y'all are gonna have a good breeding season this year! Also, congrats, you experienced your first Karen!
Jokes aside, don't let those complainers get the best of you. You're doing an amazing job running the facility and if they don't see it, that's their problem, not yours. ESPECIALLY if they're gonna complain about something like two lizards breeding that they can easily just ignore.
Keep up the great work Emily and Ed! God bless you!
wow guys!! cant wait to see it those eggs hatch!!! i have a male red ackie and he is so personable. he loves attention. i have him out to play 3+ times a day. they are so inquisitive if socialized. the only other animal i can relate it to is ferret. although my guy is a lover and not a fighter. it means he tries to hump everything and anything. i wish i had a girl for him but its not possible at the moment. the only time hes tried to bite me is if i put hin near running water. i hope you guys have success with this clutch. they are amazing animals with so much personality. awesome video s always! love watching Rex on the stream!
Karen: Oh my Gawd! Those lizards are wrasslin. My 14 year old is too sensitive for that.
Emily: Sorry, this is a Zoo and that is part of life.
I’m so happy I found your channel again! I watched you when I was younger, your videos always seem to make me happy.
The mom complaining about the monitors breeding in front of her daughter is ridiculous and alarming, like, they're just animals AND THE DAUGHTER IS 14. Seriously what the hell is wrong with this lady
I would have just told that mother that she and her daughter were the ones perving on the poor lizards in their own home 🤣 not sure how you responded to that person with a straight face!
Good one XD Sadly you can't always get away with saying what you want to say as an employee/manager.
Did they hatch ?
Did this worked? Is there an update video for those eggs? 🤔
Update please and thank you. ^-^
(It's been 7 months...well longer with the backlog of vids. Also not meant to sound rude)
You've had so many babies in these natural enclosures. Clearly you're doing it right. I'm so excited for these babies. I went look up how long they incubate for. Egg clutch videos (laying and hatching) are my absolute favorites.
3 to 4 months from now we will have beautiful babies! *hopefully*
I was just watching you hatch eggs 😂
Great video guys. Congrats on the baby eggs. Prayers they all make it. I can not wait to find out what else is in the incubator. I can already tell it is going to be a good breeding season for you all.
Wow! I don’t know much about them
(Don’t have time to getting my first snake soon soo-)
This was super entertaining! Congratulations on the new eggs :)
nice what you getting im getting my first snake soon as well a woma python
@@mischief2344 congratulations! I’m getting a ball python
@@Snowst0rmStudiosTheIdiot nice yeah I can’t get one but they seem cool
Did the monitor eggs hatch? I can’t see any video for that
Wait… did we ever get to see the hatchlings? 🥺
You should put a disclaimer in the entrance hall at adult's head height, "If you see breeding activity, you are witnessing one of nature's miracles, and complaints will be ignored. Your preteen is old enough to know, they probably learned it from their friends at school anyway." Lol
its been four months have they hatched yet
What happened to these eggs
How exciting! I can’t wait to see how these babies do!
Hello 👋 dear, how are you doing?
👋
hi
i hope that they will do god
This brought back a great memory- we were at Chessington (a theme park in the U.K.) and my cousin sees pair of tortoises on top of each other ((clearly having a good time)) and shouts very loudly “the tortoises are humping!!!” 😂
Have the ackies hatched yet?
did these eggs ever hatch?
Are the eggs ready yet??.
I find it hilarious a parent complained.
When animals (the lions and bonobos especially) at the local zoo do the do parents just laugh when the little kids ask if they're fighting, or laugh harder when teens say ew.
Did the eggs hatched? I can’t find a video 😭
Ed : “your mom didn’t kick sand at you!?!” 🤨
Ed we love you😂
She complained about animals... being animals... in a zoo... why?
Some people don't like to see creatures having sex? Probably would have preferred to see them without the sex..
I doubt it was as dramatic as some of these commenters are making it out to be.
Probably something like "the zoo was awesome! Except the ackie monitors were mating in front of my daughter haha" maybe? Idk
I have watched your channel for over 3 years and it inspired me to love snakes and all Reptiles as they are not always mean but they do have Attitude!
Any update on these eggs?