EMERALD TREE BOAS IN THE WILD! (Are we keeping them correctly?)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- Tree boas, especially Emerald tree boas are the most sought after snakes in the amazon rainforest, but also in herpetoculture. And in this video, which may be the most in depth and comprehensive look into how the Northern Emerald tree boa is living in the wild, I take you to the rainforests of Suriname to look into how these amazing boas are living in the wild, so we better know how to care for them in our homes!
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I’ve been anticipating an “Are we keeping emerald tree boas correctly?” Episode for many years, now my wait is finally over! As an Amazon Basin emerald keeper myself, I always look for ETB content on TH-cam to further improve my care and husbandry for this animal. Now that you showed us a glimpse of Amy Benzi’s setup, you got to make an episode touring her Amazon basin room and let us geek out on her world class emerald tree boa keeping skills and knowledge!
The more I see emerald tree boas the more I think how beautiful they are. Glad to see those gorgeous snakes have a chance at a good life in the wild. 💚
Right?
I love the anatomical analysis of the prey item. That's as legit as it gets
Awww, I love Emerald Tree boas even more than Green Tree pythons, I find their faces just so striking and interesting in comparison with those big pronounced pits. They're gorgeous and vivid like little gems, absolutely worthy of adoration. Incredible animals 💚
One of your best "Are we keeping" series Dave!
Thank you!
New 'Keeping Them Correctly?' video? Sign me up!! Love this series of yours so much, thanks for doing such amazing and vital data collection!
Dāv, you and your team are a treasure to the advocation of these beautiful animals. Thank you !! Grateful to watch 🙏
We love doing what we do, and are glad you enjoyed!
I had the pleasure of meeting Amy at the Dallas NARBC and her passion and knowledge of the ETBs is awesome!
Awesome job releasing that baby back into the wild! Thanks for buying him Bob!
That is the coolest thing getting to see those beauties in their natural habitat. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us dāv. I can't wait to see and hear more. Have an amazing day
Thanks Clistia! Hope you do too!
Amy Benzi is a whole mood 🥰
ALL EMERALD TREE BOA CONTENT NICEEE
Now that is one Beautiful Snake.
I think the babies are born the colors of the ground cover where they’re mainly found. The ground cover is mostly red but sometimes yellow or green.
The ground is more or less brown everywhere in forests; leaf litter is the background, soil color doesn't affect much because it's under debris.
I'm so excited this video is out 😍 it was a pleasure meeting you at NARBC
Love seeing an in the wild video. Emeralds are stunning.
I‘ve been waiting for this Clip for weeks!
Hope you enjoy!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures As a Longtime ETB Keeper I am very excited 😊
I love your “are we keeping them correctly” videos! Always a treat to see these amazing animals in the wild. Amy’s setups for these guys are *goals* ❤❤❤❤
Wait a minute! Etb’s can be born yellow? I have never even heard of that. I thought only gtp’s could be born yellow or red. I’ve never seen a yellow etb neo. Only red. I can’t even find a pic of a yellow neo when I ran a google search.
Very interesting. You think you know something then you find out you don’t. If i heard anyone else say etb neos could be yellow I would have argued with em over it.
Thanks for sharing your trip with us Dav. The ETB’s where super cool.
Dav I just gotta say… you have a beautiful life. I’m happy for you. I know it took and still takes a lot of hard work but it’s beautiful. While I’m genuinely happy for you I’m also a tad jealous. 😂
Thank you! That really means a lot to me :)
So incredibly cool to see these awesome snakes in their natural habitat! On the subject of neonate coloration, if they're eating frogs and lizards, it's reasonable to think they look like fruit and flowers because that's what attracts insects, which attract frogs and lizards. That's my theory!
I just love your adventures! Awesome video Dav.
Glad you like them!
This was just amazing, all the info and down to the release of the baby boa. I love when old knowledge is corrected by observation in the habitat. This was so well done. Lastly, Amy's devotion to these animals is inspiring. The general public will never understand, but we do.
“We follow the food. That’s life, right?” I felt that deeply.
The wet season ifs from May till August (4months).March is the dry season and because of el Niño it was xtra dry and xtra hot, which is why we also had problems with wildfires.
Yes, the area we go to was thick with smoke.
That was really awesome. The fact that they prefer to live lower in the forest was a surprise. As well as the Rat eating. Great adventure!
I love this kind of video because we learn how they live in the wild and can better understand how to proberly care for them. Thanks for sharing and happy adventuring.
GOD BLESS 🐍💖🐍💖🐍💖🐍💖
Your the Greatest Dave
Wow, such an informative and interesting video. I love how Dav finds the best experts to share in his adventures and then shares it with us.
Awesome episode !
Awesome video and lovely Amy 😍🐍💚
Glad you enjoyed!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures Your work is important to everyone outside the reptile community so we can save the forrest for the animals itself, it's their home and we are the caretakers of Mother Earth and all her children 🐻💚
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@@happybasins Ningishzidda son of Enki The Royal Anunnaki is so proud of your work and honored to have his name of one of your snakes as he wrote the Emerald Tablets and the snakes are in Emerald Green 💚 🐍⚜️🐍💚
Hi Dav after seeing you realese the young tree boa it sort of made sense why they are born red and yellow that seems to be the colour of the leaf litter and also he seemed pretty well camouflaged when he was climbing the tree against the bark. Thanks for the video I watch all your videos from here in England and I particularly liked they one because one day I'm hoping to get a green tree python, would love a tree boa but can't see my budget stretching to that. Take care and keep up the good work
I also think the neonate colors developed to blend with the leaf litter.
Good Video
Thanks!
I don’t know who is more beautiful Amy or the Boa. Oh wait, I’m blind. So, I really don’t know, lol. Love your videos, and I’ve been showing my kids. They love them too, and they can’t wait for their first reptile.
Love this series, hope to see one for the Tree Monitor Group one day!
In Brazil we call them Cobra-Papagaio, witch means Parrot Snake
We also have a parrot snake here in Suriname called Papegaai slang(parrot snake) but it's venoumous.
This is a real rattleon winning video. All your videos are award wing but this was the one I've been waiting for. The emerald green tree boa. I love all boas but this is my favorite snake and 35 dollars to keep these majestic snakes in the wild is well worth the small price to pay in comparison to the hunters that gather these snakes to market them. To buy one here in the USA at a reptile show you're talking thousands of dollars. As much as I would love to have one in my home I would rather see these incredible boas thrive in their own habitat and be happy. Lol I have fake real looking emerald tree boas from safari ltd that I can display and enjoy those.
That’s one of my favorite snakes the video was extremely well I enjoyed it
I just looked at weather in Suriname, all 90 degrees, thunder and lightning storms...glad for boas that drought is over. 🐍
Wow 🤩
The action bag, that is placed in the boat, is from the netherlands
Very nice!❤
Emeralds are THE most stunningly beautiful snakes on this planet!! #RattleOn
Enjoyed the video as always. I have a theory about why the young tree boas are born with variations of orange, red, yellow, etc. Since they are primarily active at night, the natural light spectrum at night on the forest floor could possibly make the orange colors practically disappear against the forest floor. My theory is based on observing my Brazilian Rainbow Boa that is active at night. The substrate in her enclosure is Reptichip and in the dim light at night it's almost impossible to see her against the color of that substrate. I think between the color and texture of her skin she is able to hunt at night almost undetectable to predators. I'm no expert on how predators such as birds of prey, racoons, cats, and other nocturnal hunters see at night but my theory is that there are certain light spectrums that are more difficult for those predatory animals to see and distinguish from the surroundings at night and this coloration enables these snakes to better blend into their surroundings at night when they are most vulnerable.
I think Bob mentioned this when we were out there.
Great video Dāv
Hi Dav What a nice adventure. To catch a wild emerald tree boa, and for it to be so calm was amazing. Amy really loves them, and has so much knowledge about their care. I was glad that you were able to release that baby red tree boa back to the forest. And the larger one to.❤🐍Cindy
great video with great people!
Nice video man 👌
Appreciate it
I’ve always wanted one! Looks spectacular!
I hope you get one someday!
Awesome video Dav! One of my favorite snakes! They are so beautiful, majestic and misunderstood.
Dude Amy Benzis setups are top tier. Incredible
Yes they are! I'll be filming a whole episode there soon!
You should do one of these for leopard geckos!! I would love to see that
As a general rule, if a flower is red in the tropics it is to attract hummingbirds. (purple=bee pollinators, white=moth pollinators) So I would say that a red snake would probably be to attract birds. At least I think this is more likely than rats since they don't see reds very well.
Remember the Juicy Fruit gum jingle? "Juicy fruit, it's gonna bite ya!" LOL
This was so really educational video! About the color changes, what I guess is.. maybe green color is not visible to mammals, and red, orange or yellow are not visible to lizards and frogs.
Now I wonder who is the first person to make the tanks for the emerald tree boas like these.. they are coiling on not the thick branch but they are relaxing on the bush, I mean on the leaves and thin stems etc. And they are not strikey, they are actually so curious, friendly. Everything about them is so amazing, thank you for this wonderful video!!
Definitely worth the effort to find them
They resemble the flowers down in the low foliage.
Great job Thanks for sharing all the helpful information!! Now I know where my ETB came from..!
This and the hognose are of my favorite snakes
Great video thanks so much for sharing we have a similar video on our channel too 🐸💚🐸
Cool!
“Too f#@king slow” day made!
Tony is the man!!!!!
Great video, as always. I don't know as much about snakes (or anything else probably) as you guys, but, I thought the babies were red as a warning colour to birds etc not to eat them? 🤔
That's possible
Dav: a juicy piece of fruit😮❤
My fave boa ! And 40 years ago when we got them wild caught when we opened the bags we were sure too have lots of bandages and peroxide because you were likely too bleed 🩸… a lot I’ve been bitten by a about most no venomous snakes and rather cranky eastern rattle snake … but em tree boas I believe they have the worst bite !
I think the reason the babies are born such bright colours is because in nature, yellow and red typically signify toxicity or poisonous/dangerous animals and so rather than having to worry about camouflage from predators, many predators would stay away from them believing them to be toxic like poison dart frogs. While green would help them be better ambush predators a lot of the prey items they go for as babies are not as fast moving (crickets, insects, roaches, frogs, lizards) and so they're better of having a colour that is a warning to other predators to stay away.
After watching the one on ball pythons, i been keeping my pinstripe in the same temps and humidity as the ines he found in the wild and my pinstripe is waaaaaaaay more active and seems happy. Sheds perfectly and didnt go on a fast during winter.
Have you bin shopping by the action in The Netherlands? 😃
I absolutely think you should do an Argentine Tegus in the wild and try to capture the different types of environments that the 3 most popular subspecies live in.
In NC our humidity naturally spikes 20-30% higher at night sometimes 😅 During the daytime, it might only be 50-60% and the internet lists NC as a subtropical climate.
I guess what I'm trying to say is I want one 😂
I used to give them thick branches and often got kinked tails. Since Tom Weidner told me to use much thinner branches, I have had perfect results.
Incredible video
NOTHING more satisfying than seeing ten red babies crawling around in the morning.
One theory on coloration is the same as why tigers are orange. Deer can't see the color orange so tigers blend in when a deer looks at them. So is the baby tree boa yellow/orange bc either their predators or prey don't perceive that color?
to blend in with flowers in the canopy
Another great video 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Damn.....
Awesome dude!
Thank you for releasing them back to the wild
#RattleOn
One thing that wasn’t mentioned is the nights which can get really cold at nights. Down to low 60s at times.
Hi Dave. I think the baby emeralds are red and yellow behouden the look venomis to preditors. Like vipers do. When there big they need to blend in for the rats.
Awesome video as always my friend!! Great info, as I just received my first litter of ETBs.
Pretty good timing, huh?
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures Absolute Brother!!
8:46 I believe it Aposematic. Juvenile snakes are small and susceptible to larger predators. And having bright colors gives them a sudo defense. 🤷♂️ just my thoughts.
Would love to see you guys do “are we keeping them correct” on northern caiman lizards
Those more vibrant colors might ward off predators thinking they are venomous.
Dav,
Wouldn’t it be to say mimic something venomous ie like an eyelash viper. Normally in wildlife something with bright colors means stay away from me.
That's quite possible
I was thinking the same thing.
I was waiting for this 1 need a gtp
Brian Barcheck had an emerald called Pickles
I was under the impression that baby’s are red or yellow to look more like flowers attracting smaller prey
Dav, I truly wish I'd had this video to reference back in the early 80's when I bought my first female Suriname emerald (for $600) from Tom Crutchfield's early Herpetofauna price list! I was an undergrad music student, so $600 was a huge investment for me back then! I recall being slightly disappointed when I opened the bag that my new emerald tree boa looked different from the drawing I had admired for many years on the cover of my "Snakes As Pets" book by Hobart M. Smith! Where was the white stripe I expected? Still, I really loved my lady Suriname and bought a male Suriname emerald from Tom the following year - and was very fortunate to breed my pair the third year, and actually witnessed the birth of 9 great looking babies from my female Nadine! Crutchfield then gave me the contact number for Trooper Walsh of the National Zoo who schooled me about a different type he called "Amazonian Emeralds". Ahh, so those are the ones with the white stripes, ok! Some years later I finally acquired a pair of Amazonians and successfully bred them as well. Emeralds are still my favorite snake!
Amy, it's great to see you out there in the field working with the snakes you love! I appreciate the meticulous way you care for your emerald collection! Excellent Video here. I'm a Fan!!!
John Hedger
Maybe birds thinks the babies are flowers?
Please do Green tree pythons and New Guinea next stay safe sick video !!
Hi dav how are you doing
Great video! Something quite noteworthy in the video that is super interesting to me is seeing that all of those wild emeralds are still clearly well hydrated, despite near zero rain during your 10 day trip, and likely very sparse rain in the days before and after with the drought.
No rain combined with temperatures well above what a lot of people provide for a basking spot let alone ambient temperature, most people would believe these snakes should be severely dehydrated without any rainfall. Yet, they are clearly in excellent shape with no signs of dehydration. They must be hydrating by other means.
Did you get night measurements of temperature and humidity, info on fog, or any info on them drinking, especially during a time of drought like this?
I have always thought these snaks were the most beautiful snaks BIG DOGGIE 💯👣 I do wish they wouldn't change color after a certain age BIG DOGGIE 💯👣 But they are the most beautiful snak BIG DOGGIE 💯👣
I’m familiar with the Adult Emerald Tree Boas. As for the Juvenile Emerald Tree Boas, I’ve heard & read up about the age stages of these South American species of Boas. When I look at these Juveniles, they almost look similar to another species of South American Boa known as the Rainbow Boa. But unlike the real Rainbow Boas, the scales of these Juvenile Emerald Tree Boas don’t shimmer by the reflection of the sun.
Similar theory to yours Dav, not to look like fruit to attract mice but bugs, flowers attract bugs, bugs attract lizards, frogs and other small fauna that they prey upon when young.
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I know it was a graphic shot of the rat but it’s necessary to show and educate people about the rats they eat
I think is for going in to the bromeliats to Hunt frog color blent well whit bromeliat and flower
Something i never got was the emerald tree boa is the only one that has heat pits in the face no other boa has them yet only pythons seem to have the heat pits aside pit vipers that is
I would think the juvi color is for birds since rodents are nocturnal which color doesn't play a big effect. Also rodents color vision is very weak. Birds would definitely focus on color searching for fruit .
I was curious if the color they are when young may be your typical warning color signal like how most red or yellow reptiles are either mimics or venomous so maybe that has something to do with it
My theory on why emerald tree boas start out a bright colour like that as a defense mechanism. Poisnous or dangerous things are bright colours, so it's an adaptation to help survivability until adulthood
As if I didn't have enough snakes, here you go making me want another species even more🤦🏻♀️