PARSON'S CHAMELEONS IN THE WILD! (are we keeping the correctly?)

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  • Parson's Chameleons (Calumma parsonii) are the biggest chameleons on earth, and certainly the biggest lizards on Madagascar. They are some of the most rewarding chameleons reptile keepers can work with, and on our tour of Madagascar, I look into how these amazing chameleons are living in the wild so we better know how to care for them in our homes!
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  • @Saigethewanderer
    @Saigethewanderer ปีที่แล้ว +24

    LOVE the chameleons. HATE the habitat destruction. I wish we could do more to save their native homes.

    • @jctrock
      @jctrock ปีที่แล้ว

      The native people are to point fingers at.

    • @stevenhall8964
      @stevenhall8964 ปีที่แล้ว

      the native people of the island are in blame for all the destruction.

    • @herpermike_
      @herpermike_ ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@stevenhall8964 definitely 100%!

    • @Saigethewanderer
      @Saigethewanderer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am not blaming anyone. If anything it’s americas/ global consumerism and fast products that are causing this. It’s areas desperately in need of dollars that we fund and as a consequence habitats and Earth get destroyed. The most we can do at this point is try and play catch up to minimize damage but even then we are making minimal impact.

    • @Micheldied
      @Micheldied ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stevenhall8964 What do you expect them to do about it? They're poor (one of the poorest countries in the world) and have to live off the land. You think they can just get up and out and go work a 9-5 job like you do?

  • @Reptiliatus
    @Reptiliatus ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I still can't get over the fact that we got to interact with these literal tree triceratopses! Their grip was truly painful but so worth the handling! Some of the most impressive animals we saw on our expedition! Great video friend!

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I totally agree! I wanted to see one, and we got to see three color variants! Such an amazing trip!

    • @Reptiliatus
      @Reptiliatus ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @ the various localities where quite special!

  • @TheWildShotsPodcast
    @TheWildShotsPodcast ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Here within a minute of General release!!

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome!

  • @surfpanther
    @surfpanther ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Well this is going to go down as my all-time favorite video LOL

  • @clistiarobinson34
    @clistiarobinson34 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow that chameleon is massive and pretty. I hope you have an awesome day. Great vlog today

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

  • @ggoannas
    @ggoannas ปีที่แล้ว +8

    These are gorgeous creatures!

  • @jereksliwinski2789
    @jereksliwinski2789 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Holy crap! Such a cool species of chameleon, thank you Dav👍

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They are!

  • @Glerbicus
    @Glerbicus ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Lets goooo! Not nearly enough information on Parson’s out there. Thank you!

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Glad you enjoyed!

  • @jackpotjunkie
    @jackpotjunkie ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @13:45 🤣😂 OooOOooweeeEEEeeee !! Orange-eyed Parson's Chameleon !! 🧡👁🦎🐲 @13:45

  • @lputaa
    @lputaa ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hello Dav super excited to see you guys in Africa, you guys really know about Chameleons
    Personally I'm getting goosebumps watching this video, I've phobia for chameleon 😂💔 even years of watching reptile channels.
    Thanks Dav and come to Africa often and talk about this animals
    🖤🇰🇪🙏🏿

    • @lputaa
      @lputaa ปีที่แล้ว +3

      13:45 what kind of sorcery was that Dav😂

  • @Midwest-fish
    @Midwest-fish ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wonder what the humidity and temperature would be in property forest habitat for them?

  • @marquanreese7895
    @marquanreese7895 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The way the juvinale looked at the camera man as it was eating is hilarious

  • @GarysTandAExotics
    @GarysTandAExotics ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow second on a Dav video. Sweet

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice!

  • @kristinmontague9084
    @kristinmontague9084 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful Animal, touching video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @SLMR89
    @SLMR89 ปีที่แล้ว

    About time TH-cam gets more quality wild chameleon content, thanks guys

  • @scorpionaddiction2801
    @scorpionaddiction2801 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m surprised at how gentle the parson’s are. Not getting defensive even with your hand on its back.

    • @jeffreymagni1272
      @jeffreymagni1272 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They just don't like Solarmeter 6.5 lol

  • @StLMikie
    @StLMikie ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bill rocks.

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed!

  • @joeygivan2726
    @joeygivan2726 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now I know where Ninja turtles came from :). Best Chameleon research show, thanks Dav!

  • @Hello_Fuckers0
    @Hello_Fuckers0 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The general carelessness of the majority of humanity is heartbreaking. We just keep taking and taking with minimal thought given to what we're leaving for our children and theirs

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      correct

    • @Chudchanning
      @Chudchanning ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately alot of it has to do with the political structure of the western world. The exotic far away lands get invaded by corporations and demolished to make room for all the crap needed to mass produce non-essential goods so we can keep buying fit bits and designer shoes, that lowers prospects for the locals and Unfortunately many times they resort to destroying what little is left for black market trading to survive. We really need to do better as a species and make the necessary changes to salvage what's left of the world, even if it means disregarding "profit" and adopting a more frugal lifestyle

  • @technoraptor7778
    @technoraptor7778 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Haha we've actually found a juvenile human over here "looks at camera with whole slice of pizza in mouth" oh hes eating 🤣

  • @VergilYeh
    @VergilYeh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is so informative and educational, it should deserve more views! Thanks for making this and keep up the good work! :)

  • @NerinaRSA
    @NerinaRSA ปีที่แล้ว

    I love chameleons. My first wild animals as a child before school.

  • @allusernamestakenlol
    @allusernamestakenlol ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would you ever try to cover Leopard Geckos in the wild? I think a lot of people would be surprised to find out that they are actually found in a lot of temperate/wooded regions. Certainly not a desert species.

  • @lizdyson3627
    @lizdyson3627 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi Dav. Are the Pinapples growing in forest due to accidental seed dispersal by other species i.e. birds and rodents or are locals deliberately planting them there? Don't the locals have there own Gardens,yards, allotments to grow food in?

    • @ggoannas
      @ggoannas ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is one of the poorest countries in the world where there is currently a famine.
      The laws are crap.
      I know people buying land all over the place at the moment to convert for tourism.
      The only way poor people can clear land is by burning.
      Once the forest goes, the rains erode the top soil and the whole place turns into a dusty desert so they move to the next spot.
      How can you ask starving people to stop burning forests?
      And the people of Madagascar are truly lovely people.
      It is a horrendous situation.

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      They don't. They grow a lot of rice, and the pineapples in places like this are accidental

    • @tjv6976
      @tjv6976 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those are domesticated pineapples planted there by humans. Those pineapples do not disperse by seed.

  • @LanceKirkman
    @LanceKirkman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video Dav!!
    #RattleOn

  • @jebvlogs4761
    @jebvlogs4761 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Chameleon that's another dragon 🐉 right there. You say they are opportunistic hmm humans and reptiles make up a lot of world populations,apart from fish and insects. Something is brewing here 👀 and I don't like where this is going. But I do like the knowledge about Madagascar: but what about the water? I know animals can tell the different solvent levels of water,and can choose not to drink it. Is it that much different from what we have in the states..? @DavKraufmanAdventures

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's a good question

    • @jebvlogs4761
      @jebvlogs4761 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ i try to be astute with my observations dear friend 🙏🏼🙌🏼 stay blessed man 🙏🏼🙌🏼

  • @slitheryserpents
    @slitheryserpents ปีที่แล้ว +2

    💜💚great video thanks💚💜

  • @stevebrugman3145
    @stevebrugman3145 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's really nice to see the habitat rattle on

  • @giovannialvarado2603
    @giovannialvarado2603 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love you man

  • @georgewilliamsiii4677
    @georgewilliamsiii4677 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My chameleon eats leaves from my fruit trees sometimes. I thought he was getting it out of his way but I've been told by some breeders that they occasionally eat vegetation.

  • @Sherributtrfly
    @Sherributtrfly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh my gosh!!!! Thanks for sharing!

  • @jpslizards
    @jpslizards ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Say rattle on 😂

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      Rattle On!

  • @andrewgilbert1296
    @andrewgilbert1296 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is amazing

  • @nicosy282
    @nicosy282 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I knew it! The largest chameleon of the world!

  • @miketufaro5915
    @miketufaro5915 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love these In The Wild/are we keeping them correctly videos

  • @BornAgainFarmGirl
    @BornAgainFarmGirl ปีที่แล้ว

    These animals are so gorgeous 😊!

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      They are!

  • @craigdurbin5472
    @craigdurbin5472 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video on Parson’s Dav.

  • @moniquelynwone8228
    @moniquelynwone8228 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video guys👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💕💥

  • @rebeccafriend4854
    @rebeccafriend4854 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love love the chameleons! Great work!

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you like them!

  • @ThePassionOfTheMarc
    @ThePassionOfTheMarc ปีที่แล้ว

    I think it's neat how you keep flying back to the United States to attend conventions and then fly back to Madagascar to film these episodes. So cool!

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a transporter machine

  • @brucebrazaitis321
    @brucebrazaitis321 ปีที่แล้ว

    The main thing I would do if I ever got these again is to give them a cool spot.They really don't like high temperatures! Keeping them free roaming in the apartment on the fish farm . The male would hang on the cable for the TV where the wall mount A/C would blast on him.
    then when keeping them in a half acre display greenhouse most of the time they would be close to eye level when the heat built up. The other thing is males would turn black to show submission to another male.
    Keeping them now might be easier as such larger insects such as horn worms are now available. The strangest thing mine would eat were lubber grasshoppers. They seemed to prefer males and would only eat a few before they got a look that said,"THAT'S A SPICY MEATBALL!" If you get that reference you know about how old I am. Needless to say that wasn't a main stay of their diet.
    To give some idea of how good their eyesight and intelligence is a tiger swallowtail butterfly got into the greenhouse. One of the males was walking along the guy wire in the peak of the greenhouse untill he made a maximum range shot to catch it They really duo have good mapping skill of their environment. He had to figure what tree or bamboo he had to get to the top of to get to the wires and which wires would get him in range of the prey item.

  • @HannahPatriciaDavis-ge2rg
    @HannahPatriciaDavis-ge2rg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just got a pink toe tarantula today Dav

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice!

  • @commercialelectrician133
    @commercialelectrician133 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks!

  • @BrinleyLloyd
    @BrinleyLloyd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just bought my first Parsons 🤪
    He is wildcaught, and I'm hoping to breed captive bred babies in a new bloodline 👶
    He is 26 inches and is eating calcium dusted crickets and other insects. Mine is also a yellow lip 💋
    My boy has the orange eyes 👀
    I'm going to try feeding my boy a live pinky mouse 🐁
    I may have to get some feeder lizards 🦎
    My boy has a big ol' nose 👃

  • @thirdeyereptiles1772
    @thirdeyereptiles1772 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m not sure if you have done a video on this , but would LOVE to see a red foot tortoise in the wild video since so much is unknown about these guys & people can’t agree on so many aspects of their care 🙆🏼‍♀️🐢

  • @alisaurus8254
    @alisaurus8254 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chameleon feet tickle so bad especially on your neck lol my friend had one that always wanted to climb in my hair ..I bet a big one like that has strange feeling feet too 😅😂

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not this giants!

  • @joebrat6809
    @joebrat6809 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have considered getting these, but they're insanely expensive in the UK. I am however obtaining an Oustalets cham soon so that's something I guess...

  • @HannahPatriciaDavis-ge2rg
    @HannahPatriciaDavis-ge2rg ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Dav

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi Hannah

  • @leichter_panzerspahwagon
    @leichter_panzerspahwagon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    bros gotta be tame for you petting him like that

  • @davidvento5481
    @davidvento5481 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Dāv, Madagascar looks like an amazing place. However, you could’ve called these vids “all you ever wanted to know about Old World Chameleons, ever... in life” and I’d be totally fine with that. Aside from the Veiled & occasional Panther my bro finds around his house in So Fl (and the Jacksons most often sold as pets) these videos have been an education as I had no idea there were SO many species and especially on Madagascar...
    💥Mind Blown💥
    I am a teeny bit disappointed you guys didn’t make it farther south as I was hoping you’d spy some of my favorite tortoises on the planet in situ (namely the Radiated.) But you did find that gorgeous python and Leaf Tailed Geckos so I forgive you.
    But I don’t forgive Adam...
    _Naaah j/k, we love you Adam_

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'll get down there next time

  • @brianhansen7122
    @brianhansen7122 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello I am looking for a furcifer minor pair

  • @hannahgibbs2426
    @hannahgibbs2426 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What happens when they stress out?

  • @ryan.treckoreptiles3494
    @ryan.treckoreptiles3494 ปีที่แล้ว

    When will you do another leopard gecko video!

  • @motionsick4973
    @motionsick4973 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stomatitis on that big male. Interesting. They are so prone to it in captivity too

  • @NerinaRSA
    @NerinaRSA ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why didn't you put him on you black tshirt?

    •  ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh I did

  • @technoraptor7778
    @technoraptor7778 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yeah I don't agree with practice animals either....they arnt items...you know what works for you...go for it! Just save and make sure you've done as much research as possible and have everything set up before you get any animal.

  • @stevenhall8964
    @stevenhall8964 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why not just ask PARSON how to take care of them if they all belong to him?

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I tried and he never responded :)

  • @Wildlifebio
    @Wildlifebio 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    “Chameleons stress very easily”… meanwhile, 5 mins earlier seen stroking the wild male…. Unnecessary.

  • @loriw2661
    @loriw2661 ปีที่แล้ว

    I spend half my time being so angry at the most destructive animal on this planet……freaking human

    •  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      me too

  • @ericbeeman8717
    @ericbeeman8717 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sad thing is just goes to show how much the people there don't care about the animal life there or they would be taking pains to ensure these creature don't die off and always have plenty of habitat to survive but like in most places the people don't care and they will just ensure the full extinction of almost every animal there just like they do here and any other place sadly or they wait till there's only a small few left and then try saving the species like they do in China which means the only reason they even tried at that point is the shit they're catching from the public eye cause God forbid they get embarrassed oh no not embarrassment not that no pffffft that's the sad part of these creatures lives they are doomed and it's a shame to such beautiful creatures that survived millions of years only to be wiped out by the biggest plague of all humans