Dāv Kaufman's Reptile Adventures for me it will have to be the Black-shouldered Kite Elanus notatus It’s bird of prey from Australia very beautiful bird.
So cool to see how everyone else around the world does it. Thanks for making these videos and showing us a world we would never otherwise see! This guy is great and obviously cares for his turtles like no one else I've ever seen!
Turtle-tastic! 😁🐢🌿. That little morph is gorgeous! Love that Arthur provides an aftercare service; so important and shows that he is a first class breeder. Hmm, I'd possibly keep Woma's, I love the stripes.
My favorite Australian reptile (that I could confidently keep) is the Woma python. Someday I'll get down there and see some of their reptiles in the wild.
I love them long neck turtles. They got dinosaur faces. 🦖 🐢. I have 6 red eared sliders 4 are in my 125 and the two babies are in my 55. I love them guys. I’ve had em all less than a year and I’ve already got well over 2 grand poured into. Money well spent.
macquarii are available in the US, and they're really personable turtles. I've noticed the difference between S American species and Australian species. S.American species tend to be a lot nippier and flighty. I wish we could get some of those Eastern Long-necks. I'm happy you did an episode on Aussie turtles. What a great facility there too. Thanks for this one!
Hey Dav! Another great video. I know you’re from mn like I am! I saw you did my local shop here in St. Paul at twin cities reptile but have you ever been to the RAD Zoo here in Minnesota? It’s owned by a local man and his family! Super great guy, he does snake and alligator feedings on the weekend and is open every day of the week. He also has Justin Bieber’s pet boa he won at an animal auction. Not to mention he has a huge collection of venomous snakes and so many things. He is a really great guy and for the most part just runs it because he love animals and reptiles like we do. I’ve always tried to support him and help him out but it would be cool to see you do a video on it or even check it out and enjoy it! I hope you have a great day and I cannot wait for your next video. -Ashley
I hope our import/export laws never change. Sure it would be cool to own a lot of other species but you have to think of the bigger picture. Most animals that would be imported if escaped or set free would be able to survive in the wild and mess up our massive biodiversity and possibly wipe out other animals. Same with exporting. Most exports will be illegal wild caught reptiles and that will mess up biodiversity and ecosystems.
Awesome video as always Dav!! Loved hearing how Arthur got started into the hobby!! I love how educational these videos are as well. Keep up the great and amazing work Dav!!! Thank you for sharing!! Loved all the turtles!! I could never pick just one Australian specie cause their so many amazing species in Australia!!! YOUR #1 FAN ~ Amanda Mandigo
Fantastic video as always Dave! Look forward to seeing more Australian Facilities👍 Being in Aus, I’m already limited to natives, but if I won the lotto the three dream natives would be 🐊Pygmy Fresh Water Crocs 🐍Oenpelli Pythons and 🐢.Pig nosed turtles
Dāv Kaufman's Reptile Adventures I know remember I was drooling over your videos from all your trips there lol I also used to watch the k brothers, wish we had those morphs pal!!
Kinda basic but I’d have to go with pink belly sidenecks or pink belly snappers for my favorite Australian turtles. Favorite turtles of all time are narrowbridge musk turtles and alligator snappers
Hey Dav! Whats up? First at all... I really like the new Intro and the vlog!...... I would keep Australien green tree pythons because they are a little bit different and blue tongue skins because they have really cool ones in Austria even black ones! PS- In how many different countrys have you been this year?
When I was Down-Under there I hade a couple of Black & Gold Jungle Carpet Pythons. They were super beautiful but... they were very "bitty" I didn't do enough worj on them to tame and calm them down but still they were pretty cool pets to have (although I didn't get a chance to breed those two) See you around Dav
I actually enjoy some of the import/export laws in aus. We have such a variety of reptiles anyway! But if I could keep an animal from here would be a frilly, mertens water monitor or Spencer's monitor
For easy pet purpose I would have Pogona Vitticeps (Central bearded dragon) and morelia spilota spilota (Diamond Pythons) but even though a bit unrealistic for most people my dream Aus herps are Morelia viridis (Green tree pythons) and Moloch horridus (Thorny Devils)
I’d have to go for a turtle. Thanks Dav. I loved seeing all of Arthur’s turtles. Those babies were all so cute. I was a little surprised he didn’t have more varieties of turtles. Does Australia have more varieties and he just works with the ones we saw? Since they have that import/export law I can see why the turtle species would be small. Do you know how Australians feel about that law? I can see both sides make sense. Pat
well since i am Australian in Australia I would keep all of the above, if i had money and space etc :D right now I just have a turtle and we love him,. I'd love to get a land tortoise and some snakes and a large gecko
Hey Dav what's up I feel like were the same I've liked turtles and frogs since I was about 5. On my 4th or 5th birthday my step dad brought home a 30 gallon tank with 5 bullfrogs in it and I immediate loved them I've liked reptiles ever since
Didn't mention it but you see all that grass and all the lily pads that's literally cleaning the other 20% of the biomass it's taking all that out of the water as he's real nice system I like it
I would love to keep some Elseya irwini. Turtle specie named after the father of Steve Irwin. Also a amazing looking specie. Other would be the Varanus giganteus of course.
I'm an aussie and have to agree, they are probably the best reptile pet we have, being easy to keep, feed and breed but best of all they have unbelievable personality and traits, kid friendly too
What are the odds of the rules changing with OZ, what must happen, I know they don’t want an invasion of invasive species so it’s touchy, but is it even up in the air that some day we might be able to do some importing?
Not in the the next 10 to 20 years. Our laws here regarding natives are so strict they can come do an inspection without notice. They dont need a reason its just random.
@@jdssurf To be honest as a aussie i've never really felt left out or anything, the animals here are cool enough lol, don't need any more ferals like the cane toads, pigs, water buffalo, camals... Just to name a few haha.
Agree completely with Kane, there are to many horror stories with ferals that Aus will never let the average person import anything. It not just the animal but the potential for disease/parasites as well.
Those turtles are awesome, But I would have to say, If I could only keep one type of animal, it would have to be Carpet Pythons.. You need to put up subtitles for metric conversion. I can do it myself, but it makes me have to think. ;} Wonderful video, thank you.
After re-homing a Russian Tortuous of 18 years of age(Yes Fez does well) not a turtle keeper, still waiting a Wild Ball Python look. but this is amazing with turtles...
Honestly Australia's export laws are really outdated. Their export laws were made at a time when captive breeding wasn't popular in Australia so back then they were meant from keeping wild populations from getting depleted. Now that's a way different story with captive breeding for morphs. If anything Australia allowing captive born and bred animals to be exported will grow their economy and reptile industry since Americans LOVE Australian reptiles. Now their import laws should stay the same because they don't want Australia to become like Florida..
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures Thats exactly what will sell the most! Plus they would have to sell them for way more then what they sell them to each other since the there would not be enough supply for our demand lol
Auzzie Reptiles & Herping if you breed reptiles you are doing it for both a passion and for money if you go large scale at least. This business has a way of weeding out the people who do it just for money I believe.Nothing wrong breeding for money on commercial scale because it brings in more people to the hobby.
I think that the import/export rules are necessary in concept, but poorly executed. Invasive species are a real scourge worldwide, so having a blunt law like that seems a good idea to me, but it punishes those who will be responsible with their animals for no good reason. To me, a more in-depth licensing procedure seems like a much better idea: in those countries (not just Aus) where escapee animals could form wild populations, people should need a licence to keep non-native species, with different licenses being available for different ranks of animals (i.e. the more invasive a species could be, the harder the license to keep said species - or any in that class of “invasiveness” - should be to acquire). Just an idea, but I don’t think that dropping the rules entirely is the right way to go for the sake of natural environments. If I could keep just one Aussie species, it’d have to be beardies; the only Australian animal that I have is a beardie and I would never want to have to part with him!
There are many side neck turtle morphs in US, but unfortunately Australian cannot reimport those animals from US or other countries lol. If I can only choose one I may keep diamond python, well, that's the coolest python in my opinion. There are tons of my favorite reptiles from Australia as well...
Hey Rattlers! Comment below and let me know if you could only work with Australian species, what would it be?
Dāv Kaufman's Reptile Adventures It would be blue tongue skinks for me
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Hayley, great answer! Eddie, me too!
Elseya irwini, Chelodina expands, Varanus giganteus, Varanus varius, Tiliqua rugosa. More than enough species to work with
Dāv Kaufman's Reptile Adventures for me it will have to be the Black-shouldered Kite Elanus notatus It’s bird of prey from Australia very beautiful bird.
Long Necks have a great personality.
We are getting a couple of baby turtles from Turtles R Us in the next couple of weeks. Maybe the Macleay!!! So cute.
Did you end up getting any?
So cool to see how everyone else around the world does it. Thanks for making these videos and showing us a world we would never otherwise see! This guy is great and obviously cares for his turtles like no one else I've ever seen!
Thanks for tuning in! He really is an awesome keeper!
AWESOME VID!!! Thanks for thinking of us turtle fans!!!
Glad you enjoyed!
Mate if you’re ever back over here you’ll have to come see our reptiles, I’ll show you some interesting Aussie animals
Learned quite a bit from this...this is GOLD information on the turtles from down under...not much info on them out there on the net.
love the turtle video feedback! awesome! more turtle coverage love seeing different ways to breed/ own while staying cost effective
The long neck/sideneck turtle? Super funny and curious little turtle!
Keep the turtle videos coming !!!
Glad you're enjoying them!
Turtle-tastic! 😁🐢🌿. That little morph is gorgeous! Love that Arthur provides an aftercare service; so important and shows that he is a first class breeder. Hmm, I'd possibly keep Woma's, I love the stripes.
I agree! He's definitely one of the good ones!
Great video thank you for sharing with us, glad to see more turtles :)
Glad you enjoyed!
Good Stuff Dave!
Thanks for taking us along as always.
Thanks for coming along!
GAAAAAAD DAV! Id really see you rock this place!
I think my favorite Australian snake is the Green tree snake. I just love that green color and those big eyes.
Yes! Great answer!
I don't know why, but the word turtle just sounds better in an Australian accent.
I'm already loving the Australia videos and can't wait to see more!
Thanks Martin!
Great video as usual Dav, keep up the great work!
Thanks!
My favorite Australian reptile (that I could confidently keep) is the Woma python. Someday I'll get down there and see some of their reptiles in the wild.
I hope you make it there one day!
I love them long neck turtles. They got dinosaur faces. 🦖 🐢. I have 6 red eared sliders 4 are in my 125 and the two babies are in my 55. I love them guys. I’ve had em all less than a year and I’ve already got well over 2 grand poured into. Money well spent.
Nice!
macquarii are available in the US, and they're really personable turtles. I've noticed the difference between S American species and Australian species. S.American species tend to be a lot nippier and flighty. I wish we could get some of those Eastern Long-necks. I'm happy you did an episode on Aussie turtles. What a great facility there too. Thanks for this one!
Duyvenbode TSV the eastern long neck are so under appreciated here, there’s 20 or so in my pond that are all pets people got bored with
Glad you enjoyed it!
snake necks & pink belly side necks would be my go to if I lived as an AUSTRALIA Awesome video
Gotta picked those long necks. Another cool behind the scenes tour.
They are pretty awesome!
Best Reptile TH-cam channel bro 👍🏽 keep the videos coming
Thanks! I will!
What he didn't mention was the saw shelled turtle is able to eat the poisonous cane toad with no ill effect
I like the longnecks even though they are very common.
I love the Boyds Forrest dragons
Me too!
Awesome video! Love these turtles. I've never heard of half of them. I'd keep those longnecks. They were awesome!
Thanks Andy!
The long- necked turtle or side-necked which ever people prefer. Are they also referred to as the snake-necked turtle
He didn't mention the murry river turtle. They are very popular here in victoria
Hey Dav! Another great video. I know you’re from mn like I am! I saw you did my local shop here in St. Paul at twin cities reptile but have you ever been to the RAD Zoo here in Minnesota? It’s owned by a local man and his family! Super great guy, he does snake and alligator feedings on the weekend and is open every day of the week. He also has Justin Bieber’s pet boa he won at an animal auction. Not to mention he has a huge collection of venomous snakes and so many things. He is a really great guy and for the most part just runs it because he love animals and reptiles like we do. I’ve always tried to support him and help him out but it would be cool to see you do a video on it or even check it out and enjoy it! I hope you have a great day and I cannot wait for your next video.
-Ashley
I know Jaimie very well. I'll get down there and film the zoo one of these days
turtles for sure tfs😃
I hope our import/export laws never change. Sure it would be cool to own a lot of other species but you have to think of the bigger picture. Most animals that would be imported if escaped or set free would be able to survive in the wild and mess up our massive biodiversity and possibly wipe out other animals. Same with exporting. Most exports will be illegal wild caught reptiles and that will mess up biodiversity and ecosystems.
Awesome video as always Dav!! Loved hearing how Arthur got started into the hobby!! I love how educational these videos are as well. Keep up the great and amazing work Dav!!! Thank you for sharing!! Loved all the turtles!! I could never pick just one Australian specie cause their so many amazing species in Australia!!!
YOUR #1 FAN ~ Amanda Mandigo
Thanks Amanda!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures your welcome Dav!! 😊😉
I’d definitely keep one of those short-neck turtles. So freakin cute. I think turtles are awesome.
I agree!
Fantastic video as always Dave! Look forward to seeing more Australian Facilities👍
Being in Aus, I’m already limited to natives, but if I won the lotto the three dream natives would be
🐊Pygmy Fresh Water Crocs
🐍Oenpelli Pythons
and 🐢.Pig nosed turtles
There's an awesome facility video coming up soon in this series!
Awesome video Dave! And to answer your question I’m a carpet python and Retic guy so I’m keeping carpets if I had to choose!
Theres a lot of morphs there that we don't have here so I think that's a good choice.
Dāv Kaufman's Reptile Adventures I know remember I was drooling over your videos from all your trips there lol I also used to watch the k brothers, wish we had those morphs pal!!
All those different kind of long necks.. 👍🏽That was cool.
Kinda basic but I’d have to go with pink belly sidenecks or pink belly snappers for my favorite Australian turtles. Favorite turtles of all time are narrowbridge musk turtles and alligator snappers
I am digging the newer intro idk when it changed but i like it lol. Wow that place is amazing
Thanks! It changed with the new Australia episodes last week
Hey Dav! Whats up? First at all... I really like the new Intro and the vlog!...... I would keep Australien green tree pythons because they are a little bit different and blue tongue skins because they have really cool ones in Austria even black ones! PS- In how many different countrys have you been this year?
Thanks! I'm glad you like the new intro! I've only been to two so far, but that will change soon!
One little morph, cute as and more to come l am sure.
all about the shinglebacks baby
Awesome !!!
Very kool video again. 👍 I enjoyed it.
Thanks! Glad you did!
i live in australia & love the pythons , i have a striped coastal, albino darwin, a mixed bag jag & a stimson. Love ur show Dave
Nice! Glad you're liking the videos!
Pink belly side neck all the way !
When I was Down-Under there I hade a couple of Black & Gold Jungle Carpet Pythons.
They were super beautiful but... they were very "bitty"
I didn't do enough worj on them to tame and calm them down but still they were pretty cool pets to have
(although I didn't get a chance to breed those two)
See you around Dav
Jungle carpets are awesome but yes, they can be a bit nippy
So tough to choose just one, but I'd have to go with Fly River turtle. 🐢👍
Awesome choice!
My pick would be shingleback skink
Those long necks look amazing 😱
They are cool!
I actually enjoy some of the import/export laws in aus. We have such a variety of reptiles anyway! But if I could keep an animal from here would be a frilly, mertens water monitor or Spencer's monitor
That's true. I always think of our friends in the UK and if this law applied to them. That would just suck!
I’ve got a macleay river turtle!!!🐢
what size tank do you keep him in??
For easy pet purpose I would have Pogona Vitticeps (Central bearded dragon) and morelia spilota spilota (Diamond Pythons) but even though a bit unrealistic for most people my dream Aus herps are Morelia viridis (Green tree pythons) and Moloch horridus (Thorny Devils)
I’d have to go for a turtle. Thanks Dav. I loved seeing all of Arthur’s turtles. Those babies were all so cute. I was a little surprised he didn’t have more varieties of turtles. Does Australia have more varieties and he just works with the ones we saw? Since they have that import/export law I can see why the turtle species would be small. Do you know how Australians feel about that law? I can see both sides make sense. Pat
Australians don't like that law any more than we would. At least they should allow export of captive bred herps.
Definitely choose an Australian turtle.
well since i am Australian in Australia I would keep all of the above, if i had money and space etc :D right now I just have a turtle and we love him,. I'd love to get a land tortoise and some snakes and a large gecko
Since this video was uploaded I'm just curious of what happened now with that 1 baby morph turtle? Did it make it and bred eventually?
hi it didnt make it ,very sad
Good video thanks
Nice video! I would go with Green tree pythons from the most northern part of Australia, (love the turtles - his set up is awesome )
Aussie GTPs are amazing!
Hey Dav what's up I feel like were the same I've liked turtles and frogs since I was about 5. On my 4th or 5th birthday my step dad brought home a 30 gallon tank with 5 bullfrogs in it and I immediate loved them I've liked reptiles ever since
Frills are the coolest although I do like the Olive headed pythons from the northern terrorty
The Real Turtle 🐢Man 😁
For sure!
2nd turtle looks like a snapping turtle a little
I thought that too
Awesome turtle tour new sub
Loving your vids mate. Coffee at my house if your still in Oz?
That would be cool, but I'm back in the states now
Oh no.. as long as you got home safe. Got a few rooms at my house for you and any crew the next time your here.
Great video, however here in Victoria, macleay's are still $150 +
Thanks!
I would keep blotched and eastern blue tongue skinks, inland taipan, perentie monitor, rankins bearded dragons and carpet python
Nice! Check out the Blue-tongued episode I just uploaded!
Dāv Kaufman's Reptile Adventures watched that episode before I watched this video. I really like the grey phase eastern
If I could only keep one species, and only from Australia, it'd have to be the red belly black snake. I love the contrast.
My favorite Aussie venomous snake
Didn't mention it but you see all that grass and all the lily pads that's literally cleaning the other 20% of the biomass it's taking all that out of the water as he's real nice system I like it
TY 😃
I would love to keep some Elseya irwini. Turtle specie named after the father of Steve Irwin. Also a amazing looking specie.
Other would be the Varanus giganteus of course.
Great choice!
monitors for sure specially the smaller species and parentie
For monitors, parenties would be my pick too!
I was hoping he had a pig nosed turtle(s) 😥 but none the less AWESOME VIDEO!
I'm sure he'll get those one day!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures he had them and moved them on as they were too expensive to heat.
seems like a great guy
He really is!
Sick video!
how did u watch it already
Thanks!
I would keep black headed python.
I have a pink belly sideneck and all these turtles are just as cool lookin
I’ve bred Macquarie like that, that will go back to normal colouration quite fast.
Do you by chance have before and after photos?
Was gonna ask what it possibly was, didn’t quite look albino but maybe it was a lucistic?
Wo loves turtles? I do.
Blue Tongue Skinks and Carpet Pythons.
Good choice!
Bearded Dragons (pogona Vitticeps) Make the best pets ever!! I am absolutely in love with mine!!
I'm an aussie and have to agree, they are probably the best reptile pet we have, being easy to keep, feed and breed but best of all they have unbelievable personality and traits, kid friendly too
I would either have a bunch if black headed pythons because they're beautiful or an army of Kings Rock monitors because, why not.
BHP are a great choice!
Great video
I thought red eared sliders was ours but painted turtles work here also
What are the odds of the rules changing with OZ, what must happen, I know they don’t want an invasion of invasive species so it’s touchy, but is it even up in the air that some day we might be able to do some importing?
I'm sure exporting will be allowed long before importing.
Dāv Kaufman's Reptile Adventures I just feel bad for them lol, I’m not really into color morphs but you can tell they would love it.
Not in the the next 10 to 20 years. Our laws here regarding natives are so strict they can come do an inspection without notice. They dont need a reason its just random.
@@jdssurf To be honest as a aussie i've never really felt left out or anything, the animals here are cool enough lol, don't need any more ferals like the cane toads, pigs, water buffalo, camals... Just to name a few haha.
Agree completely with Kane, there are to many horror stories with ferals that Aus will never let the average person import anything.
It not just the animal but the potential for disease/parasites as well.
The import and export laws in AUS are there for a very good reason and should stay in place forever
xaos kuntablast 100% agree. Sucks that they can’t get cornsnakes or such, but they don’t have invasive species problems like everywhere else
@@crockbrown5316 We aren't a country lacking in reptiles too, I love exotic species but happy with what we have.
@@crockbrown5316 They have frogs that attack native reptiles and feral cats.
Those turtles are awesome, But I would have to say, If I could only keep one type of animal, it would have to be Carpet Pythons.. You need to put up subtitles for metric conversion. I can do it myself, but it makes me have to think. ;} Wonderful video, thank you.
The world should be totally metric by now :) Glad you enjoyed the video!
cool bro
Blue tongues and frilled dragons.
I'd go for the GTP!!
Good call!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures thanks
After re-homing a Russian Tortuous of 18 years of age(Yes Fez does well) not a turtle keeper, still waiting a Wild Ball Python look. but this is amazing with turtles...
Glad you enjoyed it!
What is the life span for many of the Australian turtles?
It varies but most turtles are very long lived, especially in the care of someone like Arthur.
Honestly Australia's export laws are really outdated. Their export laws were made at a time when captive breeding wasn't popular in Australia so back then they were meant from keeping wild populations from getting depleted. Now that's a way different story with captive breeding for morphs. If anything Australia allowing captive born and bred animals to be exported will grow their economy and reptile industry since Americans LOVE Australian reptiles. Now their import laws should stay the same because they don't want Australia to become like Florida..
Exactly! I've always said that if they lift the ban on export of captive bred morphs, every BTS breeder in Oz will be overnight millionaires.
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures Thats exactly what will sell the most! Plus they would have to sell them for way more then what they sell them to each other since the there would not be enough supply for our demand lol
But if you think about it, then we would be getting heaps of guys breeding only for the money and not for the love of animal keeping aswell
Auzzie Reptiles & Herping if you breed reptiles you are doing it for both a passion and for money if you go large scale at least. This business has a way of weeding out the people who do it just for money I believe.Nothing wrong breeding for money on commercial scale because it brings in more people to the hobby.
I think that the import/export rules are necessary in concept, but poorly executed. Invasive species are a real scourge worldwide, so having a blunt law like that seems a good idea to me, but it punishes those who will be responsible with their animals for no good reason. To me, a more in-depth licensing procedure seems like a much better idea: in those countries (not just Aus) where escapee animals could form wild populations, people should need a licence to keep non-native species, with different licenses being available for different ranks of animals (i.e. the more invasive a species could be, the harder the license to keep said species - or any in that class of “invasiveness” - should be to acquire). Just an idea, but I don’t think that dropping the rules entirely is the right way to go for the sake of natural environments.
If I could keep just one Aussie species, it’d have to be beardies; the only Australian animal that I have is a beardie and I would never want to have to part with him!
Great comment. I also think it needs to be revisited and updated
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Yes we are bother..lol...
Lol, right?
I would keep all of the tertle's I've got enough wild snakes here in my back yard I don't need any in a cage
There are many side neck turtle morphs in US, but unfortunately Australian cannot reimport those animals from US or other countries lol. If I can only choose one I may keep diamond python, well, that's the coolest python in my opinion. There are tons of my favorite reptiles from Australia as well...
I know, it's hard to pick
I would have to say the Perentie monotor
For sure!