There Are Only 7 Sea Turtles, But You Don't Know Them All! - Phylogeny of Sea Turtles

[@ClintsReptiles]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@Vbuck_samuel]

Clint you forgot to mention the gender imbalance in sea turtles, with some populations having 99% females

[@Vbuck_samuel]

Clint you forgot to mention the gender imbalance in sea turtles, with some populations having 99% females

[@Kamala-tm3ys]

Love you man

[@Red-in-Green]

A leatherback losing a fight to a man-o-war is like you losing a fight to a bowl of jello lol

[@ClintsReptiles]

Yes, it is!

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

My friend went to eat a carrot the other day, and the carrot won, apparently.

[@SarcosuchusHartii]

​@@ClintsReptiles hey Clint could you do a vid on the spectacled caiman. I am getting one and I am super happy about it! I would love to see a vid on it.

[@DeRien8]

But lemon jello covered in warheads candy dust, so it would hurt if it got in your eyes while you ate it face-first without a spoon lol. Not deadly, but at least a little uncomfortable 🤣

[@raptorcrasherinc.9823]

It is like a ham sandwich beating a hungry puppy.

[@Mythil]

The question "what's a species" keeps me up at night.

[@ClintsReptiles]

I'm glad I'm not alone!

[@e.s.lavall9219]

As a biology teacher, trying to explain species in a way that 12 year olds can understand yet isn't wrong, makes me want to cry sometimes

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

​@@ClintsReptilesyou are certainly not alone. not even close. with many things in biology. things are way too nuanced for the boxes we try to put things in

[@LiquidusEvilus]

Cmon i want to sleep

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

@@ClintsReptiles what's a gender? What's a sex? Are you telling me it's not fixed and binary?!

[@mattdewey9846]

Askkng "What's a species?" seems a good way to start an argument at a bio conference.

[@thomasmacdiarmid8251]

At a bio conference, "What's a species?" may be like going to an astronomy conference and asking "What's a planet?" Clint, I hope that if you make the "What's a species?" video, you will address the political factors involved, i.e. that because there are steps taken to protect each species, there is incentive to identify a small population as a separate species for those who want to see those protections made.

[@jogeller5731]

You might as well ask what life is, in terms of interesting questions that take up a ton of time and lead to very little helpful knowledge along the way.

[@kinguin7]

​@@thomasmacdiarmid8251interesting perspective.

[@darcieclements4880]

I think most people have accepted at this point that it's largely arbitrary and multifactorial. It is a status that we grant things we wish to protect.

[@darcieclements4880]

​@@thomasmacdiarmid8251and that there is the reverse which is much more common of people trying to keep distinct species from becoming recognized so that there's nothing to ban development and the eradication of one of the unique populations.

[@heatherjasper97]

Clint's frustration and anger towards the "Rumble" book series will never not be funny.

[@herpermike_]

Yes lol I even told him that I think it's the worst book ever written!, but still so funny to watch him read read lol! It's so funny watching him getting angry about the crazy scenario laid out in the book lol

[@carlosricardoperaltamunoz3536]

Hey Clint, turtle worker from Mexico here. Love your videos, here in Mexico the green turtle name comes from the diet, they are the only species of sea turtle that as adults are herbivores, they eat so much sea grass that their body fat turns green. They are also called Tortuga blanca (white turtle) due to the whitish cream color underneath. Thank you so much for the info!!!

[@PanthorPapa84]

Clint in trucker hat with a beer and Australian accent is surprisingly not hard to imagine.

[@chloewright1]

I can totally picture that! 😂

[@bubbajenkins123]

Recently Kemps Ridley’s have begun nesting in southern Texas as well, reclaiming territory that they used to nest in. Nesting Habitat disturbance by humans is a primary threat to them, but they are finally on the mend, but are still critically endangered

[@blitsriderfield4099]

Let's goooo! Love that for them

[@rebeccaswarthout4403]

Thank you for the info. I'm glad that they are starting to recover.

[@cameronspence4977]

Yep. South padre island's Sea Turtle, Inc. Organization has a big role in local sea Turtle rehabilitation, have been there twice

[@RadicalLinguisticDescriptivism]

I love how the outtakes immediately became a discussion on turtle mating positions.

[@VGJunky]

Going P to P definitely not something I was expecting to hear

[@bubbajenkins123]

One of sea turtles most endearing traits is also their greatest weakness: they are very curious. So it is not uncommon to see one swimming up to a vessel to check it out. But this can be one life threatening for getting caught in fishing gear and other drifting equipment.

[@NeoNovastar]

they are such sweet creatures 😭

[@Dekubud]

I'm glad you are upfront and unapologetic about when you didn't know or don't know something. A lot of people think being smart or learned means being ignorant of something or having our knowledge becoming outdated is a failure. When really, refusing to acknowledge when we don't know something or when our knowledge is outdated is a sign of competence. I will always respect people who admit they don't know something and trust professionals who ask for assistance or give me referrals if theyare out of their depth.

[@billetheridge6612]

What *IS* a species?

[@dagtheking5739]

Your mom. 🦧

[@NitronNeutron]

In Denmark it is a type of cookie

[@rogerhammer4655]

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus

[@TobyLegion]

​@@rogerhammer4655since there are even entire genera that can interbreed and produce viable offspring, that is not quite true.

[@dstinnettmusic]

A snapshot of our present understanding of the closest related group of animals that can safely mate but that aren’t so closely related that it leads to genetic issues in the population….unless that is all that is left of the species, then that family IS the species

[@OlyChickenGuy]

I recently fell in love with a turtle. His name was Henry, and he was a Russian Tortoise abandoned at my vet's clinic that he only narrowly avoided running over with his lawnmower. He's been living with my vet for about five years, and was the first turtle-like thing I've EVER touched... let alone held!! Watching channels like this (+Snake Discovery), and keeping up with Lumpy, a giant tortoise rescued by Wild Heart Ranch is what gave me ANY confidence in handling him, and wouldn't you know it; right after you talked so extensively about handling snapping turtles! Luckily, Henry was small enough that I was able to cradle nearly his entire plastrum in my hand, and as soon as I started gently raking my nails over his shell, he went limp except his head, which he kept elevated as if making eye contact (I kept my eyes squinted or closed for the most part, so he didn't feel "watched", and used his name to tell him he's a very good boy over and over). He was SO FREAKING CUTE. I was told he must like me because, "he stays still for no one." I don't know these animals. I don't know what Henry was telling me. I like to THINK he was happy, and that his limpness was due to comfort, joy, and security... but I don't KNOW. Why was he watching me? Is this a form of turtle bonding, or was he keeping an eye on a potential predator? I'm told he's very social, very smart, and knows his name.

[@tonalpleeb07]

As a rule of thumb, if the animal can leave, but doesn't, said animal is perfectly comfortable wherever they are!

[@OlyChickenGuy]

@tonalpleeb07 Unless they're in shock, but I get what you're saying. :p I've done a fair amount of wildlife rehab (I rescue roosters, so almost every year I get baby birds dropped off by people who "know" that I "work with birds"), and have luckily had a local raptor rehabber be willing to guide me through taking care of these animals when she's full. I'm just familiar with that rehabber saying, "A wild animal NEVER enjoys your company, and when it seems like they do, they're in shock", so it's hard for me to get passed that. I should keep in mind that Henry was probably a pet from the start, he's lived with my vet for five years, and both he and the lady that helps him out at his clinic say he's very social and loves human interaction.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

​@@OlyChickenGuyI mean you can get most any animal habituated to you, but that's doesn't necessarily mean it's good for them.

[@ltericdavis2237]

“What is a species?” I’d love to see you dive into the different definitions/concepts of species definitions and whether species is even a truly useful distinction in many situations. Like in paleontology it’s basically only genau that matters except for a few cases, and on microbiology where species is even harder to delineate.

[@darcieclements4880]

It's almost as bad as trying to explain to people what venomous actually means. I can just about guarantee you that if you've learned the definition from the internet you actually don't have the most accurate one. It's actually a behavior not a chemistry😅

[@kezia8027]

I think what I appreciate most about you Clint, is that you're so open about your 'shortcomings' and when you don't know something. There is no shame in not knowing something, especially when the world is filled with so much to know, but I think a lot of people get intimidated by 'not knowing' things so they are reticent to learn. I feel your openness helps greatly to bridge this gap. Kudos to you, Clint.

[@MarmotManIsCool]

smthing no one mentions is how clint can bring up other videos h did for the curent topic so smoothly, respects to him

[@1roadrage1]

This is an AI comment and i can prove it mathmatically.

[@maxruiz691]

Growing up in south Texas RIGHT by the Gulf Of Mexico, I got the chance to experience sea turtles in a way I never would have imagined. Being able to go out and watch baby Kemp's Ridley turtles make their way to the sea I still get chills every time, I would love to do it all again.

[@danielfox9461]

As a guy who seems fated to come across every snapping turtle attempting to be a chicken, and cross the road, that snapping turtle video taught me more practical knowledge about snappers than i managed to accumulate in 40 years.

[@deanought3695]

Nice! That's something ain't it. We can learn so much from eachother

[@joflo5950]

Hearing a biologist giving temperature difference in Kelvin just made my day.

[@YouEra]

He doesn't want to fight the degree war

[@ineverrage4176]

He should do it in Rankine next time lol

[@darcieclements4880]

I mean you just got to pick one put the conversions on the screen. There will never be a correct one because people will argue to the death on which one's better.

[@joflo5950]

@@darcieclements4880 Most people only understand Celsius or Fahrenheit. While Kelvin is not the only correct Option, both Celsius and Fahrenheit are incorrect for giving temperature differences, because they are absolute. It also wouldn't hurt the 3 out of 190-something countries that don't use metric to at least learn to deal with what the rest of the world uses.

[@leandersearle5094]

@@joflo5950 A bit of trivia: the basis of customary/imperial units are now measured in metric. The change happened during the Carter administration (it was supposed to be a full switch to metric, so it can't be included on your list of things he didn't screw up).

[@bubbajenkins123]

Speciation is a fascinating subject. Humans love to classify things, but sometimes classification is more fluid than discrete.

[@jacknelson6163]

A phylogeneticist, a macrobiologist, and a microbiologist walk into a bar. The bar tender asks the group, “what is a species”

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

way to make the bar explode

[@jacknelson6163]

@@theflyingdutchguy9870 A fight ensues and the authorities are summoned

[@nucle4rpenguins534]

Hopefully when they’re asked: “Anything else to ‘order’?”things have settled a bit

[@usonumabeach300]

I live in Gulf Breeze, Florida. Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach are both *VERY* close to me, 20 minutes West and East of me driving, less than 2 miles as the crow flies. Every year we have sea turtles laying eggs and hatching, and our local news stations will talk about it and remind everyone that they need to turn lights off outside so the turtles' navigation isn't disturbed.

[@TooTurntConnor]

I love seeing videos of it. I lived near there and I saw turtles all the time. It was really cool.

[@kenduncan3221]

Lived in Fort Walton Beach in the 1970s and our at the Piers around the area we rarely saw sea turtles When I made a few trip in the 2010s I saw an abundance of turtles. Good on the people of the Gulf Coast in bringing the turtles back.

[@paulj.l.9696]

The most annoying thing is when tourists come and think it's funny to F it up for everybody who enjoys the turtles and want them to thrive. From nearby myself and seen more than a few obnoxious snowbirds carried off by beach cops for screwing around with the turtles/nests. If we didn't depend on their money to keep the local economy going, we wouldn't tolerate them at all.

[@AncientWildTV]

@@paulj.l.9696 yea, the disrespectful behavior of some tourists, especially towards sensitive wildlife like turtles, can undermine conservation efforts and endanger the species they aim to protect.

[@rookbirdblues]

Sea turtles are some of the most magnificent animals on the planet. Nothing prepares you for how big they are in person! Posting a comment on Clint's Reptiles videos until he makes a video about the Harris Hawk and/or the Caracaras, some of the best living predatory dinosaurs. Striated Caracaras are on the same level as Goffins Cockatoos, and they are extremely predatory. Harris Hawks in the Sonaran Desert hunt and live in social packs from 2-7 of related and unrelated individuals, using a variety of sophisticated tactics. They are literally living pack hunting therapod dinosaurs. Because of this they are extremely common in falconry, they accept the falconer as part of their packs.

[@bjarnethemagnificent8804]

I'm a biologist, too and I just managed species. Lederschildkröte, Suppenschildkröte, Karettschildkröte and Unechte Karettschildkröte. Didn't know the english names. To my defense, I'm as cell geneticist and not a zoologist. :D

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

As kid, this was my nightmare. Unechte Karettschildkröte; Caretta caretta, Karettschildkröte; Eretmochelys imbricata 🤯🤯

[@thecomfyshirt]

I’d watch these videos if they were just boring monotone lectures. It’s just such an awesome bonus that Clint’s enthusiasm and excitement for the subjects is so contagious. Love you guys!

[@Bren3669]

7? that’s exactly 6 more than i thought there were!

[@kirashaffer]

😂

[@bartholomewsharqiurius6566]

Clint releasing this video right before my sea turtle expedition is such a blessing 🙏

[@dipyourcar]

Been killin it lately Clint! Keep it up 🔥

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Yo no way Planet Wild partnership awesome

[@icarusDaBoi]

I live on an anchor in Miami, and let me tell you, sea turtles are awesome! They hang out eating the grass, poking their heads up every so often for air. One time, I had to scare one off; I was diving to set some anchors, and a juvenile came up and tried to hide under one! Tumors tend to do them in, though. Every couple months, you get one washing up covered in the things. Apparently its a specific type of herpes.

[@eliscanfield3913]

What does "live on an anchor" mean? because my mental image is definitely wrong, tho funny,

[@sandrastreifel6452]

@@eliscanfield3913I assumed he means he lives on board his boat?

[@chaseconnor1]

LOVE sea turtles. I’m a SCUBA diver at the Columbus Zoo, and we have a rescued Hawksbill, named Buddy. She is my best friend. Almost hard to get work done with her always demanding shell scratches.

[@calebsmith2362]

Clint. I admire the fact you have a great auk painting displayed on your shelf. Everyone (especially those living within the auk's former native range) should take your cue and due the same. It's a simple but effective reminder of what humanity is capable of.

[@joshuatheregularguy8974]

What's a species? Heck, yes! We're into that kind of thing!

[@gauchegreyhound]

3:56 I was Stand-up paddleboarding on a lake in New Hampshire & a GIANT common snapper swam beneath my board. I've only ever seen them on land before or in an aquarium. Watching that massive turtle appear from the depths & gracefully swim past, I thought it was a sea turtle for a split second before remembering I was NOT in the tropics 😅

[@VixLeu]

Oh my gosh, your build looks amazing!! I'm glad you had such a fun time creating it! Also, sea turtles are amazing, I got to feed one once, thank you for all of the information!

[@PhinClio]

Snorkeling around green sea turtles in Hawaii will always be a life highlight for me. What totally cool creatures!

[@bjsteg79]

New favorite youtuber... and I mainly just watch car & orchid stuff. Yes, I'm an ogre. Yes, we're like onions.

[@YunxiaoChu]

Yes I do! Loggerhead, heartbreak, olive Ridley, leatherback, flatback, green, and hawksbill

[@YunxiaoChu]

@@everynametaken ???

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

@@everynametaken heartbreak is a synonym for kemp's ridley

[@everynametaken]

@@rasmusn.e.m1064 oh, whoops

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

I'd never heard of flatback, Kemps Ridley, or hawksbill before this. Up until three years ago I hadn't heard of olive Ridley either (thanks Sir David).

[@nostalgiakarlk.f.7386]

11:07 - Behind the loggerhead in this picture is a fish called the blue angelfish (Holacanthus Bermudensis), a member of a family which you should definitely do a video on: The Pomacanthidae (marine angelfish)!

[@e.s.lavall9219]

I'd very much like more fish content in general!

[@cainenovak6131]

Man, Clint, thank you. Your passion and your energy are palpable. It's such a clichè, but your videos genuinely bring me so much joy when life is difficult. We appreciate you ❤

[@dylanjones9061]

What's a species? What's a species? What's a species?! I've never requested a video topic from you before. I am now!

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

Gutsick Gibbon has a great vid on this topic.

[@alitryrnn1668]

You mentioned they're the fastest NON-AVIAN reptiles in the water. Now will you PLEASE do a more indepth phylogeny about the fastest avian underwater reptiles? 😁 (That would be false penguins in case you were unsure)

[@SumMfGoober]

False Penguins? What?

[@Wobkerer]

Watch the penguin video

[@princevermilion8799]

@@SumMfGoober true penguins(genus Pinguinus) are extinct, the animals we call 'penguins' today are not close relatives of the original penguin, they just have a similar appearance and ecological niche due to convergent evolution.

[@SumMfGoober]

@@princevermilion8799 Ah, okay. So basically my elementary teachers have told lies to me, thanks 😭

[@princevermilion8799]

@@SumMfGoober haha, glad to be of service :)

[@conlon4332]

I was looking at the KZbin Home page, I didn't see this video on it, but then suddenly I'm watching it. Oh well, I guess I'm watching this now! New Clint video!

[@doctorzeuss5789]

As an Australian I agree with the end of the video. I've never heard of a Riddley sea turtle, but, how'd you not know about our flatties?

[@leemasters3592]

Same, I mean I only heard the name today but I recognise the picture. Also Mum says they taste ok. (When travlling and staying with the local people its polite to at least try foods offered to you!)

[@darcieclements4880]

Then he said can you name them all I'm like can I picture them all? There's leather back, green, green but pointier, really smooth but with the hunchback, loggerhead, thing that looks like a loggerhead but it's round, and that one that reminds me of a pig for no reason.😂 I was kind of surprised that I was able to remember that much.

[@darcieclements4880]

​​@@leemasters3592yeah the reason why people don't eat sea turtles is because they taste a little too good and we were eating them into extinction. That's also part of the reason why we don't have a lot of sea turtles left species wise 😢 though we may never know exactly how many we lost.

[@leemasters3592]

@@darcieclements4880 she was staying with the local Aboriginal people on an island off the coast of northern Australia. Eating turtle was a part of their normal diet and culture.

[@WisteriAvis]

What is a species? Definitely do the species video! Also, ring species would be a nice detail to include.

[@mintakamothkind]

I once volunteered with my aunt and uncle at a sea turtle sanctuary on the Pacific coast of Mexico! We would go to the beach at night looking for recently made nests, or even for turtles in the process of making them, and then dig up the eggs to keep them safe from poachers. It was only six years ago, but the incubators were very low-tech; it was just a bunch of styrofoam boxes filled with sand in a wooden shed with a fan that would get cycled on and off, but the setup seemed to work well enough. While I was there I think we mostly dealt with Olive Ridleys. I even got to dig up a nest myself. Occasionally we would also release the babies at the beach once they had hatched. Amazing experience!

[@marinacosta8835]

What are species? We all have them. They are just like us. Who needs them?!

[@fun2building]

Drawfee reference spotted

[@DatNinjaCow03]

YEAHHHH DRAWF REFERENCE!!!!

[@Kaeracter]

Another drawfee fan!

[@shannen7917]

Living my whole life exclusively in the middle and deserts of the USA, sea turtles were never much on my radar. That changed one day a few summers ago when we took our very sunburnt, fish loving adult son to an aquarium in San Diego where they had a particular rescued sea turtle. I saw that creature swimming and was literally brought to tears because of how marvelous it was. I was instantly hooked. It was a moment I will never forget. Now I learn about the hawksbill sea turtle in this video and I may just have a new favorite animal. You done did convince me sir. That is one stinkin rad animal

[@wbbartlett]

All seven sea turtles? That's tough but I think they are called Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey.

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

Wrong film 😂😉

[@susanmartin3762]

Thankyou Clint!🤗 I just joined! I've never heard about this group of people. They're doing everything I want to do but can't so I send money. I've loved Turtles my entire life. I can't wait to learn more about them.

[@gilliganallmighty3]

"That is the worstst book i have ever read... So stupid." When will you be reading the next volume innthat series. We need the next episode of 'Watch Clint Die Inside' soon, please.

[@Aries.the.Pisces]

Clint: talks about saving the turtles Sarah McLachlan: 🎼In the aaarrrmmmsss of the angel🎵Fly awaaaaayyyyy from here🎶 everyone else: 😔🐢😞🐢😟

[@RaenefIV]

I got to feed some sea turtles for my birthday last month. Shout out to Bob the loggerhead and Stitches the green sea turtle! 💚

[@TerminatorDinosaur]

Please make a video on Lace monitors. They're some of the coolest monitors.

[@ferdgerbeler8494]

Absolutely, he looks like a Greg to me, that's his name now, Greg.

[@hsugraduation2103]

Clint you are so amazing! I learned so much today!

[@StrikeEagle784]

I may not be able to name them all, but I love watching Clint be able too, because that’s stinkin rad! P.S: I’ve been looking for a reason to finally say “stinkin rad” in a relevant manner, and here it is, yay! 😂

[@aaronhenriquez8664]

I just… LOVE this friggin channel. Clint is the GOAT

[@ClintsReptiles]

Don't forget to vote for ARRRR enclosure!🏴‍☠️ strawpoll.com/YVyPvmAv2gN

[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

Hey Clint Laidlaw, Why don't you get to think of a suggestion and creating a KZbin Videos all about the 🪲Phylogeny Group Of Beetles🪲on the next Clint's Reptiles on the next Saturday coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍

[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

Hey Clint Laidlaw, Why don't you get to think of a suggestion and creating a KZbin Videos all about the 🪼Phylogeny Group Of Jellyfish🪼on the next Clint's Reptiles on the next Saturday coming up next?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

[@blitsriderfield4099]

What is a species

[@readingdame1]

I wish they'd done a better job showing the forced perspective of your enclosure- I didn't even consider it because the close ups didn't really show the cave part or the perspective, so it just looked empty. I bet you would have had a lot more votes if the perspective was shot better.

[@marlborogorila]

I knew all sea turtle species because of Projeto Tamar in Brazil. They have a very very very cool educational objective, and they're very good at conservation. Look eh up, if you love sea turtles!

[@TheTrainedFerret]

I’m loving all this recent turtle content! 🐢💚👏🏻

[@Paleo_Curious]

WHAT'S A SPECIES?

[@adriannabcustomfurniture]

As someone who builds dioramas, your enclosure is amazing! Love it! So amazing! The detail is 👌!

[@hellbeam-y7h]

I love reptiles

[@DrKahnihoochima]

Having done my internship at a sea turtle hospital, I have seen some very interesting turtles. They can have some wildly different behaviors and personalities. They are somewhat prone to catching fibropapilloma and we had a separate ward for those ones. Some loggerheads are willing and probably able to remove your foot.

[@KAZVorpal]

I agree that living fossils are not unchanged, have been evolving, or at least speciating. But living fossil is NOT defined at all by "do not have other close relatives living today". That's entirely wrong. Something with no close relatives that does not resemble any distant ancestor is not a living fossil. What defines a "living fossil" is that it phenetically resembles some ancient relative, so that without very close inspection or genetic testing (impossible, as DNA doesn't last more than a few million years) it seems to be the same genus. But yes, in reality it is almost certainly almost as different, genetically, as some wildly separate species. The genetic drift of coelacanth over the nearly half billion years coelacanth-shaped fish have existed is probably gigantic. It may not be much more genetically similar to its fossil ancestor than humans are. Really, the modern "coelacanths" would probably not be lumped into the same Latimeria genus as Libys, from the Jurassic, if we had DNA from the latter to compare. They may be no more closely related than we are to a platypus.

[@NitroIndigo]

A phylogeny video on invertebrate chordates could be fun. I thought salps were siphonophores until this year.

[@bubbajenkins123]

You ask most people what the largest turtle species is, and you typically get a response of Galapagos tortoises. Nah, leatherbacks put them to shame.

[@darcieclements4880]

Depends on if you're saying turtle as in specifically land turtles or turtle in the more general concept of everything in that wider group.

[@kyungilkim4067]

What's a species? Clint is a biology teacher I wish I had. Also, amazing how the field of biology has evolved since the 80's. Either that or I had a really archaic biology teacher.

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

it has changed a lot!

[@KoroWerks]

What's a species? Personally I think morphology is almost being ignored these days, to pretend that hybridized animals that breed true means the other species are the same is just silly. Look at African and South American cichlid hybrids, many of those can continue the line, and are from distinctly different species.

[@matthewbrown8679]

4:06 Thank you for hrlping us Choose The Right designation, between sea turtles and river turtles. 13:03 For your snake cage competition it seems you managed to choose the right theme.

[@Jo1day]

What's a species? I'm confused 😅

[@lonelylizard4750]

A species refers to a group of animals that can reproduce to create “viable, fertile offspring”... generally. There are actually a lot of definitions for “species”. For example, lions and tigers can produce fertile offspring, but they are different species because of their geographic location and habitat, behavior, and genes

[@eliharper6616]

Been asking that for years😅 Best I got for a definition is: A self sustaining genetically distinct population of organisms

[@Jo1day]

@@lonelylizard4750 Um, I entered the phrase Clint said to use if we wanted a video about it, and I decided to make it into a joke. 😁 Thanks for the info, though

[@lonelylizard4750]

@@Jo1day OH HELP I HADN’T watched that far yet 😭

[@aurorapavlish-carpenter3978]

Incredible timing for this video because I stumbled upon a nest of hatching sea turtles just 3 days ago! I'd never seen them before and it was so incredible

[@libbyford6765]

Whats a species?

[@cara9648]

Sea turtles are my favorite turtles so I did know there are 7 of them. I can never choose 1 favorite among them though; they're all just so cool. I love your enclosure at the build off. The perspective of looking out of a cave is a rad idea and I think you pulled it off. Loved that you dressed in character.

[@RoyalReptilePirates]

I absolutely love pirates of the Caribbean.... That build is so awesome, I have got to steal that idea for a future build, all credit will be given where its due lol! SO COOL!!!!! I will vote for you guys!

[@6amsunset_]

yes!! A video about species would be so interesting. What's a species anyway?

[@joshklapperich9416]

the new filming setup looks great

[@zachandcheese5618]

I LOVE the phylogeny videos so much 😭😭😭

[@bluexwings]

When I was a kid growing up in the Outer Banks, we'd be on sea turtle watch all summer. Fish & Game would mark off the nests, and take the opportunity to educate the public about sea turtles. Then eventually we'd get the notice to turn off our outside lights and everyone would go down to the beach to see if they were hatching. My house was a block from the beach, and I could hear the commotion when it was starting. Almost always in the middle of the night, of course! The kids would line up with their hands forming a fence so the hatchlings wouldn't wander away, and an adult would go down to the waterline with a large flashlight to encourage them in the right direction. (They apparently have an instinct to follow the moon, so they use a brighter light to keep them from getting confused by street lights) It was an amazing experience. I still remember the feeling of their tiny flippers against my palms 25 years later! It's a memory I really treasure.

[@sreace723]

My ALL TIME FAVORITE aquatic reptile!! Loved this video! Thanks Clint!!

[@danam.5127]

On my first day of preschool, the only word I said to anyone all day was "turtle"! Three-year-old me had no idea how much I would grow to love turtles! Green Sea turtles are my favorite sea turtles (and the only ones I've seen in person, at an aquarium), and Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle/Ryukyu leaf turtle (Geoemyda japonica) are my favorite fresh water turtles. Green sea turtles and Ryukyu leaf turtles appear in my grandma's homeland (Okinawa), so they're very special to me

[@donraeside]

Love these phylogeny episodes! Waiting on one for Bovidae - one of my favorite families!

[@stukaracing]

I got very lucky on a snorkeling trip in Grand Cayman some years ago and was able to swim inches from a wild hawksbill sea turtle as it came up for air. Truly beautiful creatures.

[@saurornitholestes427]

What’s a species! More videos the better Clint. Great job on this one, and thanks for showing me one of my new favorite turtles/ new favorite sea turtle, the Hawksbill! Catch you next Saturday.

[@kellybraun7048]

Planet Wild is awesome! ❤ Planet Wild, Mossy Earth, and re:Wild are good conservation, restoration, and re-wilding channels. The projects they partner with and highlight are all fantastic!

[@BagleRoad]

I got my first pet reptile- a corn snake, thanks to your awesome videos! Keep up the good work!

[@danloke3511]

A video on all the Billfish or Tuna would be pretty cool. Massive predatory warm blooded fish that are the fastest fish in the ocean.

[@tulsacaupain2882]

Thanks for reminding me that I love seaturtles. I would love to go on an egg counting and protecting expedition.

[@7ItalianStallion]

Last week's video really was amazing! I'm still very happy about the technique to holding them that you showed. A great help to community and to turtles around the world. Keep up the excellent work 👍💪

[@jone4095]

The snapping turtle video was amazing! Because of it I'm going to try to change the way I hold the larger snapping turtles.

[@toomanyopinions8353]

Yes, definitely make a video about the different ways people define a species.

[@randemness2680]

Got here because of exoticslair and antscanada.(the first vid of yours i saw was black saturday, it broke mine and my wifes heart.) But you have prepped the wife and i for our first gecko(we have 2 freshwater aquariums, and an african dwarf frog aquarium) Your videos are so awesome and informative. Im still wsiting for the first time i see a snapping turtle and try your technique(with extreme caution of course, have my chain mesh gloves stored in the trunk)

[@PorpoiseInATent]

The only reason I know all of them is that I did a project on them in 3rd grade and have refused to forget that information over the past 12 years

[@restlessellis]

I absolutely LOVED your build when i saw it, even before knowing who did it (that was quickly a solved mystery when pirate clint appeared xD) but I voted for 'mentors' cause I thought it was lovely.

[@Rhewin]

5:55 Spoken like a man who has seen sea turtles try to mate.

[@AdDewaard-hu3xk]

But they are successful, obviously.

[@nicorich2047]

Growing up visiting the Loveland Aquarium made me really love the turtles, I moved to another state a while back but when my friend went to visit the Loveland Aquarium one of the first thing I did was ask about them. I love them and their funky little medical backpacks.

[@andreashelley4870]

Your habitat is amazing!!

[@AzulaisQueen743]

Hawksbill is my favorite turtle. period! I fell in love when I learned about them in biology class

[@danwylie-sears1134]

What's a species? I think species are inherently fuzzy categories, but only because life is messy, not because there's no best answer for what species concept to take as primary. There are lots of reasonable ways of operationalizing the concept, though. You can reasonably say, 'in the taxonomy of , let's call things species if they meet , because we don't have a clear best guess of which sets of individuals in are species by the primary species concept'. So then, what do I think the primary species concept is? I think it's historical. It's the collection of organisms from one speciation event to another. That means that I think we have to define "speciation event" as part of defining "species". But I think that part is relatively straightforward as long as you don't insist on drawing absolutely sharp lines for when it begins and ends, and exactly which individuals are included. We can say what speciation is just fine, unless we're willfully stupid about it. I also note that I think it applies only to organisms with individuals. If they're colonial, they probably have something like species, but it's not strictly a species because that's defined in terms of individuals. And it applies only to organisms with sexual reproduction or some similarly effective means of gene mixing. I think it's ok to use the Linnaean binomial format for categories of bacteria or vegetatively reproducing plants or whatever, as long as we accept that those categories are species-like rather than being actual species.

[@bradbrad6521]

Clint on Saturday mornings reminds me of waking up on Saturday mornings and seeing Jack Hannas show from busch gardens. Thanks Clint's 😊