Zoologist Reacts To Viral Animal TikTok

[@ClintsReptiles]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@HassanMohamed-rm1cb]

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[@mgeller854]

Hey just wanted to throw out a correction in your video worth checking out: cordyceps mushrooms go way beyond just ants, I’ve incidentally seen people collecting each different type since they’re so rare and only grow on insects. Caterpillars, beetles, and even moths. They recultivate their own in sterile environments.

[@guzmanprezasgaelfernando3913]

Hey Clint, I am a huge fan of the content and the amazing proyect that you're doing in this channel but I need to tell you because maybe you aren't aware that the companies that run HelloFresh, Factor AND others from the same family, are famously known to have taken a looot of law infractions and union busting un their companies due to abuse of human rights, if the ad Is truly neccessary I can accept It due to the goodwill of the channel to science and information but I hope you will thought on It the next time you get to choose one P.D. sorry for bad english it's not my first lenguage

[@juliesheehan41]

Phylogeny of ungulate mammals please

[@darklordofsword]

Okay, the story about the spider making itself a cast for a broken leg is so incredibly cool.

[@alveolate]

YES! clint should start writing that paper asap too... who knows how many other spiders have been observed doing that

[@aboomination897]

Reminds me of the story of that Orangutan making and applying a medical paste to it's wound.

[@theperfectbotsteve4916]

thats some Spiderman bullshit absolutely awesome

[@macon8638]

@@alveolate But to write a paper on smth like that you prolly gotta break a bunch of spiders legs to get reproducible results :/

[@astick5249]

It totally was! I really want to find more info on it!

[@oiytd5wugho]

"This man is attacked by a strange interdimensional creature" Clint: "That _is_ a problem" 😆

[@Firestar-TV]

Hell yeah! Interdimensional Dinosaur 🦖

[@TheHeadown]

The explanation of why the Ram got shoved around by that Deer using different martial arts as an example was spot on.

[@JubioHDX]

Yup, it was like a nfl linebacker tried to hit someone as hard as they can and then after they take the hit the guy just starts using jiu jitsu on him

[@megkemp2588]

Watching Clint impersonate the ‘analyze’ phase of a ram fight was incredible 😂

[@IceCenders]

Moral of the story: don't slap deer in the face.

[@idlehands1238]

The leaping from the car because of a spider story isn't true. Her name is Jasmine Lacey and she was DUI in a stolen car. She was too intoxicated to explain why she did it. Happened in Rowland Heights in San Bernardino to help you search for it.

[@testing2741]

Thank you for this information, something really didn't add up when she got out of the car like she did. If she had been fleeing from a spider like an Arachnophobe would, she would have been acting all panicked and freaked out, and I didn't see that behavior

[@thejuanderful]

I knew that video was familiar! Thanks for the correction!

[@sandrastreifel6452]

That’s a better explanation!

[@simplyjanice]

Rowland Heights isn’t near San Bernardino but yeah there was no spider 😂 I thought this video was pretty wild when I first saw it and recognized the area 😂

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

@@simplyjanice - Yep, Rowland Heights, is on the south side of the San Gabriel Valley, much closer to Los Angeles. Interstate 10, known as the San Bernardino Fwy, in that area, is nearby, cutting that valley in half, going east/west. Maybe that's where the confusion started. I grew up in this valley.

[@mountain_dreams]

i love that the "mystery animals" are almost always like 'this weird shapeshifting alien! what is it???' and its literally just an owl or a skunk XD

[@mattburgess5697]

“WHAT IS THIS CRAZY ANIMAL?!” It’s a chicken. WTF man.

[@mountain_dreams]

@@mattburgess5697 lol right? its never even like a particularly weird looking chicken or a sick chicken or something, where you could feasibly be like 'okay someone might not know what is it' its always like..just a chicken lmao

[@mattburgess5697]

@@mountain_dreams yeah a lot of the time it’s wet or hairless animals. Which I get because animals can look super different. But sometimes it’s like “Dude. That’s a cow.”

[@mountain_dreams]

@mattburgess5697 that I can at least kinda understand, but sometimes they aren't wet or anything. The skunk was literally just a skunk 🦨 lol

[@AschenDog]

Waiting for a video to show up where someone's scared shitless of skunks making sounds at night.

[@TheWoodler]

I once had a spider making its home in my window. One day, a wasp got caught in its web. As the spider approached, the wasp was attempting to sting. I watched this spider construct a web basket, hold onto it with its back four legs while walking backward toward the wasp. It encased the wasps's stinger with the basket, then turned around and went about its normal eating business. That was the day I realized that animals are far more intelligent than we give them credit. It was absolutely incredible.

[@FarmerClarence]

I wouldn't chalk it up to intelligence. Evolution and adaptation are probably just far more intricate than we can comprehend. I could only imagine the number of generations a technique like that took to catch on, but once it was discovered, it gave that spider a huge reproductive advantage, earning it widespread proliferation. And now it's descendants can make cool anti-stinger baskets.

[@FirstSynapse]

Many arthropods are weirdly intelligent, especially predatory ones like spiders, scorpions, mantises, and wasps. They do precise attacks and reactions that require very fast situational analysis and being able to identify the position of the prey's head, limbs, and potential weapons in real time. When two of them fight, it looks like they are going at 2x speed. I'd say very few vertebrates can move that fast with that much precision.

[@vikrantpulipati1451]

​@@FirstSynapsesnakes and cats are the only vertebrates i can think of that move the way you describe, and I frankly might be wrong about both

[@FirstSynapse]

@@vikrantpulipati1451 I'm thinking cats and some birds, which are known for being some of the most agile animals

[@CriticalofOnions]

On the flipside of this, over the summer I was out on my porch watering the plants. There are a few small spiders that set up shop there, and I was watching one spider that just caught an ant in its web. As it was moving towards the ant, a wasp flew straight into the web, grabbed the ant and flew off with it. The spider's web was destroyed and it drew a safety line down to the ground to get away. It was the wildest thing I've ever seen, and it happened in like 5 seconds.

[@SoftSpott]

"Thats obviously a bat racoon." actually made me burst out laughing! that and the "interdimensional animal" that was clearly just a bird

[@ciarz_]

To be fair, as someone who keeps quails, that would certainly explain where all that extra neck suddenly comes from. They are basically half way to being a shape shifter.

[@corvidsRcool]

@@ciarz_ That's exactly why Black-crowned Night Herons8 are one of my favorite birds. They're sitting there looking like a football and then zoooop! Look all that neck! *Same for Yellow crowned and Green herons, I just like the Black Crowned best

[@famemolto]

Batcoon

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

​@@corvidsRcoolsame for bittern which looks like beaked football with legs. Somehow the neck can zooped into rather serpentine shape

[@TheQuicksilver115]

"Bar is kinda low for mystery animals this year I guess - that'd be a skunk" and the immediate moving on without further comment has me in stitches 😂😂😂

[@larrymantic2635]

Like, there’s not much to say about a skunk.

[@DZ-DizzyDumm]

And how it was so obviously a skunk, too, even in darkness 😭😭

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

As a European, I was thinking porcupine for a hot second.

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

Clint’s happiness when he saw the videos of the emerald tree skinks is contagious.

[@patriciaaturner289]

Is the Emerald Tree Skink the best reptilian pet ever??

[@Moon_x_sun]

Honeslty any time he gets to geek out over animals i get happy too and listen bc i Can understand the love of animals

[@DM-wv7rq]

I have a new favorite guy. So cool , and yet I learn something about animals that I didn't know...winner winner chicken dinner.

[@Sturdy_Penguin]

I mean. Tiktok just takes regular videos and makes them worse with awful music, false information, and unnecessary AI voice-overs but Clint getting to talk about cool or new things makes it worth it.

[@e.s.lavall9219]

Clint is the only way I consent to watch tiktoks

[@thatonewitch]

I only watch TikTok via other KZbin videos. I used to watch TikTok to follow some artists that created stories, but it's been a long time since I last been on TikTok

[@kispalmihalykispal809]

I think your videos are popular because, unlike most reaction video creators, you actually have real knowledge about animals, which sets you apart. That's why I'd really love to see you explore the realism of creatures in games or movies, because there are some very well-developed ecosystems in games and films (like Avatar, Monster Hunter). However, there are very few people on KZbin who can briefly yet scientifically explain their thoughts on these fictional or real creatures.

[@Voc_spooksauce]

Unnatural History Channel is a very good channel exactly about that, he mostly covers Monster Hunter but also any other fictional animals. And he explains everything really well, sharing the research papers used for everything :)

[@TheTeheTinkleMonster]

If he hasn’t reacted to zoochosis I think that’d be pretty interesting

[@kispalmihalykispal809]

@@Voc_spooksauce You’re right, the Unnatural History Channel is a good one that I enjoy listening to, but Client presents animals in a much more relatable way. I don’t want to give specific examples, but there’s an episode on the Gamology channel where a paleontologist talks about different animals, and I really enjoyed it because he analyzes the creatures that appear there in a simple yet scientific way.

[@JesseDCrespo]

oooh, Airbender animal review! I'd love that video!

[@NeptunianNeanderthal]

The Monster Hunter games would be ideal, as the entire game setup is fictional animals in fictional ecosystems, and they clearly put a lot of effort into the designs. Also the animals very often have traits of real world animals, both alive and from the past, so there would be the opportunity to educate about real life animals as well.

[@morphman86]

You forgot to tell us how much danger the diver was in when that puffer showed up. I'm not even in water, and I nearly choked on my own heart from the cuteness, so I'm guessing the diver was in a lot of danger there.

[@Tirryna]

As long as you are slow and don't frighten them, they are pretty harmless. If the puffer was puffed up, then the divervwould be in danger.

[@Moon_x_sun]

Yeah dying from cuteness is a Big danger!

[@nouhorni3229]

Some larger puffers can actually hurt you, anything with a shell crushing beak can make you bleed profusely. But they are very cute.

[@Ashethetics]

Look them up, and look at their mouths\beaks - even those smaller ones can take fingers off.

[@qa377]

As long as the puffer doesn't get too interested in your fingers or diving gear tubes, a bite to one of those could pose a problem!

[@andycates7923]

Im amazed that Florida Man in the first clip kept his cigar in his mouth the whole time. But seriously hats off to him to rescue his dog like that.

[@chickadeedeedee5429]

The real question is who/what is filming the encounter. Sus how steady the camera is

[@Ferne345]

​@@chickadeedeedee5429 Modern phones have good stabilization

[@keaganvd]

@@chickadeedeedee5429plus the fact that the gator doesn’t seem to thrash or move around at all, it seems to me like he got a dead gator to make a video with

[@KingHasturr]

@@keaganvdthe gators feet are moving the the video and you can see it arch its neck, quite alive I think

[@sherylhowell5320]

Yall didn't hear that poor pup crying in pain and fear? That man could barely open the mouth of that juvenile gator to get it to release the pup. Nothing setup about it.

[@roundhouse2616]

I think the story about the spider setting and casting it's own limb is the coolest thing I've heard this year. Most humans can't even do that to another human, let alone themselves!!

[@tnapeepeelu]

Well humans can't produce silk at will to make a cast either lmao

[@hannagee7]

the absolute joy on your face when the pufferfish came on :D

[@The_Crucible714]

Was waiting for a big, goofy, toothy smile

[@e.s.lavall9219]

Show me your TEETH! 😂

[@christianhohenstein1422]

I think, the pufferfish might actually be the more deadly animal there.

[@Nathanscottphilipps]

Seeing that 007 scene as a kid, I remember thinking "wow, that's incredible". As an adult my first take is those poor crocodiles, then as the multiple takes went on, that poor stuntman. Imagine having to do that over and over. Plus amazing spider story. Everytime I've taken to truly watching insects I'm always impressed by their interactions

[@charityquill4965]

Seeing how Hollywood treated these crazy animals stunts back then really makes me think about the main message from the movie Nope, about people and animals alike being exploited, provoked, and put in harms way all for the sake of entertainment :(

[@ModernVisage]

I just say, on the contrary. While this is easy content for creators to make, It is really important for people to witness an expert commenting on what the general populus thinks is real and actually give an enlightened perspective. That's why all those videos about blank 'reacts to' are so fun to watch. You end up learning quickly and it can help you adjust your understanding of something from a professional standpoint Mind you this is a response to the pessimist. There is too much misinfo to not laugh at it and learn from it. Plus viral videos show you some crazy stuff. Thank you, Clint, for not only your expertise but also for expanding common sense.

[@obambagaming1467]

About that hollowed out beetle clip: Its probably some Melolontha. These are really common where i live (atleast in spring/early summer), and i have seen this kind of damage quite often on still alive individuals. There are no praying mantises where I live (or so far not yet), but its probably mostly done by birds. Small birds that cant eat the beetle whole, sometimes eat the soft insides of the abdomen. Then the beetle can still get away.

[@Gildedmuse]

Huh, works out for the beetle and the bird (I kid).

[@Red-in-Green]

It is somehow deeply worse that this isn’t just a wild incident, but a “thing that happens”.

[@bumfricker2487]

@@Gildedmuse lmao Trade Deal: I get a nice meal, you get to live for 6 more hours

[@bewilderbeestie]

Arthropods are so much simpler than mammals that they're incredibly robust. There's just not much stuff that can go wrong. This has advantages but also same major disadvantages, such as the fact this stuff like this can happen. See also wasp larvae...

[@Aliandrin]

It's a fungus. Massospora cicadina is one fungus that does this.

[@Asher-mw3zo]

The Florida man is such a hero. 74 and still in good shape, being able to rescue his dog. Shows his love and care ❤

[@barjee]

It's almost as if you are supposed to walk dogs on leads :S

[@SaltyCrap]

​​@@barjeeYou don't know for sure if the dog was on leash or not, could've just been walking too close to the water, maybe collar slipped off in the process. I remember a couple years ago there was an incident where an elderly lady walked her dog next to a lake, alligator caught the dog and the owner tried to save it but ended up killed.

[@hallucinogender]

"Unidentified animal" as the title of a video containing the most identifiable animal on the planet. One of these days we'll see a video like that where it's literally just someone's pet dog.

[@emilylagle3324]

You mean a chupacabra (AKA poor pupper w/ severe mange)

[@CLOWTISMS]

@@emilylagle3324 usually a coyote

[@Maireadmoss]

​@@emilylagle3324you can get a T shirt with "in a world of chupacabras be a capybara" on it

[@travisfischer4727]

When you showed the stunt man run and fall into a group of crocodiles I felt much more sorry for the poor crocs getting stepped on.

[@malkomalkavian]

Do you think that being stepped on is sore for them?

[@ListenToStatic]

@malkomalkavian Cool name, and also yes it absolutely did suck for the crocodiles. Most animals don’t have backs that can support the weight of a human- that’s why it’s dangerous to let children climb on the backs of large breed dogs even if they’re super patient and won’t harm the kid. It’s cruel to the dog. Same deal here, but with a sudden violence of weight application that would be bad for anyone.

[@travisfischer4727]

@@malkomalkavian Yes, I imagine there are very few animals that appreciate being stepped on by humans.

[@mowolf2620]

It's honestly amazing how much you can learn by watching content intended purely for entertainment with commentary by someone like Clint.. Thank you so much!

[@swayback7375]

Now just imagine how much you could learn from that content, or learn from just paying attention to tge world around us if you knew as much as he does…

[@SunsetDragon-qt6ur]

0:19 " was the most Florida thing I had ever seen"

[@jericosha2842]

Congrats. You watched the first 30 seconds of a video. Thanks for sharing, I nearly missed it.

[@frufruJ]

@@jericosha2842 Hey, they just made a comment on what made them laugh, and comments help the algorithm.

[@Chriszapis]

-Clint Laydlaw 2024

[@paytonkremers7083]

I would've made him into a dog collar

[@owenblount7334]

Most of us understand that walking a small animal near a body of water is asking for it to get grabbed we also have leash laws in the entire state

[@trevordickson8617]

My grandfather was an ornithologist & I spent many, many hours & days with him here in the Australian bush chasing birds. I remember often hearing emu's drumming but occasionally we'd hear the drumming with no emus in sight. Turned out it was Bower Birds imitating the emu's drumming. Just for interest while talking about birds of Australia, I saw a Bower Bird nest with itchy & irritating caterpillars woven into the outside of the nest presumably to deter predation & also I once saw a Magpie nest made almost entirely out of discarded pieces of barbed fencing wire. Nature keeps surprising us. The outback of Australia is still an amazing place because there aren't many humans there yet. I hope it stays that way for the years to come.

[@NerdAlert42]

Weren't there some cockatoos using those "anti bird" spikes? 😂

[@Maireadmoss]

Was it blue wrens who pick up cigarette butts to use as an insecticide in their nests?

[@trevordickson8617]

@@Maireadmoss I've not heard of this before. Interesting.

[@alveolate]

31:04 quoting pitch meetings during a clint tiktok is TIGHT

[@Gildedmuse]

Haha, cute catch.

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

if you did a video about ungulates it would be the GOAT

[@BigLlamaStick]

I would love to see a video about the so-called goat antelope family and their close relatives

[@anniesama5729]

Upvote × 100

[@SmallTownAngel86]

@LillyP-xs5qe lol well done, and I agree. I would love that video.

[@The_Crucible714]

I see what you did there. 👍🏻

[@mikerich32]

I know he's already done a video on whales, but I wonder if he's going to go through them again in the ungulate video

[@megamasher3]

Rams: Head on collision Deer: Sumo

[@nibs7252]

Yeah. Imagine that professional slapper facing off against a professional sumo wrestler. Would be an interesting MMA fight.

[@charityquill4965]

Ram: *BAM* okay time to analyse the dama- Deer: I AINT DONE WITH YOU B*TCH Ram: WAIT THIS ISNT HOW THE GAME IS SUPPOSED TO GO D:

[@EdoDave]

22:00 Ram: That's not how the game is meant to be played.

[@The_Crucible714]

There’s a video online of a ram “ramming” a cow and the cow gets KO’d (some said DOA).

[@smallcutepuppy]

Ram: "HAAAAAXXX! Not fair, not fair!"

[@dishevelleddev]

My man. How are you gonna catch "antputation" but completely pass by "batcoon?"

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

rocket raccoon cosplaying as manbat😂

[@The_Crucible714]

*Bacoon

[@beefsupreme3083]

Me and my kids watch a lot of your videos and we love them all, but these tiktok videos are the perfect combination of randomness and informative. You're taking the addictive part about tiktok and making it not just stupidity. It's awesome!!!

[@heathersurprise3381]

Ok, just started the video and i CRACKED up at that opener! "Most Florida thing I've ever seen"

[@Mad_Elf_0]

Crocodile Bond: what really impressed me was that by Take 3 the crocs were *expecting* him to run across and were reaching up to snap before he landed on them... and the crew didn't swap them out or give them time to calm down.

[@m0nkEz]

The only thing they cared less about than the stunt man was the crocs. Incredibly cruel.

[@Veritas-TheGoader]

I love the humor of this channel. Just natural observation comedy. Great personalities

[@73Stargazer]

I know this is easy content farm format, but I genuinely love Clints reaction to these videos and getting education from all the misinformation out there. And it's always delightful to see his love of animals come through

[@LMoM0MoM]

I love these! KZbin censors can be very obtuse. They seem to allow some truly horrifying and amoral content thrive, while jumping on educational content. I think I have watched all of your pubically available content. Absolutely none of it has offended me in the slightest. On the contrary, I find your channel always interesting, enlightening, and entertaining. I have learnt so much from you and your team. Thank you!!

[@The_Crucible714]

💯

[@DanielMWJ]

12:00 Shots 1-2 looked pretty safe. But, man, by shots 3-4 those crocs were pissed and wanted a piece of him!

[@jmalexander131]

You can see the crocodiles beginning to figure things out as the takes progressed. It got more dangerous with each attempt.

[@The_Crucible714]

According to the internet the .007 stunt double got a settlement of about 40K when he fell and got a bunch of stitches during one take. Also, the crocs were tied down to face one particular direction. These were the days b4 PETA so there were few rules regulating the ethical treatment of animals in films.

[@marsbase3729]

Wow! Much respect to that guy at beginning for saving the puppy! 👍

[@xBloodxFangx]

More respect if he actually was careful enough to not put his puppy in danger in the first place

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

@@xBloodxFangx It's a small puppy. Kindergarten Cop's maxim about the ocean applies here as well. He could have just stepped away or taken his eyes off it for a moment, and oops, puppy in the lake.

[@shigeminotoge4514]

@@xBloodxFangx Yes! Exactly! It's better to keep your puppy safely indoors at all times away from any potential threats like large aquatic predators, large terrestrial predators, large avian predators, potentially toxic flora, potentially hazardous chemicals or debris, fast moving vehicles, or any other humans who might cause it harm. What a terrible owner!!

[@chemistrydragon5641]

​@shigeminotoge4514 is this just a troll? Cause that's not ok, to keep a puppy indoors at all times, how are they going to learn potty training, or basic interaction with the sights and sounds of the world... ask a professional- most training takes place when they are a puppy! Who never let's a dog go outside? If you never take them out as a puppy, how do you expect them to behave as full grown dogs? Dogs need a lot of both physical and intellectual exercise... what a strange response. However- they big thing I seen wrong here was no leash/harness- but sometimes puppies sneak out so maybe he didn't intend to be out with no way to keep them from the water. But florida gonna florida lol

[@spiritsofwolves]

@@chemistrydragon5641 i was suspecting they were sarcastic but now im not sure..

[@Sniperahead]

9:00 there was no spider. The video is old and I dont remember it, but the reason was reckless like her action

[@Gildedmuse]

I mean, even if there was a spider it was STILL reckless. ETA: Another comment clarified that it was a DUI and, yeah, that is reckless.

[@zacg_]

I had thought that that James Bond scene had used faux crocodilians for the shot. I had not noticed that they moved. That's freakin' crazy. Fun fact, that portion of the film was shot at Gatorland in Florida. But again, I didn't realize the actual crossing shot used real animals.

[@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434]

Also for Indiana Jones movies. The second sequel which sets in India using American alligator instead of croc which does exist in India. Perhaps this is intentional since gators are much easier to find by Hollywood folk than say saltwater crocodile and croc is far more aggresive thus pretty unsafe to use.

[@SpitfireMKX]

Once we had a mule deer in our yard-huge buck-his left eye was obliterated in a fight. all we could wonder was “was he the winner or the loser?” Because he was a BIG deer.

[@TonusStoneshield]

I like to think when she jumped out the door closing was the spider going, "BYE!" and then driving off.

[@YochevedDesigns]

Spider: "My car now!"

[@The_Crucible714]

My cousin (in Florida) would totally play “bumper cars” if she saw a spider in her car! Would’ve been funny if an oncoming car swerved onto the median and… *_well, you know._* 😮😂

[@pourcelaine]

I like that you had to specially throw in some Emerald Tree Skinks to reward Clint for dragging through that terrible unidentified animals section 😂

[@Raziel1984]

18:41 ... an Insect eating a Dinosaur ... amazing!

[@SvenElven]

@@Raziel1984 I hate this very much for some reason. As well as the videos of mantises eating chameleons. Just ain't right!

[@thatonewitch]

​@@SvenElven Well, that's why the food chain is more of a web than a chain.

[@SvenElven]

@@thatonewitch Yeah… All I remember is that after I'd watched my first video of a Mantis taking down and eating a Chameleon, I had to console myself by watching a ton of videos of Chameleons eating Mantises 🙈

[@Hurricayne92]

@@SvenElven What goes around comes around i guess 😅

[@AubreyCasler-c3p]

To be fair, dinosaurs will also eat mantises

[@nickatkinson3658]

Your anhinga and cichlid story reminds me of once catching a young black-tip shark and a gull snatching it from the surface after I released it. I never would have believed the gull could have swallowed it because the shark seemed roughly the same size but somehow it did, though it took the gull a minute to get the tail down and it struggled momentarily get into the air afterwards. I felt bad for the shark, but it also blew my mind.

[@macon8638]

Yeah super weird how they can do that but at the same time, imagine slowing dying by being bathed in acid :/ unfortunate I guess

[@beardlessdragon]

I already wanted an emerald tree skink. Now I REALLY want an emerald tree skink!

[@The_Crucible714]

They’re magically delicious! 🦎✨🪄

[@bojanssen6169]

31:05 The crossover I didn't know I wanted until it happened. Wow wow wow.... wow!

[@azurehanyo]

IT SURE WAS, SIR.

[@The_Crucible714]

That’s what she said… _Ba-Dum Tissssssssssssssss!!_

[@teeteepalooza]

“I would suggest that this beetle has the biggest spiracle ever.” Maybe he’s just happy to see you.

[@couptubegaymer1364]

deeply appreciate these videos educating the public

[@mikeski8827]

2:20 Well no, that would be littering after all😂

[@CLOWTISMS]

The running across crocodiles clip seemed like animal cruelty to me. Surely that hurt them

[@_ozz]

I want to see a video that is ONLY Clint reacting to emerald tree skink clips, like 20 minutes of pure giddy delight.

[@Jean-PaulFerrali]

So today i learned that skunks can look like weird goblin creatures with the right lighting and angle.

[@DennisWight]

My favorite part of the video was the end. I didn’t know emerald tree skinks were so attached to humans. I want one! 😂

[@doll9340]

8:29 everyone seems so chill 😂

[@TigerStyleFanMIZ]

I haven't even finished watching the part about the deer and the ram, but I had to leave this comment. REAL wrestling is my favorite sport...so Clint talking about their different fighting styles reminds me of play-by-play announcers calling a match between two wrestlers with different styles. EDIT 1: I already knew how deer fight, but listening to Clint talking about it and my mind already on wrestling, it's clear to me that deer are more like wrestlers than rams are. EDIT 2: Apparently my comment is a play-by-play analysis of Clint talking about deer vs ram...I'm not really into MMA, but I'm glad Clint brought it up because there are quite a few former college wrestlers involved in it.

[@ClintsReptiles]

My niece just became a U23 world champion!

[@TigerStyleFanMIZ]

@@ClintsReptiles Seriously?! WOW!!!

[@ClintsReptiles]

We just had a party for her last night. She's amazing!

[@TigerStyleFanMIZ]

@@ClintsReptiles That's awesome!Congratulations to her! Wrestling is so incredibly tough! 😊

[@TigerStyleFanMIZ]

One of Utah Valley's assistant wrestling coaches is a Mizzou alum. It looks like their next home dual is December 20th against Oregon State. Mizzou Wrestling is my #1 favorite sports team...any sport any level.

[@KitsuneNeko]

24:46 I was lucky enough to go to The Alligator Farm in a St Augustine of Florida. They had a bunch of bull gators roaring and hearing the water noise just everywhere was both haunting and amazing!

[@Sarahlouisseize]

I didnt know how much I needed the emerald tree skink bit

[@adamlord3550]

I love how with some clips clint's whole expression is just "When I was a kid I collected pokemon cards, kids today are watching this????'

[@wisedred]

the spider in the car one is a great illustration to what arachnophobia actually is lol, sis preferred having her car crash rather than having to stay near a spider for 5 more minutes

[@thomicrisler9855]

Another commenter said that that's not actually what happened, it was a case of DUI and a stolen vehicle.

[@u12bdragon]

37:37 i like how he intertains the absurd idea.

[@archaedious]

Key note, as a outdoor lover and kayaker of many rivers in my state of Florida, you don't usually hear the alligator bellow when the "water dances." You certainly can hear them bellow, but those are much higher frequencies than they use to make that water spaz out. It is super cool. I'd watch it all day, and have. Come to Florida, Clint! i know some places if you wanna herp in the waters.

[@cenedra2143]

I was putting diesel in my car last week when the bloke next to me said, "You have a massive spider on your back!" If I had been driving and that thing appeared over my shoulder, I would have freaked! Luckily, he was a hero and got it off my back. He probably saved my life ❤😂

[@lizblock9593]

Love all your videos, but these tik tok ones just make me smile the whole time. Clint watching tik tok so I don't have to and providing quality commentary on stuff I'm so interested to learn. Awesome combination!

[@MidoriTheAwesome]

I really like these reaction videos and think they would make good regular content for as long as you are enjoying them. As much as i love your in depth videos, these are easily digestable and i always leave with some random new factoid.

[@b7151ng37]

I’m always blown away by Clint’s amazing range of knowledge

[@UmamiPapi]

0:54 LMAO, the smiling delivery of that.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

This series rocks. I've seen a lot of the source material, and while it's always amazing, I'm usually left with a lot of questions. Nice to get some answers. Tyvm, Clint

[@grey7040]

Please do a deep dive into ungulates soon! I'd love to see some uncommon extant species explained, as well as a dive into the many directions the family tree went into. Honestly I'd be particularly thrilled with us having an ungulate overview, then a dive into bovidae/cervidae/equidae because they're so dramatically different anatomically.

[@EvelyneMuselle]

Is that a pigeon tie, Clint? 😄🥰

[@ClintsReptiles]

Yes! It's from Maddie Smith and Tyler Rugge!

[@naymeequillo]

BARELY AN INCONVENIENCE!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Spooders are just the coolest in the world. How badass is it to break your leg, back up a bit, straighten it out and just casually make your own cast!! SO metal.

[@Tinkerkel]

Was that a Pitch meetings "barely an inconvenience" drop??! I think I love Clint even more now!

[@Zouron]

that was my thought as well!

[@sacredheartdoodles]

I could be in the worst mood, and seeing a puffer will always make me smile.

[@benwilkie8346]

My dad worked with those crocodiles and their trainer in James Bond, got some wonderful pictures if you would like them emailing over. He also owned the cobra used in the Indiana Jones 'snake' pit (although the cobra was the only actual snake in that scene).

[@YochevedDesigns]

How were the crocodiles restrained? I heard once that there actually was a pit full of snakes, but none of them were venomous except the cobra. The rest were completely harmless.

[@The_Crucible714]

@@YochevedDesigns The “snakes” in the pit were mostly -if not all legless lizards.

[@YochevedDesigns]

@@The_Crucible714 Really? I'll have to watch more closely next time.

[@SerialKillerJM]

Clint seems like the nicest guy on the internet. Always enjoy these videos.

[@SvenElven]

He seems almost 'too' nice and enthusiastic, like some mid-western youth preacher. I had my eye on him for a while, but I think he's good!

[@obambagaming1467]

While Cassowarys can be more lethal with their attacks, attacks are relatively rare. Unlike what many people think, they are not hyper aggressive. They are usually quite calm. And they are sometimes quite curious towards humans and some show little fear towards humans But those attacks where they run at you, jump at you and stab you are even rarer. While ostriches are much bigger and their kicks can cause some serious damage. Single kicks already hurt and are dangerous, but they kick over and over again. Male ostriches can get aggressive quite easily, especially when they think their harem is in danger. There are also way more human ecounters with ostriches (wild ones, in zoos and tamed ones), so ofc ostriches attack more humans

[@stephanybrown3226]

Considering as ostrich can kill a lion with one of those kicks that kid got lucky.

[@obambagaming1467]

@@stephanybrown3226 wild ostriches are already much more dangerous than tame ones in zoos or as pets. They tend to be much more skilled at kicking

[@testing2741]

EDIT: we said the exact same thing 💯 %. lol I think it's possible there is an alternate explanation to the disparity fatalities between Ostrach and Cassowary: The relative frequency of Ostrach enocunters versus Cassowary encounters l. Close Cassowary encounters (woth the larger, and, thus dangerous Cassowary species) are just less frequent than the exceedingly frequent rate Human-Ostrach encounters- and not that Ostraches are innately more dangerous animals. Ostrach have a very wide range across Africa and are farmed (I bet a lot of the injuries happen at farms), but Cassowary are very rare to encounter. Clearly that Cassowary was acclimated to the presence of humans. But had that been a papa Cassowary with young that you stumbled across, I worry it's talons are more injuries via laceration than Ostraches' that are far less sharp. But the strength of an adult Ostrach is indeed terrifying if one were wanted to harm you, but I don't know enough about how they cause injury - I would assume they could due serious trauma to your head, but injuring less Dinonocus (sp?) like fashion than Cassowary. Can you share you knowledge on Ostrach injury?

[@obambagaming1467]

@testing2741 basicly your point is just my last point in my comment, that there are way more human-ostrich encounters than human-cassowary encounters.

[@roryandbro1561]

My take from this: big flightless birds are scary

[@lawrencethees7208]

I love how over all the years that I have watched your channel you still have the same chipper attitude and genuinely love what you do! Thank you.

[@blackadder065]

I absolutely LOVE these reaction videos; whether they be TikTok, or "Who Would Win"...they always leave me wanting more!

[@predabot__6778]

This was great! :) This is the kind of react-content that's actually interesting - an expert giving more context to a video, and helping to give it a lot more depth and contemplation, on what we're actually seeing.

[@oliver8928]

26:00 George McGavin talks about a fungal parasite that exhibits a behaviour similar to this on Cicadas in one of his books. Literally nightmarish. Consuming the cicada, but maintaining enough muscles and nervous system to pilot it about, showering spores from its shattered body.

[@emilylagle3324]

That’s probably cordyceps - there is a lot of specialized species, but ants are the most populous insects if I'm not wrong. They're the inspiration for the infection in The Last of Us.

[@cloudberry88]

17:28 "ant-putation" was literally what I was thinking through that ant clip!! 🤣

[@teeteepalooza]

My dad’s neighbor saw a spider in her car while backing out of her driveway. She screamed & jumped out. Totaled my dad’s parked SUV 🙄

[@jacobcox4565]

Spiders have got to be the most powerful creatures on the planet. They can cause a car accident by just existing in a certain place.

[@teeteepalooza]

@@jacobcox4565 exactly! 😆

[@objective_psychology]

I would love a deep dive on Pecora. The polyphyly of “antelopes” lends itself to a cool perspective that all cattle, sheep, goats and deer (etc.) are just types of antelope.

[@AubreyCasler-c3p]

Deer are different from the rest of the group. Deer are their own family

[@jacobcox4565]

13:34 Cassowary: What'cha watching?

[@The_Crucible714]

“Meh, it’s just that bonehead Clint… pffffft.” _I’ll just let myself out…_ 😒😂

[@casteanpreswyn7528]

My first thought was "got any games on your phone?"

[@kcgunesq]

Thanks!

[@darhaha3391]

Video idea: there is this very weird bird called Hoatzin... I think it would make for an amazing topic to talk about.

[@Badficwriter]

Wow, those are gorgeous birds. And their heads are a little muppet-y. And wingclaws? Cool!

[@barrybarlowe5640]

I like this guy's style. He simply expresses joy and interest in animals.

[@IrinaGreenman]

The second skunk video made me hope there might be discussion of the zorilla, the African giant skunk. They're gorgeous and so, so nasty, they can be smelled easily from a quarter mile away.

[@maxjohn6012]

Clint et al., your videos are *always* a treat and brighten my day.

[@Rizzbulla]

I love this channel, Clint is underappreciated.

[@The_Crucible714]

*It’s the “Halloween kitty” for me.*

[@Glitchblade833]

Nothing better than watching Clint's latest video during the weekend with a cuppa tea

[@VermisTerrae]

Clint, I would SO so love if you ever chose to collaborate with Alveus Sanctuary in Austin TX!!! Maya is all about conservation education and has the ability to reach such a wide range of people using Twitch's streaming platform. She's been collaborating with all kinds of streamers and KZbinrs and growing both of their platforms in the process. Twitch even announced that theyll be donating $100k to the sanctuary in the opening ceremony of this most recent Twitch con. You both have such an infectious love of our natural world and it would make my whole year to see you visit and get to meet all the animals, but especially the reptiles and their emu, Stompy!

[@Blaccat8]

My dad recently toured Scotland for a month, and during a bike ride through the Cairngorms ran into a capercaillie, and the note about them being grumpy is not misplaced! It wouldn't stop attacking his legs, his backpack and eventually even his bike was fair game! He said it was a beautiful boy, but he was a little monster!

[@TheHeroicE]

These are always wonderful. Keep informing the public

[@MisadventureMisty]

The reason I really enjoy these videos is because I learn so much cool stuff. The deep dive videos I occasionally get lost but these I get so fully absorbed in.

[@sreace723]

That ostrich clip brought back my "trauma" of a drive thru zoo when I was 3 or 4 years old. Sitting in the backseat with the window cracked, an ostrich shoved its head through and was trying to peck at me. I remember screaming and crying because it was in the 70's so I couldn't roll the window up. I could only climb into the opposite floor well to get away from it. Definitely one of my least favorite animals at the age of 49!

[@andrewmalinowski6673]

Only thing I could think of scarier from the clip was a clip of two bicyclists being chased by an ostrich, but being attacked by an ostrich sounds like it would be even worse

[@Napkinthekat]

26:32 the video did remind me a bit of that one parasite that infects cicadas, basically it eats their entire lower half and tricks the cicada into mating to spread. It’s insane how much they can be missing and still function.

[@Fluffypotatoes4]

have you seen some of the research on cordyceps showing that the fungus actually severs the nerves connecting to the muscles of the insect and influences the muscles directly?

[@seagantaylor7470]

That skunk with its tail up looked like a VERY small nun scurrying away lol

[@onioncontrol]

You should give bull snakes a stand alone video. I got one not long ago and I love him so much. He's this massive lovable goof.

[@CainXVII]

There is a "best pet" video on them