Simulating a Giant Desert Ecosystem!

[@ReptilesandResearch]

You can find the full half an hour of footage of these animals here: www.patreon.com/posts/desert-ecosystem-104954157?Link&

[@GaiaCarney]

Great video! Beautiful habitat 🦎

[@coopsreptiles2588]

Nothing better than a large dynamic multi species exhibit with thriving animals! Love it

[@ReptilesandResearch]

The absolute best

[@petsforlife8651]

@@ReptilesandResearch fax

[@SamGlife]

I think what’s so important/impressive about this enclosure, is that it’s a desert terrain. In the hobby we see jungle/forest terrain done to a high standard with multi species fairly often, but I could watch this all day! Brilliant video Liam! Well done

[@ReptilesandResearch]

I think the hobby sleeps on deserts, I find them so fascinating! And thank you ☺️

[@diversevids]

Its an enclosure in marwell zoo

[@leafystreet]

needs more paper towel substrate

[@Shadow-jk6ip]

Fr

[@ReptilesandResearch]

And linoleum

[@perwarmell5741]

Or a big reptile carpet.

[@macaulayroper628]

They will get impaction from all that loose substrates they are clearly eating

[@Mossy.Arrøw]

@@macaulayroper628 they have loose substrate in the wild and barely any of them get impacted

[@That1DudeWhoDrawz]

I've seen lots of these ecosystem simulations, but none of them were at this scale with this many different interesting creatures!

[@ReptilesandResearch]

It’s the biggest I’ve ever come across for sure

[@leopardgeckotalk]

I still need to go see this, I didn't realise so many different animals lived in it. Shame the plated lizard was killed 😭 but wow what a setup. Marwell have really upped their game, I remember 15-16 years ago they had 3 female leos in a 2ft, with a male in a cricket box (literally) in their education centre, they were showing how they were slowly introducing the male to the females. Nowadays their reptile exhibits are some of the best I've seen.

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Marwell has fantastic reptile setups lately

[@JoshAblin]

u f***ing spoiled it

[@Juicecarton97]

I loved the different species' interactions with eachother

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Was the best part for hours

[@cherylj7460]

Absolutely! I could watch them all day! Fascinating!

[@joewood99]

"It may look like this lizard is doing push-ups but actually it is just displaying its strength" ... Yeah, that's exactly what a push-up is?

[@HolySych]

i love how the uromastyx knows hes the big dog and just pushes everyone out their spots. pretty awesome to watch nature doing its thing like this. thanks for this cool video!

[@Wtfzipcode]

i thought this was gonna be another dr plants clone due to the title, but it was really nice to see an extremely large enclosure. looking forward to seeing more of this

[@ReptilesandResearch]

There’s more species to be added yet 😉

[@larsdamen9115]

@@ReptilesandResearch Dare I say it needs a certain varanid with a spiny tail and a load of personality

[@WickensWickedReptiles]

this is amazing

[@ReptilesandResearch]

It really is jaw dropping

[@bopo900]

man im so jealous. you really build an paradise for them and to enjoy it with them. hope you have an amazing time with it.

[@servalboy8412]

He didn't make it

[@servalboy8412]

I've been their

[@bopo900]

@@servalboy8412 i dont really care if he build it himself. He still got them an awesome enclosure.

[@LongsGreenhouse]

This is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen! Love it!!!

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Ikr I’m in love with

[@patrickbang3037]

just the fact that many lizards do push ups to establish dominance is so damn amazing and adorable

[@NickSibz]

This is awesome. We need a full series.

[@filmsnat3428]

There is nothing better than making coffee and the morning and watching the animals. This takes it to a whole new level, I'd never be able to leave.

[@zakosist]

This desert biome has charm, nice to see all the different animals interact

[@Albino_Viper]

Marwell have really outdone themselves with this enclosure

[@davidmende3409]

i would love to see more zoomed out shots - showing where they are currently, where there territory is and where the diff ecosystems are

[@Solomon00000]

As a desert native I love seeing content like this, keep it up!

[@artichopes]

I actually went here a couple weeks ago, I couldn’t believe the Marwell team had changed a humid rainforest glasshouse to a spectacular desert ecosystem.

[@Jesse-zk9ge]

I think it would be fun being one of the people to engineer such a bioactive enclosure in places similar to the moon in the future. What a very neat project.

[@GibbonLord]

In burgers zoo Netherlands they tried this in a greenhouse simulating the Sonora desert. They stopped with freeroam reptiles because it got a bit too cold. I heard they are gonna heat the paths so perhaps theyll try again. But i urge you to watch it on youtube, because you can see what birds and mammals would work. Personally id pick Gambells quail, sonora pigeon and perhaps rice vinches. And for mammals id pick a robotovski hamster. And perhaps a gartner snake as a larger predator that wont be able to take on fullgrown lizards.

[@Imgoofy242]

This is the first one I’ve seen with a mammal in it! Keep it up

[@Plants-and-Ts]

I think this is the only one of these video styles that could actually function as an ecosystem

[@OtterChild33]

Please make a part two this is so cool

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Definitely!

[@lerican7704]

Sheeeesh we need more videos showing Uromastyx

[@20_pennies]

first video ive watched of you, and i LOVE it.

[@LucasLindnerr]

At 4:21 how he looks after his food got eaten 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jam_jar7]

Dude u could make a kids cartoon with the guys and this whole atmosphere idk why but that’s the vibe it’s giving.

[@alanclark785]

Hands down the best enclosure I,ve seen that's how to keep lizards if you have too keep them at all.

[@TheSandwhichman108]

And by chaos they mean cute dancing lizards.

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Strike fear by being fabulous ✨

[@thofficialmusic]

This is a combination of The Hunger Games, The Matrix, ARK: Survival Evolved, and playing God, my friend.

[@Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae]

Now THIS is what I want when I search for simulated ecosystems

[@dogpopsiccle-gy5lp]

this is litterally my dreaam

[@Adaptibility]

This deserves a billion views

[@peanut4745]

This is so amazing

[@Sailorgriffin]

this is insane! so awesome!

[@HoboBrute]

This is absolutely incredible, please tell me you have videos on the building of this enclosure, cause this might be the best multi species set up I've ever seen

[@OpalineWaters]

6:17 scared the crap outta me. I was so relaxed damn

[@ReptilesandResearch]

boo! its funny you say that, relaxing was the vibe i was going for too!

[@G.r.e.g.g.l.e.s]

Incredible. Where is this located?

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Marwell

[@Taintlessdisc]

"Viva los bio dome!" -Pauly Shore

[@Reptilechannel88]

@@Taintlessdisc Great movie!

[@GardnerFamBam-n6f]

This is amazing for me and the animal

[@nakomtsuu8433]

bro u legit have my dream "backyard" if i can say so ive dreamed,draw shit like that as a kid so much.... good job bro

[@tobiwilde3525]

Where’s and how did you build this I want to build something like this when I’m older

[@Alfieanddogs]

It’s at marwell zoo if anyone is wondering

[@ZOOBADOOBA7]

The bird call in the background is so calming

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Thank you!!! I think so but seems everyone thinks the opposite lol

[@ZOOBADOOBA7]

@@ReptilesandResearchis that a loom call

[@Vhx882]

hey whats the name of the bird

[@ZOOBADOOBA7]

@@Vhx882I’m pretty shure it’s a loom call I can make one exactly like it with my hands

[@samhooks3699]

was this at Marwell Zoo?

[@ElLenadorLA]

How do they introduce UV through the greenhouse wrap?

[@Hood_mf]

Inside it

[@servalboy8412]

I love that they encourage sensory

[@jonathonpevehouse3641]

15 seconds in, and my mind went straight to bio dome

[@Blazing004]

I was watching this video with my window open and the mourning doves outside were responding to the mourning doves in the video :’D

[@ReptilesandResearch]

thats adorable

[@ZEBEDITZZ]

Nice video. Try to add some snakes like king snakes and garters snakes or others

[@user-vi3tb3bw5t]

This is awesome! Any chance you ever going to introduce Chuckwalla into the environment? I feel like they are so cool but not very known or popular. Would be perfect for an environment like this.

[@DJCole34]

You sir, are amazing. Thank you.

[@nasound42]

Are the doves in the enclosure or the calls coming from outside?

[@mr-oso-8055]

AntsCanada... eat your heart out. This is awesome. Im not jealous

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Why thank you ☺️

[@LimeapeYT]

You should make an entire series on this simulation

[@ReptilesandResearch]

i bet i could!

[@landenriley8442]

I wanna see more videos like this in your channel

[@ReptilesandResearch]

I certainly can try when the opportunity presents itself

[@landenriley8442]

@@ReptilesandResearch okay

[@Adventrous_gamer]

What do you do with the animals when your done

[@gyomeihimejima3982]

5:34 wonder whats up with big guy's eye. handsome lil bro though

[@triassictv6437]

How did you afford this setup?

[@jeffreymagni1272]

Spectacular!

[@ReptilesandResearch]

You stand there in awe

[@terrariumchannel]

Very nice one Liam. Can I ask what camera you used?

[@ReptilesandResearch]

panasonic hc-x2000 ☺️

[@Malayopython]

Where is this exhibit?

[@DraganthasDragons]

Awesome! Love this

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Glad you like it!

[@UNSPOK3NMENAC3]

Very nice do another video for sure

[@EsponjosoPollito]

Gorgeous, always wondered if something like this was possible ❤

[@ReptilesandResearch]

It’s a dream

[@rustyfan89]

What is the animal that you keep hearing in the background?

[@dacisky]

This was so well done. Thank you so much for doing this and do offer follow ups!

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Oh definitely!

[@mkuc6951]

This is so cool!

[@mohammaddzulfikar755]

can you list the name of the plant species? Are you use soil below the sand? false bottom? geotestile? sorry for asking, just curious 😅🙏

[@U-Gozoo]

😮 this is the multi species reptile enclosure i only ever dream to have....

[@Beardie_Man]

Is this Marwell Zoo?

[@Alfieanddogs]

Yes

[@jacojojo42]

Purely spectacular!!!

[@ReptilesandResearch]

It’s even better in person

[@coastal_chameleon4668]

What are the uv levels

[@TheBiggestBoss67]

Isnt this just the desert house at the marwell zoo?

[@eros5556]

give me biodome vibes !!!

[@SeanOkeefe-uj6xn]

Next time I visit marwell, I'm definitely starting at this enclosure.

[@ReptilesandResearch]

Definitely do, when everything’s basking in the morning

[@legomattie3295]

Isn't this the zoo in arnhem, Netherlands?

[@ReptilesandResearch]

No check the description

[@CoolRexxed]

just learned about rock hyrax

[@_Kensexotics]

Wait.. Is this your enclosure?? Like did you make this?🤯🤯

[@Hood_mf]

5:12

[@sircompy5386]

Where did bro get rock hyraxes

[@zizoamin3605]

I see the video of can I feed chiks but I have question my retic is eat only pigeons only is that fine or I have try athors variety

[@zizoamin3605]

She is very picky eater more than any ball python I raise she reticulated python

[@gyomeihimejima3982]

variety is always recommended

[@Mothobius]

Would be cool to focus on more life than just the lizards, but them again this channel is about reptiles so ignore me. I just feel like an ecosystem needs more than 1 class of animal

[@jessemasters9062]

Is this marworl or smth?

[@janklewek6608]

i need more

[@MrIanjester]

What desert does this enclosure simulate?

[@ReptilesandResearch]

@@MrIanjester generic North Africa

[@brettsoutdoorexperience9422]

Did you make this??

[@LagoonMan]

I mean, at this point you could make a whole non profit zoo with this and your other creations lol

[@joshdrew7714]

Isnt this the desert house "Thriving through nature" at marwell zoo

[@okla1954]

is all that at your house?

[@DJCole34]

You should get a Mexican iguana for that enclosure. That’s perfect setup.

[@artemshow5191]

You cool guy

[@gulagmerchant8356]

is this in ur backyard? 😮

[@4Sixx841]

You need to really talk to Ants canada

[@MoodyRadical]

Burgers Zoo Arnhem?

[@ahmadhanif2853]

No snake and camel?

[@smilepixel7680]

XD caos = una lagartija moviéndose

[@Tullmoran]

How would a collared lizard do in such a large environment like that?

[@ReptilesandResearch]

amazing id imagine