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]

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?!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍👍

[@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

[@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

[@15_muhammadkhoirurrizqi93]

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?!

[@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.

[@RowanRobert]

​@@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.

[@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.

[@squidward5110]

The concept of species is to biology as the ideal gas law is to chemistry. incredibly useful but actually does not describe reality perfectly in any situations

[@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.

[@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!!!

[@joetheagent]

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

[@PanthorPapa84]

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

[@IWouldLikeToRemainAnonymous]

I imagine that had Clint’s Reptiles been a childrens educational cartoon, this episode would be introducing Flint, Clint’s Australian cousin who came to tell us all about the flatback sea turtle! 🐢

[@chloewright1]

I can totally picture that! 😂

[@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 😭

[@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

[@tobylegion6913]

​@@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.

[@simonehudspeth861]

@@OlyChickenGuy your rehabber is correct though maybe a slight loss in content kinda like that game "chinese telephone" what I think they meant to say was a wild animal SHOULD never enjoy your company I have worked with animals for a long time and the short truth is sometimes wild animals will seek out and receive help from people and be perfectly fine other than their injuries and leave after. some people live in the woods and are quite and kind and nature acts like they (the person) are themself a wild animal .... think squirrels and birds and deer all drinking out of the same spot at the same time a person IS just another animal at the end of the day!

[@StonedtotheBones13]

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

[@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

[@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

[@DomiK-im3su]

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.

[@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.

[@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).

[@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.

[@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😅

[@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.

[@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.

[@bubbajenkins123]

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

[@Bren3669]

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

[@kirashaffer]

😂

[@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 🤯🤯

[@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?

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Yo no way Planet Wild partnership awesome

[@dipyourcar]

Been killin it lately Clint! Keep it up 🔥

[@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.

[@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

[@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).

[@joshuatheregularguy8974]

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

[@PhinClio]

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

[@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.

[@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 😅

[@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!

[@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.

[@bartholomewsharqiurius6566]

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

[@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 ❤

[@bjsteg79]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@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!

[@ferdgerbeler8494]

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

[@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!

[@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!

[@Paleo_Curious]

WHAT'S A SPECIES?

[@roseyuen6916]

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!

[@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! 💚

[@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!

[@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.

[@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! 😂

[@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 😂😉

[@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.

[@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.

[@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! 🐢💚👏🏻

[@hanneshellbeam9875]

I love reptiles

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@libbyford6765]

Whats a species?

[@zachandcheese5618]

I LOVE the phylogeny videos so much 😭😭😭

[@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.

[@adriannabcustomfurniture]

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

[@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 😭

[@aaronhenriquez8664]

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

[@jeffolson4731]

What’s a species?

[@donraeside]

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

[@iankelley9704]

1. Leatherback 2. Green 3. Flatback 4. Hawksbill 5. Kemp's Ridley 6. Loggerheads 7. Olive Ridley

[@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.

[@joshklapperich9416]

the new filming setup looks great

[@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

[@bradbrad6521]

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

[@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!

[@AzulaisQueen743]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@toomanyopinions8353]

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

[@e.s.lavall9219]

As an Aussie, I knew what Flatbacks were but Kemp's Ridley's were new.

[@TerminatorDinosaur]

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

[@BagleRoad]

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

[@DerNunu]

Turtles are my favorite animals, especially red eared sliders, the ones i used to have for 17 years loved to cuddle so much.

[@birchtree2274]

I loved my sliders, too. It's unfortunate that we have turned them into an invasive species -- too many people being sold red eared sliders without being informed of their considerable demands and eventual size who then dump their unmanageable turtles into the nearest pond. I have had a close relationship with a number of "invasive" species. One thing that angers me about discussions of invasive is that _none of them_ chose to be invasive. It's humans that did it. Perhaps the word should be another part of speech -- "invasivize", as in "we have invasivized this species of rodent" or "this invasivized beetle was transported in a shipment in 1975". We move about the world transporting all sorts of creatures. Climate change makes it necessary for many species to shift their range. Complicating all of this we legally allow animals which are arguably pests, but not truly invasive, to be labeled invasive. I think we need to seriously rethink the label. We need an approach that is more nuanced.

[@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 👍💪

[@6amsunset_]

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

[@isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676]

What's a species? What's a GENUS!? WHAT'S A FAMILY?!? WHERE ARE WE!?!?

[@kennikitty]

In German the Green Seaturtle is commonly called Soupturtle, because it was/is used in turtle soup. The official name is Green Seaturtle.

[@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.

[@sreace723]

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

[@sagetmaster4]

I love explaining species concepts to people because it's such a great example of categories not lining up to nature

[@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

[@texasyojimbo]

When I was in high school I believe we took a field trip across town to the NOAA sea turtle rescue facility in Galveston, Texas. They take care of Kemps Ridley sea turtles there. Clint should take a vacation to Galveston to see that!

[@MrRosebeing]

Leonardo, named after one of my favourite turtles. I may be being facetious or not taking this seriously...

[@ohdarling6657]

I absolutelly love that the fact i live in an island means that i actually learned about quite some of these turtles when i was in pre-k ❤ the most magestic turtles out there (i'm so sorry turtoises 😢)

[@michaelwoller6450]

Terrarium competitions are a reality show in the making

[@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!