These Two Reptiles Keep an Entire Pine Forest Held Together

These Two Reptiles Keep an Entire Pine Forest Held Together | WILD HOPE

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In the face of extreme habitat loss, wildlife biologist Dr. Chris Jenkins puts an ambitious plan in motion to save two uniquely American reptiles, the eastern indigo snake and the gopher tortoise, and the forest they call home.
The two threatened species are as important to their ecosystems as they are interconnected themselves. The eastern indigo snake is a prolific hunter that manages predator populations in the southeastern United States. In the northern part of its range, the snakes - along with more than 350 other species - rely on the deep burrows that the gopher tortoise creates to survive freezing temperatures every winter.
Both the indigo snakes and gopher tortoises are in steep decline, as their native habitat has been deforested for centuries and then further fragmented by roads with fast-moving vehicles. Dr. Chris Jenkins is part of a massive conservation effort that takes the reptiles’ homes into account. The team surveys the most critical tortoise land, purchases it, and then restores the native forests. From there, Dr. James Bogan, who leads the only eastern indigo breeding program in the world, can reintroduce new snakes to areas where they have previously gone extinct - with plenty of tortoise burrows to protect them.
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@ktlivingherway516 6 ай бұрын

Had an indigo family living in the yard for 30 years now. Sitting in my chair outside in one slithered under me one day

@AuspiciousAnt 6 ай бұрын

Gopher tortoises & drymarchon are so lovely!

@olorin4317 6 ай бұрын

I’ve lived in Orlando my whole life and haven’t seen an indigo snake in over twenty years.

@richardjohnson5529 6 ай бұрын

Well done on your resoration of the habitat and the wildlfe, us humans must learn to share the world with all the other non human animals etc for all our benifit. thank you.

@Matty002 4 ай бұрын

what will happen first: humans sharing the world with wildlife or humans sharing the world with other humans?

@MissMeganBeckett 6 ай бұрын

The snakes are so pretty 🤩!!! 🐍

@kaze987 6 ай бұрын

Keystone Species!!! Another one! Joining the list of woodpeckers, salmon, oysters are the tortoises!

@dawnsheers8406 6 ай бұрын

This is such an uplifting story of true conservation. Great job!

@mattburch9873 6 ай бұрын

The most special snake in North America. Don't give up hope.

@jcgoedkoop 6 ай бұрын

Awesome work! Those creatures are super-special. Thank you so very much.

@malamutehunter 6 ай бұрын

Cool snake!

@AlainSTO 6 ай бұрын

Living in the Pine Barrens of NJ, I dunno if people understood how important controlled fires are to a pine forest.

@myfurrykid 6 ай бұрын

Could that area become a National Park? I think it has merit to become one, if it's not. Such an important area of our country.

@eklectiktoni 6 ай бұрын

Some of the protected areas are already National Forests.

@vikramad36 6 ай бұрын

Great conservation effort 👍🏼

@peasinourthyme5722 3 ай бұрын

It´s amazing how they can survive in the wild after growing up two years in a box!!

@policeman1104 6 ай бұрын

I love this series. Keep it up:)

@saram8102 24 күн бұрын

Thank you for giving some attention to a couple of underappreciated species!

@jasonbecker4974 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your amazingly important work. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@hudsongreendeliciousplant-3058 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video; it shows an amazing commitment to very important work.

@dallinkohler 6 ай бұрын

Incredible shots of some of those indigos ❤

@jimsteele6986 6 ай бұрын

Development/population growth are two huge issues. We need to stop any new development and keep Florida safe.

@clarkogles3289 28 күн бұрын

These snakes need more attention like this, I own a cribo and the whole genus is so smart. I have seen them open simple dog toys to get a pray animal!

@TimeTheory2099 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Nature on PBS 👍

@SusanKay- 6 ай бұрын

Very pretty Nope Stick!

@aragos32727 5 ай бұрын

Here in Florida, land that was woods, scrub, and fields are all Mcmansion subdivisions now. The land is going fast. I mean FAST. It's sad.

@shawneldridge4465 6 ай бұрын

(( 🐍 )) this is about snakes, I'm excited and I will watching here

@robadams5799 6 ай бұрын

Incubating indigo go eggs and releasing the babies into the wild. That's the opposite of capturing the snakes. Sometimes it's good to do things backward.

@jessicavallee3831 6 ай бұрын

❤

@michaelfisk4272 3 ай бұрын

What does it tske for wildlife biologists to care about the indigo snake population around my property? I found one dor at the end of my private driveway where it enters the main road where people frequently speed. I have sandhill with gopher tortoise populations and relatively large tracts of unfragmented land with may streams with bottomland areas flowing through the sandhill habitat. I sent pictures of the dor indigo snake to wildlife biologists hoping they would be able tk prevent habitat loss and destruction from occurring futher but there has been no habitat mangement practices done and no interest from the wildlife biologists. This is why these species are running out of hope.

@peasinourthyme5722 3 ай бұрын

Good effort on your part, and I hope you will be able to bring this the attention it deserves. Sometimes what it takes is a little insistency. Contact them again. Phone if possible, else mail. Say that you did not get any feedback the first time. Ask for what person (name and office) you should talk to. It´s probably not a lack of interest, but a lack of structure for dealing with (and replying to) information from the public, and your message getting lost along the way.