Wild Inside the National Zoo: Reptile Rejuvenation

[@fifdude93]

This video put a smile on my face:)

[@SmithsonianChannel]

Who knew reptiles could be so adorable? These cold-blooded creatures will warm your heart with unexpected cuteness in this video from Wild Inside the National Zoo: bit.ly/1BCAd4m

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

+Smithsonian Channel Wow that is a beautiful iguana.

[@kelpyg1226]

Smithsonian Channel same

[@Alimeowji]

My heart felt so full while watching this 💞

[@-cosmicrogue-]

Reptiles are lovely, fascinating, animals! It's not safe to hug most of them, but they're so cute, I want to.

[@kamrananwar2128]

Cosmic Rogue you will really enjoy if you huh a croc.

[@ShahzDaneil]

More of these please!

[@MrF2ank]

Thank you Smithsonian for posting non-cliffhanger videos! *cough nat geo

[@SLE335]

What a great video. I have a tortoise and she is adorable. She loves it when I scratch her shell. And YES they are very intelligent creatures. Snakes are intelligent too and oddly enough they love their humans as well.

[@jimweaver3315]

Wish you would do these daily. Like the commenter before me, Skyhighblu, with the way the news of the world these days. This shows us how minuscule we are in this world. If more people realized how much our problems we create. We might survive as a species.

[@SwampGas703]

wow it is mind blowing that i watched a youtube video with the same tortoises I saw in person back in the 80s.

[@unoriginalusername1284]

That iguana is one of the most genuinely happy animals I've ever seen.

[@mellingmichael777]

Beautiful. Thanks a million for posting these excellent videos.

[@ediekoller2636]

Great video..Love the tortoises...so cute.!

[@vardellsfolly5200]

..with a REMARKABLE slow speed!

[@vardellsfolly5200]

I subscribed because i really love reptiles..weird animals but extremely lovable!

[@docblue2776]

I wonder how sentient these large reptiles are... how much they remember and understand friendships. I would think they didn't need to since they usually live in isolation.

[@nottuska1732]

You tried rubbing Murphy behind the earholes? I hear monitors love that.

[@theplasticmind1]

i thought this video would show some cute snakes and crocs, but i forgot that they're the antagonists of the reptilian world hehe

[@Durrpadil]

That iguana is living the life xD

[@nevermindme118]

really great documentary clip, so nice to see people glamouring these animals and making them more understandable and interesting, as they're often neglected when people talk about endangered animals. Also they're portrayed in a much nicer light than most documentaries ''OMG KILLER CROCS'' etc haha only thing that annoys me is the Komodo Dragon keeper is slightly inaccurate with his facts; they're the largest lizard, but Crocodillians (i know they're semi-aquatic but komodos often swim in surf when hunting too) are the largest reptiles, and also they don't inject venom, they have venomous saliva which infects the wounds their teeth make :p Sorry to be pedantic but i feel it's important!!!

[@TheCrocDude]

Actually he said largest land reptile which would mean terrestrial not semi aquatic, however the Komodo is the largest lizard but not the largest land reptile, Reticulated pythons get longer & Giant tortoises get heavier. As well they dont have venomous saliva, they have primitive venom glands in the lower jaw which secretes haemotoxic venom, as the komodos dont have an effective delivery system (ie hyperdermic fangs like vipers) they secrete excess saliva to act as a medium. the saliva itself is not harmful but when it mixes with the venom it is then injected into the wound via a bite. So he was spot on with that last bit.

[@chatokingarmorkingmaldonad8425]

Qué bonito

[@fajarsuryantoro7025]

I wish I have tortoise like that!

[@emirinobambino]

For the record. Komodo Dragons do not have venom, but a specialized bacteria that acts as a venom; though, I'm sure the zookeeper knew this and used 'venom' for the sake of simplification. Now no wise-asses need to comment on it :^)

[@justinadams8312]

it's venom, i know you're particularly dense but its not difficult to understand at all. there is no "bacteria that acts like venom." inb4 you get any ideas to further your stupidity, read this www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen_Wroe/publication/24436454_Fry_B._G._et_al_._A_central_role_for_venom_in_predation_by_Varanus_komodoensis_(Komodo_Dragon)_and_the_extinct_giant_Varanus_(Megalania)_priscus._Proceedings_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences_of_the_United_States_of_America/links/0912f4fa0298bdd72b000000.pdf

[@jobr0012]

Justin Adams that was an unnecessary and rude comment

[@emirinobambino]

Thanks for the information dude. I haven't brushed up on my Komodo Dragon facts since 2009 when that discovery was made, now I know!

[@jellelliott]

Justin Adams Hey, I found the PhD in Reptile zoology. That's cool, unlike his attitude.

[@hyenaedits3460]

Awww, reptiles get spa days!

[@Prod_Dhr2]

are they tamed?

[@xSyze]

5:12 what kind of animal is this?

[@ivansalic2805]

Green Iguana.

[@justinadams8312]

Rhinoceros iguana.

[@gridxenomorph1425]

Cayman Island Blue Iguana.

[@therock4569]

A wild Keemstar.

[@therock4569]

ikr, like it's clearly not an iguana. It is just a decently sized lizard with a muscular tail and stubby legs.

[@matyaskassay4346]

Reptiles are the best!

[@Dr_Callidus_Corvus]

Those enclosures really seem small..

[@nordicnostalgia8106]

It looks like the iguana isn't getting enough calcium which is weird since it's in a zoo.

[@Salehalanazi-7]

i heard turtles and some reptiles can see all colors !!!

[@rizzt007]

I wish they give the tortoise with delicious flowers.... :(

[@nookie3576]

rizzt007 They don't have the nutrients they need, they are more of a special snack, like cake for people

[@f50tube]

we can see tortoises have not evolved speed because what they eat doesn't move lol

[@fgnoyola]

All that wisdom impregnated on the flesh through a 100 years is what makes tortoise soup so delicious....

[@vohnd2568]

iguana taste soo good tho........

[@yu799]

I have a bearded dragon

[@YhelloWish]

Holy fckkkkk Komodo is so dangerous I'm afraid it'll bite him OMG.

[@raging_crocodile2081]

kamodo dragons are not the largest land reptile, reticulated pythons are

[@therock4569]

Clickbait title, those are cats.

[@maskedmedia9504]

I thought tortoises were amphibious.

[@maskedmedia9504]

Thanks dude.

[@jrodowens]

Actually, according to the system of cladistics that evolutionary biologists and paeleontologists have largely adopted in place of the old classically familiar taxonomic system... guess what, tortoises are indeed technically members of the Amphibia lineage of life, as well as you and I - and every terrestrial verterbrate that descended from the tetropod amphibians. So dinosaurs are also amphibians, as well as the dinosaurs still alive that most of us don't think of us as being dinosaurs - the aves (birds.) ...BUT, I'm not trying to correct anybody here. Just pointing out interesting new developments in science for those that care. The arbitrary old 'definitions' are probably more practical for the average person and theartbook35 was not wrong in pointing out the characteristic of scales in reptiles. Interestingly enough, mammals and birds are descended from reptiles so are also part of the Order Reptilia - and some species of both groups have scales. The outer layer of chicken feet and human fingernails are both scales or derived scales (in our case)

[@Em-yd1bq]

ok i dont know about other reptiles my my tortoise he isnt the brightest, love him to death but he's so very stupid i dont think if he was in the wild he would survive to 100 years lol

[@klaud7311]

You have the audacity to call a 6 minute video an episode?