Top 5 WEIRDEST Reptiles at Snake Discovery!

Today we teach you about the top 5 WEIRDEST reptiles we have at Snake Discovery!

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[cheeseyfritters]

i love how Ed went from not talking on camera to yelling "BUTT!" in front of millions of people... love you guys.

[kennyholmes]

How about calling him Copper? Because Coprolith is the name for fossils of dung, and copper sounds like that word while also seeming innocent at first glance. Plus, just like the metal, he has an orangey coloration to him!

[NomicFin]

If I remember correctly another weird trait of the Calabar boa is that it has the thickest scales of any snake, and by a wide margin too. Apparently it's to protect it when it eats baby rodents, because the mother obviously isn't going to just stand by and let that happen, and tries to drive the snake off by biting it. However, its hide is so thick it can just ignore an angry rodent biting and scratching it.

[PrehistoricStates]

I know that I am a bit late to naming the Calabar Boa but I love the idea of calling him Coprolite. Coprolite is fossilized feces, with this being a fossorial species and looking like poo I think it is an amazing name.

[libbykarlin]

You should name the Burrowing python Coprolite. That’s what Fossilized dinosaur poop is called.

[skysocalbalen]

Legless lizards are always hilarious in Germany. We don't have deadly snakes and just one type that is slightly venomous, so snakes are technically not dangerous, but everyone still runs away screaming. Until you get that one person who walks over, goes "Huh, it's a Blindschleiche (legless lizard)" and reaches down to pick it up for everyone to see😂😂

[FunSizeAudibles]

My suggestion for the burrowing boa's name is Winnie, as in "Winnie the..."

[YochevedDesigns]

This is one of your best videos yet.  I feel like I'm right there in one of your tours, and you're speaking directly to me.  Such a warm and approachable format!  You really were born to be an educator and ambassador.

[lindsayschmidt]

Yay Legolas! I missed her! I’m glad to see she’s doing well. Scientists actually discovered a new species of legless lizard here in California a few years ago, it’s the only species to be named after my hometown! Never seen one, but I hope I will someday!

[LeslyN]

The creepy smile after the Mangrove strikes is SCARY!

[thecashmerequeen]

Definitely love the suggestion for Mr. Hanky! It's poop related without being inappropriate for kids. Plus Mr. Hanky is awesome. So 👍

[MiakaKirino]

Weird but cute!! <3 I like them all. I found the angy mangrove amusing. And the derpy-looking final contestant is SO cute... Little ball of giant earthworm-snake...

[ettinakitten]

7:50 This is probably a big part of why they're not very dangerous to humans. It seems to me that a lot of snakes whose venom is medically significant to humans are specialized for eating mammals (eg pit vipers, who have special sensory organs specifically for detecting mammals' body heat). In contrast, many of the mildly venomous snakes seem to be specialized for prey that is distantly related to mammals, such as birds or frogs, and therefore have venom that isn't really designed to affect mammals severely.

[anikanele]

Part of my Dad´s job is counting rare species of reptiles. If you live in europe and wanna see a legless lizard you should take a rectangle of black pond liner and lay it out in the sun. Reptiles will gather beneath it to soak up warmth. But be careful with Legless lizards, they can drop their tail like most lizards when they feel threatened.

[abigailr.]

Name idea for the boa! What about a B-name like Bobby, Barry, or Benny to match the alliteration of “burrowing boa”? For example, “Barry the Burrowing Boa” is cute and fun to say :) Love you guys!

[Kojakthepuppy]

When Emily said “the number one weirdest animal we have here at snake discovery is” an ad came up for fabreze so it sounded like Emily said “the weirdest animal we have here at snake discovery is fabreze!” 🤣🤣🤣

[liuqmno]

Can we make a series out of this? Top 5 coolest/cutest/derpiest/etc. animals in your zoo with some facts about them?
I knew about the mangrove snake and legless lizard, but I still love hearing you talk about them!

[mlralston]

Those Shield Agamas are just too freaking cute!!!

[jenelrichardson-bucholz]

My 10yo daughter thought the name Mud would be perfect.

Also I want to say your channel has changed her when it comes to snakes. She went from not even liking them to wanting to own one 🥰 sending love from Arizona.

[deepseagaylien]

I don't know if it's the same with Calabar boas but I've read that in Rubber boas the tail as head misdirect is actually used in the wild as a way to keep the mom mouse or vole distracted while the real head eats the young in the nest since it's so slow moving and cold tolerant, and that's why in wild caught specimens the tail is heavily scarred but not missing like it would be if a predator chomped it. Super interesting little guys!