Reptile on Madly Odd

104-Year-Old Tortoise Outshines Other Residents of the Sanctuary

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 08:02:01 +0000

Jay Brewer loved reptiles and was always ready for adventures and extreme challenges. Recently, he visited Blake's Exotic Animal Ranch & later the Florida Iguana & Tortoise Breeders to get a glimpse of the exotic wildlife.

Curious Turtle Won't Leave Aquarium Worker Alone While Cleaning the Tank

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 19:23:03 +0000

Turtles are adorable creatures that love to spend their time cruising around the ocean and other bodies of water. They’re generally solitary animals who keep to themselves, even when surrounded by other aquatic critters.

Fennec Fox Loves Spending Time With Her Favorite Human

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 09:52:18 +0000

Foxes are some of the most energetic wild animals in the kingdom. They spend hours every day running around outdoors, trying to catch food, and having fun with their feisty fox friends. When they’re owned as pets, it’s not much different.

Armadillo Lizards Are Hauntingly Gorgeous Mini-Dragon Lookalikes

Sat, 09 May 2020 19:09:05 +0000

If you’ve ever watched movies like Lord Of The Rings or television shows like Game Of Thrones, you’ve likely seen a mythical dragon or two. Meet the Armadillo lizard, a real-life version of a mini-dragon.

65-Year-Old Man Struggling With Depression Gets Emotional Support Alligator

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 02:23:08 +0000

Depression and other mental health struggles can leave you feeling hopeless. It’s not uncommon for people to get emotional support animals to help them through their daily lives. 65-year-old Joie Henney from Pennsylvania chose a 5-foot-long, 60-pound alligator named Wally for his emotional support animal.

Turtle Cassanova Saves His Entire Species by Fathering 800 Babies

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:12:00 +0000

Meet Diego, the Giant Tortoise that saved his entire species. His legendary species-saving libido helped him father over 800 babies, thus renewing an almost extinct population. He was part of a breeding program in Ecuador where they increased the population of these animals from 15 to 2000, with over 40% of those having Diego’s genes.

Watch as a Brave but Mischievous Turtle Hitches a Ride by Piggybacking on a Gharial

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:15:15 +0000

Over at the Bronx Zoo, it seems that animals of all types get on - literally. Just look how this giant turtle hitches a ride, piggybacking atop a Gharial. With a history stretching 42 million years back, this is undoubtedly not the first time this has happened but definitely one of the only times caught on camera.

Those 'Frozen' Alligators Aren't Dead, They're Using an Incredible Survival Strategy

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:12:32 +0000

Alligators living at an animal sanctuary in North Carolina spend the winter months brumating in the ice-covered waters of a lake. Barely moving to conserve energy in a process called brumating, they poke their noses through the ice to breathe.

This Box Turtle Was Badly Injured, so Vets Built Him a Lego Wheelchair to Help Him Heal

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:35:49 +0000

LEGO has been used for a host of different things over the years, but we venture that this is the first time that it has been used in the world of medicine. Thankfully, there is a first time for everything, ensuring that a severely injured box turtle who was found wandering around in Druid Hill Park Baltimore, had the time and space that it needed to recover.

Python Attacks a Huge Alligator in the Water. but What Happened Next? Nobody Expected That!

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:31:13 +0000

This footage was filmed by Heiko Kiera aka Ojatro near the Everglades in 2009. The python in the video below approaches the alligator for reasons only he knows. Soon the two face off against each other. Alligators are much bigger than pythons, but this didn’t stop the fierce snake. He attacked the reptile and the alligator bit down on his body with a jaw-force exceeding 2000 lbs per square inch. The python didn’t give up though. A fully grown Burmese Python can reach over twenty feet in lengths and becomes an extremely dangerous prey item for most crocodilians including the American Alligator. However, after an all-out brawl, both of them went their own way.

This Llama Is All Sorts of Territorial! When Barczyk Cleans Her Cage, Watch Out!

Thu, 05 Jan 2017 21:10:15 +0000

Animals get territorial about their place, be it in the jungle, the farm, or the zoo. They often like thinks to be a certain way, and if that gets changed… look out. It’s almost an animal form of obsessive-compulsive disorder. That’s what happens when Brian Barczyk, the host of a show about reptiles, decides to see what it’s like to work with mammals. Well, Misty the llama is one mammal that he probably wishes he had never reckoned with.

This Tortoise Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth and He Needs Medical Help

Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:33:58 +0000

It is common knowledge that we love animals. We do. When it comes to animals we simply can not get enough of them. We go out of our way to learn as much as we can about them, devouring any information we can get about them, it’s just not enough though!

A Cat and a Bearded Dragon? Now I've Seen Everything!

Thu, 03 Mar 2016 21:45:42 +0000

I love watching unlikely friendship videos on the Internet. They seem to stand as a representation that friendship can defy all the odds. That love can defeat biology and culture. Although maybe I’m reading too much into it.

I Was Shocked After Seeing What This Cat Was Doing With This Bearded Dragon!

Thu, 28 Jan 2016 21:02:39 +0000

It doesn’t happen often, but every now and then, we come across cases of unlikely friendships that defy all the odds. This video shows one of the most unusual and unlikely friendships I have ever seen!

I Was Shocked After Seeing What This Cat Was Doing With This Bearded Dragon! I'm Flabbergasted!

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:22:36 +0000