Herping Cape York Australia Part 1 - Green Pythons Galore!
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2021
- Herping Cape York Australia Part 1- Green Pythons Galore!!
Matt, myself and our good mate Jake Meney (check him out @jakemeney for more awesome reptile content) spent 10 days exploring and herping through Cape York including the amazing Kutini-Payamu (Iron Range) National Park where the Green Pythons were plentiful! What more could you ask for?? Come along as we explore this amazing part of Australia and check out the awesome animals we find!
I can see why you guys were stoked to be on the lookout for a green tree python. They are absolutely
stunning reptiles. Ya just wanna give him a kiss on the head don't ya? Here in America we have
mostly boring reptiles. You guys have no idea how lucky you are to do what you do for a living, and
'good on'ya." for that.
Fabulous! Well done!
Many thanks!
Absolutely loved it
Thank you
Best video I have seen this year...thank you so much for sharing
Thanks heaps!
crazy. i love it
Thanks!!
This is possibly the most spectacularly beautiful wildlife video that I have seen. Truly wonderful: thanks so much!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it😊
Just found your channel guys 👍, pristine filming, I like the way you just film and not disturb the animals, catching them just stresses the importance of leaving them alone. Absolutely luv your channel 👌🐸👏🙏🐍
Wow, what a terrific video. Great job! The cape York locality is definitely my favorite gtp, second only to Kofiau Island :)
Stunning snakes!
Spectacular video in all respects!
Great production, I'm going to the Cape in june/July. My grandson wants me to do some helping, I'm a " bird nerd" so I was doing some research and came across you guys. Thanks heaps
This is an incredible video for so many reasons. As a keeper who doesn’t live in Australia, this is exactly the kind of footage I spend hours combing the internet for! Thank you for taking footage of the environment around the animals and adding commentary (like the size of branches green tree pythons we’re choosing to rest on) because those are the things I’m always trying to assess in herping videos. Such a wide variety of amazing animals and beautiful panoramic shots. Thank you!
Thank you! Thats what we were aiming to do, showcase the habitat that they live in and really try and find their little micro-habitat within so we can replicate it as close as possible 😊
Brooo the ceon rainbow skinks tail movement’s are soo elegant and satisfying
Edit: in the first scene it was looked at
Yeah they are amazing to watch!
Absolutely stunning! Amazing finds 👏
They are awesome animals to see in the wild!
Hi guys, I live in NSW and just found your channel and I enjoyed every minute of it
Nice 👍
Thanks!
Hahah it triggered my ocd when you said green python haha I say green tree python lol!! 😆
Haha! Sorry!
Amazing the way it climbed up the tree, cant get closer to perfection than nature.
They are amazing to watch!
Top stuff! Can’t wait to get back to IR!
It's an awesome spot, never get tired of going there!
Fantastic video guys, Im very envious, cant wait for part 2.
Thank you!
I absolutely loved this video!!! You all did such a great job capturing footage of these animals! I really appreciate the style in which you filmed this: some, but minimal narration; soft music but still letting the sound of nature be the main soundtrack; letting the animals demonstrate their natural behaviors rather than trying to run up and grab them. This is a beautiful ode to wildlife. I look forward to Part 2! :)
Thanks heaps, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm still trying to work out how to do this editing stuff so glad to know I'm on the right track!
Thanks for your video post. So exciting to see so many GTPs in their natural habitat.
It was amazing to see so many! They are thriving!
Thanks for sharing the beautiful Aussie green pythons!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Is there a part two of this awesome vid..? Thanks for sharing
Part 2 is the video on Wild Taipans, the remainder of that trip heading back in to the dry country 😊
Love the use of the word wicked, sounds so much more natural when said by an australian
Hahaha! Thanks 🤣
Great video of the Iron Range. Chili Beach was one of my favorite places to camp!
Thanks! It is a beautiful place!
Such an incredible video, love seeing the wild chondros in the natural environment, looking forward to more!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it, they are an awesome species to see in the wild!
This is a very special video !!! I wonder if you could time a trip to find a female on a pile of eggs ??? Keep up the good work 🎉
Awesome, really enjoyed watching! Keep those videos coming , I really love your guys videos!
Thanks so much 😊
Awesome video! I love seeing all these animals in their natural habitat, Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks heaps!
😍
Thanks for sharing. Was really good to watch. Awesome effort!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it😊
So glad to have found this channel. Spectacular footage
Thanks heaps! Glad you enjoyed it!
Just found your channel. Great content! Australia is a bucket list herping destination for me. Just subscribed!
Thanks heaps!
This is amazing! Absolutely loved it. Thanks for sharing your adventures. I had hoped to be there around this time but circumstances changed unfortunately...maybe next year
Thanks heaps! It is an amazing place, you won't be disappointed when you get up there, hopefully it works out for you next year!
So awesome you guys were able to find so many GTP’s!! There aren’t many videos of them in the wild!!
Thanks! We were pretty happy to see ao many!
Amazing Video- Love the Northern Australian Green Pythons looking so nice, healthy and undisturbed with full bodies and dorsal stripes, The juvenile footage is a plus. Do you think the green python juvenile phase is a mimic for the yellow caterpillars in your video? These green pythons were also very smart in setting up shop near the fruit trees. :).
Thank you! I never get tired of seeing them in the wild! It is possible there is some form of convergent evolution where they have evolved to be a bright colour as a lot of the times bright coloured things are toxic, not sure if it is directly related to the caterpillar but still interesting!
I am amazed by how close those snakes let you get to them. 😳 Also, just causality strolling the rainforest in flip flops 🤣 Great video, I subscribed after your interview on the Animals at Home podcast. I love your philosophy on creating accurate, naturalistic enclosures. I have a bearded dragon and he is currently in a "bioactive" but I am planning a super realistic, native habatat. If you have any suggestions, especially concerning plantsnative to thier region, for an American who has never been to Australia, I would be so grateful. ❤️
Yeah when they are in ambush mode they are so focused they let you get really close! Haha yeah thongs, singlet and shorts, all you need for herping in Australia 🤣. In terms of plants for a beardy, thats a hard one because they trash everything! Non-natives like hibiscus stand up well to them, but natives are a lot more delicate and finicky to grow in enclosures under lights and I haven't had a great deal of luck with them! Although not exactly from where beardys are found, fiscus species are probably the easiest native to grow and can handle a bit of a beating
So would these be "Cape York" locality?? If so it's a locality I've never seen or heard of being available/bred in the US! I know some breeders that would probably kill to get their hands on some of those genetics! Looks like some serious "high white" potential!! Also very curious about all the "grounded" ones you found in the wild, wonder if they would spend more time on the ground in captivity if given larger enclosures with natural substrate?!?! That juvenile also looked rather large to have not even started OCC, wondering how much that differs in that wild?!?! There's a rather large & dedicated group of Chondro keepers & breaders that I'm sure would follow a dedicated Viridis channel that did long term video documentation on a single population group!! Definitely alot to be learned!!!!
Had to swap from watching this on my phone to the TV because the shots were so beautiful the small screen wasn't doing them justice. Great work 👏
Would love your opinion on enclosure size for the green tree python. Planning on getting some and I'm torn between thinking they need big space with height for climbing room and natural branches to thinking maybe just a small space given how many here just post up in one spot ready to pounce 🤔
Glad you enjoyed it! Personally for our Green Tree Pythons we like to give them hight, they are currently in an outdoor enclosure that is roughly 1.2m x 1.2m and 2m tall. The enclosure is full of tall upright branches, bamboo is great as it comes in lots of thickness, with some horizontal perching towards the top and they behave exactly like these wild ones do, perching up high during the day and coming down to sit in ambush just above the ground at night. Hope that helps!
@@TheNaturalHerpKeeper thanks for the info, that sounds amazing, would love to see it in a video some time. Do you keep multiple together?
I will work on doing a video on it some time in the future! Yeah we have a pair in the enclosure at the moment 😊
Excellent footage! Can I ask what month this was? and what were the day time and night time temps if you recorded them?
Hi and thanks! We were there in June 2021, times varied depending on species, the pythons were found from dusk through to early hours of the morning. Temps were fairly warm, day time temps were low 30's and dropping down to mid 20's overnight
I like the creek to but live it's 10 000 times nicer. And I like that you dont touch the animals . Other channels they play with venemouse snakes i dont like it. They give you a so wonderfull picture so we can feel and see it with you.