That's a really interesting topic. Thank you for addressing it. Keep making rad videos!

This is why I come watch Kamp Kenan, so enlightened which directly or indirectly enlightens us to care for our animals even better.

Kenan’s beard: mr.stark I don’t feel so good

It's nice to see a scientist on your channel! Please have him on more often :)

What a brilliant video. Most attempts at answering a question like this will give a definitive answer based off of “I think that...” rather than trying to tackle it in a logical manner, as was done here. You never reached a final answer, no, but as we don’t have one yet, that is the most sensible resolution possible. Keep it up!

3:10 all the turtles hovering over by you like “Daddy!”

before i know about you two years ago i keep my turtle in door. you inspire me alot. now all of them live outdoors in suitable habitats for them. thankyou kenan

Great video. I noticed animals live in the “now” and their causal field or mental energy is much less than a humans therefore they do not keep thinking about the traumatic event over and over like a human does. Once the stress chemicals hit their system they do their thing- fight or flight-then the chemicals dissipate. In a human the chemicals remain and even more is produced when the human thinks about the stressful event over and over again. For the human this leaves a negative marker so fear and trauma remain and grow stronger over time.

As a wildlife rehabilitator, I think that turtles do remember stress and trauma. I work with many turtles that have been run over by cars and mowers. I definitely can observe the negative effects of this trauma.

Looks like all the pond turtles are arriving to visit you, Kenyon, and your guest! Nice visual.

This was a really great question. And the way you guys answered it, and the information you shared, was very insightful and helpful. I love your channel so much, Kenan. You don't come here for clickbait and foolishness, but when you're looking for real, legitimate information, this is by far the best channel I've found. Please keep it up, and don't ever change the style of your channel!🐢💕

The shorter beard looks better on you.

Well of course animals remember things long-term. This is how they survive as long as they do. Memory and instinct.

3:17 literally has so much life going on fish, turtles, and birds very chill

I say yes. My turtle used to be a sweetie. She would swim over to my hand and just float there. When I picked her up she would stick her head out and I would rub her chin. Then she got sick with RI so I took her to the vet. The antibiotics had to be injected. I had to inject her with a needle in her shoulder for 10 days. Ever since she tries to bite me when I put my hand in her tank or pick her up. Shes not the same anymore.

Turtles can remember how to get through a maze after a long time? Could have fooled me, one of my turtles still cant find the way around the basking spot ramp to get to dinner

This was a very interesting conversation and I was very impressed thank you for providing this content

Always look forward to your early morning videos bro🤘🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

Loved this video. The other one with Larry was definitely one of your best. I hope to see him more often!

My Iguanas and Turtles definitely remember both positive and negative events. They can differentiate me from other people by my voice and smell. I had a blind Iguana I rescued that was terrified of thunder storms. I don't know if that had anything to do with his original trauma or how he became blind. One of my female Iguanas learned how to unlatch the indoor cage and I had to put another lock device on it. When she was hungary she would look at me and make chewing gestures and flick her tongue at me. She was so smart it was almost kind of creepy at times. LOL

I enjoyed this video and the in depth topic. I know my dog when I was a kid learned one time that sniffing the electric fence around our cattle field was a negative experience and he also peed on my shoes that night since this was totally my fault. I think animals in general are like people, some of us learn the first time we touch the electric fence and some of us need a repeat experience to remember the good vs the bad. I know my rescue dog has a real issue with men in baseball caps he was abused by one and he remembers that still even after almost 3 years with me.

Hi, tks for Yr videos, I had once a terrapin, which I took to the vet for vitamin D. She got a shot in her back leg, which did hurt her. A week later she needed to have a second one and it got very difficult to draw her back leg, because she remembered the pain. It was impressive.

I'd like to add some anecdotal evidence of my own that kinda contradicts the conclusion you guys came to. I once had a chicken, who was my longest lived chicken at the time, display obvious symptoms of anxiety when no harm was imminent. I think you said that animals calm down and have decreased stress hormones present when there's no imminent danger. This chicken defied that hypothesis. I was only a few years into raising chickens, and I continually improved the structures/fences they were housed in because everything likes to eat chicken, so predators kept finding new ways to get to the chickens. This particular older chicken had experienced several predator attacks on her flock in her lifetime. Eventually, she seemed to fear everything except her chicken buddies, including people. I had hand raised every chick and all of them would eat out of my hand, and a few would ride around on my shoulder while I did yard chores or go to sleep in my lap while I petted them. So she never had a reason to fear people. However, after witnessing predatory attacks on her flock, she began self isolating in the coop, only leaving to dust bathe. Her flock mates still foraged outside everyday, but she didn't. I think she basically had the chicken version of PTSD. She had no health problems, and even into old age still laid a huge, blue egg every other day. I can only ever speculate that trauma was why she isolated herself in the coop and feared everything that moved. But it made clear to me that sometimes animals can worry and have anxiety because of past trauma, that they do remember it. Any thoughts? Thank you for bringing this topic up for discussion! And thank you for sharing your experiences with us. Virginia

Really love the way Larry explains, it is always very clear. Hope to see more of him and the seaturtles! Great video great question

Wow.. this was really intriguing video..

GREAT TOPIC!!!!!

Loving the visit from the turtle x x loving the beard now looks better x

I’m happy to have an educational channel and it’s just so great! Thanks as always Kenan!!! Xo

Real big fan of your hat!!

Great vid Kenan!

Love the Ibises in the Background!!!! You should make a video of 'of your local wildlife' with a focus on the resident like that pregnant Iguana (what happened to her?). Love the question Alexander asked! great question!

love this conversation 👍 the awareness

Good question, perfect answers, super video!

Very interesting thing to think about. Great conversation. When my tortoises were small, I wanted them to be alert and fearful of things as they would be naturally. A raccoon or possum could cause them problems I wanted them to react properly. Now that they are larger I touch them much more, so now they are less fearful. and quite friendly. I'm convinced that they can remember to get aggressive, just like if I added a strange tortoise to the area.

Great video👍👍👍👍👍👍

This is a great question!!

Good Morning Kenan and everyone at the Kamp! .. that 1st story breaks my heart- whoever did that shoud have a hole drilled threw thier hip bone and chained in a box!!

Nice information

Great to know! My window broke and my tank fell and ever since I’ve been worried about my turtles mental health after that :/

I've been caring for a group of mangrove diamondback terrapins at my university for over a year now. They were confiscated by the DNR from a black market situation. Over the past year, they've struggled with health issues as well as being terribly shy at first, and general signs of a high stress level. Only in the past 2-3 months have they overcome the worst of their health issues and become comfortable approaching me during feedings. I think it's likely that the negative experiences they went thru have caused increased stress levels, and thus affected their overall health.

I always say that intelligence is subjective. We may be able to build rockets that take us to the moon, but put those same people in a jungle and chances are they'll die fairly quickly. Not every species needs to know how to problem solve, so they haven't developed that ability, but if they suddenly needed that ability they would adapt, and that's what makes them intelligent in my opinion.

I like how you shaved 😀. Great topic.

Good Morning Kenan😊

For humans its called 'Mindfulness' living in the moment. Are you mindful or mind full? I learned about and learnt to practice mindfulness and my joy increased, stress anxiety worry decreased. Animals are mindful. Cool vid. Thanks!

Hello Kenan! Awesome content!keep it up! By anu chnce do you have ang update on crocodile kyle's new facility?

I thought you were about to say Larry Wheels!

Hi Kenan, can u link the studie from the red food. i would like to read it be me self to lern more about that. it is very intresting for every turtle-nerd. best regards from germany

Hiii love your videos I have a turtle my self

Having to give a box turtle antibiotics through injections for 2 weeks they remember and associate the room and the pattern when taken sweet talked and attempted distraction with the discomfort of recieving treatment for their own good even yearlings don't like the clean room after time they learn getting a mild disinfectant diluting water and betadine and distilled cotton swabs ear cleaning which removes the pain associated with the the clean room and learn to relax. Eventually associate the experience as a not negative stressful response and more curious alert pleasant stimulating relaxed attitude.

Selamlar, kanalı yeni keşfettim Türkiye’de yaşadığıma bir kez daha üzüldüm 😩 Ama bir Türk’ ün böyle bir hobi içerisinde olmasına çok sevindim. Başarılarınızın devamını diliyorum 😊🙌🏻

i love reptiles

I have three tortoises. Some people don’t take care of animals because “they’re just $50” or some excuse to be an ass. One was neglected. Weirdly enough it’s a really social and friendly tortoise, and it’s behavior has more like a dog than a tortoise. The other two tortoises act like any normal tortoise would. So I don’t know if they remember, but he’s probably more happy.

I have been wondering this for a few days now ever since my special needs tortoise passed away his buddies have been re visiting the area where they last saw him but they dont usually hand out in that area. Its almost like they are looking for him.

Come on! Almost 500k!

11:24 bird!

You trimmed the beard!

I did not know that about turtles lol

Oh my Lord! treating that tortoise like a tied up dog. 😵

Woohoo!!!!!

I really enjoy your videos. I see you have a Darwin understanding or belief I'm sure there are a lot of us out there that do not believe in this. A lot of us believe in creation. Would you please try to incorporate creation into your videos.

I have red eared sliders and a bird got my smallest one yesterday i am so upset. I really feel like my other 3 turtles are traumatized by it. They have been acting weird since it happened. I built an outdoor habitat for them they were finally getting comfortable to bask and then a damn bird came and got my smallest turtle.

Of course they remember. If they can remember where to go eat......very intelligent animals.

Surely, if they can remember a task after 10 years, then the remembering of a feeling, which in humans last a lifetime, can be remembered just as well. They may just not dwell on it as a human would to the point it affects quality of life.

Feels weird seeing you without a beard. I wanna see you get fully shaved lol

I feel it's not fair that people who can't afford to support your channel can't ask you questions.

Grow it back!

Turtles like us,are creatures of habit: "oh course they removed stress and trauma." Losing a mate is a form of trauma,so yes they grieve etc etc..

I has a pregnant box turtle how do you tell if it's pregnant

Kenan I have an important question. Why are box turtles not tortoises when they have a domed shell?

Has your beard been Thanos snaped?

So no more Tarzan?

I was just wondering why you don't have any Alaskan Turtles

Not sure why don’t you attach a go pro to its back and find out lol jokes

What’s going on today at the Kamp??

Shadow's Reptiles is doing a baby sulcata tortoise giveaway!!!

Did Kenan shave the beard, or is this just an old video?

I think they do remember because if they don’t remember then they will not remember that lions r dangerous but they do remember that lions r dangerous if u get what I mean

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Nooooooooo !!! The beard is gone :C

THE BEARD!😪

Not sure, but does crocodilians remember stress and trauma?

Are there any turtles or tortoises in Russia?

First here 😭💯

A Kenan you're a very kind man and a very good man do you think you can give my Facebook a shout-out Aaron Eaton I'm going through some rough times I've been a supporter of yours for many years since you were BMX so was I not famous but I've rode to live well to escape all the abuse in my childhood but I was a drug addict for many years I've been clean for 6 years but I still don't have my license and I'm working a dead-end job where I spend more money taking a cab to and from work then I make so I set up a GoFundMe account if anyone can help me out I want to get my life on track so I can get a car and I can find work where I actually enjoy I can help animals like snakes and turtles I want to eventually move down south maybe someday God bless and thank you

If animals didn't remember they wouldn't still be alive they would be extinct

I was thinking "hmm is he trying to be an alien?" because of his glasses. THEN you make a comment about aliens and butt probes. lmao Ummm..I think you both might be in denial. Or MEMORIES are embedded DEEP in your subconscious, no pun intended. I have had a few butt probes n my day. I am a daily experiencer of aliens.

I just have such an issue with people who speak with their sunglasses on - it's so unnerving not to see someones eyes while a conversation is happening

Grow the beard back