Funfact isopods are called ‘skrukketroll’ in norwegian, which basically translates to wrinkly troll😂

I so love that Emily put the isopod in her pocket so she could show it to Ed, because she knows how much he loves isopods. 💕💕💕

"When it's scared, it rolls up as a defense mechanism." ball python: "Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well."

When I lived in SoCal as a kid, one of those alligator lizards ended up living in our garden. We attempted to "rehome" him to a safer location outside (we had three cats) but he refused and continually came back (we knew it was him, because he was missing his tail, we named him Stumpy.) Ultimately, we ended up homing him in a large empty tank we had, he tamed very well and was super happy for years, even allowed us to hold him and hand feed him without issue and no biting (and his tail started regrowing!). He'd even come up to the glass to greet us each morning, then curl up under his log to sleep (they sleep in a circle!). Amazing experience, miss you little Stumpy.

Me: **sees title** oh, that's sad that people would throw away reptiles like that. Me: **sees intro** oh! Ok that's good actually

Alligator Lizard: Grr, I am angry. I want to bite you! Emily: Okay, here's my finger.

My favorite part of Ed and Emily's relationship (as someone who obviously doesn't know them in person or anything) is the way they always match the other's excitement. Like from what I can see, they encourage each other's interests and don't ever feel like they can't be obviously excited about something.

As an Australian, seeing y’all just casually flipping trash shoots my anxiety through the roof 😅 one time I found a discarded soft toy on the side of the road, flipped it, and found a rather large red belly black snake curled up underneath it. I would love to find a python but 9 times out of 10 it’s something deadly.

Nobody gets as excited to find piles of garbage as herpers. FACT!

Love how the lizard wanted to bite Emily and she just Was like “okay” and puts her finger in its mouth

The way Emily has literally no hesitation or fear while catching and handling animals is amazing! I am very envious of that!! I love animals but I am scared to touch a lot of them, I wish I wasn’t!

Hey Emily! That wasn’t actually a tarantula you found, but rather a false tarantula! They do look very similar, but this was not an Aphonopelma at all; it was Calisoga spp. They are very unique arachnids and it was very interesting to see a little peek at something you don’t usually get to see. I would be very excited to have discovered one, as they do look very convincingly like Theraphosidae!

there’s something about herping that reminds me of careless childhood memories of exploring my backyard and the nearby parks

That Garter was super adorable. Like how he was super scared at first and then decided that you were an adequate heatsource. So cute how he curled around your fingers. Such a beautiful snake too.

I love that the lizard was like "hey I wanna bite you" and Emily was like "yeah sure" and just puts her finger near its mouth lol

Me: "Wow I can't wait to find a reputable salamander breeder and start making my collection bigger!" Emily and Ed: "Hey look at this salamander I found in the ✨trash ✨!" 😄😄

"Is that an isopod if your pocket, or are you happy to see me?" "Im happy to see you , so i put an isopod in my pocket" Relationship goals

Salamanders look like the real-life version of when people draw stick arms on snake photos

You know what I love? That you guys take time to find out information you don't know before sharing a video. You don't assume you know everything and hold your hands up when you don't. Massive respect!

The animals you found were really cool but I just wanted to say thank you for also featuring the moss! That forest that you shared at the very end of the video was amazingly beautiful!! 💕

Appreciate you stating those "rules" to flipping as I have seen a lot of places in Colorado where you can see where people flipped over boards but didn't put them back in the same spot. Also love millipedes

I’ve lived in ca my whole life and I have only found an Alligator Lizard once. I was catching Western Fence Post Lizards(aka blue bellies) at a family function and one turned around and bit me. It didn’t hurt but I was confused so I went to show my grandpa the lizard biting me. On my way to Grandpa, the lizard let go and raced across the grass and climbed my 2 year old baby cousin and sat on the top of her head. Grandpa tried to get it out of her hair before all the aunts and Grandma saw it, but the baby started running because Grandpa looked big and scary. I probably should have helped him, but 12 year old me thought that watching a 6’2” linebacker chase a baby with a lizard in her hair absolutely hilarious. Grandpa was my first herping guide. I miss him.

Your enthusiasm for finding critters is contagious. Reminds me of when I was a kid & we would go to the local dump and the crick behind our house. My favorite find was the lizard 🦎 & that tarantula was a surprise.

I love how she sees the lizard trying to bite her, so she just offers her finger for him to bite 😂

"They don't really move much once they're comfy" me in a nutshell

After a hard day this is just what I need: two wholesome kind people making great videos for us to watch!

15:50 the slug was the best part of the video hands down i freakin love slugs xD

When you see that 2:48 you get an idea of how snakes evolved from legged reptiles. That salamander is basically a pre-snake with tiny ridiculous legs.

As soon as they found the alligator lizard, I thought, "Hey, I know that species. They bite." And then it did. They're ornery little buggers. XD Strange to watch people in my area intentionally looking through trash for rattle snakes when I was taught to avoid trash piles for that very reason. I'm glad you found a bunch of little salamanders rather than rattle snakes~

I'd really love to see an update on the rat breeding racks how they've been working out

My family loves your channel. I have custody of my four grandkids, hence the channel name. I use my grandsons channel to watch KZfaq. My oldest is 15 and already has two snakes. He wants to be like you. Very adamant about it too. We love what you two do. We have learned so much. Thank you. We love you both. Also we have been subscribed to your channel when you first started and I knew you were amazing from the beginning and now 2.5 million. Congratulations

Growing up, there were cinder blocks everywhere and I remember going around with my siblings, flipping them over to look for salamanders, worms, and other creepy crawlies Looking back I’m glad no snakes decided to hide under anything we flipped over 😅

Theory about the salamander rolling up: He kind of looks like a small pile of feces when he does that so maybe it's just meant to convince would-be predators that there's nothing worthwhile in that spot so they move on? I know very little about salamanders so this is just purely a guess from seeing it happen when Ed was holding the salamander.

I don't know why but her petting the moss made me smile.

Thank you thank you! I have always been afraid of snakes, salamanders, lizards, and millipedes, but I love watching you interacting with nature. I will never own a snake, but I love your informative videos, and I feel like you two really do respect the animals you care for. I am a furry animal "mom" and I care for them like you do yours, with attention too their needs, and respect for their abilities.

I found isopods in my back yard over the summer and made a nice enclosure for them thanks to advice I learned from snake discovery. Just noticed today that they had babies!! Thank you Emily and Ed for educating my children and I about cool reptiles and isopods

Oddly, I have seen Emily's hand so many times that I picked up that her right index finger may have been swollen in one spot. Hope it is not hurting you, Emily.

Watching your (Emily and Ed's) appreciation for 'adorable' creepy crawlies has really changed my perception of them. Centipedes would not be something I previously thought of as cute, in fact probably quite the opposite. Emily holding them and talking about their cuteness and personalities has made me appreciate them more. I can see them as cute now that I have 'met' them. Also, I have always thought snakes were interesting and sometimes beautiful, but now whenever I see a little or baby snake I think awe, they are so cute. You two are awesome educators. I'm an adult much older than the two of you, and you have greatly influenced me, I can only imagine the huge impact you have had on children. Still working on my spider issue. It's not as bad as it used to be, but they still give me the heeby-jeebies.

IM CRYING IM SO HAPPY I live on the west coast of Canada and I go out herping all the time and I've caught DOZENS of Northern Alligator Lizards and I knew what it was immediately after you caught it!!! I'm so so happy to see an animal I see in my own wilds in your video, I want to one day become an educator on the natural species in British Columbia. Thank you for inspiring me so much with your videos

Omg the tongue color of that cute little garter snake was so adorable! Such a vibrant color! :)

I kept getting startled when you would turn over something towards you. I live in an area that has a lot of copperheads and it was ingrained in me and my kids that we don't turn things over like that. Then I realized that not only are y'all trained professionals, but you WANTED to find snakes. LOL I finally calmed down and enjoyed the rest of the video.

If I ever get the chance to find my next reptile in the trash... Finally a genuine reason to name it Trash or Garbage :)

I am so glad I found your channel, it's so fun! And as a reptile owner myself I just love seeing other lizards, snakes, bugs, frogs, I could go on

10:05 watch out, that lizard is going to bite...oh...did you... You know someone's a real one when they pull a power move like that. "Here you go little buddy!"

Can't believe you found an alligator lizard but not a bluebelly, they're so much more common! But they're probably in brumation right now Also those salamanders like to hide under plant pots too

I once had a wild caught alligator lizard, she was a rescue. We found her in middle if the road not moving, so we took her home and got her warmed up and fed. We kept her in a nice warm cage and would feed her the fattest cockroaches we could find, and even once a dragonfly. We ended up releasing heron the side of the road where we found her once the weather warmed up. That was the only time I ever had a pet reptile. My mom was highly against having reptiles and still is but chose to let us keep Lizzy (that's what we named her) because my mom thought that she was gorgeous with she was. She didn't look like the one in the video tho. She was more of a grey color with blueish grey and black spots that looked like a checkerboard, her scales faded into a coppery color by her feet and near her flap with had a black stripe, she also had a regrown tail with was a silvery copper colored mix. She had probably the biggest personality I've ever seen on any reptile. If a cockroach escaped from her grasp she would get offended and chase after it full speed to get it. I miss her and loved her dearly.

I love how Emily is so brave and not scared of snakes or insects if they bite her

As sad as it can be to see piles of trash like that, it's really beautiful to see nature reclaiming it!

The brown salamander you found was so cute and derpy looking.

Here early because of Patreon! 😁

What a delight of a video! Little treasures all over the place! So happy to see the tarantula - I'm such a huge fan of spiders of any kind and up here in northern Canada, there's no way to see a tarantula in the wild (or lizards, for that matter, though we have them in other regions. Not up here in cold central!). Thanks for a fun video.

I grew up in rural central CA and there were so many great critters. We regularly got tarantulas, gopher snakes, and toads all the time. There was a toad that took up residence under my dog’s water bowl. Hey, we even had roadrunners and coyotes too!

I never needed to go herping for Alligator Lizards, they always snuck into my in-law's house some how. Once walked out of the bathroom to one chilling right in the hallway. Even found one under my pillow once. Man now I miss CA😔💔

Loved the the garter, he was so adorable!

I loved all the critters you found, but salamanders have always been a favorite of mine. Just the variety of traits different species can have, they're so cool!

10:32 had the lizard saying the end is near

Id love a video on how to set up your yard for critter success :) like if you were ever to make a critter friendly play structure for kids at your facility? Like maybe avoid certain wood chips and paints?

I've always thought the Garters here in eastern Iowa along the Mississippi seem to also cross with one another, especially closer to the marshy areas along said river. Some have red, some are more like Plains, some more striped like a Ribbon and everything in between. Given how they live so close and pseudo communally (I remember finding 3-5 adults under the same railroad tie lol) it makes sense that the species lines blur where the wild areas overlap, especially in a species as varied and prolific as Garters lol.

You guys make me happy when I'm down. Thank you, for real. Beyond grateful.

I want to be a herpotologist when I’m older and this is the perfect channel to learn stuff from

I would love to see more insects, arachnids and inverts featured on your channel! Snails and spiders do so much for our wild ecosystem 🥰

I actually think the tarantula you found is either Aphonopelma eutylenum or Aphonopelma steindachneri. Aphonopelma chalcodes have a blonde carapace with blonde legs and red hairs on their abdomen and even males will have more of a brown coloration than a black one. It's still really cool that you found one though!

I love the way the San Francisco alligator lizard bit her finger. It was so cute the little chomp

My favorite find of the video was the tiny moss forest on the log ❤️ It's adorable!

I super loved this video! The salamander had little baby dead pool arms and legs 🤣 And it was friggin' adorable when Emily pulled that pill bug out of her pocket to show Ed! 😍 Lastly, when the lizard bit Emily I was just expecting the pop up text to say something like "snack" lol 😝

Sudanese Plated Lizards have a VERY similar flap to the alligator lizard you found (woo convergent evolution!) And they use it to inflate themselves after wedging into cracks so that predators can't pick them up!

I love Emily's love and excitement over every critter. I am the same way with critters..

Amazing to see these animals that far south I grew up in British Columbia Canada and loved catching and releasing these species back into the wild this video brought back some amazing memories thank you hope all you internet people have a great day ps we also had painted turtles breed and lay eggs like a block away from the house I grew up in every year in the spring it was always super cool to see them digging into the sandy hillside too 😁😁 I used to help them cross the road any time I would see one

Pickle rick- 9:25 Edit: I love how when Emily was explaining the alligator lizard's skin flap she just let it bite her

I wish y'all could come to Utah, it's a lovely place and it has some great herping spots, I even accidentally caught a Painted turtle when fishing, I made sure he was ok. But as of now it's probably not the greatest time to herp, the tail end of spring is the best time, cuz it's just warming up and it's not freezing cold or scorching hot. Yay for living in a desert

I wish my husband liked bugs as much as i do! I loved watching you guys get so excited to show each other!

I grew up in So. Cal. and we always had scrap wood in the backyard. Reminded me of my childhood looking for critters under wood.

10:10 Aligator lizard : Can me bite ? Emily : Okay here’s my finger, u may bite ! You cutie 💕

i think it's adorable how the alligator lizard opened their mouth, wanting to bite and emily offered her finger as tribute

10:08 i love how the lizard is like "COMMERE IM TRYING TO BITE YOU DONT TOUCH MY FLAPPIES" and she's just like "ok" and puts her finger in its mouth

My favorite is definitely the snail. They actually make amazing pets. The personality of those little dudes is way bigger than most people believe. I had some as pets for quite awhile. Some of my favorite pets ever. Low maintenance, too!

I vote "coastal red banded millipede" for the common name of the truly adorable millipedes l (Here early because Patreon!)

That salamander is the cutest thing I’ve ever seeeen! His little baby walks

So loving to see these animals...... but sad to see that they live in garbage....... my favorite of all the critters was the aquatic garter snake.... I want to thank you and Ed because of you guys my love for snakes has reached an other level thank you

I loved the little snail and the millipedes!! I've had many snails and slugs as pets, they surprisingly have a lot of personality lol. Millipedes do as well there so sweet. I only had 2 but they were so sweet. ^-^💚💙💜🌹

That was cool. I've actually seen a rattle snake in the wild on a hike during the summer, it was just sunbathing on the hiking trail and moved off when we stopped to let it pass so it wouldn't feel threatened. I recommend checking out Crystal cove next time you're in Southern California during the summer. Even if you don't find reptiles, there's tide pools there with little ecosystems.

When you said you were coming to CA I knew you would go to my neck of the woods! Hope central Cali was kind to you 😀

I love that in almost every video there is the pickle hidden somewhere

I loved this video even without any rattlesnakes. I would like to add that I'm so happy that Ed finally cut his hair. He looks good and I like Emily's without the colors too. Your videos are what I look for first when I take time for reptile videos. You helped me so much when I got my first snake (corn) at age 67. I follow all your great advice. Thank You!

That salamander reminds me of a drawing of a dog from a young kid.

As a Northern Californian who doesn’t like bugs this video was scarily eye opening lol I was unaware of the giant tarantulas and millipedes that inhabit my area😅😅

Love scrap piles for discovering!!! And thank you for sharing the fern moss outtake...

"Leaving piles of trash is bad, but make sure you do not remove pieces of trash in case there are creatures living under it. It belongs to them now."

I absolutely love garter snakes. I work as a groundskeeper at an interpretive center and when I mowed, I would make sure to keep an eye out for snakes/frogs/etc. and have been able to show plenty of kiddos garter snakes through the large windows 😭

Herping- the reptile version of alien abduction, lol. Love it, love your videos. I have never been a fan of nope noodles, but having watched you guys for so long the garter snakes I find in my yard don’t freak me out quite so much. So thank you for that, lol.

YAY! SALAMANDER! I'm glad to see you employed the PROPER way to return him to his home....let him crawl back under...not put the large, heavy object on top of him like some people do.

The aquatic garter snake is gorgeous 😍 and so chill! I love him great find guys!

Can we take a moment to appreciate how kind Emily and Ed is even though all the reptiles are so adorable they still let them go 😇

Hi fellow patreons!

I live in California and I have never seen someone so excited to see a slender salamander!

Cool herping! I keep a good sized brush pile to give herps and small birds a quick escape from predators. It also offers shade in the heat of summer.

Emily: let’s alligator lizard bite her Also Emily: Keeps talking calmly with no worry 😂

People: ew garbage! Snake discovery: OMG YESSSSSS GARBAGE! WOOOOOOO!

I love the garter as well, he looked very heathy too! The feisty lizard was adorable! Maybe he blows himself up when really threatened, although he didn't do that with you. The salamanders were cute and they seem to thrive there.

Haha I love how happy you guys are to find isopods. Also that aquatic garter snake is sooo beautiful!