My head cannon is that Iguana meat is colloquial for random meats/meat you don't wanna question the source.

He's lost it, he's really lost it. A conspiracy theory on iguana's. My man needs to get off the Nuka Cola.

A giant mutated mudskipper flapping towards you in a bog would be pretty terrifying

just a note, the "plant like growths" on the anglers appear to be clusters of mussels. Those things will stick on anything that sits still under water for a extended period and are very common up here in Maine. stay groovy brother.

I'm all for some kind of giant Rad Snake. That lives in the subway and travels the tunnels... that would rule.

Fallout 76 had good wildlife and unique enemies it’s like they knew people didn’t want 60% raiders and 30% super mutants as enemies

Far Harbor is actually in what used to be Maine, not Massachusetts - it used to be the Mount Desert Island, where the town of Bar Harbor is.

even though they're called geckos, I might guess that they're mutated basilisks. real world basilisks, not the harry potter or witcher kind, look pretty similar, can have various shaped crests around their heads, can have spines or fins on their backs, and when escaping predators run on their rear legs... seems pretty spot on.

The Gatorclaws are my favourite creature in Fallout 4, so the thumbnail already has me hyped. I honestly was sad to get rid of them all and wish that they'd included the ability to reprogram the machine to make a follower Gatorclaw. Probably requiring max intelligence or something, since their own creator was unable to control them. Also I think it was mentioned in the terminals or something that the scientist had heard of deathclaws from spying on wastelanders, and that's why he named them so similarly, though it's been a while since I was there so I could be misremembering. I think the genetic similarities are still a weird coincidence in the lore though.

I love the goofy look of the gatorclaw just squatting in the water for a surprise attack at 5:08 XD

a cool fish themed creature could be a sheepshead, they got almost human like teeth and a giant mutant fish snapping at you with human incisors would be a pretty scare concept, or carp, giant mutant carp able to launch themselves at speeds fast enough to pierce a corvega

To add some reason why Cait doesn't think fish really exist is when most nuclear material irradiates sea water the oxygen is forced out so there honestly are probably huge dead sea deserts on whatever route from we'll say the uk to America but it seems the seas are recovering super fast with fallout 4

The one thing that fallout 76 got right is how unsettling the creatures are. It's like they're in between adapting to the radiation so they all look like chronenberg monsters

Now I’m imagining a snake that mutated but it just has really buff arms

About iguanas, they are currently a highly invasive animal in Florida. It stands to reason that after the war the population there could mutate and spread. I'd like to see more invasive species become endemic mutants since they already prove to be highly resilient. I'd especially like to mutant wild hogs. Their nickname down south is razorback, which sounds like an awesome mutant!

There are iguanas aplenty in southern Florida, some are bigger than a large house cat. When it gets cold, like below 50F, they go into hibernation and fall out of the trees.

Crank up the Rads, sit back and burn some Chronic with a Radstag.

Newts can regenerate their limbs, eyes, hearts, jaws, tails, and pieces of their brains. Gulper regeneration is probably a reference to this. Gulpers may be descended from newts native to Maine, but they resemble Cryptobrachid salamanders, like the North American Hellbender and their larger relatives, the Giant Salamanders.

You missed lakelurks/ mirelurk kings which are mutated from turtles/frogs

Who wants to bet gatorclaws are in Florida and Louisiana as well.😂🤔

Fun fact about Gulpers: it's not just trees they'll hang from. I run a mod which causes monsters from the DLCs to spawn in the base game, and they'll also quite happily ambush you from power lines. Given the lack of fog in the Commonwealth, it's somewhat surreal to see them just hanging out in broad daylight.

9:07 Toads don't exist Taxonomically. What we call toads aren't usually related to other toads and are actually related to other frogs than toads. The difference between toads and frogs are purely arbitrary and have no basis. We just call any frog which stays out of the water more often with rougher skin as toads. So it makes sense the American bull frog becomes the Rad Toad. Since the whole Toad thing is arbitrary and just semantics

Oh I somehow expected to see the insects/arachnids here too separate video, would have bloated this video a bit too much (I LOVE RADSCORPIONS!)

Hey just wanted to mention because I didn’t see anyone else say it yet, but the far harbor dlc for fallout 4 takes place in Maine, not massachussetts where the main game takes place. Just a minor detail I noticed

Snakes are also mentioned in fallout New Vegas, when visiting the great khans. One of them will have dialogue depending on whether your head is crippled I believe.

My headcannon for the tunnelers' orgin is that they started spawning shortly after the bombs fell. Maybe someone or a group of people who had sought shelter from the bombs discovered an underground canyon of sorts, lived there, some how got exposed to FEV and then the local fungus and mushrooms alike consumed their dead and evolved into the tunnelers after time.

Imagine walking by the shore and being ambushed by flying cod 😂😂

Someone should make a fallout creature tier list based on how “realistic”they are, like if a nuclear fallout really happened what creatures would actually exist, high tier should be animals like rad rat or Yao guai and bottom tiers are stuff like giant bipedal geckos. Radiation mutated creatures only of course no FEV

Got a Correction for you RadKing. Iguana are not Native to the Southern US, but have become a High Population Invasive Species. Just like Boa Constrictors, Pythons, Savanah and Nile Monitor Lizards, Snakehead Fish, Nutria Rats, and Wild Hogs.

Iguanas and Squirrels, can eat them, can’t find them, and don’t have a new wasteland irritated name. Even more mysterious than the cats of Fallout 4.

RadKing, a large portion of the Monitor Lizard Species have a Venomous Bite. The Nile Monitor Lizard is the most aggressive out of the entire Monitor Lizard Species.

The gatorclaw would’ve been a good enemy to add to a fallout set in New Orleans and the swampy bayou, or just give us the entire state of Louisiana

Considering nuclear winter is a thing that exists, I'm not sure there'd be so many large reptiles and amphibians running around. Their metabolism would do quite poorly in such a scenario.

I still think the Radtoads are the worst parent. James is bad, sure, but at least he didnt launch his own child out of his back and fill him with enough of Atom knows what to the point they can explode.

Thanks for the trypophobia warning before that nasty frog

15:52 The Mount Desert Island isn't in Massachusetts tho. It's in Maine

I bet Ronaoke Gaming would HATE the Anglers if he encountered them in game, lol! He has said that the RL Anglers are "creepy abominations".

I have to say that the iguana things edit: (gulpers) from the island terrified me a lot and also the gigantic mantis stuff, wich is a shame that there was not that many... I mean: its clear that bethesda likes cosmic horror, its interesting that in the settlements of fallout 4 some times you have raids from several factions. Just imagine that same thing but in the island when the mist is dense (just like the book the mist) atracts hordes of those things and you are in the middle if that just hiding. I love that dlc but that would transform it even more into nightmare fuel.

i love your videos man. awlays looking forward to the next one

Gulppers are so cute & silly looking at a distance, then they start moving & it is just so absurdly fast it's absolutely terrifying

any day with a radking upload is a good day

About the Gatorclaw: Since Deathclaws were a pre-war thing, the doc would of known about them and could of named them similar, because they are. For the chameleon DNA, he might of known deathclaws used said DNA and could/would of used it again?

I have mild trypophobia and the Suriname toad was the first time I felt that distinctive discomfort when I saw it in a animal doc back when I was a kid. My skin still crawls when I see it. Also the egg laying into the back of the frog just might be a common occurrence of the Pipa genus of frogs but I'm too uncomfortable to look into it.

I always thought it was heavily implied that the doctor used Deathclaw DNA

The closest real world comparison for Tunnelers - that I can think of - is the original depictions of Chupacabras. Before it became some type of vampiric canine, the original sightings were reptilian, vaguely humanoid, and often depicted as looking similar to Tunnelers. Chupacabra sightings only started in the late 80's, early 90's, and with the proximity of the Mojave to Mexico it's not that far of a leap to see where they could've originated. How they originated is still a mystery though.

What is the geckos aren't actually geckos to start with, what is in fact the cross spread as they were mutating with other reptiles that were indigenous to the Mojave, which would explain the rampant variation in color as well as their mutations in general

Quick question do the nightstalkers from new Vegas not classify as reptilian or at least honorable mention I just think rattlesnake dogs are neat and I want one 😂

Gatorclaws are so awesome. I want more of them

Ive never played any Fallout Game (outside of 10 minutes on New Vegas) but I feel that it would be really nice to see maybe a DLC or new area which could focus on a large town ontop of the sea. Not like an oil rig, but more like Laketown from the Hobbit where most of the platforms and buildings are close to the water. Here they could focus on having submersibles and boats that could give fish and other aquatic organisms the spotlight. For example: Rad-Squids could use their tentacles to attack the player whilst on land, or break harbour docks during segmented events, or a reference to the large Blue Rad Whale that is mentioned by someone, with a large creature being spotted off in the distance. I feel not enough games give the ocean and other creatures enough credit.

I think that geckos could be somewhat related to deathclaws. The walking on two legs points that out. Also I kinda wish the gator claws were more common and not all extinct.

The gatorclaw is my new favorite beast. I've always had a weakness for humanoid lizards or crocodiles, and this is an absolutely beautiful design for one.

I love the little frogs in 76, with their electric blue glow. My favorite things to find out in the world and in caves

Always love a radking video.

I think for the tunnelers, I remember seeing terminals on lonesome road about these hippies who were against the nuclear cargo being held at the divide prewar, my thought is it possible being the fallout military holding these hippies in holding cells deep underground in the bunkers, Ik there’s not much evidence to suggest this but given the more human aspects of the tunnelers, their arms legs body, eyes mouth and even ears, all looking more human than a wasteland beast. Or it being possible they have ties to the prewar utilizes around hopeville

I think wanamingos are a reptile or amphibian but they’re a mystery like iguanas

Thank atom for such comprehensive videos 🙏

This is the second video I've seen when you walk backwards off a higher platform in combat, good stuff 👍🏻

I absolutely love the Geckos and all their variants. I really hope to see more of them in future games.

Love the videos lol would love to see one diving into the Scorch Plague and it’s infected army

Iguana bits are actually human meat, as investigated in the earlier fallout games, explored by epicnate I believe

10:00 watching the eggs hatch from these things is one of the most horrifying things i can think of

7:42 Just a cutie plague toad from papa Nurgle.

I'm excited for this new series, mirelurks are my favorite fallout creature type.

@29:24 Gojira is the original Japanese name for Godzilla, a giant monster at the center of a media franchise. The character first appeared in the eponymous 1954 film, directed and cowritten by Ishirō Honda. The name "Gojira" comes from a combination of the Japanese approximation of "gorilla" and kujira, the Japanese word for "whale".

I like to see a creature video on all of fhe fallout's arthropedic monsters (arthropods: bugs) ranging from insects, arachnids, myriadpods, and crustaceans. They are my favorite type of mutated monsters to incounter in the fallout games.

The iguanas are probably just the descendants of escaped pets/zoo animals that adapted to the various climates of the US without too much outward change. As for all the different gecko variants, each color-morph is probably from a different species, most likely from breeding populations kept by breeders or zoos. I have a friend in Utah who has several breeding pairs of just Leopard geckos, along with a few other breeds. As far snakes and fish: We've gotten Gatorclaws, now gimme Sharkclaws. A mudskipper/lungfish enemy that hides in marshlands or other wetlands would be cool. Hopefully we'll get a game that requires river travel by boat, and we can actually fish and catch some cool mutated species and maybe fight some sorta "demon" fish enemy/boss. Snakes I feel have less to give, really. Not much you can do to them that other games haven't already done. Aka, make them giant, maybe add some spikes or frills which really hamper snakes ability to fit into tight places, etc. Unless you mix in FEV and other animals to make the snake more fantastical, idk how one would implement them in a meaningful way into the game. Edit: Btw, Rad, I do love your videos, but I've noticed in some of your videos, especially this one, that you switch around methodologies and criteria when trying to answer the same question for different creatures/groups. The Anglers can be highly mutated species of frog fish despite their lures relying on scent but the Geckos can't just be mutated Leopard geckos that don't have footpads or the ability to blink because that mutation is too far? In evolution losing traits is much easier than gaining traits. Frogfish fins somehow mutating into fully fledged limbs with fingers and claws is gonna be much harder to explain than geckos becoming large apex predators where their footpads no longer provide enough support for them to climb. There's also the question of how far do you let the radiation of Fallout explain these mutations and what do you try to explain with natural, if accelerated, evolution? Like, one can certainly say that the Radtoads' multiple eyes, extra limbs, pronged tongues, etc can all be explained by radiation's affect on how they develop before the species became radiation resistant enough to stabilize and will now have to go through the long process of weeding out more detrimental traits. Same for the varied abilities of the Geckos. The final question to answer is do we trust the native people, who supposedly named these creatures, on the origins of these creatures. While the natives call the various morphs of Geckos, well, Geckos, their ability to run and the frills on their heads mirror frilled-neck lizards. While not native to the USA, frilled-neck lizards are popular pets and zoo animals, just like geckos. There are even reports about escaped lizards surviving in the deserts and scrublands of the Southwest particularly well. This extends to pretty much every other creature named after a real world animal in the games. Komodo Dragons, Radtoads, heck even Radroaches can be misnamed creatures because natives are comparing them to animals that existed pre-war. Komodo Dragons could be highly mutated Nile Monitors that are an invasive species in Florida right now. Radtoads, as you pointed out, can just be convergently mutated bullfrogs. And Radroaches might actually be a species of mutated beetle for all we know, though probably not.

I feel the need to point out that Iguanas already live in North America. In Florida when the temperature drops they warn people about Iguanas falling out of trees. All it would take is for their range to expand. That's so much less crazy than assuming that former pets are the primary source of them.

I very much appreciate how 76 shows that there was a huge explosion of new species from the radiation, but as time passed some went extinct or were relegated to isolated populations.

At 5 : 52 you say that its wired that death claws and gadder claws have similar names but this is explained if you assume that the people of the waist land saw the similarities between the to creatures and decided to give them similar names, even if you argue that the pip boy also calls it a gadder claw this can be explained if you think that because the gadder claw is a post ware creation it had no name in the pip boy's so the player put its name as gadder claw in the pip boy's records.

A hornless deathclaw scarier than a horned one

Would be cool if the lakes and rivers of Fallout where inhabited by mutated python snakes or other giant water dwelling snake types like anacondas. Imaging trying to cross a river and spotting a titanoboa sized python snake swimming towards you in the water.

There was a mutant catfish enemy in the concept art for Fallout 3.

That crocodile art looks like the character from the elder scroll series that is a lizard

I feel like the reason there is no snakes or iguanas is because they would be far to small and largely unseen. The rats and the cave crickets in nuka world had to be made rather large to be seen or even cared about. Even the roaches had to be supersized. Meaning anything normally small would have to be enlarged or it would just go unseen.

Good stuff. Many thanks.

Gator claws should've been introduced in DLC Point Lookout.

You should make a video on how different fallout 76 would be if it was originally built as a single player game or changed into a single player game after it released

To me, Geckos bear a strong resemblance to the Axlotl, from the overall build to the frills on the side of the head. Another interesting note is that wild Axlotl have a coloration remarkably similar to the fire gecko, but mutations exist that give it silvery-grey and golden colors as well. Also, axlotls' natural habitat is in central mexico, so it could've migrated a bit north after Atom descended to bless the world.

Tokay geckoes are already an invasive species in the south eastern US so I agree with your assessment

Loved the video! I'm originally from West Virginia & was elated as soon as I encountered gulpers in Far Harbor. "Awesome! They threw in mud puppies!", was my initial reaction. I kept one as a pet when I was a kid. Mud puppy, water dog, hellbender. They're the same creature. Seeing the creators of the game include more wacky wildlife is always more than welcome. Kudos on the water dog pun, by the way. Dad jokes are also always welcome.

One of my favorites so far, I'm a total sucker for creature vids. Maybe bugs and insects next?

Recently got back into fallout 4, using a whole bunch of mods... I'd love to see you cover "mutant menagerie" and give it the same treatment. Critters (and plants) fall into three basic groups: DLC creatures implemented into the commonwealth, fallout 76 creatures implemented into the commonwealth, and new creatures. First two groups should be an easy cover, critique what lore implications the expanded range has and if it's lore friendly... the new critters might be more interesting, see if it's lore friendly or not...

A jumping archer fish the size of a sunfish would be an interesting encounter in a south American setting.

pirates and pirates raiders who roams across the wasteland seas

I think the Crested Gecko could be a possible candidate origin for the Fallout Geckos. The ear-like appendages may have been the crests around its head originally and evolved from the way they do in the game. They don’t blink either and have claws, but may have also gotten rid of their toepads to become more terrestrial. The only thing going against it is it comes from a more humid environment. It could also have been a Southern Banded Gecko which are endemic around the region, and all the weird extra bits are due to mutation.

My thoughts on the geckos are simple: They're derpy little kobolds. That is all.

I'm not sure if you've done so but a video on insects and arachnids of Fallout may be interesting

I like to imagine the frogs and lizards of Fallout aren't mutated for every area. Like I bet there's still normal frogs and lizards around.

I think the Steve Irwin reference is actually a spoof of a spoof that came from South Park. The "steve Irwin" type character also harassed animals and put him thumb where the sun don't shine, in the SP episode.

radking ur intro is soooo cool

great video🔥

The fact that I laughed when you put "please laugh" on the screen makes me feel like a sheep x,D but I accept this defeat.

My guess is that the Iguana eventually evolved into the Geckos of the modern time (here me out). Because of how mutation works in the fallout universe, and how people name things. It could very well be similar to the iguana but eventually had to become carnivorous due to lack of edibple plants from the radiation damage.

Great video.

Deathclaws are surely my most favorite monsters of Fallout. Such sexy creatures...

The geckos are probably the normal house geckos hyper mutated and evolved. They’re interesting as they have adapted to live in human environments.

My theory is the Tunnelers are devolved Zetans that got stranded on earth millennia

Fallout tactics 2 deadass was gonna add argonians to their game

19:02 most likely what it is, is a gecko not an iguana but, gecks are smaller so after years of radiation its reasonable that the gecko got larger and is now just mistaken for a iguana. Gecks can be found everywhere in America and they are often highly elusive preferring to not be seen

One of the weird things about geckos is that their fingers and toes bend backwards or in the opposite direction to what we think of as the normal bend direction of fingers and toes. Catfish, most have 3 spikes (one on their dorsal and one on each pectoral fins). I'm not sure if those spikes are loaded with venom or not but there is an electric catfish that is native to a region in Africa.