My brother had a Tokay years ago. She escaped and we never found her. Almost a YEAR later he sees her crawling up his wall. We have no idea what she survived on, except maybe wrath and hatred.

Tokay are normal type Pokemon. Their main attack is bite. They are super effective against bug type Pokemon.

Insectivore? I thought they sustained on hate, nicotine and pieces of their owners hand?!

Today is my late mother's birthday. Thank you for covering a gecko that embodies the very essence of my mother's personality.

Exciting news! I defend my PhD dissertation tomorrow morning. We're going to try to make a Livestream available to our Patreon supporters, so if you've been considering supporting us at Patreon, now would be a great time 😉 More details to come. I'm pretty excited!

"beautiful interesting spiderman demon" is my favorite description of Tokay geckos ever. I'll be sure to tell mine what she is next time she goes for a munch on my hand

I had taken in a pair of badly cared for tokays when I was a teenager, and I fell in love with them! The male was quite placid, the female was absolutely bonkers. With just consistent routine care, they bounced right back and even bred for me. The babies were spiteful little hate demons like their mom though 😂

I used to have a 13" long wild caught Tokay. I trained it to the point where literally anyone could put their hand in her enclosure, and she would jump to your hand, run up your arm, and rest on your shoulder. I bled A LOT to tame her to that point, but easily my favorite pet ever. She got so used to people that, after my first 2 months with her, she never even struck a defensive pose again. She lived 8 years after I got her.

5:08 "So both of you will have something to regenerate afterwards" LMAO

I have a few scars on my hands from tokay geckos. The pet store I worked at had an abnormally aggressive tokay. Every time I tried to clean his cage he would attack me. I had to let him bite my shirt so he would dangle next to me while I cleaned. The challenge was getting him off of my shirt, and back into his cage. Good times.

Hey clint, you should show us your reptile room tour. It would be really cool to see how you keep your animals.

I think this video was my first real introduction to tokay geckos, I first saw it when it came out and didn’t really think much of it but then earlier this year when i was in the market for a new reptile i saw it again and something really drew me to tokays. When i got my girl in april (as a wild caught adult) i was fully expecting an aggressive monster that could only be a display animal, and at first she was. I could barely walk in the room without her freaking out at me, But I realized pretty soon that it wasn’t aggression that was making her act like that, it was fear. I ended up doing a lot of research on how people tame and work with monitors (there aren’t good resources on tokay taming and there’s just no way you can treat them like a crested gecko and expect it to work) and started working with her every day, trying to make sure she knows I’m not a threat. She went from being terrified and angry and hiding from me constantly to actively coming out and waiting for me at feeding time and taking bugs from the tongs I’m holding without any fear. She hasn’t done anything “aggressive” in several months (except getting a little too excited and trying to bite the water coming out of the spray bottle a few times lol) and I’ve never been bitten by her. I know every animal is different and maybe she’s just different than other tokays but respecting an animal’s boundaries does a lot. I don’t try to touch her, I avoid direct eye contact, i keep myself lower than her when I’m near the tank so she has the high ground, and it’s a bit annoying sometimes but if that’s what it takes for her to be happy then so be it. I think my tokay gecko is the best pet reptile for me. She’s like a monitor in the body of a gecko, and she hunts crickets like something from jurassic park. I don’t think she likes me all that much, I’m kind of like an overbearing father she tolerates because I have food, but there’s nothing wrong with that lmao. Thank you Clint for being the person to introduce me to the species, love your videos :).

Poke-Dex Entry: Tokay. The Hatred type Pokemon. Legends say that if you hear its call, you'll suddenly loose your hand. On a serious note though, I was worried for both you and the gecko. The hate in its eyes only could match the love my blue tongue has for bananas...

I used to work at a pet store, and we sold tokay geckos, and I witnessed the strength of a juvenile's bite force firsthand. One of my co-workers was feeding them, and one tried to jump out of its enclosure. He caught it, but, it latched down right in the crease between his thumb and pointer finger. The gecko bit so hard, it tore a chunk of his skin off, resulting in needing 3 stitches, and it took 3 of us to get his jaw open to get him off of my co-worker. The gecko would not let go, and the thrashing around of his head is what resulted in the tearing oft the flesh. But, they are very beautiful animals.

Thank you for being fair. These guys get such a bad rap because they're usually so fired up that people never get to see their other behaviors. When calm, they're very inquisitive and seem to be a very intelligent species.

For handleability, we give the Tokay gecko a score of -10/5

I love that they just sit there with their mouth agape. They're beautiful but I already have a cat that likes to bite me, I don't need another pet who's sole intent is to bite me.

Someday, I will convince a Tokay that I am Foodgiver and not something whose hand he must destroy. I consider it a benchmark for my expertise in reptile handling. Probably one for the far future... *gulp*

"Locked in an epic embrace of rage and hatred" what an amazing creature..

A baby tokay jumped on my mom at her house and she caught it and raised it. The amazing part is that she managed to completely tame it, no aggression whatsoever. I still rarely handled it though...never know lol

I love my Tokay. I named him Judge Dredd. He was very aggressive to people at petco. After 9 months he eats out of my hands.

Don't worry, once you have enough gym badges they'll come around

It was hard not to laugh the minute I saw the title. I'm amazed it got a 3. And that you were holding it.

Tokay geckos: the closest think we have shiny Treeckos, Grovyles, and Sceptiles! And thank god for that. Could you imagine a Tokay the size of a Treecko or Sceptile?! 😬

“If your gecko loses its tail...both of you will have something to regenerate afterwards” 😂 yet another brilliant video, you’re much braver than I am.. handling a demon lizard 👹

Ive seen a video of one that got eaten by a snake and was vomited up and lived...crazy crazy geckos...

Tokay Gecko: "This animal hates you." 3/5

You know this lizard is not to mess with As its other common name is *The F**** *you lizard*

I hard to tame Pokemon it would seem but so cool looking.

It breaks my heart that they still allow wild caught imports. I'd be cranky too! Tokays are gorgeous but are definitely for a more experienced keeper!

I used to live with a gecko like that. He was adorable little grumpy guy. But once he got older and bigger, he became a real nightmare. Gave me a lot of really nasty bites, since I have very thin skin. Not to mention the sounds he made during the night time. That lizard was a pure ball of hatred and unbridled rage 24/7.

"It is not going to kill you... just hurt you real bad" Important safety tip, thank you :-D

I could not stop laughing at the out takes ! Clint , you are so real with all the reptiles--and explain and show them so well--thank you , so glad we found your channel...

My favorite thumbnail so far!!! Good luck with defending your dissertation tomorrow!!

He’s such an aggressive lizard to be so adorable. Which means I’d definitely be bitten because I couldn’t help attempting to handle him 😭

My Tokay was definitely my favourite animal I've ever owned...when I bought it, it was because I felt so sorry for it...it was super skinny and dark black...I asked what the deal was and the guy working at the pet store said it had gotten lose in the store and no one could capture it for several months. I got it a great big enclosure, and took super care of him...and he got HUGE...I never did handle him, I just let him have his space in a heavily planted aquarium. He'd call so loudly every night! And he ended up being the most beautiful blue and red spots. But I had to give him up due to living arrangements...and I've wanted another one ever since...only this time I'd like to get a younger male and handle it / tame it. That one I had measured nearly 14" long when I had to get rid of him...wonder how big he is now...

i feel lucky when i see how people handle their tokay geckos because mine is very calm and nice compared to all others i’ve seen. if i put my hand in her cage, and gently “boop” her with a marker, she’ll walk onto my hand. then she’ll let me grab her and hold her, no even barking at me. she use to bite and be very aggressive like the one in the video when i got her (from a friend who no longer wanted her since she was so untamed) i held her any chance i got and after about 5 months she was tame and the way she is now. long story short, i believe you can tame tokay geckos if you handle them every day. even just a few minutes. but if you go too long not handling them, they’ll be aggressive again. 👍🏻

Tokays are demons from the underworld. My green tree python has a more pleasant disposition....by far.

A friend of mine hand-raised a Tokay since the day it hatched, handling it 20 minutes every day, and it's just as sweet as any Leopard Gecko.

I love your assessment Clint. Thanks for the work you put in, and good luck tomorrow, I'm sure it will be a breeze.

I've been waiting for this gecko to show up eventually 😍 I love these little angry boys. Another great vid ❤️ thank you!

Dude, I love your videos! You have a really great personality that comes through, but I also feel like you would be a super fun professor that knows a TON and gets that information across to their students well. I'd love to take a class with you!

I just wanted to drop by and say thank you for this video. I was binging your videos by chance some time ago and happened upon this one and I found the perfect pet reptile for me. Tokays have so much character and I instantly fell in love with their feisty character. I have a long way to go in shaping our friendship, but I'm absolutely ecstatic to have my tokays in my life. Thank you for your amazing videos!

"The world is a scary place when you are a little gecko." ❤

"Tokay are the Chihuahuas of the reptile community." -An old guy I met at a pet store who had like 3 Chihuahuas waiting on his car. *That poor soul.*

Actually surprised clicking on the video to see you holding it!

I’ve been waiting for this video since the day I subscribed (I.e a VERY long time ago) you’re literally the greatest Clint the frequent uploads have been very refreshing :)

Hey Clint! A male tokay gecko will only say "TO-KAY!" when he wants to mate or to defend his territory vocally from other encroaching geckos. The mating season is in the spring for the most part (they can and will breed outside of it). You can trigger "mating season" in captivity by providing more food, longer lighting hours, more frequent misting and raising the temperature slightly.

"beautiful interesting spiderman demon" That is hilarious! :-) I love herps with a bit of attitude, lol

Clint's over here talking to the camera, meanwhile that gecko is just pure anger incarnate, just like "yeah I hear you talking about my jaws. You should let go of my head, I'll let you get a real close look at them."

I’ve been coming back to this channel for the past 3 years. This is some of the most informative, entertaining, and wholesome content. Needless to say my crestie is now 3 years old and very happy due to this channel’s wonderful help. Now I’m looking at getting one of these beautiful, but very angry demons

Tokays are local where I'm from and it's common knowledge to leave one alone if ever you stumble upon one because when they latched unto you, they won't let go.

Don't think I want a screaming demon right now but they're very cute 😂

I adore tokays because they're just,, so angry. Like it's hilarious to me that they're filled with so much rage in such a small package. Not to mention that they're cute as heck and beautiful. Getting one of these guys real soon, wish me luck! Probably won't be attempting handling of any kind unless I absolutely need to and am wearing thick gloves though lol

The gecko would be like a DARK and Dragon Type

Things auto caption thought you were talking about: Tokyo echoes Total echoes Took i's Tokyo geckos

So I making my dnd character and I was trying to find exotic looking lizards whe I found the Tokay gecko. I didn't know it was this though. All I thought when I saw it "oh my god! It's shaped like a friend." I didn't know I picked the perfect one for my character

My tokay gecko scares me to death. I have him because he’s beautiful.

Ah. When exactly did this channel start covering military grade weapons?

You will cuddle gecko-gecko will bite,i guess thats what love feels like

Way to sell a lizard Clint! 🤣🤣 If you want a beautiful, interesting, Spiderman demon. Best description I've ever heard.

Wow! That lil lizard is almost as attractive as Clint is. I wish he'd managed to get it to say TOKAY! though. That would've been _awesome_ !!! Good luck tomorrow, soon-to-be Dr. Laidlaw!

I am so glad you have this up! My baby Blitz is a tokay (assuming wild caught) and despite his terrifying demeanor, he’s so amazing! I have him in my room so I can watch him haha

I used to have a wild caught female who was dog tame after only a few days of having her. I got some sort or cosmic luck with her and I loved her so much. She literally never not even once showed any sign of irritation or wanting to bite.

I have 2 tokay geckos, managed to tame them down very quickly. It only took me a day before I was able to start handing them. They are sweethearts now

They are selling these at the petsmart near me and it makes me pretty sad. I can only imagine how many people are tempted

I have been waiting so long to see you do a video about tokays!! I got super lucky with my tokay Pearl. She's very handlable and relaxed, and at night when she wakes up she gets very energetic and if I open the doors she will come leap out onto my shirt or arm, once my face! (probably looking to make a break for it or steal my valuables and run).

Your videos are awesome! I really appreciate the links and your nod to where they are as well as listing words I may not know at the bottom. Thank you

Wish I had you as one of my teachers, I'm studying zoology right now - I aspire to be a teacher as well :) I love your videos

Tokay, they are pretty rad ....I’ll show myself out now.

I got a Tokay Gecko back in 98' from a mall pet store when I was 14. It lasted 3 months. Considering the care advice I was given at store, I'm shocked it lasted that long. I think it's time I gave them another shot. Thanks for the video!

My tokay gecko is honestly one of my favorite reptiles I’ve ever owned. Once you know they are a display animal that has one of the best feeding responses in the world you can appreciate their amazingness. I have had mine for over 6 years now and he was already adult size when I got him :)

its like the knight anole of the gecko world. big and mean

"I'm not completely sure that they are not pokemon, to be honest" God I love this guy

LOVE! I've purchased some tokays recently, both captive-bred. Looking forward to them getting to me. I love their perfect viciousness

Great video on Tokay Geckos. One of my personal favorites of the gecko world, and yes some of the nastiest reputations (rightfully so!)

Tokay's are basically the gecko equivalent of a green Iguana 😂😂

(Predator) attacks gecko (Gecko)sinks eye Predator) has fainted

I had a pair of these guys a long time ago. They were quite awesome. I love these videos. I currently own a pair of Crested Geckos. which I adore. Keep the videos coming.

I’ve had my Tokay for a little over a month now and I am so in love with him ❤️ he’s only barked at me twice!

This video was hard for me to watch because I just lost my tokay gecko just a few days ago his name was blue and surprisingly for a tokay gecko he was extremely nice

You fool, they don’t have toe pads! They stay attached to the walls and ceiling by sheer rage and spite alone!

Thank you for doing this!!!! I’ve been waiting ages for a vid on tokays

I have been waiting for this video for SOOOOOO long!

I was so excited to see this pop up on my feed because I love the information Clint shares, but I was equally TERRIFIED because Clint is literally the only reptile KZfaqr I don’t EVER want to see get bit!

Who still has the original 1997 pokemon cards?

Clint you make great videos for people new to the hobby I appreciate them

We’re here in Thailand for a few weeks on Koh Chang and for the past few nights have heard “toh… Kay! Toh… Kay!” every few mins after dusk. Tonight we found what it is! It’s one of these fellas in the roof space. You can hear them talking to each other across the resort. Great informative video - I’ll keep my distance I think!

Holy crap, he was giving every human in the room a run for their money LOL

Me thinking of geckos: Geico, friendly lizards, those cute pics of leopard geckos winking at the camera Tokay gecko: >:( Me: :(

I am in love with how excited you are about reptiles, I would love to be your tenant so I could see these reptiles and nerd out about reptiles all day.

so cool! Thank you for sharing this experiece with us

My father got one of these for me as a kid not knowing anything about their temperament. Every time my dad walked by its tank it walked towards him with its mouth open making that noise.. waiting for his hand to come into the enclosure.. Today I joke about the gecko with my father saying it really hated him. My father looks not at me, but through me, as in deep thought. He says he hated the world, he was hatred..

"Most common gecko" *never heard or seen it before* what a beauty tho

this was really helpfull because I literally got my pet tokay gecko like a week ago, and i was also wondering when you where finally going to make a video about tokay geckos and you finally did !

My tokay is called Lilith. She’s pretty chill when I handle her, although she has bitten me before and it was so sore. They are definitely one of the most beautiful and misunderstood reptile species. I love their little barks lol

That gecko has a bigger bark than half the small breed dogs in existence 😂

I've been waiting for this vid for a while now

Hell yeah!! Thanks for the video, I've wanted to see you do one on tokays forever. We have one and this is 100% accurate.

Thanks Clint I've been looking forward to this video for a long time :)