Are Reptiles Intelligent? Will Snakes Grow To Fit Their Cage! Reptile Myths Examined: A Discussion

Thumbnail Photo Credit: Riley Jimison

Links to Panelists:
Riley's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpxw...
Mariah's website: reptifiles.com
Trace's website: hardinherpetologica.com

Links discussed during discussion:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

This was a great segment where we explore some commonly asked questions and myths regarding reptile keeping. There's no such thing as too big of an enclosure! Well that's almost always true, but there are important exceptions! Baby snakes, for instance, tend to do much better in smaller, more secure enclosures.

Reptiles only grow to fit their enclosure... this was quickly shut down. Nope. Not true, stop saying it.

Reptiles aren't intelligent. This is something that was widely accepted across the industry, but it's being disproven left and right. There's a lot of room to learn in this field still.

Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoyed learning something!