- A lot of people got really annoyed recently
because I basically dedicated a whole video
to how I find an animal boring.
They're just kind of brownish.
They're not doing anything.
I don't really want 'em.
What else is there to them?
That was the Colombian rainbow boas
which are still kind of boring
and there's still one for sale, if you wanted.
One sold, the other one's still available,
with a little price reduction,
'cause literally nobody wants it (laughs).
'Cause (clap) that's (clap) how (clap)
you (clap) market animals.
Anyway, welcome to this video,
where I list my, all the species I find pretty boring.
But that I also own for some reason.
First off is one just in this plastic pail
with some water in it 'cause
I don't wanna handle him right now.
I don't know where my gloves are
and it's easier to do it like this.
But this is Potato, my,
I forgot what he's called.
Chubby frog, south painted chubby frog.
It's also on this shirt and hoodie,
but no, I'm not plugging it,
because it's not for sale any more.
It's gone, you missed your chance.
I'm comfortable starting with this one
because it's kind of, quote, meant to be a boring pet.
Not really, but when you get into it,
you know what you're getting,
which is basically just a squishy, mushy rock
that sometimes eats things, and that's pretty cool.
I don't have anything against that,
I'm just saying it's really boring,
and it's really easy to kind of, like
do nothing with it.
Is this video boring yet?
They look pretty cool.
They're kind of brown and they've got some orange on it.
Admittedly, this cartoon depiction of Potato
is a lot more attractive than Potato himself,
but you know, he still looks pretty cool.
I still like him, he's...
Yeah, there he is.
This is the most active I've seen him
his entire life (laughs)
and all he did was, kind of, take three steps.
Their husbandry is about as simple as them.
Ambient temperatures that are
pretty similar to most people's houses,
keep it wet, and give it bugs.
You can't do much with them overall,
you don't really wanna, I mean
I don't really wanna take mine out very often,
I kind of just want him to sit there
and exist, and eat stuff.
And I don't know how to keep saying stuff about him
without repeating myself, 'cause that's all they are.
I do have another video on chubby frogs
if you wanna watch it.
But that's my first out of five
boring species, you can check out that video
where I did more in-depth stuff on Potato
and maybe you can get one of these
on eBay someday if people start selling them.
Probably not, but, yep.
Next up is one you probably saw
in my last video if you actually watched my videos,
Um, a sulcata tortoise.
There's two right now, another shameless plug
except this time I'm also trying to sell animals
that I personally don't find appealing
Sulcata tortoises, there's two for sale
on the site now.
So we had one smaller one of these before
and I was super excited hearing that it was
coming our way because I had always wanted
to be hands on with one and see what it's like
and Potato just jumped out of his tub.
See what it's like to just some kind of
hands on experience, and I was really worried
that I would actually want to keep it myself,
and I got it, I loved it, I took some pictures of it,
I was really excited, and then about a week later
I never gave it any attention again.
Again, this is separating it from the husbandry
side of things 'cause I have help with all that
and if I want I can avoid an animal entirely
since I don't actually do the one-on-one husbandry
unless I want to, but for the sulcata tortoise
I just ended up ignoring it.
And these two are a little different
because they are bigger and I tend to like bigger
reptiles for some reason, I don't know why.
But I do, and this is one of those, too.
So nothing against them, there's nothing wrong with them.
I think they're very interesting.
I might dedicate a video to them as well.
But, they, for one, they're probably a lot more fun
when they're adults because they get massive.
And, two, they aren't, they're a bit interactive,
they'll eat from your hand.
They'll kind of waddle around.
They're very slow animals as you might expect
from tortoises, although they can be a lot faster
than people expect.
But you can do a lot with their diet.
You can just mix it up with lots of little treats
and stuff here and there, and their main courses.
You can do a lot of cool stuff in the enclosure.
So you might be wondering why they're even in this video
if you think they're this cool.
And it's because I needed to get this video to five species.
Because five sounds better than four.
Personally though, I still just,
it's not a species that I'm interested in myself.
Look-wise, I think they look pretty, they look pretty neat.
But, I'm not blown away by any aspect of them.
All around, I'd say they're cool but, again,
my opinion would probably be different
if this was a full-sized animal.
So, I guess, sulcata tortoises are on the list,
it's just baby sulcata tortoises.
But I've never seen a full grown sulcata in person.
I'm just stuck- uh, I didn't say stuck.
I am not stuck with any animal.
I love them all equally.
They're all my children.
They are all (pants).
Sulcata tortoises, they're not for me.
They're animals.
The next one is a fun one.
This is Sunny, my ball python.
People seem to think that I, like,
hold on, let me start over.
Let me think about what I'm going to say before I say it.
I really care about Sunny.
He's a cool snake.
He's my first snake, he's very special.
Some people think I care about him more than I do.
If I say that, it sounds like there's a cap
on how much I care about him.
Which there kind of is.
Would I take a bullet for Sunny?
No.
(Laughs) Now I actually have Sunny here,
A, to kind of annoy you, and, B, because I've had a lot of
ball python experience recently.
There's a lot of ball python.
I think we've now taken in at least 30 or 40 ball pythons.
Because they just keep appearing everywhere.
And they're kind of, like, boring.
Now, I have no interest in rehoming any of my personal
three ball pythons but I also have no interest
in any more ball pythons.
It's not that I'm turned off from them, it's just,
I guess I'm kind of getting, like, a little burnt out
ball python wise.
Which why I really don't feel like reading ball pythons.
I'm impressed by people that only have ball pythons.
Just like 50 ball pythons.
I know most of them are breeding and selling, but,
and their paint jobs are cool and morphs,
but I don't really care about morphs that much.
And they're kind of all the same.
The amount of individuality and personality
with ball pythons is lesser to me than others.
They're very similar attitude-wise.
Like a ball python that actually already sold on the site,
so I can't plug it,
but it was a male adult yellow belly ball python.
I should have brought it into the shot.
But I'm honestly terrified that I'm going to mix them up,
because they look identical.
They're the same size, the same morph, the same sex,
they're the same animal.
And their attitude and personality is like the same.
These things are in no way related.
I don't know where the snake came from.
It just showed up at my house.
Not really, that's not how it works.
If you want to rehome an animal, you can,
and it gets shipped to our FedEx location,
and then we work with it here and rehome and then sell it.
But my point is, I see less personality in ball pythons
than other species.
Like even boa constrictors, I see a lot more
individuality, personally, from one to the other.
Like how they act, how they are around people,
just some being more or less personable, some having
certain attitudes, or what appear to be more
emotional than others.
I don't know what the best way to put it would be.
But ball pythons, to me, all seem very similar.
And that in no way should decrease your care,
like how much you care about your ball python,
like they're still a special animal,
they're still your animal.
But, this is my video, and I'm putting them on
the boring list.
You can't stop me.
So no, Sunny, personally, I don't find him boring
as an individual, but also I don't think he's the most
interesting animal I have.
And although he's special to me, he's not that much more
special than any other ball python on earth.
Next up is basically ball python 2.0.
But just barely, a little more boring.
Kenyan sand boas.
Currently, there's three.
I have my personal one, Ember,
and then there's two normal sand boas that
either are for sale or will be for sale
on Emerald Scales as well.
A lot of these animals are just ones that are coming
in and out.
You might be getting tired of me saying, "This will
"be for sale, this is for sale."
But also this is just how, this is how it is.
Just how it is sometimes, because there's a lot
of animals coming in.
So, I'll be showing you everything, as much as I can,
and I'll start actually showing you all the enclosures
once they're completed.
And you're probably getting tired of me saying,
"This will be for sale, this is for sale, this is
"almost for sale."
But I think a lot of people are interested in what is
and isn't available on Emerald Scales.
I mean it does get a little repetitive when I
say it in every video so, I've said it a couple times
in this one.
And sand boas are one of those as well.
And, basically, although their husbandry's not the same
as ball pythons, like their temperature
and humidity are different,
I have care guides for both if you want on GoHerping.com.
But, they're like the attitude of a ball python,
except you never see them, because they borough.
So, to me, I'm not even gonna add that much to it,
because, A, I've done some sand boa videos before,
and B, it's basically a ball python to me,
except a little more boring.
(Cat meows)
Can you hear, there's cats everywhere.
Because they are boroughing species and you're not
going to see them, they are also nocturnal.
So when they are out, it's going to be at night.
Which, for night owls, then maybe you'll actually see
your sand boa but, otherwise, you have to take them out.
And they're cool once they're out.
They're very cute, they're very fun and easy to handle.
But to me, they are just, they're not quite there.
They go on the boring list.
Finally, the fifth species on my boring list.
Everyone can predict it.
If you know me.
Crested geckos.
Admittedly, these are probably the least boring
on the list, and everyone thinks I hate crested geckos,
and at this point I'm just going with the meme.
Which is kind of how I got the idea for this video
because I was like, everyone thinks I think crested geckos
are really boring, when actually they're not that boring,
I just don't find them interesting myself.
But instead of doing that, and being like a normal person,
I'm just going to dig in the fact that I hate them
with all my heart, which isn't even true which is what
people keep projecting onto me.
So, an official statement from me, Alex Green,
also known as GoHerping.
I hate crested geckos.
Quote it, tweet it, screenshot it.
Just get the drama rolling.
Even if for tonight, I'd hate them, like who cares.
It's the most boring thing on earth.
What's more boring than crested geckos is how boring
the fact that I don't like an animal is.
Why does anybody care?
I mean, this is a cool gecko, admittedly.
I like this one, specifically, the pattern's readable.
It's also very fired up right now because
I'm handling it, and it ain't having it.
So, yeah, their patterns can be super cool.
They can be very pretty, they're easy to feed,
they're easy to care for, they don't take up
that much space.
They're a great animal for a ton of people
but just not for me because when I see one,
I'm like, "Oh a crested gecko, cool."
And then my day continues, that's about it.
There's like five here right now and
they're all being cared for wonderfully,
but I don't give them leisure time.
I just, I shoot videos all day instead.
Not really, I haven't even uploaded in like five days
even though I'm trying to be on a schedule.
But, no, it's not happening because I keep falling asleep.
I would admit this crested is pretty cute.
He's kind of, he's a little, he's very wide.
I don't think he's chunky, he's just very wide.
I like, okay, this isn't a terrible crested gecko.
I don't mind it.
This one's a cool one.
This video isn't going as I meant.
So at this point, I just want to open it up to you,
what do you think are some boring species?
Let's be negative, let's be pessimistic today.
It's all about this positivity in the community,
no no no, not here.
We're realists, we're pessimists,
we hate everything.
What are some boring species?
Let me know in the comments.
I'm bored.
(Smooth jazz piano music)