hey welcome back and do today's video I haven't done a raisin awareness video in
a while and I feel like today's the day to do it we're going to be talking about
this fella right here boxed her just when you thought that the ripp Zilla
channel could not get any better I have surprised you oh this hat needs
to be attention to it so box turtles you've seen them everywhere I remember
me and my grandfather when I was very young we would travel the road after the
rains to find hurdles to get out and get the turtles out of the road now
something that I just found out that completely tears my heart to pieces and
I just wanted to share it with you guys and I want to share this with all of you
and if you have friends that need to know this you need to share this video
with them did you know that a box turtle only roams one mile its entire life if
it's removed from the area or home then for the rest of its life
it will roam aimlessly stressed out trying to find its home until it dies a
very sad death we got to stop this from happening please do not remove turtles
do not take them home as pets if one is injured please mark the exact spot found
for the Wildlife Center if a turtle is in the road you can help by moving it
directly across the street in the direction it was heading thank you now I
read this you can fact check it but I felt like it was worthy enough to raise
awareness about because it just destroyed my heart yes this is I'm being
serious in this video we're talking about box turtles I know that everybody
out there has had a positive experience with the box turtle this is not a joke
quit laughing the box turtles have unfortunately seen better days in the
wild various factors most of them human related such as exports for the pet
trade and loss of habitat is causing the population of box turtles to dwindle
because of this it's important to know about the threat and what we can do to
reverse it I had no idea that these Turtles were undergoing such stress and
there habitats some species and subspecies a
box turtle have not been studied very heavily but it is possible that the
whatever this word right here is turtle is the most endangered American box
turtle there are several Asian box turtles that are near extinction or
allegedly extinct in the world even the most common box turtle the eastern box
turtle is officially classified as vulnerable some box turtles require more
study before they're endangered status can be determined such as the spotted
box turtle only a low number of these turtles have ever been found
spread across a large distribution area these people seem to really know their
box turtles I cannot promote this article that I'm
reading off of because it does say not secure but if anything it's brought to
my attention how important it is to love these turtles I can't stop you from
laughing but I need you to know with thus in serious depth of my big heart
that I am being serious I really wanted to save these Turtles first and foremost
humans need to learn how their actions can inadvertently harm box turtles box
turtles existed fine without us for a very very long time
so the best thing we can do is stop interfering in negative ways this alone
will make a huge difference the first thing to understand is that box turtles
have profoundly strong connection to the location that they're born in they
readily travel far from where they are hatched once they form a connection to
their surroundings they stay there for the duration of their life if allowed I
feel like another reason that I need to make this video is whoever made this
article whoever made this entire website dedicated to box turtles and turtles in
general put so much love and heart behind it it they're making a difference
and the the love can be felt through the words that I read removing wild box
turtles from their home causes stress for them box turtles that were born in
the wild and were later put into captivity tend to have much shorter
lifespans worse than that
I lost my spot some people take box turtles from their
home and then release them elsewhere into the wild box turtles will not
simply settle down in a new location if moved more often than not they will
wander aimlessly hopelessly trying to find their old homes until they die
that's sad it's not too uncommon for humans to take box turtles for a few
weeks and then later decide to let them go it's best never to remove a box
turtle from their home unless you have a good reason and if you return them to
the wild it must be in the exact same spot you took them from if you want to
box turtles a pet always buy one that was born in bred in captivity to begin
with giving money to people who capture them from the wild encourages them to
keep doing it we're learning a lot today like I didn't know anything about this
but I always see these Turtles on the on the road it's like the most common
turtle that you can see and I've seen such beautiful shelled at Turtles
some multicolored but the main takeaway is that I'm getting is do not move them
from where you find them leave them alone and I think that's the purpose of
this article it goes on to say that if you want to box turtle as a pet if this
is your aim then you need to get them from a local box turtle Research Center
and there's apparently a lot near you so I just looked to near me and I found a
box turtle establishment but it was a woman's clothing store which I know
you're gonna laugh and you're gonna keep thinking this joke this is a joke but be
serious we got to save the box turtles share this video thank you thumbs up for
likes we're gonna go over some box turtle facts box turtle is a type of
reptile that belongs in the group of marsh turtles there are six subspecies
of box turtles they are all native to North America box turtles inhabit
Woodlands brushy grasslands floodplains pastures meadows and areas near streams
and ponds habitat destruction and excessive collection of turtles from the
wild due to pet trade is negatively affecting the number of remaining box
turtles the these animals are listed as vulnerable
which means that they may become endangered in the near future and we
just can't allow that and the rip squad isn't going to allow that because we're
spreading the word the most powerful thing we have is a voice and that's what
we're going to do so here's some actually interesting facts and I've read
these earlier and some of them are pretty interesting box turtle can grow
to the size of 80 inches box turtle has a high domed shell males
are larger than females it's true box turtles are whatever this word right
here is animals and they're active during the day during spring and fall
they're active all day during summer box turtles are active in the morning and
after the rain box turtles hide in the mud they're omnivores which means they
eat other animals and plants in it that's crazy
I really thought this was interesting box turtles eat poisonous mushrooms and
retain toxins in the body their flesh may induce poisoning of humans box
turtles have soft shell into the age of seven wow I'm just scrolling on Facebook
and this is the type of stuff that I run into and for real I'm deadly serious
this really broke my heart to find out that this because I when I was growing
up with my grandfather and grandparents we would often get these Turtles we'd
move them but I did take some as pets myself and now I feel extremely guilty
and I just want to spread the word about this because I know a lot of you guys
are gonna this is gonna help because nobody wants to hurt animals unless
you're Wesley from from seventh grade been a long time since I did a video
raising awareness for anything so and I think that this is a good way to start
them back up and I like to do these videos like use my platform to spread
information about things that week that will help save lives doesn't matter if
it's turtle doesn't matter if it's a cat doesn't matter if it's a human just
remember that you don't become good by trying to be good you become good by
focusing on the good that's already there
you heard it here so let's save the box turtles because as interesting as this
video is or senses more interest to me that's right you guys to our note she
thanks so much good leave your creative or interesting responses in the comment
box as always brothers and sisters I will see you in the next video voice is
getting a little bit better save the box turtles for real I know that's a lot of
people are laughing at this video we are still doing the charity shirt it's for a
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals it's 100% proceeds go to it and I'm very
proud of this shirt it's to raise for the ASPCA and it's the prefer the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals throughout the United States and I feel
like it's a really good cause I want to do this as often as I can where we where
are you able to use the merch platform just this platform in general to help
this is a good way to start this is actually the first time I've ever done
this so it's just running to June 30th so if you want to help out with that
don't be shy the link is in the description there's a pop-up somewhere
like right here and uh it's a good way to show that you're repping for your app
and you guys go ahead you the augury subscribing register not be in the
comments that you to every single video because I'm gonna be there grid the cat
it's gonna be that in the visitors fucking any ass fun expected to this
channel loves you I feel like I'm supposed to say something else oh yeah
we're gonna do a livestream after this cuz we're gonna mess with my hair some
more we did it last time but we're gonna bleach it and we're gonna melt it off
it's gonna be great so look forward to that
great do you want to bleach your hair - it's probably unsafe