Welcome to a new episode of Reptil.TV
This is a field trip to Ghana, west Africa
we are 1 hour north from Agra. The street up in midland
Our topic today is Savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus)
I want to show you where the live. I have Bley with me
Bley is a great trapper here
so far we have always been successful and found something. please keep it that way
today we want to search the Savannah
Stefan: Ball python are also in this area?
Bley: There are not so many royal python here. More are near the mountains
S: With some luck we maybe find ball pythons
you can see the area where they live
that you can make a picture yourself
Our driver Ali is back, I send him to pick up some batteries that you can make a picture yourself
Our driver Ali is back, I send him to pick up some batteries
How many times did I ask you to stop for batteries?
I told him 5 times on the way to stop for batteries. He forgot and had to drive again
Ali: Nice to see you. good luck today.
Stefan: Our taxi driver is a cool guy
What you rarely see here is a run over chameleon
It probably wanted to cross the street and then a car came, really a pity
additional information for the batteries
I have a thermo-hygrometer with me and the batteries are empty
I already noticed it this morning. On the ride I said 5x he should not forget we need batteries
On the way are a lot of shops
We almost arrived here and I ask him about the batteries and he says he forgot them
Now I have sent him again to buy batteries. I thought that may takes 30 minutes
but he drove back and now 1,5 h later we start hunting in the bright midday sun the savannahs
here our first point of contact
We have been here last year and done this already
I think i switched the memory card or the card did not work anymore
I was back in Germany and wanted to save the files but there where no files
So what we do today I have already done last year
That's not bad, but I hope we're successful today
This are Cassava Fields
Maybe I can show you later how they harvest cassava
I saw a farming family harvesting cassava roots earlier
These big and small shrubs here are cassava
Ball pythons and Savannah monitor are here on those fields
Bley is now looking for holes where they hide and use
While I'm walking afterwards Bley I can give you some background information
We are looking for small holes where the animals are inside
and I again discover no holes
And if I find a hole Bley says its a mice or earthworm hole.
That is the reason I let Bley do the searching
OK, this is a hole from a big animal
but he is not inside
The animal just dug a little bit to find food
but it is no hole where they live and we are looking for
Some more information:
Ball pythons and Savannah monitor live on those farming fields
here on those cassava or mango fields
Mango is very popular here in West Africa
In the past, farmers simply burned the fields
that did not matter ball python or Savannah monitor, they just hid in their holes
the burned down the fields and the pythons came out of there holes afterwards and it was no problem for them
The last 5-10 years they use pesticides to get rid of the old grass and plants
but also against mice and insects
And where no mice and insects are , the reptiles will not find any food to eat and can not live
I can not say whats happens, if the go or die
That is the reason it gets difficult for the trappers to find something
The use of professional pesticides is a serious problem
You can see it on the farms when they walk around with large spray bottles on there back
they spray on everything that is no longer needed. really a serious problem
The export has and will not harm this country
I refer to that now on the farms where they breed the eggs and sell the babies
like Ball python, Savannah monitor, Nile monitor, scorpions
They terraristic world has never left a trace that there were fewer animals here
But now these pesticides are a serious problem here
second problem is poverty, especially populous countries like Nigeria
They eat for several years royal pythons and monitors as bush meet.
this reduces the animal population even further
The skins are also used and sold. That is also a problem
the main problem is nevertheless the use of pesticides
this are mango fields where I can of course not slash and burn
The mango fields are getting more and more the last years
before that cassava was everything for them. Like those fields behind us
this is the typical habitat here
When the cassava was harvested, it was burned down to sow seeds again
And now we have those nice mango trees here and i can't burn down the grass anymore
They would burn down the whole tree and it is not possible any more
The paths of this Mound-building termites are also interesting to see
here a nice hole, but Bley says it is nothing
These are traces of cricket. You can see the grainy agitated earth
Crickets are the food for the young Savannah monitor
Bley is again inspecting the hole, but he is not sure yet
to find out he has to dig it open
because we already walked a while without success we will dig it and hope we find something
Bley: Dig? Stefan: If you think then yes
While Bley is digging I will show you the blue sky
there are some clouds but it is a hot day
some clouds make some shadow
What i want to say: The Savannah monitor are only outside if it is really hot
now we have some wind and Bley says that is to much and the stay inside there holes
they are absolute sunbather and they sit in the blazing sun
and if there is some wind or shadow through the clouds the hide
So this is important for our terarristic, the like it bright and hot
I think that will be no success if you do not see where the cave runs along as you dig
Nothing, OK, next try
I'm lucky, I only have to film and Bley has to dig
Bley comes here for decades to search for animals
Last year we found a lot
If you look around those where all farming fields here
They build everywhere. That is OK, the people need houses
Bley says all the time, they spoil all the land
If everywhere are houses the ball pythons and Savannah monitor run away
Everywhere we only see houses, I am curious when we will see farmland again to continue searching
To share a little bit with my suffering, it is really hot here
We are walking for 1,5h here
Here my thermometer with 35 degree Celsius and 60% humidity and this is in the shadow
I i kept the thermometer in the shadow of my hand all the time. in the sun, it sure has 10 degrees more
but it is interesting for the climate where the Savannah monitor live
You can forget a terrarium with 27-28 degrees. They want over 30 degrees in the shadow at the day
and the humidity with 60% is also high
It has not rained today and the rainy season has not really started yet
it is rather the dry season. You see everything is dry around us
And we still have 60% humidity, that's a proud number
1995 you started looking for the reptiles
That is over 25 years. What did you do before?
Bley: I was a painter
S: Like painting building. I think you told me before. And than you decided this is a better business?
B: we worked with contractors, but if you paint on your own you can earn more.
This one we can earn more, so we stop painting
But still I'm painting. If here is no work I go painting
S: Before I asked you. how you learned to catch the lizards and the snakes.
B: We followed people doing it and watched them
S: And why are you not afraid of snakes like the other people?
B: before that we were hunters and we went in the bush and kill meet and we know how it works
then we saw the other people and thought we can do it
S: So you hunted for grasscutter
B: We got Grass Cutter or antelope
S: OK, so you changed to the reptiles
And you think the business for reptiles is better or worse or the same as before?
B: It is similar, no difference
S: After all, he is so happy as before, that's also unusual
Over there we see the mountains, are there the royal pythons or what do you find?
B: there are ball pythons and antelopes.
But Royal Pythons are down there
S: But not on the top, it is maybe already to cold
B: They can't find holes to hide inside. They come down because the squirrel dig holes
S: Why are no squirrel up there?
B: squirrel eat cassava
S: And up in the hill is no food
Behind the smoke you can see the green hills
They are called mountains or mountain area
And I learned the last year up there are no royal pythons, even if it is just a little bit higher
half an hour of walking later. certainly 2 liters of liquid lost
We are now where we wanted to be. Last year we had success in this area
over there a part of th mountains. Not as high as the other ones
Last year this was a perfect place for us. At least here are no houses
Under this mango tree we can take a short break
short look around
Even the most dedicated trapper and reptile TV filmmaker have to take a small break
Hey Bley, no, break break
what went down in the whole euphoria, last year this was the perfect spot
and this year there are no real plants here
and also the ground was dug up with a caterpillar
That is not perfect for the Savannah monitor
like i said, the cassava is missing, the food for the crickets and mice
Now I'm curious if we can find something better
Here you can see clearly again the traces of plowing
and maybe even after the egg laying time
No it is end of April
And he says again the spoil everything: You see something?
OK, the top one is definitely a cave
The entrance is nice and round
At the moment I am still moaning and now we may have luck here
Here a trick from Bley, he will remove it
Presumably, the animal is still traveling in the middle of the day
They are somewhere. They see us but we don't see them
We walk around and mark the holes with the leaves
then we come back and can see if the animal is back and in his hole
Here the thermometer in the sun. 38 degree and 60%
and still climbing, we have here some shadow
I'm sure it would go to 40-45 degree in the bright sunlight
later I will measure again in the shadow
Bley says another old hole here. It still looks nice and new to me
S: another one?
B: No, a old one
S: What do you mean by old, from last year?
B: No, this year. He had this before he found a new one
S: They leave when they become bigger? B: Yes, they leave and go to another place
S: The Crickets dig the holes first?
B: Yes, when they caught the Cricket they stay inside the hole.
If they get bigger they go and find another place and stay there
The new one is smooth, the old hole not
S: This is also interesting for us terraristic people
Savannah monitor don't dig there own holes
They are clever, they search cricket holes and eat them
Then they use that hole until they are to big
they also can make to hole a little bit bigger by walking in and out
but they don't dig themselves a hole
S: Later they take the hole from a squirrel or something?
B: They eat the cricket in the hole and also search for food outside
S: But if they get bigger the search for a new hole? They don't dig a hole themselves?
B: No the don't dig the hole. If they get bigger they can dig a little bit
S: OK, so they can dig a little bit the hole
But later if they become more bigger, they can't use cricket hole all there live
B: If they become bigger the use Mouse hole
S: What is the difference between mouse and squirrel?
B: Squirrel is bigger then mouse
S: But squirrel is not grass cutter?
B: No it is something else
S: OK, it's the squirrel
I thought so, but I could not imagine that any squirrel are around here
A hole from a one year old, but he is not inside
Good to hear that they are here!
After I heard 1,5h they spoiled all it is nice to hear they are here. The new word i like to hear
B: Those are ants. They eat the ants also inside there
S: So you think it will be inside there?
He cleaned the entrance. So we wait or we dig?
B: We have to dig this one I think
S: No we dig a little bit and we remember those 39 degrees
Look here people, here you can see him look outside
Let's place the thermometer there
30 min ago I talked about the disappointment of the fields and the cassava
And now he comes out on his own. Really in love with the camera this guy
This was part one of our Africa Savannah monitor hunting
This is a long episode so we divided it in part one and two
Important for me to show you the climate and temperature and humidity
that is the exciting thing to so how the Savannah monitor live there
remember, this is also ball python and African rock python area
You can also take away tips for those
the small things make the difference in this episode
The temperature measurements are even higher then I felt it
Just to show you, this is a 1,5 year old Savannah monitor
They grow really fast and get big
To show you some colors, this is a axanthic male who is missing some colors.
Part 2 will be live on the 1st of next month
stay true and check the Savannah monitor and my balls
welcome to a new episode, the dog is barking in the background...
OK, third try, the dog is being tamed
That was part one of our Africa episode
In the background the camera crashed, let's do it again?
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