Britain in Cold Blood with Ben Waddams - The Modern Day Dinosaurs (and Snakes) of Britain

The Dinosaurs may have died out tens of millions of years ago, but their ancestors are still live and kicking, even in some pockets of rural Britain. A chance encounter with a snake, adds to this film on Lizards. Thank you,
Ben

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Pets & Animals

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• britain
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• cold
• blood
• modern
• day
• dinosaurs
• t-rex
• velociraptor
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• waddams
• reptile
• herp
• snake
• snakes
• lizards
• viviparous
• heath
• danger
• venom
• venomous

[happycereal]

Assuming this video is about modern day dinosaurs of Britain, shouldn't all the subjects of this video be avian? After all, birds are pretty direct descendents of coelurosaurid dinosaurs... Just saying :) As you said, dinosaurs certainly are alive today!

Anyway, lovely video! British reptiles are amazing!

[benwaddams]

@happycereal Absolutely! But maybe I thought 'Dinosaurs' would pull in a few more viewers :) ... subjects abound for a future film though :)

Thanks,

Ben

[Welshwarrior85]

Ben, do these lizards have the ability to drop their tail like many other lizard species?

[benwaddams]

@Welshwarrior85 Hi there. Yes Vip lizards can drop their tails. Thankfoully I've never experienced that. I think one must have to be fairly rough with them to cause it - they're pretty hardy little guys.

Thanks for commenting,

Ben

[jigglestumps]

I love the content of your videos and how intelligent you are. That's why I'm a subscriber. However, it sometimes seems like you're trying to come across like other presenters. You take on the personality (And sometimes accent) of Steve irwin, and in this video it seems like you're trying to come across like David Attenburgh in the intro.

[benwaddams]

@jigglestumps Hello. Thanks for watching + commenting. I did not mean to impersonate any other presenter in my films, except for the obvious exceptions, however when I first began making my clips, I was hugely influenced by Steve Irwin, later however it was Sir David who had the larger + longer-lasting effect. This is perhaps why I may tend to put emphasis on particular words, names, etc similar to how he does, simply because it is his previous studies of those creatures, that are in my head. B

[24203604]

it's like a slow worm with legs...

[sharpshooterelite195]

wicked vid i like watchin ur vids there good to see were the habitats and things great vid iv subed to you hope u will sub me no vids thoo :( lovly stuff

[bardofely]

When I was a boy and later in life Common Lizards were once common in South Wales but not any more. They have vanished from most of the places I used to see them around Cardiff.

[benwaddams]

@Naturallyskeptic Nope, you're sadly correct. Most animals are becoming scarcer in the UK, but reptiles and amphibians especially because they are so sensitive to change. Heathland is already and rare environment and unfortunatly, it still makes great building land, so we are losing that at a rate of knots. Wetlands are also drying up and being lost, so there go your amphibians and your reptiles' food source. Thanks for commenting mate.

Ben