Documentaries of leos in the wild??

DLS Reptile · 02-24-2009, 07:26 PM

Does anyone know of any documentaries of leopard geckos in the wild. Any videos from animal planet etc...

**Yamori** · 02-24-2009, 07:58 PM

Life in cold blood has a segment on Leos.

Nigel4less · 02-25-2009, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by Yamori

Life in cold blood has a segment on Leos.

Yes but sadly that was inside a terrarium...

**Yamori** · 03-01-2009, 07:20 PM

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/147878...eopard_geckos/

you sure? The whole point of this documentary was to see reptiles in the wild. I doubt someone like Sir David Attenborough would use captive leos in his doco.

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Peace

**Next Level Geckos** · 03-01-2009, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Yamori

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/147878...eopard_geckos/

you sure? The whole point of this documentary was to see reptiles in the wild. I doubt someone like Sir David Attenborough would use captive leos in his doco.

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Peace

read through this
EDIT: the link isnt working anymore.

**Yamori** · 03-01-2009, 08:05 PM

Im intrigued, Anyone got the link?

**Malibu Barbie** · 03-02-2009, 06:06 AM

Ive seen the program and I seem to remember that it is captive leo´s - They are filmed on the red sand and some "fake" surroundings like in the clip

**SleepyDee** · 03-03-2009, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by Yamori

you sure? The whole point of this documentary was to see reptiles in the wild. I doubt someone like Sir David Attenborough would use captive leos in his doco.

fraid they did

the leo's are definately captive bred not wild ~ Pauline ~ the owner of the geckos used used to run The Gecko Spot and she was real excited about it at the time

They describe how they did that clip here -> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/prog...chniques.shtml

**Yamori** · 03-05-2009, 07:15 PM

I had no idea, thanks for the link.

Amorous geckos
Leopard gecko courtship normally takes place at night, often out of sight under rocks, so to film it in full colour the animals would have to feel completely comfortable in front of a camera and under lights in order to perform such a sensitive ritual.

The cameraman teamed up with an experienced gecko keeper who has bred them for many years to film them in a carefully designed set, created in their very own gecko room, so they would feel completely at home. Here they were relaxed enough to display their most intimate natural behaviour for the camera, the male wagging his tail in excitement before tenderly nibbling at her flanks.