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September 7

Iguanas and snakes: Where was this filmed? What type of iguana and snake?

This YouTube BBC video [1] shows some type of iguanas and snakes, which are not identified. However, there is a longer clip from the original programme, which was broadcast on France 2, and has a complete voice-over narration, in French. I cannot understand spoken French, so I wonder if anyone here can do so, or otherwise identify the species of reptiles being filmed, and the location. I am not sure if it is allowed to post the second YouTube clip here, on WP. It can be found on YouTube by searching for "iguane vs serpents" and choosing the "ZAPPING SAUVAGE" clip, which runs for 5:13 minutes. Absolutely amazing! And if you like wildlife videos, well-worth the five minutes. (A secondary question...would a link to the second video be allowed here? I wished to err on the side of safety, and not post the link.) Thanks, Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 21:34, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

You can turn on English subtitles. However the clip does not say where or exactly what animals these are. Someone in the comments also asked exactly your questions without answer. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:29, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The BBC site says this is Galapagos Islands.[2] Graeme Bartlett (talk) 01:24, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The animals are Amblyrhynchus cristatus and Galapagos racer. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 01:25, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Graeme Bartlett: I did not know about the option for English subtitles, will try this. For some reason, I thought about the Galapagos, based on the volcanic terrain. Lucky guess! I will look at/follow your BBC link, so that in future, I can find such information for myself. Thanks so much for answering my question, and also for describing your method of obtaining it. You are a helpful editor and a good educator. Best wishes, Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 03:19, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Graeme Bartlett: I see that our WP article on the Galapagos racer has a reference to this excellent video. Because the terrain seemed so barren, I wondered how the iguanas found food...and WP provides the answer! Thanks again, Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 03:34, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Tribe of Tiger: if you mean this video [3] then yes I think linking to it is fine. I'm not entirely sure what Zapping Sauvage is, but the tick is a positive sign. The about page isn't as clear as I would like (at least based on a machine translation) [4] but Matthieu Briere seems to be associated with France TV. I think it's reasonable to assume the channel is in some way associated with France TV and therefore concerns about linking to known or suspected external copyright violation do not apply. Nil Einne (talk) 19:24, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Nil Einne: Yes, this is the video! I did not know about the "tick", as an attribute/attribution, etc,, per copyright, on YT. I did remember, from a year or two ago, some discussions regarding YouTube links, and wished to be careful, per your reference to external copyright violation. Thanks so much, very helpful. I will save your useful cmts for future references to articles. Sincere thanks, Tribe of Tiger ^{Let's Purrfect!} 22:31, 8 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]