I know for most people it was pets, shows, or documentaries but how were you? For me I’ve just been around animals since I was little and my family went to the Houston Zoo or the Moody Gardens Aquarium a decent amount, so I was just exposed to them

When I was 7 years old, I was on a trip to Madagascar. On the plane ride from mainland Africa, the pilot shoved me out the door and into the ocean. There I landed face-first into a clump of seaweed, and I realized how cool seaweed and the rest of the outdoor world was. Just kidding. I guess I was j…

[image] oksanaetal: I guess I was just always like this. A confabulist? Just kidding. We always had pets around our house: tropical fish, gerbils, hamsters, salamanders, a gartersnake I found when I was maybe 8 yrs old. Our tiny living room was a mini-zoo. My parents tolerated this and mayb…

When I was about four years old I went on a walk with my family on my grandfather’s cattle farm. We were walking below the dam of the pond with the older kids off ahead and me behind with my parents when I found an adult female Common Snapping Turtle probably out on her nesting foray. Got me interes…

I grew up watching call of the wild and the crocodile hunter with Steve Irwin. Nuff said

I too grew up watching steve irwin, especially his videos on reptiles and amphibians, also I watch a lot of NKF Herping which is what really inspired me to start herping

Awesome! I’ve been herping for a few years now, but I am trying to get back into it now that football is over!

Always been interested as far back as I can remember but the show that really cemented it was Harry Butler In the Wild. he was the Steve Irwin that Steve Irwin grew up watching.

There’s always been an interest as far as I can remember. My earliest influences that I remember when growing up were a bunch of Zoobooks I had printed out and compiled in a huge binder and watching Big Cat Diary before school in the mornings. We also went to the Toledo Zoo frequently which has cons…

I love nfkherping but will Robertson’s wildlife is also a great channel

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mkanimallover January 16, 2026, 1:29am 21

How fun! I got into herps recently as well (My interest was sparked at a really cool ecology camp, where one of the courses I took was on herpetolgy). Welcome to the forum!

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