SNAKES
SNAKES AND TORTOISES OH MY JERRY FOSTER A.K.A. THE REPTILE
MAN IS LIVE IN STUDIO WITH US
THIS MORNING. HE BROUGHT QUITE
A SELECTION OF HIS FRIENDS WITH
HIM. BUT HERE'S THE THING. YOU
DON'T HAVE TO BE SCARED OF THEM
WHETHER YOU'RE AN ADULT OR A
CHILD. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO
SHOW US HOW TO OVERCOME OUR
FEAR OF REPTILE? GOOD MORNING
TO YOU GERRI. GOOD MORNING
DARYN. SO I I CAN PRETTY MUCH
GUESS HOW YOU GOT THE NAME
REPTILE MAN. MY HOBBY. YES A
HOBBY. SO THIS IS A PRETTY
EXTENSIVE HOBBY. HOW MANY
REPTILES. OH ABOUT 50 AT HOME
AT HOME YES. AND I'M MARRIED.
AND WHAT DID SHE SAY. SHE I AM
BLESSED. SHE IS A WONDERFUL
BRIDE AND ALLOWS ME TO DO WHAT
I DO. AND SHE ACTUALLY WILL
HANDLE EVERYTHING THAT I OWN.
SO I'M UNFORTUNATE. SO WHAT'S
THE MOST INTERESTING REPTILE
YOU HAVE OUT OF YOUR COLLECTION
WOULD YOU SAY I GUESS I HAVE
SUCH A WIDE VARIETY MY ONE OF
MY FAVORITES IS THIS YOUNG
BURMESE PYTHON RIGHT. THIS
ONE'S YOUNG. YEAH. THIS
SNICKERS OH IS HE IS BETWEEN 2
AND 3 YEARS OLD. I'LL BRING HIM
OUT SO YOU CAN GET A FULL
APPRECIATION OF HIS SIZE THERE
YOU GO. OH GOOD. YES IT'S
PRETTY SNAKE AND SOMEHOW
SNICKERS SNICKERS BETWEEN TWO
AND THREE YEARS OLD. OKAY. HE'S
A BURMESE PYTHON CAN GET IN
EXCESS OF 20 FEET LONG AN
EXCESS UP TO 200 POUNDS AND HE
IS HUNGRY SO THAT YOU KNOW
TOMORROW IS FEEDING DAY HE'LL
HAVE A COUPLE OF BUNNIES SO
WHAT WHAT IS IT ABOUT REPTILES
THAT HAS PEOPLE SO FEARFUL I'M
GOING TO BLAME PARENTS. PARENTS
CHOOSE THEIR KIDS. IT'S GOING
TO KILL YOU IT'S GOING TO
ATTACK YOU AND SO IT'S IT'S A
LEARNED FEAR I DO BIRTHDAY
PARTIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN ALL
THE TIME. AND IT'S AMAZING HOW
I CAN CALM THEIR FEARS. AND
IT'S THE PARENTS THE ONES THAT
ARE THE MOST FEARFUL. I HAVE A
6 YEAR OLD GRANDSON THAT
HANDLES EVERYTHING HERE WITHOUT
FEAR AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A
LEARNED FEAR. YEAH. AND YOU
WOULD EXPECT SNICKERS THAT IQ
WITH THE COLORING HERE IT GUY
ALMOST SLIMY BUT NOT AT ALL NOW
VERY SMOOTH AND VERY DRY. GOOD
GOOD POINT. THEY THEY'RE VERY
SMOOTH AND SHINY NOT NOT SLIMY
LIKE SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY
ESPECIALLY THE PYTHONS IN
THE BOWS ARE THE MOST SHINY.
YES. SO SHOW US WHAT ELSE YOU
HAVE. OK SO I HAVE A PLETHORA
HERE CRAWLING AROUND THESE ARE
TWO SPOTTED PYTHONS. THEY ARE
DEMETRIUS AND HORATIO. THEY ARE
THE SMALLEST PYTHON IN
THE WORLD. SO FROM ONE OF
THE LARGEST TO THE SMALLEST
PYTHONS IN THE WORLD THEY ARE
VERY VERY TRUSTWORTHY VERY
FRIENDLY SNAKES THEY'RE ONE OF
MY FAVORITES. OK THEN I HAVE A
COUPLE ROYAL OR BALL PYTHONS
HERE. THIS IS THE MOST POPULAR
AND THE PETTING INDUSTRY
BECAUSE OF THEIR DNA. THEY'RE
VERY CALM AS WELL. HERE IS
COMING OVER TO SAY HELLO. OF
COURSE YEAH THIS IS ASH AND
THAT'S SHEBA. THIS IS A BOA.
THIS IS A RED TAILED BOA THIS
IS TERRIBLE. SHE IS THREE YEARS
OLD. SHE'LL GET ABOUT EIGHT OR
NINE FEET LONG FULLY GROWN.
WOW. AND SO THAT SORT OF CAME
IN A GORGEOUS GORGEOUS ANIMAL.
AND WHAT DO WE HAVE OVER HERE.
WHAT IF SOMEBODY GOT SOME
LIZARDS HERE. WELL WE PUT THESE
GUYS DOWN FOR A SECOND THIS IS
HOPPER MY CRESTED GECKO THEY
ARE REALLY NEAT THEY'RE FROM
BASICALLY INDONESIA NEAT LLAMAS
COOL THING ABOUT THEM IS THOSE
BIG EYES IN THEIR HEAD AND THEY
HAVE NO EYELIDS SO THEY CLEAN
THEIR EYES THEY HAVE TO LICK
THEIR EYES. OH SO HE'S GOT A
REALLY LONG TIME ON IT. YES
SIR. YES SIR I THINK I'VE SEEN
SOME OF THESE AROUND MY
APARTMENT COMPLEX. DO YOU
THINK. BUT NO IT'S NOT QUITE
THE SAME GUY. THIS ISN'T
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S
CORRECT. WE HAVE A
MEDITERRANEAN HOUSE GECKOS
HERE. THIS IS A LEOPARD GECKO.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY NATIVE TO
AFGHANISTAN. WELL YEAH BUT
THEY'RE VERY HUGELY POPULAR IN
THE PET INDUSTRY EXCELLENT
LITTLE LIZARD PETS BECAUSE THIS
IS AN ADULT. SO THEY DON'T GET
VERY LARGE EASY TO TAKE CARE OF
AND THEY'RE FAIRLY HANDLED
WATSON. SO THIS IS GEORGIE.
GEORGIE IS A YOUNG MALE VEILED
CHAMELEON AND HE'S KIND OF
GOING THROUGH A MOUTH RIGHT
NOW. SO HE'S GOT A LITTLE BIT
UGLY CAN HANG THERE ON WHAT
THOSE NEAT ANIMALS THEY DO HAVE
FIVE TOES BUT THEY'RE WEB
TOGETHER SO THEY ACT LIKE
PINCHERS AND THEY'VE GOT
INDEPENDENT EYES WHICH THEY CAN
LOOK IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
WITH. OK. AND JERRY HAS ALSO A
TORTOISE DOWN HERE. YES. AND
YOU KNOW WHAT JERRY THIS
INFORMATION AS YOU MENTIONED.
YES HE'S VERY CALMING IT'S LIKE
GOOD OH YOU. YOU LEARN ABOUT
THEM THE EASIER THEY FEEL. SO
JERRY IS THE REPTILE MAN AS HE
MENTIONED HE DOES ALL KINDS OF
THINGS JUST TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.
THAT'S INFORMATION THERE ON
THE SCREEN. AND MAN WHAT A GOOD
NAME FOR YOU. YOU ARE
THE REPTILE MAN. YES. ARE YOU
DR. NOW. ALL RIGHT SO IT IS
UNDER WAY HERE