- This is actually an Argus monitor named Argimus Prime,
and to be honest with you, it's calming down tremendously
compared to what it used to be.
When we first got this animal,
if I would do something like this,
I would absolutely have gotten bit,
and the reason why it's tamed down
is because Noah has really taken a fancy to it.
He works with it every single day.
Now, Argimus Prime is actually a pretty old monitor lizard,
probably somewhere in the 15- to 20-year-old range.
We got it as an adult,
and we've had it for about four years now.
But it's an absolutely beautiful animal,
and like I mentioned,
Noah's favorite animal here at The Reptarium.
- We're about to feed Argimus. Hopefully she likes it.
I haven't fed her a slug before,
but I know my dad has recently.
Come on. I know, I know, I know.
I've never hand-fed her before.
Probably dangerous.
Yeah! That's what I call an adrenaline rush.
- And this is actually a box that I just got in.
My buddy Josh from over at South Bay Reptiles
actually produced some captive-born baby Argus monitors,
and Noah recently was just talking about
how he would love to start working
with an Argus monitor from a baby.
So I surprised Noah and got a couple of 'em
that are in this box.
But I'm not going to tell Noah what's in the box.
I'm gonna tell him that, maybe...
"Hey. Help me unbox some ball pythons."
And then see what his surprise is.
I think this is going to be absolutely epic.
Hey, Noah.
- Yeah, what's up?
- [Brian] I was thinking, do you want...
I've just got a few ball pythons.
They're pretty cool to unbox.
You want to help me?
- A what?
- [Brian] They're just a couple ball pythons,
but I figured maybe- - A ball what?
- [Brian] Yeah, ball python.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
Yeah, yeah, ball pythons. Yeah, we could work with those.
- [Brian] I just think it would be fun
to unbox together, all right?
A little father-and-son unboxing.
- That's perfect.
- [Brian] Let's go.
- Whoa. Watch your blade, there, mister.
- So we're gonna go ahead and unbox this,
and Noah, you're gonna try to guess what morph they are,
okay? - That's easy.
- Easy, that should be good.
- That's my side passion.
- Okay, that should be good.
Roll that unboxing reel.
And it's all you, Noah.
You go ahead, open it up, and tell me what you think.
- All right. I'm excited.
I haven't unboxed things since Christmas.
- I know. This is exciting, huh?
(Noah gasps)
- [Brian] What do we got?
- A heat pack!
- That's exciting, right?
- Okay. Uh, we got one little snake egg right here.
I don't know what that's about.
- Yeah, I know.
- [Noah] What?
- [Brian] It's a... I guess this is an egg.
What else do we have?
- These are geckos. These are not snakes.
- [Brian] Well, let's take a look at 'em a little closer.
- [Noah] What do you...
What do you mean?
Is this...
Oh, my God! We got two Argus monitors?
- [Brian] Those are yours, man.
- Are you serious?
- I bought those two Argus monitor babies.
- Awesome! Thank you so much!
- Are they cool or what?
Take 'em out, take 'em out.
- Where are we gonna put 'em?
- [Brian] We're gonna use one of those black cages
to put 'em in, but what do you think?
- This is awesome. - I've been working on this
for, like, a month.
- [Noah] That's not what I was expecting at all.
- Shout out to my buddy Josh at South Bay.
I'll put a link in the description to his stuff.
- Wow. Look at how beautiful.
- I know. Take it out.
This is one of the eggs that it hatched out in.
Remember you were talking a lot about...
You were like, "I want to get a little baby."
- And now we do! And now we do have 'em.
- [Brian] So these are your babies.
- [Noah] Oh, my God.
I'm so excited to be able to work with a fresh-born,
'cause when we got Argimus, she was full adult.
- [Brian] I know, right?
- Look it! He's already...
Or, I don't even know what this is.
- I'm not sure if it's a male or a female.
I'm not sure how to sex them after-
- But they're already just chilling out, man.
- I know, right?
- Maybe they're just...
- [Brian] And these are, like,
third-generation captive, right?
Because, you know... - Really?
- The more F generations you get, the tamer they get.
- Open that one. - So this is...
Yeah, this is...
Look at this little monkey.
- [Noah] Wow.
So are there different types of Argus monitors?
'Cause why does this one look so vibrant?
- You know, that's just the baby color.
- Ah. - They're gonna change
a little bit as they get bigger, but yup.
There's different subspecies, like (indistinct),
but these are the-
- They're so cute. They're so cute.
Thank you so much.
This is awesome. - I know.
I know. I've been working on 'em for, like, a month.
- Did anyone else know about this?
- These guys knew. That was it.
- Oh, my God.
I was kind of looking forward
to guessing ball python morphs,
but now, this is way better. - This is way better.
- [Noah] Awesome.
- [Brian] So you're gonna take care of 'em, right?
- Yeah. - All right. Isn't that cool?
- It's gold.
- And it's awesome that...
This is actually, believe it or not, the egg that...
This one here, there was triplets. Three.
- What? - Yup.
- This is a triplet egg.
- Yep.
So there was three baby Argus monitors in this one egg,
and this was one of 'em. - How?
- This is not a triplet,
and you can see how quickly they get.
They've grown to almost the same size, so...
- Yeah. That one's bigger. Wow.
- I know. It's wild, right?
- [Noah] It's awesome.
- So there you guys go!
Surprising Noah with some baby Argus monitors.
- Amazing.
- As you guys know, the Reptile Army has launched.
You go to ReptileArmy.com and you can get your swag,
just like this or whatever else.
And of course, part of the proceeds go to USARK.
And once again, people, there is a House bill,
594 in North Carolina.
Believe it or not, this would actually prohibit
doing animal travel educational shows.
That's right.
This House bill will literally take away the right
for people to go to schools and events
and do educational shows on animals.
Guys, it's ridiculous.
So the Reptile Army isn't just a merch company.
It's donating also to USARK.
It's also trying to get you, the Reptile Army,
motivated to go out there and change people's minds
about these silly things.
We can't take away educational shows, people.
So again, follow USARK as well.
You can see what you can do
to try to help the North Carolina thing.
These laws are becoming ridiculous,
and that's why we need you in the Reptile Army.
So go to ReptileArmy.com and join the movement.
(funky music)
So we decided to put the baby Argus monitors
in the VIP area over here.
This is the enclosure that I made up really quick.
Pretty simple, you know.
Just some plants, a little bit of a climbing area.
Probably do one more climbing branch just to get closer.
We're gonna have to get a dome light
so there can be about a 105-degree hot spot in here,
but also be down to the low 80s on this side
so they have lots of options.
Some water, stuff like that. So we'll go ahead.
I'll put mine in, and then, Noah, you can put yours in.
How's that sound?
- [Noah] All right, sounds great.
- [Brian] All right. There we go.
Come on, buddy. There you go.
Oh, right up to the top. There he is.
And you can just see,
they're gonna love being able to climb on this.
Go ahead, Noah.
- [Noah] Come on, bud.
- [Brian] There you go.
Take a look at that.
That's cool, huh?
- Oh, yeah.
They look great in there.
Look at the cage.
They got nice little grass growing over there.
They're gonna be able to blend in perfect.
- I know. This should be really good for 'em.
Again, just have to dial in the heat a little bit.
We've got a UV light on 'em.
Gotta get that basking light,
and then they'll be all good,
and they should be really good to go here.
They're bug-eaters at this size,
and they could even eat little pieces of chicken and quail
and stuff like that as well, so.
We'll go ahead and just keep these guys nice and healthy.
This is your pet project. You ready for it?
- So cute. Thank you, Josh.
- It's awesome. They are absolutely adorable.
- I do a lot of stuff here, right? Like...
Okay, actually, that was a dumb question.
I don't really do that much.
But as far as tours, birthday parties,
you know my favorite thing
about the tours and the birthday parties?
Getting the cupcakes.
Mm!
And lemme tell you, these cupcakes right here?
Oh, yeah. These were worth it.
Worth every penny.
Yeah.
Oh, look at that surprise.
Funfetti. Okay, so let me tell you guys something.
I don't like chocolate.
So if you ever want to send anything...
PO. It's in the link in the description.
But I don't like chocolate.
But funfetti?
Mmm.
Mmm. Mmm.
Mmm.
So good. Happy birthday, buddy.
- Do you guys hear something?
♪ Python eggs and python eggs ♪
♪ And python eggs and python eggs ♪
Oh. I tell you what, that's a beautiful sound, isn't it?
And that's right, we've got some eggs!
Look at this girl, wrapped around a bunch of eggs.
Looks like a little slug right here,
but for the most part, good eggs.
Let's go ahead, get an egg box ready.
(funky music)
And what we have here is actually a heifer ghost female,
a big old female ghost, and she's bred to
this banana fire spinnerblast.
So it's a pastel, it's a fire, it's a spider,
it's a pinstripe, and it's a banana.
So that's a lot of really cool genes.
And like I mentioned,
there's definitely one or two little sluggers in here,
but for the most part, this clutch looks pretty good.
She's a big girl.
You did good, Mama. Way to go.
Oh, yep. Just a few slugs here.
It's kind of a bummer.
Don't know if that's kind of the tale of the tape this year,
why I'm getting a few slugs,
but mostly, eggs are pretty good.
We've got three and of course four little sluggers,
and then the rest...
Oh, it looks like maybe another one down there.
Let's go ahead and put this egg over here.
Yep, looks like another little slugger over here.
So it looks like we've got two, four, five slugs.
That's not very good either,
but the majority in the clutch is actually pretty good,
so I'm not gonna complain at all.
We've got two, four, six, eight beautiful eggs.
That's a big clutch. Eight eggs and five slugs.
I mean, that is absolutely incredible.
Nevertheless, good eggs. I'm happy.
Yeah, the fertility part is a little bit of a concern to me,
but the fact is, oftentimes, in the beginning of the year,
you do get a little bit of fertility issues,
and at the end of the year, you get fertility issues,
and then the middle part of the year,
typically you get beautiful clutches.
So, eight beautiful eggs going into the incubator.
I'm not gonna complain about that.
(funky music)
Yeah, as you know, slugs may not be good for us,
but they certainly are good for some monitors.
What do you say we go feed these off?
You know what they say.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
In this case, one man's trash is a monitor's treasure.
So let's go ahead, feed Elvis up.
Let's go, bud.
Come on.
Come on. You ready?
Okay, there you go.
Oh, there you go.
Oh! Yep, he likes it.
Oh, my God. What a little monster.
Want another one? There you go.
Oh. You got a little bit on your chin, there, buddy.
And eggs are actually really strong, good, nutritious
for these guys,
so it's really gonna be a good thing for these guys.
Again, I'm bummin' that we've had as many slugs as we have,
but that's just kinda how it goes,
and we'll go ahead and just get these guys
a nice variety of food.
Look it. Aw, he's just dripping.
Hey, you're a pretty messy eater, Elvis.
What's your problem? Huh?
I'm not gonna take you out
to any fancy restaurants any time soon,
'cause you'd embarrass me.
But we are gonna go out to a park or something like that
pretty soon with you,
I promise, Elvis.
There you go, boy. Good boy.
Good boy. Nope, no more food.
Good boy.
I tell you, Elvis loves it when we get slug eggs.
There's no doubt about that.
He feasts on them.
And again, just might as well put 'em to use, right?
- I've got all of our Deadpool babies.
Or, actually, I guess they're Deadpool grandchildren.
But I'm gonna go ahead and show 'em to you guys.
First, I'm gonna show you guys the two that I'm gonna keep.
The other four, I'm not decided what I'm gonna do with yet.
But this is the first keeper.
It's really cool-looking,
and I expect it's gonna get a lot more orange and red
on its striping as it ages.
It's still pretty young.
Here's one of the oldest ones.
It's another one that I'm gonna keep.
Got a lot of nice saturation on it.
Looks a lot like the original Deadpool, actually.
So this one's not as saturated.
It's still pretty nice.
This one will probably end up going up for sale.
But it does have some cool little lateral splotching
and stuff on it.
This one, I really like.
It's kinda interesting,
so I might end up keeping this one, too.
I've never seen it before on any of our gargoyles,
but between the dorsal streak there and this orange stripe,
there's a white stripe, which...
I want to see how that turns out as it ages,
'cause obviously it's still really young.
So this is the oldest one here.
It's pretty cool-looking.
Right now, it's mid-fired,
so it's really weird coloration on it.
Usually the orange and the red are a little bit brighter.
But it looks really cool mid-fire.
This'll be the last one we look at.
This is another one that'll probably end up
on the website for sale.
It's still pretty nice.
It's got a nice orange stripe down there.
So we'll see how the saturation fills on in this one.
It's still really young as well.
I think this one will (indistinct)-
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