YOU
YOU MIGHT
YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME CORBIN MAXEY.
HE'S AN ANIMAL EXPERT
FROM IDAHO WHO HAS
BROUGHT MANY
CREATURES FROM HIS
EXOTIC ANIMAL
COLLECTION TO THE KTVB
STUDIOS.
AND HAS ALSO MADE IT
TO THE NATIONAL STAGE
WITH APPEARANCES ON
THE TODAY SHOW AND
THE TONIGHT SHOW!
WELL I RECENTLY MADE
AN APPEARACE AT HIS
ANIMAL SANCTUARY TO
MEET SOME OF
CREATURES THAT LIVE
THERE... AND HEAR MORE
ABOUT WHO CORBIN IS...
AND WHY HE LOVES WHAT
HE DOES.
CLEARLY YOU HAVE A VERY
UNIQUE KIND OF SCARF
ON WHO IS THIS?. AND
MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS
HAS ANYONE EVER ASKED
IN AN INTERVIEW, CAN I
BRING A SNAKE. NOT VERY
OFTEN. OKAY.
BUT I LOVE IT IT'S A GREAT
ACCESSORY WARDROBE
CHOICE HERE ON THIS
AMAZING. WHERE DOES
HE GO FROM SO SLOWLY
OKAY AS OUR CHILDREN
ARE CRITICALLY
ENDANGERED AND HE'S
ONE OF OUR ANIMAL
AMBASSADORS PART OF
OUR EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS AND
EXCELLENT AND I CANNOT
WAIT TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT THIS EDUCATIONAL
SHOW COULD BE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE WATCHING, BUT
FIRST I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT YOUR PASSION,
YOU'VE HAD A PASSION
FOR ANIMALS FOR A VERY
LONG TIME, TELL US HOW
THAT BEGAN. OH MY
GOSH, SO I GREW UP IN
THE MIDDLE OF
NOWHERE, DO YOU KNOW
WHERE ROBIE CREEK IS, I
DO ACTUALLY YES ONLY
BECAUSE OF THE RACE. I
NEVER DID THE RACE BUT
OUT THERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN
A CABIN ISOLATED SO YOU
KNOW MY FRIENDS WERE
ANIMALS. SO WE ALWAYS
GO OUT AND CATCH
SNAKES AND LIZARDS
AND FROGS AND WE HAD
A WHOLE MENAGERIE OF
ANIMALS AS WELL.
GROWING UP ARE ALWAYS
AN ANIMAL HOUSEHOLD
AND THAT'S WHERE IT
REALLY SPARKED MY LOVE
AND MY PASSION FOR
ANIMALS WHO ARE
ANOTHER ROBOT. OKAY
AND THEN NOW HERE
YOU ARE FAST FORWARD,
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A
REPTILE KIND OF
SANCTUARY OR RESCUE.
SO IT'S ABOUT THAT SO AT
12, YEARS OLD, I WENT TO
MY MOM I WAS LIKE MOM
I WANT TO START REPTILE
RESCUE AND SHE'S LIKE
YEAH WHATEVER, AND BY
13, YEARS OLD I HAD OVER
SIX DIFFERENT ANIMALS
IN MY PARENTS VALANCE
WHAT 13 YEARS. YOU
HAVE VERY GENEROUS
PARENTS.. AS LONG AS I
GOT GOOD GRADES, OKAY
AND AS LONG AS AS I WAS
RESPONSIBLE. MY
PARENTS ALLOWED ME TO
EXPRESS MY PASSION AND
I LOVE TALKING TO PEOPLE
SO AS YOU CAN TELL THAT
14 YEARS OLD, I DEBUTED
ON THE TONIGHT SHOW
IT WAS MY FIRST TV FIRST
APPEARANCE I HAD NO
IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING,
BUT I KNOW THIS SOUNDS
AND I THINK YOU WOULD
GET THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE
IN TV. I NEVER FELT MORE
AT HOME. YES, YES VERY
COMFORTABLE.
THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO
DO FOR THE REST OF MY
LIFE. SITTING NEXT TO JAY
AND I WAS LIKE, THE
STUDIO LIGHTS WERE OFF
AND I'M LOOKING OUT
THE AUDIENCE I WAS LIKE,
WOW, THIS IS WHAT I
WANT TO DO AND IT'S
BEEN A JOURNEY EVER
SINCE THAT'S AMAZING.
OKAY, WHAT'S YOUR
MISSION WITH THIS, THE
REPTILE RESCUE THAT YOU
CURRENTLY HAVE. SO, OUR
MISSION IS JUST TO
EDUCATE THE PUBLIC
ABOUT ANIMALS, THERE'S
SO MANY
MISCONCEPTIONS,
ESPECIALLY ABOUT THAT
TIME SO WE HAD A LOT OF
PEOPLE BEGAN TO GET
SICK SO I FEEL LIKE MY
MISSION IS TO GET PEOPLE
EXCITED ABOUT WILDLIFE
TO EDUCATE THEM AND
MAKE IT FUN. AND THAT'S
WHAT WE DO. DURING
OUR LIVE APPEARANCES,
WHAT WE USED TO DO.
AND THEN DURING OUR
VIRTUAL SHOWS WE JUST
GET PEOPLE EXCITED
ABOUT. OKAY AND THEN
NOW TO THAT
EDUCATIONAL POINT THAT
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER. TELL US MORE
ABOUT THOSE VIRTUAL
SHOWS BECAUSE THERE
ARE SO MANY PEOPLE
THAT I THINK THAT WILL
GREATLY BENEFIT FROM
THIS OPPORTUNITY,
ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW.
ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAD
TO REALLY FIGURE OUT
WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE
THE WAY WE SUPPORT
THE ANIMALS. A LOT OF
PEOPLE ASK ME HOW DO
YOU AFFORD TO TAKE
CARE OF ALL THESE
ANIMALS, THEY'RE NOT
CHEAP. NO, THEY'RE NOT
CHEAP. SO WE LITERALLY
BY DOING LIVE
APPEARANCES IS HOW WE
SUPPORTED THE ANIMALS
BUT WITH COVID, THEY'VE
ALL CANCELED, AND WE
HAD TO GO OUTSIDE THE
BOX AND WE THOUGHT,
WELL WHAT ABOUT
DOING VIRTUAL SHOWS
ON A ZOOM CALL, AND IT
WORKED. AND SO PEOPLE
FROM ALL AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND LITERALLY
IF ANOTHER ZOOM CALL
ME, THEY DONATE FOR
THE VIRTUAL SHOW AND
100% OF THE PROCEEDS
GO BACK TO OUR
ANIMALS WE ARE
NONPROFIT, AND I
LITERALLY SIT IN FRONT
OF A COMPUTER I HAVE A
NICE RAINFOREST
BACKGROUND AND I GET
TO TALK WITH 10
ANIMALS AND I NEED TO
TALK TO FACE TO FACE
AND I TALK TO PEOPLE
AROUND THE COUNTRY,
AND IT IS AMAZING AND
IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR
PEOPLE LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING TO DO
EITHER EITHER EITHER YOU
WANT EDUCATION OR
ENTERTAINMENT. LOVE IT.
OKAY, SO PEOPLE ARE
INTERESTED IN THE
VIRTUAL SHOWS UP,
WHERE DO THEY GO TO
THEY CAN PARTICIPATE SO
HEAD ON OVER TO
CORBIN MAXI COMM AND
CLICK ON VIRTUAL SHOWS
HEAD IT GIVES YOU ALL
THE INFORMATION. ONCE
AGAIN, IT IS A TAX WRITE
OFF SO PROFIT GREAT
POINT ME TO ME ALL THE
ANIMALS.
YES.
ANIMALS. YES.
YES.