- Whoa! Today is definitely gonna get a little bit wild.
This is actually a Taiwan Beauty Snake, and oh my gosh
does it fire up.
Oh, whoa, come on now, buddy.
I'm gonna actually talk to you guys
about finding some of our meanest snakes and really ending
up with the meanest snake that I think I have
in the collection now with, by starting off
by saying really snakes aren't mean to be honest
with you they are defensive.
Just like this guy here,
just going like hey stay away from me.
Oh! See how he's reared up like that.
And he's gonna cut of whoa.
You're okay, buddy.
You're right, bud.
Whoa, calm down, calm down.
Now snakes are really more defensive
than they are aggressive.
He really just wants to be left alone
to be honest with you and here in a second
I'm gonna get it back to enclosure.
So it doesn't have to feel
like it's being threatened, right?
So when snakes feel threatened,
they actually will sometimes strike out
just like this guy is right here
but when they're not feeling threatened
they're actually really good.
So I don't want you guys to think that snakes are mean,
even though I am gonna try to find what I'm saying is
the meanest snake of my collection.
I don't want you to get wrong.
The fact is 99.9%
of the snakes in my collection are absolutely docile.
This just happens to not be one of 'em.
Whoa. We all know lucky.
And by the way, that first snake
that Taiwan Beauty Snake,
you may think is a pretty mean snake.
But the truth is, is that we have some stuff
that's pretty defensive here.
Whoa, doggy, and some stuff you gotta be fast
and work with because I tell you what
if you take your eye off 'em for one second
they're gonna come after.
There's no doubt about it.
And like I mentioned, guys, I love my snakes.
And I think that they're absolutely incredible
but every now and then there's a snake that a little bit
kind of cantankerous if you know what I mean.
And I actually enjoy working with those snakes sometimes
to be honest with you,
it just gives you a little zest for life.
The vast majority of snakes are unbelievably docile
and you can play with them like puppy dogs, right?
So every now and then having a snake,
like lucky here is actually kind of fun,
but there's one snake in particular
that I keep that is the craziest snake and it isn't lucky-
Oh! Lucky got me.
That's right, sometimes I'm not as fast as lucky
as you know what I mean.
Come on lucky, it's okay little buddy.
It's all right.
And you will be surprised what that snake is when
I show it to you because it is absolutely mental.
- I really don't know what Mr. Brian's talking about about,
- I don't either.
- Snakes being all mean and stuff
I mean just look at this sweetheart.
- I don't think he knows how to handle snakes.
- I don't think he does neither.
- I don't think he's got any experience.
- Not movie magic - I agree.
He needs to clock some hours.
That's what I say.
- Tell him to get here at 7 30.
- Yep. - Don't leave till 8 30.
- You know. - I'm calling the boss.
- Yeah. - Mom!
- For those of you guys
that have been watching us
for a long time you might say Lucy
is our most aggressive snake.
Well, the truth is,
is that she's a sweetheart most of the time
and I'm not a hundred percent sure if she's gonna eat today
but I'm gonna go ahead and give her a shot.
Doesn't look like she has very much interest
to be honest with ya.
If I'm gonna just see
if she wants to do something here, nope.
Lucy is not going to eat for me today
which is completely fine.
She's weird like that.
During this time of the year
she often goes off of food,
sometimes for two or three months
during the end of the winter.
And then she really powers food here in the spring.
So I'm not that worried about it
but you can see that she's actually be fine today.
And I can actually even just kind of pick her.
Whoa, I'm sorry, girl.
You all right, baby.
Look at, I could pet her right on the head.
No problem at all.
You're such a good girl.
Thank you so much, sweetheart.
And when she gets into a good mood
she actually becomes really a great snake.
So when she's in this mood
and sometimes when she goes off
of food she gets into this mood
for two or three months.
She may not eat, but she becomes really docile
and I can take her out and play
with her and I don't have to worry about her striking.
So again, it not only shows you
that snakes aren't really mean, they're more defensive
but also the fact that they go through mood changes
where sometimes they get a little bit cantankerous.
And then other times like now,
they can be little puppy dogs.
- Today I gotta plant this cage out.
I'm not even sure exactly what I'm gonna put in here yet.
I have some options.
Some gargoyles, some leeches.
I wanna get this room done.
It's just taken forever.
But you know, we'll get to it.
[Camera man] You gotta lot of work to do?
- Yeah I got so much to do still,
a lot of work to do.
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- Mangrove snakes definitely have
a little bit of an attitude.
And these guys are a little bit of a rear fang snake.
So you have to be a little bit careful not getting bitten.
Again, I have been envenomated by these guys in the past.
I've actually not had any major problem with it,
to be honest with you.
Some people have more reactions than others
and oh, okay, we're okay little buddy.
This little monkey here is definitely fired up.
It's a defensive snake.
And to be honest with you, these are snakes
that I don't like to handle that much anyways.
Oh my gosh, woo, okay.
Because I really don't like to get bit.
If I don't have to by something like this
I don't wanna develop an allergy to that venom.
So the more you actually are around that venom
the more chances of it actually, whoa,
more chances of you developing an allergy to it.
Or sometimes you can actually go the other way
with it to be totally honest with you.
But these guys are definitely a little bit feisty.
No doubt about it.
I tell you what I like to open that mouth.
They like to come at you
and these guys don't even probably rank
in the top 10 when it comes
to difficult animals to actually work with.
Woo. See, it's kind of calming down now.
Oh, I shouldn't say that.
Oh my gosh, woo, okay.
We're gonna go ahead and get this guy back
before we get bit and move on.
Whoa!
Move on to really the actual most crazy snake that I keep.
This thing is a monster.
But believe it or not, this is the animal
that's the most insane animal of all the animals I keep.
No matter how you touch this animal
it will try to bite you.
I mean, there's just no, ow!
It got me,
and there's no way you're gonna get around getting bitten
by this animal.
No matter what you do to it,
you try to be as nice as you possibly can be.
And it just keeps on going absolutely crazy.
And it strikes in so many different angles.
It's just absolutely wild.
You can see how tense it is.
Though I know you guys are probably surprised
and this is actually what they call a Viper Boa.
Now I work with a bunch of different Viper Boas
but this particular one is just absolutely mental.
I don't know what's wrong with it
but ever since I've had it,
it's been this way where I literally can't even take it
out the enclosure without it absolutely going berserk on me.
And I have tried my best to get this thing
to calm down and it never, ever calms.
Oh! Got me again.
There is no way in the world
that you can handle this animal.
This thing is like a little tiny spring,
that is constantly on,
I'm leaking all over the place here.
It has little tiny teeth in front,
but trust me they hurt a little bit.
There's no doubt about that.
Whoa, whoa.
It is definitely a lesson in caution
when you're dealing with this animal.
But in one way
when you're dealing with an animal like this,
it's kind of a good thing to try to hone your kind
of skills and trying to not get bit.
Now, obviously I don't wanna get bit.
I really don't.
It's something that I don't enjoy,
but it is something that happens
when you're working with animals.
So an animal like this
can sometimes really hone those skills on how
to read an animal when it's moving,
how to get away from it and stuff like that.
And I always talk about, if you're gonna get bit by a snake
you don't really wanna pull away, but if you could pull away
before it actually bites you, it actually can be
good every now and then the snake actually wins.
Come on! Ow! Got me again, right on the finger.
That one absolutely hurt.
Look at that.
Oh, woo.
That one got me bad.
What's the matter, buddy.
Why are you so angry?
I swear to gosh, I love you so much.
All I want you to do is be awesome.
Such a beautiful, beautiful snake.
I don't know why it's so angry.
So there it is guys.
Definitely the most crazy
and upset snake in the entire place.
No doubt about it.
- It just goes to show you my dad's a faker dude.
Look at this.
- We've been hanging out with it for like 25, 30 minutes.
And before that it was in my pocket for the rest of the day.
Like he didn't bite me once.
- Why did you have it in your pocket?
Any who super nice snake.
I don't know what Brian's talking about.
- Chin rubs.
- Come on, come on Mr. Brian.
- Do better.
- To be honest with you.
I have at least one tooth in my finger trying to find it.
Oh, can't get it.
Come on little buddy.
I could just feel it.
There it is, almost got it out.
Ah, there that tooth is right there.
I don't know if there's any other,
doesn't feel like there's any other teeth,
but that happens sometimes.
You know, snakes actually can shed their teeth
and they'll regrow their teeth.
He gave me a little present to remember him by.
- Oh, oh look at snake. - It's gonna bite me.
This meanest a snake in the world.
- I'm so scared.
Ah be careful, Mike, it's go eat you.
- It's choking me.
- Oh my goodness, it's so mean.
Are you okay Michael?
Wow, look how mean that snake is.
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- This enclosure looks incredible.
I'll be honest with you.
It's probably one of my favorite ones you've done so far.
- You think so?
- I love this enclosure, so
and what are we gonna put in it?
- So I decided we're gonna do gargoyles.
This is the first pair of gargoyles we've put
in here actually, which is kind of funny,
'cos we have mostly gargoyles out of the new pals.
So we've got Annabel here.
[Brian] She's beautiful.
[Jessica] And this is Freddy Kruger.
He's shedding right now.
[Brian] He's shedding? Okay.
[Jessica] But we're gonna go ahead and put them together.
They're one of my favorite pairs that we have.
She actually is produced the best babies
that we really produced. [Brian] Really?
[Jessica] Yeah. [Brian] Oh my God,
that's so cool.
Well, they're both incredible.
- They're both, Kiki's got lines.
Different like lineage.
[Brian] Oh my gosh.
They look so cool and look
at how awesome they look in that enclosure.
Look at her, she's already jumping up.
She's wow, I'm serious.
I mean all your enclosures look absolutely amazing
but I love this one.
I really do, it's really good.
And we've got Big Bertha in here too, right?
- Yeah we've really got her down.
This is actually my favorite enclosure.
[Brian] It is really good too.
I mean, they're all amazing.
I mean, as this coming together, like, oh!
- It's looking so good right?
I can't wait until all of it's done.
[Brian] Oh my God.
- It's just so much work.
- I know, Jessica's got a lot of work, a lot of work.
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