- Hey, good morning everybody!
And welcome to the vlog.
Of course, I've got my girl Verdi here,
which I love to death.
And there's something crazy about green anacondas.
I mean, It's just such an iconic animal, right?
When you think of big snakes,
you think of anacondas.
People that don't know a lot about snakes
come here and see my big reticulated pythons,
and they're like,
"Oh my god, is that an anaconda?"
Just because big snakes are synonymous with anacondas.
Regardless, my point is that
Verdi is absolutely amazing, and one day
Is gonna be a giant snake.
They grow pretty quick, so its gonna probably be
five or six years before my girl actually gets sizeable.
So guess what we're gonna do today?
We're gearing up, heading off to Atlanta in a few hours,
and I am hopefully going to be acquiring
an eleven foot anaconda, so I'm gonna
go ahead and play with Verdi for a minute,
and then dream bout the potential of having
a big anaconda so that people that come
to the Reptarium can hold a big anaconda.
Got some things to do before we go,
but it's going to be an absolutely epic journey.
I know I have a lot of amazing big snakes here.
Obviously we got Lucy, and Daisy, and my girl Sunrise,
Who of course is amazing albino Burmese python
But interestingly enough, I actually did a poll on my
YouTube channel, and over 20,000 people voted, and I asked,
"If you wanted to handle one giant snake, what would it be?
An anaconda, a Burmese python, or a Reticulated python?"
And believe it or not, the anaconda had 56 percent,
So actually, Burmese pythons, and Reticulated pythons
together didn't even combine for as many people
as said they'd rather hold a large anaconda.
And don't get me wrong, I still think that people
are always gonna wanna come and hold Sunrise and of course
Perdida will still probably be the most,
kinda, sought after animal at the Reptarium
I mean she's out all the time, she's gorgeous.
I mean she's just amazing, and I realize that that
poll didn't say Perdida and Sunrise,
It said Reticulated pythons like Perdida,
or Burmese pythons like Sunrise.
If I were to have done the poll like,
"Hey do you wanna hold Perdida, Sunrise, or an anaconda?"
That poll mighta been a little bit different.
My point is that anacondas are iconic,
and I want people to have amazing experience
when they come to the Reptarium, or if I take animals
to a school event or a zoo to you type of event
So, I need a big anaconda, well, I don't need it,
but I want a big anaconda, cause I just have
always wanted one, and Verdi will one day be that animal.
I have not given up on her, she's amazing,
but this particular one is supposed to be dog tamed,
just like Verdi, and much larger, so it gives me
a little bit of a head jump, and I'm just really excited
about adding that to the Reptarium.
I've said that, so many times,
I've been afforded the opportunity to get
so many dream animals here at the Repatrium.
Obviously Night Fury, the Motley Goldenchild is ridiculous,
I mean that solid black Reticulated python
And the list goes on and on, I don't need to go over
all the animals that I'm blown away that I have,
But I will say that I do have one more dream animal
If this anaconda thing works out,
which fingers crossed it will,
because we're driving twelve hours in order to meet
this little thing, and it really does look amazing.
I mean I've seen videos, I've seen all kinds
of pictures of it. It seems really like it is as docile
as the guy says it is, so I'm super excited about that.
Regardless, one animal that is kind
of a pinnacle of mine is a Boelen's python.
I really wanna get a Boelen's python
and put it at the Reptarium.
That's that black animal with yellow on it,
unbelievably amazing, got the same
iridecensce as Night Fury, so hopefully,
we can make that happen, but I wanna know
from you guys, down in the comments, right now,
what animal is your dream animal, number one,
and number two, what animal should I put at the Reptarium?
A Boelen's python? Is there something else you guys would
like to see if you ever come visit?
Go down in the comments, and let me know,
in the meantime I still love this guy
right here, but who knows, maybe
in the future, we'll have a Boelen's python.
All right, it's time to get on the road,
again, we have a twelve hour drive
down to the Atlanta, Georgia area, but I'm gonna
be so excited because on the other side of this drive
I am gonna be able to meet an amazing animal that hopefully
will come back with us as long as its super tame.
It will come back with us, a green anaconda,
whatya say we hit the road.
(Upbeat music)
- Dude! I'm so excited, I can't believe you guys
are going to pick up that anaconda,
so that should be pretty sweet.
Honestly, that's my wife, Mary's, biggest fear,
is anacondas, isn't that funny?
I just can't wait to check it out though,
I hope it's nice, I don't wanna be, yanno
prejudice against snakes, but I've heard
anacondas can be pretty mean, pretty nasty.
Yanno, hopefully it's not too mean, cause I want
Mary to get used to it, maybe we'll like make her
clean it out, or something, or make her go swimming
with it, or something like that. Put her in a room with it,
cause she is really terrified of anacondas.
- I don't really like anacondas.
They're strong, and their teeth..
(laughter)
- [Mary's Husband] They're all strong and have teeth
- Not like, I don't know,
(laughter)
The movie I guess. I watched the movie when I was young so.
They apparently can fly through the sky, like in the movie.
- [Cameraman] Cause Brian said that its gonna be your
responsibility to clean and take care of and feed it.
So how do you feel about that?
- [Mary] I don't like it
(nervous laughter)
- So, we're a couple hours into this twelve hour drive
down to Atlanta, Georgia area.
I am just so excited about it,
of course Jay's over here filming.
- Hey, what's up guys?
- We're having a great time just talking about
what's to come, yanno, again, it's gonna
be a pretty awesome trip.
Gonna defintiely check out this anaconda.
I think we're gonna get it. Again, as long as its tame,
because I don't want anyone coming to the Reptarium
to have a problem. Ill talk about the process
we'll go through, later on in another vlog,
about making sure that it's ready before people
handle it, cause obviously we're not just gonna get this
animal, take it to the Reptarium,
just start throwing it in peoples hands.
It might take a month or two before
we even let people handle it.
Regardless, looks good, I'm super excited about that.
We are gonna stop at Noah Arcs, my buddy,
with all the cool stuff, lions, and tigers,
and cool animals. Not to mention, a monster snake.
One of the biggest snakes I've ever seen.
Gonna go play with that one too before we head
back, so, its gonna be a great trip.
Definitely rainy outside, a long way to go,
It's gonna be a little bit of time
before we sleep tonight, so, anyways,
Ill keep you guys updated as we go.
(Upbeat music)
- [Brians Son] Boo! That getcha dude?
- The hell is wrong with you?
- You hear the good news brother?
- Dude
- What?
- Maybe, yes.
- Maybe? Dude, we're getting a green anaconda!
- Oh, no! I did hear that! That's insane, that's crazy!
- Eleven footer dude, hell yeah.
- Dude, better watch out.
See what it did to J-Lo and IceCube.
(hissing)
- Yeah, I know, it ate her.
- It almost did!
- Oh, I wish I was that anaconda, you know what I'm sayin?
- Family show, family show, yeah but no, oh no no no, sorry.
- It's too late now man, cmon
- Yeah I'm sorry, like power, woogity woogity woogity.
- Anyways, so, A, we gotta name it in the future.
- Dude, for sure
- Okay, and then B, since my dad is getting
this new animal, I think we should tell him
a new animal that we want in the Reptarium!
- Yeah! I can get him a muntjac
I've been looking down in Missouri, two grand.
- What the hell is a muntjac? - Muntjac deer.
- Muntjac deer, shout out muntjac deer.
They're, dude, they're this big,
They're little miniature deer - Okay.
They got two fangs, and horns. - What?
Swear to God, dude.
- That sounds like a New Jersey devil.
- No, I know.
- Dude, all right, I was thinking-
- I want one so bad.
- No, I was thinking more of a
(Interupting laughter)
- I just got that, it took me a second.
- I was thinking more of a, I don't know,
like a koala, or
- A koala would be dope - Or like a mini panda bear.
A sloth, a sloth. - ooh, yeah.
Yeah, koalas are cool, but I think they all have
chlamydia, okay? That's a fact.
- That's okay, we do too, brother.
- All right, so drop your comments down below on what
animal you think my dad should get for the Reptarium.
Because, uh, we want to know your thoughts.
Make it reptile, we were talking more of little mammals,
but, put your favorite reptile down below,
and maybe my dad will get it.
- I gotta go talk to HR department after that comment now.
- Its about ten o'clock at night.
I've been going since about seven this morning
so definitely getting a little zany.
SO what I do when I get a little tired,
I take a little break, look around,
and see what kinda cool stuff they have at these places.
Oh! Look at this! I like this.
How cute. Oh my gosh, should I get one of these Jay?
- Yeah dude, you need to get one of both.
- One of both? (laughter) Oh my gosh.
This is what I need right here.
I should buy this for Lorrie. Little crockpot.
- [Jay] Oh, she'd love that.
- Oh my gosh. Who literally buys a crockpot
at a gas station? Like I don't know what
- [Jay] Super confusing for sure.
- Oh yeah, and by the way, we are in Kentucky.
I just realized that because I saw it over here.
I'm gonna be totally honest with you,
before I saw that, I didn't even know what state we were in.
Let's get to work tomorrow. - Right
- [Brian] Awe, this is my shirt right here, baby.
Wouldn't I look good in this?
- Can you please get that? - [Brian] Oh my gosh.
- [Jay] If you're not doing that in the vlog tomorrow-
- [Brian] I'm gonna wear this, yep, tomorrow, okay, cool.
- [Jay] Two for forty, we can both get one
- We're good to go. Were gonna drive maybe,
I don't know, maybe, another two hours
or something like that. Drive til like midnight, or so.
Then we gotta wake up in the morning, and uh.
This all, by the way, I didn't tell you guys,
This vlog is actually gonna end tomorrow,
even though you guys are going to be around for a while.
I'm gonna end this vlog tomorrow.
So it's kind of a day and a half vlog if that makes sense,
so, couple hours, get some sleep,
we'll wake up, we'll go see that anaconda.
- Well, Brian's on his way to go pick up this new anaconda,
I guess. We'll see how that goes.
But unfortunately, he picks the same week that
Bruce and Jess-
( Whining)
Unfortunately he picks the same week that
Bruce and Jessica are on vacation
so that leaves me even more shorthanded.
Whatever, I mean, as always, Ill figure it out.
(upbeat music)
- That's right! We are in the hotel here,
but don't you worry, the vlog is not over.
We still have another five hours to drive,
and it's gonna be just a really quick nap,
and I'm gonna wake up, and then
we're gonna get on the road, okay?
And we're ready to go. Its a five hour drive ahead.
Anaconda time, lets hit the road.
(zip)
(rustling)
(bright music)
But we have a while, five hours to go, before we get
to where I'm gonna be meeting with this anaconda.
And uh, yanno, listen, it's an eleven hour,
twelve hour drive or whatever, but its well worth it,
because again, I wanna make sure this anaconda is tamed.
The one thing I don't need is a big anaconda that's
gonna bite people, right? I think its gonna be,
he sent me videos of this thing, it's actually
supposed to be in shed and still dog tamed.
So, well worth the drive. Let me know in the comments
if you guys would drive eleven hours
just to pick up a snake.
But before we head home, we are gonna stop off
at my buddy over at Noah's Arc, so that will be
really fun, and then we head back to the Reptarium.
I am over-the-top excited about meeting,
hopefully, my new anaconda.
(bright music)
All right, we made it here.
Let's go check out this anaconda.
This is a really cool area, I mean, take a look at this.
This is awesome, I'm excited.
Let's go in and meet my new little girl,
kinda semi-big girl.
Oh my gosh, look at this! She is so gorgeous dude.
- Cmon girl, oh my gosh.
- Yo, she actually looks bigger, yanno, than I thought.
Look at that guys, I mean, this is truly
the animal I have been just dying for.
This is such a dream animal of mine.
And I mean, again, a big green anaconda,
that's gonna get much, much bigger, obviously,
but obviously, dog tame. I mean look at her!
She's deep in blue, unbelievably gorgeous,
and she is just a puppy dog. - Oh yeah.
That's what I need, I mean cause you gotta remember,
kids are gonna be around this. - Absolutely. Yep.
And yanno that's the thing. We just did a poll,
that we asked people, " If you could hold
an iconic big snake, what would it be?
A Burm, a Retic, or an anaconda?"
And 56 percent of people, out of over 20,000 votes
said a green anaconda.
- Oh absolutely, any day of the week, man.
Nothing beats a natural green anaconda.
- Oh my gosh, this is gorgeous.
So guys, I am over-the-top excited,
over-the-top happy, this girl is going home with us!
Oh my gosh she is so- thank you so much dude.
- Absolutely man. Anytime.
- You come visit her any time, seriously.
- I'll definitely make it up there.
- She's gonna get babied like you can't believe.
She is gonna be my baby.
- She deserves it, she's a sweetheart.
Now the yellow anaconda on the other hand, she's nippy.
(laughter)
- Lets take a look at some other animals while we're here
why not, right? And then we'll go ahead
and we'll pack her up, and we'll get on the road.
So this is pretty cool. This is a, you said, 75 percent-
- 75 percent Australian, and 25
percent New Guinea frilled lizard.
- You could see all of that orange in that bottom,
That's that Australian blood, and its quite a bit bigger,
I mean you can tell, those Australians
get a good bit bigger and that is so cool.
Take a look at this guy here.
Absolutely gorgeous panther chameleon.
I tell you what, that thing is amazing. Wow.
Oh my gosh, getting her outside in the light,
she is a gorgeous animal, and again,
she's in shed, flicken slow tongue movement,
the color, the pattern on this animal,
I am over the moon. I mean this
is absolutely an incredible animal,
and I can't wait to get her home,
get her kind of habituated to things,
and eventually, be able to let other people enjoy her
as much as I do, cause I think
it's absolutely incredible, so.
Wow! What a journey guys, I tell you what.
Oh, and by the way you guys, I need your help a little bit.
Can you comment down below, and tell me what name you think
I should name this green anaconda?
After all, she needs an absolutely amazing name,
so definitely hit me up in the comments section,
and let me know what you guys think, and let me know
what you think about her as a whole.
What an awesome adventure. I would have driven 25 hours
to come and get something like this.
I'm absolutely over the moon guys,
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(bright music)