- This is a pumpkin.
- Boy, ain't no way, boy.
- Oh my gosh, Bowser's getting so heavy.
Oh!
Geez, did you see that?
Just absolutely took a chunk out.
And today we're feeding pumpkins.
Come on, Brillo.
Brillo loves this.
He loves pumpkins, he loves squash.
He's absolutely incredible.
Look at him, he's like, oh, this is the best food ever.
Brillo is definitely a fan of Halloween and October.
There's no doubt about it.
Look at how awesome is.
He is in heaven right now.
Brillo, you're so amazing.
I tell you what, I love this animal so much.
Hey buddy boy, you excited?
We're gonna try to feed pumpkins off
to all our animals today because hey,
I'm a big fan of October.
Fall is amazing and I think Brillo is a fan as well.
Time to cut up a pumpkin.
Tell you what, I could do a little Jack-o-lantern.
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.
Everything about Halloween is amazing.
I have a feeling that some of our animals
are gonna love this.
We'll just cut some pieces up for 'em,
and try to see if they wanna eat.
A lot of people don't realize
but pumpkins are actually a fruit.
A lot of people think that they're vegetable,
and a lot of our animals do eat fruit.
And some of the animals that don't eat fruit,
we're gonna try anyways.
Like Elvis, who is certainly our carnivore.
Let's see if he wants to come out.
Come out, come out, come out.
Okay, stay right here.
You wanna try?
What's he gonna do?
Now some monitor species will actually eat fruit.
Now he may not be that interested in it.
Do you wanna try to eat it buddy? I don't think he did.
I'm actually pretty surprised by that.
I thought he would devour it down.
Just to try cause like I said
there's actually a monitor species
that only eats fruit, which is really amazing.
And these guys will occasionally eat fruits in the wild,
but I wasn't sure what's gonna happen.
He was like, no, dad, I'm not interested.
That's okay, Elvis.
Not everyone likes pumpkin.
Speaking of that, I've never really liked pumpkin pie.
Let's see what happens with RJ.
RJ!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Up here, up here, up here, up here.
RJ.
Oh! Whoa!
Whoa, look at him!
Look at him go! Look at him sacking the door.
Holy cow!
Oh my God, RJ.
He definitely went after that thing.
And interestingly enough, you can see look at.
He's actually gonna try to eat it right now.
Now you might think like, hey,
alligators don't even really eat fruits.
But the truth is, there's been some observation
where they've actually eaten papaya
and other things like that.
And even if he doesn't eat it, it's good enrichment, right?
So he's gotta use that brain.
He's usually getting meat
and now he's got something different,
it's gonna taste different, it's gonna feel different.
The sensation is different, but oh my gosh,
did he go after it.
As soon as I dropped it in there, he was on it like that.
I mean, that was absolutely incredible
and he still seems to be enjoying it.
Definitely tasting it
'cause alligators can taste.
And that 2,000 plus pounds of psi,
that bite force is absolutely incredible.
Look, he's going after it again.
Let's see if he wants to try another bite.
He's going after it.
Look at him, look at him, look at him go.
He's got the whole thing in his mouth now.
I just think this is so cool to see RJ like this.
I mean, it's not like he bit and just let it go.
He actually is into it.
He's like, What is this thing.
Again, he's licking, he's using his brain,
and look at him crush it.
I knew he would probably take a bite out of it,
but I didn't know that he'd be so interested.
What's he gonna do?
I have no idea.
Look at him.
He's trying to eat it.
This is so cool.
And again, in the wild,
they're gonna take these opportunities to do that.
Look and he is definitely eating this thing.
Wow, this is awesome.
Month of October, of course the animals
have to get their Halloween treats on.
It's a spooky month and that animal right there
would be spooky if you got your hand caught in there.
I think that he's enjoyed this.
It's turned out epic.
You know, my family always said that I love pumpkin pie,
but I've actually never even tried pumpkin pie.
I don't know, there's just something
that's an aversion about it. - What are you talking about?
You love pumpkin pie.
- But I do have an idea.
Let's get the boys together.
It's your turn to eat pumpkins.
You guys like whipped cream?
- Yes, of course. - Okay.
- This is gonna be a contest.
Who can eat it the quickest, the whole pie.
Hands behind your back.
- No.
I just wanna use my hands and enjoy the pie.
- You guys ready?
- Yeah!
- Let's go.
(dramatic music)
- [Mike] Are you guys getting pie?
- Noah's crushing, man.
I thought Mike would take this in a heartbeat.
Now you don't have to eat the crust.
Just the inside.
- Oh, damn. No. - What?
I already started eating the crust.
- Okay, eat the crust too.
- That's my favorite part.
- You can eat the crust, but you don't have to.
- [Noah] How many calories?
- And unlike monitors that are heavily carnivorous,
actually Tegus are omnivores.
They will eat a lot of meat,
but they definitely eat fruit and vegetables.
He sees the ball, he knows that there's potentially food.
He's interested, and now I'm gonna give him this
and see if he wants to try to eat it.
Do you wanna try, buddy?
Come on, I think you'll really like it.
He's definitely sniffing it like this smells good,
but he's not sure what to do with it.
He will definitely take bananas for sure.
He loves bananas, strawberries,
but he's never had pumpkin before
and I don't know if he knows what to do with it.
Definitely really interested.
You can see that tongue response.
It's like, what is this?
He just doesn't know if he wants to take a bite or not.
No, he is definitely like, no dad,
I'm not interested in pumpkins.
What's the matter?
Do you not like Halloween?
Come on buddy bud.
All right, Darren, you're okay.
Not everything is gonna go aggording to plan,
but we're gonna keep trying.
Noah's crushing.
- I'm feeling sick.
- I got so much stuff up my nose.
Baby girl. (laughs)
- You guys doing okay?
Crushing? - What do we win for this?
- Nothing.
A pumpkin pie. - A free pie.
- We never win anything.
Can we work for Mr. Beast?
- I wish Mr. Beast was our boss.
- Challenges would be a lot harder.
- This is so good though.
- How much pie do you think this is?
- It's one whole pie.
- It's so much pie.
- This is so good.
- Look who's out and about.
My guy Drogo.
I actually tried pumpkin in the past with Drogo,
and he's a pretty finicky animal.
He likes some things and doesn't like other things,
but I'm not sure what he's gonna do with this.
Do you wanna try, Drogo?
Oh, it looks like he wants it.
There you go, Drogs.
Yeah, he likes it.
Like I said, the last time I tried he didn't like it at all.
But this time he's definitely eating it,
which is great because he like a lot of variety.
The more variety that we give him, the better for him.
He definitely loves it.
Stuff like Yucca root, he loves apple,
he loves zucchini, and now he loves pumpkin.
Look at how cute that is.
Oh my God, that is so cool.
So happy that he's doing this.
Again, I love giving our animals treats
and giving them different things.
It's just a great enrichment for him.
This is absolutely incredible,
and he is munching it down like you can't believe.
He loves it.
That is so cool.
You want another piece, Drogo?
Oh yeah.
You have no idea the joy I get when I see my animals
loving things like this.
This is just, it just I'm exploding
with excitement right now.
Matilda usually loves pumpkin.
She loves this time of year.
You wanna try, bud?
There you go, Matilda.
She's got such powerful beak.
I tell you that's why you don't want to get bit by her
because I mean that beak has got some strength.
It just rips that pumpkin off like nothing.
Gonna love it.
Want some more, girl?
There you go, girl.
Ah yeah, it's crazy.
You know, pumpkins are pretty tough,
and to see her just be able to rip that apart,
it's absolutely incredible.
So I'm not gonna feed her
a tremendous amount of pumpkin often,
but every now and then, it's pretty good for 'em, right?
They like really like straw, and roughage,
and stuff like that.
Fruits aren't typically the best for tortoises,
but when it comes to gorge,
these actually do work pretty well.
There you go, girl.
Oh, she's so strong.
There you go.
Look at that. Like nothing.
But I'm sure my other tortoises would love some pumpkin.
Go ahead and roll a time lapse.
Irwin the northern blue tongue skink
is definitely an omnivore.
We'll see if he wants to try a little piece of pumpkin.
You'll like it.
These guys often eat bananas, strawberries, blueberries.
We'll see if he wants to give this a go.
Just isn't willing to give it a try.
You know what we can maybe try is a little bit of this.
This might entice him a little bit more.
Oh yeah, look at there.
That's what he needed.
He just needed a little bit of the pulp.
He liked that. Look at it.
Come on Irwin, what you doing, buddy?
Oh, he loved it.
He's immediately like, yes.
So now we know. And that's the thing that's interesting
about animals, right?
You can take a solid piece and he's not interested,
but one that's shred up like this,
he just absolutely went after it immediately.
It has a different smell, a different texture.
Found another thing that Irwin loves.
- Okay, I'm done.
- Mike, you are the winner
of the pumpkin pie eating challenge.
I wanted to taste the pies,
but I don't think that's gonna work.
- You can have that piece right there.
- There's this piece right here.
- Go ahead, Dad.
- Mike is still eating.
He doesn't even have to.
You can use your hands now if you want.
- Oh sweet.
- You guys should clean yourself up.
- We don't wanna create this challenge.
- I don't want anymore.
- Can I get some more whipped cream?
- Yeah.
- Its a whole pie.
- Did that come out of his nose?
- It's an entire pie you're eating.
You know, challenge is over.
- Can I just have some whipped cream?
Open your mouth wider.
There you go.
You want some?
(whipped cream spritzing)
There you go.
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- Diddy and Dixie are omnivores as well.
They mainly eat vegetables,
but they love this type of treat.
I don't know if they're gonna like pumpkin.
Come on, Dixie.
Let's see if she's gonna like it.
Wanna try?
Oh yeah, look at that.
Right off the rip.
Absolutely love it.
I'm gonna try again.
Oh don't chase 'em away.
Diddy.
Here you go, bud.
Uh-oh, fight about to happen.
Dixie, you want this?
Yep. You like that?
Oh my gosh, they love pumpkins.
Especially Dixie.
Do you like it too?
Oh my gosh, I didn't think they'd like it this much.
This is awesome.
This is so cool to see them do this.
They're my little puppy dogs and I love them to death.
Wow, they are just devouring it.
This is absolutely amazing.
I tell you what, I am so glad
that these pumpkins worked out.
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