- While Mike is actually out with surgery
he's gonna be gone for the next couple weeks.
You might notice that I have $600.
If they get through this entire challenge today
they get $600 in honor of Mike.
Wish Mike best wishes.
While you're down there commenting for Mike
do me a favor, smash that like button.
If you haven't already hit the subscribe button.
Of course Ivy is an anaconda.
We all know that.
She's a green anaconda.
Green anacondas are one of the largest bodied sakes
on the planet of course,
with reticulated pythons.
Ivy's only about 120 pounds right now.
Eventually could get up to 300 pounds.
Of course we know she had 41 beautiful babies this year.
- What's the challenge?
- I don't know what this challenge is.
- Oh no. - Aah, oh.
(man laughing)
- You're one step closer to $600.
Let's go ahead, put Ivy back.
- There's a anaconda coming loose.
Not that snake. (man laughing)
- Did you honestly think I was gonna make it that easy?
The next one we're gonna do is Cupcake,
but, Noah you have to wear a blindfold.
(air squeaks)
Jake, you can actually tell him where he's going,
but Noah, you have to feel for it.
By the way, Cupcake is looking a little bit strange at.
- Yeah.
- Make sure you guys stick around
until the end of the video
'cause the last thing they have to handle Lucy.
- Go for it, you have to direct me.
- Do you trust me? - Yes.
You have to direct me. (man laughing)
- You know, give me like--
- No, with your words.
- Right here, you're looking at me as if you can see me.
- Is she gonna bite me? - No, I hope not.
- You don't think so?
Do you even know what to look for?
- No, you're good. - Is she in food mode?
- You're good.
- Need Jake to read her for you.
You gotta work together. - Yeah, he's doing all--
- We're good.
- You just say, "You're good."
- Tell him what to do.
- You're good, you're good.
You're good. - I'm gonna get bit.
I don't want to do this.
- Here feel around along the glass.
- You gotta be my eyes.
(record scratching)
Whoa, what the (beep) was that?
Did you hear that?
(people laughing)
Jumping spider in here?
What was that?
- Oh wait, no, to the--
- What is that?
- All right, you're doing, yeah, down a little bit.
Down.
Your shoe's right in front of her face
and you're all about to touch her.
Yeah, you're good.
She hasn't moved.
- Of course Cupcake is a Colombian boa constrictor.
Boa constrictor imperator.
These guys can get up to 10 foot
and she is a big animal.
She's one of the biggest boas I've ever seen.
As Noah's getting out,
she's also one of the strongest boas
that I've ever worked with for sure.
Boa constrictors come from different localities
and of course there's true red tail boas,
common red tail boas.
Often times boas like Cupcake
are often considered red tail boas,
but the truth is they're really common boas.
Red tail boas are the true boas,
which are boa constrictor.
- She's getting stuck on the GoPro.
- Jake, we need to do this.
Just go grab her.
- I can't, there's a freaking log.
I'm in a freaking water dish, dude.
I can't see, man.
What do you mean get her?
Oh yeah, wonder what that is.
- Her head's right there. - Go straight.
- Her head's right there. - My right?
- No, left.
- Go straight to the left. - Left.
- Go straight forward. - There.
- Down, down. - Down?
- That's like the front-ish upper body.
- Come here little baby.
- You're like around 50%.
Yeah, look at that, you're doing great.
You're good, you're good.
- Grab it.
- Can you firmly grasp it?
Oh, it's all wet.
- [Narrator] It's the way I like it.
- That's one big boa constrictor.
There's no doubt about it.
Good job guys.
Here you go, Noah
- I'm gone. (man chuckles)
(door bangs)
- You guys are doing great.
Only eight more giant stakes to handle.
The next one up is Perdita.
By the way Perd's the exact same way
that she bit me last time.
(air whooshing) (man grunting)
What, she got me. (man grunting)
Jake, you thought it was so funny.
Guess what?
It's your turn.
- Yes, revenge.
All right, man, she's right there.
You should be good.
She's right there, perfect.
Right to your left.
(cricket chirping)
I'm filing a lawsuit. (man laughing)
- I'm not even joking.
Careful because she is in food mode.
- Okay. - Big time.
- No, no, don't do that.
You're gonna have to go from under,
so think under scoop. - Under--
- And you're gonna go roughly seven inches forward, 12 up.
(air whooshing)
- Like Mike's seven or my seven?
- Your seven. - Okay.
- Oh! - Okay.
- I like that. (man laughing)
- Can I position his body?
- Sure, you guys coordinate it as a team.
- Okay. - Ooh!
- Oh, that was so scary.
- That was so scary.
(man laughing)
There was a 50, 50 shot he was getting bitten
on that one. - What do you mean 50, 50?
- Yeah, it's a 50, 50.
- I like how I'm looking down as if I can see.
- You're on her tail,
which is not where you wanna be.
Move to the next hump,
that hump right there is her front half
which you need to grab.
Wrapped around a vine.
- Of course, Perdita is a reticulated python,
a cow reticulated python.
It's actually a mutation from a ghost stripe to a phantom,
producing this beautiful white snake as a baby
that gets whacked out as it gets older.
Largest species on the planet.
But the cow reticulated pythons
actually stay a little bit smaller.
Typically don't exceed 14 or 15 feet,
unlike the mainland versions that can exceed 25 foot.
- So her tail is wrapped around there.
You're gonna need to unwrap that to that branch.
Okay, I got her front.
You can use both hands in the back.
Bring that body up
and then that tail left down,
left down, right.
Push down, right down, - Up, left, down, right, left,
- Left. - Square, circle, star,
BA, PA, star.
- Up and to the right is your last move.
Gee, code unlocked.
- I have no idea how far she is stretched out.
- One step closer to winning $600.
- Yay.
(air whooshing) (whimsical music)
- This is gonna be a bit of a challenge.
You guys have to take out
Butterscotch. - [Narrator] Butterscotch.
- Remember later in the video
the last snake they're gonna have
to tackle is the hardest snake,
which of course is Lucy.
This is definitely the second hardest.
Go, where'd they go?
Hey guys, if anyone wants the $600,
just go ahead and show up and we'll go ahead
and let you take over the challenge.
Literally down in the comments,
let me know if you guys would do this.
- What are the rules?
- You just gotta get her out. - That's it?
- That's it.
- Whoa, whoa, ho, ho.
- You gonna get in there?
- Oh sh...
- Oh, my.
Oh, oh, woo-hoo.
(whimsical music)
What are we gonna do?
- You gotta go to animalconusa.com.
Get your tickets from AnimalCon,
that's the only way you're gonna get through this,
animalconusa.com.
I'm gonna put a link in the description.
- Whoo!
(suspenseful music)
- No, no, I got that.
- Great, but she pointed at me.
- Got to have heart, got to have heart.
Right now she's intimidating.
- Butterscotch is a tiger reticulated python,
just like Lucy.
Come around, that's all right.
She's a puppy dog.
Ooh!
- [Narrator] She's a puppy dog.
- With my handling challenge, actually did pretty good
considering she was definitely fired up
and wanted to eat.
She's about 14 foot now.
One day she's gonna easily be as big as Lucy
if not larger,
'cause she loves to eat.
Back in guys.
- She heavy.
- I prefer peppermints over butterscotch myself.
- Please, peppermints.
- Why is she so strong? - You're doing great, Noah.
You're doing great, man, yeah.
- Go baby. - You're doing great.
- Go.
- You know, giant snakes are absolutely amazing
and although they can be a little intimidating
and certainly there can be a debate
whether or not they're a good pet or not,
the fact is that I've spent my entire life
trying to get people to love reptiles,
and giant snakes in particular.
It's amazing that an animal like Gemma here
that's 18 foot long could actually be living on this earth.
It's just so cool.
I mean, I think back to young Brian,
when I was catching garter snakes in the woods
and there were these little tiny garter snakes
and now I've been able to spend the majority of my life
working with these giant constricting snakes.
And it's just absolutely wonderful.
When you get around so many of our snakes here
at The Reptarium are giant snakes.
Certainly, get a new appreciation for
how wonderful they are.
Next up is Al the reticulated python.
You could take it out however you want,
but you have to be doing it
with your back facing the animal.
Both of you could do it.
One of you could do it.
Go! - What?
- We have to use our communication skills.
- It's feeding day tomorrow and these snakes know.
- I don't like the way he's looking at me.
- There's no rules, right?
Besides just behind your back. - No, behind your back.
- [Man] I have no idea what--
- I got a shield.
- All right, how do you want me to assist you?
(suspenseful music)
- Okay.
- Al is a mochino reticulated python
which means this is actually an albino bred to a mocha,
combined to make this really beautiful color palette.
Now these guys do get a little bit larger.
Both mochinos and albinos are basically mainland retic.
Although Al is about 12 foot long,
he can eventually get 20 plus foot
if he continues to grow,
but he isn't probably gonna get as fat 'cause he is a male.
Beautiful head, beautiful animal,
definitely a heavy food response.
You guys did a good job.
One step closer. (beep)
- This is too easy.
Hmm, smells like a bowling alley.
- You hear that?
- Before you guys get too excited about this money.
This is mine, by the way.
Put your arms out.
From now on you guys
are gonna be joined together with a zip tie
for the rest of this challenge.
It's Sunfire.
- Feel like I'm on a date.
- Come on Noah, let's go.
- Sunfire, Sunfire
- Once again, food mode.
- Did you put bunnies in the AC vents?
- There's a chance
there might be a smell of bunnies in the air.
- I like your position.
- Oh my God - Ooh, shh.
- We're gonna die. - Look here.
(suspenseful music)
- Shh. - Ooh.
- You gotta get her voice.
- What do you mean?
You're the one tickling her.
- I have a plant in my hand.
- She's pointing at me, aah.
- Aah, she's coiled up like a green tree python.
What are you doing?
- I'm trying to prep the handle.
- Ow, circulation, I need that wrist.
(suspenseful music)
- And those two struggling getting Sunfire out
with having their hands actually come together.
Sunfire is actually
a sunfire super tiger reticulated python.
So it's a super coat of tiger
and then also sunfire which makes it nice and bright.
This again, is a mainland animal.
She's getting big.
One day she'll probably be as big as Lucy.
- What is this?
'Cause I feel like some mobster stuff.
My wrist is getting caught up.
- This is about how my first date went.
- What were you doing on your...
(man grunting)
- Think of giant snakes on this planet
and I'm talking about snakes that get 200 plus pounds.
There's really only four animals that get that way, right.
Of course there's Burmese pythons, reticulated pythons,
rock pythons and anacondas.
Now are there some other giant snakes.
I mean, king cobras can get 18 foot.
Scrub pythons can get 18 foot.
Olompali pythons can get absolutely huge too,
but they're not those heavy bodied animals.
Really, there's only the four giants
and I'm so happy that we work
with all four of those giants here
and they're all absolutely incredible animals.
So I actually lied about being handcuffed
for the entire rest of the challenge.
But I have an extra $100
for the first person that can find the bunny suit,
put it on and get Jeffrey out.
Go! - Bunny suit?
(suspenseful music)
- Connie move.
(suspenseful music)
Dammit.
- I couldn't lock it in time.
Oh no, this isn't the time for this,
but you know, safety first. - Where's the suit?
(suspenseful music)
There. (man laughing)
- Oh no, no, he's got the rest of the suit.
(suspenseful music)
- Wait. (man panting)
- It's hot. (door creaking)
(suspenseful music)
- You know what might help you guys?
A key to get in the cage.
- Oh, it's so hot.
- Right now you guys can't split the $100.
One person has to have a complete suit.
- I'll give you my assets
for a percentage of the winning.
- Oh yeah, we can do that.
- Here you go. - Wait, I gotta get in there?
- Yeah, you already have all the--
- I can take it off, we can-- - No, it's okay.
This is gonna be easier.
Here's the key.
- Oh, my pants are falling down.
- It's okay.
It's down, up, down,
in the middle.
You're gonna slide open that glass,
and just stick your hand right in this...
- [Jake] Losing my boot.
- [Man] Nice.
- Of course, Jeffrey is a hypo granite Burmese python.
The hypo is has head for Ivy,
granite is a recessive mutation
that has that beautiful granite color.
Burmese pythons are absolutely amazing.
And guess what, Jake?
You just won a $100.
- Yes. - Easter's done for you.
(man sighs)
- Jake, don't get too comfortable
and don't take off that suit
'cause we've got one more challenge with the suit on.
- Aah. (man laughing)
- I'm so glad I gave that away.
- Mike.
- Since you've done such a good job with that rabbit suit,
put the mask back on
and take out Night Fury.
Let's go.
- LinkedIn/Jake Ragsdale looking for a new job.
- At least you have protection.
Now here's the body.
You just kind of just grip it.
Can you see? - Barely.
- Can't see anything.
There's nothing to be afraid of.
- Noah, Noah, aah.
Noah. - What?
Oh dude, you made him angry.
- I made him angry? - Oh oh.
- Noah.
- Night Fury is a motley golden child
which gives it that beautiful black iridescent look.
I always say, "It only gets better as it gets bigger."
You get this animal out in the sun
it just shines like the rainbow,
but it does have a little bit of an attitude.
- I have no idea where his face is.
- It's okay, you're fine.
- Okay, I'm bored with this, onto the next.
And although we have fun in videos like this,
doing challenges and making things kind of entertaining,
the reason we do that is to catch people's attention
so that I can actually spend time trying
to educate you guys on how amazing these animals are.
In the end we want as many people
to learn about these animals,
'cause the more people that watch
and the more people that enjoy the content,
the more they're gonna say,
"Wow, that is a beautiful snake."
They had both their hands tied behind their back
and they still weren't in trouble.
(beep)
You guys are now four snakes away from winning the $600.
What are you gonna do with it?
- I'm going to Disney World.
- There's a lot of singles there, Mr Brian.
- I-- - You naughty boy.
- I'm going to the vending machine.
- [Narrator] Ah, is that what it is?
- Noah, you get both your hands tied behind your back.
- Yay.
- And you get one hand tied behind your back.
(zip clicking)
Godzilla.
- [Jake] Run Noah, run.
Run Noah, run.
- Dang it.
- They are so not getting outta this building.
- All right, Noah, open the cage.
- Ight.
(keys jangling) (man chuckling)
- That's great. - Half a second.
- Great throw, aah.
- Well, I almost had it.
How would you live your life without arms?
- I know, use your teeth.
- I can't, you have to put her round my neck.
- Just gimme--
- Go under that flap and match me up.
- All right, got you up.
- And then I just spin.
- So Snaz is a normal Burmese python.
What you would find actually in the wild of Myanmar.
Snaz's actually an adult male.
Well, oftentimes they can get much larger,
17 or 18 foot.
Snaz is about nine foot long and super placid.
I think this challenge was a little bit too easy for 'em.
(air whooshing) - Slipping out.
(siren wailing)
- Two more nice snakes to go
so it should be pretty easy.
We're gonna start with Gemma.
- Gemma's easy.
- You have your hands, man.
- I gotta do everything around here.
Where's Mike?
- You gotta grip that top half or we're fudged.
- Ooh, let's get a good deep squat.
Get that squat. - Aha--
- Why is she so much heavier?
- Gemma is our second largest snake here at The Reptarium.
Just underneath 18 foot.
She's a ghost reticulated python,
where they call it goretic reticulated python.
She's an absolute beauty.
I knew she wouldn't give 'em any bit of a problem
due to the fact that she's really heavy
and she definitely likes to move.
Well, I think that Jake's got the majority handled.
- I'm in pain.
- The next challenge gonna be a little bit different
and there's another $100 on the line.
For which one of you guys actually wins this challenge.
Sunrise is such a special animal and so nice.
There's no sense of doing challenge about handling her.
So you guys have to take her out together
and then whoever gets the other one to laugh first wins.
- Laugh?
- And the challenge starts now.
- Is this our first date?
- How's your mom?
- Awful, I know.
What do you call a fish with no eyes?
- Tuna in Albuquerque. - Fsh.
What do you call like a cow with two legs.
- I don't know. - Lean beef.
- Yeah, that's...
Yeah. (man laughing)
- I think that's was it.
You guys are so lame.
But it is so important to understand the responsibility
if you ever decide to get a large snake as a pet.
They get big.
They require a lotta space
and they're not always the best pet for every single person.
We don't want to have happen
what's happened down in the Everglades,
where there's a major invasive issue
with an animal like Snaz here, the Burmese python,
because that's a tremendous amount of bad press
for the reptile hobby.
And then people think negative things.
We're trying to be positive,
so before you decide to ever get a big snake as a pet,
make sure that you understand the responsibility
you're about to undertake,
and the fact that you're gonna have
a whole life of really big snakes
that are really incredible animals.
They certainly aren't for everybody.
You guys have passed all the challenges.
So it's all down to this.
I'm not gonna tie you guys up,
do anything strange.
All you have to do is take Lucy out of the cage
without getting bitten
and handle her for a minute. - [Narrator] For a minute.
- She's not in a bad mood today.
- Oh, oh, oh, oh.
You know, you're supposed to have her inside view.
- I'm kind of in trouble.
- But you're in trouble.
- I'm gonna need you to grab her.
- Grab her where?
- I'm good.
- You know what?
Actually, we'll send you snacks.
Like, you can still get paid.
We'll make sure of it.
- [Brian] No time to give up, now, let's go.
- I'm in a bad spot.
- Yes you are.
- I dunno who put me here. (record scratching)
- Now you guys are trapped.
- You gotta distract her Jake.
- It's working, ooh.
- Can you get in here, Dad, do it.
- I'll be happy to get in there
and take her out with you guys,
but you will lose the 600
and I get the 600, totally up to you.
- Do I still get my portion from the split?
- Nope.
- I made it.
- Wow, I want my dad to do this,
but I didn't just waste all this time for no money.
- All right guys, I'll make you a deal.
I will give you half of the money
if you want me to do it, $300 not 600.
- And then if we take 300 and we do the split
and that's 150 plus another number and then...
I'm not good at math either.
- She's really trying to get me.
Yeah, dad, you can come do this.
- You have to help me get her out.
I will start,
but you have to help me get her out.
- I don't know.
(suspenseful music)
- I'm doing great, oh. - Oh my God.
(suspenseful music)
(man grunting) - Hoo hoo.
- We got her out.
Speaking of out.
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Have a wonderful day reptile army.
Remember.
- Oh Connie. - Oh Connie.
- I just mopped the floor.
- That French vanilla?
- French onion. - Yeah.