- Starting the day with, oh my God, she is so heavy.
I remember, when I used to be able to just lift her up,
not kidding. I'll be honest, this absolutely incredible.
I'm not kidding guys; this isn't acting. This is heavy.
Oh my gosh, I, what is going on?
I literally thought for a second,
I was going to be able to just put her on my shoulder
and talk to you guys about her,
but, I know it seems crazy that I'm already wore out,
but I'm telling you, okay, here we go.
Ah, oh my gosh. I can't even express to you guys,
how heavy this girl, like, I go back to the ground.
Oh my gosh, and, I know, people will make fun of me.
Like, oh my gosh, he is so out of shape.
I am telling you what guys.
I challenge you to come here and do any time with her.
Whenever I have people here and hold her, they go,
now I see why you're out of breath
'cause they just wear you out.
They're a big muscle. They're constantly moving,
and, of course, Ivy is certainly, probably, don't say any,
maybe, my favorite big snake, but, I don't know,
the new girl's getting pretty darn good, too.
But there is something so special
about Ivy and a green anaconda.
And, we talked about in the past
that green anacondas are not the largest snake in the world.
They're probably the heaviest body snake in the world.
I mean a normal anaconda
and a full-size female could get 200 plus pounds
and even up to 300 pounds,
whereas reticulated pythons typically don't get anywhere
near that, 150, sometimes pushing 200.
I mean, the real giants that are 250, 300 pounds,
they're kind of like, to be totally honest with you,
probably a little bit overfed,
whereas these guys can get that weight, even not overfed.
That's just their natural body size,
but, I mean, what an amazing snake.
So, today, I think I'm going to just mess
with my largest snakes, and I have to start
with my girl Ivy because I just love her so much,
and she's just so absolutely incredible.
Oh my gosh, what a workout.
I tell ya, if I'm gonna hold all these big snakes,
I think I'm gonna need a nap later
on today because it's amazing,
but if you guys ever get the opportunity,
whether it's to come here or to go somewhere else
and actually hold a giant anaconda that's tame
or a giant retic or a giant Burmese, please do it.
Let me know in the comments if you guys have done that
in the past and what you think.
I mean, is it as tiring as I make it to seem,
or am I just a complete wimp?
'Cause, it really is amazing,
but I would love to hear your stories
of your largest snake you've ever held.
All right, you guys know I'm not going to be messing
with big snakes and not take my girl Lucy out.
Now, the thing is that she hasn't been
in the greatest of moods lately,
so I don't know exactly how this is going to go.
So, I got these guys. Everything should go well.
- Yeah, this is gonna go great.
- What possibly... - I got it. I got it.
I got it. - You got it? Okay.
Can't hesitate, just like that anole in Florida.
There's no hesitation. So you hesitated.
- I can't do it. - What?
- You got it. - What?
Look it, no hesitation, just don't look at it.
(astonished murmurs and laughing)
- See? - Oh my God
(excited yells)
- [Assistant] Now, she's wet.
- About to get Wet and wild
- Guys, crew, - Everybody jumping the...
- Go Mike, go Mike. - Jay. Okay, Jay.
- Thanks for help, Jay. - Good job, Mike.
- Appreciate it, Jay. - Good job, buddy.
- Okay, bring her over here, down.
All right. Thank you, guys. I can take it from here.
Appreciate you guys.
- You're welcome! - I'll be totally honest
with you, yeah. Good job Noah. You just stand there.
I actually think Ivy, and our other girl,
is maybe just as big, if not, weight-wise,
to be honest with you,
Lucy is just a lot less predictable,
if you know what I mean?
Like, even like, she is definitely feisty, guys,
I'm not even kidding ya.
She's just been in a bad mood this last couple months,
and she goes through that and, you guys know that follow me,
that she'll go through three or four months where she's a
puppy dog, then she'll go through a couple
of months where she is just a monster
and she just wants to bite everything.
But, unlike some of 'em, she's definitely's a runner.
So, when you got a giant snake that runs,
it's really difficult to keep her in one spot, obviously.
It's like an aerobic workout, and, the problem is,
that if you manhandle her too much, she gets upset.
Watch out, Jay.
- [Assistant] Dude, it's always
so, it's grip, dude, it's grip.
- Whoa! - Ooh!
- Not happy, I'll be honest with you.
She could swing back anytime.
- Oh! - Ooh!
- Come on, girl. Come on baby. You're okay.
(assistant yells)
All right. All right, good job. All right.
So, obviously, mix makes her amazing.
Been keeping them since I was 15 years old,
and I couldn't imagine life without it. And you know what?
It really is a workout. And, speaking of workout.
If you wanna be part of the boot camp,
the Reptile Army Boot Camp that is, you can go
to reptilearmy.com. Go ahead and join the army.
And, one day you can maybe wear your shirt here
or whatever merch here, backpack,
and you can hold Lucy with me. Oh my gosh.
This is probably not the best idea I've ever had,
but, I tell you, she is truly amazing,
and I love having a day, a big snake. Woo!
But I tell you what? I think I've had enough.
I'm walking away. Hey, you guys over here.
- Oh no!
- I'm comin', I'm comin'!
(assistant yells)
- Come on, Lucy, it's okay.
- [Assistant] It's coming here.
- Come with me, come with me. Lucy, come with me.
(hands slapping floor)
Come on, girl. It's all right. It's okay, girl.
Yeah, she's definitely not in a good mood right now,
getting her back is probably something that you have
to be a little bit afraid of. There you go.
Keep going this way. We'll go right in her cage. Keep goin'.
I'm saving these guys a trip to the hospital.
(clapping)
- Good job. Good job.
- Yeah, that would have been a nightmare if they tried.
She was definitely not happy.
Then, of course, we've got my newest girl,
my ghost reticulated Python
that I am absolutely in love with.
I mean, this girl has really just been the snake
that I've always dreamt about having, you know.
Don't get me wrong.
I love Ivy, and I love Lucy, for that matter,
to be honest with you, but this girl is the girl
that I know I can take out
with large parties or a bunch of kids.
And, of course we're going to stay very diligent
'cause this is a big snake.
But, the fact is, is that we've had her now for a couple
weeks, and, literally, she is the tamest thing
that I can ever see. You could take her out.
You could do anything with her.
She never seems to get upset. She never hisses.
She is just an absolute wonderful animal.
Again, shocked she's only 16 and a half foot long.
And, thinking about how big she is,
which is almost the size of Lucy,
She's going to get another 3, 4, 5,
maybe even 6 feet long,
and think about how much weight she'll have, then,
'cause, right now, it is impossible
to pick her up by herself.
However, I'll go ahead and give it a shot,
but I don't think it's going to work out so well,
and I can't imagine when she puts another 50, 60 pounds on
because she is absolutely enormous.
Come on girl. Oh, dear. Oh my God,
And, again, I'm only supporting about a third
of her body right now, and she is absolutely ridiculous,
but I'm just going to be her tree.
What a great sight, and, again, I still don't have a name.
Listen, I've told you guys, when it comes to naming animals,
it's just gotta feel right.
It's gotta be the right name, especially with an animal
that's as important as this girl gonna be for me
for the next, hopefully 15 years.
Oh my God, now she's all curled up there.
Now, I've got her whole weight,
and she is heavy as could be.
So, keep coming in with comments with your name suggestions
'cause, again, it's gotta be perfect.
It's gotta be something where, as soon as I say it,
a kid's face lights up, right?
And, but, all right, now I'm getting wore out, again.
Ooh, doggie, I tell you what.
This has definitely been a fun day.
Every day that I can mess with giant snakes is a good day.
And, I love this girl to death. She is such a sweetheart.
Oh my gosh, she is pure muscle, though.
What an amazing out.
Again, gotta come up with a good name guys.
You've got to help me. It's gotta be something spectacular.
- [Brian] Noah?
- What's up?
- [Brian] What happened there?
- With what?
- [Brian] You were, you didn't help me out that much.
- You, there was enough people. You didn't even need me.
- [Brian] Didn't need you?
I needed you, Noah. - How?
- [Brian] What happens when I'm gone?
You've gotta take over Lucy.
- Yeah, that's fine. I got her. It's nothing.
You had six employees with you. You didn't even need me.
- [Brian] I know. I just wanted to say thank you.
I appreciate it.
- You're welcome for nothing. - You're great!
I tell you what, after holding those giant snakes,
Sunrise certainly doesn't seem so big,
but she is a nice big animal,
and the thing that's really cool is that this is kinda
the biggest snake that we take out
and let people actually hold.
And, even kids, you know, that are eight
or nine years old can actually hold this girl
'cause she's only just under 40 pounds,
so she's not that much.
Although, she certainly feels a lot bigger,
and, one day, because she's a Burmese python,
she could literally be 17 or 18 foot,
and well over 100 pounds. There's no doubt about it.
But, I love the fact that she's this size.
She's big, but she's not too big, that's right,
and those are some of the giant animals that I work with on
a daily basis.
And I tell ya, they're absolutely incredible.
I mean, let me know in the comments,
if you guys would give it a go with any of those animals.
I want to know how many of you have the guts to get in
with Lucy, because she's certainly the one
that's the most dodgy, for sure.
You just never know with an animal like that,
but, Sunrise, you never have to worry about,
and that's the thing that is amazing about giant snakes,
is the vast majority of them are puppy dogs,
just like this girl.
And, when people come into The Reptarium,
they really get a different appreciation
for animals like that,
and that's why my new ghost girl needs an amazing name
because she is going to be just like Sunrise,
where we can take her out
and get people just absolutely blown away
that a giant snake can be so placid.
And, I hope that you guys enjoy this little trip
down the giant snake lane.
- A big ol' box showed up today,
and Brian apparently ordered some stuff
that I was not aware of, so I'm gonna open it,
and it's going to be a surprise
because, again, I did not order this
and I really don't know what it is.
It's a big box, so I don't know if it's a big animal
or a bunch of little ones
because, the reality is, (laughs) it could be either.
But, I feel like if it was something big,
he would make sure he was here, so let's see.
Oh, wow. Yes.
Okay. So, it definitely is a bunch of little things.
Baby boas, wow. Okay.
I guess this is good.
We don't have any baby boas right now,
and I'm sure lots of people would love
to have some baby boa.
They look like just baby Colombian red tail boas,
but there's definitely some really pretty ones in here,
probably somewhere around 50 or so.
Yeah, I'm going to be calling Brian to ask about these,
but, yeah, I guess these will be coming up
on the site, soon. (laughs)
- Keeping it a little short in this time, just for you guys,
and I'm gonna show you what I do with Toothless.
He's such a sweet boy, and as you guys know,
we have a long, long history, especially him.
I feel very, very bonded to him.
He's always just the sweetest sweetest animal to play with.
The only thing that I would say is probably the one fallback
with him is his been pooping on people,
and now me, personally, it doesn't bother me.
I always keep a spare shirt in the truck.
Never have, never have an issue,
but ,obviously, if you're working five, six hours
throughout the day in this hot 80 degree building,
it doesn't matter what time of year, you got poop,
wearing it, you're going to be smelling that bad boy.
So I am trying to teach him to be a little bit more used to
being held by other people, so, that way,
even if he does poop on us, it happens
on a more controlled basis.
And, we're able to actually keep holding him
because the worst thing you want to do is when they do it,
just like that, there he goes.
So, the worst thing you want
to do right now, is put him down.
Now, it's gross. It smells really, really bad,
especially cause it's straight, pushed protein crap.
But, anyways, he's a, beefcake you know,
Now, I'm forced to wear this for a little while
'cause I don't want to put him down and make him think, oh,
I won this battle. It's done and over with.
So, that is the unfortunate part about keeping animals,
like this, is that you're going
to have to deal with a lot of smells.
I'll be guessing that I'm not going to the bar after this.
(murmuring)
- Dude, dude, you spill a sundae?
- (laughs) I wish. I wish that were the case.
- Dude, what the heck happened, man?
- Oh, man. You know Toothless.
- You got blasted! You got blasted.
- Like, as soon as I mention it,
he's just like kaboom, everywhere.
Everywhere, bro. I mean, Jesus.
- That's disgusting.
Clean up man, get out of here. - You can smell it
- Loving this combo here.
This is actually what they would call
a Het Russo ball python, which is
in the blue eye, leucistic complex.
So, basically, when you breed two Het Russos,
you get a blue-eyed, leucistic.
or if you breed a lesser to Het Russo so that actually
bred to the banana GHI.
You guys know that GHI to lesser and GHI to Mojave,
which are in the blue eye complex, make really cool animals.
Well, same thing with the Het Russo.
A little bit different animal, but still pretty cool.
So, we'll have banana GHI Het Russos, basically,
which are pretty cool animals, and it looks like
that she's wrapped around a nice clutch of eggs.
It's okay girl. I know mama.
She's goin' like, "don't take my eggs, please."
She is a good girl. She's definitely a good mama.
We'll go ahead and get these eggs over here.
One last egg right here,
and we ended up having 2, 4, 6, 7, good eggs, again.
Great combo, can't wait to see what actually comes from it.
Hopefully, we'll get a banana GHI Het Russo.
That would be absolutely incredible.
So again, the year continues to keep going here.
We still have about 40 or 50 more clutches to pull.
Some of them be over on our Patreon page,
link in the description.
Hope you enjoy today's blog on the giant snakes.
If you did, here's a playlist
of all just really large animals
that I've messed with in the past.
You can watch one or two of those videos. I'd appreciate it.
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you can hit that subscription button
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Have an absolutely wonderful day Reptile Army!
Remember, be kind to someone and, I promise,
I'll see ya in the next one.