- [Brian] Three, two, one.
(gagging)
- Swallowed it fast as I could.
- I swallowed it, it wasn't that bad.
- It was a good experience.
All around it was a good experience.
(futuristic blooping)
- Hey, good morning everybody.
Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome,
welcome, welcome, welcome to the vlog.
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I hope the start of your day is absolutely incredible.
And I'm gonna get the day started
with pulling this clutch of Childrens Python's eggs
that I caught in the act yesterday.
If you remember, yesterday I actually caught her laying.
She's coiled around this beautiful clutch of eggs right now.
So, I cannot wait to see how many eggs she has.
Look at that.
Oh my God.
Always exciting when you have eggs.
Let's see what we got here.
Come on girl!
I know, you're a good mom!
Look at those beautiful eggs!
Oh my gosh!
That is a gorgeous clutch of eggs right there.
It's okay, momma!
It's alright.
And some people ask, why do you take the eggs away?
Just leave 'em with their mom.
I know, it's a little bit sad
that poor momma gets to lose her clutch of eggs,
but, the truth is, it's way better for her
because again, these are gonna take 50 to 60 days to hatch
and if I left her with the eggs to maternally incubate,
she's not gonna eat, and most the time not even drink
for that 50 to 60 days which is gonna be really hard on her.
As of today, we take the eggs away,
we get a higher hatch rate by artificially incubating
and we can get this girl all set up
and kinda get her back onto food.
Probably within a week or so.
So, it's really better for the eggs
because we get a higher yield of hatch
and it's way better for the mom
because she doesn't have all that stress.
And unlike Burmese Pythons and African Rock Pythons,
they don't thermal regulate the eggs at all.
They just find a spot that's best to lay
and then they coil around them and kinda protect them.
Others like Burmese Pythons and Rock Pythons
will actually twitch and actually raise the temperature
of the clutch, which is really good.
But, even when we used to breed those
we used to pull the eggs
because again, it's better for the female
to get off the eggs.
Let's see how many eggs are in this beautiful clutch.
Two, four, six, eight, 10, 12, 14,
15 beautiful eggs.
Hoo hoo doggy, that's a nice clutch.
Man, we've got a lot, this is our fourth clutch
of Childrens Pythons this year.
I think we already have, I don't know,
like seventy eggs or somethin' like that from Childrens.
That's pretty cool, I think we've got one
or two more clutches of Childrens.
Then we've got Spotted Stimson's
and of course Ball Pythons
and all the other clutches coming too.
So, good job momma, you did so good girl!
I tell you what, I love startin' the day like this.
What do you guys say we head over to the Reptarium?
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It's always nice to be over here.
I love this place, you guys know it.
And listen, for those of you that read the title
and be like, what's up with this Dolan Twin thing?
Yeah, a couple weeks ago we headed out to the Dolan's place
and we did a cool collab with them.
Really cool guys, they are huge social media.
I think they have 10 million on YouTube
and I don't know, close to 20 million on other social media.
I do a lot of work with a bunch of YouTuber's.
You guys know that.
And these guys were really cool.
And I love the concept of what they wanted me to do.
Basically, one of the twins, Grayson,
actually is allergic to dogs.
So, Ethan reached out to me and said,
hey we wanna see if there's some alternative pets.
Would you bring some animals
and kinda show us some alternatives to dogs
that maybe we could get as a pet?
So, of course, we're gonna have some fun with it
and we got a bunch of really goofy animals.
And it's really cool.
So, I'll put a link in the description to their channel.
You can see their reactions,
but, I'll share with you a couple little clips
as the day goes on and what it was like
to be out there with the Dolan twins.
You know, just another day here with me
and this beautiful little skunky right here.
And I'm actually excited 'cause we traveled out here
to go meet up with some cool people.
Happens that we're actually meeting up with the Dolan twins
because Grayson actually is allergic to dogs
and he's thinkin' about getting another pet.
So, they called me up and said,
hey, can you give us some options for pets?
And I think we're gonna start with the skunk,
what do you say we introduce 'em to little Mr. Skunky?
Hangin' out with my girl, Salt, here.
And you guys remember that we have
these Bella plushies, right?
That Lori and myself actually went through a company,
designed for Bella.
I love 'em they got the little Reptarium tag,
they got the Bella on 'em and they're absolutely cute.
Well, why am I tellin' you this?
Because the next plushies we're making
are of my girl, Salt, right here.
She is absolutely amazing.
People love to come see her,
and it's really probably one of the only places around
that you can go and actually hold an albino alligator.
So, we're trying to really keep Salt completely habituated
so that as she gets bigger,
she'll continue to stay really tame
and that people can actually hold her.
I mean, my vision is even when she's six foot long,
that people will still be able to hold Salt.
And look at the amazing disposition.
Well, regardless, we are making Salt plushies.
Here is a little sneak peak of what it looks like.
(magical ting)
Now, it's gonna take about another four to six weeks
before we have 'em in,
but, I just wanted to share with you guys.
So, I was super excited that we seen the prototype.
I think it's adorable.
Let me know in the comments if you're excited
about Salt plushies and again, if you're interested
in a Bella plushy, I put a link
in the description to that too.
And then, after we get done with Salt,
let me know in the comments
what the next plushy we should make.
I know I asked this a while ago
and overwhelmingly people said we should do Salt,
so we did Salt.
Now I'm asking you guys, what's the next plushy after Salt?
So, we'll get going on that one too.
So, I just wanted to share with you
this absolutely gorgeous animal
and the fact that we're gonna have plushies
about her pretty soon.
Well, actually we just brought a bunch of really cool
animals to kinda show them alternative pets,
and I'm gonna be honest with you.
This is the first time I've met the Dolan twins,
super, super nice guys.
I mean like unbelievable, they love the animals.
They're being super thoughtful.
So, I love that.
'Cause you never know when you get around some people
if they're gonna be cool with the animals.
They are unbelievable.
I am so happy that this is going well.
Take a look at the huge Marine Toad.
So, the Vlog's about the get weird, guys.
I gotta be honest with you.
Not often that I'm gonna show you a snake poop
like over here in the corner of Ben and Jerry
and be excited about it.
Go, oh my God, I saw a snake poop.
Well, let me tell you a little bit of a story,
I haven't done a whole lot on Ben and Jerry lately
only because I haven't been handling them at all
lately and let me tell ya, I always take you on the good,
the bad, the ugly, all that type of stuff.
A few weeks ago, we noticed
that Ben and Jerry's stool was a little bit loose
and it actually looked like it was even losing
just a little bit of weight
and sure enough it lost about 10 grams.
So, we consulted with our vet
and our vet gave us some suggestions
and how we can do a little Flagyl treatment to it.
And actually take a few weeks off of handling.
So, we haven't really been handling Ben and Jerry at all.
And I know it sounds weird,
but, I am super excited to see
that this is the very first perfect snake poop
that Ben and Jerry have done in the last couple weeks.
It's not loose and runny anymore,
it looks like a normal snake poop
and they actually did gain back about five grams of weight.
So, they're doing really well.
Absolutely beautiful and I just wanted to update you guys.
Not that I was extremely worried,
'cause we've seen stuff like this with Colubrid's before.
They still look really, really healthy and really good,
but, I'm super excited that the vets treatment worked,
they ate really good, they now digested good,
they had a good stool.
So, there it is guys,
maybe the first time that anyone has been excited about
a snake poop in YouTube history.
I don't even know if that's the truth.
Nevertheless, Ben and Jerry are doing good
and I was pretty excited about it.
So, I thought I would share.
Been going really well so far.
Introduced a bunch of really cool animals.
We've got Raven here, the little goat.
How cute is that?
So, the only thing that I'm worried about this one,
is getting it up the stairs into that bedroom.
But, nevertheless, it's been a lot of fun.
Like I mentioned before,
I've worked with a lot of YouTuber's.
Most of 'em are really good,
some of aren't quite as good as what you expect,
but, the vast majority of YouTuber's I've worked with
have been amazing people.
I can seriously say that Grayson
and Ethan are amazing people.
Super humble, super nice, super polite,
and the video was really fun.
Definitely wanna go check that out.
I think it's gonna turn out really good,
I love their reactions,
and it was a fun time working with those guys.
And again, I didn't wanna steal their thunder
by putting a bunch of their reactions into my video,
but, I want you guys to definitely check it out
and let me know what you think of the animals
that we kinda brought them.
We did a whole bunch.
I think we did seven or eight in total,
but, the one thing we did do,
where I'll share with you guys right now,
as a matter of fact, Noah used a little bit of it
on his video here a couple weeks ago.
I wanted to save it til today,
so I didn't steal any of their thunder like I mentioned,
but, we did try this crazy fruit called Durian fruit.
Which is an Indonesian fruit.
They tried it, we had a good time.
So, I'll roll that clip right now.
So, we just wrapped up doin' a bunch of animal stuff.
You guys were awesome,
- Thank you. - I hope that you
have some good ideas for pets now.
But, now we're moving onto the next crazy thing.
Noah, what are we doin'?
- Man, we're gonna be eatin' some Durian fruit today.
I'm not excited, this stinky.
- [Brian] Oh, my gosh.
- It looks like, oh.
It looks like it would taste good, but--
- [Brian] It looks like it's almost
like a kiwi or somethin', right?
But, it smells terrible right?
- I think it smells worse than the exhaust on an ATV.
- The smell is a mixer of diesel fuel, (loud inhale)
rotting flesh, - Yes.
- And roadkill. - and yeah, a little bit
of roadkill and then maybe a little bit of citrus.
There is a little bit of fruit in their.
- It does smell a little fruity.
It smells like it could be a papaya.
- [Noah] Yeah, but, it definitely smells like--
- [Man With Glasses] Like at the bottom
of a trash can at a gas station.
- Yeah. - Literally.
It smells like a dumpster a little bit.
- [Noah] Damn, when you crack it open!
Oh!
- There you go! - What part do we eat?
- Yeah, what do you eat? - so, there.
- [Ethan] Why does it look like there's uncooked chicken?
(laughter) - There's a pit inside,
you just eat the flesh on the outside of it.
- Who decided to eat this thing for the first time?
- I know, who would do that? - Someone was sorry for sure.
- Right? - they were real desperate.
- Indonesians.
- Group of guys that are like us
that are like, hey, bet you won't eat it. (laughs)
- [Noah] Shut up.
(laughter) (shouting)
- [Brian] Yeah, try it, dude.
- I tried to hide.
- Oh, it smells disgusting.
- We doin' like a count down?
(everyone chattering)
- [Brian] Three, two, one.
(gagging)
- What the hell.
- I don't like it.
(gagging)
- I swallowed it fast as I could.
- I swallowed it.
It's not that that bad.
- I can't describe it.
- It's oniony.
It taste like a onion.
- It's like dough.
Like bread dough.
Like uncooked bread dough with onion.
- Is it bad that I don't hate it?
- [Brian] I know, you seem like you actually didn't mind it.
- [Noah] Dude, you ate your whole piece, too.
- Well, eat some more. - I hated it.
- I don't want anymore.
The texture's the worst part.
- [Noah] This fool is eatin' it.
- I don't know what to tell you, it's good.
- What are you doing?
I had like an immediate no, I'm not eatin' that.
It was like onions.
- The worst was the smell going to my mouth was the worst.
(laughter)
- [Brian] Well, you guys, thank you guys.
Thank you for doing it.
You're actually one of the people that like it.
- It wasn't that bad.
- It was a good experience.
All around it was a good experience.
- [Brian] I'm tellin' you people in Indonesia love this.
- Yeah.
- [Brian] So you guys, so there you go.
Thanks Ben, I appreciate that.
And I know a lot of people ask me,
why do I do collabs like this with the Dolan twins
or any of the other YouTubers or social media people
that I do and it's quite frankly just to reach people.
Of course, I want to grow our following.
Of course, I work hard on this channel
and all my social media which by the way,
I never really shout this out,
but, if you could do me a favor.
Could you follow me over at SnakeBytesTV.
Both on twitter and Instagram,
and you can also follow my Facebook at Brian Barczyk
if you would like, it's the blue check verified.
If you see any Brian Barczyk accounts on Facebook,
it's not me unless it has a blue check, it's somebody else.
So, don't follow those accounts.
Regardless, I do it because we wanna grow our following
but, the reason we wanna grow our following
is not only because I work hard on it.
But, I think I deserve to want to grow my following.
But, the truth is, it's about the message
I'm trying to get out, right?
I'm trying to get people to not only tolerate,
but, actually give reptiles and other animals a chance.
It's a platform I can use to try to get people to understand
an animal that is often times misunderstood.
I also want to use this platform to inspire people
to try to follow their dreams
and to go after things that they really love
and be happy in life.
So, if I can go with other YouTuber's and social people,
and grow my following by collaborating with them,
it's a huge win.
Not only for me, but, for the message
that I'm trying to get across.
Like I mentioned before, the Dolan twins
have like, 10 thousand on YouTube,
and close to 20 thousand on other platforms.
So, that's gonna be a huge win for me.
And it's gonna be a huge win for the things that I stand for
and I hope that you stand for.
So, I hope you guys understand why I do these things
because I'm sure I'm gonna be doing
a lot more in the future.
Back to checking for eggs.
Typically, with the gargoyle group,
Jessica's gonna pull the eggs,
but, today she's off and she actually told me
to check on this group.
And it looks like there is gonna be some eggs
in this gargoyle group.
Now, in the first part of the breeding season,
often times, you get the first clutch that's infertile
and then they get fertile as they go.
So, we don't know what it is.
But, this one is actually Elvira.
It's a nassaraty.
So, hopefull they'll have some good eggs.
Last year, these guys produced some really beautiful babies.
So, let's go ahead and see what is going on in here.
And as a matter of fact,
you can see right in this tube how beautiful they are.
I mean, they are absolutely amazing.
So, again, you can see how they'll excavate
all of that bedding to a side.
That means that there's eggs in there.
And again, I don't know if the eggs are gonna be fertile,
but, we're gonna definitely take a look really quick
and see if we can't find 'em here.
Probably right in this corner.
Typically, when they excavate like this
and push everything to the side,
that's where they're gonna end up being, I think.
Ohp, I can start to see one right there.
There's one egg right there,
there should be a second egg, I would think.
Let's see.
Well, I see one egg.
This egg looks really good,
but, I don't find any other egg.
Ohp, there it is, there it is, there it is!
There's the other egg.
Okay, alright, this egg, I'm not 100% sure.
To me, it looks like maybe this egg might not be good,
but, this egg looks good.
So, it looks like we have one fertile egg for sure,
this one right here, and this one might be.
It's a little bit soft and a little bit pointy,
you can see on the sides.
I'll go ahead and set these two eggs up,
and you never know, I definitely know
that this one is fertile, here.
Possibly here, but, that is a good start.
So, I know Jessica will be really happy
because she really loves this particular pairing.
But, I'll text her right now and tell her the good news
that we at least have one good egg.
And we've got lots of Gargoyle Gecko eggs
on the way this year.
So, alright.
Eggs are just pourin' in here at BHB.
I need you reptile lovers help really quick.
I actually have been redoing a bunch of exhibits,
still gonna be doing a few more changes
over the next week or two at the zoo.
But, I'm gonna actually have four of these tall cages
which are Zoo Med Skyscrapers.
Which are 18 by 18 by 36 inches.
I'm gonna have four of those.
And they can have different types of back drops in 'em.
I mean, I could have any kind of back drop in 'em
that I need to have in 'em.
But, I need to have four new exhibits that I can have.
And I want them to, they could be snakes,
they can be lizards, they can be amphibians,
whatever the case may be,
but, I want to be able and it be handled
and be really awesome.
Something that you don't see very often,
but, that can live in a habitat that is 18 by 18 by 36.
So, let me know in the comments
what kind of suggestions you have.
Again, I've got four of those exhibits that I wanna redo,
so I'll have some other bigger exhibits
I'm gonna be doing soon.
But, I'll talk to you about that later,
so, let me know in the comments what you guys think.
I'm endin' the vlog here, guys.
We have some traveling coming up in a couple days.
So, it's gonna be absolutely amazing.
Heading to Forks, and then over to Boa File,
absolutely incredible.
I've never seen really much out of his facility,
but, he's a boa breeder.
Gonna be absolutely incredible
I'm goin' with Four, so it's gonna be amazing.
That's in a couple days.
As for now, have an amazing day, I love you guys.
Do me a favor, be kind to someone,
and I promise I'll see you guys tomorrow.
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