- Here you go!
Have fun, little buddy.
(upbeat music)
Oh my gosh, that is so awesome.
Sammy, put your peepee away.
No one wants to see that.
Please, Sammy.
(upbeat music)
Hey, hey, good morning everybody and welcome to the vlog.
It is gonna be an absolutely insane but awesome day today.
You guys know that Miguel is in town.
I have two tours before The Reptarium opens.
Then my buddy Forest and Desirae are coming
for a craft night so we're gonna have an event
after hours at nine o' clock.
It is gonna be an absolutely incredible day
and of course we leave tomorrow for our Florida adventure.
And like I mentioned, first thing I have to do
is actually get ready for a couple tours.
I have one coming in about 10 minutes
and then I have only about a half hour break
before I have the second one
and then there's only about an hour between then
and actually open for The Reptarium.
Where I'm gonna actually show Forest and Desirae around
because they haven't been here since my birthday
when the center aisle wasn't even in
so it was just a really raw show.
So I can't wait to see what their reaction
is to The Reptarium now.
Not to mention, they are bringing
some really cool crocodilians for Croc Night here
at The Reptarium.
So, let's go ahead and get ready
and get the first tour started.
And my first tour is here,
and you guys came from Canada, right?
- Yes, yup, Chatham, Ontario. - Oh my gosh, what part?
Oh my gosh, that's awesome.
Well, welcome, we're gonna have a great time.
Let's get started.
And as always, the tours I love doing
are gonna be a lot of hands-on.
So, we got Snazzy out here.
He's just starting to go into shed
so he looks a little dark, a little bit of blue.
But he's still a sweetheart.
It's a fresh, fresh shed. - Thank you, sweetheart.
- As always, everyone's gotta meet Bella.
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- Such a sweetheart!
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- It's nice to take out
the giant leaf-tailed geckos now, too.
I mean, look at this thing.
- Hey, bud!
You're cute!
- You silly monkey, where are you going?
What are you doing, silly?
So amazing, they really are, they are doing so, so well.
Eating like pigs, just amazing.
Just wrapping up our first tour.
Thank you guys so much.
You guys are coming back tonight, right?
- [All] Yes, yes.
- Okay, so thank you guys for coming,
I'll see you guys soon, okay?
Thank guys, bye. - Alright, thank you so much.
- [All] Bye.
- Alright, one tour down, one more to go before we open,
and I have been so lucky to get such amazing people
continuing to visit, they were so great.
Again, they were from Canada, they came down.
We had a really great time together,
showing them stuff.
What really amazing people.
I'm looking forward to my next tour,
and then, like I said, they're coming back
later on tonight for the croc event with Forest,
so it's gonna be really cool.
So we literally, have like five minutes
before my next tour is supposed to start.
So, let's go ahead and get the last couple things done
and wait for them to show up.
Sammy, put your peepee away, no one wants to see that.
Please, Sammy?
They have showed up, welcome guys.
Where exactly are you from?
- Just north of Columbus.
- [Brian] North of Columbus, oh, okay, cool.
And you guys didn't know that you were coming,
this was a surprise.
- Surprise. - I had no idea.
- [Brian] (laughs) It's your birthday this week,
so happy birthday.
- Thank you. - That's awesome.
Well let's go ahead and look at some animals.
What do you guys think?
- Alright, cool. - Let's do it.
- So this is pretty cool,
you have never held a snake before?
- No. - This is your very first
snake, and of course,
you've got Helen out right now.
And so, what do you think?
Was it different than you thought?
- Oh my gosh, it's way different.
It's like a big muscle.
- [Brian] I know, right?
They're so strong. - And then the skin
between the muscle, it's different,
oh my gosh, it's so cool.
- Congratulations! - Oh my gosh!
- That's awesome.
So I'm not gonna lie, guys.
I literally, you do it all.
You're handing him off, you're doing everything.
Literally, 10 minutes ago, she had never touched a snake.
Now she's a snake expert.
- I really want one.
- It's unbelievable, and you're handling him
unbelievably good.
It's crazy how good your doing.
- I love animals.
- So, I think I'm just gonna let her finish the tour
and I'm gonna go home.
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You wanna pat him, Eli?
- Sure.
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- [Brian] She likes you, her name is Perdita.
- [Woman] She's a cow reticulated python.
That's why it's got all the spots.
- It's good.
(laughing)
- So my little man here wanted to see Daisy,
he's like, I wanna see Daisy.
Look at it, she's three times the size of you.
(laughing)
- I know.
(laughing)
- Finishing off the tour
with a little bit of tortoise feeding.
We got Speedy and Franklin over there.
She's all on her own.
Alright, guys, you were amazing.
I can't believe you held your first snake.
You did amazing, you guys all held first snakes.
Except for you, you've had them.
- Yeah. - So thank you again.
Like I said, if you guys want to come back later on tonight,
please do, you guys are awesome.
Thank you guys for coming, okay.
- Thanks so much, Brian. - Thank you.
- Thank you guys so much. - Thank you.
- Second tour turned out really good.
I, again, am so lucky to have amazing people come.
We had so much fun.
It was so cool to see people that had never handled a snake
just absolutely become experts within an hour.
They're coming back tonight too,
so it's gonna be really fun.
Forrest should be here anytime,
and then it is crack night.
It's gonna be amazing.
So guys, Dollar Shave Club sent me something.
You guys know that I work with
Dollar Shave Club as a sponsor.
This is not a sponsored deal, have nothing,
they just sent me kind of a surprise box.
I have no idea what's in here,
so I figured I would open it up with you guys
and we could see together.
It is really cool working
with a company like Dollar Shave Club,
'cause they really take care of their people a lot.
And I absolutely love it.
This is some wrapping paper that they sent me
that I can wrap some stuff.
It says, no peeking,
and that's actually cool.
Thank you, Dollar Shave Club.
Let's see, what else do we have here?
Okay, and so, they sent me,
oh my gosh, look at this, this is actually cool.
It's like a little travel bag,
which is really good,
because I actually have something similar to this
that I travel with all the time,
and it's gotten really beat up
'cause it's been all around the world many times.
So now I have a new thing.
Thank you Dollar Shave Club, it's awesome.
And then it's just some razors,
yeah, I think I could definitely need that.
All this stuff.
Got some toothpaste, again, this'll be great
for travel toothpaste.
I got all kinds, look at all the stuff that they sent me.
So anyway, it's just a real quick thing.
Thank you, Dollar Shave Club.
Again, this isn't a brand deal.
This is me just working with a company that I really like.
Don't worry, you guys will get some funny
Dollar Shave Club skits here in the new year.
And Forrest and his gang are here.
So Forrest, what is going on dude?
- Super excited man, we brought a bunch of cool crocodiles.
Brought my buddy, Steven.
- Steven is coming with us, right?
- Yeah, he's coming with us.
- Desiree, of course, how are you?
It's good to see you guys.
What's going on guys?
Again, I'm gonna show them
around The Reptarium a little bit.
These guys have been here when we first
started getting going but not since it's been done.
And I wanna show them around.
And of course we're gonna have
a great night tonight when The Reptarium opens.
Obviously Forrest is here for Crocodile Night,
so I want him to meet my guy Pepper here.
What do you think, man?
- This is so insane.
I've never seen one of these babies in person.
This is always something I've wanted to see.
Of all the melanistic animals I've ever seen,
this is the coolest.
Like, the jet black eyes, that almost bluish, purple
underneath there, it's just absolutely amazing.
- Isn't it crazy?
Yeah, I didn't know if I wanted to show him Salt, my albino,
or this first, but I thought I'd show him this one
'cause I know you've seen albino alligators.
- Never a baby, though.
- [Brian] Oh, I gotta show you.
- I've never seen a baby. - Oh, I gotta show you, man.
- Delete.
- Oh my god, dude.
- [Brian] Isn't that crazy?
It's ridiculous, right?
- It's just ridiculous, I had no idea they were this small.
These are like baby, babies.
- [Brian] These are little guys, that's why
I was so freaked out, I was like, so nervous.
- I was nervous for you, like so many times
in this past year. - I know, I know.
Me and Forrest literally had a conversation about this
and he was like, I think they'll be okay,
but you know what he's like,
but he's the guy I go to when I need questions answered
about crocodilians and stuff like that,
so, oh my gosh, I tell ya.
But it's just doing so good.
- [Forrest] It's doing amazing.
- I'm excited, Forrest brought and Desiree brought
us some stuff or something and I think it's alive.
So you're gonna open it, so go.
- Alright, alive is not the way to my heart.
- Yeah, it's not necessarily the way to Laurie's heart.
- It says corn. - I'm gonna try to pretend
to be happy, but-- - That's not what it is.
- I'm hoping it'll go well with the group.
- [Brian] Oh that's awesome.
I'm actually excited about this.
- Yeah, so I brought you guys another Abronia lythrochila,
but a really cool red one. - Oh, how am I not surprised?
- [Brian] This is awesome.
Oh my god, thank you, Forrest and Desiree!
You guys are awesome.
Will it go in with the other ones?
- It will go in with the other ones, yep, so--
- That is ridiculous. - That's gorgeous.
- Oh my gosh, I actually saw one of these on your story.
- Yeah. - Yeah, so, oh my god,
that thing is gorgeous.
Thank you guys so much, seriously, you guys are awesome.
- I wanted to get you guys started with Abronia
and make sure they did okay,
and then now that we know they could
I thought this one would go good with the other.
- [Brian] What do you think?
- That's beautiful.
- [Brian] Is that crazy?
Oh my gosh, I love it, isn't it awesome, Laurie?
- It is pretty cool. - It is pretty cool.
- I'll give ya that.
- Here ya go, have fun little buddy.
Oh my gosh, look at that.
Oh my gosh, that is so awesome.
So Desiree said that she couldn't wait
to come up and meet Toothless.
What do you think, isn't it cute?
- He is so adorable,
he is so personable. - You guys have to get one.
- I know.
- [Brian] Why has Forrest not gotten you one yet?
- He's supposed to get me one.
He keeps telling me for years he has one for me.
So I'm just waiting.
- Oh my gosh, let's go talk to Forrest about this.
This is ridiculous, I mean you let him get everything.
Forrest, when are you gonna get a black dragon for Desiree?
- Soon. - Soon?
- Yeah, I guess it's her turn, so she gets one.
- [Brian] Yeah, come on, you've got everybody--
- What was your last thing?
- Timor, my baby timor.
- Yeah, she got a captive-born male timor python
from Mike Lamen. - Oh, that's nice.
- Yeah, so that was the first snake, she didn't even ask.
Like, she just-- - I just bought it.
- Not that she has to ask, but she didn't even tell me.
- It just showed up. - I did my own brokering.
- It was like her own project, so that was cool.
- [Brian] Well, I think a black dragon's gotta happen now.
With all your crazy monitors,
you need one of these for sure.
- Yep, for sure.
- So, Forrest is finally pulling a couple things out
during the time, he's got a captive audience.
Take a look at this Siamese crocodile.
Oh my, you're the luckiest kid in the place right now.
Oh my gosh, wow, look at that, ooh!
Look at those teeth.
Look at those teeth!
This is pretty amazing, of course.
Forrest brought some really cool game in Siamese crocodile,
move live crocodile over there.
Wow, they brought stuff, it's ridiculous.
- These animals that I brought here that are
from Dragon One Conservancy.
I'm vice president of that non-profit.
Go to my page, I'll have a link there for you to follow.
If you can, donate some funds,
but that's why I have these crocodiles,
and that was the reason for me coming up here,
so let's all support crocodile conservation.
- Absolutely, and I'll put a link in the description
to that as well.
Please show them some love.
Hi, how are you?
Guess what, I've got something for you.
You can open it up, happy birthday, by the way.
- What is it?
(laughing)
- A snake?
- [Brian] Uh-huh, what do you think?
- I'm amazed.
(laughing)
- [Brian] Are you excited?
It's a little spotted python.
Here, we can open it up if you want.
Here you go, isn't it cute?
- Yeah, he is pretty cute.
(laughing)
- She's behind you.
(laughing)
- [Brian] That was so awesome, guys.
You did some of that, that was so cool.
What a great idea, I love it, oh my gosh.
Are you happy?
- She likes it.
- So, first time ever holding a snake?
- Yeah.
- [Brian] And you chose Sunrise to do it?
- I didn't choose.
- [Brian] Yeah you did, you did.
How are you doing?
- Good. - You're doing alright,
is she cool?
- Yeah, she's heavy.
- She's doing so good, that's awesome.
Is the experience better than you thought?
- Yeah.
- Good, see, I love it.
I love that type of stuff, good job, good job.
Alright so we are closing up The Reptarium.
We have our crew here for Croc Night with Forrest.
Are you guys ready for it?
(cheering)
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- Here it is, this is a baby Cuban crocodile,
Crocodylus rhombifer.
And he's a little scared right now
but actually once we have him out for a minute
he really calms down.
(upbeat music)
It's gonna be calling out for its mom.
(crocodile chirping)
- We're having a really good time,
I mean, Forrest is super educating everybody.
Everyone is just like riveted to it.
Normally when we do it there's some kind of noise
in the background.
Everyone is just quiet, listening,
getting a chance to hold these crocodiles.
This is absolutely amazing.
Just wrapping up Forrest's talk.
It was absolutely incredible.
So now everyone's just kinda coming up,
getting a chance to handle the crocodiles,
like this Morelet's crocodile,
and get a little bit of time with them.
This has been amazing, what an absolutely incredible night.
And by the way, do me a favor really quick.
Go ahead and follow Forrest and Desiree on Instagram.
I'm gonna put their links in the description.
Go give them some love for coming up here
and sharing their amazing knowledge and cool animals.
So, that event was absolutely incredible.
What did you think, Forrest?
I mean, it was amazing, huh?
- It was really special, man.
It was definitely not what I expected.
Just coming here, meeting all these people
that drove here from so far away.
Not all people that we're used to meeting with,
like reptile breeders and keepers,
but these are just like regular people,
maybe they've never even held a reptile.
Or they've never seen anything like this.
And then being able to connect with them
and share our stories.
- And let them hold things like Cuban crocodiles,
I mean wow, that was amazing, it really was.
So thank you so much for coming.
Seriously dude, we're gonna have an epic adventure.
Again, if you wanna follow along that adventure,
obviously I'll be vlogging,
but make sure, ZooDreams on Instagram.
Go follow him, show him some love, you will not regret it.
So thank you so much.
And there it is, guys, another one in the book.
It was absolutely an incredible night at The Reptarium,
the croc event, everything went really well.
Tomorrow we travel to Florida.
It's gonna be absolutely insane, five or six days,
seven days, I don't even know how long we're gonna be gone.
But I know we are visiting a lot of crazy animal stuff.
To start it off, tomorrow we're gonna head over to Gatorland
for just a little bit,
and then we're gonna do a bigger tour
on Monday, of Gatorland,
and then a whole bunch of other stuff.
Regardless, I'm not gonna ruin the surprise.
It's gonna be incredible, so I hope that you will join me.
And I also hope that you have an absolutely amazing day,
evening, whenever you happen to be watching,
because your support means the world to me
and I truly do love you guys so much.
Can you do me a couple favors before we get out of here?
Can you smash that like button,
turn those post notifications on,
make a comment down below,
because I love reading about your beautiful faces.
Be kind to someone,
and I promise I will see you tomorrow
to start our Florida adventure.
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