- Whoa!
Whoa little buddy.
Wow!
Look at that.
(upbeat music)
Hey everybody.
Welcome to the vlog.
I would normally say good morning,
but it's actually evening.
I'm gonna try something
completely different on the vlog today.
I've never done this before,
but I am actually gonna go night herping.
We're going into the surrounding areas of Everglades.
Not actually into the Everglades Park,
but the surrounding areas near Homestead.
And we're gonna actually look for some awesome animals.
I am gonna do this at night.
I've never had a night vlog before.
Don't know if you guys are gonna like it, bear with me.
But let's go ahead and have an amazing time together.
I love herping.
I love go looking,
I love going to look for animals so,
we're gonna go down and see what we can find
and as we go along, I'm gonna explain what we're looking for
and all kinds of other stuff,
including a relatively controversial topic
that we might talk about a little bit.
Regardless, what do you say we gear up, get in our vehicles,
and head down to,
and go ahead and head down and see what we can find.
So here's the deal, we're just a little bit
outside Everglades National Park.
And the reason is, really,
is that if you're in Everglades National Park
and you do come across a python
you do have to euthanize it on the spot
or you need to have a permit to actually transport it
and then ultimately euthanize it.
We don't wanna do that.
Now, I'm not planning
on necessarily catching and touching a python
because it's a really controversial thing.
I understand there's a lot of issues
with the conservation down here.
Obviously, the pythons are invasive.
They shouldn't be down here,
but I'm not one that wants to actually catch it
and euthanize an animal.
And if I actually touch a python down here,
by law I have to euthanize it.
But being outside the park,
I can actually at least go and see it and film it.
If we happen to come across it,
I don't know what we we're gonna do.
The majority of time when you're on a road like this
whether it's in the Everglades National Park, outside,
anywhere, Australia or whatever it is.
The majority of your time is actually spent in a car
actually driving and actually
doing what they call road hunting.
Now you can't really see but right over here
there's actually canals.
In this canal there might be pythons, there might be caiman,
there might be alligators, all kinds of stuff.
So we're shining the canals to see
if maybe we can find something out here and then maybe
because it's just passed dark.
The road down here is nice and warm and the animals
will actually come out and go onto the road to warm up.
Right?
'Cause it is starting to cool off here.
So let's go ahead and get back in the car
and see if we can find anything.
(upbeat music)
Oh, guys, this is the bad side of road cruising.
This poor little monkey here,
looks like he got ran over a little bit.
He's barely moving.
So I think what we're gonna do is
we're just gonna move him over to the side of the road
and hope for the best.
I mean it's still got a little fight left in it,
it's definitely moving a little bit.
I don't want him to get run over anymore than he already is.
So with any luck maybe he will come around
and be able to go off into the bushes
but that's part of road cruising guys.
So first snake of the night,
not exactly what we wanted to find, but with any luck.
Come on buddy, you can do it.
Come on.
(sigh)
Wish there was more that I could do for him,
but if we can just get him off.
I might even put him off here
a little bit further off the road.
Just hope that maybe he can get away and heal up.
I mean snakes can sometimes have some
amazing healing power but, what a bummer.
And you know sometimes, I'm gonna be honest with you,
I've seen cars swerve to run into snakes.
So let's hope that's not the case.
At least this guy has a little bit of a fighting chance.
Okay, so we're just road hunting down the road over here.
Savannah actually jumped out.
She's walking.
She said she's got something so I'm gonna run over here
and see what we've got.
Give me one second.
(light music)
- Oh look.
- What do you got?
What you got?
Oh, it's a little,
oh my god, it's a little Nerodia,
a little water snake.
- [Jacob] Yeah.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh!
- [Jacob] Beautiful.
- [Brian] Look at that.
Savannah what a catch.
(laughs)
Oh my god.
I'm jealous you got the first live snake in the night.
- [Jacob] Beautiful.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh, look at this.
Guys look at that, that's a little water snake.
Who-doggy!
That is awesome.
[Savannah] Cute right?
- [Brian] How did you find that?
- He was in the grass.
I don't know how I found him.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh!
- [Jacob] Great find.
- [Brian] That is amazing.
Look at this little dude, man.
So let's go ahead and let this little bugger go
and see where he goes.
Let's not go towards the road buddy.
Go the other way.
Look at that.
Woo-hoo!
There he, oh no.
Not that way.
Go the other way buddy.
Go the other way, go the other way.
Okay, come on.
You gotta get off here.
There you go buddy, there you go.
Woo-hoo-hoo.
Good job Savannah, way to go!
Okay.
Ooo, look at that.
Wow. - [Jacob] Wow.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh.
Gosh, that thing is gorgeous.
Ohh whoo!
My gosh.
(upbeat music)
Look at that.
(men chattering)
That thing is amazing.
- [Jacob] And now they're on this 'cause it's hot?
- [Brian] Yes. - [Paul] Oh yeah.
- [Brian] Yes.
Definitely can feel the warmth.
And again, that's what's going on
is that the snakes are coming
from over here where it's cooler
and because it's about 73 degrees outside,
they're coming to the heat of the road right now,
and that's why the snake is just kinda soaking up the heat.
But the downside is,
is that anyone is driving down this road,
there's a good chance this guy's
gonna get run over.
So what we will always do
is after we get a chance to take a look at him,
we'll go ahead and move him
off of the road so that he is completely fine.
But wow!
That is a beauty right there.
- [Jacob] Hi little guy.
- [Brian] He's friendly too.
- Ah!
- [Jacob] Now that's a really cool snake.
- [Brian] That is killer!
- [Jacob] Beautiful little water snake.
- [Brian] Woohoo!
I'm tell you what man, this is so fricking awesome dude.
73 degrees, stars are amazing and this guy,
we're catching snakes.
I mean life is absolutely good.
This is so incredible.
There you go little buddy.
Get on your way.
There you go.
- [Jacob] Of course he had to musk on me
right before I let him go.
- [Savannah] There you go sweetheart.
- [Jacob] So long buddy.
- [Brian] See you later.
Get over there.
Stay off the road, okay. Stay alive!
- [Savannah] He's fast.
- [Jacob] Wow this guy is gorgeous.
- [Man with long hair] That thing is cool Jacob, holy cow!
Wow!
- [Jacob] What a beautiful little water snake.
- [Brian] Wow that is awesome.
So we're doing good with water snakes right now.
(laughs)
I don't know how you spotted that little snake
in the road dude.
Oh my gosh, that thing is gorgeous dude
(upbeat music)
Okay it's another little brown water snake.
- [Jacob] A lot of water snakes.
- [Brian] Look at that little guy.
- [Jacob] Another one.
- Another tame little brown water snake.
Look at this little guy.
Oh!
- (Jacob) A little bigger.
- [Brian] Just a little bit a feisty guy,
aren't you buddy.
What's going on bud?
Oh, it's okay.
- [Jacob] Look at that.
- [Brian] So far this has been awesome.
I mean we've gotten, what was that?
Three live snakes so far, right?
That is awesome man.
Oh my gosh.
(mumbles)
- [Brian] I know you like that heat,
but you're not gonna live long if you're on the road.
Stay safe.
- [Jacob] Bye. - [Brian] Bye.
Well obviously we'd love to find something
other than water snakes.
But the truth is it's just fricking cool to catch snakes.
I hope that you guys are enjoying
this kinda first time I've ever done night herping
here on the vlog.
Let me know in the comments what you guys think.
It's really cool.
Hey, hopefully we run across some pythons maybe.
I'm not 100% sure.
But nevertheless, any night out here.
Just kinda being out in this beautiful weather,
catching some snakes, seeing wildlife is a great night.
Even if I were to caught one snake or even not any snakes,
it still would have been a great night.
So, three snakes, I am over the top happy about.
So Paul, we turned around because you saw a snake huh?
- Dude, I'm sorry guys.
Forgive me please.
(laughs)
It was just a bump in the road.
- It was just a bump in the road.
- This guy with his bumps in the road.
(laughs)
(mumbles)
- It's okay you keep it.
You're doing a great job.
- [Brian] That's a way to encourage, Savannah.
- I know!
- Wow, look at this.
- [Brian] Wow.
- It's straight up marsh, dude.
- [Brian] Geesh.
- [Paul] Oh, the Gary-Vs.
- [Jacob] The Gary-Vs dude!
- [Paul] Oh no.
- [Jacob] Oh, dude.
- [Paul] I didn't see the mud.
- [Jacob] Oh no.
- [Brian] It's over.
- [Savannah] You can get it off if don't keep smearing it.
(laughs)
- So I mentioned earlier guys that the controversial topic
is really the burmese python.
Especially when you actually get into the national park.
You know we're on the outskirts of the park now,
but if I were actually go into the National Park
and I saw a python, I could see it but if I touch it,
I have to euthanize it on the spot
or I have to give it over to someone that will euthanize it.
And it's a very tricky topic
because you know they are invasive,
they're certainly effecting the mammal population.
They shouldn't be here.
It's really a horrible thing.
But to be totally honest with you guys
as much as I hopefully see some pythons,
I'm not gonna touch them even outside the park
because I don't want to get in trouble
for touching a python and then letting it back go.
If you do find that python,
you really do need to euthanize it.
And I just can't do that.
I'm just too much of an animal lover
to actually euthanize an animal.
Even if I do understand that the conservation
behind that euthanasia, is actually important
for the park itself.
So regardless, we're just kinda tooling around.
This is an area that sometimes Jacob sees crocodiles.
So we decided to stop.
Nothing out here right now.
But I wanted to take this time to just tell you
a little bit about the Burmese python issue.
Hopefully we will see one,
but I will not be touching it tonight.
Because if you see those videos
of people like picking up pythons
and going through.
The truth is that once they pick it up,
that animal has to be euthanized.
So I'm not gonna be one of those guys,
I hope you guys don't mind if we see one I'm gonna film it.
I'm gonna stay away from it.
I hope you respect my opinion on that.
I certainly respect everyone else's opinion too.
So with any luck we will see some.
(intense upbeat music)
- [Brian] Oh!
Oh its really beautiful though!
Wow!
- [Jacob] This is a saltwater snake.
- [Brian] Whoa!
Whoa little buddy!
Wow!
Look at that.
Wow that thing is amazing.
(mumbles)
So another species of water snake.
That's three species of water snake tonight.
- [Paul] This is a salt marsh water snake.
They live in (mumbles).
You can see he's.
- [Brian] He's really mad right now.
He's putting his head
in that triangle position trying to look venomous.
Whoa!
It's okay buddy.
Oh!
I tell you what, this guy is feisty and he's stinky.
He's musking me like you can't believe.
But what a beautiful snake huh?
Oh my God!
This has been such an incredible night.
This this is a beautiful snake.
And he got a little bit of bite on me here.
But that's okay, its well worth it.
Alright buddy, are you ready to go?
- [Jacob] Wow, he really does musk.
(laughs)
- There you go buddy.
- [Jacob] Bye.
- [Brian] Oh look at that.
- [Paul] It's a good sheeps-head bait, black drum.
All sorts of stuff.
- [Brian] That's so cool.
- It's a really cool guy.
- [Brian] That's awesome.
- There you go little buddy.
- So we're just getting some bug spray on
'cause it's got a ton of mosquitoes out there.
You have a solution?
- Yes, so here you go Brian.
If you want to stay away from mosquitoes,
not only does bug spray work.
Bug spray does work.
But no need for bug spray.
Because if you really want to stay away from 'em,
you got to act like one.
So I'll put this light down.
And now they're comin'
(hiss)
(stammers)
- That's how you stay away from a mosquitoe.
- Okay.
(hiss)
(laughs)
- [Brian] What in the world?
- [Jacob] That's a banana spider.
- [Brian] I'm not going in there.
- [Jacob] If that bites you,
- [Brian] Oh my god.
- [Paul] I'm not going in these woods.
(mumbles)
(gasp)
(laughs)
- [Paul] I'm not going, I'm going back in the car.
(quiet chatter)
(hiss)
- [Paul] There was a spiders.
- [Jacob] There was a mosquito on me.
- [Paul] It was the biggest mosquito.
The biggest, loudest mosquito I've ever heard beside it.
(laugh)
- So, we're just basically walking down this road.
There are so many huge banana spiders and crazy spiders.
But we're just going to an area,
where we might see some actual little alligators.
We're not gonna be able to catch 'em
'cause you can't actually do that.
But we can at least maybe see them
and film them a little bit.
But I'm not sure what's going on, but.
Holy cow, these spiders are freaking me out.
- A small child standing with her hair over her face
standing in the middle of the path, what would you do?
- [Brian] I would turn around and run as fast as I could.
- I would just go,
(hiss)
(laughs)
- [Brian] Okay another water snake right here.
Alright well.
This has definitely been the night of water snakes.
There's not doubt about that.
But still awesome to find a bunch of (mumbles).
There you go little buddy.
Oh my god, we'll get you off the road.
How awesome is that?
Again, I'm just so stoked about this.
Man, I tell you what.
Oh.
What a beauty.
Not bad for the middle of winter to come down here
and find a bunch of snakes.
This is absolutely incredible.
Finally back at the hotel after a really long night.
It's like 2:30 in the morning.
Absolutely had a great time.
I have no idea how you guys like this video.
If it is something that you do like.
You'd like to see me do more field herping
kinda out in the bush.
Maybe even during the daytime sometimes.
Let me know in the comments and let me know it was okay.
Did the shots work out, was it fun?
It was absolutely incredible for me.
So this was kind of an experiment if you will.
And if you guys like it, I will absolutely do more of it.
As for now, I'm gonna get some sleep.
I've gotta wake up in just a couple of hours
to start another amazing day tomorrow.
Only like one and a half days
and I head back home, pick up that really cool animal
that I cannot wait to share with you guys.
Its gonna be absolutely incredible!
So I wish you guys an amazing day, evening,
whenever you happen to be watching,
and I hope that you kinda enjoyed this kinda really,
tremendously switch up from the normal vlog,
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(upbeat music)