- All they do is suck on wood all day.
- I'm gonna be honest with ya,
now I know how people feel
when I tell them to feed my snakes.
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- Hey good morning everybody and
welcome to the vlog.
I am still down here in sunny Florida.
I've got Paul Cuffaro in the house,
I've been traveling with Savanna as always
and guess where I'm at right now?
If you guys guessed Camp Kenan, you're 100% right.
I've not seen this amazing pond
from my friends from Aquascape yet
so let's go ahead and meet up
with Kenan and get this amazing day.
Of course heres my boy Kenan.
What's up brother, how you doing man?
- What's going on?
- This place looks absolutely insane, dude.
- Man, I can't believe it. I mean you know
Greg from Greg the Pond Guy and his
aquascape team, they came down
and they just created what I consider
to be my favorite part of the yard now.
Just this swim pond is just gonna
be so much fun to do a lot of
videoing and hanging out with the animals.
We're gonna have African Cichlids in there.
So it'll be really fun to snorkel in.
- Kenan obviously does a bunch of
cool videos, I'll put a link in
the description to his channel.
All kinds of really cool animals.
And you do some stuff with swimming with
- (Kenan) Yeah definitely
- So I'm assuming you're gonna do some swimming with here.
- That's what's going to happen.
We're going to continue to do the
Swimming With series, were gonna have
some underwater- think of it like
an underwater set.
- (Brian) Nice.
- Alright, so we're gonna be able to
get some really cool shots of
the animals swimming naturalistically
and it'll look better than a pool.
Good times. So I want to show
Savannah some of my favorite critters.
Come on in Savannah.
- (Savannah) Hey!
- This is Slinky. This guy is
awesome man, he's kinda famous,
those of you who watch Brian's
channel, my channel, you've seen him all the time.
But he just gets more and more
relaxed and tame and this is his
little home and he's always looking for food.
And recently I dug up some sulcata eggs,
but they'd kinda got smashed,
so bad for me, good for Slinky
because he gets to eat all the eggs
that have been kinda smashed and
can't incubate.
But he's a really awesome little dude.
Love him.
And he's just really smart, man, monitor lizards.
Smart animals.
- This is crazy!
- (Kenan) Isn't he awesome man?
He's super inquisitive, he just wants something to eat.
- Oh hey buddy, you're so cute.
- (Kenan) These guys I've had since 2004, man.
- (Brian) You had babies from these?
- I did. I get them every once in a while.
But you know what, the last couple
seasons I think they've been going
through a lovers quarrel. Very sad.
Because they haven't really bred.
So I'm thinking I'm gonna have
to separate them. But I gotta build
another enclosure that's big enough
to house either the female or the male.
And I hate to kinda pull them out
of here because they've been living in
here since hatchlings about that big.
So they've grown up in here and
that's part of the reason they're
so chilled out, because they've
always seen people in here.
They just kind of, like, realize
that this is just normal, when
people come in to visit and scratch them.
They really respond well.
These are the most like dogs out
of any lizard I've ever had, you know.
They're definitely like a Flintstones
pet because they just love when you scratch them.
We gotta walk through enclosures
to get to enclosures.
So this is the Cherry Head enclosure,
nut no one's out. But they'll be
out in a little bit once they hear us going.
And then since you wanted to see
the adult rhinos, this is
Petro and Petra. They're rock iguanas.
Yeah, petrified you know.
Always going with the whole rock
theme when I named them.
Ah, this, let me tell you, I built this for
Quasimodo, the hunch back.
I'm not a very good carpenter,
so what happens is I just start building.
And that's what's fun about my
channel, you'll see, I just start
building things. And I've learned
as I go that there's proper ways
to do things you see. And I should
have made this at least six feet tall.
That would've been good, right?
But now were all hobbits and we're
coming in here and much like they
did in the old Sinbad movies,
they use rhino iguanas as the dinosaurs.
So here we go, here comes Petro,
that's the male. And lets see if
he's interested in any cactus. Come here buddy.
Then of course the little Greek
tortoises love some cactus too.
Oh look! It's like a snapping turtle.
He's a lunatic. If you're a cactus,
this is you're worst nightmare.
Look at this.
But these guys are great, that's
what the baby was from. So I love these lizards.
These came from my friend Starborne,
Dave Morningstar. They have a
beautiful home with beautiful animals.
They do such a great job.
So I acquired these guys about
five years ago now and they've
been reproducing for me so its
really neat. And again, if you
guys really love Cyclura you gotta
check out our buddy Ty Park on instagram,
because that dude, he's the lizard king.
You guys remember Socrates, or
Socs for short. And somewhere
is Darwin and Austrodomus. But that's
what's kinda fun, we have to look
for the tortoises. And even a
350 pound tortoise can hide very well.
But hey, I hear something rustling.
So that's what's fun about living
here at Kamp Kenan, is you get
to go into the jungles of south Florida
and you find giant tortoises.
There is Darwin, man.
- (Brian) He is so big!
- Its a girl actually. I've tricked
you, I've faked you out.
Now, I didn't name her, but she
grew up, she was a little tortoise,
came from Abbott's Turtle Farm in
Cocoa Beach, back in, oh my gosh
it would've been the 90's, early 90's,
Went to Marion County, lived there
for about 25-24 years. Unfortunately
their owner passed away and she
was donated to the Turtle Survival Alliance
and they had me fly out and get her.
And so she lives here at Kamp Kenan,
man, its awesome. What's great
is she's very happy and when she
came in she was overweight, a lot
of Galapagos tortoises in captivity
have some swelling at the base
of their neck and we don't exactly
know exactly what that is.
However, my anecdotal evidence,
this isn't scientific, but anecdotally
I believe its a diet and exorcize thing.
These animals wander all over the
islands, they eat very, very low
nutrient rich food and they have to climb.
So, if you'll look over there at
their water dish, its built up
so they have to climb up and go back down.
That strengthens the back legs
and there, I'm happy to report,
she's now a svelte 350 ponds!
She's on the Kamp Kenan diet.
And Austrodomis, I got him at
the Daytona beach reptile expo
in 2004, in August of 2004.
- (Savannah) You've had him a long time.
- (Kenan) I've had him a long time.
- (Brian) What a beautiful character.
- And you know they can feel through
their shell, some people don't
realize that. But they can definitely
feel their nerve endings there,
its similar to when we rub our fingernails
together. You can kinda gat a sensation.
This is the radiated tortoise, really
beautiful species that if you've
been following any of the news
the past year, there's been two
separate confiscations of this species.
So this is a highly trafficked,
illegal species of tortoise, from
Madagascar because they're very
beautiful. I think close to 20,000
animals were almost put into the
black market, but thankfully they
were stopped, and now they're back
in Madagascar and with people
like the Turtle Survival Alliance
they've set up conservation centers
in their country of origin to
get those animals back to good health
and then, back out into the wild.
But the problem is, man, with tortoises,
usually, and in all wildlife,
where these animals live, politically,
socially, there's a lot of upheaval
so not only do people pay the price
for that, but the animals do.
So, if you walk by, and you found
one of these animals and you knew
you'd get $50 and feed your family
for a year, you're probably going
to take that animal and try and
sell it. Its just the facts of life.
So we gotta do better with human
beings to help them out, and in
turn we can help these animals even more.
And that's that buddy, I don't
really have too much going on.
- Oh no, dude this is awesome,
and its so absolutely beautiful.
I tell you, I love coming out
here all the time, I mean just
hanging out with Kenan. We've been friends forever.
I love his passion for the animals,
love his passion for the exhibits,
and just building your garden
of Eden, right?
- That's it man. I'm trying to create...
You know a lot of the people watching
your channel aspire to things?
Well when I was young I'd go to the Bronx Zoo.
I would go to certain zoos and just,
like, I gotta have that in my backyard.
So what I wanna create is the ultimate
reptile backyard. Its not about
how many animals I get, its about
how much habitat can I create for
the animals I do have.
- I tell you what, I love coming
down to Florida and seeing all
my friends like Kenan, but we are actually
heading over to a place that is
really interesting. I've never
been, I have seen a bunch of stuff
online with these guys, Predatory Fins.
So really cool fish place, of
course I'm with Paul Cuffaro, so,
he is a fish guy. So we're gonna
check out Predatory Fins right now
and see what we can get into
and say goodbye to Kamp Kenan.
We just made it to Predatory Fins,
I'm pretty excited about this
because I got my start actually at
a fish store, when I was like 15 years old.
So this is going to be pretty epic.
Guys take a look at this fly river turtle
right here. That is absolutely crazy.
Look at the stingray, oh my god
its crazy. There's like sturgeon
in here, big old catfish, wow.
Oh my gosh, that thing is crazy.
Oh my gosh, look at these gars,
alligator gar, oh my gosh these
things are cool as can be.
Arowana up here, those arowana are so cool.
Take a look at this, oh my god.
Big old arapaima, oh my god.
These are so cool.
Believe it or not these are all
little baby hapuku.
Of course the hapuku are the ones
that look like big piranha, but they don't
have all the crazy teeth. But
they get huge, like the ones over
here. See that big fish right there?
Right there, that's what those are.
These are little babies of that
big huge fish right there.
This is just so cool, again, because
I kinda started as a fish guy, I
think its amazing to be here
look at these here, oh my god.
Let me tell you what, of course
a lot of fish have changed over
the years, so I'm not as adept
at what they actually are, never the
less I think they're ridiculously cool.
Take a look at that, oh my god.
This place is so cool.
Oh my god there's so much cool stuff!
This is really making me want to
get a fish tank guys. I tell you
what, I'm definitely gonna have to get
Paul, and my buddy Joey and all
that stuff to give me some advice.
I need some fish for sure. These little oscars.
Wow.
I have no idea even what these
are, but look at how cool they are.
What? There are so many fish that
I've never seen before. This is crazy.
Oh, look at those angel fish.
Like I said, this is so cool.
Look at the albino plecos, man.
Oh my gosh, again when I was keeping
fish there were no albino plecos.
So this is something brand new
that I'm sure has been around for a while,
but I haven't seen them because
I haven't been keeping fish in
a long time. Oh my gosh look at
all the arowana.
Okay so as I said guys, we're at
Predatory Fins an awesome youtube
channel as well, so definitely
put the link in the description.
Check all these guys out.
What do you got here? Tell me what you've got going on.
- This is a titan pleco, he just
came in today from Colombia.
But this is a beast. See they
use their spikes to push fish away
and usually the spikes can grow
over 5-6 inches.
- (Brian) Wow.
- And the same thing with their fins.
If you touch, its kinda like our nails.
- (Brian) Oh my gosh wow, that's
so much harder than I expected.
- And all they do is suck on wood all day.
- (Brian) So big, dude. That is awesome, man.
- Those teeth man.
- That's crazy. And so, again,
these guys specialize in crazy
fish, but a lot of unbelievably
rare animals. So you can check
all their stuff, I'll put all their
links down there, please show them
some love, tell them I sent you,
of course. This is awesome, but
we have a lot more to see.
Just you know, chilling out on
the couch, we've got that view
right there. This isn't too bad,
man. I could sit here for quite
a while. I mean, look at the arapaima.
And the arowana, oh my gosh, and
the hapuku, oh my god. This is so cool.
- Okay, so these arapaima right here,
they're huge and they're gonna
explode. He's actually getting
the ladder for us. And its gonna be crazy.
This right here is what we're gonna
feed them, I believe. So he does have
silversides, which they love and
everything in there eats silversides.
Now this is human grade alligator.
So this is an american alligator meat.
Savannah, sorry.
- Sustainability.
- Yes. But these, they eat this
stuff out where they're from,
so they're eating baby caimans, birds,
so whatever they can get ahold of.
And in this case, today, its gonna
be alligator. So this should be really cool.
- Oh!
Alright so I guess its my turn
to do this. I'm gonna be honest
with you now I know how people
feel when I tell them to feed my snakes.
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- Whoo! Oh my god.
Its just so, it hits you in the
chest its so crazy. Whoo doggy.
That is friggen awesome.
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(shouts)
- I tell you what guys, that was crazy.
I mean, what! Those are awesome,
I wanna get some of those fish,
they are insane.
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- I tell you what guys, I am
absolutely in love with Larry here, the fly river turtle.
- (Paul) He lets you pet him.
- Isn't it crazy? Look at him.
He just comes up like this.
I tell you what, I love this animal.
I've actually been considering
getting a couple of these for our
front tank where Bowser is, and
maybe moving Bowser somewhere else,
I'm not 100% sure. Its almost like
these are the fresh water sea turtle in a way.
- These are very friendly. Bowser
is cool, but he hides.
- (Brian) It would be so sick, it'd be crazy.
And of course these guys are from
Australia, unbelievable.
- You can usually feed them
apples but he doesn't have any.
- (Brian) They eat apples? Oh my gosh
they are so absolutely incredible.
I mean look at this guy. Sometimes
they're actually called pig nosed
turtles as well. Oh my gosh he
is so absolutely incredible.
I tell you what, what an absolutely
incredible day. Visiting with Kenan,
then coming over here to Predatory Fins
and getting a chance to feed these
amazing huge arapaima, see the
fly river turtle and all the other
amazing fish here. This has absolutely
been incredible and I hope that
you guys enjoyed it. Only one
more day left and we're going to
be hooking up with a friend of mine,
Crocodile Kyle, to see some really
amazing crocodiles, as well as
a new facility he's building.
Then we're going to be heading
over to Gator Land for one last
time, meeting up with Jake and
Brennan from DALLMYD. Then finally
showing Paul Cuffaro around
Gator Land. Its going to be absolutey
incredible. And then we head back
and I pick up that mystery animal.
So just a couple more days before
you guys will find out what I'm
picking up. I hope that you enjoyed
this journey. Your support means
the world to me and I truly 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, let me know
what you loved about this trip
the most as well as are you excited
for me to get back to the reptarium
at BHB and find out what this amazing animal is?
Be kind to somebody and I promise
I will see you guys tomorrow.
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