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I guess it's been a while since I've unboxed an animal that's been all for myself-er-not even unboxed.
I've never unboxed an animal for myself... but the time has come. Uh, do you know what this is?
Oh, it says it on the box. Well, OK, you don't know exactly what it is. You haven't seen it yet, so let's get started!
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Oh, wait, I gotta Instagram it.
Here, cut-come a little closer, you can't see! There, look at that nice angle you got!
So, I was thinking about, like, how I'm gonna make this all momentous when I unbox it,
but I don't know what to do other than just, like, cut the tape and show you. [Friendly snicker]
Wonder if I put what this is in the title, I don't know. Some hints? This is some time never kept before. Uhhh
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I'm so scared! Oh my god! AH! It's moving!
It's not dead! I don't even know what I'm scared of. I'm scared of everything right now.
[Plastic baggie crinkling] Woo!
Hey, look at that! Do you know this is? Maybe you do. Wooop. Maybe you don't.
This is an axolotl. It is a wild type, so, no, like, fancy morph, which is how I kind of like it!
I've never even seen an axolotl in person. Like, the very first time I see it in person is... it being shipped to my house.
So, this was sent over by my friend, Amber, from Amber's Axolotls.
You can follow her on Instagram. I have a link below to see plenty of axolotl pictures
and all of her other herps, and maybe you're interested in an axolotl yourself,
so, you can slide on over to those DMs and ask her. And look at it!
Okay, um, what do I do now? First off, right here, this is water from the new aquarium,
and I'm going to mix them with his old aquarium water, so, it's not a sudden change.
This is not a tutorial. Just-it's just me trying to make it through this.
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Well, looks like we did it. He's here, he's living, he's chilling out. Just gonna let him sit in here for a minute,
but honestly, it's- the pattern is a lot more detailed and there's more color than I really anticipated.
Like, just look at it. I don't even need to talk about it.
You can just see yourself, so, that's very exciting. So, today, I picked it up some Canadian Nightcrawlers
because he's not been fed in a little bit so that he did not poop all over himself
and end up poisoned during shipping, I learned. This is such a new world for me. It's like there's the reptiles,
the amphibians, the fish, and the invertebrates. It's like the little exotic-oh, and the mammals-like the
exotic pet family, but the axolotls, obviously, they're amphibian, but they're, like, they're-it's nothing like I've got before so...
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All the stuff I'm unboxing has been supplied to me by Aquarium Co-Op for this project.
So, thank you very much for making that possible.
Now, the focus of this video is more so the axolotl,
so, I plan on creating a different video, so, we can actually talk about and focus on the plants and
the lighting and everything else that they sent over, but for now, let's go ahead and set everything up.
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That smells good, what is this? Sorry, just got to interrupt. This smells really nice. [Playful snicker]
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So, there's kind of a lack of instructions. It shouldn't be too hard.
I have no idea how to-how to care for aquatic plants.
Do you just stick them in the water? Maybe it says on here. Never mind, we're good.
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I mean, I'm serious. I like-I mean, I don't think, like, all of it's beautiful,
but I can stand the look at her. Like, the geckos, I actually think are kind of cute, but this is disgusting
Seriously, I think it came from Avatar. Those weird things on its head.
Why is she walking like that? Look at how she moves her feet! Animals don't walk like that.
You want to see something gross? I mean it's not gross-interesting.