- Guess who I've got here?
That's right, this is a female green anaconda,
but not any female green anaconda.
This is actually Verde's mom.
- That thing right there is just ridiculous.
- Morning everybody, welcome to the vlog.
I am in Plaistow New Hampshire.
I am excited.
I'm at New England Reptile Distributors.
We're picking up some cool animals.
This guy has amazing, amazing animals.
It is gonna be an awesome day.
I have been looking forward to this for a couple months.
Oh my God, let's go ahead and check this place out.
This is the thing I love about Kevin,
is he has all kinds of crazy stuff.
He's got turkey, goats, chickens, so this is freakin' epic.
- Platinum supertiger sunfire golden child.
- All right guys, we are in it.
We're at New England Reptile Distributors,
my buddy Kevin, of course.
And we are in the retic room.
The thing that's interesting is I was just telling
him, you know, the second vlog I every posted was
actually at New England Reptile Distributors.
So we are back here and we're gonna have a great day.
Look at these animals.
What's the genetics behind the jag?
- So a jag is something I first produced years ago.
We have not bred jag to jag just yet.
So the thing that's interesting about jags,
jags can sometimes have like a head wobble.
And other ones are actually perfect.
And it's really weird.
And there's nothing definitive about it.
Like I can have in a clutch where a lot of them are good,
and you get a couple whatever, so it's some kind
of varying thing, but they're somehow, they're genetics.
- So this is one of the first original cows.
I mean, look how dark it is compared to Perdida.
I mean, again, some cows will get really dark,
some cows will stay really light.
But I do wonder, will Perdida eventually,
when she's older like this cow here,
get this much melanin and this much dark.
That is crazy.
We're gonna see a lot of animals, not only retics,
but water monitors, all kinds of cool ball pythons.
It's gonna be an absolutely amazing day.
Kevin McCurley from NERD is one of my best friends.
I love him to death.
Probably knows more about animals than almost anyone I know.
Take a look at these.
These are actually cow retics as well.
See this girl here is kind of like Perdida,
with lots more color and stuff like that.
Look at the orange and stuff like that.
And then this one right here is what they call a moo cow.
I'm not exactly sure what's
in the moo cow other than the cow though.
But definitely a really cool animal.
Both these guys are absolutely insane.
- So this is a golden child orange ghost stripe.
And this happens to be one of my favorite retics.
I love this snake.
She's so wonderful.
She's a good thinker and she's just gentle as can be.
Just the look of these animals, I just love that head.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh, it's crazy.
- [Kevin] It's like, it's almost like
there's amethystine python in there.
- [Brian] Yeah, that's what it looks like, right?
- [Kevin] And she's so good.
And she's a horrible breeder.
She likes to screw me over all the time.
Look who's coming out to see you.
- [Brian] Hey bud, what's up?
(laughing)
- She's really great.
So basically, you as a reptile expert,
you know that these guys live in modes.
So basically, I look at all snakes and actually
these reptiles in general, that live in modes.
They have sleeping mode, they have a fearful mode,
they have I want to eat mode,
and then they have the thinking mode.
And the trick is to interact with these animals
when they're in the thinking mode.
In the thinking mode, we get to see how wonderful
and highly intelligent these animals are.
But one of the problems is,
people sometimes interact with these animals
when they're in the fearful mode, not realizing.
And they don't even realize the potential of the animal.
So they're interacting with an animal
that's sketched out, it's scared.
It's acting irrational and it's doing these things.
You're not gonna get to truly realize these animals.
So when we have big, large snakes like this,
these guys are smart.
They're so intuitive.
They're thinking, and this animal has no fear.
So what we have to do is get
to establish trust in these animals.
I don't care if it's tokay gecko, if it's a dwarf caiman,
it's a reticulated python, it's a boa constrictor.
Some of them are less reactive.
So they might go right to the thinking mode easier
than some of the more reactive animals
that's like an argus monitor, or something like that,
or some retics.
But once the animal is thinking,
and if you can appreciate the animal
and get it into its thinking mode,
you're right where you want to be.
And you can actually see
what the animal is like in the wild.
This animal crawling around on the forest floor,
it's just being very curious and just reacting.
But there's no ill will.
Snakes are not mean.
And I know you know all this.
But let's just say if I'm talking to your viewers and stuff.
Snakes don't have the capacity to be mean.
Mean basically, is like a human thing
because it doesn't achieve anything.
It's just you're doing something negative to something else
just because you have issues or whatever it is.
Snakes don't do that,
not at all.
- You would not believe it, guess who I've got here.
That's right, this is a female green anaconda,
but not any female green anaconda.
This is actually Verde's mom.
That's right, I've got Verde's mom.
How amazing it is, one day Verde will be
this size and it'll be so amazing.
I mean, look at this crazy girl.
oh my God, she's amazing.
I tell you what, I would have traveled all this way
just to meet this snake.
I am in heaven now.
Oh my God, how awesome is that?
And another animal I was so excited to meet,
guess who this is?
That's right, this is a cow reticulated python.
But this isn't just any cow.
This is actually Perdida's mom.
We all have special snakes, like Helen without the eyes.
And this is Snarfles, you said?
- Snarfles, this is my Snarfles.
I love this snake.
Snarfles was born without all the scalation on his face.
So just from a little baby,
we knew he needed a little bit of extra attention
and stuff like that.
So I raised him up, he was one of my pets.
But he's a doll because you look at him,
and he might look like he belongs in a horror movie,
and he's super scary, but he's a doll.
- [Brian] oh my God, that is one of the craziest faces
I've every seen on a snake ever.
It's eyes and every, it's just crazy.
- Isn't that a great name though, Snarfles?
- [Brian] Snarfles.
- [Kevin] It's just for what he is.
- [Brian] So many cows, oh.
- [Kevin] There's never enough cows.
- This is a relatively new retic.
Tell me a little bit, it's crazy.
I saw this on your Instagram, actually.
And they're crazy, so what's up with this?
- This is a recessive gene, so this is only one gene
that we're actually looking at.
And hopefully, these guys are het caramel
or het white albino too.
This originated out of Indo,
the breeding was of two different snakes.
And basically, the hets were then imported,
and basically sold.
And this is from the breeding of these animals.
I got these animals.
These were basically dubbed rainbow.
I don't like the name rainbow.
I don't feel like rainbow's remotely descriptive.
It was descriptive of kind of like a picture that looked
like it was soaked in Kool-Aid, or whatever.
So I'm basically, at the very least,
nicknaming them Ocelot.
But what's really cool is,
doesn't that head look like a hybrid?
- [Brian] It's crazy.
- [Kevin] A bat eater, kind of.
- [Brian] Yeah, he looks like a bateater, it does.
- [Kevin] Yeah, and nothing like that.
They do race a lot.
One of the hard things with retics is
actually getting good pictures because they do like
to move, and they're reactive, and they're very curious.
- So the truth is we've been here a couple of hours just
kind of hanging out with retics.
And Kevin has all kinds of other stuff,
again, like monitors, ball pythons, he has some crazy boiga.
I mean, he has all kinds of stuff.
But we've just been
absolutely loving the retic portion of the store.
And I can't get enough cows.
I mean, look at this animal right here.
Oh my gosh.
Oh man, I tell you, just to think that this is the place
that they all kind of originated from.
So Perdida, I miss you.
We're in a croc monitor cage.
Kevin's come in.
I think he, from a behavioral standpoint is the best person
in the world when it comes to really most reptiles,
but in particular, monitor lizards.
So he's gonna give us a little monitor etiquette right now.
- You have an animal like this, and basically,
the animal's kind of like, okay, what are you guys up to?
So you can see, she's acting a little defensive.
So you're not getting a lot of movement,
very little tongue flicking.
Now, she's just started moving 'cause you just came close.
So now she kind of, okay, nothing's happening.
You still have to realize that these guys are very reactive
and they're really intelligent.
So we have to go with that kind of thing being said,
and have to respect the boundaries.
She's actually a really good animal.
So we have to basically just get into the trusting part
where she's actually thinking.
So she's checking things out.
So she knows my voice.
One of the safest things, see it's touch.
So I come in.
Watch that eye.
See that eye is basically, just,
and that's such intelligence, it's ridiculous.
So she's actually scared of the camera.
She's scared of you too
because she doesn't know who you are.
So these guys, they're really smart.
So this is like bird-like intelligence.
And it's in a reptile, it's like remarkable.
But, if you work with these guys,
and so she's just kind of like saying hi.
Now she's getting it.
She's like, okay, things are good.
If her tongue flicks like that, it means that she's kind
of like, checking things out.
She has no ill will towards me.
And they have a prehensile tail, if people know that.
So this tail can basically wrap around branches
and stuff like that so they're tree dragons.
So this is the longest lizard in the world.
They might be able to go 15 feet.
- [Brian] Oh my God.
- With their tails and stuff like that,
it'd be a big impressive male.
And this is a young female I raised from a baby.
So she has 25 millimeter follicles on her.
So I'm not even, I'm like looking away.
And I'm not even worried that my hand's in her face
because she's really intelligent.
I've always handled her with respect.
So now she has trust with me.
If you understand how animals are, and you understand
their brains, and you interact with them,
and you live within those parameters,
you actually get a more fulfilling experience.
And it's like pushing yourself on an animal
and then causing it to leave that thinking mode
into the fear mode, then the animal is kind
of like a wild card.
It can do anything.
This animal has incredibly large straight
down dagger-like teeth that are just unbelievable
as far as damaging and stuff like that.
And I maintain all these monitors.
And only thing you see me on is like scratches.
Okay, I very almost never get bit.
And it's because I look at the animal,
and I just use my intuition.
And if you work with these and you treat them
like intelligent animals,
you get this awesome relationship with them.
- Again, Kevin has all kinds of crazy stuff.
Look at this Mexican horned lizard.
Oh my gosh.
These things are so cool.
I mean, they kind of remind you of those thorny devils
from Australia.
I guess they're the Mexican version
of the thorny devil a little bit.
They do need folic acid because
these guys will eat ants in the wild.
So in captivity, you can feed them like pinheads
and small crickets with folic acid kind of additive.
So you just basically dust the crickets with folic acid,
but oh my gosh.
These things are incredible.
Take a look at this little baby green anaconda.
How unbelievably cute is that?
Do you think I should bring one home?
I think Lori would really like one, what do you guys think?
Linked up with my buddy Mike and TJ here.
They came to visit me 'cause TJ's visiting Mike in the area.
Mike's from the area.
And they brought me this little guy for the zoo,
of course, a Cuban knight anole.
This thing is absolutely awesome,
definitely going on display when I get back home.
And guess who else came to visit me?
Yep, another green anaconda,
but not just only a green anaconda.
This happens to be Verde's brother.
How cool is that?
Maybe one day, he'll come visit Verde.
(kookaburra loudly calling)
I'm here with my buddy Rob Christian.
He actually got entertainer of the year
from the reptile report, which is pretty awesome.
You do tons of educational shows and stuff like that.
So I needed a Rob Christian at my place
so that he can help me out educating all the people.
But what do you have here?
This thing is beautiful.
- This is called a barneck scrub python,
or an amethystine python.
This is a Prada line,
so Sorong locality barneck scrub python.
- Oh my gosh, she is absolutely gorgeous.
Guys, take a look at this.
This is actually Petunia, the common snapper.
But it's an albino, of course.
And most of the time, when you get a snapper this close
to your face, you have to kind of watch out.
But, apparently, Petunia's pretty docile.
I even hear that one of the employees gives her kisses.
I'm not gonna do that today.
So sorry to disappoint you guys.
But nevertheless, this is a common snapper.
It's gonna get absolutely huge.
And it is awesome.
It's not gonna be every day that you're gonna
be able to hold a dwarf caiman like this.
I mean, look at this beast here.
These guys are typically a little bit cantankerous.
But this little monkey here is unbelievable.
I mean, those teeth are a little bit menacing.
I ain't gonna lie to you.
But I love crocodilians.
I think out of all the crocodiles,
these guys heads are probably the coolest,
just that kind of chiseled, almost like they're made out
of stone or something like that.
This is truly an amazing experience.
I can't even believe it.
- I raised these from babies.
So when they were babies, I worked touching their faces.
So these guys are like 20 something years old.
And these are my breeders.
So just me doing my little psychology stuff,
I did that with these guys and that gives us this animal.
- Yeah, you're not gonna see that.
And if that doesn't prove Kevin's abilities,
I don't know what will because that is crazy.
- [Kevin] Smile, I'll get a picture.
- I was a little surprised to hear Kevin say
that this was one of his favorite species of snake.
Don't get me wrong, they're amazing, but why?
- So this is rear fanged, but I've actually worked with
this guy, so I've made friends.
So this animal has a certain amount of trust for me.
So he's not biting me or anything like that.
And I'm working with his brain.
So basically, I just have a good relationship with this guy.
And I actually just recently bred this.
So I have babies from this to a female.
Seeing these Central American vine snakes,
these really big things and eating a mouse.
- [Brian] And that's the difference right,
is that the Centrals get so much bigger?
- Yeah, they get big.
And like this guy like begs for mice.
And he's pretty much pretty confident with himself.
It's like an alien snake.
To most people, snakes are aliens just to themselves.
Well, you and I are very used to these animals.
We need to have things that just don't make a lot of sense.
And that thing right there is just ridiculous.
- I tell you, I would drive 14 hours just
to spend a few minutes with this snake.
Of course, this is a Boelen's python.
Some people think that this may be one
of the kind of coolest, smartest,
most incredible snakes on the planet.
I mean, I'm not sure.
I love all snakes, but my gosh.
Until you actually hold a Boelen's python,
you don't realize how unbelievably incredible
these guys are.
They're like I've always said in the past.
These guys are difficult to breed.
Not too many people are doing them.
I mean, oh gosh, I tell you, I love these guys.
And actually, Kevin has some babies that he didn't produce,
but he's raising up.
So why don't we go take a look at those little monkeys.
These are the baby Boelen's pythons.
When they're born, they're basically like a reddish color.
So this one still has just a little bit
of the remnants of that red, but oh my gosh.
I tell you what, I think that most of the people
in the reptile hobby agree that Boelen's python are kind
of the pinnacle of all the snakes.
I mean, no one's really quite figured out,
a couple people in Europe have produced them.
Kevin's getting really close to figuring it out,
a hand full of other people, but I tell you what,
these are absolutely amazing animals.
They're one of the biggest,
just kind of most insane animals out there.
And again, I am so, so happy
that I got a chance to see these big adults,
as well as these amazing babies.
This is definitely one of those animals
I was so excited to see.
This of course, is Dozer, a male rhino iguana,
like Bella, but a boy.
And you can see how the boys look a lot different
than the females.
But this animal is ridiculous.
I've seen videos of Kevin literally calling this animal,
it jumping out of his cage, running across the hall
just to come and greet him.
And then he gets pets.
Dozer is absolutely amazing.
Oh my gosh, I need a Dozer too for Bella.
And of course, I'm here at NERD picking up a few animals
for the reptile zoo.
But I am not gonna show you what I'm getting to
be honest with you.
I'm gonna wait 'til I'm back at the Reptarium
and I'm gonna do a reveal.
So we're just gonna do a few more things here.
I could be here forever 'cause it's so absolutely amazing.
We're gonna pack up our stuff and then we're heading,
we're gonna stop on the way home
at a place called Reptiland, another reptile zoo.
See how the Reptarium kind of lines up with that one,
but it is a bigger zoo.
It's been around a long time.
It's gonna be absolutely incredible,
but that's in tomorrow's vlog.
As for now, we have a few more things to look at,
pack up, and hit the road.
So you never know what you're gonna get when you're over
at Kevin's place.
And I am pretty blown away.
What is this guy again?
- This is a black vulture.
[Brian] Oh my gosh.
Does he have a name?
- His name is Erchie.
- [Brian] Erchie?
Oh my gosh, you are so amazing.
- So the more mature they get, they get these little wart
like pockets of skin.
And the males get more around this rim of the neck.
- [Brian] His posture right now, I know they do that
to kind of protect their prey that they're eating sometimes.
What's he doing now, just soaking up the sun, or?
- He thinks I'm his girlfriend.
- [Brian] Oh, so he's protecting you.
- Yes, and he's sunning himself, yeah, yeah.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh, you cheeky monkey, you.
- Floki, it's okay.
Good boy, good boy, it's okay.
- [Kevin] He's like I'm too hot, I'm used to snow.
- Floki, Floki.
- So if you guys are interested in following
some more of her amazing adventures,
you can follow her on Instagram
at Flyingwhereiveneverbeen.
I'll put a link in the description.
This is absolutely incredible.
So wow, what a day.
I mean, I hope that you guys enjoyed this adventure.
I tell you, what amazing animals.
Kevin is amazing.
Everyone around here is amazing.
We had so much fun.
And then we got the bonus of seeing
those beautiful owls and vultures.
Oh my gosh, this day was incredible.
But it is time to take off and head to our next adventure.
We're gonna stop at the Clyde Peeling Reptile Zoo
in Pennsylvania, and then we're gonna head home.
Tomorrow, we'll definitely check in with Lori
and the crew, see what's going on at the Reptarium.
I sure do miss the Reptarium.
I cannot wait to get back.
And I do have some animals I'm gonna be sharing
with you guys.
I think you're gonna like them.
And when you come visit, you're gonna really,
really like them.
But I'm not gonna say anything until I get home.
So for now, we're packing up, we're hitting the road.
We've got about a seven hour drive tonight
and another seven hour drive tomorrow.
But we are gonna see some cool animals tomorrow.
So thank you guys for tuning in.
And thank you for all your support.
I hope that you have an amazing day, evening,
whenever you happen to be watching.
As I said, thank you for everything.
I truly do love you guys.
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