(water splashing)
(muttering)
- Don't kick. Don't kick.
- [Brian] Forest, what the heck are you doing to the emu?
- I'm not sure.
(energetic cool music)
- Good morning everybody and welcome to the vlog.
I hope the start of your day is amazing.
Today is gonna be incredible and we are starting it off
inside an African serval cage here at Gatorland.
We're going to spend the first part of our day at Gatorland
and then we got some amazingly awesome things
planned for a bit later in the day.
But for now, this is Jabari. Look at Jabari.
- Hi! - So beautiful.
- [Brian] Hi, little one!
(Noah chuckles)
Oh my gosh!
- Wow. - Jabari!
- What's happening Jabari?
- [Brian] Hey Jabari. Hi Jabari.
- Oh my gosh. - Oh my god.
- [Forest] It's so cute.
(Savannah giggles)
- [Handler] He found the food.
Oh, what's that? It's a blanket.
- He likes blankets. - Oh my gosh.
- [Brian] That is a gorgeous kitty.
How old is Jabari?
- Jabari is only a year old.
- [Brian] A year old? - Year old.
- He's a very big year and he's about 26 pounds right now.
So he's a big, big boy.
- One of the things I think is amazing about servals
is just their ability to leap.
I mean, Jabari. How high can he jump, you think?
- About 15 feet, so
- [Brian] 15 feet!
- [Handler] Just in play, we've gotten him to jump
about six feet just straight up in the air.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh.
- [Handler] His favorite toy is a squeaky tennis ball.
Actually what he'll jump for and
he actually cares more about his tennis
ball than food most of the time.
Whenever we're out here playing and training and stuff,
that's a better reward sometimes than plain out food.
(trainer giggles)
He smells the tennis balls in my jacket.
(everyone laughs)
He has it!
- I always say that I love going inside exhibits
when it comes to places like this and
I'm so lucky to be able to have great friends like
Savannah and all the people here at Gatorland.
They allow us to get this amazing experience.
I'm mean, this is the way I love to start every day.
(water splashing)
(ball squeaks)
- Ready, ready, jump!
- That's it. - Good boy!
(ball squeaks)
(group cheers)
- Yes! - Good boy, good boy!
- [Handler] Awesome!
- That was sweet. He jumped so high!
- Ready, ready, ready. Jump!
(ball squeaks)
(group cheers)
- I don't know about you guys, but
this was a great start to the day.
So, I am ready to get going.
Savannah, what else do you got for us?
- Let's go find out.
(Brian chuckles)
- So, I've actually been to Gatorland now several times
and they are still places I didn't know exist and
you said that this is the head of the
this is the actual everglades right here.
- Right, the head of it. Yes.
And uh, so all of this water goes down south.
And this land right here can never be developed.
Gatorland will never ever, ever let anyone develop this.
So, there's a family of otters that live out here.
There's lots of cotton mouths,
frogs, turtles, all kinds of things.
And if I wasn't so loud, we might see some of those.
- Savannah, shh, shh!
So, we're actually in an enclosure for Bone Crusher,
which is very old American crocodile.
Matter of fact, this is kind of the relative to the original
Bone Crusher that was here when the park first started.
So, uh, he's a really old one, and he's coming.
Take a look at how big he is.
- Come on buddy! Come one!
- [Savannah] He's stalking us right now.
- [Mike] He's gonna start looking up.
Come on, big boy!
(water splashes violently)
- Easy. - He's safe.
- [Mike] Hey, good morning!
Good morning! Hey. Hi!
There ya go. Don't look at our guests.
Look at me.
- Looking at you Brian. - He is looking at you.
- He's looking at you, Brian. - Yep.
- I think you can get him, Bone Crusher.
- [Savannah] Distract him, Mike!
- No, I wanna see how close he gets to Brian.
- Hey, this is an old crocodile.
I mean, literally, so old that most of his teeth are gone,
and some of them are starting to grow back,
because crocodilians will lose teeth their whole
life and grow back, but that's how old
Bone Crusher is which is pretty amazing.
That is an absolutely impressive
American crocodile, right there.
And again, just to see an animal that is so
kind of related to the kind of foundation of
Gatorland is just absolutely incredible.
This animal is gorgeous.
- So this is definitely one of the
most exciting parts to the trip.
- [Forest] You guys know how much
I absolutely love Cuban crocodiles.
Crocodiles were on the first.
They are what the most intelligent of all crocodiles.
They are the fastest moving crocodiles.
They're known for high walking.
So, it's a really unique behavior where
they are actually up on their legs walking
and sometimes even galloping.
So, being able to here see these amazing animals
in the cool conservation work they are doing with them,
I'm so excited right now.
- Let me kind of set this up for you a little bit.
Those are Cuban crocodiles, right there.
There's the female. There's the male.
They're the most athletic, fast crocodiles in the world.
And, you know, here at Gatorland,
Mike is just in the pond with them.
I'm not exactly sure what he's doing, so
we're gonna, we're gonna, we're gonna
watch Mike cause this guy is awesome.
Let's, let's watch him.
- Ricardo! Ah!
Ricardo, here!
No, no.
- [Savannah] Look how long those back legs around.
- Hold, you're not listening.
- You hungry? - So now he listens.
(Brian chuckles)
- [Brian] He just said she's not listening.
- [Forest] That's not a good thing.
- Ricardo, here!
- [Savannah] He'll do it in his hand. Give him Ricardo.
- Ricardo, up!
Ricardo, up!
- [Savannah] He's not looking up.
- He's looking at me.
- [Savannah] He's looking up.
- He's looking at my chest!
- [Brian] A leaf?
- Ricardo. Ricardo, up! - A leaf for a treat.
- [Brian] He's gonna protect the leaf.
- Whoa! - Whoa.
- [Brian] Whoa, my gosh!
(jazzy happy music)
- So, honestly Brian, Mike is a officially cooler than you.
- Oh man, This is the whole reason why I
really didn't want you guys to meet Mike,
- Because, I... - Yeah.
- Alright, alright. - No yeah,
- I'm gonna, I'm gonna - He's way cooler. Sorry.
- I'm just gonna go now.
(Savannah laughs)
So, here's the deal.
We're actually going in with the big Niles right now
and no on has never been in with these big animals.
So, I'm going to go ahead and let him film on his channel.
You guys, I'll film a little bit, but make sure to check
it out over on his channel and get his first experience.
- This is insane, guys.
- It's awesome. Take a look at these guys.
This is Sultan, right here.
So it's awesome, so uh, definitely
do me a favor again, give Noah to 100k subs.
But ya, let's get that done.
How are you feeling?
- I'm excited, honestly.
For some reason, I don't feel scared right now
and that's not a good thing cause these guys
are something you should be scared of.
- I don't fear here. He's got my no fear gene.
At least, no fear with animals.
Okay, let's do this.
- [Mike] He got fed the other day.
So, I think he'll be happy and calm.
But you never know.
- [Brian] You never know, Noah.
- See how he's getting his foot on ground a little bit?
- Yep - Cool.
- He starts turn towards you guys just, uh.
- [Savannah] At the gate.
- [Brian] Just stand still, Noah. Stand still.
(dirt rustling)
- [Savannah] Now you gotta make him go right that way.
- Sultan. Up, up. - See his ears?
- [Noah] Yeah.
- Sultan, come here. Right this way.
Whoa!
- [Brian] You got big boy coming.
- This is, this is. - Aye oh!
- Come on, big girl!
Come to me.
(Savannah stomps)
Lunge.
- [Mike] He's going to your spot.
- This is freaking epic. - Oh yeah, good.
It's the best day of my life. I tell yah.
- [Savannah] Focus!
- Come on, big boy.
- [Savannah] Ah, ah, ah, ah.
- Up. Look up.
(distant helicopter whirring)
- Hey, uh, the last time Mike got a phone call while
we were in a salt water crocodile pen, he almost died.
- [Mike] Yeah, baseball tournament all weekend.
(loud chill music)
- I remember when I was a kid I used to look at this
website called Reptile Behavior dot com and it was
put up by Flavio Morrisey and I was asking him the story.
There was a picture of somebody pulling eggs
from a nest with a Cuban crocodile's face
right at the person who was pulling the nest out.
Could you tell me the story of that?
Cause it's just unbelievable to me.
- Yeah, um, man that was just goin back a ways.
We, uh, had a communal nest.
There were several females in one nest.
With Cubans, they've been known to do that,
and they are pretty nasty.
So, we started using, uh, positive reinforcement
with food to kind of dog them away,
but it's instinctual for them to guard their nest.
- Yeah.
- So they kept coming back, kept coming back so
what we then started doing was we would call the male,
Ricardo, and we would get him over by the nest,
and we put him on a hold through positive reinforcement.
The females would then try to cross over him, and
he would keep the females back.
- Okay - And kind of a
- Feeding response slash don't come over here my area.
So we were able to collect Cuban crocodile eggs without
any restraints, without any rope, without any tape.
Uh, actually, just for the bucket of food.
Didn't sound smart then. Doesn't sound smart now.
- No. No, it's not, but you guys learned so much.
Like you said, a communal behavior of Cuban crocodiles
is so incredible and Mike here is really one of the legends
of figuring out this reptile behavior.
So, we're pretty damn lucky to all
get to hang out with this guy today.
- I think that Flavio just had these ideas
and I was just dumb enough to listen.
I think that's kind of how it went.
- So guys, was that ridiculous or what?
- Best experience ever.
- Miguel actually asked me if he could get a picture
with the big alligator or crocodile.
That was amazing, right?
And Noah, man, what did you think?
You were right there.
- I mean, there wasn't much thinking going on
besides, uh, how do I get out of here?
(Brian laughs)
- No, you were unbelievable. - It was really cool.
- It was awesome.
- No, I mean, Noah has come so far
in such a short period of time.
It's truly amazing.
I mean, six months ago, if you would of said
he's gonna be in there with the big dile,
I would of said no way in the world.
And here he is, just cool and calm.
That's, it was awesome. It's cool.
- So, one of the cool things about the alligator
farms and zoological facilities in Florida,
is not only are they, do they provide this amazing place
for all these crocodiles and alligators, but they end up
being rookeries all kinds of rare and endangered birds.
It's a great place for them to go and nest.
So you get to come to a place like Gatorland and
see all these cool gators and crocodiles,
and just all kinds of amazing birds.
I love it.
- Finishing up here at Gatorland. It's absolutely amazing.
Ran into MadBioReptiles here, my buddy.
He is now an employee at Gatorland.
So when I get done, I have second
person I can come and hang out with.
I'm so excited to see you.
I'll put a link in the description to his stuff.
Please give him some love.
- How absolutely cute is this?
So we're gonna go ahead and head out of Gatorland.
We're actually heading to a friend of mine
that used to live in Michigan.
Has a bunch of kangaroos, a bunch of crazy animals.
So, that's our next stop for the day.
Should be pretty amazing.
And I don't know if it's going to happen,
but we are actually going to try and borrow a kangaroo for a
day for Noah to do his 24 hour challenge with the kangaroo.
So, stay tuned.
So you'll be able to see in the distances, but
there is actually a couple albino kangaroo over here.
And actually, I wish I could tell his co-pen, because
the male is actually breeding a female right now.
(jazzy music intensifies)
- Miguel, what's going on?
- I don't know, I'm just following your lead.
- Let's both vlog each other laying in the
tick infested grass, waiting for some kangaroos.
This will be great. Hey, Miguel.
Have you heard of Lyme disease?
- Yes.
- Okay, good.
Tell your doctor when you start feeling bad.
(Brian chuckles)
- [Brian] I don't really know what's going on.
How cool this is. I love it.
- [Jeff] That's a female.
You can tell it's female because
she makes the groaning noise.
- I love emus, especially when Jeff was up in Michigan.
At one point I almost got some emus,
but Lori wouldn't let me get them.
Go figure.
- So Forest wants to get the experience of holding one.
- Yeah, I really do.
- [Brian] Okay, okay.
- I don't know how this is going to go.
- Okay, okay, Okay! Settle down!
Don't, don't, don't, don't.
Don't kick, don't kick.
Don't kick!
So...
(Jeff wheezes)
Where ya at?
(Brian laughs)
- I don't have your phone. - Stay behind him!
- Stay behind him. That's it.
That's how you handle an emu.
Forest's got an emu!
Good! Good one, good one Forest!
No problem, that's how you handle an emu.
- [Brian] Forest, what the heck are you doing to that emu?
(Jeff laughs)
- I'm not sure.
I don't know if this could be online, but.
- [Lady] That looks really weird.
- Should I try to pick him up? - Breeding season for the emu
- [Jeff] So, did I tell you?
- Guys, these are awesome.
These are the largest rodents in the world, the Capybara.
- [Jeff] Want some sugar too?
- [Lady] Awe, it's so cute.
What is this called again?
- [Jeff's Wife] Swamp Wallaby.
- [Lady] Swamp Wallaby, and what's her name?
- [Jeff's Wife] This is a boy, and his name is Garret.
(birds squawking)
- [Jeff] You know that noise, right?
Everybody knows that noise.
- [Lady] I don't!
- [Jeff] That's the background noise
to every jungle movie ever made!
- [Lady] Oh yeah!
- [Brian] This might be going home with Forest.
- [Forest] Yeah.
(Lady mumbling)
- [Forest] Yeah, yeah. I think I startled it for sure.
(background mumbling)
- [Jeff's Wife] That's a good boy.
(cool jazz beat)
(knock)
- [Jeff] What, what are you doing?
(Brian laughs)
- So the good news is, is that uh this gonna
be coming on some adventures with us tomorrow.
- Maybe. - You-
- [Brian] You ready to take care of this?
- No, that's Forest. That's all Forest.
(everyone laughs)
- Noah, get ready for a 24 challenge where Noah
has to take care of a baby wallaby for 24 hours.
- No! - Yes, Yes.
- That's too much. - Okay.
- Watch on Noah's channel. It's coming soon.
Alright guys, so we are wrapping up this day
in some little town in Florida.
I don't even have an idea where we are,
but it's absolutely a cute little town.
We're just gonna have dinner, wrap it up,
head back to the hotel, and get some rest.
And get tomorrow started because
we have some amazingly cool things.
Tomorrow, we're not only visiting my friend Robbie,
but we're also hooking up with the Bram Fam.
We're gonna do some really cool at a
place called the Sarasota something guards.
I'm not sure.
Gonna be a bunch of really cool animals.
In the meantime, you guys have an absolutely amazing day,
because I am gonna end the vlog.
Thank you so much for joining me.
As always, your support means the wold to me,
and I truly love you guys so much.
Can you do me a couple favors before we get out of here?
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turn those post notifications on
so you know when I upload a video,
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Not to mention, I like to know which animal
you thought was so awesome today.
Be kind to someone and I promise I'll see you guys tomorrow.
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