- Take a look at that, and I tell ya what, so far it's
absolutely tame.
It's okay bud, it's okay.
Whoa whoa whoa.
One of the Night Nile's are back here on display
at The Reptarium.
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Hey, good morning everybody.
Welcome to the vlog, I hope the start of your day is
absolutely incredible.
I am so happy to be back here at BHB, and of course
at the Reptarium.
And I have an amazing thing that I can not wait to share
with you guys, for you guys that have been watching for
quite a while, you might remember the Night Niles.
That's right, they were solid black Nile monitors,
and the only one's in the world.
I think there was another baby imported this year.
Regardless, I've got one of them back and this is the
cage that it's going to go into, right here.
It's going to be absolutely amazing, it's go a big water
bowl, it's got different layers it can go back here
and get a little bit of a hide.
It can come up here and really get super hot, it's about
115 degrees right there.
So this is going to be absolutely incredible.
What do you say we go ahead and take a look, I have not
seen this animal since it was like little, so I'm super
excited to see it again.
Oo ooh, guys she got big that's for sure, oh my gosh.
Let see how it is, I've got a pretty good scar on my
hand from one of these guys.
But take a look at that, and I tell ya what, so far it's
absolutely tame.
It's okay bud, it's okay.
Whoa whoa whoa.
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright
your okay, your okay.
WOW, that thing is amazing, when it was a baby it
was jet black and again, these guys are super rare.
There is only a few of them in the world, I'm going
to go ahead and let her go and see what she does.
Go ahead girl, this is your cage right now.
What do you want?
Oh my god, I can not believe how cool this animal is,
look at it, oh my gosh.
It's go some shed on it's tail for sure.
I threw it, and that's one thick tail.
And these guys can sometimes be tail whippers, so you
gotta really be careful, cause this thing can give you
a good whip for sure.
But I'll be honest with you, I was expecting this animal
to be pretty aggressive, and it is absolutely, look at it.
So that is absolutely incredible.
Alright I think I'm just go ahead and let her go
keep an eye on her for the next hour or so, I have
a feeling she is gonna absolutely love this cage.
So there it is guys, how exciting is that, one of the
Night Niles are back here on display at the Reptarium.
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I tell ya, one of the cages I was really excited to
get going, was the Mangrove snakes.
Of course, I've enlisted Jessica, cause you're the
most artistic, she really loves to decorate the cages.
So I'm just let her go, kinda give her a lil bit of a hand,
but she's going to create an amazing environment for the
Mangroves, and then we'll move them over.
What do you think?
- Yeah, sounds great.
- Alright lets do it.
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(cell phone button sounds)
- Check this out guys, I want to show you this
(Phone ringing)
- [Reptarium Voicemail] Welcome to The Reptarium,
Utica, Michigan's reptile extravaganza.
If your interested in a birthday party, school event,
private tour or corporate event please your name
and number down below and we'll be happy
to get back to you.
You can also visit wwww.thereptarium.com for all of the
hours of operations and extras that you can get.
Have a wonderful day, and stay wild.
- How freakin' awesome is that,
So, I am going to put the
number of The Reptarium down below,
you guys can call as well.
Guess what, www.thereptarium.com is live so can go
down below, check that link out.
You can go on that website, you can see scheduling,
you can see dates, you can book tours, you can book
birthday parties, you can book what ever you want.
So, I am so excited, although we have a lot to do to get
open on the 21st of September, I think were gonna get there
it may not be 100% done, but done enough to where we can
actually open up and start getting you guys
in here and start seeing the place.
I am so excited, but I was just really excited about that,
I wanted to share it with you, let me know
what you guys think.
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Bella is being silly, she just wants pet, she doesn't
want any food.
You're a good girl hun, you could do that
hand thing again, that was great.
He we go, the cage is done.
Jessica, basically did all the vines kinda the plant
stuff, I just helped kinda screw it together,
so I think it looks absolutely amazing.
And this is really what's gonna set these cages
apart and really make them pop, is when we start
getting some of the foliage in.
Again, with the Mangroves, there's the hotspot up here
so it can climb up if wants to, hang down here,
it can go in here to a cold spot, kinda hide a bit.
There's even some branches up here it can climb up to
on the cold side, where ever it is.
I think this is going to be absolutely incredible.
So were just gonna go ahead and put some bedding
in here, some water in here.
And then we can move one over, the thing is with Mangroves
is they will eat each other, so I think I'm gonna move
one over, let it be here for a couple days, then I might
try a second one, when I'm gonna actually
be here to watch them.
Because the last thing I wanna do is have a Mangrove
eat another Mangrove, I've actually had it happen before,
so gotta be a little bit careful.
I think the fact that this is such a nice cage,
and there is lots of different areas, were gonna be okay,
but I'll do one at a time.
So the moment of truth, we're gonna go ahead and move one
of the Mangroves.
We're gonna move the male in today, and maybe a female
in next week, so we can really keep and eye on them.
Again, I don't want there to be any accidents.
This gives me an opportunity to move, this lil monkey
here into the cage, just see how he's doing
and stuff like that.
So let's do it.
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And the moment of truth, come on lil one, you're gonna
love this.
Go ahead, oh that is gonna look so good in this cage,
oh my gosh.
That looks so good, doesn't it Jessica?
- Yes, looks awesome.
- I know, freakin' so cool.
Oh my gosh look at it go into the back, that looks so
awesome, oh my gosh.
This maybe one of my favorite snakes to have released
so far, I mean, it looks amazing in there.
Just was pale, now this has all the foliage in it,
it's got the climbing branch, it's got the vines over here,
got that dark spot that it can hide, way back over there.
Oh my god, this is going to be perfect for this animal,
oh my gosh.
I, this is awesome, this is truly cool.
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Ya know there is so many little things that has to
be done in The Reptarium before we open on the 21st,
I just did this little piece here that's at the front
entrance, that basically, when your walking out it
just looks a little more tied into the theme, before it
was just dry wall, but now it kinda ties into the
entire theme of the zoo.
You can see Lori over there, she doing all the
touch up work.
And by touch up work, you can see she's putting the
silicone in there and then she's using that collaring
to kinda tie this all in and feather it in, just so
it's completely seamless.
There's a lot of that still left to do, she's done
a tremendous amount of it, but we still have a lot to go.
It's amazing how just doing stuff like this changes the
look so much.
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And that's it, it's like magic.
Tell ya what guys, I am loving this Argus Monitor, I mean
it is just always like just hanging out, I'm gonna go
ahead and see if it wants to eat.
You wanna eat bud?
Oh my gosh, it wants to eat alright.
Oooo holy moly, did you guys see that, oh my god.
I'm gonna give it another mouse, that is ridiculous,
oh my gosh, it's like crazy, oh my gosh.
Last mouse, last mouse.
(lizard eating)
I've never seen anything eat so much in my life, yo were
gonna vary this diet up.
You don't just wanna do rodents, you wanna do all kinds
of things like ground turkey, eggs, of course rodents
every now and then, some bugs, all kinds of different stuff.
But this guy, he likes to eat, what an amazing animal.
My buddy Andy, actually came in from San Diego, Noah's been
hanging out with him, he's just gonna help for a
few days, kinda came in for the open,
but we didn't really get it.
The thing I want to ask you guys, is that about a month
ago I was in California with Noah, and Andy did the
death nut challenge.
Have you guys ever heard about it?
Tell em' about it.
- So you basically go through 5 different levels, it has
like two or three peanuts each and as you go, like from
level one to level five they get hotter and hotter
and by the time you get to level five, it's literally
like eating fire, like eating charcoal bricks,
that are hot, it's insane.
- Yeah, we filmed it, but I'll be honest with you,
I ended up not using the footage, because, I'll be
honest, I don't like to see people in pain,
and he could barely talk.
Noah, you weren't there were you?
- I was not there.
- Oh my god, you've got the challenge, you wanna do it?
- No.
- Oh my gosh.
So the question is, for you guys, do you wanna see it?
I'll go ahead and edit and I'll throw it at
like at the end of a vlog or I can actually put it on
Andy's channel.
Let me know in the comments, definitely
go give him a follow, I'll put his link
down in the description.
Let me know what you guys wanna do, if you
wanna see this guy in pain, I'll put it on the vlog.
- It was horrible, I hope you guys wanna see it,
if not on his channel you can come watch it on mine.
- Either way your gonna get a chance to see it,
and my suggestion is, you never do the death nut challenge.
Winding down another amazing day
back here at The Reptarium.
Ya know, sometimes progress doesn't actually
look like progress, but it actually is progress.
And the thing we did today is, we straightened out all
racks, we joined then all together, so now there all
completely anchored into one spot.
And look at how they flow, so much better.
I mean there not wiggly and waggly, there perfectly
good right here.
And by the way, look how amazing that is right there,
I mean she has just been sitting there for the last
couple of hours, just like that,
almost like it's ready to hunt.
But regardless, all of these are now joined together
all we have to do for the center isle, is actually
do one more little rack here, and then there will
actually be a door that swings open, so that
we can get back here to service stuff from the behind.
And then we will put all the face stuff on it
in a couple days.
Again, all this wood is going to be covered with the
same type of materials like this, similar, anyways.
So it's pretty interesting.
Again, we have, I don't know six days something like that.
I don't even know how many days,
there's not a lot of days left.
But we have a lot of work to do, but hey, days like
today make me feel really good, because we did make
a lot of progress, even though things may now have
looked a lot different, they certainly were.
So we are getting closer people, I am getting
more and more excited every single day.
I know you guys are gonna get bored with this, but I just
love walking through this place at night.
Just seeing it lit up with the lights out, I can image
when these cages are all lit up,
how amazing it's gonna look.
Bella's back, in her sleeping spot like she always is.
Just look at how cool this is, oh my gosh, you guys
don't even understand, this is such a dream come true.
And ending the night really quick in the incubator,
take a look at some of these right here, oh my gosh.
This just hatched out, there are some amazing new babies
that are in the egg.
I don't even know what some of these are but, they're
absolutely incredible.
I tell ya what, I love coming home after a long day and
checking the incubator and seeing some amazing eggs.
Look at the yield in this clutch here, a bunch of lil
white babies.
Oh my gosh, that is amazing, looks like there is one little
white baby still in the egg over here.
But that is a gorgeous clutch of eggs, and speaking about
a gorgeous clutch of eggs.
Take a look at these, these are just a handful of Lucy's
eggs, there's actually three boxes of these eggs, and
they are ready to hatch any minute.
I mean, just take a look at how deflated they are,
oh my gosh.
So, I think tomorrow I'm gonna
go ahead and cut Lucy's clutch.
Let me know in the comments if you want me to do that.
Because there's about 40 eggs in there, and I think I
wanna go ahead and cut them.
I don't know a tremendous amount about Retic genetics,
to be honest with you, so I'm gonna be cutting them
and now I'm probably gonna be like I don't know what this
is but it's awesome.
Let me know in the comments, if you want me to do that.
In the mean time I'm gonna go ahead
and shut the vlog down tonight, and call it a good day.
I hope that you have an amazing day, evening,
whenever you happen to be watching.
As always your support means the world to me,
and I truly do love you guys so much.
Can you do me a couple favors before we get outta here?
Can you smash that like button,
turn the post notifications on,
so you know when I upload a video.
Make a comments so I can read about you guys.
Be kind to someone, and I promise I will see you
guys tomorrow, cutting some of Lucy's eggs.
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