HOW-TO
CITY.
SO WE WANT TO KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR
FAVORITE THING TO DO IN SAN
ANTONIO FOR FREE.
LET US KNOW AT
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AND WE'LL SHARE YOUR IDEAS LATER
ON IN THE SHOW.
THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET UP
CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH NOT ONE,
TWO, NOT TEN BUT HUNDREDS OF
EXOTIC REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS.
BLANE EATON IS HERE TO LET YOU
KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AT THE
REPTILE EXPO.
HEY THERE, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
ALL YOUR REPTILISH FRIEND
THESE ARE A FEW OF THE REPTILES
YOU'LL SEE AT THE SHOW AND MAKE
GOOD PETS.
>> FIONA: SOME DO BUT NOT FOR
REALLY YOUNG KIDS
SHOWING FOLKS THE BALL PYTHONS
EARLIER, YOU SAID THEY WERE THE
COUCH POTATO OF THE SNAKE WORLD.
IT'S PRODUCED BY BRINGING TWO
TOGETHER.
YOU CAN SEE HE'S TRYING TO HIDE
HIS HEAD.
THEYEN JOY HUMAN CONTACT.
82 TO 85 DEGREES IS IDEAL.
>> FIONA: THEY LIKE IT WARM.
>> THEY'RE A TROPICAL SNAKE.
>> FIONA: THEY'RE NOT VENOMOUS.
>> ALL SNAKES HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO BITE.
THESE ARE NOT VENOMOUS
>> FIONA: A BALL PYTHON BECAUSE
IT LIKES TO HANG OUT IN A BALL.
HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE AT HOME?
>> 89 SNAKES AT HOME, AN
ALLIGATOR, A GILA LIZARD AND
SEVERAL SPECIES OF TORTOISES.
>> FIONA: REMIND ME BEFORE I
COME OUT TO HANG OUT THAT
THEY'RE ALL FE
CALIFORNIA KING SNAKE FOUND IN
THE BAJA.
LONG.
THEY COME IN A VARIETY OF
COLORS, BROWN AND WHITE, BROWN
AND YELLOW, BLACK AND WHITE.
WHITE.
THEY PRODUCE NOTHING BUT BLACK
AND WHITE BABIES THIS YEAR.
SO THE CALIFORNIA KING SNAKE IS
A UNIQUE SNAK
THEY'RE IMMUNE TO THE BITE OF
PIT VIPERS.
THEY WILL EAT OTHER SNAKES.
IF A FEMALE COMES ACROSS THEIR
AGE WHEN THEY'RE HATCHING, IT'S
A BUFFET.
THERE'S NO MATERNAL INSTINCT TO
THAT'S JUST DINNER.
>> FIONA: OH, NO.
DO YOU GET NERVOUS HANDLE
REPTILES OR AMPHIBIANS?
WITH VENN MOUSE.
YOU'RE CAREFUL.
WE HAVE SPECIAL EQUIPMENT THAT
WE USE WITH VENOMOUS.
WE DON'T PICK THEM UP AND HANDLE
THEM WITH OUR HANDS.
NONVENOMOUS SNAKES, THERE ARE
SOME THAT WE KNOW THAT HAVE
ATTITUDES AND WILL BITE
THIS GUY IS TOO COOL.
I LOVE HIS COLO
THEY'RE OUT IN THE SAHARA.
THEY'RE FOUND IN THE MIDDLE EAST
AND I RAN.
THEY CAN GET 18 INCHES TO THREE
FEET.
>> WE'RE NO IT SURE.
HE WAS A RESCUE.
THEY MAKE GOOD PETS.
NOTICED THE DEFENSE, HER TAIL.
AND THEY'RE CALLED SPINEY TAIL
LIZARD
>> FIONA: LOOK HOW SHARP.
>> THEY DO MAKE GOOD PETS AS
WELL AS BEARDED DRAGONS.
FRUIT.
>> FIONA: HI, SAY HELLO.
YOU'RE ON THE TV.
>> YOUR PRODUCERS IN HERE
EARLIER NAMED HIM.
WE NEVER NAMED HIM.
SHE GAVE HIM THE NAME OF SIMON.
>> FIONA: OKAY, SIMON.
WE'VE GOT A TURTLE.
>> A TURTLE.
>> THIS IS A TORTOISE.
A TORTOISE IS A LAND TURTLE.
A BABY YELLOW FOOT TURTL
THESE COME OUT OF THE AMAZON BAY
ANYONE SOUTH AMERICA.
POUNDS.
CAN SEE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE BREED THESE
ALONG WITH RED FOOT TORTOISES.
THE MOST POPULAR IS THE TORTOISE
SOLD AT EXPOS.
THOSE GET UP TO 200 POUNDS.
THESE ARE SMALL.
POUNDS.
AND, OF COURSE, THIS ONE IS JUST
A LITTLE OVER A YEAR OLD.
THEY'RE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A
SILVER DOLLAR WHEN THEY HATCHED.
>> FIONA: HOW LONG DO THEY LIVE?
>> THEY CAN LIVE OVER 100 YEARS
>> FIONA: THAT'S A COMMITMENT.
>> IT IS A COMMITMENT
IF YOU BUY SOME O THE TORTOISES
GO --
>> WE HAVE A HELPER TODAY.
HI THERE.
LONG?
>> FIONA: WHO IS THAT THAT WE
>> A CORN SNAKE.
THIS IS ANOTHER SNAKE THAT'S
GOOD FOR CHILDREN.
>> RIGHT.
THE CORN SNAKE AND THE BALL
PYTHON ARE THE TWO SNAKES THAT
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND AS PETS.
SNAKE.
SO IT DOES FIND AT ROOM
TEMPERATURE.
ALL?
COOL WITH THAT, FINE.
YOU.
I GROW UP.
CORN SNAKE.
>> THEY'RE GOOD AS PETS.
BRICK RED THEIR RED GETS.