- Hey, good morning everybody, and welcome to the vlog,
and Happy New Year.
I hope that 2020 is gonna be absolutely amazing for you.
I have a pretty good feeling it's gonna be incredible for us
'cause we have so much cool stuff going on,
but as always I'm gonna look back on 2019
'cause it was a unbelievable year,
and we kind of started the year
with the last eggs of the year hatching.
You'll never guess what's going on.
Look at this!
Some more mangroves are hatching.
Little baby mangrove snakes.
There's one little baby out, and we still have five eggs
that haven't even pipped yet.
Oh my god, this is the last clutch of eggs for the year.
It was super awesome to add Ben and Jerry to the collection,
and in 2019 both of these monkeys ate for us
which was pretty darn awesome.
Something that never gets old and that's of course
feeding my two-headed snake Ben and Jerry.
Here you go, guys.
Go.
There it goes.
Certainly one thing stayed consistent in 2019
and that's Lucy still being a grumpy mama.
You're all right, sweetheart.
(air whooshes) Whoa, come on!
(yelling)
So cute that we just got our little baby gators in again
from Gatorland, and ironically enough it was this time
last year that we got these huge monkeys
that are behind me right now.
Look at how cute.
(gator chirps)
There you go, buddy, there you go.
There he is, he just swims right over there.
We went on one of our dream vacations this year
to Italy, right?
Did you enjoy that?
- Yes, oh, yeah, I guess it wast this year.
It feels a lot longer (laughs).
- Yep, it was pretty fun.
Welcome to Rome!
And that's right, this is the view from our balcony.
The Pantheon right there.
How awesome is that?
You always hear about Michelangelo's Statue of David.
Well, guess what?
It is right there.
How crazy is that?
That's it, that concludes our first gondola ride.
What did you think?
- So exciting.
(laughs)
- From a guy that used to be afraid
of tarantulas, guess what?
We build a tarantula wall.
This rack is about to look a lot different.
(upbeat dance music)
Got to play with some spitting cobras.
You guys might realize that I'm wearing some glasses here
because this guy is actually a little bit
of a spitting cobra, this is a rankles cobra right here.
Unbelievable animal.
That's some huge tarantulas.
- Whoa, you almost got, god!
- (laughs) I was repositioning the GoPro,
and that thing just spun around on me
like you can't believe.
Of course you guys know that I love my girl Bella,
and guess what?
She is now on my leg forever.
I got a tattoo of my girl Bella.
(upbeat funky music)
My 20 foot snake Lucy got pregnant again.
I'll tell you what, guys, that is strange.
She literally doesn't want to eat,
But I tell you what that probably means.
See how kind of expanded she looks right now.
I have a feeling that she's starting to grow follicle.
We actually had a birthday party
for a bearded dragon named Rango.
We are actually having a bearded dragon birthday party.
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
- Oh my god, guys, this is so awesome.
(laughs) I just love it.
- I was down Atlanta, and I got to play with an anaconda.
Unfortunately it wasn't as tame as Verde.
You're gonna be mad, aren't you?
This of course is a beautiful green anaconda.
She's a little feisty, I'm not gonna lie to you.
She already took a couple a pops at me,
trying to get up (air whooshing)
What, there she is, whoa!
And speaking of Verde,
this picky little monkey finally ate.
(chill music)
And there you have it, Verde ate a little chick.
Went out to my buddy, Forest, and I bought 200 snakes
from him including some absolutely amazing
scaleless corn snakes.
Chorus is actually throwing this one in
'cause he's a good friend of mine,
and he's doing me a solid.
So regardless, that thing is amazing,
but we have so many other cool corn snakes.
I'll show you the highlights as we pack,
but we have a couple 100 snakes to pack up
before we hit the road.
Of course we got our girl Matilda,
and, Lauri, you were so excited.
- It was very exciting.
- I know, never seen Lauri cry before for an animal.
(laughs)
Oh my gosh, what do you think, Lauri?
- I'm in love.
I'm so excited (crying).
- [Brian] (laughs) Lauri's always crying.
Oh my god.
- Oh my god.
- I did a tour with a guy named Ryan dressed up as Deadpool.
Take a little bit of a break here and tell you guys
that Deadpool showed up.
- What's up?
- And I headed over to Ohio to swim
in a 58,000 gallon aquarium.
Saw our predator fish right?
- Predator tank, yes.
- So what could go wrong swimming
in a 58,000 gallon predator pond?
(laughs)
All right, let's go check and see what we can find.
(upbeat music)
Got a chance to go out and hang out with the Dolan twins
and introduce them to a bunch of cool animals.
Three, two, one.
(gags)
Got our first ball python clutch of the year.
I am super excited that we are about to pull
a clutch of snakes that isn't a children's python.
- Yes (laughs).
- So we get our first clutch of ball pythons
for the year.
We caught our king snake laying eggs.
She's laying eggs right now. - She just started.
- [Brian] She just started laying eggs.
- I checked her earlier and there was none.
- Okay.
Guys, the first colubrid clutch.
- Of the year (laughs).
- First colubrid clutch of the year.
This may not be a real cobra.
This is a false water cobra,
but we did get a chance to sex
some little baby deadly cobras this year.
There you go, little buddy.
He's striking, that's for sure.
Jesus, there he goes.
Now I can actually just get him on the tail
just a little bit.
There he goes.
Looks like it's gonna be a boy.
Yep, see you got two hemipenes there.
We're gonna try to put some really fast African cichlids
in with Bowser this year because last year
it didn't work out so well.
Sure enough we came in this morning, and unfortunately
the Oscar and the catfish were eaten.
He had actually eaten him.
There was no sign of him at all.
I mean we didn't see him eat him.
There was just no fish, they weren't in here.
We had another snake get egg bombed,
but thankfully we were able to save her life.
I'm gonna go ahead.
Oh, you can see I burst the egg, that's what happened.
Now I just have to see if I can't get that egg
out of here somehow.
You can see right here, see, right there.
All right, that's the egg that I wanted
to get out right there.
Oh, I busted that one too which is good.
Oh, did you see that, just popped out the last two eggs.
And she's completely void of eggs right now.
We had some baby skinks born,
and oh my god, were they adorable.
Oh my god, I see one little baby.
I don't know if there's anymore, but oh my god.
- They're all over here. - Oh, look at that.
Oh, they're so amazing!
Look at how feisty that little monkey is.
Oh my god, I am just so excited.
Wow!
- Awesome!
What a way. - What a way to start the day.
- Oh my god, a great way to start the day.
When I started this vlog, I never expected this to happen.
That's right, we hit a 1,000 vlogs.
So what does the future have to hold?
I'll be honest with you, I have no idea.
I know that I'm gonna do everything I can possibly do
to continue to live my dreams and inspire you guys
to hopefully follow your dreams.
If there's nothing else that you've taken away
from the last 1,000 vlogs and hopefully
the next 1,000 vlogs is to follow your passion
and don't let anyone ever tell you you can't.
Again, guys, I don't know what the future holds,
but I know one thing.
The next 1,000 vlogs are gonna be absolutely epic.
I unboxed Allen, Peggy, my giant toads.
(laughs) Doggy, these things are crazy.
Go, oh my god, you guys are gonna trip out
when you see these.
Look at this thing.
Holy cow!
Hatched out the first geckos of the year,
and they are so cute.
Jessica, what happened?
Oh my gosh.
Well, you had a little gecko explosion, it looks like.
(laughs) - Oh my gosh.
These things literally just in the last 24 hours,
all of these geckos started hatching.
Had a really good year with baby garter snakes
which are course born live, and we had some big litters.
Look at this!
A bunch of baby garter snakes.
Handled Chicken Strip,
and, yeah, it bit me pretty good.
It's crazy in the beginning and then calm straight down.
So hopefully I won't get bit.
We'll see what we got going on.
(chill music)
So as you can see Chicken Strip is a little bit crazy,
and I will say it did take a little nip at me.
Went swimming with RJ my pet alligator,
and I gotta be honest with you guys,
it is one of the coolest experiences in the world.
Again, it's one thing when he's out
and you're kind of handling him,
but I love getting in his pond
and being kind of in his territory, right?
Got to feed a cute little baby kangaroo.
Isn't the most adorable thing in the world?
I tell you what, and of course these little guys
will spend sometimes up to a year in a pouch,
but usually about six to eight months
they'll start to come out and venture around.
So Skippy's at that age where it'll come out,
jump around, and go back in the pouch.
He's absolutely adorable.
Saw a giant anaconda, and, yeah, it attacked.
(upbeat music)
Guys, I tell you what, being in with an anaconda this size
is absolutely incredible.
This is absolutely the largest body anaconda
that I've ever seen.
Oh my gosh, Nova and Lilith had eggs!
Why are we standing in front of Nova's cage?
Because that's right, Nova looks like he's gonna be a daddy.
Good job, mama, you did good up there.
Alright, so what a way to start the day.
We have five eggs.
Finally, baby coluber started hatching.
I did notice when I was looking through this morning.
You see right up here?
What do you see?
That's right, that's the more baby coluber.
Something I thought never would happen.
Perdida bit me.
Okay, guys, so I'm in a little bit
of a precarious position here.
Believe it or not, of all creatures Perdida got me.
(groans) Come on, girl, let go.
Come on, girl, it's okay, baby.
I'm not food.
Got to unbox 25 beautiful piebald ball pythons.
Here, let's get this back back back back back.
Gosh, tell you what, look at what we have here, everybody.
(hoots) That's right, a handful of absolute beauties!
Everyone's favorite season, egg-cutting season.
But we'll jump into these next.
We still have a handful of eggs left to go.
Ooh, and right off the rip, this one is looking beautiful.
(hoots)
Went to Utah, and got to swim in a 28,000 gallon tank
with stingrays and a mermaid.
Having an absolutely amazing time, and you know
it's not only amazing to swim with rays and sharks
and all this stuff, but to swim with a mermaid.
Oh my gosh. - Hello.
- How long have you been a mermaid?
Oh my god.
Went to Moab, rattlesnake hunting.
Beautiful agama down there.
It's the biggest lizard we've seen all day.
Haven't really seen a whole lot of variety.
Really wanted to see collared lizards,
but this is a beauty.
So I'm gonna do the best I can do to go ahead
and sneak up on it.
Catch a lot of world's first this year
including the super lori leopard.
Let's go, number two, come on, man.
I tell you what, I'm so nervous.
I want to get a super lori leopard so badly.
Ooh, we got a super, we got a super Lori!
The problem is I don't know what a super lori leopard
is gonna look like.
We had a couple really cool purple snakes.
Weirdly enough, they're not so purple anymore.
What do we have?
(hoots) Oh, doggy!
Guess what?
All right, so we didn't get the camo,
but we did get the super chocolate banana!
Whereas handling the largest spider in the world
wasn't enough, I decided to put it on my face.
I am really happy.
You're a madman, but I love it.
That is amazing, dude.
Oh my gosh, guys.
I offered $50,000 for a 30-foot snake,
and still no one is accepting my offer,
but I'm here to tell, you guess what?
That's right, me Brian Barczyk right here is saying
if you can bring me a 30-foot snake plus,
I will give you $50,000.
I fed my giant snake Ivy for the very first time.
I just gotta get hurt to go.
Oh, she's gonna have such a strong long strike range.
My girl, don't miss.
Do not miss.
Ah, there she goes.
Ooh, I tell you what.
(groans)
I knew she had a long strike range,
and I'd never fed this girl so I didn't know
what her reactions were gonna be.
She came out just like an anaconda, crushed it.
Certainly one of the most emotional days for me this year
was my mom after 30 years of never seeing any of my places,
actually came to visit the reptarium for the very time.
(chill music)
So, Mom, what did you think?
- Thank you so much.
I'm just totally amazed.
- We celebrated our one-year anniversary at the reptarium!
(chill music)
(clapping)
I took Ivy, and we jumped in Bowser's tank,
and we went for a swim.
I'm gonna go ahead and jump in there and have some fun.
They just basically disappear into the water,
and you can see with that head and the way
the nostrils are it's meant for them to be the majority
of their body underwater and just have that little bit
of her head and nostrils checking up so they can breathe
and they can do their hunting.
One of crazier things this year, we had a Kenyan sandbar
that had a baby stuck in here.
Look at that, that is absolutely crazy.
I'm just gonna gently pull this out, ah,
and hopefully get this all, ah, there it is.
I got it out.
Last chance to produce my Barney ball,
the all purple ball python, and I missed.
I almost got it with the pastel camo banana,
but it wasn't quite the animal I thought it was gonna be.
This is the last egg, you guys.
Oh my gosh, please please please please please please
please please please please.
What do we got, what do we got,
what do we got, what do we got?
Let me see, let me see, let me see.
Definitely a banana, definitely a banana.
Super excited we got my boy, Alma Chino.
This parking lot is usually empty,
but because the game is on, it's a busy day.
So it's gonna be a little weird
pulling out a big snake in a parking lot.
Hopefully, people won't think we're absolutely crazy.
Gosh, it's so gorgeous!
Oh, dude.
What happened to my puppy dog tame alligator, RJ?
He got cranky on me.
He is not happy.
(dramatic music)
Man, this is gonna be tough, guys.
I'm not gonna lie to you.
This is not the RJ I know.
I built Salt and Pepper a new exhibit.
Let's hope we don't crack this sucker.
(chill music)
(hoots) Doggy, I tell you what,
we had a little experiment with Bowser biting a hand.
It was pretty intense.
All right, guys, so back to the moment of truth.
This is what all our hard work has come up to.
Will Bowser actually bite a finger off?
We're about to find out okay.
(dramatic music)
Okay, the moment of truth.
- [Group] Oh!
- My god! - Holy crap!
Oh, he just started, oh my god!
(air whooshes) - Oh, geeze!
Did you see that?
Oh my gosh! (air whooshes)
I cut the last ball python clutches of the year.
We actually have the last clutch of ball pythons
to cut right now.
So I am gonna go inside, and just go cut some eggs.
And here we are with the last clutch of eggs for the year.
Okay, what do we have here?
It looks like we just have a little, what the heck is this?
But fortunately we have to say goodbye to Kelsie.
I hate to say this, but Kelsie is moving on.
There's a lot, and I understand.
I don't need to know the whole details other than the fact
that she's ready for the next step in her life,
and I just wanted to say thank you so much,
and like we've said off camera, you're always
part of the family, you're always gonna be here,
and I'll miss our ball python pulling clutches.
Like, Kelsey, what do you got?
So maybe you'll have to come back next year
just for pull a couple clutches, all right?
- Oh, yeah!
- After two years of failing with Lucy,
Ivy finally ate a pig for Thanksgiving.
Let's just go ahead and jump in and hope it works out.
(air whooshes) (gasp) Yeah!
(hoots) She definitely grabbed that pig!
(upbeat music)
And there it is, guys, she is done.
Right here, someone got engaged at the reptarium.
It was awesome, and I almost blew it.
He's gonna actually propose to her here at the reptarium.
- I'm not gonna tell you anything anymore.
You ruin everything. - I didn't ruin it.
- You talk too much.
You need to just shut up.
Don't say anything about anything.
- Listen, I didn't.
Okay, so I might have said something.
- Yeah, you did.
- Like I mentioned before,
we got cute little new baby Gators.
Jay, you're gonna freak out, dude.
- I'm so excited. - Oh my gosh.
Look at this.
- Somebody come and look at this.
- (laughs) Oh my gosh, look at.
- [Jay] Oh, no!
- Oh my gosh.
- Of course we started the renovation
on the reptarium expansion.
Let's get over there and get started.
This place is about to look a lot different.
Again, ceiling's coming down, walls are gonna come down.
It's gonna be a mess, but by the end of day,
things are gonna start looking a little bit more
like we want them to.
(upbeat music)
Heading to Kevin over at NERD's place to see
the rarest white cobra in the world,
and while we're were at it, we met Perdida's mom.
I am so excited to meet this animal,
and it's gonna be one of the coolest things I've ever done.
- [Kevin] Then she bit the wall, and then she did this thing
where she comes forward and goes snap, snap, snap.
- [Brian] This is the snake of my dream.
- [Kevin] That animal has turned into like Satan.
- [Brian] When a king hits you, it pumps you
with so much volume of venom.
That's what makes it deadly,
and they say like a king cobra bite could kill an elephant.
- [Kevin] She's like literally she's like psycho.
Watch you, want to kill you,
that kind of. (dramatic music)
- And by the way, guys, a little tidbit here.
This is actually Perdida's mom.
How awesome is that?
I love building these habitats for the reptarium,
and guess what?
We got to do it all over again for the reptarium expansion.
Yeah, this thing looks awesome.
Stewart!
And then he's onto the next one.
- Look at this one. - I love that there.
- I wanna make that into a shower.
- 2019 was an absolutely incredible year,
but I know 2020 is gonna be insane crazy.
We all wish you
[Family] a Happy New Year!
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