- Wahoo doggy!
That is one unusual snake!
But there is no doubt.
We have a bunch of really interesting snakes.
No more wild than this snake right here!
Woohoo Doggy!
This is actually an egg eating snake from Africa.
So yeah, a snake that actually eats eggs.
I mean, that thing is absolutely ridiculous.
You can see this has a little bit of a puff, right there
and it's actually a little feisty monkey, too.
So, there are definitely a bunch of really unusual
anima- whoa.
There's a bunch of really unusual animals with teeth.
Wahoo doggy.
This thing is awesome!
Certainly, the puffing snake is an unusual snake.
I mean, look at how they puff their neck up
into this bizarre kind of thing.
And that's their defense mechanism right there.
This is a giant Coluber,
that can literally get like seven to nine foot long.
But, they have that amazing defense
where their neck puffs up.
I mean, what an absolute ripper of an animal!
So unique.
So interesting.
I absolutely love this.
Definitely a crazy, crazy snake.
There's no doubt that these Viper poles, oh!
Are absolutely crazy.
And this particular one is definitely icy as could be!
Whoa! What is going on?
These guys are Indonesian little boa.
That is absolutely ridiculous, but wow!
This thing is fired up.
What is wrong with you, Buddy?
They're just so fat and kind of short.
Whoa! They're just so pudgy and so absolutely unusual.
Absolutely incredible animals.
Whoa, come on little monkey.
Woo. I tell you what,
there's a lot punk with this little guy.
There's no doubt about it.
I don't know why it is so upset.
Oh my, oh monkey.
Oh, it's all right.
I would definitely say
that this is an unusual snake right here.
Unusually upset.
- All right guys.
So, look at this absolutely magnificent,
insane snake right here.
Oh, this is a little cheeky monkey.
Gotta be careful what these guys right here.
Because, you see that, ooh, it's ssing up a little bit.
It's a strike posture, right?
It's using that cause it can launch,
which is absolutely insane.
That's magnificent.
I can't believe it.
Look at this cheeky little cute monkey
flicking its tongue like that
because it's sensing all those little senses
and particles of the air bringing it
back into his mouth so it can smell it out.
- This actually an Indian smooth scale sand boa.
And, I think that they're really unusual
in the fact that really their heads, which right over here
you can see that's his head right there.
But then look at its tail.
It's tail, it almost looks just like its head.
And of course that's his defense mechanism, right?
So in the wild, if an animal comes up
it's not gonna know which is tail
and which his head is.
Just really unusual animals.
These guys are actually foreign.
Really pretty actually believe it or not.
They're like orange with like banding on them.
And then as they get older, they turn kind of brown.
It's kind of not as pretty, but still.
I absolutely love these guys.
A live bearing snake from India.
Cool as could be.
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Every snake in unique and unusual in its own right.
I mean let's face it.
I mean, these things don't have legs.
They're absolutely incredible.
But the Madagascan tree boas have a little bit of attributes
which are really unique to snakes.
I mean, they have that really fat head
that makes it look almost venomous.
They have that really unbelievably cryptic pattern.
That is again makes you think that it's a venomous snake,
but it actually is a boa from Madagascar.
A tree boa from Madagascar.
Absolutely wonderful snakes.
I've wanted to get these my entire life
and to have a pair of these Mandarin face,
sanzinia, absolutely incredible.
I mean, look at the face on that thing
and those big heat pits that they have in the front there.
Just a really unique animal that is unbelievably awesome.
- All right guys, today,
I wanna show you this hundred flower rat snake.
I mean, come on.
Isn't this the craziest snake you've ever seen, like,
ooh doggy, he's a (indistinct)
somethin', somethin', somethin'.
Isn't this crazy? I mean, to think that you can actually
find these in the wild.
People breed them.
We've actually bred them in the past,
I think, not a hundred percent sure.
This is a great way to start off the day.
- But I think one of the most unusual
and awesome snakes that I've been in love with
for so long are actually the Cape file snakes.
These guys are absolutely just the most bizarre thing.
And I actually fell in love with them on a trip down
to South Africa when I was down in Durban
with my friends, Ralph, and he mentioned how tame they were.
- A species we work with, yes.
- (Brian) And you guys, these are not venomous.
They got, uh, they have a good
feed response though, it seems, huh?
- Yeah, they do.
They don't normally bite.
I've actually never been bit by one of these.
- We've got the first bite that he's ever had. But-
- I'll actually tell you why he's bit me.
In the wild, they eat other snakes,
and we've just been handling a whole bunch of house snakes.
My hands smell like - (Brian) smell like
house snakes. - Yeah.
So basically these are the Cape file snakes.
They found throughout South Africa.
One of my favorite indigenous species to work with.
The cool thing about them is that ridge along their back.
And it actually almost feels like
it's their spine coming out of their scales.
- (Brian) It is unbelievable.
I mean, it literally feels like bones.
And that's the thing, I mean, these guys move weird.
- They don't constrict typically
like your normal (indistinct).
They kind of just muscle through.
- (Brian) It's crazy.
Well there you guys go.
I mean, these, these things are absolutely incredible.
Typically they're docile.
We've seen the first snake bite that he's ever
had with them.
And ever since then
I've been absolutely obsessed with them.
Just thinking they're one of the most interesting snakes.
I mean, again, we've seen those dragon snakes that come
from Southeast Asia.
These guys have that same scalation.
Where if you feel'em, it's almost like sandpaper.
Not to mention, just like Ralph had mentioned,
you almost feel like it's a bone down their back,
but it's not. It's just the way they are.
And unfortunately, these guys are extremely rare to get.
Sometimes there's some other file snakes that come
into the country that are wild caught.
And, number one, what I don't want get a wild caught animal.
Number two really Cape file snakes don't come in this way.
So it took me over three years of begging all my friends
in South Africa that were producing them to get these guys.
There's only a handful of people in the entire country
of America that are actually working
with the Cape file snakes.
And I have a prediction guys.
Once we all start producing, these are gonna be
an unbelievably popular snake.
I mean, I think they're the most unusual
and interesting snake that I work with for sure.
And I love them to death and I can't wait for a couple years
from now when I can actually produce these guys.
I don't know if I'll even sell them
cause I'm gonna love them so much,
I'm just gonna keep them all.
But I'm telling you what, keep an eye out
for Cape file snakes.
These guys are ridiculous.
- Woo doggy, look at this thing right here.
This is a two-headed 80 special.
- Holy cow, this copperhead.
Woo woo. Woo.
This thing got quite little (indistinct) in it.
This thing looks like you can do yoga
at four clock in the morning
on the extra channel that nobody watches.
A Rubiks.
Come on (indistinct). Let's go!
- Look at that posture.
It's posture.
- Just doing a quick checkup on my girl, Neo here.
She seems to be settling in really good to the enclosure.
Absolutely amazing.
By the way, look at this water bowl that Jessica made.
That's really cool.
She did an amazing job.
So Neo seems to be climbing a bunch, hanging out a bunch.
Was out last night at the rep Terra for people.
So an absolute hit.
Just happy to see Neo over here, finally at the Reptarium.
Again probably only about a month
is gonna be in this enclosure.
and that's gonna have to get moved up to something else.
So we've got some rearranging to do.
That time again, we've gotta get all
our male ball pythons in with the female.
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Take a look at this. This is actually
a banana sitting lori, unbelievable.
Breeding it to a Lori pin stripe.
And we have two big weather fronts coming through
over the next couple days where barometric pressures
are gonna drop that spurs on breeding.
So it's gonna be really important to kind of monitor
and get the right females in with the right male.
Moving along, I tell you what, it's exciting.
We're not too far off from eggs and you know
the breeding scene's gonna last another
four or five months, but man
it is gonna be exciting.
Guess what I actually get to get outta the reptarium,
head about two hours west, over to the Grand Rapids area,
to see my little grand baby.
Let's hit the road.
We're heading to the west side of Michigan to our place out
there to of course see our daughter, grand baby.
We're gonna be doing some sledding.
We've got the dogs with us.
We've got Lori in the backyard side.
So excited.
We're gonna do some skating on the ice.
So couple hour drive and we'll be there.
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Of course, we're here to see my little grand baby,
Nathan James.
I think he's staring at you weird.
- He's pooping.
(laughing)
Well, there's finally snow on the hill.
So that means we're gonna do a little bit of tobogganing
and we're gonna actually gonna go skate on the lake.
- Wish me luck.
- (Brian) Good luck.
- I'm not very good at steering.
Now I have one less hand.
- You're gonna be fine. Gotta hold it.
- Gotta hold it?
- You gotta hold it.
- How am I supposed to?
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(laughing)
- Zeus, don't poop in the. Don't poop in the path!
- Hey Buddy
- (Brian) Darn dog.
(laughing)
- Dang man, he's poopin' all over, all our stuff, man.
- Zeus sissy, don't. What are you doin'?
My gosh.
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- You're blinded.
(laughing)
You got your beard back.
(laughing)
Man, that was awesome.
C'mon Keesh.
Oh no.
Ohhh
(laughing)
Hockey time. Lacing them up.
(shovels scraping)
(upbeat music)
(dog whining)
(skates scraping)
- Here comes Baby Nathan out to watch us.
Hey, hey Nathan.
Such a little igloo man.
Such a little Eskimo baby.
(laughing)
Is he going to have fun with this hill when he gets older?
- Oh yeah
- (Brian) Oh my gosh. I think the dogs are having fun too.
(laughing)
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