- So how does a two-headed snake shed?
- It literally doesn't look real.
It looks like something off the Muppet Show.
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- Hey, good morning, everybody.
Welcome to the vlog on a beautiful
but somewhat chilly morning here in Michigan.
And I hope the start of your day is absolutely incredible.
I actually got an email today saying someone wanted to be
friends with me on Myspace.
- He created the best website that there ever was.
- And I looked
and it seems that I still have a Myspace profile.
Is Myspace still even a thing?
I haven't logged on to Myspace in, like, 10 years.
That is absolutely crazy.
The internet is a crazy, crazy place.
With that being said,
let's go ahead and head on to the shop
and spend some time with my amazing animals
like Nova the frilly here.
We're actually open tonight.
And one of the things I always talk about
with arboreal animals like Nova
is when you're handling 'em,
they start to get a little bit crazy,
all you do is raise 'em up like this
and they absolutely calm down,
and then you can bring 'em back down
and he'll chill out.
And every time he starts to squirm a little bit,
you just raise him back up high up in the thing.
See, they're arboreal animals,
so they feel good when they're above you.
The same thing goes when you're dealing with, say,
an arboreal venomous snake.
If it starts to come back towards you,
if you just lift it up in the air,
it'll typically go up.
Most of the time arboreal animals won't go down
so you don't have to worry about them
coming back down on you.
Again, that's just a general rule.
Not all animals are gonna do that.
But certainly when you're handling Nova here,
it's one of the things I tell the crew
when they're handling him in front of people,
and then when I hand over to people
here at the Reptarium when we're open,
I tell 'em the exact same thing.
It's just hold him like this,
let him think you're a tree,
and then if he starts to squirm around,
just go like that,
raise him up in the air,
and he's completely fine.
As for now, I'm gonna let Nova go back in his cage.
Go ahead, Nova.
See ya, bud!
Bye!
We'll see you tonight.
So Ben and Jerry are actually deep in shed.
You can see how cloudy their eyes are,
and that means that probably in about a week or so,
or maybe even a little less,
they're gonna actually shed their skin.
Now what's interesting is think about this.
A normal snake will peel its nose and mouth
and then slowly kind of just crawl out of the skin.
But with these guys with two heads connected,
look at right here,
that webbing in between 'em.
Now that doesn't break.
So how does a two-headed snake shed?
That's really interesting.
Now I've had a two-headed snake
and I've even seen the shed
after a two-headed snake has shed,
but it always makes me wonder, like,
how do they get that part off?
Well, we're about to find out with Ben and Jerry
what's gonna happen.
I'm assuming that once they kinda break that skin
away from both their noses,
maybe it splits in the middle?
I'm not 100% sure.
I don't know what's gonna happen,
to be totally honest with you,
but I'm pretty excited about it.
So in about a week or so,
I'll let you guys know how the process went.
Lori's been so busy over at BHB
that she actually hasn't seen some of our new stuff
like the uroplatus lizard and stuff like that,
and these are ones I think you'll really like,
'cause Lori's always liked these leaf-tailed geckos,
so I've gotta show you 'em.
Take a look at that.
- My goodness.
That's kinda really scary-looking, yeah.
- [Brian] It's a little scary-looking,
but it's totally cool, you know?
- Oh my God.
It literally doesn't look real.
It looks like something off the Muppet Show.
- [Brian] I know, isn't that crazy?
- Wow, oh, you know what?
I see all those memes with, like,
the crazy, like, devil eyes,
and they obviously must have made the eyes red,
but it's crazy.
- [Brian] I know.
They're so beautiful, aren't they?
Isn't it, though.
I figured you'd like those
'cause I know you like geckos and stuff like that.
- They are pretty cool.
How old are these?
- [Brian] These are, like, you know,
two, three-year-old geckos.
- Oh, okay.
- [Brian] Full-grown adults.
- Okay, 'cause I was gonna say, they're pretty big.
So they won't get any bigger?
- [Brian] No, this is as big as they get.
- Oh my God, it's so weird.
- [Brian] And then take a look at this girl here.
- Oh my goodness.
- [Brian] Isn't she amazing?
- What is it? - [Brian] She can step up.
She's fine.
- What kind is it?
- [Brian] This is actually a Parson's chameleon.
- Parson's.
- [Brian] Guess what her name is.
- What?
- [Brian] Jade.
- Did you name that?
- [Brian] No, actually, it was already named.
And what's crazy is look at this, how that's,
there's a spot here.
- Yeah, I was gonna say, is that something on her.
- [Brian] And on the other side, look on the other side.
It's got the exact same spot.
- Oh, so it's just a white dot.
- [Brian] It's just her colors.
Yeah, it's just her colors, huh?
- Wow.
- [Brian] Isn't she beautiful?
- She is beautiful.
Now, how big, is this full-grown?
- [Brian] No, this gets, like, three times the size.
Heaviest chameleon in the world.
- Really? Okay.
I thought Guacamole was.
- [Brian] These are bigger than Guacamole.
- Wow.
Very cool.
What's the lifespan?
- [Brian] This is the longest lived chameleon.
They'll live up to 15 years.
- Oh, that's awesome.
- [Brian] Yeah, so Jade is only a year old, so she's...
- Oh my goodness, just a year?
- Yup.
And she's already eating and everything,
doing super good,
so super excited.
So what do you think of our new animals, new exhibits?
- Oh, I love 'em.
I think they're really cool.
I love lizards.
It's exciting to get a lot of new things like this
that we've never had before.
- Real quick, I got a package that just came.
I have no idea what this is.
I know that a few people were sending a few things,
so I don't know what this is.
Let's go ahead and take a look.
Ooh, look at this.
What, what, what?
Applying to your car.
Oh my gosh.
This is actually cool.
This is actually, like, car stickers.
You can actually stick these on a car.
They're like a big magnet.
Oh my gosh, that is awesome.
Take a look at this.
That is so cool.
It's got all kinds of pictures from the Reptarium.
It's got our address, our hours and stuff like that.
Apparently I can just stick it on the side of my car.
That is so cool. I'm not sure who sent this to me.
I'm looking to see if there's any notes
or anything like that.
Nope, no notes.
So whoever did this, thank you.
Yeah, it's pretty freakin' awesome.
You know what I'm gonna do, guys.
I'm actually gonna go stick it on Lori's car
without her knowing
and then see what she has to say when she gets back.
That's cool.
So thank you.
I appreciate it.
So Lori's in her office.
I'm gonna go ahead and put these on her car
and just wait till she comes out.
Maybe I'll bring her out
and say I have to show her something
just to get her reaction
and see what she thinks.
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I think I'm gonna put Salt and Pepper
out on display tonight.
I'm a little bit nervous.
I think I'm actually gonna put salt right here in this tank
because it's kind of a little darker
and she'll pop,
and then I'll put Pepper over here,
and being dark with the lighter tank,
it's gonna really pop.
And I'll pull them back off of display
at the end of the night,
put 'em back in their quarantine,
but I think that they're gonna be ready,
and maybe the slight habituation to being out there
will actually help 'em.
I'm not 100% sure.
But I'm just excited for people to see 'em.
Seems like I talk about reticulated pythons an awful lot.
Of course Sunrise is my Burmese python over there,
and Snazz.
But I wanted to give you guys an update
on these little monkeys here.
Of course this is that hypo granite Burmese python
that I got from my buddy Miguel,
and hoo doggy, that thing is gorgeous.
I mean, take a look at that little dude right there.
Hoo, oh, he's a feisty little dude, too.
Definitely a little bit of a nippy one.
But it's not too bad right now.
I mean, it's definitely chilling out.
And what a gorgeous animal.
Again, this is a hypo granite.
The granite is actually a recessive mutation,
and then when the fire or hypo gets bred together,
it actually produces that, like,
ivory Burmese python,
which is absolutely gorgeous.
Look at you.
What's a matter, little buddy?
Oh my God.
Miguel asked me the other day, like,
how's that snake taming down?
I said, he's actually doing pretty good.
And you can see it's a little bit feisty,
but it's not bad at all.
And of course here is the ivory Burmese python
that I got recently,
and she just shed out,
so she looks so absolutely incredible.
I just think it's such an unusual animal,
the way the white kinda breaks down the middle
where it's different color on top
and then really white on the bottom
and then it has that kinda yellowy head looking thing.
I mean, this is just a super, super cool snake.
And by the way,
I'm thinking about naming it Light Fury because, you know,
I love How to Train Your Dragon,
and we know that the next one coming out,
there's gonna be a Light Fury in it.
But I don't know, let me know what you guys think.
So let's go ahead
and see what Pepper looks like in this tank.
I think it's gonna be absolutely incredible.
And there he is.
He's all the way in the back of the tank right now
hanging out there.
He looks so awesome.
I'll let him get habituated for the rest of the morning
and early afternoon before we open up,
and then probably just before we open,
I'll go ahead and put Salt out,
'cause I don't want any additional stress
to that animal, for sure.
But I think it's gonna work out pretty well.
Oh, I gotta show you, Lori,
I did something special for your car.
- Oh God. - What?
- [Brian] I did something special for your car
I wanted to show you.
- What do you mean?
- [Brian] I think it's really pretty awesome.
- Did you get it detailed?
'Cause I really...
- [Brian] I didn't get it detailed.
Just take a look around.
It's really nice.
Not detailed.
- Looks great.
What the hell is this?
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That is not...
- [Brian] Keep it on there!
- That is not, no,
that goes on your truck.
- That's funny, that's funny.
- I'm not driving around with your face on my car!
- It's frickin' cold!
That's funny.
- I think it's good, I think it's good.
Like it? - No.
- Actually, someone sent it to us.
I don't even, I'm not even sure, but...
- Well, thank you.
It's very nice.
It'll be on your truck.
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- She doesn't appreciate the Reptarium.
- Oh, I appreciate it like that.
- Dang it, no, I was gonna say,
don't tell her she has one on that side.
- [Brian] Perfect.
- There you go. - [Man] All set.
- And then, see, nothing says...
- [Brian] By the way,
your Christmas tree's in the back of my truck.
- I know.
Nothing says ego like your own face on your car.
- Kelsey, what did you do over here?
- Oh, well, I had a little bit of extra time,
so I decorated RJ's pond for Christmas.
- [Brian] Oh my gosh, I love it.
Look at, he's got his tree back.
He's got his lights back up.
Oh, he has his garland over here.
Oh my God, Kelsey, listen,
this is fantastic.
- You know what I'd really like to do
is get him his own stocking.
- Oh my gosh, RJ's stocking.
That's a, we're gonna do it.
We can hang it right over here.
I think Santa's coming to give RJ a little treat this year.
- Or coal. - Or coal.
So Andrea asked where Pepper was.
- Making me nervous.
- I know.
I hope he's still in his thing over here.
I gotta check up on him.
Oh my gosh, I get so stressed out.
I put Pepper over here for tonight.
- [Andrea] Oh, okay, oh my...
- Oh my gosh.
You were about to eat your own words,
and it was the best.
- For a minute I couldn't find him,
and like, oh my God, he's not in there!
But no, I put him in here.
I'm actually gonna put Salt over here, too.
- Awesome.
- [Brian] And I'm gonna do 'em on display tonight.
- We should leave a sticky note on there
so that I don't I don't...
- [Brian] I told Bruce.
I told Bruce.
But at the end of the night,
we are gonna put them back in quarantine, all right?
- Okay, good. - Yeah.
- There for a second my stomach did drop, like,
oh my God, did Pepper get out?
But I'll go ahead and put Salt in this one
and see how she does for the night.
Again, we'll put 'em back in quarantine after.
But I want people to get a chance
to see how beautiful they are.
And there she is.
Oh my God, how awesome is that?
People are gonna love you, Salt.
It's gonna be so beautiful.
And the fun has begun at the Reptarium.
I don't wanna always continue to bore you guys
with all kinds of stuff,
but I just think the fact that people who come
and take the animals out
and get to see Sunrise,
and Pretty's in the background,
and we've got Frangia's up here,
I think that's what makes it so special for me too,
just to see people's faces,
so I always love it when we're open to the public.
So this is definitely a first at the Reptarium.
Of course we have Ben and Jerry,
but what do we have here?
A tattoo of a two-headed snake.
So there you go, two-headed snake.
There you go, two-headed snake tattoo,
two-headed real snake live, Ben and Jerry.
We always love a little Bruce story time here.
- Hi.
- [Brian] What do we have there?
We have a children's python,
we have a durulcal,
we have Jasper's our African...
- Hello, YouTube.
I'm Dominic.
- [Brian] We have Jasper out here, so...
- We're all learning something.
- So we're getting to the end of the night
here at the Reptarium.
Definitely a fun night,
just kinda hanging out with everyone.
Again, I hope that you've enjoyed the journey of today
and I appreciate all of your support.
You guys mean the world to me.
And I truly hope
that you have an absolutely wonderful day, evening,
whenever you happen to be watching.
Can you do me a couple favors before we get outta here?
Can you smash that like button,
turn those post notification on
so you know when I upload a video,
make a comment down below
because I love reading about your beautiful faces,
be kind to someone,
and I promise I will see you guys tomorrow.
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