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- Oh, my gosh.
So, I absolutely love Gatorland.
I mean, take a look at all of these alligators here.
Oh my goodness.
I want to go in and just play with them.
I mean, and of course ours,
the ones that we got shipped back here
are probably going to go in enclosures that are similar.
Since it's about this size a little bit smaller,
so they might go into something else.
But look at all of these alligators here, oh my gosh.
Oh, they're so cute.
Like I said, I want to just jump in there
and just cuddle with them they're so amazing.
I love Gatorland.
I've said this a million times.
Anytime you come down to Orlando,
if you don't go to Gatorland, you are missing out.
This place is absolutely amazing.
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And of course I am with Mike and my girl,
Savannah! - Super Savannah!
- Super Savannah.
- Guardian of alligators and crusader for crocodiles.
- And extremely loud person, but I love her to death.
We are going to have a great time today.
These are two of my favorite people on the planet.
I love you guys so much.
So what are we doing right now?
I'm going to quiet so we don't scare the alligators.
- Our alligators get really scared of stuff, right?
Like, they know they're protected here
they get really scared.
So what we're going to do is
we've never done this before in Gatorland with you.
(all laughing)
We've done it, but actually never like this.
So we're going to try to go down onto this deck.
- [Brian] With all those alligators?
- With all those alligators.
- [Brian] All right, let's do this.
- Soon to be super intense.
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(water splashing)
- So, the idea was to sneak up on the alligators,
and they were all up on the thing,
and we're going to sneak up and we--
we were going to sneak up and hopefully jump on there
and see them all jump into the water.
But they were onto us.
I mean, they all jumped in the water
before we could even get there.
So, it was a good plan.
- It was a good plan.
You know, our alligators are kind of weird.
You haven't been here in a while to be fair.
And they probably just forgot.
- They just must've forgotten.
- And they're like, oh, that's just Brian.
- Yeah, they don't, they don't love me
like they love Savannah.
(Brian chuckling)
And you guys know that we're actually picking out
some of the little baby alligators
to replace the bigger ones that we ship back.
These are the babies we're going to be bringing back.
Look at how cute they are.
Oh my gosh, tiny little baby alligators.
So we're actually going to get six
of these little babies here, these exact ones.
And then we're getting five of the yearlings
that are going to be about half the size
of the ones that we shipped back.
And they'll go into that tank
with the other one that we have.
So we'll have a total of 12 alligators, that is cool.
But these guys are so cute, oh my gosh.
Aren't they cute, Lori?
- Yeah, look at this guy, he's real spicy.
- [Brian] That's the one that we need to take home.
- I miss them being this tiny, I'm excited.
- So this is the first time you've been here during the day.
One time, Lori came actually at night after it was closed.
We were here with Omar Gosh
and we did some kind of fun stuff that night.
But you haven't been here in the daytime what do you think?
- No, this is all, like I said, new to me,
it was just like a big dark maze that one time.
- [Brian] Isn't it cool?
- No it is, just that I can't believe.
I mean, it's Gatorland, but holy crap,
there's a lot of gators.
- You haven't even seen--
She's seen like 10% of the alligators here, trust me.
Just wait until you see the real big alligators.
There are-- oh, you're going to be blown away, trust me.
We're heading off to alligator island.
And actually, we're going to feed Nile to,
the huge Nile crocodile.
I got some hog legs, that should be pretty fun.
So we got these giant alligators right here.
I love this Island.
It's definitely a really cool place over here.
- Oh Lyle.
- [Brian] Oh, oh, is Lyle coming?
- Oh, come on, Lyle.
- Come on, Savannah!
- [Brian] Lyle's gonna eat ya!
Savannah, you're nuts.
- But you know, it's about 60% that it'll work.
- [Brian] That's better than half. I'm loving it.
I like the odds.
Oh, here comes Lyle.
He's like, I know something's going on.
- So Mike is trying to actually get Lyle to turn around so
that we can go this way to actually feed it.
But right now Lyle's girlfriend is over here facing this
way. So, so see if Lyle does it.
- [Brian] Big crocodile, huh?
- That's one big crocodile!
- [Mike] Think I got to give him one.
Just to get him started.
- [Brain] There he is, now he's...
(Brian chuckling)
The words you never want to hear when you're
in with crocodiles. Uh oh!
- So you go try and film from there too?
- [Brian] Heck yeah!
Gotta get that first person action, you know what I mean?
- [Mike] So all you gotta do is
get his attention with that hog leg.
- [Brain] Yeah.
- He's coming.
- [Brain] Yeah, he's coming.
- So hopefully he stops. And then if not,
you're just gonna have to run down the walkway.
- [Brian] Yup.
Come on buddy.
Come on, come on, come on.
You ready?
- [Mike] Don't hand feed him!
- [Brian] Ready? Ready, bud?
Up. Up, up, up, up.
Oh, there you go. There you go buddy.
Woo. I tell you what!
- [Mike] Got two behind ya.
- [Brian] What are you doing, silly monkey?
What are you doing?
- [Savannah] Watch over here, too!
(Brian laughing)
- They're surrounding me!
Look at Lyle, oh my gosh.
Listen to that.
Listen.
That is amazing. I mean, that is absolutely--
What are you doing over here? You got in my way.
- That was gonna-- that one's a creeper.
That one came up on the right side.
(Brian laughing)
- [Savannah] I think they teamed up, that one was
coming from there trying to get you to go over here.
(Brian laughing)
- [Brain] It's like push him this way.
(Savannah laughing)
- [Mike] That was good.
- [Brian] Oh my God. That's amazing.
I tell you what guys.
That's a feeling like you can't imagine a big--
Delilah's coming? Does she need--?
(All laughing)
So now the interesting thing is--
- [Mike] They're just throwing food over there,
they're getting them all riled up!
(Brian laughing)
- So the thing I love about this is that we have
an alligator right here that's guarding the fence.
We've got Lyle, is guarding the fence,
and we've got Gators here. So,
so these guys are going to have to make a swim for it.
- Yeah, like where am I going?
- [Brian] You stay over there.
You stay over there. Go, go, go go go!
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- We're in a pretty iconic enclosure right here.
This of course is Bone Crusher, the American crocodile.
And yeah, I know I'm all over the place.
I'm just too excited. I'm too excited.
So how long have you had him and
what's the story behind them?
- [Savannah] So Bone Crusher The First
was the original crocodile here at Gatorland.
American crocodiles live in Florida
naturally along with alligators.
And so Bone Crusher was the first crocodile
here in Gator Land.
Owen Godwin brought him here.
He was the biggest crocodile anyone had ever seen.
And there was a reward for a thousand dollars.
If you could bring any crocodile that was bigger than Bone
Crusher, no one ever cashed in that reward.
- [Brian] Wow.
- Yeah. So Bone Crusher is definitely a part of
Gatorland family, Gatorland heritage.
And this is his son!
- [Brian] This is his son.
And he came here without teeth, you said?
- His son went to a different facility and lived most of his
life. But then he came back When that facility closed down.
He came back with no teeth-
- [Brain] Right.
- Well we've been feeding him lots of bones
and now he's growing teeth again.
- [Brian] Wow, I mean-- does that ever happen?
I mean, is that like, common?
- That is not common.
- [Brian] Wow, that's crazy.
- So usually when the Aviola closes over--
- [Brain] You always use those big words, you know!
- [Savannah] I do!
But I did a lot of research on this to figure out
how we could get him teeth again.
Not that he needs him cause he could
drag you in without the teeth. But, but yeah.
So he's starting to pop little teeny teeth back for the
first time.
- That is amazing. I love, I love stories like that.
- [Brian] Excited, Lori?
- Yeah!
- [Brian] This is more your speed.
- Well, I don't know.
I hear they're really fast and go for the eyes.
- [Brain] They go for the eyes, what Mike said, right?
(all laughing)
- [Handler] Ben and Jerry.
- [Brian] Oh, Ben and Jerry! That's perfect for it.
- [Lori] We got a Ben and Jerry too.
- [Handler] Oh, I'm so sorry baby.
- [Brian] Come here baby.
Come on.
- Which one's Ben? Which one's Jerry?
- [Handler] All right. Let me see their faces.
I think that's Ben and this is Jerry.
- [Brian] Hey Ben.
Well, what do you think Lori?
They're cute. Aren't they cool?
Shouldn't we get a couple of these?
- Yes, they do!
So these guys actually love their chin scratches.
So if you get a little bit closer with the leaf lettuce
he's going to cheat and go for the whole bucket.
So if you get a little bit closer you can
go with your other hand and go under the chin.
They like their chin scratches.
Oh my goodness. Look at him, leaning into it.
And then if you go on the back and start working to the
belly, sometimes they'll actually present their entire belly
because they love their belly scratches,
they cannot get enough of them.
- [Lori] You want belly scratches?
- So crazy enough I haven't been in this enclosure.
So these guys,
the white alligators and the albino alligators,
you guys moved back in October, right?
And this is Trezo, right?
- [Mike] This is Trezo.
- [Brian] Yeah, he is absolutely gorgeous.
Look at him,
just sitting there like a statue, he's ready for some
food. So let's go ahead and give him a little treat.
Ready, buddy? Ready?
There you go. (all laughing)
You're so cute. One more little piece for you.
- [Mike] Yeah, he's good.
- [Brian] Ready? Come on, pick it up.
- [Mike] That's a lot of work, holding that up there.
- [Brian] Up, up, up, up, up!
Hey, up, up, up, up!
Oh, you're not doing what I want, but that's okay.
- Sometimes I'll lean forward.
(all laughing)
- [Brian] Yeah, they get confused by that.
- We're a little lenient on the meat.
- [Brian] That's all right, he looks like he's been fed
okay but he is a gorgeous animal. And again, you know,
now that he's in this more natural environment,
obviously you guys have to wash them like once a week,
right?
- [Mike] Oh, yeah at least once a week. And you know,
they like they're dirt.
So sometimes we'll do it on a day and he'll look pristine
and all shiny. And then we'll come in the next day.
And he had been wallowing around in the mud.
So it's like when you wash your car.
It's just Murphy's law.
You probably have to wash it again right after.
- [Brian] Yeah. And I've seen Savannah
do a little bit of work with these guys.
- [Savannah] Car washing. Yeah, I do all the car washing.
- [Mike] Oh, she's the main washer.
- [Brian] She loves it.
Yeah I've seen you in the water with these more than once.
- Sometimes it's hard. You're like, it depends.
He's good and easy. But his brother over here is not.
- He's a pain.
- And Pearl kind of goes back and forth.
- [Brian] Oh, okay.
- So this one's always, always easy.
- [Brian] Beautiful, I love it.
- So this is Azula. Azula is her name.
And she is a Cuban Nile hybrid crocodile.
Now we did not breed her.
Just let me say that. We didn't breed her here at Gatorland.
- No that's like breeding, like the,
I mean you've got the huge size and pretty aggressive Niles
and then the insane athletic Cuban. Right?
That's a great combination.
- [Savannah] Right. And so what you'll have is
one of the smartest crocodiles in the world,
the most agile crocodiles in the world,
and also one of the biggest crocodiles in the world.
- [Brian] Oh my goodness. I mean, it is,
it is legitimately stunning though.
Cause he's you can see the, the, the Cuban in it, for sure.
You can see all that Cuban marking,
especially around its nose and mouth.
But then you got that long jaw, the Nile crocodile.
Oh my gosh.
- [Savannah] And look how long.
So the Cuban crocodiles have longer back legs and front legs
because they're more terrestrial.
So you got all that length back there too.
- [Brian] That is an animal of nightmares. I tell you what.
That is a beautiful animal.
I mean that is stunningly good-looking.
I cannot wait to see this thing when it's 12 or 14 foot.
I don't know. I mean, wow.
I mean, I'm assuming it's probably going to have
the athleticism of a Cuban croc too,
because of those legs, right?
- The lucky part is it's a female,
so it won't get as big as big as like Lyle. Cause I don't,
I don't know that that would be like having a T-Rex on the
premises all the time.
- [Brain] You know you weren't supposed to
breed spinosaurus, right?
No spinosaurus is in the park. (Savannah laughing)
We've seen this movie before, right?
All right. Well, all right.
So come back here in another four or five years and
this thing will be chasing patrons around the park.
Guess what? The Cuban Nile got out of his paddock.
No, but seriously, that's a beautiful animal.
- [Savannah] It is, huh?
- [Brian] You're crazy.
And she caught that.
- You guys didn't get to see that part of it,
but that was sketchy.
- Yeah, she caught that with her bare hands.
I don't know if she's nuts.
- Mike was like, no, I'm not catching it.
And he was like, no, one's touching it.
And then I looked at Ryan and I was like.
- [Brian] I'm catching it. (laughing)
Can you imagine when Azula gets this big and again,
you know we got this little one over here that's even bigger
but I tell you Azula will probably be about this size in the
next couple of, you know, maybe two to three years.
Something like that.
That is going to be absolutely incredible.
I cannot wait to see that animal.
And that's like different level. I mean,
these guys are amazing and I love these news closures.
I mean, they're absolutely incredible.
And like, I always say, guys
make sure all down the description,
all the links to all their social media,
the Gatorland blog, all that type of stuff.
Go pay them some love and make sure you tell them that I
sent you because this place is absolutely incredible.
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- Savannah, thank you so much for always being awesome.
I love you and I cannot thank you enough.
You're always amazing. Like I said,
go show her all--
Instagram, TikToK.
- TikTok! That's where you get to see the Brian Barczyk,
(singing) What you know about love!
- No, I tell you what. Don't-- Okay, go check it out,
but don't make too much fun of me. But no, seriously,
I can't wait till you're coming up.
You're coming up to see us here in mid November.
So you guys I'll put the date down and you guys can come
meet Savannah when we get out there. So thank you so much.
- Thank you! It's always fun having you here.
- I'll tell you what, this is been amazing.
You know, it's kinda what I needed.
I, I kind of told you guys that I was a little anxious and
feeling a little bit, whatever, not so great,
but spending the day here at Gatorland with
Savannah and Mike, I mean,
it's definitely helped my nerves a lot.
So tomorrow morning we head out to get Drogo.
It's going to be pretty amazing.
But look at this. How could you not be really happy?
Right? So although I still feel a little bit goofy,
I definitely feel much better spending time,
just around good people around these amazing animals and
what a great place. Again,
I'll put all the links in the description to their stuff.
Go pay them a visit, show them some love.
Cause they're amazing, amazing people.
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