- [Penn] Hi buddy.
(upbeat happy music) (laughing)
- Hey everybody.
- Hi.
- So, you know the story. If you invite us somewhere
there's a good chance we'll show up.
- There's like a very good chance.
- And so experience Kissimmee and
Kissimmee is in Central Florida.
Invited us to come play.
- Yay.
- So, we're here.
Also, Penn and I met
while we we're reporters in Orlando.
- Not too far from here.
- Yeah.
I tricked her into marrying me.
- Yes.
- Here.
- So Central Florida is very special to us,
and we've never had a chance to explore Kissimmee.
- Right. We've done the parks.
- We've done the parks,
but there's so much more than just the parks.
- Hi.
We're going on a airboat, we're going on a airboat.
- Everyone's really excited about this.
- There we go.
Alright.
Sister.
Mom.
(laughing)
- Here we go.
- [Penn] Yep.
- You guys ready?
- [Penn] Yep.
(loud boat engine)
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- Okay, so right out there, that little dark shadow
on the water is a good, pretty good sized alligator.
That guy right there, I'm gonna say,
is somewhere around 12 feet.
He's a boss.
In this area he controls most of this zone.
It's his spot.
He really won't move a whole lot.
A big alligator like that, once he establishes some
territory, he's gonna set up shop
and live there for most of his life.
(loud boat motor)
(ding)
That gator is what I call a ruin your day kind of gator,
because he didn't go very far, right?
And he wasn't scared of our boat.
I don't know if you noticed that or not.
And so, generally speaking, they say I'm outta here.
But a big alligator, big male alligator, will kinda say,
hey, this is my spot,
I don't care if you're a boat full of people.
I'm gonna, kinda stay right here and
show you that I'm the boss.
Sometimes, you could decide to come
out here and go swimming.
Some people might try and do that.
- [Penn] Thank you, no.
- Yeah.
You just don't know he's here, but this is his zone.
This is his world. This is his house.
It's best to kind of, keep a safe distance.
See how there's that mound of grass right there.
That's not a nest, but that's what it would look like
and the mom will stick right around that nest,
and she'll protect it with her life.
She's like a grizzly bear.
- [Kim] Yeah.
And she won't let anything get near it
without her trying to attack it.
- [Penn] Hey buddy.
How ya doing, buddy?
- [Kim] Just Chillin'
- [Penn] And they just do not give a flip about us.
That's the Irma Rain Line.
See how the trees are like dark right there?
That's how high it got?
- [Tour Guide] Absolutely.
- [Penn] Wow!
(inaudible) (loud boat motor)
- [Tour Guide] So many gators, right back up in there.
(loud boat motor)
- Now, see that log right there?
There's usually a gator posted right up on it.
- [Penn] My mind was playing tricks on me.
I thought that whole thing was a head, for a second.
I was like, Oh!
- This right here that we're looking at believe it or not.
We're about 20 minutes from Disney.
- [Kim] What?
- And this is 100% Disney's drainage.
- [Penn] Ew!
- For storm water.
- [Kim] Storm water, not porta potties.
- No, no, no, they're not dirty.
Originally, Orlando and Central Florida
used to be a big swampy mess.
- [Penn] Yeah
- Really uninhabitable and Shingle creek was
one of the first pioneer settlements
in all of Central Florida.
In Shingle creek and all of this right here
was a main ferry route that you could take
and they would ship supplies and goods and materials
up stream into the heart of more Orlando
and get on a bigger boat
and eventually send it up the East Coast.
- This is, this is the quietest most peaceful place,
I've ever seen.
- Ever.
- I'd like to play a game and see how long
we can as a family,
just stay quiet and just listen. Ya ready?
- [Penn Charles] Okay.
- Go!
- Okay! Okay! Okay!
(laughing)
- Okay
- Alright, let's move on.
(laughing)
- It was worth a try, right?
- [Zookeeper] Two jumpers, these guys can jump
better than any other cat.
- [Penn] Look at him, he's clean his hands
like he thinks he's people.
- [Kim] Aw. Look at him.
Whoa!
- [Penn] And there's the snakes
and I'm just going to keep going.
Just going to keep going. Yep, we're good.
It's a wallaby.
(upbeat music)
- Oh, Hi! You don't have like a thing that says
- [Kim] Aw.
(laughing)
- [Penn] There he is. See?
Hi, buddy!
- [Zookeeper] Because she a sloth and everything,
but a sloth is slow.
So, it take her awhile to chew her food there.
When he opens his mouth, just drop it right in.
You can see those big ol' chompers he's got.
- Oh my goodness!
- [Zookeeper] Sloth's don't have very good eyesight
but they do have pretty good hearing.
They have some adorable little ears under here.
(upbeat happy music)
(laughing)
- [Penn Charles] Now, he just wanted the corn.
- [Penn] Now, you have three children.
- Oh my goodness.
- [Penn] He will be called Corn Mouth.
- I know. You are coming home with me.
Oh. Oh. Oh. Hi.
- [Penn] You like the lense?
Oh, there we go.
- Wow.
(upbeat happy music)
(laughing)
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