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- Hey, good morning everybody
and welcome to the vlog.
One more stop before we head by to Michigan
and my zoo of course.
Before we're going to stop at Alligator Alley.
My buddy Orlando got a bunch of cool stuff.
Big snakes, albino alligators, two-headed turtles,
all kinds of stuff.
Let's go inside and have a good time.
And again, I always love coming to Alligator Alley.
Just when I was starting to think about the Reptarium,
this is one of the place that really inspired me
a tremendous amount to kinda
move forward with things.
I looked at his cage and things
that he did that I really liked.
I wanted to really emulate that.
Regardless, there are some pretty amazing animals here.
In particular, this one behind me right now.
Take a look at that monkey right there.
I mean, unbelievable.
Of course, this is alligator snapping turtle
just like Bowser, but this one is 260 pounds.
Whoo-whoo-doggie.
That is one big alligator snapping turtle.
One day, hopefully, Bowser will be that big.
I tell you what, you guys know
that I love my Salty albino alligator.
To think that one day, she's going to be this big.
I just can't wait.
I know she's gonna be big.
I know it's gonna be harder to take her out
and hug her and cuddle her and all that type of stuff,
but look at that animal.
Gosh, I tell you what,
that is like a dream come true, you know
and I know that it's just a few more years away
and Salt will be this big.
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Wow, guys, I tell you what,
being in with an anaconda
this size is absolutely incredible.
This is absolutely the largest bodied anaconda
that I've ever seen.
I tell you what, I was in here about a year ago
and I was impressed that she's even bigger now.
I tell you what, she's gotta be a good 2,000 pounds.
I mean, that is one big animal.
And one day, Verde will hopefully be this big.
It takes a long time with anacondas.
Lots of food, lots of time.
I have my work cut out for me.
But again, in my mind, I want an anaconda
just like this girl right here.
It's the most impressive snake.
And they are so strong and so incredible.
I tell you what, this is just an amazing experience
just being in a cage this size.
She is big there would be no way I could ever pick her up
because she is just, look at this size of her.
And again, that head and the fact that
(sighs) she is just so incredible.
And listen guys, the thing that's interesting
about anacondas is the fact
that they'll strike kinda backwards.
So if I get right over here and she thinks I'm food,
she'll come whipping around and just grab me up.
I tell you what, that is an animal
that you have to pay a lot of respect to
because it is absolutely stunning.
Wow, look at this thing.
Whoo.
(grunts)
Just look at the size of that sucker.
Wow.
That's just stunning.
I can literally barely pick up 10% of her body
let alone the whole thing.
(sighs)
I'm in love with it.
And again, one day, I know, I'll be doing this with Verde.
Oh my gosh, take a look at these guys right here.
Oh my God, they are absolutely adorable.
Of course, this is an albino common snapping turtle
not the alligator snapping turtle.
These are from more up in the north.
But these are the true albinos, oh my God.
That is unbelievable.
I would really love to add that.
Maybe I can add that to Bowser's pond
and have more than one turtle in that pond.
I'm not sure, regardless, I absolutely love these guys.
Another turtle that is absolutely incredible.
Of course, you know we have the two Mata Mata turtles
at our place that are pretty decent size, right?
Well guess what.
That's how big they're gonna get.
That thing is absolutely incredible.
I mean, that's probably 20-22 inches of carapace.
Of actual shell space, not to mention the huge head.
Oh my God.
That is absolutely incredible.
Of course, it's gonna take a long time
for Mata Matas to get that big.
I mean, these guys are probably 25-30 years old.
Mine are only a couple years old,
so it's gonna be a big difference,
but nevertheless, for you guys
that have seen my Mata Mata turtles,
one day, they're gonna be that big.
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Guys, I love these animals
and the reason I have gloves on is
they have some incredibly sharp claws
and when they dig in on you, you will feel it.
But of course, this is a Bell's Phase Lace monitor
from Australia, unbelievable.
One of the coolest monitor lizards in the world,
in my opinion, and again, what I'm trying to do
is just let him keep climbing
but I don't want him to climb on my skin
because trust me, these guys are so arboreal,
they have little daggers for claws
and if they get ahold of you,
you'll be left like minced meat
but what I an incredible animal here.
Whoo-doggie, that thing is amazing.
Wow.
Didn't expect to see this today,
I am pretty darn excited about it.
Oh my gosh, guys, I remember seeing these two little monkeys
when they were just little tiny like the size of a quarter.
Of course, this is Cheech and Chong.
The two-headed snapping turtle.
These are common snapping turtles.
I think they're absolutely incredible
and again, they were just the size of a quarter
and they're obviously doing so, so well.
Absolutely a really good example of a two-headed turtle.
As you guys know,
a lot of the two-headed turtles don't make it,
two-headed snakes don't make it.
In this case, these guys have been thriving
but I'm gonna be totally honest with you,
you think you've seen some weird turtles,
Cheech and Chong are no where near
the weirdest turtles you're gonna see.
I'm about to show you something that will blow your mind.
And I think that I probably am not letting you down
when I said, you're gonna see something
that is gonna trip you out.
This is actually Beavis and Butthead.
And again, it's a two-headed common snapping turtle.
The only difference is, instead of having two heads
like that, guess what,
got one head here and you got one head here,
and then if you really wanna get tripped out
you've got a tail and their butt is right there.
Now these guys will actually have two front claws
but they only have one on each side of the back.
And you see this side doesn't have them at all.
So what a crazy, crazy mutation.
Again, I saw these at the same time
as I saw Cheech and Chong,
when they were little tiny things
and I'm gonna be totally honest with you,
I didn't think there was any chance
that these guys were gonna actually survive
and here we go, three years later
and you have maybe one of the most wild, crazy animals
I've ever seen in my entire life.
I tell you what, this is a crazy one.
It is definitely upset.
This is actually Arnolena.
Oh, she's got some sharp nails,
but the difference with this girl here
is that her back shell is actually partially like,
I don't know, it's like kinda just missing a little bit.
So, it kinda looks like it has really big legs
and thighs, I mean, that thing looks crazy, wild.
And again, it's obviously doing really, really well.
What an unbelievably bizarre animal.
I love really weird stuff, you guys know
that I'm always into that type of stuff.
Arnolena over here is definitely
one of the freakier animals I've ever seen.
And another weird turtle.
This one doesn't have multiple heads
or missing parts of it's shell, but it is missing pigment.
We've seen the t-negative with their normal albinos
over at Alligator Alley on exhibit.
This would actually probably be like a t-positive
because it's not an albino with red eyes
but it certainly is an albino or lacking a ton of pigment
and for a common snapping turtle,
it is unbelievably gorgeous.
And he has a few of these
and to the best of our knowledge,
there's no other ones in the United States
so it's pretty cool and it's an honor
to be holding something as amazing at that.
So, I think that wraps up the freak show part of this vlog.
Orlando let us see some of his private collection.
He actually breeds Burmese, he breeds boas
and a bunch of other really cool things as well.
This was an animal that I fell in love with.
Of course, you guys know that I have my Ivory Burmese python
but it actually has blue eyes.
This is actually black-eyed Lucy.
Absolutely stunning.
As for a Burmese python, this is about as white as it gets.
You can see a little bit of yellow in it
but it's about as white as it gets.
And this is an unbelievable animal.
And I've told the story so many times,
that one of my loves for Burmese really started
with a white Burmese python that Bob Clark had
years ago, when I was like 18 years old.
And it was about this size, maybe a little bigger
and it just blew me away.
I was just like oh my God, what an amazing animal.
And one day I sure hope that I would have one.
And in this case, I have a little small one
that will eventually get this big.
This thing is unbelievable.
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What an absolutely insane experience.
That anaconda was crazy.
All these animals are crazy.
The turtles, oh, what the heck.
This was absolutely incredible.
I hope you guys enjoyed this vlog.
Let me know in the comments
which animal you thought was the craziest, the freakiest,
the wildest, whatever the case is.
As for now, I'm gonna get in the car,
head home, and get back to the Reptarium.
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And we made it back to BHB.
It is uh, like what is it?
It is 2:30 in the morning,
we are absolutely crushed.
Jay is loading the gear in. - Hi guys.
- We're gonna get in here,
shut the vlog down, get some rest
because we got to start the day early tomorrow.
I hope that you guys enjoyed this adventure
at the Dells, Wisconsin, I had a great time.
Let me know what you guys think.
In the meantime, I love your beautiful faces.
Have a wonderful day.
Be kind to someone and I promise,
I will see you guys tomorrow.
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