Brian Barczyk | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #362

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I'm glad you're getting to see it and I. love. you today's episode is brought to you by. liquid. death today's guest is a man. who. well he knows a lot. about things I don't know. about I've been dealing with. uh issues that have that he would know. about. recently um he's one of the most popular. and.

uh. celebrated reptile and Animalia. men in the. world I'm happy to have him Slither. through our doors today it. is Mr Brian. [Music]. bar. on shine that light on me.

I'll sit and tell you my. stories. sh. me and I will find a song I will. [Applause]. singing Yeah man so I guess I think my. top fears with snakes are and I don't do. people do people come to you suddenly.

like I feel like I feel like snakes. create so much fear in me that right. when I see you I want to tell you about. it right yeah you like you're the. middleman for yeah you know and I'm. really good at getting people over their. fears right you know like that's one of. the things I pride myself on you know I. mean every single week we have dozens. and dozens of people that come to my. reptile zoo that are like I am terrified. and I'm like your pace but I guarantee. you by the time we're done you're going. to be holding snakes like never never. going to happen then they're holding. like a 12ft python you know by the end.

so I'm telling you when I get you to my. place you're going to be holding a giant. snake I'm telling you dang man dang I. don't know if I want it you know I think. I think snakes for some reason create so. much fear in me you know uh why is it. that snake is that fear animal you know. I think it's uh you know I mean goes. back to probably a bunch of things right. biblical number one number two they they. are an you either love them or hate them. right you know what I mean and there's. that that thing I always talk about like. you know I think Howard Stern said the.

thing like similar where it's like if. you love snakes you want to talk to me. if you hate snakes you want to talk to. me more you know what I mean it's like. they're like they're just so interesting. right but for me I've just loved him my. whole life I mean like my first memory. as a kid when I was two years old was up. a ball python at the zoo right and I've. just been obsessed with them me I was. three years old four years old out in. the woods collecting snakes and was that. a Rescue 911 episode do you remember. that Rescue 911 episode no no I didn't. watch it no where that snake I remember. as a kid it was like the scariest one. like a baby was playing with a snake oh.

and it wasn't like an Indian baby like. they do you know yeah like they do it. was like a um Regular just Street like. white B you know local white big snake. huh was big snake it was uh here we go. Rescue 911 snake baby YouTube oh gosh. this is what did it for a lot of America. in the small town Louisiana Independence. Day is a time of cration this is my. Paris is the Paris I'm from I didn't. even know what happened there.

come on. now little terry got bit man my God. little terry got bit okay that's goodly. Jesus Christ dude I didn't realize that. happened in my area till just now so I. can see now why I remember just sitting. there with my mom and watching that and. I knew it was going to be a rough go. well what they did there is they they. used two different snakes right the one. snake was a water snake harmless the. other one was a cotton m so they look.

real similar just for the scare Factor. so yeah that's what most media does. though right you know right the media. makes it scary the Bible made it well a. snake bit somebody in the first eight. pages of the Bible so that's I. me yeah we didn't we didn't start off. well yeah you guys didn't start off well. yeah but I'm I'm here to change. everyone's opinion that's that's my. thing you know I tell you they're great. man do you feel that that's kind of like. your purpose like a little bit of your. mission is to um yeah I mean I think so. I think so I mean I like listen I. there's nothing that makes me happy.

than someone changing my I had like a. 75-year-old woman come in about a year. ago and she's like I am terrified sake. she said I've been having nightmares. about snakes since I was like two years. old and she said and I started like good. memory yeah yeah exactly right but then. she's like so I started like looking. online find your videos I she goes I'm. starting to watch your videos kind of. expose your therapy and then she booked. a private tour with me she says you know. listen I don't even know if I can touch. a snake but I'm coming here for an hour. with you and I said let's just take it. slow we took about 40 minutes just to.

walk around I'd take snakes out then I'd. eventually let her like touch a snake. then eventually she held her first snake. by the time where she was done she's. holding giant snakes and stuff like that. and she's actually come back two or. three times since cuz she's like now I. love them you know so yeah I think. that's it's something I'm really. passionate about and do you uh so you. said when you were small you had a us uh. you ran across a ball python when you. were little yeah yeah I didn't run it. was at the zoo right you know it's at. the zoo it's my first memory I was a kid. first memory my mom said I was 2 years. old have a crazy memory right but uh.

literally I remember that cage I. remember the smell in the air I remember. everything like it was like and from. that time on I was just obsessed you. know just and no one in my family had. snakes everyone thought I was crazy you. know what I mean like I loved them and. uh my Mom hated them she was terrified. of them and uh finally when I was 15. years old after you know whatever you. know my entire life begging her for. snakes she finally let me get a snake. and it turned out it was a burmes python. which is by the way the worst snake you. could possibly get as a first snake cuz. they get like 18t so like my first snake. it was a little baby but the thing ended.

up getting like 18 foot you know and uh. anyways long story short I was like. living in my M's basement at the time I. was like 15 worked at a pet shop and. were you doing drugs or anything at the. time yeah then then I don't do drugs now. I don't do drugs now but yeah but it. wasn't because of snakes it was just. because I was a rock guy you know right. right yeah yeah what I'm just trying to. get the whole picture I don't know if. it's a guy like a kind of a nerdy kid. down you know I don't know if it's a. science kid down there doing volcanoes. doing snakes or if it's a kid like uh. you know what I'm saying who's listening. to some mega death and some.

ACDC a little bit of gas and then. petting something you know yeah well you. know I was always pretty good about not. messing with the snakes when I was uh. you know partying up a little bit but uh. but don't get me wrong I had a snake. room and by time I was like 17 I had. like 200 snakes in my M's basement she. like didn't know she just wouldn't come. downstairs you know and you have you. know when you have 10 snakes what's 12. snakes what's 15 snakes you know I mean. Snak so yeah more snakes but yeah I. ended up having like 200 snakes but the. thing is dude literally I started. breeding snakes 17 years old I made like.

40 Grand in my M's basement when I was. 17 breeding snakes yeah so I yeah so I. was able to L you buying them are you. meeting people Outdoors you meeting. people indoors where are you how are you. getting rid of these you showing up you. got a little is it in like a brief cat. like how are you where how do you even. where do you even meet anybody be. surprised how many people you I've done. a lot of deals in the Walmart parking. lots there's no doubt about that but not. anymore but uh when I was but that was. pre- internet so uh yeah there was like. reptile shows and like you know like. reptile conferences and yeah yeah I've. been now I've been to one of those.

before and that was really oh that was. so alarming dude it was so scary uh and. that that the whole thing just really I. I I think about snakes it's the element. of surprise man that was the same thing. that happened in my kitchen the other. day I get a snake came through and I. didn't know he's there like an animal. you know a little you know you see a. puppy you see a little falcon or. something realistic you know it's it's a. little bit more like oh look at this you. know it's more noticeable maybe it have.

a bell on its neck but if you see a. snake you don't see there's no like they. don't whistle there's no like email in. advance there's no information you don't. hear it licking out of a bowl there's no. and then it's just there I think it's um. it's like you're playing this game a. hide and go seek that you didn't know. you were playing yeah and then you. [ __ ] lost that's how I feel like all. of a sudden when I see him yeah I got. you well I tell you know listen coming. across the snake even I when I come.

across a snake in the wild I'm looking. for him you know I'm out you know I've. traveled all over the world right you. know I mean you I had a series on. Discover Channel you know for the most. venomous snakes on the planet and when I. come across Venom Hunters what was it. yeah Venom Hunters hun yeah it was great. great season one almost died several. times that's all right you know they. wanted me to like they're like you know. hey you know instead of having a nice. big snake hook watch use this little. tiny snake hook or you know let's make. it as dangerous as possible so oh they. want you to die oh they want that's the. producers want you to die bring your. girlfriend bring your girlfriend she'll.

do great but even I like out in the bush. you know when I come across a snake I'm. looking for him and I come across snake. and it startles me for a second if it's. in my living room there I tell you I. literally when I again I was at my M's. basement okay bought a house when I was. 20 years old because I hadn't made. enough money made now you got a lady at. this point I just want to know what kind. of man has these snakes at this point. cuz if I have 200 snakes dude I don't. know how I'm find a time to uh pet a. lady you know what or to feed a lady you. know what I'm saying you got 200 dates. every day yeah no you're right it's a.

lot of work but no I literally still I'm. with my wife Lori for since we're like. 18 19 years old and she wouldn't even. come into my mom's basement when I met. her because she was so terrified the. snakes and now she's been you know. running our businesses for you know 30. years together so so she really the. bookkeeper she no she's Hands-On man. she's she's hardcore you'd be I mean I. tell you you don't want to mess with L. anyone knows that I tell listen I I run. a lot of different things that are all. reptile related but she's the boss. you know what I'm saying like everyone's.

terrified of her but she's a badass. she'll get in with a 18t snake like. nothing you know I mean my employees are. scared to death like I'm not getting in. there things you know me mad today. she'll go get out of my way she'll get. in there but no it's like uh but but so. I I moved out when I was 20 bought a. house okay so you moved out you got a. house you got the girlfriend yeah. girlfriend turned in my wife and had a. kid and stuff like that but I had a few. snakes at my mom's house you left him in. there a few because I was still moving. into the new house right you know yeah. dude that's [ __ ] really mean it was. right but turns out one time I was over.

there you know so I still got to take. care of them right and I accidentally. left one cage open right but the. downside was that snake got out of the. cage and then opened up a bunch of other. cages so my M calls me at like 3 in the. morning how did he do that like. Madagascar yeah exactly like it's like. let all your friends out you know oh my. God I know that see that's the thing. that I don't understand sometimes is how. like do they know more than we think. they know oh yeah.

Jesus oh they're so much smarter than. you think dude I mean most we have. snakes that literally are like ball. trained and what I mean by that is. [ __ ] you know what I'm saying bro no I. think it's great I think every person in. the planet should have a pet. snake including. you let me ask you this man yeah you. touched on it a second ago people on. drugs being with snakes should somebody. that's high cuz first two two questions. one I think I I remember.

my friend Alex had a snake he would feed. it we he would feed his snake dog food. pieces is that possible or was I high me. you're probably high you're probably. high yeah I mean I'm not going to say. that it it can happen I'm just saying. that I've never seen it okay yeah. because I was I've had this memory my. whole life and then I'm like I don't. know if maybe were high so then the. second part is do you think drug induced. people should be around snakes and what. sorry answer no no in listen you know. any animal especially a reptile or a big.

cat or you know something that could. potentially hurt you and you listen a. lot of snakes can hurt you but I'm. talking a bigger snake you we have a. rule that like number one you can't even. go in with a big animal without a second. person with you in our place but uh and. no one can be intoxicated on any level. okay say you have to be intoxicated. right there's a federal mandate you know. and I'm not talking like with the. vaccine I'm talking like federally. mandated you got to be some type of drug. yeah what is the best drug to be on.

around a snake probably marijuana you. know cuz it chills you out you know. maybe they Sense little energy thing or. something like that I know a lot of. Keepers that smoke a lot of Reaper yeah. yeah I yeah I feel like that fits now. what is a drug that would you would not. recommend probably being on around a. snake definitely not like mushrooms or. LSD yeah that'd be a bad idea really. yeah I mean you're barely knowing what's. going on you got some Snak striking at. you you know you think it's maybe a. goblin or something like that is a snake. more likely to strike at you if you have. uh.

sunglasses on uh probably not some. animals would I would say like lizards. like giant lizards and stuff like that. they get a little freaked out by stuff. like that they're more visual you know. what I mean snakes aren't as visual what. about skin lotion like a Veno skin. lotion like a basic moisturizer uh. probably nothing too major to be honest. with you I've never seen anything too. agitated by smells and stuff like that. we get a lot of people in our zoo that. handle a lot of stuff and they there's. all kinds of smells from boui oil to to.

yeah you know Calvin Klein what is I. will tell you something real quick not. snake related if you ever go to like a. big cat sanctuary type of thing with. lions and tigers don't work wear Calin. Klein because they almost all for some. reason spray Calin Klein on boxes for. enrichment so they'll throw the box with. Kelvin Klein in the cage and then the. tiger lion loves it they rub all over it. and stuff so it's like now every time. they smell Kevin Clin they're thinking I. can eat that so don't that's a little. little tip you'll like that tip. when uh how far can a snake see depends.

on the snake you know like a King. Cobra's real visual it could probably. see a pretty good distance you know. several maybe 20 30 yards something like. that uh pythons don't have a lot of. great High Sight you know probably 34. foot something like that can snakes. dance you know like you see a lot of. those videos snakes dancing in other. countries and stuff it's it's more like. a combat for males right so if you get. two male snakes particular species. they'll do like the kind of stuff like. that but they're not dancing they're.

fighting okay yeah is there do reptiles. go through a popularity phase like in. your lifetime have you noticed. popularity phases for certain types of. reptiles or anything like that and what. kind of creates those do you oh my gosh. I tell you listen when I you know when I. was a kid in in the late 80s getting. into snakes and you were like a closet. like snake guy you didn't tell anyone. you kept snakes right now the. homosexuality of animals really well. maybe not quite that bad but but but it. was close though I mean you know what.

I'm saying dude that guy snakes yeah you. definitely got looked at as a freak like. what is that guy that guy's a killer or. something like that but now it's like. liter I think there's like 40 million. households in America keep snakes so. it's crazy how busy I mean it's like. every Pet Shop has them um yeah they're. super popular you know so uh I've just. seen a kind of upward trajectory to be. totally honest with you since the late. 80s early 90s um now it's like so. mainstream to keep snakes you know I. mean everyone like every knows somebody.

that has a snake yeah you got to know. somebody right oh I know a guy right. actually you know what we got a question. from somebody I do know who has. won I'm not going to lie I am not a fan. of theovon never have been never will be. but I love Brian so here's the question. Brian what kind of animal should I get. to put inside someone's house when they. are not home to scare or intimidate them. I don't want any death or violence to. occur maybe just a lot of. fear any advice would be much.

appreciated thank you so much and. interesting how he didn't blink once. during all of that that's true which I. want to say that's definitely reminds me. the mustache is a little freaky too to. be totally honest with you but it fits. his entire. interior complete darkness C heart I. would do something like a like a black. racer blue racer something fast right. that way when you see it it's just like. you know the faster something moves the. more scary it is right and do they can. they go on top of the water even those. oh my God go yeah yeah I was in South.

Africa a couple years back and we we. collected a couple black mambas right. and we wanted to release them and so we. went down to a river and R also yeah. yeah I tell you what black black masas. are I mean they're they're Wicked I mean. they they want I mean listen you know no. snakes are aggressive but they're. defensive but when you start messing you. mck with a black mamba it's quick and. it's willing to bite you and it's not a. good bite as a matter of fact I was at. the the same trip I was at a Venom lab. we did some milking of venom for anti. and just about 3 weeks later the guy.

that I was with got killed by the same. place I was at yeah yeah got bit and. died but uh so we released the black. mambas into this area that had this nice. River and I mean they just glide on the. top of the river it's absolutely it's to. me it's stunning and beautiful this is. them right here yeah I mean they're. crazy and they call them black masas. because the inside of their mouth is. black not because they're a black snake. right they're more like a grayish green. snake to be honest but they're you know. they get like 9 10 foot super whippy and. super willing to bite and they're you. know Ferrari kind of oh yeah they're.

fast dud pory they always say like you. know hey I've been messing with venomus. since I was 15 and and they always say. like the most experienced venomous guy. if you're handling either a Mamba or a. coastal Taipan you look like you don't. know what you're doing that's how that's. how crazy they are like even when you. know what you're doing you don't look. like you know what you're doing damn so. even so at that level a black mamba will. even you will handle it differently you. will have more fear in you at that point. never fear I always say don't fear. respect but I definitely respect a black. mamb tremendous especially if you get. out in the you know the African sun it's.

like 95° Sunny they're soaking up the. Rays you got to remember animals are you. know these animals are cold blooded so. when when it's warm they're faster. because they're higher temperature and. uh I mean I've had a couple you know. real close encounters with black mambas. and Coastal taip pants in Australia as. well but so is it better to put ice on a. snake before you approach it then you. know I wouldn't do that because it's. probably not that good for the snake you. know it's it's not good to cool them. down like that but the cooler they are. the more Mel and if you go in the into. Africa during the winter months which of.

course our summer months um you know. they're they're chill you know cuz it's. cool well here's a question let's bring. this M's backup if you don't mind. Spencer um the the yeah now this snake. right here what what is the benefit of. having that black mouth inside of its. body it's all about uh danger uh you. know threat you know like basically you. know someone comes up it's going to open. that mouth it's going to look really. dangerous get away from me don't muck. with me you got to remember like snakes. don't want to be messed with and they. also don't want to bite you they don't.

want to bite you but they will bite you. if if if you you know get into their. space right then what who's trying to. kill a snake what are they afraid of I. never met anybody trying to kill a snake. or animal oh my gosh snakes are are you. know listen you know it's it's all a a. circle of life right I mean you know but. I feel like it's a freaking coldest I. feel like it it is a damn U-turn of life. for them because I I I what animals. trying to get them oh my gosh so you. know from anything from you know like. Mongoose for instance over in Africa. they're actually immune to the Venom.

they love killing snakes right you know. so and then when there's a smaller snake. birds will get them uh you know I mean. gosh you know Africa's just yeah I've. seen a falcon get one yeah or Hulk yeah. wow yeah yeah I didn't think about that. so that's such a predator too because. you can't even see that coming from the. air that's like if an airplane came down. and got one of us exactly yeah yeah and. then when you have like I said you have. a mongoose or something like that that. literally can get bit and they it's. almost like they get drunk if you ever. you want to go down a rabbit hole just. watch like Mongoose is getting bit by Co. cuz they actually it's like they they.

like walk around get drunk they'll fall. over then they just get right back up. and then go back honey badgers will do. the same thing it's pretty crazy so when. they get bit they it it affects them for. a little bit. it yeah like almost like it's they're. drunk or something for a minute and then. they're like all right I'm ready for. round two let's go happiness doesn't. come easy these days it it can be a. perspective change it can be um a. mission for some for some it's a natural. element for me it's it can be a battle.

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Trust member FDIC start earning Bitcoin. back on all your qualifying purchase. today block.com. Theo do you think it's ironic Australia. was a place where they put all the. criminal humans right yeah at one point. in time I've long thought that God put. all the criminal animals over there too. ironically well you know it's it's are. you surprised that all the criminals of. human and animal it is an irony I hadn't. thought of it that way but it is ironic.

and it it is true that most everything. in in Australia wants to kill you you. know the only difference between. Australia and Africa is that the animals. in Africa kill you and eat you whereas. the animals in Australia just kill you. you know with the exception of. crocodiles crocodiles eat you in a in. Australia as well and I've been I've. been out there with those guys too so. when you guys are hunting uh like do you. go on hunts or what do you go on like do. you go out on a weekend looking like in. your town for snakes do you pack a lunch.

in the morning like what do you do when. you get out there like and what are you. where are you going well there's not a. lot of great stuff in Michigan to be. honest that's why I'm from the Detroit. area but when I go out to to Africa you. know Asia uh you know whether it's. Indonesia or or wherever I'm going um. yeah I mean we're we're like we're there. just to look for usually I'm filming. something you know but at the same time. I I love it even if I'm not filming I'm. my days off or something like that I'm. out looking for stuff and and uh yeah I. mean to I don't know you know I don't.

take them I just like catch them maybe. take some pictures hang out with them. for a minute and then let them loose. matter fact I love letting snakes loose. after I catch them because I think it's. super cool but uh yeah I don't know you. know listen some people jump out of. plane some people have fast cars I like. to play with things that might kill me. you know so it's it's kind of that thing. what scares you then if snakes don't. everything really everything but. reptiles and and animals I mean I'm not. afraid of any cu I've worked with you. know again lions and Rhino you name it I. work a big animal oh hell yeah man I.

don't care I I'm that that's actually. I'm broken a little bit to be totally. honest with you because I don't fear any. animal like you know people are like you. shouldn't do that I'm like let's go you. know like why not let's go let's check. it out and I'm never thinking like i'. listen I've been doing this my whole. life and I've been around the craziest. animals all over the planet never once. have I been to the hospital yet for an. injury nothing not even one time you. know and and and maybe you can call it. luck maybe you call it what I don't know. what it is but I don't ever like think. of it as scary have your children and.

wife been bit uh not by anything. dangerous well my wife did get yeah of. course yeah but do you feel some. responsibility for that not at all they. has their decisions my wife does have a. pretty good scar from a tiger bite in. the leg so that that was a good one. sorry but some of these [ __ ] deserve. it not your lady but I'm just saying I'm. glad to know tigers are on our team yeah. yeah we got a beautiful question that. came in right here from. somebody he looks like a reptile guy to. me he defin yeah he does and I feel like.

he's sending a question before I'm glad. this guy's chiming in here let's hear it. Y what up Theo uh this question is for. Brian I'm actually genuinely curious. what's the worst injury uh you've. sustained while messing around with. those little critters those little. reptiles and amphibians and snakes uh. they look pretty pretty dangerous so I'm. curious uh how long you've been. hospitalized or what what the worst. injury was but uh appreciate you guys. Theo my dude gang gang gang brother.

thanks for the question that's a good. question Brian I'm sure you get asked it. a lot yeah and I kind of you know almost. covered it right where I've never been. hurt really right you know I have a few. scars I want snakes to hear that yeah I. want snakes I want animals to hear that. right here yeah we got a guy who just. entered the ring I'm not saying it's a. Royal Rumble but I'm saying it's a Royal. Rumble dude that just entered the ring. I'm daring has suffered zero damage. points okay yeah this guy has has all of.

his hit points snakes yeah and yeah I'm. telling you what we uh it shock honestly. it shocks me do you feel like when you. start to see that you haven't been. damaged you haven't had any hit points. yet that you think there is something in. certain people's Bloods do you notice. that maybe Native Americans don't get. bit as much that blacks don't get bit as. much who is getting bit uh well I do. think that you know I I don't think it's. a if it's women it's women yeah yeah I.

think no I think it's I always talk. about confidence right like if you can. re so listen everybody have like you. might have a puppy and you like I know. what that puppy wants I know it wants. food I want you know some people have. that same mentality with animals at all. like I can tell when I get in with a a. tiger if it's going to be chill and I. know that like I can tell before it's. going to want to attack me when it's. going to do it and same thing with. reptiles I can just I can look at a. reptile at a zoo and be like okay that. needs a little bit more food it means. you know it's that's Agro that's.

whatever you know so I think that. confidence and the ability to read them. and that could be something that's. natural I don't I don't know that you. can learn I mean you can learn like my. wife Lori she wasn't a reptile person. she's learned to really deal with. reptiles but you know I I just I've. always been that way like I've always. been able to read like every animal and. maybe or maybe I'm just lucky I don't. know maybe I'm testing fate all the time. but I I um you know you give me a. challenge I'm in for it when it comes is. part of that it when it com to being. around reptiles CU it's just I wouldn't.

think it was crazy if it wasn't. something that struck up so much fear we. had a blind lady that was on the podcast. one time and we're just talking about. all kind of stuff what it's like to be. blind and different inquiries and blind. inquiries and she said the craziest. thing we're talking about animals she. said the craziest thing is snakes she's. like I get nothing from a snake like. other animals I can hold I can feel I. can get some kind of energy from them. but a snake I just don't get anything. and that's when I knew Dog y'all was.

[ __ ] up bro you know what I'm saying. that's when I knew y' was out there dark. AR dog I don't know do you think that. you get a reading from snakes like do. you think it's a temptation to battle. like this this this thing that's so. scary to other people like is there any. of that in it for you yeah I think that. you know most people that are really. into reptiles there's a little bit of. like outlandish you know you want to be. a little bit an outlaw like type of. thing I think that you're a little you.

don't you know follow the same path as. everybody else there's no doubt about. that yeah the snake guy was always a. crazy guy yeah you know I mean that's. it's kind of cool to be the crazy guy in. a way but people always are surprised. how like I may do crazy things but I'm. not that crazy the snake guy was always. a really cool guy though yeah yeah and. like you said you know when you earlier. on like hey did what do you think about. the women I tell you what guys with. snakes always get the women really what. is it I don't know it fascinates them I. don't know if because you're you're a. rebel you know I don't know what it is.

but it seems like all my snake friends. are always hooking up with the hottest. chicks do you feel like uh a lot of that. snakes that snakes know it's you if you. have a snake do you think a snake knows. it's you you know that's a tough. question man I think that there's. something that's called anthropomorphism. right when we start you know applying. our human feelings to an animal right. you know people do it with everybody. with their dogs even the anthropo. morphies yeah yeah people start looking. like their animals too they say all the. time and sometime it's true true yeah I. agree with you there I so I don't know.

you know I'd like to there's certainly. reptiles that know me my reptile you. know lizards and and some other things. like that and you know they know you. well yeah I mean literally I have a. rhino uana that uh her name is Bella. she'll only come to me like when I call. her she'll come to me when I call her my. crew she won't come to you know so she's. you know and a lot a lot of my animals. act very differently with snakes they. act different to me as well but is I. wonder sometimes is that my like. calmness with them that's making them. calm with me you know what I mean I.

don't know that they read I just don't. know you can't read that with the snake. and if I said her and told you I did I. think people think I was. kooky do you feel sometimes though like. there's some kind of connection like. some I'll see an animal bro and I'll be. like dude there's some piece of me. inside of me that's also inside of that. animal do you feel that with snakes. sometimes cuz we're all come out of. nature yeah I I think we're all. connected right you know but I don't. think that I'm like part of a snake or. something I think uh but do think that. you know we're all kind of. interconnected through energies and.

stuff like that and um so I think that. that's that's what I always say you know. if you have confidence you have like. positive energy you're less likely to. get bit less likely to get hurt you know. it's when you're afraid of stuff you. know even like when you're catching a. snake I had one of my crew out and we. were uh in Florida and and and like he. wanted to catch this little lizard you. know how little lizard's running around. in Florida all the time and he's like oh. let me go catch this and he gets close. and he get and he hesitates right and. then the lizard runs away and I'm like. can't hesitate you know it's just like I. play that guy in a movie I think yeah.

honestly yeah that's me yeah no even. like with a crocodile like if you're. going to catch a crocodile the last I. mean you know again we're in a place. called jini Africa and we were uh. actually was crazy I was I was filming a. documentary and um we we hook up with. this guy you know josen is the largest. uh population of of uh Nile crocodiles. in one area in South Africa you bring. that up Spence and it's it's yeah jini. and uh it's you know tons of big wild. Crocs and and so the biologist that had.

been studying them for over a year was. named Mark right and so my my fixtur for. the the show like hooked up with this. guy like hey we want catch a Croc we'll. do some research you know some sko. samples whatever the case is toxicology. stuff and uh so we go out on this boat. we get there we go we only have a day. and a half right we go out in a boat and. we got to catch a Croc for this film. right we got the whole film crew with us. stuff like that we're like and and he's. like all right this is what we're gonna. do we got this noose on the end of a. poll we're going to try to you know get. to the bank they're all on the banks and. and as they come out you noose them and. then we can pull them over to land right.

and so you know at one Croc after. another explodes in the water gone. explodes in the water gone hours and. hours and hours we we aren't even. getting close right so finally I look. back to him and I go Mark you know like. how many Crocs have you caught dude he's. like and he's been there over a year. he's a biologist I mean crocodile. biologist he's like well I've never. caught one I'm like what here we are. with the film crew we haven't caught one. like we're screwed right and so we had. we had a half a day the next day so I. spent the night like Sleepless right. like what am I going to do about this.

man you know and I kind of devised a. plan and literally we went out the next. morning and within an hour we had like a. 15ot bull crocodile giant crocodile but. my point is is that now you're pulling. them on land when you jump that thing. right because you got to jump them tape. them and stuff like that a 15ot bull. crocod let's put a bull crocodile oh. yeah n crocodile yeah right there I mean. there we go is that it yeah there you go. man that's that's right there they're. giant let's see does one of those say. bull crocodile yeah it's just a male. crocod you know so the the bull. crocodile the male crocodile is going to.

be one of your bigger crocodiles in the. in in the in the area and they're all. hierarchy right the biggest one is the. bull because he's like hey I've got this. damn don't come around me I'm going to I. got all the women I want you can't have. zoom in one of those spins can you pull. it up please so that's one of them right. there yeah I mean the this the size of. that's actually smaller put a dart on. them no we don't no no no nothing man we. just literally we noose them get them on. land and then that's what I'm saying no. hesitation right you have to jump it you. have to jump on top of it and get that. thing subdued so that someone can tape.

its mouth so you can do your research on. it right so how were you guys the one. you guys were able to get you guys what. what was the difference that you guys. chose to do that day so so basically. what happened was there was one area on. the the end of the the the the dam that. actually had some hippos on there and. and so the boat driver didn't want to go. over there right so what's happened is. when they were just exploding in the. water they're just disappearing on the. opposite side of the dam it was kind of. shallow for about 100 ft so when they. exploded off the the the the side they'd. have to run and and so I knew that if we.

could like triangulate when hey let's. get to where they get to deep water now. we got a chance to Nome right now the. the boat driver really didn't want to go. over there because of course hippos. dangerous cap capsize a boat and kill. you but I'm like that's the only chance. we have right and so we went out and. like I said there was a big 15 plus foot. crocodile and and we that's the one. right and I said and I remember a boat. driver's name was Amos and I said Amos. don't go towards the crocodile go where. he's going to go.

we. got ACR land it took six of us to drag. him out onto land CU he was so heavy and. then I had to jump his head right you. know so you got to jump on top of his. head with your body what are you wearing. I mean this right here you know this I'm. like I'm not no khakis no hat just me. you know but no hesitation you hesitate. sneakers though huh yes it was yeah it. was Sneakers but man slip and fall. you're done you know but like I said you. hesitate that think's going to take your. hand off or your arm off you know you. have to be quick you have to make you.

have to make your own move do you think. they respect it almost a little bit more. or they're just it's just surprise I. think it's surprise yeah I don't think. they care either way you know I mean. they they you know listen crocodiles. have one thing in mind they they're. Predators man they're apex predators 100. million years on this planet you know so. so when you say an apex predator is a. snake an apex predator uh it can be. depends on where it is you know a lot of. snakes aren't apexed apex predators. would just mean that they don't have a. you know there's nobody predate predates. on them right really most apex predators. crocodiles uh you know the list goes on.

of anything that would you know lions. tigers the only real predators that they. have are humans really you know we're. the only ones that can kill them I mean. in the wild if humans weren't around. nothing kills a big crocodile right so. big crocodiles are really they they. don't have anything getting them not. well not except for humans you know not. anymore yeah not anymore and now down in. the Everglades you've got the Burmese. pythons that are eating alligators which. you know those are both apex predators. you know Asia Burmese pythons 20 foot. you know 18 20 foot pythons they're the.

apex predators once they hit adulthood. you know nothing's killing those guys. but now you got two of them down in. Florida fighting for the same land you. know and where are these two located at. do they know uh yeah they're down in the. Everglades you know so how many B are. there a lot of Burmese pythons alive on. the planet yeah well just in in Florida. alone there there's estimates of a. couple hundred thousand Jesus Christ. yeah yeah and those are those are not. supposed to be there man they're not. supposed to be there. dog you making me scared.

bro well I'm listen I'm going to I'm. we're going to go the other way we're. going to talk about how awesome snakes. are right I don't know if we can make it. there yeah we can I don't know man I. didn't come here to scare you the I came. you didn't and that's I I just think. it's I'm I'm even an example of what I'm. saying what I was thinking about earlier. it's like it's like you have all this. pin I remember the first snake I ever. saw I was walking with my grandparents. and my grandmother hated me and this. freaking snake with next thing I know. wrapped around my boot and I was so.

scared they're like don't move and my. grandmother's like beating me in the leg. with this shovel and I'm like what is. happening I couldn't even see the snake. I didn't know what was going on I knew. my grandmother didn't like me so I'm. just like this I knew you know I didn't. think it was going to go down like this. we're in the woods you know what I'm. saying I thought we're going fishing and. now I'm thinking that they're trying to. take my life you know and then it's a. black snake wrapped around my uh wrapped. around my boot um and then I remember. being a kid swimming in the uh like the. aaal or Boga fil or something and with.

my friend Robert and he had he was like. haunted or something he had some kind of. issue where he would say stuff and then. like he would repeat everything he would. say over real quietly under his breath. he'd be like it's lunchtime it's lunch. time and he did it for everything you. know so I think he was supposed to be. twins or something you know I don't know. what happened to him but um anyway he. and I are out there playing right and he. and we just see this on top of the water. just and we're just I mean it just so. much every time it was always fear I.

think I never knew anybody who. introduced me to a snake as a hey this. is a safe thing around this is a safe. thing yeah so it was always a lot of. fear in in the environment of snake so I. think I that's what I think I am as an. example of people show up with to you. with all that [ __ ] like hey you did it. yeah you know you did it Brian yeah you. know like you put those snakes in my. childhood you [ __ ] like I think. there's a lot of that cuz it's such a. fear thing for a lot of people or for me.

anyway yeah well you know what the. opposite of fear is is knowledge right. so the more you know the less you fear. right so you know when your grandma was. beating you all you thought of is bad. snake right yeah not bad Grandma but bad. snake yeah I probably thought a little. bit of both about my grandma my. grandmother was really she was a real. she was out there but but yeah I think. yeah you BL yeah a lot of stuff gets. yeah it's just such a fear thing you. know so and there's not a lot and. especially there it didn't used to be. there wasn't a we didn't have snakes in. the classroom really yeah we didn't we. had one fell named Curtis oh I'll tell.

you this dude so we went to prom or. something some dance sad Hawkins or. something you got to wear the same shirt. right yeah and my buddy ended up. touching this girl's crotch for like the. first time ever in our childhood and I. don't know if it's appropriate I know. your son's in here but yeah no you're. good um is it okay he's I'm not going to. say anything okay good yeah and it's. safe it's a human crotch you know. nothing insane but um. and my buddy's dad comes out there by. the fire and is like spends the whole.

night like like basically massaging my. buddy's hand that he touched the girl's. crotch with like real dark stuff going. on so anyway that night we have to sleep. at my buddy's house right and he had. like 15 snakes in his room wow in cages. and dude I'd never I'd never knowingly. slept within probably almost 50 miles of. a snake cuz that's where the zoo was. closest to us and I remember he turned. the I'm laying there we all have to. sleep in his bed I'm laying there and he.

turns the ceiling fan and he had the. fastest ceiling fan I've ever heard in. my life so suddenly every snake I feel. like is just wide awake every snake. smell is just swirling in the room and. I'm just laying there in this cauldron. of just like hopelessness you know it. had just been such an insane night and. uh and then my friend's dog barked. outside the dad went out shot the dog in. the head right Mr Joe. but anyway uh but anyway so that was. just another scary night where I'm.

surrounded by snakes you know so trauma. yeah I've just had a lot of trauma with. snakes man PTSD I do I think I do have. PTSD now you got a snake showing up in. your living room or whatever you know. yeah I do man we got a question that. came in right here actually from a. gentleman I think what is. this hey what's up Brian what's up Theo. um my name is Gio nice to meet you uh I. got a question for Brian regarding. reptiles snakes things of that nature. nature itself um you feel like there.

what what's like the biggest. misconception you feel that most people. have about snakes venomous or. nonvenomous. and uh or reptiles in in general that. you feel like you like to squash right. now you just you just want to set the. record straight for the world the Us and. other places and Theo not to make things. a little awkward but do you think that. Brian is in cahoots with Bobby Lee and.

that's how you got that snake that's how. you got that little snake in your in. your hotel that you posted on your story. yeah it's a thought not to make it. awkward or whatever but just think think. about it all right thank you for your. service Mr Gonzalez that's a good. question uh that's two good questions. let's start with the first one what is a. misconception man CU I feel misconceive. probably totally yeah that they're. Killers you know that they're they're. you know like just cold blooded killers. that all they want to do they're put. here to to hurt you you know which is. just not the case you know as matter why.

do you think a rattlesnake has a rattle. to tell you to stay away from it right. it don't want to bite you you know so. that's a huge misconception that snakes. are just heartless killers and that. they're here to hurt you what are they. here to do they're here really they're. here to be part of the ecosystem right. so you know like think about a farmer. right you know farmer that has B you. know mice like grain right so now. there's mice in the fields well those. snakes are there to kill the mice to. save your. right you know it's happened before. where like you know maybe a kid gets bit.

in town by a rattlesnake then they go. and they kill all the rattlesnakes all. then they lose their crop to infant. infestation of rodents right I see so. it's a real equalizer it is it's they're. here to equalize everything it's huge. huge huge part of the ecosystem and uh. one that if you take it away you're. you're in big trouble really yeah big. trouble yeah so when why don't do snakes. operate mostly at night are they. nighttime workers they can be both you. know they can be both so basically how. you would tell a a nocturnal animal from. a DI urinal animal Daytime Nighttime is.

uh round pupils daytime uh slits like. cat eyes nighttime the one you had was. actually a dial moving around in the. daytime that's daytime daytime yeah okay. um and then I don't know Bobby Lee you. know so I I I'm not going to take any if. there's one ethnicity you had to guess. let's ballpark it and let's say Asian. mhm that would send someone a snake what. what ethnicity is most associated with. snakes throughout the history of time oh. my goodness that's great you know I.

that's wow you know like obviously. ancient Egyptians were really into it uh. Indians I mean you know you have in. India you have people you know kids that. are raised to be snake people from the. time they're infants you know like. around snakes they're they're some of. the most Adept snake people you I think. those two cultures are really really you. know J Japan again they they worship a. lot of snakes they have temples snake. temples and stuff like that so I think. all those things you know and then um. yeah so I think probably Egyptian Indian.

Japanese would be my two or my three top. ones Egyptian Indian Japanese Bobby Lee. yeah interesting yeah very interesting. uh well he admitted to sending me the. snake so that's the crazy part did he. admit yeah he has an episode of his. podcast coming out in like a couple days. that he admitted to sending me the snake. he sent it huh so it's just insane I. feel like and how do you even get a. snake through the mail can you mail a. snake to someone what are the legal US. Postal System rules about a snake or. FedEx you can't mail it but you can.

FedEx it so I could set FedEx to your. door but you can't mail it that's I. think that's why is the mail are the. postal people are they more afraid of it. or what is the deal it's just where it's. just a rule that they have I think that. if I'm not mistaken and I could be wrong. about it but I think you can ship frogs. weirdly enough you you know through the. mail uh but you can't do reptiles but uh. but FedEx UPS you know chances are if. you're flying on a plane there's a. reptile in that the belly of that plane. or tarantulas there's probably just.

think about that next time you're. sitting up there having a cocktail no I. don't want to do that okay I mean I. respect you for wanting me to but I just. I don't know if that's going to help me. man it's been hard for me to sleep since. I saw that snake in my house really yeah. yeah we got to work on you then man we. got to get you over it yeah I do need to. man um the last thing you want to do is. look hellish in your. clothing the last thing you want to do. is see somebody wearing they they. wearing. uh uh a tank top and a uh condom you.

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the soccer coach his wife uh saw that I. had a snake in my house and he came over. because I guess soccer they're running. around out there all the time people. somebody gets bit probably every couple. days cuz they're in a Big Field you know. yeah but um so anyway he came over and. helped me get rid of it uh so that was. pretty cool but um but yeah what do you. do then because now I'm like thinking I. need to get trapped I need to make sure. there's no more snakes in my house like.

um that's where a lot of my fear is at. now you know and my concern really no. I'm sure it's just a oneoff thing you. know I mean number one snakes don't. really like den and infest places you. know that doesn't really happen so so. it's they're pretty solitary animals and. that I saw the snake that was in your. house it's just a rat snake and it was. like you know probably a year old. something like that so there's no. brothers and sisters hanging out you. know waiting for you around the corner. so I think you're pretty safe you're. pretty good and as far as what to do you. know I mean thankfully in this area you.

know you know you just call somebody. that pet local pet shop or something. like that they send someone over and. pick it up you know there are actual. snake catchers in Africa in Australia. that that's their full-time job is just. to go and you know get snakes out that. I've done that in Africa with snake. catchers go out and remove mambas from a. literally a shanty shed this size where. it's like you know someone wakes up and. there's a Mamba in their their ceiling. you know and and we're talking a room. this size that it's dangerous man you. know there's nowhere in the room that. you can't get bit when that snake is.

around you know I mean it's got that. strike range so so there's literally. people that that's what they do for a. living is just remove snakes and and. protect people but in this country we. don't have that problem in this country. can you die from a snake bite uh it's. pretty rare I mean anyone can die you. know you've got Diamond Backs you've got. um you know qu you know pyg mey rattles. snakes you've got you know lots of. rattlesnakes mainly in this country also. have coral snakes but actual death rate. in this country is pretty low because of. treatment right um if you get bit you.

get to a hospital you get treatment it's. not going to be pretty you know. depending on how bad the bite is but um. but you're going to you're going to live. you know or and yeah was is any person. more likely to get bit by a snake like. if you're wearing jewelry if you are. Caucasian if you are um Russian if you. are uh Mexican if you are black if you. are uh wearing like a costume or. something is there anybody more likely. to get bit I would say the most likely.

person to get bit really the most most. likely is someone that keeps him as a. pet second would be someone that's. drinking comes across a rattlesnake in. the wild and wants to Cowboy it and like. look at me I can get the rattlesnake you. know they seen Steve Irwin whatever the. case is down the road and they're like. I'm going to do this uh that is a bug of. some sort okay yeah that's not a. reptile D yeah that now that I'd be more. afraid of than a reptile oh yeah we got. that in here. yeah but uh yeah those are you know.

usually alcohol has a lot to do with uh. getting people getting bit Yeah alcohol. a lot of times you so there's no real. ethnicity or skin tone or anything do. you notice that Native Americans have. good relationships with snakes uh I. wouldn't say so I I have had my family. as Native American really they like it. they like them you know but uh uh I. wouldn't say they're any better or worse. off for it at least the ones in my. family but they do fine wow that's. interesting cuz I would feel like they. would have a whole different like just a. different history with them you know.

because they have more experience. probably being around them yeah I think. that's another thing we're just so not. in N or not in as much nature as we used. to be you know and so we see less snakes. um no that's true especially I was in. California for a long time so we never. saw a snake there really yeah I never. saw any snakes in California unless it. was already had one um that was about it. yeah you get out in the deserts and. around La and there there's a lot of. rattlesnakes you know I mean it's it's. not far away from the city too trust me. I mean you you're right outside the city.

and you're you're getting rattlesnakes. and goer snakes I mean it's there's a. lot out there i' I've caught a bunch of. snakes out in California in the LA area. so you're growing up you got the you got. the B you got the you got the money from. selling the snakes what size snakes you. selling big babies you selling eggs what. are you doing yeah I sell I I used to. sell babies you know that's how I. started you know and it was uh I sold. babies of of snakes that were going to. get 18 foot I sold babies of snakes that. were going to get 5 foot you know uh now. I don't do big I I we do still breed. some stuff but mainly I'm education Zoo.

film stuff like that you know I'm not. into the big breeder world like I used. to be but uh um but that's how it came. up because that was the only way listen. I you know I just wanted to work with. reptiles I didn't know you know and and. breeding reptiles was the best way for. me to do it right I could get a job at. the zoo but there there's not much money. there and there's not many openings you. know so uh so yeah so I worked with. reptiles I bred reptiles because that. was the the way I could you know it's. the labor of love you know what's the. funnest rep to to breed oh my gosh uh I. think it you know like live bear ones.

you know cuz you know snakes can have. eggs they can have live right and when. you just like wake up really yeah like. rattlesnakes have live right so they. just have a baby come right out of yeah. just boom live as a matter of fact crazy. story just recently I had what I thought. was a pair of anacondas I have a giant. female Anaconda like I'm talking like. you know 125 pound anaconda and then I. had now males are they're what they call. sexually dimorphic so males are smaller. so I was sold this animals male my. mistake didn't sex it and so I'm like. God they're not breathing that's kind of. weird this is literally like a month. month and a half ago and one day uh I.

come in and the male is now there never. been in with a male by the way this is. these two animals have been together. that's it uh has a virgin baby it's. Itself by itself because it have both. genitalia yeah it's no it didn't have. both genitalia it's what they call parth. Genesis so it's it's only a female it's. like a virgin birth no sperm no anything. and it's actually a clone of it itself. no way yeah so my male turned into a. female and had a virgin birth so do they.

use that type of information to try and. learn more about human cloning and stuff. like I mean that seems like a real yeah. they should I don't think I don't know. if they are I mean maybe someone out. there is I don't know no one ever. contacted me to say hey can we do some. research on it would be cool though I'd. love to see it but but yeah I mean. genetically there's no male you know. there's only one side there's actually. there are reptile species like morning. geckos a little lizard right that have. no males in the entire species they're. females damn isn't that crazy I mean so. and they produce like so parth the.

Genesis in in let's say in Anaconda is. rare like very rare like there's. probably only been a handful of recorded. cases ever but then there's morning. geckos that that's all they have is par. the Genesis but I'd say my going back to. your point is lie babies are always the. funnest so that's really the power in. nature I mean nature when the when when. put up against the wall can just make. its own self yeah yeah it's like the. Jurassic Park thing right finds a way. can other animals do that. too uh I don't think mammals there's.

ever been a parthenogenic mammal can you. look that up yeah yeah see yeah. parthenis mammal yeah Jesus yeah Jesus. yeah Jesus is the first snake. damn you said it man huh you said it not. me I mean I I never felt his skin but I. would he doesn't seem like it yeah what. do we say here there are no known. cases of naturally occurring M Maman. parth Genesis in the world in the.

wildy of mammals what does progyny mean. Brian Offspring P parthenogenic. offspring of mammals would have two ex. chromosomes and would therefore be. female in 1935 George G reported. successfully wow into a rabbit reported. successfully inducing parth in a rabbit. wow I wonder how he would induce. parthenogenesis in a rabbit I don't know. I don't know how that goes that's wild I. mean that guy I'd like to have a beer. with that guy yeah I'd like to freaking.

make sure his daughter's okay yeah. that's true um damn that's intense man. wow so that's what one thing that. baffles me a lot man is just the ability. of nature you know especially we get so. like cied and comfortable and like so. used to like uh human accouterments and. stuff that we forget sometimes how much. of nature we are yeah at least I do. anyway yeah I love getting out man you. got to get away and and especially when. you're in the bush for a while like you. get out you know like just totally away.

from every it's amazing how quick you. adapt right the first couple days when. you're away from everything like cell. phones and internet and TV and stuff. like that it's a little bit weird right. because we're so used to that like oh. got check Instagram you know and uh a. couple days it's a little weird but then. all a sudden you just kind of forget. about it you know and it's it's wild how. quickly you can acclimate into a. situation cuz there's been times where. I've been out for 30 40 days you know. where there's like nothing you know I. mean just in the bush you know working. and it's it's actually amazing and then.

when you come back to reality it feels. really weird you know what I mean like. you know you turn on the TV it's almost. like over sens you know like oh that's. that's bizarre it feels almost bad yeah. it does it really does you know I mean I. look at my screen time on my phone all. the time I'm like damn I spent two hours. on my phone today you know yeah just. this week man I'm trying to really back. off I'm trying to really really back off. make things less important if I can. here's a question right here from a. young man that seems rather.

interesting Brian Theo what's up boys uh. stoked to see Brian on the podcast Bo. been a big fan of you know reptiles and. all things wild if you will um guess my. questions for Brian what are your. thoughts on the existence of a giant. anaconda still being out there lurking. in the depths of the Amazon or Venezuela. or wherever those things would be. um yeah guess it's kind of. cryptozoological if you will but figured.

I just throw it out there peace Theo see. you in Charleston man oh excellent man. I'll see you soon we what about that. Moby Dick out there is there something. out there going on listen um Theodore. Roosevelt or Teddy Roosevelt I'm sorry. uh when he was president put out a a. grant for. $50,000 for anyone that could come up. with a snake over 30 foot live or dead. wow right way back then. and uh and and then It ultimately ended. up I think getting raised to like.

$775,000. until the '90s when they discontinued. the the Grand and then recently I even. put out something saying I'd give. someone a 100 Grand they came up with a. 30 foot snake I would prefer live. instead of dead but uh and no one's ever. claimed that prize so so is there a. snake out there in Venezuela by the way. he had a cool shirt on um that's. possible I mean you know is there. Megalodon probably not you know but I'm. not going to say never right you know do. you think nature could be trying to run. it back ever do you ever get that sense.

being out in nature a lot and seeing a. lot of these animals like on Ground Zero. of like uh like some of these genetic. sequences messing with these baby. animals do you ever uh think that nature. could be trying to run it back and get. more dinosaurs out here man I tell you. what uh I mean you know listen it's. possible there's a lot of land out there. that no one has ever you know animals. are being discovered all the time right. you know I think it was in the early. 2000s there was a a an ape like a 200 lb. ape that was discovered in Vietnam that.

no one it was like mythical lore for 200. years everyone was like no there's no. that's not true and then they found that. it was real you know so is it possible. yeah I mean I think it's possible CA. cans you know a fish you know a Sean. have you ever seen them so if you ever. uh you know yeah Caan um these were. thought to be extinct for two for 100. million years and now they've found them. multiple times so is it possible there's. like some dinosaur out there heck yeah. there's possible is it likely you know. this is what I always tell people when.

someone says Hey do you believe in this. I say I want to believe but I don't I. don't know you know I mean I don't know. it's never been found you know I would. love titanoboa to still be around a 50. foot snake you know maybe one's crowning. around there most likely not right just. like Megalodon's probably not a. Megalodon in the water right but we. don't know what about lot uh loch nest. monsters is when you ever see that did. you believe it or not I same I'll say. the same thing I want to believe do I. think there's a a loch nest monster no I.

don't but I want to believe because it'd. be badass right could you imagine if a. you know plesiosaur would get found in. Loch Ness that'd be absolutely amazing. but uh but I I don't think so I don't. think so I'm I'm a pro realistic guy. till I have proof I'm a science guy so. you got to show me before as much as I. want my heart to believe in it till I. see it I can't believe it who was your. first girlfriend was it your wife or no. oh no no I had I was you dated around a. little oh yeah a little bit yeah a. little bit little little and would you.

messing with snakes then would you bring. would you bring a snake on a date would. you bring a date to a snake uh no to be. honest with you I didn't uh do that much. of that would you keep them separate. ever at that age where you like kind of. scared that girls like this is scary. yeah I think I think especially when I. was like 15 16 you know I was kind of a. rocker played in a band you know I had. some groupy girlfriend stuff like that. yeah I I didn't want them to think I was. that much of a freak you know especially. back then like I said so you know you. you know you were like I don't want to. lose this so yeah each Town had one.

snake dude or every other Town had a. snake dude like that's kind of yeah I. remember it being like Oh You' hear like. oh that's the snake dude and people were. like what yeah and then he'd like he. Scurry off or something yeah I wasn't. that guy but but uh yeah I was you know. to be honest with like in high school. the last few years of high school like. people thought it was cool right they. were like oh man he keeps snakes you. know plays in a rock band I mean you. know it's like people dug it you know I. mean I was friends with that you know. the jocks to the the the Nerds I was. friends with everyone because I kind of.

had a little of everything in me right I. was into science I was you I still like. to you know Sports and and I you know. played rock music and I kept snakes it's. kind of like a little bit for. everybody um who was your first kiss do. you remember that growing up uh yeah a. Karina was her name I think I was about. 11 years old believe it or not I was. pretty young starter no I take that back. I take that back uh I was 8 years old. named Helen Helen pet was her name this. sounds illegal I want to say I think she.

was like 14 yeah D yeah so half my. friends have been busted for this kind. of stuff yeah it was it was yeah and and. if if memory serves me correct it was a. little more than a kiss but. D jeers yeah yeah yeah at eight years. old one more is there a kiss would have. sunk me in the damn mud dude A kiss. would turn my knees in a damn quick. saying knees bro yeah right I couldn't. even imagine at 8 years old dude my God. that's wild man um so whenever you met.

your wife when you first met her did you. know it was going to be your wife or no. dude this is it's a funny story man I. swear and this is a honest to God Truth. uh I met her on her 18th birthday at a. party and she was one of my best. friend's girlfriend's girlfriend okay I. met her I went home that night and I. told my mom I met the girl I want to. marry wow and and then so then my friend. I was like hey I gotta meet meet up with. Lori have a date you know because we. hung out a little bit not too much you. know for maybe a half hour just talked.

and stuff like that so the next day I. called my friend like I got to go out a. date with this Lori can you hook me up. you know and stuff like that so uh so. Kathy my friend uh said uh yeah sure. called Lori she didn't even remember. meeting me no yeah so I met the girl I. wanted to marry she didn't even remember. meeting me literally was like what I. don't even remember this guy don't you. remember the guy staring at you for 4. hours yeah long haired guy you know I. mean I was the only long air guy at the. party you know I mean come on didn't. even remember me didn't even remember me.

but uh the guy with the [ __ ] Rango. shirt on yeah exactly but hey man it. worked out you know she uh she. eventually came around and we've been. together ever since dude that's a real. comeback story right there I feel like I. think that's a total comeback story guys. you got to hear that man yeah zeroed in. on a girl all night she had no idea he. that he even existed yeah no not at all. I could have been like that's cool I. mean it's cool because a lot of a lot of. guys that'll shut us down right from the. beginning you know yeah you got to be.

persistent but not a stalker you know. don't want to be a stalker you know what. I mean just like you know and we're. friend zone for a little while I was. like all right you know she wants to be. a friend for a little bit you know great. and uh and then then then you next thing. you know we're together for 33 years so. did you have children were they live or. were they egg when you had them uh both. both were live live born what we call OA. Viva parius oh really so yeah okay yeah. yeah and uh dang so you had two live. children and you got a boy and a girl or. what you get yeah boy and a girl girl.

came first matter of fact I'm going to. be a grandpa this January the first time. yeah so I got congrats dude you look so. young next thank you I appreciate it yep. I'll be a energenic grandpa hopefully uh. raise another generation of reptile. loving people so spread that love you. know are they all rap lovers what you. have right now your family no it'll be. totally honest with you it's it's weird. my my son uh works with us uh my. daughter uh worked with us out of like. like she had to right when she was. younger but when she graduated college. she was really you know like Hey listen.

I just want to tell you right now I'm. never working for you I'm going off and. doing my own thing and she got like. corporate jobs stuff like that so I. wouldn't say anyone's like overly like. rep like I'm a reptile nut right like. there's not probably I mean there's. probably two days out of a year that I'm. not around a reptile right like I'm. always around a reptile or an animal you. know sometimes it's not a reptile but. maybe I'm around you know whatever I. mean you know lions or whatever but I'm. always around animals whereas uh you. know my no one in my family has that. Gene where they just obsessed you know.

they tolerate it you know my wife works. because that's what she does and she's. she's learned to like love the animals. but she she's not like listen I always. say like if tomorrow I was like we never. have to see a reptile again she's not. going to cry right yeah I mean she'd be. like okay that's good let's move. on um here's a question that came in. right here from some uh good gentleman. right. here this is Roy I think yeah hey guys. it's Roy here from Kansas I was excited. when I saw you guys were doing a podcast.

together cuz I watched both of you. pretty. religiously uh Theo I wanted to know. what advice you have for Brian's son. Noah I don't know if he's going to be on. the podcast or not but I know he's been. trying to do some a little bit of. standup locally where they live uh what. advice would you give him as a amateur. to maybe make it in the big leagues one. day also I wanted to tell Brian I. successfully hatched my first two. clutches of ball pythons this year or.

last year I guess um getting ready to. pair up uh all the females again this. year okay and uh probably have about six. clutches this year so anyway gang gang. thank you Voldemort awesome look at that. yeah so advice what do you got you know. that is a good question man thank you. for the question Roy man I appreciate. you paying attention to myself and to. Brian that's cool man it's interesting. what kind of people would pay attention. to you and me yeah you know that's real. interesting I'm sure there's a lot of. crossover I'm sure there is yeah you.

know I I find it interesting you partner. up with people like okay what is. happening you know um I would say for no. who is here by the way good to see you. Noah. um I would say I even think in the. beginning dude I used to tell Jim. Gaffigan's jokes right what yeah I told. this to Jim gaffan what he was on one. time I said look dude I just want to. apologize to you I didn't have any jokes. in the beginning I just used to tell.

your jokes right Hot Pocket the Hot. Pocket thing oh yeah oh I told a couple. of them yeah yeah it was good I think I. even sold t-shirts based on one of his. jokes one time so I would tell the joke. and then sell a shirt after the show. yeah but what it did for me was it just. got me used to telling jokes on stage I. had plans to tell my own jokes and I had. some of my own jokes peppered in there. yeah um but it just got me comfortable. telling jokes sure so it was like it. wasn't anything that was being recorded.

or anything like that so it just got me. like how do I learn to get whatever some. of this Comfort is sure and then I think. one benefit that Noah probably has is. that your dad is a unique character. right my dad was a unique character my. dad was 70 when I was born everybody. knows that so like it just gave me a lot. of materal it was like you know it gave. me a lot of like cute kind of little. jokes that were safe that were pretty. clean yeah uh that I could tell about my.

dad you know um and so I think I always. felt like that was kind of a blessing. like I was always angry that my dad not. angry but it was always felt odd you. know kids always want to be just the. regular kids always want to be like sure. you know nothing that stands out real. crazy sure you know your dad comes to. show and tell and he's a [ __ ] guy out. there he was doing magic or something. you know what I'm saying that kid is. probably going to get beaten down right. but it's it's like so I think if your. dad comes and your dad comes to someone. telling he's like I was born in 1910 you.

know that's a weird time for the class. yes um so I think it could there's just. a lot of unique material when your dad. is unique like you are so I think that. that's I would play on just easy stuff. in the beginning yeah um so those are. things that I think are just probably. gifts that are in your wheelhouse yeah. um yeah when you come from a f i mean. there's a lot of stories right I mean. you know my mom and dad are you know. have a reptile zoo we travel all over. the world we do crazy stuff been on. Discovery Channel you know been on you.

know yeah there's a lot of material. there yeah it's a weird it's a weird. life right you I say that all the time I. mean like I've lived a Hu the craziest. life ever you know I mean it's the. weirdest thing like I literally clean. snake [ __ ] for a living you know what I. mean it's like it's the weirdest thing. but yet I get to do the most amazing. things on the planet you know it's like. you know most people look at me and like. how did this happen I'm like I don't. even know how it happened you know I. like I even know how I got here you know. I'm sitting in Theo Von's podcast room. here you know it's crazy right yeah it.

is I mean it's definitely interesting um. yeah I'm trying to think of some more. more of my Curiosities about snakes so. snakes um why do snakes eat rats and. stuff like that well most most of them. eat rats or rabbits or pigs or whatever. the case may be they're just carnivores. right you know but there are snakes that. eat really weird thing like snails some. will eat worms some will only eat slugs. other snakes eat only other snake or. mainly other snakes like king cobras eat. mainly other snakes you know in the wild.

so uh so they're a very diverse animal. right you know but in captivity most you. know most snakes that that people keep. are mice and rats you know that's what. do snakes ever do anything fun together. you think no no I don't think so they're. pretty solitary animals we keep most of. our snakes separate and except for. breeding I think they just want to be. left alone you know I think they're not. like a real Social Animal although. there's like the narcissi snake Den if. you want to pull that up it's pretty. cool nari snake Den up in Manitoba. Canada it's crazy it's the place you.

would love to go I'm sure with your and. is it Outdoors or it's an indoors place. it's outdoors and so it's a natural. occurring thing a naturally occurring. snake Den that is this is your nightmare. right here dude oh I mean thousands and. thousands of snakes gather together. doing it yeah thousands and thousands of. snakes but but it's crazy I mean it's. like uh it's a super popular tourism. place you know people go and see these. thousands of snakes that have have D. together for high iation or broom is. what they would call it and uh pretty. crazy right damn I've never been I want.

to go I want to go so bad you know I've. never seen anything like it but I want. to check it out it's like burning man. yeah Burning Man for snakes right. exactly it's like Burn yeah B Burning. Man and how much snakes are there and. what they why are they there again well. they're just broom mating so so a lot of. times in particular species like garter. snakes will Brew mate together uh so. they're mating they're not even mating. no they're just like going to sleep for. like a hibernation for oh so they sleep. in a group yep they just sleep in a. group and then they wake up and then.

when they wake up they then they get. into breeding and you'll have like. breeding modes and stuff like that and. then uh yeah I mean that's that's pretty. much it you know and then then they'll. go on their own way you know during the. summer months they're not together at. all have a snake ever eaten an animal. and then the animal lived and cut open. the snake and got out well I don't know. of any that have lived but there have. been like there's actually a famous. picture you can pull this up too Al. burmes python eats alligator and. explodes out of the so the the alligator.

explodes out of the burmes Python the. [ __ ] are y'all doing. dude oh I'm sure I'm sure man boy you're. gonna have to clear your cash when you. when we're done here. right I mean y'all got to chill with all. of this [ __ ] man so you can see the. second picture here right over not that. one the ne that one right there that's. actually an alligator that's busting out. of a snake's gun you know. stomach so. yeah it's crazy right yeah nature man. it's it's awesome it [ __ ] scares me.

so much man I think that's the thing. that scares me sometimes about dying is. going back and becoming part of. something that I'm scared of right yeah. you could be a snake who knows man or. even it's a part you know being becoming. like a cell in a snake it really does. that's the thing I think that scares me. the most about them is. like is that they are closer to whatever. the source of like life is that I I feel. like then as hum Evol that way but maybe. maybe and I'm expert in this Buddhism or. whatever but maybe you you keep moving. forward not backwards yeah the next life.

you're supposed to be one step closer to. the enlightenment right I don't yeah no. you could be right but no no I think. you're right I it's that I think that. it's like but I just wonder which way is. The Enlightenment going it's like I. don't know what the scale is yeah you. think you start off at the the beginning. and then end up a single cell amoeba. somewhere yeah like that's what I don't. know it's like I don't know which way. and which way you're passing like are. you headed this way are you does. whatever you did in this turn in this uh.

you know this space in the firmament. does that choose wherever you're going. to be at next kind of um yeah I choose. to think that it'll be better next time. if there's a next time that's a really. good outlook I think um I'm an optimist. are you yeah you seem like an optimist. man that's got to be really nice you're. not I would like to be I think I think I. am I just think I'm just like a burnt. out Optimist gotcha not even drug. induced just like oh God it's been so. yeah I've been thinking optimistic for.

so long I'm tired of thinking it that. way anymore yeah understood and you're. always battling the dark arts I feel. like so you're like man you want to see. more of the light you know yeah I think. that's one thing that's neat about. what's one thing that's neat about life. in general is if you get off of like a. lot of like the news and the BS and. Twitter and a lot of that you get back. to the things that are more important. and there is a lot of joy and a lot. optimism yeah I don't I don't watch the. news man I like boycotted it about two. years ago I was like I'm done don't eat.

that in my life anymore just you know. negativity breeds negativity man yeah. it's like that I just want get rid of. all the negative stuff in my life get. you know surround myself with positivity. you know and that's the thing that's. nice about animals right I mean they you. get what you give right you give them. good you know it's like a dog right if. you love your dog he's going to love. your back you know and it's the same. thing with reptiles and and all animals. for that matter is there a reptile that. you feel I mean you mentioned that. lizard that can love you kind of yeah oh. my gosh yeah I mean it's crazy uh you.

know and I don't know if love is the. right term for a reptile I don't know. what they're thinking I have no idea uh. but but they definitely seem to have. this you know some seem to have this. really interesting Bond where you know. like I have a giant anaconda the one I. was talking not the one that had the. Virgin birth but the other female that. uh you know you go on her cage and. she'll crawl right up to you and just. like sniff you like a dog you know and I. mean I've had like other reptile people. that have been working with reptiles for. decades come and sit in the cage and. they're like I can't believe this this. doesn't even make sense to me because.

it's like you would think a snake wants. to go away from you she actually. literally wants to come over to you and. sniff you and Sni and literally she'll. as soon as you go in her enclosure it's. a gigantic enclosure it's 10 and a half. by 10 octagon waterfall the whole shot. and um and and you know she she loves to. be in the water you go in the water. she'll be right in there you swirling. around your legs I mean yeah so I think. they they at least have a bond if I. don't know if it's love but it's a bond. for sure do people ever rent snakes out. from you do you do like snake rentals.

you know I don't rent snakes but we've. worked with we know we've done a few. things with like film and stuff like. that where like hey can you bring a. snake for the day or something on that. lines um up in Detroit has Kid Rock ever. rented a snake from you I you know I. haven't met Kid Rock uh met Eminem uh at. at an animal show I was doing once uh. kid rocket we just haven't crossed paths. you know my tattooer tattoos him so. interesting that we have't cross pass. some at some point but I would think he. would be into reptiles seems like a guy. that would be into reptiles but uh we.

just have't cross path but U but I do. have people that their main job is to. rent snakes uh to to like movies and. stuff like that commercials but I just. don't I just don't do that you know it's. something I I probably could do more of. if I wanted to but I I don't care about. it that much was was there a lot of. sacrifice because if you did so much. stuff it seems like with the animals was. it hard to like run a family and have. that at the same time or was things. pretty manageable did it all seem okay. no dude you know I mean you know just. like in your career man when you're. committed you're committed now of a. sudden I you know with you you're.

probably working constantly traveling. doing all these other engagements I'm. taking care of thousands of animals. right you know so and and they don't. take Christmas off right they don't have. a holiday you know so Christmas morning. we are opening presents with the kids. and then I'm off to the shop to to make. sure everything's healthy and happy and. uh so tons of sacrifice you know I mean. you know running businesses are. sacrifice and then a live animal. business is even a giant sacrifice you. know because you're always uh and then. you on my end I because I film every day.

you know for my Vlog then now I got that. I have to do every day so yeah it's a. it's the balance is tough you know have. you ever got a crazy call somebody hit a. snake or the cops or need a snake for. something a man been hiding a snake. something's going on you ever get called. in because they're like oh we know a guy. yeah yeah I mean I've I've been called. into uh as a matter fact the real estate. agent just two days ago called me and. said that there was a a snake in a house. she was renting similar to what happened. to you and say can you come by get this. snake I don't know what to do so we get. calls like that or or like the local.

authorities will call us if they you. know maybe someone moved out of a house. and left snakes behind or reptiles. behind or or stuff like that we so we. we'll do that you know it's not. something that I you know it's part of. my life or something like that but I'm. happy to help at any point I can you. know but it's always weird I'll put out. about probably 20 pounds of snake. repellent this morning that smell like. cinnamon I thought a little bit so. that's an interesting thing right is. like I I heard you say that and and. right you know like cinnamon is one. pepper is another one that people talk. about I don't think any of them work to.

be honest with you I think it makes you. feel better right I mean not that I'm. now I'm F making you feel worse but uh I. I'm not sure that that anything breaks. the thing but I I if I was a betting man. I think your uh invasion is over and. you're not going to see a snake again is. there worth setting any kind of trap. inside or anything like that to see if. there's more snakes in there would they. come and get it like a mouse trap or. something no no no not not really I. think there was a guy one time made uh. this snake uh trap thing that supposedly. worked so first off snakes often times.

want to be a long a wall like they don't. want to be in the middle of the floor. because that's dangerous right you know. danger danger I'm in the middle of so. they'll like be along the walls right. and so he actually took like a a a 2 L. Pepsi bottle that was an opening that it. could get into and put like a little. mouse in there and it could get into it. but then wasn't smart enough to figure. out how to get out of it you know so. that was the only snake trap I've ever. seen that apparently worked but I've. never tried it and and uh you know we. don't get many snake escapes but we get.

the occasional snake that escapes you. know from a a drawer or something like. that and uh and then we have to try to. find it probably you know I actually had. a 19 foot snake Escape once but that was. my fault I left the listen every time a. snakes Escape it's always my fault I've. always accidentally left a latch undone. or a lock undone and but uh and she. wasn't a happy snake either so it was a. lot of fun catching her have a snake. ever killed its owner that you know. uh they have yeah yeah they have it's. not it's not common but it does happen. uh I think there's been about there's.

probably been about five or six deaths. in the United States in the last 30. years oh that's not that many so it's. not many it's not many it's it's far. less than even shark attacks you know so. it's pretty no no you know again it. happens you know in the wild more in in. in Indonesia and the Philippines you. know big giant reticulated pythons will. take people a little bit more Comon I. again I don't think like multiple per. year but it does happen I mean just. maybe two two years ago I remember. seeing a story of a woman went out. because like her Pig was squealing right.

and uh she went out to go figure out. what was happening with the pig. obviously there was a snake there and. the next morning they found her slippers. and uh and and a giant snake with a huge. lump in it and they actually caught the. snake and she was inside of it so yeah. she was deceased oh yeah yeah damn but. that's it's a rare thing like I said in. the in in America it's very very rare. you know and again usually it it's you. know listen you know that's why you. shouldn't handle a big snake without. someone else there I have never we've.

always had the policy got to have two. people just in case and I've never been. in danger my entire life never once has. a snake almost killed me if a snake. starts swallowing your friend what do. you do what does the other about what. are you supposed to do so we we have a. policy as much as I hate to say it is. that if there's ever a situation where. someone's in danger you kill the snake. you know immediately like I mean there's. no second CH you know you can't you. can't take the risk of trying to get. that snake off if it's danger mode right. because if you have a 18 we have snakes. that are almost 200 pounds you know if. that thing is is for some reason and.

we've never had it happen but for some. reason that is is constricting you you. don't have much time I mean that's going. to it's going to Black you out you know. you follow UFC I mean you'll put someone. to sleep pretty quick right you can. imagine a snake this big it's going to. put someone to sleep real quick you know. once you're asleep will they then do. they then let go can they tell when. you're asleep uh they'll they'll squeeze. you till you're done right you know so. they're not going to you're not. so you can't play dead you know you. can't be like oh just play dead and. it'll let go I mean it'll it'll it'll. hang on to you for 20 30 minutes you.

know and then then release so what. should you do if a snake start wrapping. around you hit it with your car keys or. something yeah 99.99 99% of the times. when a snake is wrapping around you it's. holding on to you like it wants like. you're a tree it's just trying not to. fall you it's just trying not to fall it. is I've like I said I've never. experienced a snake trying to kill me or. anyone around me ever so I don't know. what would trigger a snake um maybe it's. hungry maybe you haven't taken care of. it and haven't fed it properly I'm not.

sure I don't know what would trigger a. snake to try to constrict you I've never. seen it so I I I I don't think it's I. think people think it happens and even. you know when people see me have a giant. anac crer around my neck like isn't it. going to kill you you know you're like. no it's just hanging on to me man it's. like literally I'm like a tree you know. and it's it's going to wrap around you. so it doesn't fall right right yeah it's. not trying to kill you um do you uh is. there another question that came in. Spence anything else we want to get. to.

got so my question is how do you feel. about like all the hate that you get. people say you don't take care of your. animals correct whatever like I don't. know watched you for a few years I don't. know very interesting it's crazy taking. care of a bunch of reptiles like that. but just want to feel your opinion like. and all the hate all that [ __ ] sorry. it's windy out here y'all okay gang. wheny inside everywhere man why do why. do animal people get so much you don't. take care of your animals why is that.

such a common thing in the animal world. I think it's it's always I think it's. not just in the animal world I think. that hatred comes from success right you. know just like you you have a big. following I guarantee you there are. people out there that think you're bad. for whatever reason right oh yeah people. are mean yeah and so like I can tell you. this much no one that's ever visited my. place has ever said I haven't taken care. of an animal you know what I mean it's. always just the people that like are. just jealous or like oh my God this. guy's got a big following he's and and. it doesn't even bother me to be honest. with you cuz I know right I don't have.

to prove to anybody what the deal is I. know that I mean you can't go to a place. that's better kept than ours I mean the. animals are impeccably kept and um and. we have a crew that's really great so so. yeah that that stuff I think that just. comes with being successful you know it. comes with people following you you know. when you have five people that follow. you online no one cares but when you. have millions of people that follow you. you know voice you know that that minor. that vocal minority and they you know. you you know I'm sure you get the same.

thing the most crazy things get made up. about me uh that that's wild I'll read. something I'll be like what in the world. like like you know it's like he's. building a Noah his AR yeah you yeah who. knows you know I mean I hear all kinds. of stuff you know it's like and he's. causing it he's building a Noah's AR and. you're like that's [ __ ] insane yeah. yeah this all kind of [ __ ] but I think. that you know as you know in your. position that you know we we signed up. for this number one right I me no one. told us to be become social media or or. comedians or whatever we we decided to.

do it so we have to take the good with. the bad and the bad the bad is is loud. mouse that like to you know have their. 15 minutes of you know Fame with the the. keyboard you know and uh and you have to. learn how to just not worry about it. it's a little bit more difficult you. know with animals because because when. someone hears like you're not taking. care of your animals then people like oh. my God he's an animal abuser whereas if. someone's like you know like Theo stole. the you know Jim Gaffigan's jokes when. he was you're like yeah whatever it. didn't matter as much so people take. that more serious but again I think that.

that's a good point animal things a hot. it's always such a Hot Topic I think. especially when that Joe D uh Joe Tiger. King yeah Tiger King yeah yeah did you. ever run across that guy I didn't know. Joe but I knew almost everyone else in. the series yeah there almost everyone. else in the series with friend of mine. so it was it was definitely a very as a. matter of fact the scene if you remember. the scene opens up at a reptile place if. you remember and so he's a reptile place. guy named Tom Crutchfield and then all. of a sudden there's a van Mark McCarthy. a buddy of mine and there's a snow.

leopard in it and he says wow this took. me on a completely different direction. that series was originally supposed to. be a reptile series it turned into a. tiger series because he just happened to. be at my friend Tom crutchfield's place. which by the way they've now filmed that. reptile King I don't know it's called I. think it's going to be called Lizard. King to be honest with you because there. was a book called Lizard King from Brian. chrisy was a bestseller and um a guy. named uh Ray and Mike vostrom were the. lizard Kings um and their reptile people. but Tom Crutchfield also was one of.

their main guys that's how that whole. thing started was it it was supposed to. be sh shadab Raven nostrom Mike venstrom. Tom Crutchfield and a couple other guys. and it turned into Tiger King but uh but. yeah like I'm friends with Mario the the. the the guy that scarf faces you know I. don't the guy he's literally the the. Scarface was made after him Mar I've. known Mario for a long time pretty much. all the guys in the in the series I've. been friends with know the Myrtle Beach. you know doc antle doc antle's wild yeah. yeah he seems interesting interesting is. a word for that's exactly what he that.

whole thing I mean listen I don't know. how they make it work man you know like. like but they do like I see what they do. with these animals and I'm like I don't. know how people aren't dying you know. but they they got it oh I don't know his. son isn't dead every day and he's out. there eating damn mangoes with a damn uh. you know snow cat or whatever yeah no I. mean but it works man I mean they they. somehow have those animals dialed in and. it's you know like I I don't know man I. mean I I I give them a lot of respect. from the standpoint that they really. know their stuff because no one's ever.

been hurt there and they are you're. walking around with a liger that's 800. lb or whatever you know it's like that's. crazy I got to go over there you should. man just see I'm supposed to go to. Charleston in a couple weeks maybe I'll. try to stop on the way let me know I'll. I'll hook it up man that' be a great. idea I can help you out man um is it. hard to support like does your wife and. children have other interests are you so. Reptil in that it's ever like hard to. like uh cuz I find it hard in my own. life I get so caught up in my own stuff. that it's like man I've created so many. things that are busy it's hard for me to.

put them down and recognize other. people's interests and stuff and it's. not a judgment it's just a curiosity no. it's no I think you're 100% right I. think that you know if you're doing. things the way I mean this is a go back. to the balance thing I am so unbalanced. dude you're right you know I mean like I. I work like I work like way too much I I. mean you know it's hard to have other. interest at all you know what I mean. like like I'd love to go out and play. hockey or play baseball or something. like that on the weekends that just.

ain't going to happen you know I'm too. busy and uh and it's the same thing my. wife is uh you know she's you know 247. you know with me so we we try we're. trying you know I mean but it's it's. hard man because you've done everything. you can do I feel like yeah well that's. besid be a damn snake right well this is. the thing that that's great about my. life and and same thing with yours is. that I'm doing all this crazy work but. in the meantime I'm like. you know on a freaking island in the. middle of Indonesia you know in a cave. with with snakes you know or I'm.

traveling around or or even even you. know like again you know just like the. first time I met you you know I'm going. to a comedy show and then going back and. meeting theovon you know that's what. everything is I go to a baseball game. I'm meeting the baseball players I'm you. know so so like you know so you might. work your your butt off but at the same. time you're wi you're you're you're. winning because you're living an. extraordinary life yeah you know even. though you're working like a dog like. doing things that people can only dream. you could do sitting in a room talking. with Theo van for two hours or whatever. you know it's like it's it's a blessing.

but yeah there's not a lot of balance. man like you know I'm not sitting around. playing bot ball very much that's for. sure yeah it's tough man it is. interesting and I don't know if it goes. back to something inside of me that. wants to work all the time if it goes. back to a fear of. being like not seen or something I don't. know do you know what made you what. drove what what drives you if you ever. thought back on my gosh yeah 100% it's. you know the the typical you know. parents never thought you'd demount to. anything you're never going to be good. enough you're never going to be the you. know your brother and sister going to be.

more successful and then you have that. chip you know you're like you're Pro I. tell people all the time I've been I've. been trying to you know prove to my my. dad that died 10 years ago how good I am. you know and that's what it is right I. mean it's you know I listen I've got a. lot of pathologies right you know and I. know them all I've been through therapy. plenty you know so so I get it you know. I'm driven because of uh things that. happened to me when I was young but but. at the same thing you know like said. it's like I'd rather be driven to do. something great yeah than be driven to. do something wrong you know what I mean.

I could have hey that fork was in the. road when I was 16 17 years old oh that. tongue is split at the end baby yeah I. could have went the other way and I. could have been doing bad things my. whole life you know I mean I tell people. all the time I'm a I'm as I'm an addict. up the you know more than an addict you. can imagine I just choose my addictions. to be positive addictions and not drugs. and alcohol and and bad stuff right. interesting um I got one last question. do you uh when you travel around the. world and you go to these different. cultures and stuff is there a culture. that you feel like that is most closest.

to Nature that you get like a sense like. man these people are right are so much. closer on the cusp of of nature than. maybe uh us culture or of of our culture. well for me it's always been the. continent of Africa you know I mean like. you know Africans uh are more in tune. with animals for sure wow now you know. see Australia Embraces animals but. Australia you've been I'm sure yeah yeah.

I mean they're very it's like America. with an accent you know really but they. but you also when you go to the store. there's gummy snakes and there's you. know there's koala bears everywhere and. you know I mean they're very they. Embrace nature yeah there's animal. little sanctuaries and zoos all over you. pull off any yeah you pull off at a damn. truck stop and there's somebody in there. [ __ ] tickling a uh a Little Koala or. a little uh noi or whatever that little. animal is WKA a wak yeah her little what. is it called that smiling animal oh. that's a quka. quka got one right here right on my arm.

happiest animal on the earth but uh so. uh but but I think the Africans are are. you know although the Australians. Embrace Wildlife they still live in. homes and stuff like that Africa. especially if you get into the bush I. mean those people I mean it's a way of. life I mean they're they you know they. they've got lions and they've got you. know leopards and they've got rhinos and. and elephants living amongst them. and it's it's a I love being in the bush. in Africa you know that's like the. probably purest places I've ever been in.

my entire life um and and and the people. there are you know I I went to a place. called uh uh deari school for Bush. School for kids and they would take uh. they would take these kids uh from the. bush and bring them into this little. camp for two weeks and the first thing. they would teach them is how to flush a. toilet cuz they had never seen running. water before right and and I was lucky. enough to come in and spend some time. teaching these kids about Wildlife right. and and to them Wildlife can be scary. because you wake up in the morning and. you know your uncle Johnny got killed by.

a lion you know or whatever so so. everything is he was the breakfast Chef. yeah right yeah exactly and so uh but. but then you teach them that these. animals can be respected and and it's. amazing I mean and I've never been to a. a rural Village in Africa that they. aren't all smiles and aren't all like. loving life even though they have. virtually nothing and so uh so yeah I. think because it's a place I mean it's a. place I always get called back to right. like when I I want to go and and and.

just feel nature that's where you go and. and have you been to Africa yeah yeah. it's yeah I've had some great experence. yeah I've had I would say similar you. look in some people's eyes there and it. looks like they go so far back yeah it. does it feels like you're home when. you're in Africa that's what I always. say it's like as a matter fact there's a. great saying that says once you've your. boot has stepped its foot in Africa you. can never get the dust off and uh I. think that that's a a real true story. you know it's like it's always calling. for you to come back and I can't wait. till we can do some more traveling get.

back to places that I love like that. it's awesome where do your kids like to. go uh well Noah is is a big traveler uh. and uh uh my my daughter is is uh she's. more like she'd go to a resort you know. something like she's that type of a. traveler whereas Noah is more of an. adventurous traveler I think you know he. over the you know he's been a lot of. places but I think over the rest of his. life he'll be he'll he'll see the place. places I've seen you know and and we've. been to some pretty crazy things I mean. I've uh uh again you know some of my. travels have been ridiculous you know I.

mean probably the craziest you know. travel thing that I ever did once was I. was in Indonesia and uh there's this. this famous uh guy named Brady bar I. don't know if you've ever heard of him. Nat Gio guy you know like presenter you. know and there's this really famous. scene where he's in this cave uh in. Indonesia and a place called aoar and uh. he he gets bit by a big reticulated. python right in the gu right in the GU. gets him he's in B Guana right and and. he uh he gets bit and he screams like. crazy you pull him up yeah there's bar.

and like I said the the the most famous. thing Brady ever done was get bit by a. reticulated python in this thing so we. had uh I was in Indonesia I was in. Indonesia and uh I get this uh literally. I have a piece of loose leaf loose leaf. paper dude with a map drawn a drawn map. how to get to the cave right now this. cave is on an island called the Bambu. and uh so I and all I have is the loose. leaf paper Loos leaf paper literally. says fly from Bali to lab Bambu Drive 43.

kilomet up to estana UL hike an hour. down a trail to the cave that's all I. got right so I literally pack my. backpack one change of clothes I've got. some camera gear it's me and a friend of. mine and we get on a prop plane fly two. hours off a bali to lab Bambu get their. uh taxi driver that we had arrange in. the beginning like not taxi but a driver. like he's supposed to take us there we. get there and he's like oh no no I'm not. going to a star that's way too dangerous. to get up into that and I'm like what we.

literally just flew here right so I. fortunately I had a friend that was. really connected in Indonesia I call him. up he gets on the phone with him I don't. know what he tell I don't if he. threatens them bribes them I have no. idea what so finally like all right. let's go we're doing this you know so we. drive 43 kilometers takes us literally. like four hours because the roads are so. bad to get up there get up there we get. into this this little village called. thean and we have to get a passage you. know for from the the Elder you know the. chief like if we can go to the cave cuz. this a holy cave and um and and so so. literally like you know you get up there.

and and you know they probably won't see. too many white people probably Brady bar. was the last white person they probably. saw right and so we uh uh you know all. the The Village folk are out they're. laughing they're smiling taking you know. selfies and all this other stuff and um. and then they now we got to sit down. with the elders right we go into this. dark room about this size and it's me. and my friend and and uh is your friend. cool my friend is cool he's from. California he's cool he's hanging out. and then I've got my translator that was. the guy that drove us here right's he's. going to translate for us he's sitting. next to me and we go in this dark room.

three Elders sitting here rest of the. village behind them now they're all. stoic not even a smile on their face. right and 15 minutes I hear you know. they're talking back for no idea what. Survivor at the end of Survivor I'm like. what and you got to remember there are. still parts of Indonesia that head hunt. right you know so at the end of this 15. minutes end of this 15 minutes I'm not. even [ __ ] you man I was texting my. wife hoping that maybe it would ping off. something saying I don't know if I'm. going to make it out of here alive right. and so at the end of this 15 minutes of.

go back and forth the uh the the the. lead Elder reaches back and some lady. hands machete at that point I thought I. was dead I'm like okay I'm done I'm I'm. done it's over so that he gets the. machete he puts it on his side everyone. stands up walks out my translator is not. saying [ __ ] to me you know like and I'm. like what is going on you know so. finally he says okay I talk to the the. chief he said he will take you to the. cave for like what equated it to like 40. bucks right I'm like oh my I got $40 I.

saved my life I got an es I'm in you. know by the way we would have never. found this cave you this tra it was a. trail that like an hour into the bush we. would have been lost in 15 minutes you. know but the the guy took us into the. cave did this really badass ritual he. had like he had an egg that was in a. handkerchief he like split the machete. was to get like off a sacred tree to. knock a branch off then he puts the. branch down puts the egg on top of and. then sings This ritual for safe passage. into the cave and so we go in there and.

and craziest Hardies you could ever be. at yeah right and uh and so we go in. there bwana up to my my waist no way I. mean just raining bat poop right you. know and we caught some some some snakes. in there uh and it was a great adventure. man it was a great adventure you know so. I think no all have those adventures in. the future as well you know it's. probably one of the coolest things I've. ever done I did fall into the B wano at. one point killed my camera by the way I. had my camera slip fell into the the B. one I was covered in Bat crap only had. one change of clothes and that was uh.

then had to hike an hour back up to this. the thing to drive four hours back home. so yeah damn well if he stays doing. comedy he won't have he'll I mean he'll. perform with the St Louis Funny Bone. that's a real [ __ ] hole so he might not. have different it might not be the same. type of [ __ ] hole with the bat stuff but. it'll be just different type of [ __ ]. yeah still got to wash yourself off at. the end yeah you do yeah Brian bar man. thank you so much dude for coming and. just spending time with me man I really. think it's. fascinating um I wish I if I had a snake.

I'd pet one man I got one you want one. did you guys really bring one I bring. one yeah you want to get. it oh I was just saying that uh I think. you should I think you should if you be. here with me man I'm here I'm here man. I'm right here all right let's get one. man let's see what's what's going on and. and where's this snake from brother all. right I'm going to start hang on a. second oh Jesus Christ. he shouldn't have done it so Theo I'm. going to start small okay whoa dog what. you doing man come on man this is small.

I'm going to start small I've got one. other snake you got to check out but. check this out this is called a pie ball. ball python look it's got a smiley face. on it okay and it's got an upside down. smiley face okay come on man now is. these glasses this is this going to. scare him nope not at all this is drama. drama come on man that dude's moving. around buby no just hold your hands out. like this you're going to be good he's. going to know I'm scared cuz I know I'm. scared right now he's not going to care. he doesn't matter well what about me you. can be scared but you're not going to be. afraid cuz you're going to feel it. you're going to be like holy cow that's.

way cooler than I expected all right he. can't bite through this can he he can't. going to bite you ever all right I. promise you okay so what's going to. happen then this is going to can I just. put him on the ground can I put him on. the table or should I put him in the air. you put in ground but if I have these. bracelets is that going to scare him. nope it's not going to scare him I don't. want him scared dude got let me just. touch him first touch first yeah do feel. like it's not slimy Okay cool so ready. you'll be fine and then just do this. real quick and then I got one other. thing I'll show you see that's not bad. right the thought of holding a snake is. way worse than actually holding a snake. he's just chilling okay okay good all.

right let me show you one more Jesus dog. damn bro I think I just had a uh egg. birth in my. heart I feel like I just had a pair of. what y damn boy now this one's got to go. around your neck damn bro come on bro. this one's got to go around your neck. all right this one's super sweet it's. the only way you can hold hold on dude I. can't even hear you right now you have. to give me at least 10 seconds man to. chime in man all right got damn bro.

you're all right you're going to be fine. okay now what is that snake doing. where's that snake from man this snake. is a burmes python it's alino burmes. Python and it's not going to do anything. it's it's super tame super I mean this. is I mean it seems like it wants to do. something it's around like five-year-old. kids all day long god dude you ready. yeah now what are you going to do you. going to put it on me and then what do I. do just sit here sit here and I'll take. them off when you tell me okay all right. super simple well it just hold on dog it. Brea it just was breathing it just. breathing why can't it [ __ ] just.

breathe on real quietly more quietly. dude yeah it's be it's breathing like a. damn like it's damn got a V6 in its neck. it's gonna be fine I got you all right. okay let's wait till it's looking away. all right I'm going to take it like this. so it's looking away you tell me when. you're ready okay and it's not going to. go up my sleeves or anything is it. should I pin my sleeves closed no you're. good you're good I got you all right. just like this. yep like this okay and if you put this. hand out like that you can control its. head and you're. set see you did it you proud yeah you.

won can you take him I got you thank you. brother you got it Jesus Christ. bro yeah that was awesome right fears. dude that's what I feel scared you did. good man you did good you should be. proud of yourself man that's good stuff. isn't it yeah can I try one more time. with him yes of course okay I just want. to feel out I told you I want to feel. the fear again I told you I told you. this is how it happens all.

right am I good you're good he's just. kind of cruising around do I hold him or. anything you're good all. right and how do I seem okay you're good. I mean you seem a little stiff that's. fine he seems fine he's happy you can. move you can breathe you can do all that. normal stuff that people do all right. ladies and gentlemen we're. grateful we are grateful you're here. tonight thank.

you this episode brought to you by. liquid death or just regular. death okay what is he looking at he's. looking at the plant okay. good yeah man he seems wow I think it's. just. that he doesn't seem like a bad guy no. he's a good guy trust me I only brought. good ones okay thank you okay I think. I'm okay for today that's good though. goodbye buddy there you go.

wow you did good brother I'm proud of. you more powerful a little see it's like. you won it's like you won way I feel a. little bit. more yeah like I won like I just like I. did something you know like I leaned. into the discomfort oh jeez no. worries it means it's his lunch time I'm. sure yeah that's just in time just in. time I took him back so close yeah so. close wow man that's amazing dude yeah.

it's cool right I mean when you do it. it's kind of it's mesmerizing right and. that's what I told you is that people. that just like you you know freid then. you do it and you're like let me do that. again man let me do that again and then. next thing you know you're like really. into it I'm I'm telling you you know if. you were close to me you'd be at my. place every day you'd be like holy crap. this thing is awesome you know when we. come up man I owe you a vlog I'll come. in there when we come up and we'll do. something fun man you have to show me. around a little bit I'll try to be more. a little little bit more Brave you're. you were Brave man you did great dude I.

feel good it definitely makes me feel. something it makes me feel like I did. something I didn't want to do a little. bit you know yeah I feel a little bit. more like uh maybe I don't know if it's. maybe a little bit more confidence I. think you're I think you could see it. actually I could see it in your face you. went from like terrified in the. beginning to almost like wow this is all. right I got this man I got this that's. pretty awesome you should be proud of. yourself I'm proud. thank you I appreciate it thank you for. being here too man thanks for boosting. my pride level today uh guys you if you. don't know Brian you can check him out.

he is a a huge YouTube channel and you. can experience everything that's all. about All Reptiles not just snakes right. yep right yeah all reptiles and um he. has two children and he seems like a. good guy and we're happy he was here. today thank you so much bub thanks man. it's been awesome thank you brother cool. now I'm just floating on the breeze and. I feel I'm falling like these leaves I. must be.

Cornerstone oh but when I reach that. ground I'll share this piece of my I. found I can feel it in my. bones but it's going to. take a little. time for me to set that parking break. and let myself. all shine that light on.

me I'll sit and tell you my. stories. sh. me and I will find a song I will sing it. just for you. and now I've been moving way too fast on. the runway train with a heavy load of my. P.