Heartbreaking News…

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:13]Come on, Diggy.

[00:00:19]Yeah, there we go. A little death roll.

[00:00:22]Whoa, big boy. Oh, he'll make his nest right there.

[00:00:28]Whoa.

[00:00:29]Whoa.

[00:00:30]Come on, let's go swimming.

[00:00:32]I know you got energy.

[00:00:35]We got a Cuban croc. Oh, he's death rolling.

[00:00:39]There you go. Don't Oh, no. Almost got me with THE WHO NANNY.

[00:00:49]WHAT'S GOING ON, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE?

[00:00:50]WELCOME back to my wildlife. We're here with my big mud puppy, Chubby. Chubby, you want some food?

[00:00:55]Unfortunately, this video's going to start with some sad news. As you guys know, we did a surgery on Split Jaw, the infamous alligator from Gator Boys back on Animal Planet back in the day.

[00:01:05]Want some food? Come on. I know you got energy.

[00:01:09]You hear THE JAW POP?

[00:01:10]WHOA. 3,000 lb per square inch pressure on those jaws, enough to crush a turtle shell or your femur. Um so, the news today is unfortunately we lost Split Jaw. Uh we had him recovering here for about a couple weeks to a month, and we were giving him fluids, we were giving him antibiotics in the front arm. Uh it got to the point where I actually had to put food down his glottis, which is the palatal valve in the back of the gator's throat. And basically what had happened was uh he never got his energy fully back.

[00:01:38]He never acted like his normal self.

[00:01:41]And eventually he did pass away. We did everything we could for that alligator.

[00:01:44]Dr. Maeder did everything he could for that alligator.

[00:01:48]And I'm going to miss him. It really sucks. Um I'm sorry to tell you guys this, but we're going to try to have a good time. We're going to continue the episode. We're going to go feed all the animals, go see how everyone's doing, go see how Miss Tootie's doing cuz uh she's looking like she's getting ready to lay some eggs.

[00:02:01]All right, so there's a storm rolling in. We're going to have to do this really quick.

[00:02:05]Let me just get all the fencing opened up real good. Get that gate ready.

[00:02:10]And I'll show you guys what's going on after I give them some chicken.

[00:02:13]But obviously it's kind of hard with them shucking me down for food all the time. So let's see how Aries and Miss Tootie are doing.

[00:02:21]So you can see Miss Tootie's been scraping up all the dirt all along the land making a nest right about there.

[00:02:30]They might still be a little hungry.

[00:02:31]Let's try to feed them. Come on. Come on, Tootie.

[00:02:35]Woah! Big boy.

[00:02:39]Woah!

[00:02:41]Aries is doing good.

[00:02:44]Proud dad.

[00:02:45]Come on, Miss Tootie.

[00:02:47]Tootie, come on.

[00:02:49]So Miss Tootie might not be that hungry because she's getting ready to lay those eggs. She's literally gone all the dirt from everywhere and made herself a little makeshift nest right here.

[00:03:00]She hasn't laid though.

[00:03:03]So maybe if she lays it's going to be right about here.

[00:03:07]You want this? Come on.

[00:03:09]Come on.

[00:03:11]Come on.

[00:03:12]Oh.

[00:03:14]Woah!

[00:03:18]That's Aries.

[00:03:20]All right, let's come back out when it stops raining.

[00:03:24]All right, beautiful people. Woah! It just stopped raining a little bit. You want some food?

[00:03:29]Come on, Aries.

[00:03:31]There you go, big boy. Looking sexy.

[00:03:34]Don't crush your girl's nest.

[00:03:37]I don't think Miss Tootie wants to eat cuz she's so full of eggs right now.

[00:03:39]She'll probably end up laying eggs in the next couple nights if not tonight.

[00:03:43]You want this?

[00:03:46]No? Yeah, she's so full of eggs. She doesn't want any food.

[00:03:49]And as you can see now that it's not raining like crazy, you can see she scraped all the soil and rocks all the way from over here to this corner, bringing in all this material, this dead grass.

[00:03:59]And she's probably going to keep building it for the next couple nights.

[00:04:01]All right, we got the little caiman pond with all the turtles and whatnot. We got my little female Cuvier's dwarf caiman.

[00:04:07]Just some snacks for her.

[00:04:08]Oh. There you go. One more rat for her.

[00:04:11]See if the big guy's going to come out, Freddy.

[00:04:14]Freddy.

[00:04:15]Come on, Fred.

[00:04:17]Come on, Fred. Can I get you to back up a little bit, mama?

[00:04:20]Back up just a little bit. Thank you.

[00:04:22]Beautiful little Cuvier's dwarf caiman, world's smallest crocodilian. You want this? Oh. You want that?

[00:04:29]Oh.

[00:04:31]Even though it's the world's smallest crocodilian, you still have to be careful. I actually know of a guy who was moving a box with a Cuvier's dwarf caiman about the size of Fred, and it slid out the box and landed on his arm and literally ripped a chunk of his arm out. So, even though these are the smallest out there, doesn't mean they're not dangerous. They still have immense jaw pressure.

[00:04:50]Want some food? Freddy.

[00:04:52]Come on, Fred.

[00:04:54]Come on, Fred.

[00:04:55]Come on, Fred.

[00:04:56]Oh, watch out, Fred. Don't bite her.

[00:05:00]Come on, Fred. I'm messing. That's my fault.

[00:05:03]Come on, Fred.

[00:05:04]There you go. Good boy. One more. Oh.

[00:05:08]Oh. Come on. Come on.

[00:05:12]There you go, big dinosaur. Let's go feed some of the not-so-chill crocodilians.

[00:05:18]Even after a week or so of digesting that food that we gave her, that big old rooster, she's still freaking plump as can be. So, she's definitely got those eggs in her. And she'll probably end up laying in the old nest like she did last time.

[00:05:30]Nadia.

[00:05:32]You want a pre-lay snack?

[00:05:38]There you go.

[00:05:41]Oh, nice little chew toy for Nadia. Real thick looking, you can see. She's definitely going to lay those eggs. And that trip we just had to Europe was definitely worth it because there's a potential 8 to 9-ft male unrelated to her that we're going to be able to send over from Europe so we can finally pair up this beautiful Siamese croc. You guys know she was a rescue crocodile, wasn't doing too well. My buddy rehabilitated her and ended up giving her to me after she was nice and healthy. And now she's pushed to like 7-ft long or so. So, we get an 8 to 9-ft male ready to breed, she'll be producing beautiful young Siamese crocodiles which are critically endangered so it would be just incredible to be able to breed this girl and have her bloodline continue. Look at that beautiful critically endangered crocodile from Asia.

[00:06:26]Such a badass croc. Look at that.

[00:06:29]She's not too bad when she has food in her mouth. That's for sure.

[00:06:34]You can see thick as can be.

[00:06:40]Oop, sorry. I shouldn't touch her tail.

[00:06:42]That's a big no-no with Nadia. Now, you guys remember last week the bobcat was actually hanging out right here face-to-face with Nadia. So, if there's any chicken leftover in any of the enclosures or she head thrashes and throws some guts around, then there's a chance that bobcat might come back this afternoon. So, I'm going to keep my eye out. All right, beautiful people. Ziggy is very rambunctious.

[00:07:02]So, I'm going to have to climb to the back of her to give her the chicken first so I don't end up getting chewed up by her.

[00:07:12]Ziggy.

[00:07:13]>> [laughter] >> Come on, Ziggy.

[00:07:18]Want some chicken? Oh.

[00:07:22]Woohoo!

[00:07:28]And you think that's too big of a meal, but she's going to make it into a quick snack. Beautiful American crocodile.

[00:07:34]Obviously, this is the queen of the collection.

[00:07:37]This is my baby. First ever croc I got with my permits when I was just about 19 years old or so. Look at her.

[00:07:44]Smashing that chicken. And this is exactly why that bobcat showed up a couple weeks ago cuz I gave everyone big chickens to chew apart so they can get that good enrichment. And obviously bits and pieces were all over the place attracting the bobcat with that scent.

[00:07:58]How sick is that? Ziggy chomping down a chicken. I'm so proud of you. Can I touch you?

[00:08:03]Oh, I love Ziggy. Let's go feed some chickens to some other crocs that can take down a good meal and see how everyone's acting today. Okay, let's feed Pointy Peter the African slender-snouted croc. Crazy, look he's actually right here lining me up underneath the surface. I can just barely see his eyes.

[00:08:21]Pointy Pete.

[00:08:22]Come on.

[00:08:24]Come on.

[00:08:25]Come on Pointy Pete.

[00:08:27]Come on Pointy Pete.

[00:08:29]Come on.

[00:08:31]There you go.

[00:08:33]Crazy rare crocodile from the Congo of Africa.

[00:08:37]He's happy with his food. I'm not going to give this lady a whole bunch, but let's have some enrichment with the Nile croc and let her chew on this so we can maybe get her to death roll or something. So, Nala is still on the fence over there looking at Pointy Pete. Let's give her a chicken to chew on. We're not going to probably give her the whole thing, just let her play with it.

[00:08:54]Nala.

[00:08:56]Nala.

[00:08:57]Nala, come on.

[00:09:00]She's coming.

[00:09:01]Nala.

[00:09:03]Come on, Nala.

[00:09:05]Come on, Nala.

[00:09:06]There we go.

[00:09:08]Little bit of enrichment, maybe a death roll.

[00:09:11]There we go.

[00:09:13]Come on, give me a death roll. You can't have all of it, you can only have the head. Yeah, there we go. A little death roll.

[00:09:19]Typical of the crocodile to break pieces off of a larger food item. Going to go over here a little bit so she's in cornering me in that tree.

[00:09:29]Come on, little death roll.

[00:09:31]There you go. Little piece for you. You want a leg?

[00:09:35]There we go.

[00:09:37]That's a happy Nile crocodile. All right, we got Bridget right here. You want some food, Bridget? Little bit of a rat.

[00:09:43]There you go.

[00:09:45]Why don't you go in the water so I can feed you from there?

[00:09:48]She's goofy.

[00:09:50]Beautiful broad-snouted caiman. Come on, we got more for you.

[00:09:54]Beautiful jaguar-like crocodilian. Come on, for the rat, not me.

[00:10:01]Woah! There you go. You almost got me, honey. Back up.

[00:10:05]Crazy little broad-snout. One of the first crocodilians I got with my permits.

[00:10:10]You want some more?

[00:10:11]It is wet outside. It's like a tropical rainforest out here. Here we go. Come on.

[00:10:16]Come on, Bridget.

[00:10:18]How high can you go?

[00:10:19]Huh? Let's see how high you can go.

[00:10:23]There we go. Beautiful. All right, so we got Bagoy in here and aw, he's looking all wet. Are you okay, buddy? We're in the rain.

[00:10:32]Of course, he has the ability to not be in the rain, but as you can see, he's hanging out. We're going to put some rats right here for him. We're not going to fly him on the glove today. Just a little snack for my boy.

[00:10:42]You look so goofy right now. You want a rat?

[00:10:45]Want a rat? No?

[00:10:47]You're just like, this rain's got me on a funky mood. You look so crazy right now. Look at you, little goblin.

[00:10:54]Our sweet little little owl owl. I love you, Bagoy.

[00:10:58]We're going to leave you Oh, I love you, too. All right, let's go feed the slender-snouted croc and the saltwater croc. All right, so he's being shy, so we're not going to feed Anakin. I'll just throw some food in his water. He can get it later. Let's see if Guapo wants a little bit of enrichment, too.

[00:11:09]We'll let him chew on the chicken just a little bit.

[00:11:11]Want you on that? Get a little definite out of you?

[00:11:14]Huh? Oh!

[00:11:16]Come on.

[00:11:18]Just a little bit of enrichment so you can work his muscles. Make sure you don't bite me, dude. You have a head in your mouth right now. You eat that first.

[00:11:25]Beautiful critically endangered Cuban croc.

[00:11:28]You want this big old chicken?

[00:11:30]His eyes are definitely bigger than his stomach. That's for sure. Oh!

[00:11:35]Nice enrichment for him. Make him work his muscles just like Nile of the Nile crocodile.

[00:11:40]You want it? You going to death roll it?

[00:11:43]Oh, you would not want to have this guy latched on to you. He would hold on like a pit bull. There we go, nice little death roll. There we go.

[00:11:51]This one It's easier to death roll in the water. There you go. You want to try and death roll now?

[00:11:56]Oh!

[00:11:58]He said, "I'm taking that chicken."

[00:12:04]Oh!

[00:12:05]We got A CUBAN CROC. OH, HE'S DEATH ROLLED. Look at that.

[00:12:09]OH!

[00:12:11]OH!

[00:12:13]DUDE, you're you're really working it.

[00:12:15]Look at that. Oh!

[00:12:17]All right, I have smaller pieces that you can actually eat.

[00:12:21]Huh? You want a smaller piece?

[00:12:25]There you go. He's all tired.

[00:12:27]Okay, buddy.

[00:12:30]Love this guy so much. Such a beautiful crocodile. Cuban crocs one of the best in the world. All right, let's go feed something else. IT'S DRIPPING. IT'S WET.

[00:12:37]I'M FEELING TRIPPY.

[00:12:39]SECURE. It ain't easy work being a crocodile keeper, but I manage.

[00:12:44]There you go, Bobby.

[00:12:46]Enjoy, my boy.

[00:12:48]Give me a handful of rats, too.

[00:12:50]Not that much. Some of the rats.

[00:12:54]A little bit of chicken, a little bit of calcium, a little BIT OF RATS. SO GOOD FOR HIM. GO SPONSOR MY COBRA AT THE CAFE. THEY DIDN'T SPONSOR ME FOR AN UMBRELLA, YOU CAN SEE.

[00:13:03]THERE WE GO. RIGHT into the mouth and not on my leg. That's pretty good.

[00:13:07]Beautiful African slender-snouted croc enjoying the rain, patiently watching me feed everything else.

[00:13:12]Cuz she's been wanting her piece.

[00:13:14]And uh she's very plump right now. Last time she ate was about 2 weeks or so ago. So, she's definitely got eggs forming inside her.

[00:13:24]So, we'll hopefully have a nest of slender-snouted eggs, a nest of Siamese croc eggs, and a nest of hybrid Cuban Nile crocodiles. Obviously, none of these babies are going to use for anything conservation-wise cuz she's not going to produce anything fertile. Most likely, Nadia is not going to produce anything fertile. You know, once in a once in a blue moon, you get parthenogenesis, which is when a crocodilian or any kind of reptile can create young without having an actual mate to inseminate them. Um so, that's why you always candle the eggs to make sure they're not actually fertile.

[00:13:55]But, uh the only babies that we might potentially actually get would be from Aries and Miss Tootie. They've never produced fertile eggs here at the facility, but it's always possible they produced babies in the past when they were at the Everglades Outpost. I personally don't want to create hybrids.

[00:14:09]I was thinking even when we finish the big croc exhibit with the boardwalk, that first exhibit, I might just move Aries that first into that exhibit, let him enjoy it, keep them separate so we can start working towards getting Miss Tootie a pure male Cuban crocodile cuz we don't want to create hybrids. It sends the wrong message. The whole goal is conservation work at this facility, not to create a bunch of hybrids. Ready?

[00:14:29]GET SOME AIR.

[00:14:31]WOAH!

[00:14:33]THAT WAS AWESOME. Come on, Chubby.

[00:14:35]Jeez.

[00:14:38]You got the grass. Good job.

[00:14:40]But, I got the chicken.

[00:14:42]Good. You ever train your gator to remove weeds? Bet you haven't. Want some food?

[00:14:47]Come on.

[00:14:48]Oh!

[00:14:49]Oh! Come on, big boy.

[00:14:53]Come on.

[00:14:55]Come on.

[00:14:56]Oh!

[00:14:58]Ready? Open that mouth.

[00:15:00]Jeez.

[00:15:01]There you go.

[00:15:03]Nice crack.

[00:15:05]Snap on the pop. Come on, Barry.

[00:15:07]Come on, Barry. Come on, Barry. You want some chicken?

[00:15:11]What's going on, beautiful boy? The gorgeous black-throated monitor lizard that my friend donated.

[00:15:17]And uh we're just going to give him a little bit of enrichment, make him run around for some food. How you doing, Barry?

[00:15:22]You want to hold a whole rooster leg?

[00:15:24]Oh!

[00:15:26]There we go. You see he's shedding his skin, just like a snake, but instead of one whole piece, it comes off in chunks.

[00:15:31]So, right here around the ears, he's got skin coming off like that.

[00:15:35]They're such cool lizards, like a little Komodo dragon, just not as dangerous.

[00:15:39]And then look at this, he actually has a scale right here that covers the ears, so that's like his eardrum almost, at least the outer layer of skin.

[00:15:47]How cool is that?

[00:15:49]You like your big old rooster leg? You want some more? Let's see if we can get him to run around. Don't Oh, no! Almost got me there.

[00:15:55]In the who nannies. OW! GOT HIM. GO ON, YOU LITTLE COME ON. STOP. Come here. You want the food? Oh! Come on.

[00:16:03]Come on.

[00:16:04]Grab this one by the head. There you go.

[00:16:06]I'll help you with this one.

[00:16:08]What a funny lizard.

[00:16:10]You want another one?

[00:16:11]You done licking your lips? There you go.

[00:16:14]You happy?

[00:16:16]That's a good meal for my black throat.

[00:16:18]That's a good meal. You got some stuff in your armpit. Let me get it out for you.

[00:16:23]Look at you, you big tank.

[00:16:25]Big guy. Come on.

[00:16:27]There you go. Good boy.

[00:16:29]All right, beautiful people, it's time to go swimming with my sweet otter boy, Kaido. My GoPro was actually dead. Can't do any underwater shots today, but at least we have a beautiful day to share with a beautiful otter boy, Kaido. Let's go swimming.

[00:16:45]Kaido!

[00:16:48]Such a nice day.

[00:16:50]Get a little exercise with my sweet small-clawed Asian boy.

[00:16:55]Kaido!

[00:16:57]Uh, sorry about Splitjaw, guys. I wasn't really sure how I was going to film and tell you guys about it, but you know, I try to be as transparent with you guys as possible, so it's unfortunate. We did everything we could for him, and that's all we can do.

[00:17:10]And at the end of the day, you just got to do what you got to do for your animals. Right, Kaido?

[00:17:23]It's me, Kaito. It's [music] me. All right, beautiful people. I'll see you on the next one. Stay beautiful. Stay safe.

[00:17:28]And most of all, love your sweet Asian smoke LORD RIVER OTTER BOY. I'll see you guys on the next one. Make sure you follow your dreams and stay passionate about everything you love.

[00:17:38]I'm also passionate about cardio. Come on, Kaito.

[00:17:42]Cardio.

[00:17:44]We're doing it.

[00:17:46]We're doing cardio.

[00:17:49]Me and my otter, we're doing cardio.

[00:17:51]WE'RE DOING CARDIO, GUYS. WE'RE DOING CARDIO.

[00:17:55]CARDIO.

[00:17:57]BACKSTROKE.

[00:18:00]Backstroke with an otter.

[00:18:05]All right, I'm going to pee now.

[00:18:07]Bye.

[00:18:09]>> Two nights.

[00:18:18]>> NANU NANIS. OW. GOD DAMN YOU, NANU. COME ON.