WILD FLORIDA! A Snake ATE a Snake & SWIMMING with MANATEES!

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]You're the subject of my journey. Oh, he's like why don't you >> the mantis chose you. It chose me.

[00:00:06]Good job, mom.

[00:00:13]Oh my gosh, Tyson.

[00:00:17]>> [music] >> If you want to share your faith and hope in Jesus Christ, turn on the lights. She lives. I just had to dedicate my life to Christ.

[00:00:26]>> [music] >> Don't ever give up. Keep going.

[00:00:31]>> [music] [music] >> We loved you and missed you dearly.

[00:00:48]>> [music] >> Yeah. Let's get him a ride.

[00:00:56]>> [music] [music] >> What a good kid.

[00:01:14]>> [music] >> Let's go.

[00:01:18]Sunshine Nation, we are so so happy to have you here with [music] us. Thank you. Thank you for being here. We love you. We love your comments. We love your thoughts. We love your insights. You're amazing. Some of you have been with us for over a decade and we are just so grateful. If you're new, please like and subscribe and leave a comment and tell us about yourself. We're so glad you're [music] here. You guys, last week I had two different friends come with their families and they're of my friends from high school.

[00:01:46]>> [music] >> I graduated high school 30 years ago.

[00:01:48]Isn't that a huge blessing that we're still close friends and I [music] love their families. We also had a friend come. He was a missionary here. He finished his mission and came back for a week. So, our house is full and crazy and fun, but today we're going to show you the animals we encountered. Holy cow, a tortoise. A tortoise came to our door. We swim with um Oh, what do they call manatees? We swim with manatees. And we saw this little baby fawn and played with crabs and we saw we saw a snake eating another snake.

[00:02:24]Okay, so today is the animal day. Enjoy crazy wild Florida. We love you. I came to the door. I heard someone knocking.

[00:02:31]>> [laughter] >> I was like, "Huh, did somebody drop off a package?"

[00:02:34]>> He's peeing. He's leaving us a package right now. Oh, that's great.

[00:02:38]Hey little guy.

[00:02:40]All right, he's leaving.

[00:02:42]He's like, "I've had enough of these people." He came, he pooped, and he left.

[00:02:47]Oh my Oh no. Oh my gosh.

[00:02:49]>> He just pooped.

[00:02:53]Bye little guy.

[00:03:02]>> [laughter] >> Oh my gosh, [music] how precious are they?

[00:03:11]Aw.

[00:03:14]I'm in love.

[00:03:16]>> [music] [music] >> They say there's some manatees here, so we're going to go find them. I mean, we're not going to find them. They're going to find us cuz we're not allowed to go find We're not allowed to go find the manatees, but we can stay 20 ft away from them if we do. Passing through us right now.

[00:03:38]I'm going to name him Thomas.

[00:03:42]Can you believe that?

[00:03:45]There are two of them right there, you guys.

[00:03:53]Oh yeah.

[00:03:56]>> Hi Jackson.

[00:04:16]Oh my gosh, wait I need to catch my breath. Wait, stop putting your feet in the way. Ow.

[00:04:21]I didn't know I was.

[00:04:23]I'll come towards you. Mom, I can't swim.

[00:04:26]>> Oh, you need a breath.

[00:04:27]>> [laughter] >> I'm going to go under, I'm going to touch this tree down here, and then I'm back.

[00:04:33]Jackson, wait.

[00:04:35]I'm not ready. Jackson's feet are in the way.

[00:04:40]Okay, are you ready for this? I'm out of here. I'm following you. You ready?

[00:04:43]You're the subject of my journey. Okay.

[00:04:46]I'm going down.

[00:04:54]>> [music] >> That was magical. Did you see me riding it? Wait, did you really ride the log?

[00:05:00]>> Yep, I grabbed it by its horns, I guess.

[00:05:03]And I I sat on it and I was riding it and then I came back up. [music] >> Wow, it seems like you're down there for like 3 seconds.

[00:05:08]>> I shaka'd.

[00:05:11]>> [music] >> Oh, did you do a shaka? Okay, hopefully we got the whole shaka. I hope so, too.

[00:05:14]Cuz it was pretty it was probably pretty sick. But if you didn't get it, like it's okay.

[00:05:19]You can shaka now.

[00:05:21]Hey.

[00:05:23]Do it again, Braxton.

[00:05:25]Yeah.

[00:05:28]Oh, it's so beautiful. I was watching for the feet.

[00:05:32]>> [laughter] >> Go, go. It'll kick in.

[00:05:35]Go, go, go, take us there.

[00:05:37]Take us there.

[00:05:39]Aw.

[00:05:40]Jackson, you're the leader.

[00:05:42]This is just an image of how Jackson is.

[00:05:45]>> Ah.

[00:05:48]>> [music] [music] [music] >> I'm here. I'm about to go underwater.

[00:06:17]Oh, here I am.

[00:06:17]>> Oh, she's so cute. Ride the log.

[00:06:20]>> [laughter] >> Did you ride the log?

[00:06:24]Yeah. Did you ride the log, Braxton?

[00:06:26]>> You rode the log.

[00:06:27]>> Braxton rode the log log log. So, you probably have to ride the log at some point.

[00:06:30]>> the log. I mean, you don't have to. Oh my gosh, I need to Jaden, stop. I'm videoing Mom. That's it. Okay. Good job, Mom. Good job.

[00:06:38]She's going under.

[00:06:40]We're going to follow her.

[00:06:42]Oh, shoot. She's fast. She's really fast. She's going to go under and ride the log if she wants to be cool like everybody else. She's going to ride >> to ride the log. Let's go.

[00:06:54]>> Are you ready?

[00:06:55]Yes, I'm ready.

[00:07:10]That's so bad. Did you ride the log? I went down there and my legs I got worked up around it. Aw.

[00:07:17]Aw.

[00:07:19]It was the shoes.

[00:07:20]>> shoes. Let me Three, two, one, go.

[00:07:31]>> [music] [music] >> Good job, Mom. I did it. I did Get on. Get on. Get on. You kicked me in the face when you went left.

[00:07:45]>> sorry. It's okay though cuz Mom, all that matters is you got to do that.

[00:07:49]>> I I didn't ride it. I touched it.

[00:07:51]>> Good job.

[00:07:53]Hey, two-time log rider.

[00:07:56]I need more training. It's okay. You can get there.

[00:08:00]Jaden is drowning.

[00:08:02]Oh, good job, Mom. Breathe.

[00:08:04][clears throat] Breathe. You want to get in here? Yes. All right. We're here at the springs.

[00:08:09]Um Just going swimming. It's thundering and lightning. So, we better get back.

[00:08:15]So, join us for this journey going back to the >> [laughter] >> the car. See if we can get out without getting struck or uh thundered on.

[00:08:26]So, >> [laughter] >> Do you have a Have you ever gotten thundered on? No. Mm. So, we're going to head back now because we don't want to die. Do you want to die?

[00:08:37]I don't want to die. I also don't want to get thundered on. That would be bad.

[00:08:42]So, we're going to head back. They're looking at a crab, so we're not going to bring them.

[00:08:46]But Mom is a part of the the log TOUCHING CLUB.

[00:08:52]>> [laughter] >> WOO!

[00:08:56]AW, YOU LOOK SO NATURAL.

[00:09:00]THREE, TWO, ONE, GO.

[00:09:10]I'm not racing.

[00:09:16]>> [music] >> Oh my god.

[00:09:20]Oh my god.

[00:09:22]Holy crap.

[00:09:25]Mom, he's touching us.

[00:09:28]Yeah, he's touching Oh, he was like right underneath >> He came underneath me and and tried to make me ride him.

[00:09:34]Yes. Cuz I'm not even touching it. It's like literally rubbing against me. I'm just trying to stay still.

[00:09:39]>> Like now.

[00:09:40]Like literally I don't know.

[00:09:43]Aw, it's so cute.

[00:09:45]Oh, he's so cute. I don't want to kick my leg so I don't hurt him.

[00:09:48]>> Don't kick your leg. Just stay calm.

[00:09:50]>> Just staying calm. Yeah, he's just chilling. There. He's just right at you?

[00:09:54]Yeah.

[00:09:55]He's coming up for breaths.

[00:09:57]Yeah.

[00:09:59]Woah, his breath stinks.

[00:10:03]Aw.

[00:10:05]He's waving at me. He's crawling on the ground.

[00:10:10]Now he's going over to you, Mom. He's not even swimming. He's just crawling on the ground.

[00:10:16]Okay, my hand I'm not touching him.

[00:10:19]Well, he's swimming back over here.

[00:10:25]He's moving faster than I figured. Yeah.

[00:10:27]Yeah, they do move faster than they swim.

[00:10:30]Oh.

[00:10:34]>> [music] >> Anna, Anna, how do you feel?

[00:10:40]The manatee chose you. It chose me. And it didn't choose anybody else except for me also and Mom. Yeah. But it chose you.

[00:10:49]It chose me for a reason. And it chose those people, too.

[00:10:52]Isn't that awesome? That was pretty awesome. He's coming back. He's going to nibble at my toes.

[00:11:00]>> [music] >> All right, so we are crab hunting tonight at the beach.

[00:11:21]Oh, let's see it.

[00:11:23]Oh, nice work, Ella head. Aquarius.

[00:11:25]Oh, nice. Nice place. You want your HANDS LIKE THIS.

[00:11:30]OH, DON'T GET HIM DOWN. GET HIM DOWN CAREFULLY, KATE. Get him DOWN CAREFULLY.

[00:11:34]LET I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IT.

[00:11:48]>> [laughter] >> EVERYBODY, YEAH.

[00:11:55]Y'ALL HAVE THE KING of the crabs.

[00:12:08]So Yanni, you have a crab on a leash.

[00:12:10][music] I want to hurt his little pinchers.

[00:12:23]>> [music] >> Put your finger [music] on the back of him.

[00:12:40]Behind him.

[00:12:42]>> [music] >> YES. YES.

[00:12:53]YOU GOT TO DO IT.

[00:12:55]YES.

[00:12:56]YES. YES. OKAY. I'm a foster here.

[00:13:00]It's all Arizona.

[00:13:02]Officially part of the Crab Adoption Club. Yes.

[00:13:06]>> [music] >> Killed another crab. He killed a crab.

[00:13:11]Yeah, it's a dog. We got Let's keep it. Let me get him.

[00:13:20]>> [music] >> So Yanni >> [music] [music] [music] >> It's good. Wait, did you Did you Did it just go up there?

[00:14:07]You didn't even know it was there?

[00:14:08]>> happened.

[00:14:09]You were drawn to the most beautiful voice on the beach.

[00:14:12]This is true.

[00:14:14]Oh, he's like, "Jackson, take me home."

[00:14:25]>> [music] [music] >> See it?

[00:14:39]Why [music] is it flopping around like that?

[00:14:41]Is it doing Is it eating something? It was something going on with it, Jaden.

[00:14:51]>> [snorts] >> Tyson! And there's like two of them. I see one. Oh, it's eating one.

[00:14:58]It's eating [music] another snake? Yeah.

[00:15:00]Why is it eating a snake? I don't know.

[00:15:02]This is a black racer. Is it done eating? No, he just killed it, so he hasn't even started. He's just doing his thing right now. Cuz if he doesn't eat this, he's going to come for you, too.

[00:15:13]Ain't no snake coming around for me. You can really tell what kind of snake he's eating. Is it in his mouth?

[00:15:18]Head is.

[00:15:21]Oh, do you see his tongue?

[00:15:23]See that?

[00:15:28]I've never seen a snake eat another snake.

[00:15:33]One snake loses his life at the cost for another snake to improve his. It's a cold world, but it's a natural world. Is he going to lunge at me once he's gone? Got weird saliva seeping from his mouth. Wild saliva.

[00:15:48]Did he eat it? Yeah, he's finishing it up.

[00:15:54]>> [music] >> Ooh, there's his digestive enzymes that he's putting all over it, huh?

[00:16:01]Oh, oh, oh.

[00:16:03]Ooh, lots of bubbles. Backing up a little bit. I just don't need any snakes lunging at me today.

[00:16:09]And this snake all over in front of us.

[00:16:11]Crazy, huh?

[00:16:13]Oh my gosh, Tyson, [music] why would you do that to me?

[00:16:15]He's in hunter mode.

[00:16:18]Yeah, he is. He's like, "I can eat more."

[00:16:20]Test me.

[00:16:21]Our work is done here.

[00:16:23]Tyson.

[00:16:26]>> [music] [music] [music]