Behind the Scenes at Reptile Gardens, near Rapid City, South Dakota

Jon Olson, a Black Hills native, gives a behind the scenes tour of world-renowned Reptile Gardens in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The finest collection of tropical plants and reptiles in the world.

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[Taylor Ross]

i love going there there used to be an albino gator but dont know what happend to him

[hawkman2111]

i love South Dakota it so cool to visit

[ErmUhOkFine]

I grew up near there, and I rode a tortoise at Reptile Gardens about 40 years ago. I wonder if it was Methuselah! I think we have some photos of this stored away somewhere.

[Grant Brody]

the turtles were awesome i layed next to for a picture and it started growling and it had a slobbery mouth

[Grant Brody]

i went there in july and saw a black mamba and a huge alligator named maniac and we got to see a gator show

[Mishigore]

I work there XP

[Andre Parsons]

I met the guy at 0:54 when I was there a couple years ago. I think his name was Lance.