 everyone Shaber 1000 here today we're at homa sasa springs we're at a wildlife park right behind me right over there they're gonna be feeding the manatees here in a little bit so we're gonna go check that out I'm gonna film some that for you but in the meantime we're going to just go ahead and walk around and wait so hopefully you enjoyed this video just kind of an afternoon outing on a Saturday next Saturday is going to be fun so stick around for that so here we go he's 59 years old I think 57 he originally came from California okay so this hippopotamus is an honorary citizen of Florida his name is Lou the hippopotamus hippos live 40 to 50 years in the wild captive hippos can live to the age of 60 years or more you guys can pause this if you want to read it and that's kind of small but cool but there he is that's Lou this says that he to maintain his size and weight Lou consumes 15 pounds of alfalfa four scoops of herbivore diet food and five gallon buckets of fruit and vegetables every day each January all his birthdays in January says my birthday each January on his birthday Lou receives a special birthday cake local school children attend his party cool he was born at the San Diego Zoo in 1960 he's been a resident he's been here since 1964 and his youth Lou was part of Ivan tours and more actors and starred on television and in movies so he's a famous hippo okay guys can you see him of the American alligator here there's another one over there long on that bank right there but we see him a lot bigger than this on our river pretty cool all right let's go check the other one out and here's the other Gator that we seen from over there the first one we looked at there he is and we got this guy right here he's telling in the water I want to wrestle one of them but they won't let me there's Lou back over more animals I just seen a deer run across get monkey and see she wants to go check these animals out so there's Lou let's go check out some more stuff he moved here in 64 they make our way to the man they do the feeding all kinds of little birds in here big birds there's some there this is cute it's like a little zoo in a state park if you look right down there there's a manatee so pretty cool we'll bring it up closer that big that tail is beautiful shot there in January is usually when they get really cool then you know probably this will be full very graceful what they call them sea potatoes right was called like somebody called them potatoes I did my intro right over there cool beautiful down here and some deep water some little springs running out there he's probably 36 37 inches long at least there's another fish right below him see it's scary I got only a bunch of them some are there he is yeah he's here here there's one they're being lazy today Saturday afternoon right there there he is foxes mama yeah there's two of them in here there's the foxes the wolves weren't out so get a look at any of them one of them is swiper the fox back there cool not sure which one is which but one of them is called swiper the fox yeah yeah so we're gonna find we're gonna try to find the cats and the bears do you know there are more fake flamingos in Florida than there are real flamingos yeah yep for real where they originally come from I don't know but I do know there's more fake than fake flamingos than there are real flamingos in Florida a little tiger shot for you here that one you're in can take cool this one where's he at this one he's sleeping buzzards over here really cool place but there's the family of flamingos say he's standing on these one foot oh family so I just happen to see monkey pointing your camera up in the tree there a bunch of buzzards up there death birds okay so we're coming up to the owl owls we got the barn owl we got the barred owls and see these are the barn owls now this owl how old here is like the one we seen in the backyard remember I was filming they have injures those ones over there these are barred owls I got you in my backyard this one's the one we had in the backyard yes a barred owl cool it was about that close to him or I was in here we've got some whooping cranes right there the whooping whooping cranes and it's how they kind of rust cool check this guy out we got him hamming it up for the camera I am not zoomed in see zoomed in that's a lot of way out about four feet from him let me see if I can tell you what's wrong with this eagle in the 1960s the bald eagle population decreased automatically due to harmful chemical DDT but we see them flying through our house a lot unfortunately each of our eagles had they've had wing injuries that required amputation so their wing wings have been hurt and amputated that's why they cannot fly out of here it's beautiful I've seen one of these over at a golf course one time fly down there's a pond there fly down and get him a fish it was so majestic and so beautiful when it did that and over here we have the red-tailed hawk and they can't fly away because like I said they've been they've been wounded this thing this guy here he's he don't live here he just comes in but now that's the red-tailed hawk we have them in Ohio they're beautiful too okay guys here we go we have a bear back there walking around I did see one out in the wild one time it was it was better than that one though but not by much but still he was like 20 feet away from me but so that's cool looks like that a painting on the building anyway there's the bears are supposed to have them mountain lions here a type of mountain lion that are very rare they're endangered here in Florida so we're gonna find them but there's one of the bears a shea bear and my daughter bear Shona bear cool monkey will be glad to see this one I think he's want now maybe he's hungry kind of hard to focus it's trying to focus on the look at baby so monkey just seen a kitty cat as she called it there it is right over there to get a better look at him put that bucket here to They are very rare, they are down here, but they're very, very rare. Now you want to pet the kitty? That one's facing too, so the other one's in. You brought me all the way back here, now I'm feeding the kitty. It's not laying. And it's not real, but then you have that one there. Oh, there's a canter. Cool. No, you've got two of them. And again, there's the one back there in the cage, looking around. Isn't this cute? I guess that's a donation thing. Yeah. It's right over there, we're heading over this direction for the bobcats. So we'll go check them out. We have bobcats in Ohio, and I lived in a little village called Buffalo, which is not far from Seneca Lake, Ohio. But there was a bobcat attacking my dog. A dog named Peaty. And there was a bobcat about that size, who was attacking my dog. So I had to shoot the bobcat. I didn't want to, because I don't shoot anything I don't eat. But, I mean, they had to let him kill my dog. It wasn't going to happen, it was just a tiny little doggy. So there's the bobcats. There's a good side view of them there. Monkey called them the babies. Florida bobcat. There you are. Fun fact. In high school, our mascot was a bobcat. So we were the Cambridge bobcats. And he tells a little bit about them. I don't know if you guys can see that. So I am actually a bobcat. There's one, he's just sitting there looking. Can you see him? Let's see if I can zoom in here. I'll try to show it. See, it's trying to focus on the fence. But there he is sitting there looking around. I wanted the mountain lion thing to do the scream that they do. And this is just a place where birds and flamingos and stuff can go and hang out in this area here. I wanted to see the reptiles. They were playing. They went that way and the other one couldn't find them. And then he ran and chased them. I was telling them you called these the babies. Yeah, these the babies. But I'm a bobcat. Yeah, fun fact. Well, you're tiny. My high school, we were the Cambridge bobcats. Ah, where'd the other one go? He's hiding behind that box, I think. It's not ottering here somewhere. Have you seen? I found kind of, but I didn't get him on film. You hear that electric fence? Yeah, well, they mean business. Not sure where he is. But this is a cool fence. But the otters are supposed to be in here. He must be able to lay back here. This separates the otters. Oh, is this closed, huh? Yeah, the otters can't get through here. Oh, okay. Well, something maybe we could see an otter. I was hoping he'd get up there on that platform. But I'm not sure where the otter is. But I thought this was a cool bridge. Oh, I don't know. But, oh well. We missed the otters. Let's go. See what's, I'm not sure what's over there. The deer walk. We saw the deer earlier, but we can't. They got that closed off. So, see what's in here. Oh, we got the tortoises. There's a tortoise right there. Cool. And an owl. And, right down here, is the tortoise. I can get in through the fence. He's a pretty big size tortoise. He goes in that hole down there. But, yeah, there's one of them. Oh, he's looking at us. There he is. It's pretty cool. I'm supposed to have reptiles here, so I don't know. I'd like to see the reptiles. But he won't fly out. Well, the owl. I know the tortoise won't. He definitely won't, but they got that up there to keep the owl in. He's a burrowing owl. And that is the gopher turtle. Must have just fed him. That's his food over there. So, that's pretty cool. Oh no. The reptile exhibit is closed. Maybe they'll have one here. Yeah, there's one. There's a snake. See? Too bad I gotta do this third glass. I'm sorry. I don't know if there's anything on this other side. Monkey won't want to see this. Cute little house. But I don't see the snake in this one. Yeah, I do. There he is. Right there. There's the snake. They are because... Wait, there it is. The gulf hammock rat snake. I've seen these in the backyard. Let's see what the other one has. The other one is a Florida pine snake. Now, I have not seen one of these in a while yet, but at least I know what it is now. So... Maybe that'll help. Oh, there you go. That's how we got to see two snakes. I didn't bring any cash. Maybe monkey. If I can find her. There she is over there on the bridge, looking for the otters. That's what that little red ball over there is for. Oh, and we have a... a bird. Something there. That little ball is for the otters to play with. I think she's looking for the otters. She's over there on the bridge. What's around here? Restricted area. Well, that's okay. We got to see some animals today. There's monkey. Walking over there. What? The otters? No, did you? Did you? He came up? Was he? So I did talk to him again. It's a soda pop. He said, oh, soda machine. He talked about all the snakes and stuff in there. No, I can skip this one. I don't really like snakes to do that anyway. Yeah, but maybe your viewers do. Yeah, but it's a shame. Let's get one of these. I hope you guys can see how big he is. Getting clear back up in that corner. Yeah, look at that. I don't know if you guys can see him. There he is right there. Goes all the way to the corner. And he goes all the way behind this little tree thing. You can see him there. And he still and he's curled up over here. Yep. So he's friggin long. He's probably about 5 feet. He's pretty long. I've not seen one of these yet. This is called a full Florida pine snake. Where's his head? I just noticed his head right back here. Oh, there it is. There's his head. Yep. Wow. He hears us. He's like, yeah, go away leave me alone. Really cool. It is cool that from a distance. Beautiful. I don't find it beautiful. This is a different one. That's another one down there. Oh, is there two in there? Yeah, because the other one see the difference in the colors. Oh, you sure? The other one, there's more white. This one's got more black on it. Snake. So there's two in here. It's friendly. He just wants a hug. There's another one over there. Oh, he's out. He was behind me. I was more into the soda. I didn't know. He's trying to say hi. I'm so glad he's in there. They did that picture with the boa pair of shorts on it. Yeah, I was scared to death. I don't know, man. Looks female, doesn't it? I don't know. I can eat that by his face. You got to check back here at the cloaca. Which is right in there. See, this is not his tail. His tail is actually from right about here. And the cloaca is right in this area. That's how you tell a male from a female. You come to see us? Touch him. Touch that. You can feel them. Touch the glass. Touch the glass. I'm dreaming about it. And I will never slip again. No. You can't feel them through glass. I have soda. You want a soda? Come on, touch the glass. Please, for the camera. Really? Do it for YouTube. Touch the glass. Just touch the glass. You can't feel it. Good job. Did you feel him? No. I didn't do it with his hand. It's not nice. Come on. There's that one. There's the other one back there. You can't use cash at the start of the show. Okay, guys. Here's a wild animal. It's not part of the show, but we joined in. We've got a squirrel. There he is. Pretty cool. There he is. There's the other one. He's cute. We've got some wild ducks out there. Manatee over there. There's one over here. Manatee. And right over the end. There's another one. That's the Manatee. Just over there. Yeah. There's another one over here. See him? There's two in there. This is the home of Sassar River. We need to bring our boat out here. Are you trying to find me? No, not this one. No, we're going to be on that real weird name on one. Oh. Look at how shallow it is. Oh, there's a baby. Hi, baby. They got these you can look out, but we got some great zooms on our cameras. Oh, honey. They're huge. Save the Manatees. Loving things. Big old sea cows. Awesome. We're going to continue on this way. But again, like I said, there's home of Sassar River. We'll have our boat on here. Sooner or later. Okay, guys. So in this pin here, we've got some freshwater turtles. There's one of these head up out right there. There's one. Right over there's one. That's snapping turtles, are they? Yeah, this one here. This thing right there. Look, right down here. That's a... I think it's a letter back. I think they think we've got stuff. Yeah, that's what it is. I think they think we're going to feed them. Look at them. They've got all their heads up. That's funny. You're that funny guy. He's as you are. You're funny guys. Yeah, he's a pretty good son in there. They're pushing each other. What kind of camouflage was with the rocks? I'll back up to see you and get them. Here's some. I wasn't going to take them because Shaber has it on his. And we saw these two and they were sitting just right there. Here comes another one. He's sitting there. They think we're going to feed them and they all came up. Good call. They're probably used to getting bread and stuff all day. Yeah, this whole pond. This is supposed to be freshwater turtles? Yes, these are all freshwater turtles. You're smoking. I bet it's supposed to be a fountain. Yeah. But it looks like you're smoking. They told Shaber he couldn't smoke in here. And the man is he's smoking. You believe it. This place is nice. I wish you got more for your money. But like Monkey said, at least they're taking care of the animals. So we came over that bridge there. I don't even know if I'm going to see it. The bridge there. And we made a big loop around this building. So this is the Garden of the Springs Discovery Center. Of course, it's closed. But that's okay. Like I said, at least they're feeding you know. They're feeding the animals. Cool. So there you go. This is the Homassass of Springs Wildlife Park. If it comes up, it'd be a lot better when everything gets opened back up again. But there's donation boxes around. You can put your money in and help feed the animals. Like the eagles and those kind of birds. They're wounded. They'll never be able to be out in a while again. So that helps them out. Take care of them. So anyway, we're going to get out of here. It's been a wonderful afternoon. I like it here. We'll definitely be back again. So anyway guys, if you're on the Homassass area, be sure to drop in and check this place out. Pretty awesome. So we'll see you guys soon. Shea Berry, Mythman, and Legend. We're out for now. Monkey's going to do her out to her out front. We're going to get through the gift shop and out to the truck. And we're going to be gone with it. We'll see you guys soon. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Bye bye and take care.