Private Tour Of the World's Most Expensive Pet Show

Today I am at the world's largest pet fair in Los Angeles, and I'm looking for the most expensive animals in the entire world. We're starting right here. Saul, what do you got right there? This is a curly-haired tarantula worth five dollars. Five bucks. We can only go up from here. We're starting with five bucks with a curly-haired tarantula. Saul, let's get it. This is literally the world's largest pet show, so you've got everything. You've got plants, you've got lizards, you've got snakes, and other holes. There are birds, there are fish. I believe there's cats and dogs. I mean, we've got a little bit of everything here at this show, which is absolutely insane. So come with me as we spread out and cover so much ground at the world's largest reptile show. It's gonna blow your mind. We have some really cool ponds at my place, so I'm looking for a couple things for my fish tank, potentially a couple things for the pond, and of course on the lookout to see what the most expensive thing at the pet fair is. Oh, no way. Look at this. First pond. Sorry, bud. Look at that. Sturgeon. I'm gonna get one. Yeah, I am. I gotta get roads. Come with me. Dude, I am. Look what I found. Look, look, look, look. Go look in that bucket right there. What is it? Sturgeon. Didn't we say we wanted a sturgeon for the pond? Yeah. Do you want to get a white one or a dark one? White one. We're gonna get a white sturgeon. That's so exciting. So we've seen a lot of pretty cool stuff here at the reptile show today, but I have not seen these guys anywhere. So at first look, you might think, wait, that's a bearded dragon. You're wrong. You're an idiot because this is a toad-headed agama, right? Yeah, absolutely. Tell me about these guys. They're crazy. Look how mean he looks. Yeah, for sure. These guys are like little bulldogs. They're different from a bearded dragon. They are in the agamid family, but these guys are from like the Southern China area to the Middle East. And what these guys are known for is having a crazy threat display, like the frilled lizards, where they open up the sides of their mouth and kind of, you know. Look at the frills and the spikes that they have on the side of their head there. And then of course, where the name comes from is this crazy, just like bulldog looking face. And you can see he's not loving being handled. So we won't keep him out longer than we need to. But how much are these guys? Um, what do we have him going for, Bailey? 400. That's not bad. 400 bucks? Yeah, very reasonable. It's pretty cheap. We want to get him in the hands of responsible keepers. Definitely not the most expensive reptile at the show. Definitely not. Thanks for having me, guys. Yeah, absolutely. Oh, it's okay, buddy. It's okay. Go home. Simmer down, buddy. Look at that face. All right, what do we got here? So we got a pixie frog. I'd say one of the biggest. I dare you to pick him up. You know what? I think we can do that. Oh, I thought he was going to bite you. Aren't they pretty bitey by nature? They usually are pretty bitey. Let's see. You know what? I think he's just a little shy today. Bold. Very bold. A cool frog. And they make a pretty good pet, right? They're easy. They're hardy. Super easy. Yeah. And what's really fun, you can feed this a small rat. Yep. So, you know, if you want a frog that don't want to deal with crickets. Yep. Get yourself a pixie. So let's see. So I'm going to pick him up. He'll probably bite me now. Look at the size of this frog right here. I mean, that is a monster frog. It's cool because they have this very waxy feeling and they're not wet. They're not slimy. They're just very waxy. Yeah. I mean, when you call them that. Now, here's the big question. We're asking this about everything today. How much is this frog? This guy is five hundred dollars. Five hundred bucks. Five hundred dollar frog. That's pretty good. We're climbing. We're getting there. We're finding the most expensive animals at the show. All right. So the last time we were here and doing a reptile show, we almost got a jet black snake from Lucas from Dan. But Dan, now you got some even crazier looking. What is the sunbeam snake? It is a sunbeam snake. You're right. This one is a calico. This is a wild caught color morph mutation that was encountered in the wild. No way. So this is wild caught. Yes. You're joking. So this has to be unbelievably rare. Yeah. Because usually if an animal is going to have a color morph like that, it's not going to make it to adulthood. Right. It's going to get picked off by a bird or something. Exactly. That is so cool. And look at us now. There's a reason they call these animals sunbeam snakes. Dan, let's go over here. Come over here. I don't want to steal the snake over here. But when you look at this beautiful creature, you see how beautiful it is. It's white spotting. And I've never seen one morph like this. But when you put it in the sun. Right. Yeah. You don't mind me doing that at all. And if you look at this here, you can see why they're called sunbeam snakes, because that shimmer that they get, the normal ones are very dark, almost like a chocolate color. Right. So and also very iridescent. But kind of surprisingly to me, the iridescent still shows on the white snake. Yeah. So it's amazing. This might be one of the only ones in the world like this. Probably. I don't think you'll ever see another one. No. Let me ask you a big question. How much is this beautiful snake? Eight hundred and fifty dollars. That's worth every penny because that is an amazing snake. Tell me a little more about your albino lungfish here, man. They're from Africa. So this is an African lungfish. So during the wet season, they're all going to come out and they breed during the wet season. So during the dry season, like you said, they'll go through a little like hibernation period where they completely dry out. And then when the wet season comes, the rain will come. They'll all crawl out of the mud and then they'll all breed again. Such cool fish. Well, nice, man. You got a hell of a variety. I'm going to pick up one of your butterfly fish on the way out. I can do it now if you like or do it later. We're big fans of the channel. Us at CK Fish World. So we want to gift you guys any type of fish you guys want. Oh, wow. I think we'll do a butterfly fish. I love those African butterfly fish from my homeland. Hey, man, what's your name? Robert. Robert, nice to meet you. Exotic and beautiful birds. Exotic and beautiful birds. Well, I'll tell you this. You caught my eye because you do have some of the most exotic and beautiful birds at this whole show. I've seen a lot of the same of the same. What's your most expensive birds that you have? Right now, those Amazons over there. How much are your Amazon bait? Very big. Twenty nine hundred. Hey, there we go. Yeah, look at that. Oh, he's lovely. Look at him. And I heard you say when I walked by those funny. If you drop them, you buy them. We want to drop them. We love them too much. We're looking for the most expensive animals at the show. What do you got? Is a blue tree monitor. OK, can I see him? Yeah. Hey, buddy. Wow. He's really blue. Yeah. So where are blue tree monitors from? They're from Indonesia. Only one island called Batanta. Oh, wow. Yeah. And as I'm sure, you know, and a lot of people at home probably know, blue is by far the rarest color in nature. So having a lizard that's blue like this is pretty spectacular. Look how sharp those claws are. I mean, they literally dig right into my skin. He is awesome. I got to hold him a little better. What makes him so special outside of that blue coloring? Tree monitors are cool because they rarely ever come to the ground besides laying eggs. Yep. Yep. So this species also just recently got put on the endangered species list. OK, so a big question here, Armand. What does this beautiful blue lizard cost? This one is about four grand. Four grand, man. That's a that's a lot for a tree monitor. But boy, it is a spectacular animal. I mean, look at that color. You look under the light here where you can really see that blue pop. How many of these you have? Only this girl. Oh, no. Yeah. Oh, you better not tell her. Yeah. Well, I'm trying to get her someone that has a male. Ah, understood. Yeah, understood. Armand, good to see you, buddy. Thank you. She is very scratchy. I think I'm bleeding all over. So if you don't know, I'm a huge nerd for turtles and tortoises. Absolutely love them. And Connor here may have some of the most expensive animals at the show, which is what we're looking for. So same species. Yes, sir. Can I guess, please? I don't think they're Galops. I think they're Aldabras. Yes, sir. All right. So that means they are the second largest species of tortoise in the world from off the coast of Africa. What else can you tell us about them, Connor? They're second largest species. They're from the Seychelles Islands. They look very similar to the Galapagos tortoises, but they're actually a completely separate divergent population of island gigantic tortoises, which is pretty interesting. Really cool. They can get five to six hundred pounds and live about two hundred years. So how old is this little guy right here? It's going to be a few months, like three, four months right now. So they're born really big They are born pretty big and they do grow fast for about the first year or two of life. They're growing very rapidly. This guy here is about four years old now. So pretty quick growth in the first four or five years. So here's the big question for you, Connor. How much is this little guy? Twenty five hundred. And you said that they appreciate in value. So if this little guy is twenty five hundred, what does this one cost? We're asking fifty five hundred. Fifty five hundred bucks. That may be definitely the most expensive tortoise at the show, but probably not the most expensive animal in the room, wouldn't you say? Probably not the most expensive animal, but probably the most expensive tortoise. Yeah. And they're badass. Let's keep looking. So, Bethany, there is everything at the show, including a baby zebra for sale. So I have two questions for you about Zippy. One is how do you make them so nice? Because every zebra I've ever met is a total jerk. So that's the thing is you have to pull them early so they don't get the bad habits of the flightiness of the mom because they watch. So if the mom is not used to people, she freaks out with certain things and the zebra is like, oh, I'm going to do the same thing. Whoops. You're still a zebra, huh? Ears back. All right. Question for you. How much is Zippy? So he's about ninety five hundred. Ninety five hundred. We're getting up there. We're getting nearer. We're looking for the most expensive animal at the show. I like him. He's awesome. Yes. Thank you so much. So tell me, I heard you have some pretty spendy snakes. What do you got? Well, this is one of the five snakes in the country. So there's only five of these available. Explain. What is it? It's a carpet python. What is it? No, it's not. So it's a reticulated python, a super dwarf mixed with a hybrid of a Timor. So hybridized animal. OK. Produce this. Whoa. Yeah. She's and it's got that like rainbow thing going on, too. Yeah. The iridescent. Yeah. Yeah. That's going to be the superdwarf and the Timor basically acting on the pattern. Well, so I mean, I was way off saying it was a carpet python. I just saw the pattern. But so sorry. Explain again. So it's got retic in it. And what else? Superdwarf reticulated python. OK. So a tiny retic mixed with a Timor python. Wow. OK. So this is insane. It's a very long skinny snake for something that has retic in it. Right. Correct. Yeah. Well, I mean, the superdwarfs in general don't get as big as a normal. They're not as meaty. Yeah. Interesting. A baby superdwarf. You're looking at. I'm learning so much about expensive snakes. 55 to 65 grams as a baby. OK. So our babies are usually pretty small. Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. So I would say it's a good size. Yeah. Fair enough. How old is this snake? She's going to be roughly around three years old now. Oh, wow. OK. Just trying very hard to get that water bottle. Hey, hey, hey, hey. All right. Redwelling snake. Yeah. I'm a tree. So that's really cool. So here's the big question. You said one of five. Yeah. One of five. Yeah. In the world. In the country. In the country. Yeah. As as something as rare as being one of five in the whole country. What does this unbelievably beautiful snake cost? In my opinion, 10,000 is not bad. 10,000. 10,000 bucks for this beautiful tree dwelling snake that's trying to choke me out. Only one available. So there's five, but there's only one available. Wow. Does it come with the autoerotic asphyxiation or do you have to add that in? That's free. OK. Nice. That's free. Totally worth it. So Mike here from the reptile shop is about to pull out what might be the most expensive animal at the world's largest pet fair. What do we got, Mike? So here we go. So we've got a VPI. OK. IMG blood. OK. What does all that mean? So so VPI, it's a T positive albino. OK. IMG is increased melanin gene and blood is that red hue that it has all over. And that just ended up having like a really good balance of contrast, color, quality. And it's like it's like one of those ones you kind of get the white elf, the white rhino where you like you find one that is kind of everything blends well. I feel like that's it. What a stunning creature. What a what does this snake cost? So that's fifteen thousand dollars. Fifteen. You could buy a car for this. You could buy you could buy a good car for. Holy smokes. That's unbelievable. It's so funny because when everybody around the show was telling me come talk to Mike over here at the reptile shop. I thought you were going to have this like 11 foot long snake. That's over there. This is actually the melanin gene. OK. That that carries. So and this guy will get big like that, right? So this one will probably get a little smaller than this one. OK, but that's so so the dark color on that is actually this gene. Yeah. But when you add blood and VPI T positive cancels those things out. Yeah. A little. Sure, sure. That's wild. Well, Mike, you have some of the most incredible, beautiful snakes, every color of the rainbow. The reptile shop is dope. Thank you so much. And I appreciate the free snake. Take care now. Hope you guys enjoy. Do me a favor. Please hit that subscribe button. We really appreciate it. Let me know if you want me to do more of these tours. I got to get these fish in some tanks.