I loved seeing the Western Painted Turtle, I see them all the time where I live. I helped dig up a nest of them earlier today, with the droughts the ground was rock hard and we got worried the nest we marked in the spring wouldn't be able to dig themselves out. 12 little baby painted turtles. Love your work Mr. Galante!
At 5:47 when he shook the turtle so calmly all i could think of was the turtle freaking out in his shell thinking wtf is happening 😂😂 Been watching forrest years love his stuff ❤
Forrest as a fellow Californian it looks like you need a defendable space around your house. Wild fires are no joke we lost my entire hometown of paradise ca to wildfire. Now in the spring time is the time to get it done. Live your channel and thank you for an insight on your animals.
This is all awesome. Absolutely love that you rescue all these animals. I rescued a field mouse (western Pennsylvania mouse) I found outside when he was a tiny baby. I got him to his adolescent years and attempted to release him but he just wanted to stay where he was, so he lives in a 20gal aquarium in my living room. Oh and this was 4 years ago, he’s going on his 4th Christmas with us. Don’t know how long they live, but he’s been wonderful.
Love little horse and donkey but my fave were the giant toroises. Also love the way you nonchalantly ripped the flowers off to feed them. Great that you saved them all and that they live a wonderful life and are clearly very loved and spoilt!!
I love the idea of using native snakes to control pests. Once when I lived in Costa Rica I had a baby boa come up to me on a seawall and I took it home to play with. A local lady I knew asked what I was going to do with it. I promised it to her and kept it a week or so. I fed it a baby chicken. Then I gave it to her to put in their ceiling for bat control. She let it go in the rafters. The bats moved out or got eaten.
The Blue-tongued skink is a Indonesian blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas), more specifically it's the subspecies known as the Merauke blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas evanescens), they are the biggest of the Indo's (Tiliqua gigas), that also includes the Common Indonesian blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas gigas) and the Kei Island blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas keyensis).
I used to operate an exotic animal rescue, rehab & rehome ( if possible ). I gave tours to families with children at feeding time. I had nearly EVERY SINGLE representation, of EVERY family of creatures, on earth. Insect ( scorpions ) , mammals, invertebrate, cephalapods ( octopus ) , fish, avian ( birds ) , reptiles, amphibians, corals, sponges, anenomes, crustaceans & so forth
Your skink is exactly why I started rescuing them. There are so many species and they easily get confused. Even the Northerns need 40-60% humidity. They are some of the most rewarding animals. The Northern I recently rescued had some gnarly scale root due to her shed never fully coming off in to dry of an environment. 2 months later in the right conditions and her head is looking brand new!
I'm a big fan of all that you do. Always loved animals and reptiles especially. I know what it's like to have tanks in every room. My last reptile was an emydura macquari. I find that turtles are the most interactive reptiles and actually get excited to see you. I'm a property caretaker and pet specialist. I'd love to work for you.
I love watching you nerd out about animals, especially your animals. I can’t believe I waited this long to watch this video! Keep up all the great work you do
I see a lot of video's with lots of animals like yours but they all live in Florida. It's nice to see someone in my neck of the woods with all the animals I love. I'm from San Jose, Ba.
This is the life I always dream of, hopefully when I’m older I get a house that’s beautiful like this with amazing wildflowers and trees while having gorgeous animals, and to make it better have a job that involves animals like a rehaber job
I really enjoyed the tour of your families pets. Thank you so much for taking the time to give us a personal tour. I sure miss your show extinct or alive. I really enjoy how you tell us all about the animals you were looking for and how excited you would get when you found the animal. ❤❤❤
I had 2 tiger Oscars in a 150 (almost square tank) and 2 albinos in a 120 (typical wide aquarium) they were amazing to just sit there and watch. They are my favorite fish to keep, especially how they develop their own personality and aren't frightened easily, very friendly and active. The albinos live to 5 and 6 and the oscars made it to 7 and all 4 were enormous. Now I have cobalt zebras and electric yellow cichlids and they are so timid and they insist on hiding all day and if they are swimming around they will hide as soon as they see anyone. Complete opposite of oscars but definitely more manageable.
@ForrestGalante Hurricane Katrina was circa 2005! Keep up the great work. I'm a big fan of your work! i've watched your Travel Channel show. Where you were able to map the genome of the (Extinct) Tasmanian Tiger And seen your Joe Rogan Experience Podcast interviews on Spotify. I am also subscribed to your Podcast as well on Spotify!🐖👨🔬🧬🧫
Love the Rosy boas that have a lot of blue like that, blue-greys etc. Def a very varied boa, tho true boas are quite varied too! I keep Sonoran boas and a Colombian, then the True Red Tails, Bolivian/Brazillian Short Tails, Peru Long Tails etc. So varied! Awesome stuff man, so cool to get kids into animals and reptiles too. Given the negative reputation of reptiles and the stigma etc i especially appreciate that. My son still hasnt warmed up given his moms deep fear of snakes, but we will get there lol
Your house is amazing, I love it. Thank you for everything you do for the wildlife around the world. I hope that you'll have good luck with your expeditions and make a lot more great finds.
I'm in Nova Scotia. We have the Blandings turtle and painted turtles. Turtles are my favorite animals so I absolutely love Forrest's collection. The 2 from Zimbabwe are amazing. I like the Indian spotted turtle too :)
omg the little baby turtles are so cute. I had a small red eared slider like that and he was just like those guys. Every time you approached the tank he would come at you and swim in his habitat looking for food. They're so cute and they recognize their owners.
Videos like this were you just sit and watch these beautiful animals is amazing....I feel cozy rn and at peace in mind and heart...time to play Minecraft again
Wow! Thanks so much for your wonderful tour Forrest, much appreciated! With so many beautiful turtles in your household, I was surprised to not see a snapping turtle. When i was a young lad, a great friend of mine and I used to go "turtle hunting" on occasion, in Southern Ontario, Canada. There were a number of distinct and gorgeous breeds we caught (and released of course) but my absolute fave were the baby Snappers we caught. With their rugged, spiked shells, long claws and razor sharp beaks, they were truly prehistoric beasts resembling animals that just crawled out of the Mesozoic Era, heh. I think your Son would be quite amazed by their distinct and unique attributes should you elect to adopt one. 🤩 Cheers Buddy!
That’s not an eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina); that’s an ornate box turtle, doesn’t even look like a desert subspecies (likely Terrapene ornata ornata). It’s likely being kept too humid if it’s with Indonesian BTS. Both subspecies live in short grass prairies and would do fine in an outdoor enclosure in central California.
Rosies are 100% the best pet snake. I had many many snakes, domestic and exotic.Rosies always got the handle for the squeamish. I had a coastal(Silverado Canyon) and a desert(Indio). Little garbage disposals, always good eaters.Cal kings are fun too, most of my old grounds are urbanized now. 😢
I love turtles, ever since my first one at 4yrs old. I have wild gopher turtles living on my property, they eat the flowers and I think the wild blackberries. I seem the regularly walking through my yard.
You have my dream. Living in New England we run a "rescue" for animals that need a place to recover and stay. Totally different enviorment so not as many reptiles but a few. It's so great to see them flourish and get better. I'm sure you have enough tough stories the viewers don't need to hear. Good luck. Would love one day to be invited on one of your adventures
Favorite animal, probably would be Rosie! I love the story on how you saved her life and how long you’ve had her. It’s an amazing testament to reptiles durability. I recently lost my 10 foot Retick in my attic, and I have no crawlspace heartbreaking not knowing if it’s going to survive or not, I moved to Oregon from Santa Barbara about seven years ago and would have loved to have known you lived there and maybe got to spend a little bit of time just talking to you and learning from you would’ve been amazing.
I loved this- we have a huge painted turtle here daily I see him/her. Prob a foot long? How old do you think it would be- I’ve gotten the chance to hold him too. Put back in pond. And I bet your son thinks why does DAD get to keep HIS snakes 😂
My wife is from Santa Barbara, we visit often. We live in Palm Springs area now. I’d love to bring my kids by to check out your animals. My 14 year old is interning at the Living Desert in Palm Desert.
Hurricane Katrina was in 2005. I had a hurricane rescue bunny. The family evacuated with him but gave him up to rescue when they learned they would not be able to return to New Orleans anytime soon. He passed away in 2014.
I love the gopher snake and the rosy boas. Both tanks have the same top ans locking mechanism as my two kingnakes 40 gallon breeder tanks that thwy live in. I am partial to the snakes but loved all the animals. Thanks for thw tour!
I'm surprised no cichlids considering your (relative) proximity to the Rift Lakes growing up. It's cool to imagine our ancient ancestors living off/with their ancient ancestors.
Hello Mr. Galante, today I saw and even photographed what I think is an Ivory billed woodpecker because , even though this was in Cancun, I noticed it had a big pointy frill and it wasn’t a piliated woodpecker, because its face was black and only had a big white line in its neck, not in the face.
Got my start in Zoos at SB Zoo and love your work. Coming back to SB this week for a visit. Love the city and love reptiles just like you! Well done with all your work. Beautiful house and beautiful population of animals.
What's your favorite animal in my home?
This was fantastic, Forrest! Thanks for the tour!
So many beautiful creatures but my favorite has to be Gizzard the lizard, I’ve always loved lizards and I think it’s so funny he loves dog food 😂
Turtles and Tortoises
Leopard softy so cool , I used to have reg soft shell Alligator snapper and stink pot in a baby tank just like that lol I like turtles also
I love donkeys!
I would love nothing more than a 1 hour long video of Forrest and Kenan geeking out on turtles together
This would be amazing 😂 love it
I was just gonna suggest that to all I can see is those to in a video together
Yes! was just gonna sugest them meeting up 😀
I actually thought…. I bet him and Kenan could talk turtles all day and enjoy each other 😂
@@staceyroberts3468 They just released a new vid together 2 weeks ago
I love seeing Forest being able to rebuild his childhood environment in his new home with his new family!
What a serene household! I know it can get hectic but it’s beautiful to see someone so in love with nature. The garden was gorgeous!
I loved seeing the Western Painted Turtle, I see them all the time where I live. I helped dig up a nest of them earlier today, with the droughts the ground was rock hard and we got worried the nest we marked in the spring wouldn't be able to dig themselves out. 12 little baby painted turtles. Love your work Mr. Galante!
How could anyone not love this guy? Forrest is a national treasure.
Absolutley. He is one of my favorite people to watch. Never gets boring, teaches so much, and has the best attitude! So down to earth.
At 5:47 when he shook the turtle so calmly all i could think of was the turtle freaking out in his shell thinking wtf is happening 😂😂
Been watching forrest years love his stuff ❤
You're a good dude Forrest. This was a pleasure to see!
Forrest as a fellow Californian it looks like you need a defendable space around your house. Wild fires are no joke we lost my entire hometown of paradise ca to wildfire. Now in the spring time is the time to get it done. Live your channel and thank you for an insight on your animals.
This is all awesome. Absolutely love that you rescue all these animals. I rescued a field mouse (western Pennsylvania mouse) I found outside when he was a tiny baby. I got him to his adolescent years and attempted to release him but he just wanted to stay where he was, so he lives in a 20gal aquarium in my living room. Oh and this was 4 years ago, he’s going on his 4th Christmas with us. Don’t know how long they live, but he’s been wonderful.
Love little horse and donkey but my fave were the giant toroises. Also love the way you nonchalantly ripped the flowers off to feed them. Great that you saved them all and that they live a wonderful life and are clearly very loved and spoilt!!
You’re a good man.
No need for any other “content” than just watching you love all creatures.
I love the idea of using native snakes to control pests. Once when I lived in Costa Rica I had a baby boa come up to me on a seawall and I took it home to play with. A local lady I knew asked what I was going to do with it. I promised it to her and kept it a week or so. I fed it a baby chicken. Then I gave it to her to put in their ceiling for bat control. She let it go in the rafters. The bats moved out or got eaten.
Forrest "one of my absolute favorites" Galante
The Blue-tongued skink is a Indonesian blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas), more specifically it's the subspecies known as the Merauke blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas evanescens), they are the biggest of the Indo's (Tiliqua gigas), that also includes the Common Indonesian blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas gigas) and the Kei Island blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas keyensis).
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I used to operate an exotic animal rescue, rehab & rehome ( if possible ). I gave tours to families with children at feeding time.
I had nearly EVERY SINGLE representation,
of EVERY family of creatures, on earth. Insect ( scorpions ) , mammals, invertebrate, cephalapods ( octopus ) , fish, avian ( birds ) , reptiles, amphibians, corals, sponges, anenomes, crustaceans & so forth
Your skink is exactly why I started rescuing them. There are so many species and they easily get confused. Even the Northerns need 40-60% humidity. They are some of the most rewarding animals. The Northern I recently rescued had some gnarly scale root due to her shed never fully coming off in to dry of an environment. 2 months later in the right conditions and her head is looking brand new!
I love all your turtles someday ill have a collection like that
I'm a big fan of all that you do. Always loved animals and reptiles especially. I know what it's like to have tanks in every room. My last reptile was an emydura macquari. I find that turtles are the most interactive reptiles and actually get excited to see you. I'm a property caretaker and pet specialist. I'd love to work for you.
with the glasses on the hat he is definitely giving heavy santa barbra vibes. By miles my favorite animal in his house was his christmas pony Feliz!
One of the coolest backyards I’ve ever seen..🤘
His house is literally a turtle/tortoise rescue center. They’re not teenage or mutant but still pretty cool.
I love that almost every time he introduced a turtle, it was the coolest or his favorite lmao
I love watching you nerd out about animals, especially your animals. I can’t believe I waited this long to watch this video! Keep up all the great work you do
Thanks so much for this Forrest.
Glad that you put emphasis on responsible pet ownership.
I see a lot of video's with lots of animals like yours but they all live in Florida. It's nice to see someone in my neck of the woods with all the animals I love. I'm from San Jose, Ba.
Forest is a great soul and incredibly articulate. I could listen to him talk for hours on end. Valuable information and passion❤
Most underappreciated animal TH-camr ever.
This is the life I always dream of, hopefully when I’m older I get a house that’s beautiful like this with amazing wildflowers and trees while having gorgeous animals, and to make it better have a job that involves animals like a rehaber job
I really enjoyed the tour of your families pets. Thank you so much for taking the time to give us a personal tour. I sure miss your show extinct or alive. I really enjoy how you tell us all about the animals you were looking for and how excited you would get when you found the animal. ❤❤❤
That baby snake 🤣🤣🤣 so adorable 🤣🤣🤣
I had 2 tiger Oscars in a 150 (almost square tank) and 2 albinos in a 120 (typical wide aquarium) they were amazing to just sit there and watch. They are my favorite fish to keep, especially how they develop their own personality and aren't frightened easily, very friendly and active. The albinos live to 5 and 6 and the oscars made it to 7 and all 4 were enormous. Now I have cobalt zebras and electric yellow cichlids and they are so timid and they insist on hiding all day and if they are swimming around they will hide as soon as they see anyone. Complete opposite of oscars but definitely more manageable.
“I don’t condone taking animals from the wild” proceeds to take a gopher snake and rosy boa haha. Love the video
I've lived in Cali all my life an never new there was native boas how cool
What’s up to all the fellow Brosners!
Hellooo
Hii😊
Cmmoooonnnn
Shut up nah I’m just kidding sup buddy
A fan of Forrest? Idk what that means lol
Awesome collection, and cool that everyone has their own unique backstory
The way he shook the box turtle to get the dirt off like it was an inanimate object 😂
@ForrestGalante Hurricane Katrina was circa 2005! Keep up the great work. I'm a big fan of your work! i've watched your Travel Channel show. Where you were able to map the genome of the (Extinct) Tasmanian Tiger And seen your Joe Rogan Experience Podcast interviews on Spotify. I am also subscribed to your Podcast as well on Spotify!🐖👨🔬🧬🧫
Gotta love those softshells, just so goofy animals
What a dream to have an Epic piece of property and wonderful animals, in such a Suuuuuper Pricey City! Fly River Turtle is just an Amazing creature!
Love the Rosy boas that have a lot of blue like that, blue-greys etc. Def a very varied boa, tho true boas are quite varied too! I keep Sonoran boas and a Colombian, then the True Red Tails, Bolivian/Brazillian Short Tails, Peru Long Tails etc. So varied! Awesome stuff man, so cool to get kids into animals and reptiles too. Given the negative reputation of reptiles and the stigma etc i especially appreciate that. My son still hasnt warmed up given his moms deep fear of snakes, but we will get there lol
Expensive lawn ornaments😆 You are hilariously awesome Forrest!
would be very delightful to see a future update on Baby Goff being transferred to the garden to make his new Big Goff life 🐍💚
Your house is amazing, I love it. Thank you for everything you do for the wildlife around the world. I hope that you'll have good luck with your expeditions and make a lot more great finds.
Is gizzard a king gizzard and the lizard wizard reference?
I'm in Nova Scotia.
We have the Blandings turtle and painted turtles.
Turtles are my favorite animals so I absolutely love Forrest's collection.
The 2 from Zimbabwe are amazing.
I like the Indian spotted turtle too :)
being a country boy from Oklahoma, i gotta say the donkey was my favorite. Rosie came in a very close second
omg the little baby turtles are so cute. I had a small red eared slider like that and he was just like those guys. Every time you approached the tank he would come at you and swim in his habitat looking for food. They're so cute and they recognize their owners.
Videos like this were you just sit and watch these beautiful animals is amazing....I feel cozy rn and at peace in mind and heart...time to play Minecraft again
Forrest, being the iconic as always. Whilst also being the coolest dad in existence
Love fly river turtles. Been tempted to buy one from NERD for the last 15yrs.
Amazing Forrest, you are a great asset to the animal world
Wow! Thanks so much for your wonderful tour Forrest, much appreciated!
With so many beautiful turtles in your household, I was surprised to not see a snapping turtle. When i was a young lad, a great friend of mine and I used to go "turtle hunting" on occasion, in Southern Ontario, Canada. There were a number of distinct and gorgeous breeds we caught (and released of course) but my absolute fave were the baby Snappers we caught.
With their rugged, spiked shells, long claws and razor sharp beaks, they were truly prehistoric beasts resembling animals that just crawled out of the Mesozoic Era, heh.
I think your Son would be quite amazed by their distinct and unique attributes should you elect to adopt one. 🤩
Cheers Buddy!
This was great, thank you for sharing.
Bro named a rosy boa, Rosie. That is amazing I love it 😂
That’s not an eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina); that’s an ornate box turtle, doesn’t even look like a desert subspecies (likely Terrapene ornata ornata). It’s likely being kept too humid if it’s with Indonesian BTS. Both subspecies live in short grass prairies and would do fine in an outdoor enclosure in central California.
Rosies are 100% the best pet snake. I had many many snakes, domestic and exotic.Rosies always got the handle for the squeamish. I had a coastal(Silverado Canyon) and a desert(Indio). Little garbage disposals, always good eaters.Cal kings are fun too, most of my old grounds are urbanized now. 😢
5:59 I believe Davis is an Ornate box turtle. Wonderful species, wish i could keep them but they are native to my state and protected.
I love turtles, ever since my first one at 4yrs old. I have wild gopher turtles living on my property, they eat the flowers and I think the wild blackberries. I seem the regularly walking through my yard.
You have my dream. Living in New England we run a "rescue" for animals that need a place to recover and stay. Totally different enviorment so not as many reptiles but a few. It's so great to see them flourish and get better. I'm sure you have enough tough stories the viewers don't need to hear. Good luck. Would love one day to be invited on one of your adventures
As a midwesterner I love when I see a turtle and my favorite is the painted turtle for its pretty colors.
Is that a bumble bee door knock? 🐝🤣😍
Why am I so enthralled by these turtles
Thank you for the tour. Beautiful 🙂 I love the passion
I love the fly river turtle one of my favorites
Would love to see forrest get a tank done by serpa design. Would be a insane video
6:55 the babies swimming up to Forrest was so cute
Favorite animal, probably would be Rosie! I love the story on how you saved her life and how long you’ve had her. It’s an amazing testament to reptiles durability. I recently lost my 10 foot Retick in my attic, and I have no crawlspace heartbreaking not knowing if it’s going to survive or not, I moved to Oregon from Santa Barbara about seven years ago and would have loved to have known you lived there and maybe got to spend a little bit of time just talking to you and learning from you would’ve been amazing.
I loved this- we have a huge painted turtle here daily I see him/her. Prob a foot long? How old do you think it would be- I’ve gotten the chance to hold him too. Put back in pond. And I bet your son thinks why does DAD get to keep HIS snakes 😂
My wife is from Santa Barbara, we visit often. We live in Palm Springs area now. I’d love to bring my kids by to check out your animals. My 14 year old is interning at the Living Desert in Palm Desert.
I hate the fact that some people can monetize learning about animals and here I am knowing all this information for no reason...
That baby Fry River is so damn freaking cuteeeeee
Love the turtle tanks so much bring me back to when i was little with mine
You’re more than welcome to come out to the reservation in Southern California for ceremony brotha! Appreciate the work you do for the earth
RESPECT 🙌
Awesome set-up there! We have quite the rescue zoo going on at my place too 😅
My mother would absolutely LOVE your turtle stuff 😂
Well that fly river turtle is the most adorable thing to ever exist
Hurricane Katrina was in 2005. I had a hurricane rescue bunny. The family evacuated with him but gave him up to rescue when they learned they would not be able to return to New Orleans anytime soon. He passed away in 2014.
Omg i love the little baby turtles!there so cute!
Wow! I didn't envision Forreste as having a Food Forrest.
Agree, painted turtles are amazing
I love the gopher snake and the rosy boas. Both tanks have the same top ans locking mechanism as my two kingnakes 40 gallon breeder tanks that thwy live in. I am partial to the snakes but loved all the animals. Thanks for thw tour!
Omg!I love the baby turtle they are so cute!
That door knocker though!!
Stunning food forest
All your animals and your garden/yard is beautiful ❤
The moment we've all been waiting for 🎉🎉
Fr
We have a pony and donkey too! Same reason, Twinkles buddy died and she needed a friend. Now we have Roger the pony.
I'm surprised no cichlids considering your (relative) proximity to the Rift Lakes growing up. It's cool to imagine our ancient ancestors living off/with their ancient ancestors.
Forrest has a Crosstrek! Awesome. Love mine.
I love how you don’t force ur son to like sports and stuff but instead say it’s ok if he likes animals more ❤🐶🐾😊
It was a great day when Forest starting a TH-cam channel
Forrest u have my dream property!!!!! I love all the animals, fruit trees, gardens, pond. How cool. I’m so jealous 🤣
Thanks for the tour! That was very cool.
We need more of this kind of content forest I love it
Hello Mr. Galante, today I saw and even photographed what I think is an Ivory billed woodpecker because , even though this was in Cancun, I noticed it had a big pointy frill and it wasn’t a piliated woodpecker, because its face was black and only had a big white line in its neck, not in the face.
I got an eastern painted. With my red ear slider. I think painted are amazing looking that orange yellow an red mixed with the black.
I just got a fly river turtle as well. They are definitely my favorite turtle species
Got my start in Zoos at SB Zoo and love your work. Coming back to SB this week for a visit. Love the city and love reptiles just like you! Well done with all your work. Beautiful house and beautiful population of animals.
Obsessed with your door! The tile and colors and door knocker, epic!