I actually work as a keeper here, I was happy to have met you all at Tinley this year hope you enjoyed your visit! Wish I had a chance to see you all at the zoo!
Back about a dozen years or so I was working at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans as an educator and sometimes keeper. I remember when Bubba the male lion from the Brookfield Zoo arrived. Were you there then and do you remember him? I left a few years later and our female lions had still not quite accepted him poor guy. I still have a few recordings of him roaring in the mornings around the time that I normally would arrive. I also have several photos of him one of which he is raising his head and roaring beautifully which we used in our materials to attract volunteers. We really loved working with him much more so than the female lions we already had because whenever they looked in your direction, you felt like lunch. Bubba was not like that at all. The worst thing that I remember happening around him was getting marked/sprayed by accident as I stepped into the line of fire lol totally my fault. They let me borrow a uniform and go take a shower in the locker room in the middle of the day lol. I don't know who laughed harder me or the staff around me. He really got me pretty good completely by accident. I never lived it down and often got asked things like if I was feeling "pissy today?" or "what's that cologne you wear again Bubba something?" etc lol
Thank you for going to a childhood fun place of mine!!! I havent seen Brookfield nor Lincoln park zoos since the 1980s! this was a fun video to watch!!!
7:00 or so, Emily asked about a species that looked like a Timor Python, very closely related to Retics but a different species only somewhat bred in captivity. Beautiful, and hopefully captive bred for some more generations so they are a little less cantankerous lol.
I grew up in the area so going to the Brookfield Zoo was a staple of my childhood and I still go from time to time! It’s a awesome zoo, happy to see you all went. 😊
I think I need a list of where all the Mold-A-Rama machines are… 😂 Is this a Mid-West thing? My childhood collection is also crushed pennies with patterns based on the location, like the zoo or museum’s name and an image. Mostly East Coast locations, maybe DC as well. Every time I went to the same place multiple times, I tried to remember what I got the previous time to avoid repeats. 😂 51 cents, had to carry quarters and pennies.
I remember those Mold O Ramas from when I was a kid. I forgot all about them and thought they no longer existed until I saw one featured on the Justin Scarred channel. It's good to see that these machines exist elsewhere,e they bring back memories. I think if I iever visit a place that has one of these machines I'm going to have to get whatever they offer for old time's sake. Btw, I like your choice of music. That;s the xame track that Edwin Sarkissian uses on hi channel. I'ts always funny/interesting whenever Ihear the same piece of music being used on different channels.
Growing up in the Peruvian Amazon we had a caiman lizard in our science room (along with Peruvian redtail boa, anaconda, caecilian, baby opossums, baby spectacled caimans, etc. The bird that flew by just before you showed the road runner is some species of curassow, a gallinaceous bird of the jungle. The little one of the floor with the half disc on its beak is probably some type of cotinga (the same family as the cock-of-the-rock. The grey bird with the red beak is an inca tern from the coast of Peru. Great looking bird!)
I really want to go to the Brookfield Zoo at some point, mainly to see their pangolin! but it seems they have some rare herps as well which is always a plus
@@LonghornInOmaha I think I missed it this time around! Well, next time I will keep my eyes peeled. My favorite is the Lied Jungle. I could sit in there all day long.
I live in AZ, anytime you want to come herping you are welcome. Free place to stay, beer, and cool reptiles. Great video as always. We have a couple pretty good zoos
Change is a good thing, but I love your channel just the way it is.... I will try to look at the up side of this, but we really do love the adventures we go on..
How did I miss this?? Brookfield is the "big zoo" for the region really, and is only a couple hours from where I grew up.. That Jamaican Boa was beautiful. As are the rattlesnakes.
I went a couple years and overall it’s a great zoo, I do think that the addax and Przewalski’s horses need better enclosures and when they brought back okapi skins they thought it was a type of zebra and named it equus johnstoni, before they discovered a live specimen and saw just how bizarre it really was
I used to collect the moldarama ones as well...unfortunately, mine were all destroyed in a move...the Henry Ford Museum and Chicago Science Museum have a lot of them if I remember right
It's been years since I have been to Brookfield zoo. I live in Illinois so it's about three hours from me. If you haven't been to the Kansas City zoo it's worth going. We went this year. I try to visit at least one zoo every time we go on vacation.
I wish I can visit every zoo & animal park in the world. That would be a awesome new thing for your channel Dave. Do a global check list. Maybe end it at Australia Zoo (:
11:30 Smear benadryl gel on you, got stung by moon jellies on back of the knee as a kid on a night snorkeling trip to see phosphorescent plankton. I was the only one of the 12 people on the trip that got stung. Something slimy touched my leg, I got out because my first thought was jellyfish, mom made be get back in because I was "imagining things and it was probably just a fish." I immediately got stung getting back in. Everyone got out, the guide shined a flashlight to find the boat surrounded by 8 inch diameter moon jellies
It's look like an awesome zoo. I'm from Belgium and in Antwerp we have one of the oldest (and one of the most beautiful in my opinion, but I'm biast) zoo in the world. They are the ones in charge off the breeding program for okapi's.
When I was in elementary school i purposely ask my science teacher where is lake Titicaca in front of the whole class 😅 she end up sending me to detention and told me is inappropriate to say that in class 🤷🏻 I was just curious 🤣seeing Titicaca on the map next to Peru and Bolivia🙃
Hey I have a question for you, is it hard to get set up to import? I'm trying to get set up to import Parsons chameleons and O'Shaughnessy chameleons but I don't know what I'm doing. Or who to contact in Madagascar that's legit. How in the world do you get set up doing it...
@@DavKaufmansAdventures well the paperwork I'm working on, I wasn't aware you needed a broker LOL definitely a good tip. Looks like I know just have to find a contact in Madagascar
@@surfpanther Uhhh.. why are you trying to export animals from Madagascar? That seems like a horribly irresponsible plan, at best. The chances of you getting massively screwed over financially and/or killing a ton of animals are quite high. Also, why do you need to import? Why not captive breeding? This whole plan of yours has so many problems that I'm not going to write a novel in a comment, but please do WAY more research on every part of this entire situation before you even think about actually putting a wild animal in a box...
@@azuradawn5683 lots of people import from Madagascar. I am captive breeding. I want more genetics, and I want other species that you can't find here. I've done the research. Name one thing on this planet that you do that doesn't have risk:-)
@@azuradawn5683 I'm not worried about the financial end of it, I trade stocks and options and I'm really good :-) I have plenty of experience with wild caught animals. I'm not worried about the animals making the trip, I've seen dozens of videos of chameleons from Madagascar making it here just fine. Lots of people do it, it's not that big of a deal. So if you don't have anything to say to help me then kindly screw off
First thing: Birds that meet you at a zoo seems to either fall in love with you, or be confused by you... maybe you should move into birds and investigate this...? ;) Second thing: I started watching CatAleah after seeing her in one of your videos (and you need to link to her channel on your channel page, by the way, I managed blank out on her name and after giving up going through my subscription list, I went to your main channel to find her, but she wasn't among the subs or "Channels I like", and that, young man, is just a crime which you need to fix... ;) Which brings me to the actual second thing... when you told her the first (hopefully not second) part of the jellyfish sting thing, you could just see the light in her eyes die... she clearly needs to be protected from things like that, she's too precious! Bad Dāv! Bad! ;)
@@DavKaufmansAdventures Yes, of course, sorry, I wasn't clear... I couldn't remember the video, I just randomly thought that "I'm gonna check out that pink-haired youtuber Dāv made a video with" but the video I had watched must have been an old one, I couldn't immediately find it, so I went to your profile, and, though I saw Clint and a few others I didn't see hers there... but I found the video by looking through my history, once I thought of that... :)
I actually work as a keeper here, I was happy to have met you all at Tinley this year hope you enjoyed your visit! Wish I had a chance to see you all at the zoo!
Back about a dozen years or so I was working at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans as an educator and sometimes keeper. I remember when Bubba the male lion from the Brookfield Zoo arrived. Were you there then and do you remember him? I left a few years later and our female lions had still not quite accepted him poor guy. I still have a few recordings of him roaring in the mornings around the time that I normally would arrive. I also have several photos of him one of which he is raising his head and roaring beautifully which we used in our materials to attract volunteers. We really loved working with him much more so than the female lions we already had because whenever they looked in your direction, you felt like lunch. Bubba was not like that at all. The worst thing that I remember happening around him was getting marked/sprayed by accident as I stepped into the line of fire lol totally my fault. They let me borrow a uniform and go take a shower in the locker room in the middle of the day lol. I don't know who laughed harder me or the staff around me. He really got me pretty good completely by accident. I never lived it down and often got asked things like if I was feeling "pissy today?" or "what's that cologne you wear again Bubba something?" etc lol
I play the minecraft mod what is mentioned in your name
We were there that day. We were in the background at 2:03, as well as other clips. My brother is a fan and was too shy to say hi
this is my childhood zoo, ive been here so many times in the past and i still love this place
OMFG they still have the Mold-a-ramas. I can practically smell it now.
Thank you for going to a childhood fun place of mine!!! I havent seen Brookfield nor Lincoln park zoos since the 1980s! this was a fun video to watch!!!
I loved this day! So much fun!!!
Glad you were with us!
@@DavKaufmansAdventures what do you think of this zoo?
7:00 or so, Emily asked about a species that looked like a Timor Python, very closely related to Retics but a different species only somewhat bred in captivity. Beautiful, and hopefully captive bred for some more generations so they are a little less cantankerous lol.
I grew up in the area so going to the Brookfield Zoo was a staple of my childhood and I still go from time to time! It’s a awesome zoo, happy to see you all went. 😊
The enclosures they had for those reptiles were awesome!
At Edmonton zoo there happened to be a baby zebra born a couple of weeks before I came! So cute
Ok so I loved the moldaramas from my local zoo. Also if you are looking for a little gem of a zoo you should check out the Tracy Aviary in SLC Utah
Dāv!! I remember the smell of those plastic animals. I loved it. I didn’t think those machines still existed. I’ve GOT to go to a Zoo!🦎🐢🐊🐍❤️
I grew up in the Chicagoland area and regularly went to Brookfield Zoo so I feel spoiled. lol
I wish I lived in the states 😪 I'd visit all the zoo's.i love all animals but for me I absolutely loved seeing the seahorses.
I love Brookfield Zoo, but I have to say as a Chicagoian Brookfield is not Chicago LOL
Molds was the fun part as kid going to zoo for field trips. I think remember they were like $1.00 back in the 80’s
Right?
My favorite was the penny squishing machines. I have like 50 different squished pennies
I think I need a list of where all the Mold-A-Rama machines are… 😂 Is this a Mid-West thing?
My childhood collection is also crushed pennies with patterns based on the location, like the zoo or museum’s name and an image. Mostly East Coast locations, maybe DC as well. Every time I went to the same place multiple times, I tried to remember what I got the previous time to avoid repeats. 😂 51 cents, had to carry quarters and pennies.
I remember those Mold O Ramas from when I was a kid. I forgot all about them and thought they no longer existed until I saw one featured on the Justin Scarred channel. It's good to see that these machines exist elsewhere,e they bring back memories. I think if I iever visit a place that has one of these machines I'm going to have to get whatever they offer for old time's sake.
Btw, I like your choice of music. That;s the xame track that Edwin Sarkissian uses on hi channel. I'ts always funny/interesting whenever Ihear the same piece of music being used on different channels.
Great zoo, been forever since I've been there! If you haven't yet, you've got to check out the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago as well!
Wow, what great enclosures. Thanks for the tour, if I ever get to Chicago, I will definitely go.
Growing up in the Peruvian Amazon we had a caiman lizard in our science room (along with Peruvian redtail boa, anaconda, caecilian, baby opossums, baby spectacled caimans, etc. The bird that flew by just before you showed the road runner is some species of curassow, a gallinaceous bird of the jungle. The little one of the floor with the half disc on its beak is probably some type of cotinga (the same family as the cock-of-the-rock. The grey bird with the red beak is an inca tern from the coast of Peru. Great looking bird!)
Peruvian Red Tails would be one expensive classroom pet here in the US haha ;)
@@hi_tech_reptiles no doubt! There we just got whatever people found and brought to our teacher. Free!
Sounds like you had an awesome teacher!
@@kellybraun7048 I did! We took spur of the moment field trips to see birds nesting, ants migrating, and our insect collection was second to none.
Im 63 and I still love the mold-a-rama! And zoos🐊💜🕷️🦁🦍🐻
yes!
We used to have the mold-a-ramas at the Hogle zoo in salt lake Utah… I was when they got rid of them.
I really want to go to the Brookfield Zoo at some point, mainly to see their pangolin! but it seems they have some rare herps as well which is always a plus
I grew up in that town. -Neal
I have never seen a Mold-a-Rama before! Very cool!
They are awesome!
You should go st louis zoo and kansas city zoo
You should come to the UK, you would love Chester zoo, and also the deep in hull, I think the deep is one of our best aquariums.
Wait! You said since you were 7 and then said since you were 4! Busted! 😂
We just got back from the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. If you haven't checked that one out yet, you should.
Couldn't agree more. That's my hometown zoo. They also have a Gray's monitor, located in the Orangutan building.
@@LonghornInOmaha I think I missed it this time around! Well, next time I will keep my eyes peeled. My favorite is the Lied Jungle. I could sit in there all day long.
I live in AZ, anytime you want to come herping you are welcome. Free place to stay, beer, and cool reptiles. Great video as always. We have a couple pretty good zoos
Cool, thanks
I live in Brookfield and worked there when I was a teenager, it really is a great place
Mold-a-rama!!!! I join you in your excitement.
Change is a good thing, but I love your channel just the way it is.... I will try to look at the up side of this, but we really do love the adventures we go on..
I am a member at both Chicago zoos. And absolutely love Brookfield zoo! I am so glad to see others enjoy it as m7ch as I do!
I USED TO HAVE A BLUE ANKYLASAURUS!!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful Zoo with us Dave &Group!
How did I miss this?? Brookfield is the "big zoo" for the region really, and is only a couple hours from where I grew up.. That Jamaican Boa was beautiful. As are the rattlesnakes.
I went a couple years and overall it’s a great zoo, I do think that the addax and Przewalski’s horses need better enclosures and when they brought back okapi skins they thought it was a type of zebra and named it equus johnstoni, before they discovered a live specimen and saw just how bizarre it really was
Grew up going there all the time. I remember when they built the Tropic World exhibit.
Nice Amazon basin boa
OKAPI are my fav mammals. We used to have one here at the Philadelphia zoo . Fur so soft, like velvet. And as usual,,,YOU ROCK 🪨!
Grew up in orland park (5 minutes away from the Tinley Venue) awesome to see you guys in my homeland
Hahah I love Cataleah's outro dance!
I used to collect the moldarama ones as well...unfortunately, mine were all destroyed in a move...the Henry Ford Museum and Chicago Science Museum have a lot of them if I remember right
I was looking for a list of other places with those things! 😂
You should of finished the video showing your mold collection!
It's been years since I have been to Brookfield zoo. I live in Illinois so it's about three hours from me. If you haven't been to the Kansas City zoo it's worth going. We went this year. I try to visit at least one zoo every time we go on vacation.
Very KOO
I've only went there once when my cousins were living in Wilmette, we went to the Shedd Aquarium several times though
I wish I can visit every zoo & animal park in the world. That would be a awesome new thing for your channel Dave. Do a global check list. Maybe end it at Australia Zoo (:
Love the Aruba Island Rattlesnakes !!😍
Me too!
I have a blue hippo 'mold-a-rama' from the San Antonio zoo.
yes it a awesome zoo haven't been there in awhile.cause of covd other set backs..nice seeing some of the upgrades or the animals there .
Y'all should check out the Henry Doyle Zoo in Omaha, especially once they get done with all the renovations
11:30 Smear benadryl gel on you, got stung by moon jellies on back of the knee as a kid on a night snorkeling trip to see phosphorescent plankton. I was the only one of the 12 people on the trip that got stung. Something slimy touched my leg, I got out because my first thought was jellyfish, mom made be get back in because I was "imagining things and it was probably just a fish." I immediately got stung getting back in. Everyone got out, the guide shined a flashlight to find the boat surrounded by 8 inch diameter moon jellies
Should have brought your fishing pole!🤣
Right?
Went there once,did not get to see most of it cause one of the friends did not feel good.
Excellent tour, thank you!
#RattleOn
Thanks Lance!
@@DavKaufmansAdventures you're welcome
I was there on Friday. I assume you were there on Thursday if you were I am ashamed I missed you guys
Congrats on your lifer parrot.
It's look like an awesome zoo.
I'm from Belgium and in Antwerp we have one of the oldest (and one of the most beautiful in my opinion, but I'm biast) zoo in the world. They are the ones in charge off the breeding program for okapi's.
What a great experience! Thank you for sharing with us!!
I think Lincoln Park zoo is better because it's free!!! And more beautiful and in the actual city 😂
When I was in elementary school i purposely ask my science teacher where is lake Titicaca in front of the whole class 😅 she end up sending me to detention and told me is inappropriate to say that in class 🤷🏻 I was just curious 🤣seeing Titicaca on the map next to Peru and Bolivia🙃
Do you have any Mold-a-Ramas from the Henry Ford Museum?
I don’t actually. I only collect the animals :)
I want to get something from a mold o rama
Love it thank you 🙏
supercool
Hey I have a question for you, is it hard to get set up to import? I'm trying to get set up to import Parsons chameleons and O'Shaughnessy chameleons but I don't know what I'm doing. Or who to contact in Madagascar that's legit. How in the world do you get set up doing it...
It is. You need a broker and the proper paperwork
@@DavKaufmansAdventures well the paperwork I'm working on, I wasn't aware you needed a broker LOL definitely a good tip. Looks like I know just have to find a contact in Madagascar
@@surfpanther Uhhh.. why are you trying to export animals from Madagascar? That seems like a horribly irresponsible plan, at best. The chances of you getting massively screwed over financially and/or killing a ton of animals are quite high. Also, why do you need to import? Why not captive breeding? This whole plan of yours has so many problems that I'm not going to write a novel in a comment, but please do WAY more research on every part of this entire situation before you even think about actually putting a wild animal in a box...
@@azuradawn5683 lots of people import from Madagascar. I am captive breeding. I want more genetics, and I want other species that you can't find here. I've done the research. Name one thing on this planet that you do that doesn't have risk:-)
@@azuradawn5683 I'm not worried about the financial end of it, I trade stocks and options and I'm really good :-) I have plenty of experience with wild caught animals. I'm not worried about the animals making the trip, I've seen dozens of videos of chameleons from Madagascar making it here just fine. Lots of people do it, it's not that big of a deal. So if you don't have anything to say to help me then kindly screw off
So Dav, how does Africa compare to”Africa” at the zoo?
It doesn’t lol
Stl or kc zoo honestly looks better, im suprised
Uh .... you forgot to ask @ zoo tours
To come with you.😖
What zoo is this
Um...
@@DavKaufmansAdventures lol. It's probably not funny is it
@@Mothobius not gonna lie, it gave me a laugh!
First thing: Birds that meet you at a zoo seems to either fall in love with you, or be confused by you... maybe you should move into birds and investigate this...? ;)
Second thing: I started watching CatAleah after seeing her in one of your videos (and you need to link to her channel on your channel page, by the way, I managed blank out on her name and after giving up going through my subscription list, I went to your main channel to find her, but she wasn't among the subs or "Channels I like", and that, young man, is just a crime which you need to fix... ;) Which brings me to the actual second thing... when you told her the first (hopefully not second) part of the jellyfish sting thing, you could just see the light in her eyes die... she clearly needs to be protected from things like that, she's too precious! Bad Dāv! Bad! ;)
Her channel link is in the title on the video
@@DavKaufmansAdventures Yes, of course, sorry, I wasn't clear... I couldn't remember the video, I just randomly thought that "I'm gonna check out that pink-haired youtuber Dāv made a video with" but the video I had watched must have been an old one, I couldn't immediately find it, so I went to your profile, and, though I saw Clint and a few others I didn't see hers there... but I found the video by looking through my history, once I thought of that... :)
Uh Dave,,,,,your Crappie joke,,,,,it was really Crappy!
What a weirdos