America's Deadliest Predators Up Close (Private Tour) 

What was your favorite predator that we saw?

"He knows a lot about cougars that young man right there" I'm dead 😂

I use to have a bobcat that love to bring food into my hay barn. Always left me presents. Rabbit ears, intestines etc.

I've always been in favor of zoos for exactly the reason that Forest talks about. In a perfect world, these animals do belong in the wild but because they are so misunderstood, we need places that keep them responsibly like Busch Wildlife Sanctuary to educate the general public about how amazing and worth protecting they are! This looks like an amazing place, and the next time I'm in Florida I'm going to make a point to visit.

"For a guy with no balls, you're pretty ballsy." I spit out my water all over my keyboard, man XD

Love Love LOVE Busch Wildlife! Their Junior Naturalist program is the best. My animal loving son lives his best life during their classes ❤️❤️

Love the battle against misinformation and misconceptions surrounding wildlife. Being well informed allows people to fully enjoy wildlife in a way that doesn’t harm them.

That sneeze at 20:30 (the timestamp a second early so you won't miss it) was adorable. At first, I thought he was hissing at Forest, LOL.

That black bear had quite the personality 😂

The way he pulled out the rattlesnake and just let it slither around looked sketchy as hell lmao

I saw a Florida panther a few years ago. I was driving at night on route 41 headed to Miami. I saw was a large black thing in the road as I got closer I realized it was a baby cat (it was too big to be a domestic cat). I drove my car around it and slammed the breaks. On the shoulder was the Mama panther pacing back and forth making a loud whinny sound. It was amazing to see one so close, but sad because she was morning the loss of her baby. My favorite Florida animal is the Gopher Tortoise, I live on an acre in North Florida and have two tortoises calling my yard home. It is the best feeling knowing these tortoises are safe with me.

I absolutely love how he talks about animals. You can truly feel how much he adores them

I’ve got a pair of gray foxes that their moms had been ran over but they’ve never been kept in captivity. They run free and stay around the house and get their protection. I’m a hunter, fisherman and trapper but I do have a heart for wildlife and when I see something wild in distress I can’t stop myself from helping.

"He knows a lot about cougars" Calling out the camera man 🤣

Great video Forrest! In my humble opinion, animals in captivity don’t know anything else. It’s not like they think to themselves “oh I should be out there in the wild, it would be so much better.” They simply live in the moment and that’s all they know.

I loved the Grey fox and the unique personalities of that deer & turkey. Those antlers were cool & how he was play fighting with you.

frogs with teeth is a steve erwin quote. loved him too man. keep up the awesome vids.

That bobcat is basicaly a domestic kitten😂

Such a great facility and I'm glad you showcased so many special keepers and animals.

Cougar joke didn’t land as expected

Beautiful critters, especially the lovey bobcat

This video reminded me of when I was about 4 years old and I fed a full size black bear a peanut out of my mouth. My grandpa kept all kinds of dangerous animals but he always said the bears were his favorite because of how gentle they are when tame.

So glad you give to wild life in Florida! Florida gets so much bs on the internet about being crazy. which is it, but so is everywhere else. And Florida has a ton of cool wildlife, it’s great to see someone as knowledgeable and popular as you show positivity to Florida.

Let’s be honest, all of us were a bit shook with the rattle snake, no matter how chilled it was 😅

Awesome Thank you folks For being so loving to the creatures ❤

19:20 made me crack up lmao, she didn't even bother acknowledging it :D

Forrest just turns the diamondback loose in the floor and continues conversation😂😂😂

Such a great video. Best dude since Steve Irwin. Always full of great information and the love for what he does bleeds through the internet. Thank you Forrest.

You know it’s a good day when forest uploads

As a native of northwestern Florida. They are out there those big cats. I’ve seen two, one jumped over a fence and then my sisters hood of her car and disappeared into the bush on the other side of the road instantly. They are amazing creatures.

I live in the suburb of a large city and several yeqrs ago a coyote would come visit me just to "hang out". Often when I returned home in the evening, when I parked my car she would pop up out of the bushes and be sitting in the headlights. I got concerned for her well-being... and the well-being of neighborhood lets... because of her lack of fear of people. Much as I tried to discourage her, she would come sit nearby and sometimes even nod off. She was young and probably just leaving her family to strike out on her own. Sometimes she was silly. One day she found a tennis ball and was tossing it around playing fetch by herself. Another time all I could see of her was four paws sticking up out of tall grass. She had made herself a nice, shady bed and was fast asleep. After two or three months of nearly daily visits, she stopped coming around. I was hopeful that she had wandered off into the nearby hills and was living a proper coyote life.

Your cougar joke bombed. I liked it tbh.

Her excitement while talking about the animals is so tangible

Another great upload from Forrest keep doin what you do man, love watchin the videos

Bro was shooting shade without meaning too 😂😂 live you man keep doing what your doing

FL native here. I've definitely see one of the "black" ones in the wild. I will never forget the way it moved and how it was the only time I've seen one after being in that location over a year.

I love your love for all the animals! Many blessings to you sir!

i had a diamond back this size cross in front of me on a dirt road in Florida in the early ‘90’s on my way to work at a new rural Seminole County tennis center one morning ~ absolutely beautiful

14:11 that joke was NUTS

This was a badass video thanks for doing this Forrest

Lmao forest "can I kiss the bear" 😂😂

We needed this ❤

I saw 3 gray foxes in my yard at the same time one morning. I didn't know we even had them here in East Tennessee. So cool to see.

Forrestus Galantus. top notch predator with no amygdala and huge balls is my favorite animal

love this guys videos fr he should have more recognition

This was very informational and impressive. I respect what yall do. Imma huge hunter and live in the panhandle of idaho. I do enjoy learning from yall. Keep up the good work and making these types of videos.

I lived in the foothills when I was in junior high school. We had a 1/4 to 1/2 mile walk from the bus stop to the house. One afternoon I stayed down at a friend's house until the evening . On the way home I encountered mountain lion tracks on top of my siblings tracks on the trail we used to get home. Talk about being hyper aware and observant on the way home that day

you were really trying NOT to get peed on lol

I love your stuff! found out about you thru Rogan pod but I always look for your vids now I appreciate your work sir!!

That was a pleasure to watch. Mad respect to that conservation center.

I am so jealous of getting to hold the baby gator. They are so freaking cute!

I grew up watching Steve Irwin, I'm so happy my son gets to grow up watching you. Incredible role model.

Great stuff. I would watch everything you put out. Please do more. Love it. Good stuff

I've never seen a mountain lion here in Colorado either, but I see tracks a lot.

Yes, don’t over hype bears, especially black bears the grizzly probably shouldn’t be playing around that but the black bear does prefer fruit and veggies but if they’re hungry, they will eat you. You have to have a healthy caution.

He casually had a conversation with a rattle snake on the floor in front of him …. I’m not as tough as I thought I was 😂

Amy is a force to be reckoned with thanks for sharing this trip.

That slap from the black bear would've really hurt ... but she was not trying to hurt Forrest. THAT'S why you don't go in. If she did that to another bear, it wouldn't been nothing.

The content is a cut above the rest. Keep setting the bar high!

I have a big scar on my ankle from a rabid coyote. I still hate how some people stack them up and smile about it.

Charlie brought back memories. As a kid the movie Charlie the lonesome cougar was one of my favorite movies.

Thank you for highlighting these amazing animals

I do agree that coyotes get a bad rep, but here in north Texas we’ve had a couple coyotes that deliberately attacked people on walks on a regular basis😂😂

Super awesome. Please consider visiting Everglades Outpost in Homestead, Florida by the Everglades main entrance road if you’re around the area. Your audience viewership bolsters visitors and many great locations don’t have the same excellent access to resources like this place does. If I’m not mistaken, they have a lion on sight as well but it’s a secret because it has epilepsy and they don’t want visitors taking photos and activating an episode with flash photography. Great people, could use some more funding and visitors

Love these educational videos Forrest. Definitely going to visit this sanctuary

there are still a few large Easter Diamondbacks in Massachusetts just south of Boston in the area called the Blue Hills you should come check them out if you're interested and see if you can find a big one.

Grayson melted my ❤ shes adorable ❤❤❤❤

the cougar joke hahaha lmao

"this guy knows a lot about cougars" haha ZINGER!

There are bobcats, mountain lions and coyote in my neighborhood which is so cool because I live two blocks from the beach in residential Orange County. It's super rad to see them.

- It feels *illegal* to be this early. 😮

The Paradise fire was insane... So much destroyed, kinda amazing how much survived.

Forest: that man knows all about cougars... right there *points at camera man* forest sees theres no reaction and shakes his head at the camera had me dyin 🤣

This is soo informative! You can tell these people really care about the animals ❤

I love BOBCATS! Beautiful creatures

A bobcat once pissed at me through a fence at the zoo lol

I was lucky enough to see a wild florida panther about 20 years ago. I fixed HVAC and was out in middle of nowhere and I turned around to talk to customer and it was on the wood line about 30 yards away. I got excited and said look at that. the customer tried to convince me it was a bobcat but I knew better. I think he knew it lived around there and was trying to protect it which I think is pretty awesome.

I know a guy who was in his truck. Window open. A bobcat leapt into the window and almost killed him. He now has crazy scars all over his face. While I agree they are overly vilified, that doesn’t change the fact that they can a will mess you up if they want to. Do not underestimate wild animals and give them the respect they deserve . Stay safe.

In 2001 I saw a black panther jump across the highway in Florida. I was driving through the Myakka state forest outside of Englewood. Not many people believe me but I know what I saw.

This woman is an encyclopedia! Awesome!

"i took you straight through the back-door"

I live in an area where my backyard is right against a Mountain Preserve in AZ. Road Runners, Bobcats, Foxes, Coyotes, and rattlesnakes, find their way into my backyard, and when any of those things see me or hear me they run, they want nothing to do with me. If I saw a fox approaching me and he or she wasn’t afraid I would instantly think rabies. I know how this things react and behave, and when they don’t act the way I have grown up my entire life seeing them behave, it sends alarm bells in my head.

Someone knew what they were doing with that thumbnail.

I will say this forrest in my area in florida we commonslly see 7+foot rattlers. They are very illusive but are still out there. A couple months back one of my local friends saw a rattler that was going across a 2 lane road. The said the snake from tip to tale was almost as long as the road was wide. The diameter of the body was about the size of a mans forearm. The rattle alone was roughly 6 or so inches long. Keep in mind my friend is a snake owner and is familiar with them. But the giants are still out there. Their was a 5-footer on the road dead about a week back. Thwy are extremely smart animals and it seems the big ones know where to hide.

I absolutely love all the content and work you do Forrest, keep it up man. I hope my zoo plans help contribute.

That poor deer😢in glad you guys have him now in your sanctuary

Sanctuaries and zoos work as well as some do because of the incredible staff and honestly even those who come to see the animals... Spreading awareness ♥I agree that it is indeed worth it.

love ur work and wish u can continue your show

367 attacks on humans by coyotes from 1977 through 2015, of which 165 occurred in California.

ima be honest the amount of times he looked away from the rattlesnake while handling it/crouching down next to it was scaring me lmao

Great video Forrest! I live in Florida and will check out this facility .

I watched a Cougar (“Mountain Lion”) cross in front of me, heading to the ocean. It was longer than than the “Lane” was,wide. Comox, Vancouver Island, Canada

Getting to be that close to a mountain lion is a dream come true.. wow

There are plenty of big diamond rattle snakes in crocket Texas by the Trinity River

3:05 old people say the darndest things

I’m an implant from Ohio, I refuse to kill any snakes. We also have a fox den on our property and neighbors wanted to come on my property to trap them. I said a few choice words and slammed the door in their face. Most of the neighbors feel the same way. One morning I swore I saw a panther in a neighbor’s yard. Found out that they are around here.

As a kid, i used to walk cornfields looking for animal tracks and ditched deer carcasses from poachers. I was a pretty small kid and was followed by a coyote for more than a mile. It made me fear and hate coyotes for the rest of my life.

Time to do something about the numbers of Florida panthers in the wild. Would be devastating seeing another amazing animal go extinct specially in a country with great amount of resource and with people so educated and aware of the issue.

Two SERIOUS animal lovers here that's awesome lol

Love the video, wish the music was lowered a tad bit more in some sections as it was hard to distinguish what people were saying