Moving our Blue-Tailed Monitor into the Zoo! 

Well, the zoo will now be well monitored.

Do you have an australian critter named Irwin yet? This guy really is a beaut! And it would be a wonderful homage to the first guy to teach us about loving reptiles before Snake Discovery was a zoo.

Ahahaha when Emily said we need a sticky note on this saying it’s not a woma python and Ed’s reply of “this isn’t a woma Python?!” The face he makes is priceless 11:40

Once, many years ago, my Mum lost her engagement ring whilst gardening. She was utterly devastated, and beat herself up about it for months. Come the spring, as the bulbs started to break through, there it was lifted out the soil by a plant growing up through the middle. Just gows to show that nature is a miracle in all sorts of ways!

I never realize how big an enclosure is until Emily is sitting inside of it

Aw I'm so glad they made up and decided to stay married. Love a happy ending 😂

Only Emily and Ed would just renovate a whole zoo exhibit and even try to painstakingly match its natural environment better than "official" zoos. Y'all are so pure and welcome to the family lil blue man

I love that your enclosures are big enough for Emily to fit in, and you put appropriate enrichment and environment for the species being homed in it. You both do a wonderful job.

I just have to say I love how Ed and Emily do not force any animals that don’t want to be in the zoo to stay in the zoo. They are truly amazing people

Emily put her blood, sweat, tears and even her wedding ring into this enclosure! 🤣Fully committed to the Zoo I see-

Omg I'm so glad Ed was able to keep him 😂 he advocated soooo hard he has a soft spot for that monitor

Great to see him using his leg totally normally. Watching him climb and run around is so great knowing how far he’s come.

I still really like the name Celski (as a reference to the speed* skater who recovered from a horrid gash that could've cost him his left leg, his career, and maybe even his life, and still ended up getting Olympic Bronze in 2010 despite everything) that someone mentioned from the last video, but knowing Emily's love of "normal" names, I wanted to mention that Celski's full name is John Robert (J.R.) Celski, as well as make another case here for the name! It's too perfect, it's the same leg and everything! Edit: Adding here that the original comment was left on the video of his recovery and surgery by Haley Houdini! * Edit 2: He was not a figure skater, my bad!

I won't lie, the way Emily and Ed play around, it's so damn precious. Reminds me of how I am with my spouse and I always love to see that. You both are great 😊

I love @rawritsataco’s suggestion to call the monitor Irwin, but to me he seems a little too spicy for Steve. (Although he is an enthusiastic explorer, for sure!) An alternative name could be Bandit, which is the name of the dad in the Australian cartoon “Bluey”. I would suggest Bluey as a name, but in Australia that’s really what we call blue-tongued lizards rather than blue-tailed monitors, so a Bluey-adjacent moniker seemed fitting. 💙 Whatever his name, he’s going to be one happy chappy in that gorgeous enclosure!

after seeing him scale the wall, I'm really glad he was able to keep his leg, he's going to be so happy with y'all!

So happy, that you decided to keep both. The Monitor and Ed. 🤣🥰 You two and all of your team are amazing.

You could name him after Steve Irwin. Steve was once grabbed on the hand and pulled into the water by a croc. He could have easily lost a hand and was very lucky to walk away in all likelihood. Plus he was also an Aussie! I think Irwin would be a cute name for him. ❤️

Being an Aussie I know of Australian slang, but I can’t go past naming him ‘Ocker’ which when seen in a positive way means an honest, laid-back, fair dinkum, fun-loving larrikin.

I’m so happy you all decided to keep him. I hope he stays healthy and I hope he thrives. ❤ I think he loves his enclosure. Him scaling the walls was amazing

Its amazing to see how well he climbs around and scales those walls given the condition his leg was in when he was surrendered. So happy he made such a magnificent recovery and now gets to live a happy life in his new enclosure.

You two are hilarious, "I'm not married now?" Ed books it out of there. The first time I saw you two I was watching a vid where Emily was doing a show for a little girl's biday party & both of you were backstage battling over chocolates someone had left out. 😂😂😂

Loving seeing Ed in more vids!! He adds so much fun to them

It's so cool that you don't just save animals and forget about them, but also take care of them afterwards!. Well done

I'm thinking Achilles or Hephaestus (Festus for short) would be a cool name for him. Achilles because of his heel and Hephaestus had a limp so it fits. I'm leaning more on Hephaestus since he was a god and well the blue-tail monitor has a rock for offerings of food and it sounds funny to say "Oh here is your sacrifice, buddy." when you feed it

I’d name him after the vet that helped save his leg. Such a friend

Can I just say how much I love your channel. I have watched you since you worked from home and showed us all your sneks and co, and then building this incredible place. You have set the level for caring for animals and on top of that are entertaining and loveable people. And I know you have the respect of the reptile community as well. So much love from Finland, from a dog owner and someone who is no longer afraid of danger noodles.

So awesome to see him be able to do so much in his new home especially climbing on everything

You can see how much Ed loves this dude already and it's super awesome to behold. I've always liked the name Ragnar. Can't wait to see another update and hopefully this amazing dude's permanent name. 🤘🏻❤️‍🔥

That enclosure is enrichment overload! It’s perfect for him!! The whole background is his rock climbing wall and will be great for rehabing his leg. So nice to see his progress from a sad, angry, injured monitor to an active, inquisitive, new member of the Snake Discovery family. 🦎

I'm sure NotWoma loves the new habitat and would express its gratitude if it could!

8:40 ed manhandling things was so hilarious, like his chaotic reptile dad energy was coming out

You should name him Bluey since he is an icon, has a blue tail and is australian! Love that newer style of editing by the way!

I giggled way to much when Ed fake ran for it over not being married for a sec. xD Thank you guys for this video. It's a nice closure for our new Lizard buddy.

Since monitors can learn their names just like crocodilians, it would be a great idea to keep his name short, simple, but unique! Something related to his striking blue tail would make a perfect name. Alternatively, you could name him after a place in Queensland, where he's native to in Aus! Such as: Mackay, (Port) Douglas, (Cape) York, Torres (Strait), Cairns, (Great Barrier) Reef, Daintree (Rainforest).

With the name, how about a Australian Aboriginal name? Like Mirri meaning "The Sun", since you bring him offerings of food to his basking spot. Love how well he moves and that he was added to the Zoo family! The videos makes my day every day I see them. Thank you for the education and the fun!

As an Aussie, I can say with authority, that he should be named Bazza. Bazza the Blue-tailed Monitor.

He looked pretty good at the end of the last video, but seeing that little dude climb all over his enclosure shows off just how well recovered he is!! So glad everything regarding his leg turned out so well 😊

His leg looks so much incredibly better. From the first video that you had when it was so swollen it looked so horrible. He’s absolutely gorgeous.

You guys are so cute :) I come for the animals, I stay for Emily and Ed banter.

Y’all are true saints. Legit just out here saving all the reptiles/animals it makes me so happy I can’t even imagine where so many would be right now if it wasn’t for your Adoption Island and of course you two adopting them yourselves. Such beautiful souls you have Emily & Ed on behalf of everyone you’ve saved and kept or found good homes for THANK YOU REALLY AND TRULY FROM THE BOTTOM OF ALL THE HEARTS THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

Braveheart? He’s got blue on him and he’s a warrior. I love the enclosure and glad you found your ring!

I like the names Irwin, King, and Mufasa. Mufasa is kinda random but Mufasa and Scar are brothers in Lion King and he has a scar on his leg. Love y’all’s work so much!

He's having so much fun! What a great habitat for the little trooper. He sure went through a lot but now he has the best home.

I am so glad you decided to keep him

Sometimes I think the enclosures are smaller than they are… then Emily fits inside easily. 😂

I love that the best way to show off just how nice and big these enclosures are is put emily in it

I love just seeing aussie reptiles in the zoo - the representation is stunning!!

I'm really impressed with how well he's climbing and getting around after his whole leg infection. To think he could have had it amputated to making a full recovery, its just brilliant. Looking forward to learning his new name , he sure is gorgeous 🥰

Those animals are so fortunate that you put such attention into every habitat! Good husbandry is so fun to watch.

Such a lively new addition to the zoo. I'm sure the kids are gonna love him

He's beautiful and I'm so happy that he's staying at the Zoo! I've been trying to think of "blue" names but haven't thought of anything other than Aquaman... Yeah. Not great. Best of luck!🍀🍀🍀

You could put a little garden in the greenhouse and grow your own greens for the animals. Save some money on the ever expanding grocery bill. You could have your program classes help with it, a great learning experience for the kids to see where the food comes from.

The first video with him in it, the name Bluey came to mind. He’s adorBs. Thanks for sharing his recovery. Y’all remind me of my spouse and me! We do not act our age nor do we need forgiveness for it either. Keep having fun and love, love love. 💖💖💖

I somehow came up with a good name for him a year later: Terry after Terry Fox, the athlete who lost a leg to a particularly nasty cancer at 18 and spent the last 5 years of his life on a truly massive fundraiser for cancer research. It was a cross-Canada run called Marathon of Hope. Unfortunately his cancer proved fatal. He wasn't able to finish the run, but he is rightfully honoured for the amazing things he accomplished. There's a charity run held every year in his honour, though it's called the Terry Fox Run. Even though our little guy was able to keep his organic leg, unlike the human Terry Fox, he went through a difficult recovery from a rather tough leg problem too. He's also quite the runner! ❤

It's been 2 years since I've last watched you guys. I'm glad to see nothing has changed, you guys helped me get into reptiles

Ed's method of branch cutting- I cried actual tears I laughed so hard!!! Great editing!

Awesome new start for this guy. Rescue reptiles who have gone through intense rehab always crack me up with their rescuers - how they act so full of hate. I rescued a veiled chameleon who acted like he hated me his entire life. When he got sick (cancer) I took him to the vet. He turned some crazy colors I had never seen and hissed/bit the vet during the inspection. When they handed him back to me, he immediately put on his relaxed colors, curled up in my hands, and fell asleep. That's when I realized all that "hatred" for me was a show. He trusted me the whole time. Even the reptiles who don't do well with handling bond with us in other ways we don't realize, especially when we save them and help them feel better. My name nomination for this guy is Imhotep because he has y'all resurrecting lost body parts and bringing him offerings on a slate 😂

I really enjoyed seeing where he is now compared to what he went thru. And how happy you guys are to see him happy.

fantastic enclosure, a name suggestion from Australia is Bloop or blooper (cute tail name play i.e. blue) 🦎Although Irwin totally rocks !

I love seeing them explore their new space for the first time - it's like unleashing a little kid into their own personal playground! ❤️

Awesome enclosure. He looks so good in there and seems to be very happy in his forever home. He is really thriving.

I love how you actually care for your reptiles and other animals, if they don't like being in the zoo then they are moved in the back and those who are more social and enjoy people watching get moved into the zoo. Much better than a lot of other zoos

Dundee! He has strong "you call that a knife?!" Energy

So happy to see him really enjoying his new enclosure. Love his biiiig tongue flicks, so much enrichment in there I'm sure he'll soon settle and be happy with you guys!

This is like watching Extreme home makeover but for reptiles and I love it!!

I LOVE what you did with his new enclosure!! It's super awesome. And he's such a beautiful monitor!

The MTV Cribs style mid-roll for (Irwin's) new enclosure was a real nice touch!

I just got to finished watching the last video YYYAAAYYY perfect timing

Wow I’m so happy that he is doing better, I wish you both all the very best for your future ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I NEVER KNEW YOU TWO SWEAR I THOUGHT YOU WERE TO NICE TO SWEAR

That's a cool enclosure! It's cool to see him running around and exploring it

Aww I'm so glad you made this video! I've been looking forward to it but didn't expect it to be so soon haha! I vote for the name Steve for this new monitor. A homage to the late Mr. Irwin and Australia

I'm glad this cool fella got a new forever home with you guys because when I saw that video of him with the swollen leg I was like "I wonder how hard it going to be to rehome this dude since I imagine most folks into reptiles are probably looking for something a bit smaller and ya know... more handleable than a monitor lol".

Imagine the blue tailed Monitor find’s the ring and then Ed is married to the Monitor,I can see it the best love story going to Netflix

He's a beauty of a monitor and a perfect addition. I love the new enclosure so perfect and huge for him to explore and use the leg. Ya'll are perfection. Irwin is a great name and a lot of others are saying the same. He's an Australian explorer.

Love that you guys have a Doreanus on display now. They are so beautiful and amazing to watch how intelligent they are. I have a male that I have named Drax “The Destroyer’ since his tail is blue and he destroys his enclosure. 😆

I think Montgomery Montgomery, from a serious of unfortunate events, would be a good name for him (apologies if female, I haven't watched the leg surgery video yet). It looked like he likes to explore and his nickname could be Monty both referring to his name and his species.

Chole in the background is so funny.

Love blue tails. They’re like mini croc monitors

I’d love to see him with the foraging toys! He seems very intelligent ❤

Love seeing his progress video you guys are certainly the best reptile keepers on RU-vid

I would say, this is one of the coolest enclosures!! So amazing! So happy to see he enjoying and exploring the space :)

My half native Australian friend suggests you name him with a Native flare to the name such as Miro which means “spear”, Djalu which means “lightning”, or Daymion which means “clever” or “quick-witted”.

I love seeing the habitat remodels. So happy to hear this blue tailed monitor is now apart of the Snake Discovery. I think Steve or Irwin would be a great name for him.

I would suggest Bluey if you haven’t named an animal that yet. Bluey is the name of a very famous Australian kids show! And he’s a blue tailed monitor

Nicely done, he's looking so much happier with his new home. Thanks for showing us😊

Oh my gosh yall really know how to take care of your animals. I watched blue tails recovery and it was crazy he's a trooper

It's great that he is doing so well! He looks really happy and healthy, especially with what happened to his leg. I believe animals are grateful for what people do for them, and I feel he is really thankful for you guys keeping him and helping him keep his leg.

So glad he’s doing a lot better

Look at that leg!!! He is using it like nothing happened!!! Yay!!!

Ed's "this isn't a woma python??" Had me cackling XD

He’s definitely one of the luckiest blue tailed monitors for sure! Healed up so well, and now he has a gorgeous mansion! Congrats dude🎉 and I love you😃💙 Oh and.. about his name, the other day was Steve Irwin’s birthday, so let’s name him Steve or Irwin!!

I always do my Rio Carnivale salsa moves go your opening Snake Discovery music even if I'm in a sucky mood. I ❤❤❤ it.

I think naming him after spider-man's Dr. Connors would be neat.

I love seeing how much wholesome fun you guys have doing these things despite the hard work (and blood! lol)! The edit showing off the enclosure gave me a good giggle.

Absolutely beautiful setup! He looks like he already loves it!

When you said "leaving him an offering" when you left the mouse on the basking stone, Xerxes popped into my head as a name for him. He may not be 7 feet tall but he is pretty long lol

I love the end off the cage it looks so GOOD

He deserves many sacrifices offered to him after the stuff he's been through