When Shannon said that chicken turtles often get hit on streets, I wondered if maybe they were called "chicken turtles" because they try to cross the road to get to the other side!

He is so adorable , my heart is so happy right now “His name is Jason”

I find it extremely wholesome that he is a turtle enthusiast. I wouldn't of expected that. Adorable.

Gently picking up a turtle with love and affection with the same hand where a pentagram is tattooed is such an accurate representation of metal lmao

One of those koi fish was thick. I love how happy he sounds talking about his animals

Can we just respect how much effort this guy put into turtles ✊ 🐢

I’m Japanese, and my dad made a pretty sick koi pond and a mini zen garden in our back yard when we just emigrated to the United States. He taught me all about Japanese cultures through the koi pond and the zen garden while he let me help maintain them. I’m glad that Shannon shows the same appreciation for the koi fish as we do!

My heart will always melt when I see someone talk as passionately about something as Shannon does his turtles! 🐢❤️🐢

I'm interested to know how you guys met and got together to film. He seems like such a pure heart and the love for his animals really shines through.

Omg, I love Godsmack! I didn’t know Shannon had a pond for turtles, they’re so cute 🥺

I’m 27 now and I’ve been a HUGE Godsmack, Larkin fan since I was 9. This is BY FAR the coolest mashup of my life. Thank you guys, and thank you Shannon!

Do I have turtles? No Do I have koi fish? No Will I be able to afford them in the future? No Will I still binge watch on videos of how to make ponds for turtles and koi and how to care for them? Absolutely

Emily: you’re not too happy, we took you out of the pond. Turtle: opening my mouth trying to say “NO, I’m NOT happy at ALL”

I heard Godsmack and I choked on a pringle- Edit: Now that I watched this, I love the turtle and koi ponds :D Second Edit: I can't believe this comment got a heart and 25 likes-

Emily: they can smell really bad Also Emily: “sniff” “sniff”

Well, heres two people I never in a million years would have imagined meeting each other but here we are......what a small world, as they say...

When you're a deaf audiologist and you spend the whole video getting distracted trying to figure out what brand of hearing aids those are...

It's so cute how enthusiastic he is talking about his turtles. Especially when he talked about his chicken turtle. I just- 🥺

This dude is so wholesome about these turtles. I haven't thought about this band in ages, it's nice to get this random blast from the past.

He seems like a real sweet person. I hope him & his turtles live long happy lifes.

when ed and emily's videos go from herping to feeding pets to tour within like one week-

I just love listening to enthusiastic people talk about their animals, his passion and caring nature shine thru! Love that the wild turtles decided to hang out at his pond... can't blame them! It looks gorgeous!

I had the exact same thing with the hissing happen to me with a box turtle! My dog carried him down from the woods behind my house, and while I was carrying him back up he hissed SO LOUD I dropped him and screamed! I left him halfway up the hill for a couple minutes before I mustered the courage to carry him the rest of the way!

So cool! I saw them decades ago, and watching him play the drums was hypnotic. It was like he was made of water, the way he flowed. I'm not surprised he got into creatures that live in water 😊

Wow, nothing like meeting Shannon larkin by bonding over turtles. Absolute icons!

These are two of my favorite things in the world... Snake Discovery and Godsmack! Yes!!

My whole town is having a power outage. Watching this in my car as I charge my phone. Thanks for giving me something to smile about today.

It’s so cool when famous people have fun hobbies. Reminds me of how Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell is an arborist / tree farmer.

This is such a cute video 🥰 I’m blown away by the wholesomeness

This kind of passion and naturalism is what i LOVE to see in keepers!! He is amazing!

Godsmack is such an awesome band. Really made my day to see that he named some of his koi after beyonce, solange, and Jay Z. Shows that the music worlds are a lot closer and filled with mutual respect

I love Godsmack, Shannon is so down to earth, love the way he treats his animals.

I ASSUMED THEY WERE CALLED CHICKEN TURTLES BECAUSE THEY COULDNT GET ACCROOSS THE ROAD

This was not a collaboration that I would have ever guessed would happen. But I love the ponds and lazy river so much.

This is such a pure example of what so many of us love about this channel. So many of us have no reptiles, or have one, or a little interest, but will never have... a giant collection, or become breeders, or... a koi river, lol. But part of the human experience is reveling in the joy of unabashed passion and sharing your hobbies and perspective with others. I will probably never own a snake, or have a turtle or a koi pond, but I will always, always consider it worthy time out of my day to share in someone’s true, joyful human experience.

Shannon is really a cool dude. He gets his supplies from my work and it truly shows how much he loves his koi and turtles. I guess Emily’s dad lives here too? He came in asking for our shipping cricket boxes the other day.

It’s pretty cools that he D.I.Y-ed that pond! Just shows how much us humans don’t need help with everything. I love that pond.

Didn't recognize the name and was like why does he look sooooo familiar. Then realized he's the drummer for Godsmack

These turtles are so cool! I love hearing their stories and ‘meeting’ them! Ah the Koi fish are so gorgeous 😍

I LOVE THIS!!!! I love godsmack and snake discovery so this is lovely❤️

Sheesh!! I'm so envious! You got to meet someone from Godsmack! And he loves turtles!! Omg! I love you even more!

I don't know Godsmack's music, but Shannon seems like such a sweet person to get to know (says me: a extremely shy person)

Sees Emily: :D Sees drummer from Godsmack: :O

He’s adorable, it’s really refreshing to see a celeb taking soooo much time, care and hard work making his habitats amazing!

I love the fact this is what he does in his spare time i love godsmack! Rock on with the turtles man

A drummer and terrapin enthusiast, that’s what I want in a friend.

This literally makes me so happy. I grew up listening to Godsmack and this wholesome turtle and koi stuff just. Gives my heart warmth. ♡

His koi are so beautiful! You can tell you really cares about his animals, such a wholesome video🥰

Omg! Shannon and SD in one episode best show eva! Loved his turtle pond thank u for sharing. Loved that one was like stoopp sniffing my belly Missy lol adorable

I love how fun your videos always are 😃! This channel is my safe hideaway space from the real world!

Those koi and turtles are so well taken care of; it's wonderful to see! I wish Larkin and all his critters happiness and prosperity!

This is so cute seeing him interact and talk about his pets. He clearly loves and respect them.

Emily: Posts 1 minute ago Me: SAy nO mOrE!!

Emily: you may know him as the drummer of god smack, but we know him as Me: *reads title* turtle boy!

Seeing a metal guy like Shannon dote on his koi and turtles the same way my 80 year old grandma does with hers really warms my heart.

And now I love Godsmack even more! Turtle and koi enthusiast? Makes me so happy. I just loved hearing Shannon talk about his turtles and koi. He sounded so proud and so full of love for his animals.

I was gonna go to sleep... snake discovery: NO SLEEP FOR YOU

So, chicken turtles are like the Pillsbury cans of the turtle world. I wonder how Clint feels about them.

That's really cool! I worked at an amusement park for 2 years before the pandemic hit and I was a ride operator. I operated the ride that spins so fast you stick to the walls and I was the person that operated it in the middle and I spun with the ride to operate it at 65 mph. It hits that speed from 0 in about 15 seconds so you do the math but either way I had a play list of about 25 songs or so and 2 of those songs were godsmack. It was the songs "I stand alone" (witch was kind of fitting because I was in a chair alone in the middle of the ride) and the song "I am" and let me tell you, we blasted those songs in there to give the guests something to listen to while the ride went on. I had a lot of fun rocking out in there all day. If they could hear my story I think they'd be proud.

It's so important to see that although he is a musician and obviously absolutely loves being able to create music and share it with the world, that he also has a lot of other interests and hobbies. Even celebrities have more than one interest.

I’m ready to see another building update a long one that stuff is interesting

*I like turtles* They’re seriously so cute 🐢 And the koi too. They’re beautiful :)

His smile when he talks about everything is just so wholesome.

Absolutely one of my favorite episodes!!!! Been a huge godsmack fan forever!

In Georgia there was this baby’s turtle in my yard that was around 2 inches long and 1 inch wide

Maaaan, turtles are the cutest. I feel like I am at the age where one would outlive me though. Gotta be practical.

Hi Emily! I have been watching your chanell for YEARS and you were the one who got me into snakes and actually inspired me to actually get my first snake. It took 3 years to convince my mom but finally when she gave in I got one. We got the snake from a family friend who was going to collage and couldn’t take care of her anymore. She is a banana ball python and her name is Buttercup and she is the sweetest thing. ❤️🐍

Out of about 6-7 channels of researching on what to do for a ball python’s enclosure, food, health, having it being used to humans, reading its body language, and overall tips on what to do. Your channel shed the most light for me (getting my very first snek) to help me get what I need. And for that, I thank you.

To everyone reading this: you are beautiful and loved. I hope you have a great day or night!

i was watching this with my friend and they asked why'd the chicken turtle cross the road ........ i refused to hear the rest

Turtles hissing is truly terrifying, never expect it from such a passive animal

What a delightful person you are, Mr. Larkin! Thanks for letting us all see your beautiful turtles and habitat.

Aww. He's not a dude that thinks turtles are cool and wants them cuz they look cool, He's not a turtle exploiter He's just a dude who really loves turtles And made a little pond for them :D Also, it's so amazing how he lets all turtles live there, that's a bold and safe move

I love their videos and I was so sad when nearly headless nick passed.

He got so excited when he said they were like little dinosaurs 🥰🥰🥰♥️ sometimes people are just so cute!

This is so wholesome. He talks about them with such enthusiasm and love, it warms my heart. Who would have guessed he likes turtles?

I’ve wanted this 29 times and yes I was counting lol 😂

Ed and i points at some guy Me: thats no ed

Shannon is an amazingly talented drummer. he seems like such a cool down to earth guy. And the fact that he loves his animals so much makes me like him even more. Great setup,I wish I was lucky enough to have the same.

This video makes me so happy after a trash day at work; gives me some reprieve, you know? I love Godsmack, I love animals, and I love Snake Discovery.... 💚

Love you guys as Channel you guys inspired me to love reptiles I now have two crested geckos in a red-footed tortoise

Hears Godsmack... starts singing I stand alone

Idk if Shannon will see this comment but I'm a huge Godsmack fan - always have been but they were also my very first concert in Atlanta at the Tabernacle. Watching him and Sully do a drum-off was SO COOL. Impressive talent on the drums AND an awesome set of ponds with beautiful animals!! What an awesome video, thank you Emily!

That's awesome. We live in Fort Myers, and my dad used to ride motorcycles with him and another buddy. He's such a genuine, kind hearted soul.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE GODSMACK SO MUCH

i watched at 8 min out i tell my dad it helpful and teaches me ty snake discory

I was shocked to see Godsmack on this channel, my favorite band!

Everything about this video has my approval.

Nobody: Me: OOOUUU SNAKE DISCOVERY 👁👄👁

The speed I clicked on this vid is insane

I love turtles, but I lost mine a few years ago and this makes me miss them so much. I love this guys passion and hearing him talk about his little dudes. They're so cute!

Thank you for stating that you guys were being responsible and save during COVID. Also, this guy seems like a total sweetheart!

He's very soft spoken for a drummer? This is a very loaded thing to say but this is the first time I've ever heard of Godsmacked.

WHAT THE FRICK MY DAD KNOWS THIS DUDE??? my dad played in a band with him before he joined godsmack. God this is so surreal to see just pop up in my inbox lmao EDIT: showed this to my dad and apparently shannon was mad at him for a while cuz my dad quit his band lol (the reason being that i was born, so uh. sorry shannon lmao)

Love Godsmack! How neat that you guys got to visit him and also that he's in to reptiles etc! Thank you Shannon! Hope to see more of you in random Snake Discovery Florida visits!

gotta love metal heads, usually the most wholesome people lol. Absolutely love his yard.

Why is no one mentioning THIS IS THE DRUMMER OF GODSMACK HELLO

You should have asked him to drum 'death rattle shakes' for an intro to your channel. lol

I dont think Ive heard anything about godsmack for well over ten years, and boom, heres Shannons turtles and kois. So wholesome

aww Shannon! i knew him back in the day. always a cool, nice guy. the ponds and river are amazing. what lucky turtles and koi. 🖤