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re: Monsters of God (HBO Documentary from the Tiger King director)

Posted on 8/21/26 at 1:50 pm to
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 8/21/26 at 1:50 pm to
Watched ep 3 last night. Crazy that Ray's Son Mike was making millions selling animals legally, and still decided to deal illegal animals.

The agent wearing a gorilla suit to make a bust was hilarious.

Looking forward to next episode about Anson Wang. Seems like a bad dude.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:29 am to
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Watched ep 3 last night. Crazy that Ray's Son Mike was making millions selling animals legally, and still decided to deal illegal animals.



His dad was an awful person. Gets out of prison, see's his son running a crazy successful business legally and just jumps right back into the illegal stuff.

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The agent wearing a gorilla suit to make a bust was hilarious.


The black agent was kind of funny. He was like "And I heard from sources that Mike had called me dumb." Wow, he called you dumb, the horror In Mike's defense, you do sound kind of dumb.

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Looking forward to next episode about Anson Wang. Seems like a bad dude.


Yea this next episode should be really good. Every episode I hate someone new.
Posted by LSU1SLU
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:04 am to
pace has been so slow
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:09 am to
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The black agent was kind of funny. He was like "And I heard from sources that Mike had called me dumb." Wow, he called you dumb, the horror In Mike's defense, you do sound kind of dumb.
He followed up, "I'm not dumb" with "We had to cross the t's and cross the i's."

Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:12 am to
Yes and his next "sting" after that basically discovered nothing and they had to return all the animals. Like dude I think you are dumb.

And after it shows they actually caught Mike the guy says "That felt good putting him away after he called me dumb."

Hope this guy never visits tigerdroppings because he'll get called a lot worse a few posts in. Dude had some thin skin.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:12 am to
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Crazy that Ray's Son Mike was making millions selling animals legally, and still decided to deal illegal animals.
Mike wasn't interested in being the guy with the unique reptiles, but as soon as he saw the money to be made being that guy, he went along with Dad. Mike wanted money, Dad wanted to be the man who could get you anything. The other brother just wanted to drive the truck and not get arrested.
Posted by One72
Member since Jul 2022
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:19 pm to
I’ve seen the first three episodes.
It gets repetitive at times but there are tons of cool animal shots.
Posted by Cole Beer
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Member since Aug 2008
4940 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 1:52 pm to
I have a question about the Cuban, Scarface type guy. How is he not either still in prison or dead?

Did he agree to become an informant, so that's why he got out so early? I'm curious.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 2:20 pm to
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It gets repetitive at times

This.

I’m caught up on the episodes but so far this is relatively boring outside of finding out which animals are actually illegal and how they got them into the country. Ans just about everybody on the show sucks.

How many episodes total are there supposed to be?

Was the chimp doc worth watching at all?
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 2:21 pm to
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How many episodes total are there supposed to be?


5

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Was the chimp doc worth watching at all?


I fell asleep watching episode 3 and woke up 15 minutes into this
Posted by Cole Beer
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
4940 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 2:53 pm to
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Was the chimp doc worth watching at all?


I think the chimp doc is closer to Tiger King than the reptile one. I recommend it.
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
13734 posts
Posted on 8/24/26 at 2:59 pm to
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I have a question about the Cuban, Scarface type guy. How is he not either still in prison or dead?

Obviously he gave them some info they needed and got released. The guy in this video was trying to hunt him down but failed and got arrested first or Mario would be dead. He's still alive because all of his contemporaries were either killed or got life in prison while he was still in prison he simply outlived them.

Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
38797 posts
Posted on 8/28/26 at 9:15 am to
This week's episode holds up. I thought it was going to be about catching the Asian Final Boss, but it goes into a subset of reptile smuggling/breeding that I found to be really interesting.

And it still floors me how the smugglers overlap in a Venn diagram with Zoos and legitimate herpetologists.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
38797 posts
Posted on 9/4/26 at 9:48 pm to
This series ended strong. Wong was a great interview. I was NOT expecting a twist ending.
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