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I want to just see how close he'll let me get the snare.

I don't think I can get him from here.

Nice! Got him.

Here.

Let's go.

Whenever we visit a location,

I'm always on the lookout for my next potential lizard catch.

Look at that.

Over the years,

I've captured many of these speedy reptiles,

from collared lizards to turnip-tailed geckos.

However, on the Pacific side of Costa Rica,

there's one particular lizard that has

evaded me for several years--

the spiny tailed iguana.

A giant amongst resident lizard species,

this iguana may look slow and lumbering

with its calm demeanor.

However, this creature is incredibly quick

when it needs to be.

Whoa!

Catching one by hand can be difficult.

So today I'm going to employ a strategy

that many herpetologists used in the field

to get up close with lizards.

Using a bamboo pole, some paracord, and a multitool,

I was able to build a snare that would allow

me several extra feet of reach.

I am going to loop the paracord through this notch,

and then tie it across the top.

And the snare will dangle down right from there.

That snare will then go over the head of the lizard.

And the weight of its body, once it starts to run,

will pull it taut.

I'll have it on the end of the rope.

And, hopefully, will be able to catch it and get

it up close for the cameras.

Oh, there's that big one there.

Let me just see how close to let me get the snare.

I don't think I can get him from here.

Nice!

Got him. Here.

Let's go.

Oh, my gosh.

That's a big, big lizard.

That's a big lizard.

Hold on.

I'm gonna grab him right on the back of the head.

Got him.

Whoa!

That is a serious dinosaur right there.

Look at that creature. Wow.

OK, hold on a second.

Let me get the snare off of here.

Whew.

What do you think, man?

That was a great grab.

God, it is really, really strong.

It is really strong.

I do not want to get bitten by this creature.

Hold on a second.

Let me get a good hold on his head here.

Let me cut the snare rope.

OK.

All right.

Let's back up here and go down to the trail.

I want to keep the lizard as calm as possible.

Let me get the noose off of him here.

Ooh. OK.

Oh, it definitely made a go at me there.

Wow.

Oh!

The teeth in there-- you know what, Mario?

Can you help me out? Can you grab--

Yeah. - that rope?

I got a pretty good hold on him.

Just-- you kind of got to like, gently

loop it up over his head.

I think I'm gonna pull him back.

There we go.

OK.

There it is.

That is the spiny tailed iguana.

It might as well be a dinosaur.

Oh!

Can you believe it?

It has taken me days to capture one of these lizards.

Now let's take a real good look at this creature.

Look at the spines running down the length

of the body and then, of course, here on the tail.

And you can see where they get that name, spiny tailed iguana.

If you zoom in there, you can see all the spines running

along the length of the tail.

They are incredibly sharp.

Now, they can use this as a defense against predators.

They will whip this tail around almost like a Stegosaur,

and this is, like, a bunch of barbs

laced underneath with muscle and bone.

It is so incredibly strong.

Look at the hind legs.

Now, these creatures are terrestrial,

but they are capable of climbing.

Those claws in those strong forelimbs and back legs

will allow them to easily scurry up something

like this, a side of a cage.

Around here, when we first approached,

it was on top of that monkey enclosure.

And, of course, they can climb trees.

Look at the stretch of that mouth, though.

Oh, my gosh!

It's like looking into the throat of a Tyrannosaur.

Now, you look at a creature like this,

and it has these razor sharp teeth.

But, believe it or not, these lizards are herbivores, which

means that they eat plants.

Just the other day we witnessed one eating some

hibiscus flowers.

And you think to yourself, wow, this creature

could take down pretty much anything--

maybe a bird or other lizards.

But, nope.

Sure enough, they're interested in fruits and flowers.

Look at the coloration of this reptile.

It's like a grayish-blue, all of these really

rugged scales on top of the head,

and it feels like sandpaper.

Mark, just describe to everyone out there

watching what it feels like.

Oh, wow. - Is that--

Yeah.

Feels like it's about, like, 100 grit sandpaper.

It could do some damage-- - Yeah.

- if it whipped you. Yeah.

Well, you can understand why it

was so dangerous for me to try to capture one of these

by hand.

And I think I could have done it if I had gotten

it right behind the head.

But a bite from a lizard of this size

can easily send you to the hospital.

Not only are the teeth sharp, but they're curved backwards.

So if it bites and shakes its head,

yeah, your fingers are going to get shredded.

Can you imagine something like this,

you know, 60 plus million years ago,

and maybe three or four times the size?

Because that's what was here on the planet

during the time of dinosaurs.

So impressive.

So unbelievably prehistoric.

This was absolutely incredible.

I have been trying for days to catch one of these lizards.

And, sure enough, here hanging out at Kids

Saving the Rainforest, and I managed

to get the spiny tailed iguana up close for the cameras.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave.

Whew.

Stay wild.

We'll see you on the next location.

All right.

Well, this is it-- the moment that we

release the spiny tailed iguana back into the environment.

Got to be really careful that I don't take a bite here.

I'm gonna set it down right there.

One, two, three.

Whoa!

That was a fast lizard.

Well, Ryan just opened up the gates.

I think the cassowary is on its way out.

Ooh, kind of nervous now.

Are you?

Oh, yeah.

You don't really think about it until the dinosaur's

actually coming towards you.

Oh, my gosh.

It's big.

Is it bigger than you thought it'd be?

It's-- it's a dinosaur.

Oh, my gosh, this is crazy.

Wait until you guys see this thing.

Whoa.

Today I'm visiting Jungle Island,

an interactive zoological park located on Watson Island

in Miami, Florida, which is home to a plethora of animals

from all around the world.

And while most of my adventures take me off-trail,

today is truly unique.

Because I will be getting face to face

with the most dangerous bird on the planet, the cassowary.

The one I will be working with on this episode

is world famous for being extremely

well tempered around humans.

However, that doesn't mean I can let my guard down.

Because this massive bird is armed with razor sharp claws

and a powerful kick, which contains enough force

to inflict a fatal blow.

Getting this close to a creature

that's this prehistoric looking is pretty amazing.

Look at our ancient looking that face

is, and the coloration in the skin,

and the crest of the head--

wow.

The crest is a lot bigger than I imagined it to be.

And that's hollow, right?

It is hollow.

Yeah.

But it's still-- it's-- it's real fibrous, right?

Like, she could just-- - Very fibrous.

Yeah. - ram me in the face with it.

So I definitely have to be careful.

It's very similar in density to a beak.

OK. Mm-hmm.

So if she's running through the environment,

she can kind of just keep her head down and break

through all the underbrush.

Definitely.

What they do is they stretch their neck out real long, which

will extend a few feet in front of their body

as they're running.

That'll help push the branches away from her--

the rest of her body as she runs.

Now, I'm not sure if you noticed this,

but if you look around the side here--

Yeah.

- you're gonna see these wings.

Yes, little tiny wings.

Yeah.

And they have really stiff quills.

Wow. Look at that.

Yeah.

It almost looks like a porcupine's quill.

Look at the size of this bird's legs.

Look at all the scales.

This bird weighs about 130 pounds.

That is a massive animal.

This is the second largest species of bird in the world,

second only to the ostrich.

And they're incredibly fast.

Right?

They are extremely fast.

They can run around 30 miles per hour through jungle underbrush.

Wow.

And every little sound that we hear off-screen here,

her head immediately does this.

And it's just like a Velociraptor

that you've seen in "Jurassic Park,"

the head going like this, turning from side to side.

It is so awesome to just watch this bird in action.

I would say that the only thing this bird is missing is a tail.

And if it had one, it really would be a dinosaur.

Now, I would never be able to get this close

to a cassowary in the wild.

And they can be very, very aggressive towards humans.

So it's very unique that I'm getting

to be this close with this prehistoric

looking creature today.

I do want to try to stay as calm as I possibly can,

so that she also stays calm.

Now, you can see she's curious right now.

She wants to know if I have anything in my hand,

like an apple or some grapes.

Hi.

Here you go.

Look at the skin.

You wouldn't expect a bird to have

bright blue skin like that.

It's so beautiful.

And here's something you might not know--

that the entire bird's body is blue.

If I just fold back those feathers a tiny bit,

look at that.

Blue all the way through.

Their feathers are incredibly coarse.

These ones on the outside here almost feel like horse hairs.

And then, underneath, she's really soft and downy.

When you look at the feet of this bird--

look at those scales, and look at the claws.

It looks just like the foot of a Velociraptor.

And that claw on the inside edge of the foot--

razor sharp.

Now, if this bird was out in the wild,

it would actually be a couple inches longer

and sickle shaped, just like a Raptor.

Now, these birds are capable of jumping

almost six feet in the air.

And I can't even imagine how terrifying it would

be to be out there in the jungle, have one of these cut

through the underbrush, run out you, leap,

and you take one of those claws to the face.

When you look down the length of that beak and into those eyes,

you transcend back 65 million years into the past.

And you feel as if you were looking straight at a dinosaur.

Wow.

That is intimidating right there.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.

The southern cassowary

is considered to be the most dangerous bird in the world.

And the only reason I was able to interact with this one

is because it was raised in captivity.

Unfortunately, these omnivorous creatures

are endangered in their native lands of Australia

and Papua New Guinea.

So the chance to get up close with this clever girl

was an opportunity I wasn't about to pass up.

What's going on, guys?

Now, you're used to us bringing you

episodes of "Breaking Trail" where

I'm catching live animals.

But today we're going to do something a little different.

We're headed off into the back country of Utah

to search for dinosaur tracks.

Now, as most of you know, I absolutely love dinosaurs.

So what I'm gonna do is trade in my cowboy hat for this helmet,

as we ride on these awesome Polaris RZRs

out into the rough and rugged terrain

to search out these tracks.

All right.

Hop in, guys!

This is gonna be awesome.

Woo!

Woo-hoo!

In most of our adventures

we break trail on foot.

However, sometimes the best way to cover many miles of distance

quickly is by way of all-terrain vehicle.

Today the crew and I are in Hurricane, Utah-- one

of the best places in the West to find and get

close to dinosaur tracks.

This is awesome!

We finally made it!

Let's head back in there and find the tracks.

Woo!

Oh, man, this is epic.

Just this backdrop-- I mean, you can't beat this.

It is hot. It is dusty.

Look at this.

Check this out.

Can you see all the dust coming off me?

Oh, yeah.

Ooh.

It is-- what do you think it is, about

100 degrees out here right now?

At least.

At least 100 degrees.

And look at how bone dry this is.

Check this out.

Look at that.

It is just red dust.

It's amazing to think that at one point in time

dinosaurs were walking right through this environment.

All right, I think if we head down through this ravine here,

we're going to find some.

Wow.

Check that out.

Dinosaurs passed this way.

Now, this is the whole area that we're going to be exploring,

right here along the side.

That's where we are.

You've got Megapnosaurus and Dilophosaurus tracks.

Dilophosaurus are much larger.

You see right there, huge compared to a human.

I can't imagine what it would be like to have actually

seen one of these walking in this environment

120 million years ago.

All right.

Let's go find the tracks.

And even though is was sloped down, at one point in time

before water washed through here and wore the rock away,

this could have been flatter.

So I'm always looking at an angle,

for any indentation in the rock has a potential to be a track.

I mean, look how deceiving this is.

That almost looks like a toe right there.

Wow.

I wonder if that could be a track.

That's not defined enough to prove that, though.

All right.

Let's keep going.

This is actually great substrate right here.

Check this out.

Look at this, Mark.

Look at this.

We just found our first set of dinosaur tracks.

This is Megapnosaurus right here,

a small upright walking theropod.

And you can see where this animal moved

right through the environment.

Look at this.

I'm going to step right next to the tracks.

Look at that stride.

Wow.

That's so cool, walking right alongside dinosaurs.

You ever think you'd be able to do that, Mark?

No.

I'd never think I'd see a dinosaur track.

I know.

This is amazing.

Check this one out.

That's actually really cool.

So it took a real sharp turn right here,

and probably headed off in that direction.

But if you come up here a little bit further,

you've got the larger Dilophosaur tracks.

Check this out.

These are Dilophosaur tracks.

Look how big this animal was.

Here.

Come up to this one.

You can see this one in back.

Look at that.

Wow.

Wow.

What a giant.

Dilophosaurus is famous because it was featured in Steven

Spielberg's "Jurassic Park."

If you remember, it was the one that had the big frill that

came out and it spit the venom.

Now, scientists do not believe that this dinosaur

actually had those frills.

But the filmmakers took the liberty

of giving that dinosaur these traits to make

it a little bit more scary.

And look at how big they are.

Now, in the movie, the Dilophosaur they featured

was much smaller than this.

But you can see with my hand right down there in the track,

this is not a carnivore that you would just want to stumble

upon out here in the desert.

How awesome is that?

Did you ever think you'd be, like, standing

right in a dinosaur track?

No, I didn't.

I've-- I've never seen dinosaur tracks before out in the wild.

And you can almost feel the energy of this animal

when you put your hand into the track like that.

OK.

So these tracks we're looking at right here--

anybody can come and see these.

What we want to do now is actually head

off into the desert and see if we can find some for ourselves.

You guys ready to do this?

Let's do it.

It's gonna be dry, it's gonna be hot,

and it's gonna be dusty.

But I'm pretty confident that we're gonna

find some tracks of our own.

There's a hole.

Oh, check this out!

This could be a track.

Yes! Chance, come up here.

Look at this.

We got one here, one here.

Wow!

I think this is it.

I think these are actual dinosaur tracks.

This one right here is almost perfect.

Bring your camera up. Come here.

Come here. Come here.

Come here. Look at this.

Look over my shoulder.

Look at that-- three distinct toe marks.

All right.

I'm gonna blow the sand off.

You ready?

Yes!

There's no question about it.

That is an upright walking theropod,

most likely a carnivore.

And guessing on the size of these tracks,

I would say it's probably four feet tall and close to 11 feet

in length-- not an animal that you

would want to run into out here 65 million years ago.

Holy cow!

This is exciting!

Dude, high five.

I cannot believe we actually came across tracks.

And look at this.

You've got one here, and look at that stride--

here to here, shorter there, planted, and then off.

And, who knows?

I mean, this rock could have broken

apart millions of years ago.

But you've got one right here and one right there.

And, oh, my gosh, we actually came across dinosaur tracks.

Now, this was objective number one--

find dinosaur tracks.

Well, we found 'em.

The good news is that we still have

a couple hours out here in the desert, and we have those RZRs.

So objective number two is going to be to head to the sand dunes

and really have some fun.

I hope you guys are ready, 'cause

this is gonna be awesome.

Woo!

What up?

What did you think, man?

We brought you out in the field.

I know.

This is frickin' awesome.

I mean, dude, could you have--

This is killer.

- picked a better trip to come along with?

Jeez. - I'll tell you, yeah.

My-- the walls in the editing bay

do not look like these mountains.

It is amazing out here.

Woo-hoo!

Yup!

I'm stuck!

Look out!

Woo-hoo!

That's what I'm talking about, right there.

I don't know if I got the whole flip,

but that was gnarly.

Ouch.

You all right?

Well, guys, rule number one if you flip a RZR,

is always to keep your arms inside.

Thankfully, I'm walking away from yet another one.

Aw, man.

I was barely even turning.

I don't know how that thing flipped.

But it, uh-- yeah, I flipped it.

You know, if I'm not falling off of a cliff

I'm flipping a vehicle.

That's why we just usually don't let me do these things.

The good lesson here is that if you do roll a machine

like this, you just hold onto the steering wheel,

keep your hands inside.

You're always wearing your seat belt,

always wearing the helmet.

So far, I'm walking away from this one completely unscathed.

My back and neck might be a little sore tomorrow, but no

broken bones, no stitches.

We're having to bungee cord the door

shut, 'cause that's broken.

I cracked the top of it.

And, unfortunately, I may have just

bought the "Brave Wilderness" team

a RZR, because this is going to be an expensive one to fix.

My bad.

Woo!

All right, Coyote.

Well, that's one way to do it in Utah.

Yeah.

I'd say he was an extremely successful day.

We found dinosaur tracks.

That was awesome.

Then we came out here to the dunes

to rip up the sand with our RZRs,

and I kind of rolled mine.

But the good news is no cuts, no broken bones,

and yet again I walk away from another "Breaking Trail"

mishap.

All I can say is that Utah is unbelievably epic.

Yes, sir!

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild, always wear your helmet.

Ah.

We'll see you on the next adventure.

Here we go!

Eh, buckle up!

Woo!