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I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to enter

the maul zone with a canine.

Ow, it hurts!

Ah, ah!

What's going on guys?

Today we are on location in West Virginia,

and I'm here with Jay from MAKOR K9.

And we're going to do something a little bit different today,

aren't we? - Yup.

Normally, I'm bitten and stung by all sorts of wild animals.

But today I'm going to be bitten by what?

A Malinois, Belgian Malinois.

And this is, like, something between a German Shepard,

a wolf, a coyote, and maybe your worst nightmare

if you're afraid of dogs.

But Maya, who's the dog we're going to be working with today,

is actually really friendly as long as I don't have

on the specialized suit, which we use to train her to what,

take down criminals?

Correct.

She worked law enforcement for four years,

and now she's kind of a demo for our company.

So today I'm going to be part of her exercise.

And I guess I'm going to be the product of the demo,

to show exactly the capabilities of this dog.

You're going to be the victim.

This dog will not break skin on you.

You're going to be wearing a Kevlar bite suit--

OK.

- from Schweikert K9, out of Germany.

Now, see, Joe has it right over here.

Why don't we bring that-- that jacket in here?

Man, that is-- that is durable.

But I'm still going to feel some pressure inside there, right?

Here. Let me try this on real quick.

You will feel--

you will feel every bit of the pressure

from the bite of the dog--

Oh, yeah.

- just no puncture.

Oh, that's legit right there.

Yeah.

Go ahead, put your arm out there and--

Fancy. Feel that?

I can feel that. Oh, no.

And you don't have a very strong grip, so--

I know, but-- well, that's my left hand.

Yeah.

Still, not very strong as compared to what the bite

force of a dog is going to be.

Yeah.

That's even weaker, man.

You got to get to the gym.

So, Jay, when Maya hits me, like, I'm going to try to run.

Is that OK?

Is she just going to, like, latch on to me

and pull me down? - Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Now, what's going to prevent her from biting my legs

or my fingers or my face?

She's just-- she's gonna go for my arm, you're pretty certain.

Maya is trying to go for the arm.

She is what's called a sport dog--

OK.

- which means Maya is not trained bite a human for real.

She was strictly a drug dog, but she's been trained in sport

to go after the equipment.

So that's what she'll do.

But now you have a 1% to 2% chance she may grab the leg.

You know what this reminds me of-- when I wore

the bee beard and Chris said, oh, you

might get one or two stings.

And then I got 32 stings.

So, in my mind, I'm hoping that it's just bite pressure,

but I'm fully expecting to maybe take a full on bite today.

So I think I'm ready for this.

And if I can pass the jacket test,

we've got one step up in the world of bravery.

And that's just the sleeve.

And this just kind of goes on your arm like this.

And so if I work my way up, I'm going

to take a bite just like that.

Now, do I have to worry about her pulling

my arm out of the socket?

She's not going to pull your arm out of socket, hopefully.

OK. OK.

Hopefully.

But she will jerk on you a lot--

OK.

- and swing you around a little bit.

OK.

So, to be clear, tackling Coyote is actually fun for her.

It is a game, absolutely fun.

It's what she lives for.

And this is exercise.

So she can do this all over and over again all day long--

Absolutely.

- just like a dog playing ball, pretty much.

Absolutely.

Only I'm going to be the ball today, so all right--

I like this dog already. - Yeah, right?

If you're ready, let's get Maya--

Let's go.

- out of her kennel and get up close with this incredible dog.

All right, Coyote.

I think it's about that time.

Getting nervous?

A little bit.

We're getting Maya out of her kennel right now.

And you may be thinking to yourself, she's only 55 pounds.

I mean, that's not that big.

Yeah, until it's running at you full speed

with an open mouth full of teeth,

getting ready to latch onto your arm.

I'm still thinking I'm going to get pretty

far before she takes me down.

And I guess what I'm just trying to determine now is, like, when

she grabs me, is she going to actually take me

down to the ground or am I going to be able to take

that hit like this, stumble, and-- and have

her latching on to me?

So it's going to be really interesting to see

how this all goes down.

OK.

You're good to go.

Oh, man.

So I want to keep my--

can I hold on to the edge or I want to keep my hand just

all the way inside?

You can hold on to the edge if you want, or inside.

She's going to center here. - OK.

So when you hear her getting close,

just try not to go that way.

OK.

Because then you're going to pull it where it--

- Got you. - kind of go there.

Whew.

This is what you have to wear if you want

to get taken down by a canine.

All right, Jay, are we ready?

I think we're ready.

You ready, Mario?

And we're rolling.

Hi, Maya.

Hi, Maya.

Oh, boy.

This arm.

This arm, Maya, right here.

This is the one that you want, right here.

Right there, that one.

I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to enter

the maul zone with a canine.

You ready?

Go for it.

One, two-- I'm running to the telephone pole--

three.

You coming--

ah!

You coming out here?

How's it feeling?

Ow, it hurts!

Man, she is a lot stronger than you would think!

She's spinning me around in circles.

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

I can see how this would easily take down a criminal.

Tap out, tap out.

Sit.

You all right, buddy?

She started low on my arm,

moved her way up near my elbow.

That hurt the worst, where you could feel the canine teeth

actually hitting the bone.

Oh, oh.

Oh, Jay, you weren't kidding, man.

That is-- Maya, nein!

Ow, ow, my butt!

Ow!

Ow!

Ow, she bit me in the butt!

It's a bad bite!

It's a bad bite!

Ah, Maya!

Oh, man.

Well, I got this camera.

I don't know.

You think I'm ready to move up to just the sleeve?

I think you're ready to graduate.

You look like you're handling this pretty well.

I'm impressed.

All right.

Let's go to the sleeve.

I definitely feel my arm

is going to swell up.

You could see there's a little blood coming out there,

all these puncture marks.

Ah!

Definitely hurts.

Took it like a champ.

You coming-- ah!

You coming out here?

Ow! It hurts!

Ah!

Ah!

Ow!

Ow.

Ow.

That is definitely intense.

All right.

I think I've graduated past the Kevlar jacket.

Thank you, Joe.

And now I'm going to the sleeve.

You guys ready for this?

It's for the left arm.

Left arm, OK.

Beating up both arms today, I guess.

All right.

First bite is actually not the most painful.

She bites, she lets go, and then she goes for another bite

and a better grip.

Now, the Kevlar suit was slightly looser on my skin.

This is a little tighter, so I may feel a slightly

more increased impact.

Try to bend your arm.

Perfect.

Keep your arm moving side to side.

Try not to go up and down.

Try to make it this way. - Oh, Side to side.

OK.

Regardless of how trained she is, she's still an animal.

Yeah, I understand.

All right.

Girl, here.

All right.

You ready for this?

OK. I'm ready.

All right.

Let's do this. Maya!

Right here!

This arm right here!

Come on!

You feel it?

Oh, yeah, I can definitely feel that.

Oh, man, she's got a good hold on the sleeve.

You can feel all the pressure, ah,

of the teeth going into my arm.

OK.

Let's bring her off.

Ah!

Ah!

How was that?

That was about as intense as it gets.

Much scarier to have the dog on your arm

with no other protective body cover.

Honestly, the bite did not feel as bad as the Kevlar jacket,

but I was way more nervous with my fingers being exposed.

She got about to here on my wrist, and that's when I said,

OK, call her off.

I was afraid if she slipped a little bit further,

I may lose a finger.

Wow.

That was incredibly intense.

I cannot believe that, dude.

OK.

I think I'm good.

That was absolutely an experience with an animal

that I'm never going to forget.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild, we'll see on the next location.

Woo!

I think you guys need to try this!

I don't know, Mario, what do you think?

Are you next?

Rock, paper, scissors for it?

Yeah.

Ready? On shoot.

Ready?

Yeah.

One, two, three, shoot.

One, two, three, shoot.

Oh, looks like you're next, buddy!

Oh, man, there she is.

Dude, I'm actually-- I'm actually pretty nervous.

Starting to rain a little bit.

I might get rained out.

All right, you ready?

Yeah.

All right, Mario.

Are you ready? - Ready?

Yeah.

Let her go.

Right here, Maya, right here.

Oh!

Mario, does it hurt?

Oh, man!

Oh!

Oh, yeah, rip it.

Oh, you did it, buddy!

Oh, boy.

How'd that feel?

Let me see your arm.

That hurt.

Oh, man, you can feel the punctures.

Yeah?

The pressure.

All right.

So I want to give her this.

When you do this, you want to kind of

stretch out and then bend it.

OK, so reach out, then bend it.

Ready?

All right, Maya.

Right here, Maya!

Oh, boy.

Oh, boy.

Oh!

Ah!

Ah! Ah!

There you go.

Definitely feel that one.

All right.

I'm good, I'm good, I'm good. - Let her down some.

Let her down some.

All right, just slip it.

Un-Velcro.

Woo!

Oh, man.

Oh, man.

That hurt, right? - Ooh, man.

That, like, sends shivers up your spine.

That was some pressure, man.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, yeah. - Oh, yeah.

That's gonna bruise.

Oh, yeah.

She got me.

She got a good bite.

That's a bad bite!

That's a bad bite!

It's important to remind

everyone that while getting taken down by Maya

looked incredibly aggressive and violent,

this is all a part of her daily training routine.

Behind the scenes, Maya and I were the best of friends.

And I can truly say that I have an incredible love

and respect for this brilliant and beautiful animal.

MAKOR K9 of West Virginia continues to set the standards

that others aspire toward in the field

of canine training and related technical innovations.

The loving care of their animals has brought

them international recognition.

And their reputation is widely coveted as having

no equal in the profession of canine training.

Where, where, where?

Wow.

Oh, my gosh.

I'm just sitting here, I see two shapes.

I thought it was dogs out there swimming.

It's a male and a female moose.

Mario, get the 600 lens!

Got it!

I think we can get shots from the canoe.

Get down to the canoe.

Let's see if we can kayak out there.

Get the oars.

Go, go, go, go, go.

So right now there are two moose headed across the lake.

We're going to try to canoe out there and get some shots.

OK.

Undo the-- undo the canoe.

Oh, this is crazy.

So Mario's up there.

He's gonna set up the 600 lens and try

to get some close shots.

We're going to head out there and see how close we can get.

Man, this is gonna be awesome!

Oh, don't forget the paddles.

Got 'em, got 'em, got 'em.

I'll go up front.

Austin, you stay in the back.

COYOTE PETERSON They

say that Alaska is the last true frontier in North America.

And if you've ever had the chance

to step foot along its rivers, explore its vast forests,

or encounter its majestic wildlife,

then you certainly understand the truth in that statement.

One thing about tracking Wolverines

is that there's always a good chance you're also

going to find the grizzlies.

And these tracks right here are probably

only about 10 minutes old, and that means

the bear is just ahead of us.

Haines, Alaska, located

on the southern edge of the state,

is what most consider to be a gateway to the true North.

It's a very difficult location to film,

so for the "Brave Wilderness" crew and I,

this was lining up to be one of our wildest adventures yet.

And, on just our second day, we had

an encounter with one of the most iconic species in Alaska.

Coyote, what are we doing?

We are rowing as fast as we can out onto Mosquito Lake

to try to film two moose that are swimming across it.

So are moose good swimmers?

Yes, very good swimmers.

Very good swimmers.

We want to get close but not too close,

because they could flip us out of the canoe.

You definitely want to stay a safe distance from them,

not to startle them, but close enough to get some cool shots.

The Alaskan moose

is considered to be the largest subspecies of moose in North

America, with males tipping the scales

close to 1,600 pounds and females

weighing just over 1,000 pounds.

They can be found all across the state,

and it is estimated that there are over 200,000 of them

in the wild.

We were told by the people that own the cabins we're

staying in that they frequently see moose swimming

across this body of water.

We got home tonight from shooting.

Coyote spots two heads swimming across the lake.

Sure enough, we're trying to get as close as we can

to these moose so we can show you--

OK. We're getting close.

- what they look like.

200 yards and closing. All right.

One of them is definitely a male.

I think we got a male and female couple here.

All right.

I got my first shot on them.

There they are.

Moose typically do not

have social bonds with one another

unless they're siblings under the age of one year.

So it is likely that these two juveniles

are brother and sister.

OK. So we got--

Real slow movement up here.

We got a male moose on the left that has velvet.

OK.

He's definitely spotted us.

Yeah, they're looking right at us,

and they're-- they're feeding.

COYOTE PETERSON And while males

can be territorial during mating season,

and females if they're still weaning their calves, in most

cases moose can be safely observed

and admired from a safe distance of around 100 yards.

This is, like, the perfect opportunity

to get close to a moose.

Is this probably the safest way to do this?

This would be the safest way to get close to moose

because they can't charge us.

They're just going to kind of go about their business

eating all this vegetation that you have here in the lake.

Right now they aren't too startled.

Let's just kind of move up alongside of 'em.

As a natural defense,

especially when in water, moose will often flee if they

sense any potential danger.

And while it wasn't our intention

to disrupt them from feeding, they decided

we had gotten close enough.

And they trotted up and out of the water.

Now, we just want to keep a safe distance.

At any point in time that male could turn

around to protect the female.

You see, he's kind of staying in the back, letting her go first.

That is either a juvenile male or one that's recently shed.

You can see he's got the smaller antlers.

Still velvet on the antlers, that's pretty cool to see.

You see they're actually-- they're

actually touching shore now.

You can see the back of the moose breaching there.

Look at how big they are!

They dwarf horses.

Wow.

Were you able to get a tight shot?

Pretty tight.

Oh, man.

Wow, look at them go.

Woo!

That is incredible.

Look at the strength of that animal.

Boom, just like that, off into the reeds.

Well, how awesome was that?

Seeing moose swimming right through our backyards.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next location.

Man, that was the coolest thing that's

happened this whole trip!

Being within 100 yards,

we got the best shots we could.

And with the rain steadily falling,

we decided it was time to head back toward the cabin.

The moose waited for us to get near shore

and then happily returned to the water,

where they continued their feast of water plants.

So what you want to do is make friends with her.

It's very important.

And who is her?

Her?

She's Karen the moose, she's an orphan.

A moose?

Moose?

Yes, she's an orphan who's mother was killed

along the Haines Highway.

And the state called me and said, do you want to take her.

She's got a four acre swamp. - OK.

She came up here.

I can hear her over there.

So I've got these carrots and a--

and I'm going to open a door.

And then you just offer her a carrot and--

and-- and stuff it in her mouth.

And then you should kiss her on the nose.

This is very important.

If she's not kissed, she'll feel like you

don't like her, that she's not attractive, et cetera.

You're asking me to kiss a moose?

Yes.

Is this a baby moose?

No, this is not a baby moose.

This is a moose moose.

Well, she's four years old, you see.

That's not a baby moose.

She's still growing.

OK, well, let's go kiss a moose.

Let's take a look.

Well, maybe. - Maybe.

I don't know.

You've got to follow me, because she'll think something's wrong.

OK.

There she is.

While on location in Alaska,

we had the wonderful pleasure of spending several days working

at Steve Kroschel's Wildlife Sanctuary, where we got up

close with many different species,

including mink, red fox, and of course, the highly

anticipated wolverine.

Steve has the incredible talent of being

able to speak with animals.

And, for several days, he mentored me as I

prepared to work with them.

However, there is no preparation in the world

for kissing a 400 pound moose.

And before we knew it, the crew and I

were face to face with Karen.

I'll give you this carrot.

I split them up here because I got a few.

And I'm going to open this door.

And just stand right here, and then hopefully she'll take it.

Oh, wow.

Shove it in the mouth, shove it in the mouth.

- Like-- just like a horse? - Shove it in the mouth.

Kiss her, kiss her, kiss her.

You've got to kiss her on the nose.

All right, try it again.

Kiss.

See, now, I'm talking to her.

Now, it's not exactly a juicer.

You got to go a little bit slower.

- Oh, I see that. - Here, try it--

try one this way.

She likes it in your teeth.

Don't let her pull your teeth out, though.

Out of my mouth?

Yeah, she'll pull your teeth out if you--

if you're gonna do that, then she gets a little bit--

That's perfect, do it again.

That is nose to nose with a moose.

Get in there.

Get in there.

Her neck is only so long.

Oh!

I got moose slobber all over my lip.

That's all right. It's all organic.

You guys got to try this.

Can the-- can the crew try this?

I don't know, but you've got to get closer.

One more.

Ugh. - Come on.

We got to try that again.

Oh, I got moose slobber--

More carrots again.

- all over my face.

Oh.

You guys want to know what moose slobber tastes like?

Ooh, it's salty.

Woo!

I've never kissed an animal this many times in a row.

That's for sure. Right?

Ah!

Oh, man.

That's a face plant.

All right, I think, Mario, you're up, dude.

Me?

Yeah, man, you're first. Go for it.

All right, I'll do it. All right.

Here, you give me the camera. Here, let's switch.

OK.

I'll take-- I'll take Mario's.

Here's Mark's.

Musical cameras, here we go.

- So what do I do? - Are you ready?

You put it in your mouth.

But don't let her pull your teeth out.

OK.

If she starts tugging on it, let go.

Ah! That's it.

What was that like?

Do it again. Do it again!

OK.

She loves it.

She-- look at her eyes.

She's so happy.

- Aw. - Jaws.

Come on!

Jaws.

All right, here we go.

You ready?

Don't let her pull your teeth out.

Let go.

Perfect.

Dude, you're too tall.

You are as tall as the moose.

There you go.

One more.

One more.

Ah!

All right, all right, all right.

Mark, it's your turn. Oh!

Here we go. Come on.

Come on. - Put down the camera.

Give the camera to Mario. I'm the camera guy.

Nope. Let's do it.

Steve, he can do it. Right?

Well, sure.

Oh, Steve, you're supposed to say we're done.

We've got a couple carrots.

You're supposed to say we're done.

We're done, we are.

She's got good breath.

She's got good breath, don't worry.

Come on.

All right, all right, all right.

All right, yeah, yeah sure.

Go ahead. - Ready?

Get ready.

So what do I do?

Put it in your mouth and hold onto it,

and let her pull it out of your mouth.

But don't let her take your teeth.

All right. All right.

People with dentures sometimes lose them here.

There we go. Hold on.

Hold on.

I like that look on you.

You look like a snowman.

She's chewing it.

Ah!

Jeez.

That's a lot of carrots, man.

What is that like?

Oh!

Ah, I nuzzled a moose!

All right.

Ah!

That was amazing.

Woo!

All right.

Kissing a moose. - Yeah.

I love kissing moose.

You guys made me kiss a moose.

I'm gonna give her a branch

so she knows the routine here. Oh, OK.

Come with me over here.

Bye, Karen.

Bye, Karen.

Bye, Karen.

Wow.

Well, my face is covered in moose slobber right now.

And if there was one thing when I got to Alaska that I

didn't think I was going to do, it was

going to be kissing a moose.

Steve, thank you for providing me with such

an incredible experience.

Kissing a moose!

I've got to hug you. You're like family now.

Give me a hug.

Oh, that was so awesome.

Ah!

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next location.

While in Alaska, we did

see moose in the wild.

And to be within 100 yards of them was incredible.

However, I have to admit, kissing a moose

was by far the coolest moose encounter the crew

and I could have ever had.