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It just like to knock first just to make sure.

Look good I brought for you, buddy.

Getting a suntan, huh?

Where are you going?

I was almost certain that this little goat

would want ice cream cone.

I know who would.

Who?

Big pig!

What's going on guys?

It is a scorching day in Florida.

We're driving around right now.

There's Mark.

Hey, it's a Broiling 63 degrees outside.

63 is pretty high.

I got Mario back there, and I think it's a perfect time

to get an ice cream.

But I have a plan for this ice cream cone.

So we're going to go through the drive-thru at McDonald's right

now.

I don't oftentimes eat McDonald's unless it's for ice

cream, so we're going to love it today and do

something extra special with this ice cream cone,

so stay tuned.

We're going to show you.

I'm just going to eat my ice cream cone.

Yeah, I'm gonna eat mine.

I don't know what you plan on doing with yours.

I plan on sharing my ice cream cone with a special friend.

- Oh. - You'll see.

All right, here we go.

I'm going to give the Go Pro to Mario.

You ate your whole ice cream cone.

Yeah, because I know I have to film.

All right, here we go.

There he is.

Hey, buddy!

Is this Little G?

Oh that's big pig.

Hi, buddy.

Hi big pig.

Right over here, it's my buddy.

Oh my.

He's a baby billy goat.

Look what I brought for you, buddy.

Oh my little friend, getting a suntan, huh?

Where are you going?

Well he want's your ice cream cone.

What about mine?

I brought this one for you, Little G!

Looks like Little G likes my ice cream better.

All right.

Ow, that's my finger.

Little G, over here.

Oh here, here's the one you want.

Oh, I guess he likes yours, Mark.

Look at this.

One for you and one for me.

Look at that.

I don't think Little G likes ice cream cones.

It looks like Little G is not going

to eat the ice cream cone.

I was almost certain this little goat would want ice cream cone.

I know who would.

Who?

Big pig!

OK, big pig, here you go.

Oh boy.

Oh my goodness.

Oh my goodness.

Oh yeah.

Big pig loves an ice cream cone.

Let me get that paper out for you.

Let me see, big pig, hold on.

How does a pig eat an ice cream--

Oh here you go.

Oh, big pig.

Oh my goodness.

How does a pig eat an ice cream cone?

Who's my buddy?

Who's my buddy?

Oh I love you, big pig.

Oh, OK.

All right, well.

Got a little something on the lens there?

Yeah.

Pig schmear right there, ew.

Ice cream pig schmear.

Going to kind of wipe that off.

Yeah.

Well, the ice cream cone didn't work.

Little G, that was the idea.

But now we've got some actual goat food.

So let's see if you want to eat some of these delicious greens,

ready?

How did we come to meet Little G?

Well right now we are at the Everglades outpost,

and Little G just lives back here behind the scenes.

Oh I see you.

Let's eat.

Oh yeah.

That's the good stuff.

He's health conscious.

Give me some of that.

Let me have some.

Look who else is joining the party.

He's like, I'll have some of those greens please.

Who's this?

That's a big sulcata tortoise.

I'm gonna sit down on the ground with you.

Come here.

Come sit on Uncle Coyote's lap.

Here we go.

Now we don't usually show you guys farm animals, which

I guess technically a baby billy goat is a farm animal,

but this little girl is just so cute.

We had to get it on camera.

Oh, here comes Mr Grumpy.

All right we'll put a little bit down there for Mr Grumpy.

Feeding a tortoise and a goat at the same time.

Watch my fingers.

I could have sworn this goat would

have loved that ice cream cone.

Oh, I thought so too.

I thought the ice cream cone was going to be a surefire thing.

But as we know, goats are herbivores.

And this salad is exactly what Little G was in the mood for.

Oh, don't bite my knee.

Careful there, big tortoise.

Wanna try some apple?

Let me see this.

Look at Uncle Coyote's got.

Oh he loves that.

Like a little apple dumpling.

Oh, sit in Uncle Coyote's lap.

Yeah.

Come over here and have some apple.

How is that?

Gotta-- I'm trying to keep my head to the side here, so I

don't take a horn in the face.

He's like-- well he made mincemeat of that apple, huh.

Turned it into apple sauce.

What's left?

Here you some more of this?

Oh.

I think Little G's getting tired and he's ready for his nap.

I'm gonna put him back over in his little home here.

I'd say what we learned today, is

that baby goats don't necessarily

like ice cream cones.

They're more interested in healthy life.

Eating their vegetables.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next location.

All right, Little G. Let's get you in here.

Bye, buddy.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

This is Kate Bimrose.

And today we're going to be exploring the Bolinas lagoon.

A unique ecosystem that's part of the Greater Farallones

National Marine Sanctuary.

As the sun breaks through the morning

clouds, we slowly cross the harbor and land

on the shore of Kent Island.

Welcome to the Bolinas Lagoon.

An internationally recognized wetlands

that is perfectly tucked into the hills

of West Marin California.

This 1,000 acre tidal estuary is a protected refuge and home

to a variety of animal species.

Today I will be heading off trail with lagoon restoration

coordinator, Kate Bimrose.

Her field of expertise is environmental management,

and for the past 5 years, she's been working with the greater

Farallon's association.

A non-profit, whose goal is to protect

the lagoon's native plant and animal species.

My goal is to see what kind of animals inhabit this island,

and we didn't have to travel far before we

came across our first creature.

Look what we got.

Oh, right there.

Look at that.

Oh you know what that is.

That is a black widow.

This is not a spider you want to get bitten by, that's for sure.

It's a big female right there.

Got her.

Wow.

Oh.

That's about as close as you would ever want

to get to a black widow spider.

One of the most venomous spider species

here in the United States.

So you guys are out here all the time

then picking plants, flipping logs,

and building piles of stuff.

You know what you're also doing?

Creating a perfect habitat for the black widow.

Absolutely, I didn't realize that.

That is one of the biggest female black widows

I think I've ever seen. Look at the size of her abdomen.

I'm assuming you've never been bitten by one of these, right?

I've never been bitten by one.

I've never even seen one on the island, actually.

So this is a first for me.

So this is a new find.

All right, we're breaking ground here.

Absolutely.

This spider has no interest in biting you.

The only reason it would bite is to protect itself from getting

squished and killed.

I love getting to explore uninhabited expanses

of wilderness.

And as we moved across the island,

we soon came upon signs of one elusive little mammal.

So, one of the little rodents we have out here on Kent island

is the salt marsh harvest mouse, which

is actually endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area.

They're so tiny though.

What they do is they kind of grab one of these stocks,

they pull it down, and then they kind of bite it off

and they eat the seeds inside.

So they end up leaving these little piles of matchsticks

around.

You can see where they've sort of been eating and getting

their meals before they bury down into their tunnels

and move to the next spot.

All right, well we'll keep our eyes peeled

and maybe we'll see one of these cute little mice.

Let's keep moving.

See what else we can find.

All right.

As we pressed to the north end of the island,

we eventually came upon a place where the land meets the sea.

And there hunting along the shoreline,

we were witness to hundreds of birds.

The Bolinas Lagoon is famous for being a stopover point

on the Pacific flyway, which makes

it a perfect spot for birders hoping

to observe migrating species.

From galls and turns, to egrets, cormorants,

pelicans, herons, and one really cool looking sandpiper.

We saw more birds that we could ever

present in a single episode.

Moving back inland, we suddenly came across Kate's arch enemy.

And the most notorious invader of Kent Island.

What are we looking at here?

We're actually looking at ice plant

right here, which is originally from South Africa.

So this is an invasive species right here?

Yes exactly.

That's too bad because they're

so cool looking.

And I assume this is some sort of a succulent, right?

Yeah, exactly.

And when you open it up here, you

can kind of take a look inside and it's sort of crystallised.

It's almost looks like ice.

Oh wow, it really does.

Yeah.

Actually one of the ways that we are getting rid of this plant

is by pumping saltwater onto the island.

Because these are salt intolerant,

so when they soak up all of that salt water,

they start to dry out, and the nutrients run out of the plant.

And they go from this healthy green

to a more unhealthy red or yellow color.

And then they're easier to pull up out of the ground.

Kate spends the majority

of her days protecting Kent Island against the ever

invasive ice plant.

And while we could have battled these invaders forever,

it was time to continue our search for animal inhabitants.

Where I finally found, and managed to capture,

one of the island's most elusive rodents, the California vole.

Oh, hold on.

I gotta get him by the scruff of his neck.

Gotta be as gentle as possible.

All right look at those little teeth there.

Do not want to get nipped by those.

And they're out here eating all the little seeds here

on the island, and it's great because these guys are actually

helping the ecosystem by distributing

seeds of native species, right?

Absolutely.

And then they're also a great food source for a lot

of the bird species out here.

Wow this was so tough to catch.

I've seen about 4 of them today.

Haven't been able to get close, and I don't want to get bitten

by him, he's got some pretty sharp little teeth up front

there.

I've got a gentle hold on the back of his neck,

just by the scruff, which is not causing him any Injury Just

going to enjoy his company for a minute

here, and then let him back off into the wild.

Look at his pudgy little belly there.

You see they've got a real short little tail,

got these nice springy back feet,

and they are incredibly quick.

And they have burrow systems all over the island, don't they?

Absolutely.

Every board or log

that we have flipped up looking for creatures

has had a burrow underneath it.

And like Coyote said, they have a whole system of tunnels.

So as soon as they see some sort of a predator

they are out of there in a flash.

All right, we're

going to let this little guy go back off into the wild.

So you can continue distributing seeds here in the lagoon.

Wow, Kate.

What an awesome adventure.

Thank you so much for having us today

out in the Bolinas Lagoon.

We saw some great creatures and learned

all about this ecosystem.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.

I'm Coyote Peterson and this is an ocelot.

Hi, buddy. Ow.

Gees.

Bit me right in the face.

There's an old saying that things go bump in the night.

And if you were out exploring the darkness of Costa Rica's

most diverse region, the Osa Peninsula,

those things that go bump also stock

stealthily in the shadows.

Just before they charge, pounce, and attack.

Woah.

That's a wild ocelot.

It's just right here my feet.

Look at that.

How cool Is that?

Fortunately for me, in the encounter

you are about to witness, I was about to become

a playmate, and not an item on the rainforest nightly menu.

OK, so let me tell you what we have going on here.

This is really unique.

We're out night herping, looking for reptiles and amphibians,

walking down the trail, I literally stop

and I'm shining my light on this giant wolf spider.

Biggest wolf spider I've ever seen.

And out of the darkness I hear

and, boom!

An ocelot just zooms right past me.

Let me see if I get her back.

She likes my snake stick.

Wait for this.

There she is.

See that?

She's gonna come right up here.

Ow. Ow!

She's attacking my arm.

Where are you?

Come here.

There she is.

Look what I got my hands.

Look at that ocelot!

Hey, buddy.

Wow!

And she is a lot heavier than you would think.

OK, can you stay here for the scene?

We can play the snake stick.

She's gonna be all over the place while we're filming.

This is a wild cat.

However, she is used to humans.

She hangs out on this trail.

We were told, if you walk this trail at night

there's a good chance that you will come across her.

Let's see, what else do I maybe have for you to play with?

Let's see we got in the pack.

I'm sure there's something in here

that a little ocelot would love. Oh, yeah.

There we go.

Took the pack off and she's on my back.

Maybe just the pack itself.

Look at that.

Wanna wrestle the pack?

Wrestle the pack.

Look at that coloration.

Now this cat blends so perfectly into its environment.

All this cryptic patterning allows

him to stay hidden in the shadows

as they're moving through all of this foliage.

Come here.

You come here for a second.

I'm just going to hold onto you,

and take the risk of a bite or scratch.

A paw to the face.

A paw to the face.

How about a little belly rub?

Yeah.

I hear you talking.

You got that pack?

Can you see your face?

Oh look at that.

Now this is just like a big housecat.

She's only about half grown right now, but look at--

she weighs about 25 pounds.

Oh I see you.

Oh, yeah.

OK. Oh.

Ah.

Yeah.

Oh, she's biting my ear.

Oh, she's bit-- Ow!

Was that a kiss or a bite?

Oh, you're so cute.

You're so cute.

You are.

Don't go for my jugular though.

These cats are lethal once fully grown,

and they can take down pretty much anything that's out here

in the Costa Rican rainforest.

All they have to do is run, leap,

sink in those front claws, and then a bite to the jugular.

And she's got a meal. - Oh.

That was crazy.

Kissed by an Ocelot Where'd you go?

There she is.

And a pounce.

Oh.

Woah, Mario.

Uh-oh.

Got the camera man.

Now she has found the microphone.

No, no.

I think we need a new mic.

We just need one for ocelots to play with.

I knew it was a matter of time.

I was expecting creepy crawlies.

Not something as cute as an ocelot.

You've got to get that landing down, you know that?

That's what she does.

She's been leaping-- come here-- from log to log,

and she literally launches over the log.

Oh, woah.

Let go, she says.

So Coyote, is this rare?

This is probably the most unique thing I

have ever done with an animal.

Yeah, she's got a hold on me now.

There, see, that's what she would want.

She's going for the jugular.

And hopefully she just doesn't bite me hard.

OK.

All right, I'm keeping my eyes closed so I don't

take a claw in the eyeball.

That would be bad.

So just so everybody knows,

this is not a captive animal.

No.

This is a wild ocelot.

100% wild right now.

I would never recommend you go on the wild

and ever try to get this close to an ocelot,

because if it didn't want to play,

it could really do some serious damage.

And she is just, loving me right now.

You are just the most adorable thing I think I've ever met.

Your hat's all messed up.

Well, yeah, probably did

a number on my hat, didn't you?

Let's see-- Is this a kitten?

This is a kitten.

She's probably only a few months old,

and you can see those paws.

Come here, let's take a look at your paws.

You see those paws right there?

I see you trying to whack me in the face with those paws.

Those paws are how they climb so well

through this rainforest ecosystem.

Is she behind me right now?

Yeah, you're probably going to get pounced.

I feel like when

I make these sort of movements, that's when she pounces.

And that's what they do, they creep up

really slowly staying hidden.

And then they see sudden movement like this,

and they do that.

A paw in the mouth.

They go right for the neck, or the head in this case.

Ah, gees.

I just got bit in the eye.

And then they have their dinner.

Ouch.

Oh.

Oh, she's licking my ear.

That feels weird.

I've never had my ear licked before about an ocelot.

First time for everything.

Ah!

Yeah, oh that's good.

She's training right there.

She's going for the back of my neck.

Hopefully she's not going to inflict that death wound.

Ow, ow, ow, ow.

Ah!

Yeah, OK.

I guess you're there? Ow!

I see you.

You're so playful.

Now if I was one of her littermates,

this is exactly how she's be playing.

You know, those claws are sharp.

The teeth are sharp.

I'm getting slight little itty bitty punctures here and there,

but nothing that I can't take.

Not to be this close to such a cool rainforest creature.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.

Oh.

I'm Coyote Peterson, and living underneath this crate

is one of the most vicious creatures

in the animal kingdom.

And I'm going to let it out.

Are you ready?

1 2 There you are.

Come over here.

The wilds of Alaska

are home to one of the most ferocious mammals

on the planet.

A fearless predator armed with a bone crushing bite force,

lightning speed, and the ability to take down prey several times

its own size.

I know what you were thinking, it must be a grizzly bear.

Or maybe a wolverine?

But what if I told you the maximum size of this animal

is only 15 inches long?

Making it one of the smallest members

of its family, the mustelids.

Today we are in Haines, Alaska, at Steve Kroschel's Wildlife

Sanctuary, where we will be getting up close

with one of these little mammals who's been raised in captivity.

This stealthy hunter's related to badgers, pine martens, mink,

and even wolverines.

Have you guessed who we are talking about?

If not, get ready to meet the short tailed weasel.

Very slowly.

Hold on, let me lift off this rock.

Got to keep it in there with a rock,

that's how strong they are.

You nervous doing that?

Yeah.

It's gonna lunge out of the straw and maul me.

I see it.

It's over there in the corner.

By the white thing.

There you are, come over here.

Oh, you hear that chirp?

OK.

Let me get it out.

And maybe we just sit back for a second.

One thing you don't do is try to force

a member of the weasel family to do something

that it doesn't want to do.

Wait a minute, I hear some rustling in there.

Here we go.

Here we go.

About to spring out.

There it is.

Look at that.

It's a weasel!

Now don't like this cuteness fool you,

this is one voracious predator.

I'm trying to stay still right now.

I don't want to just twitch my fingers around because if I do,

it may think that that's something to latch onto.

This little tiny animal that's jumping around in here,

has a bite strength that is 150 pounds per square inch.

To give you some perspective, a human's bite force

is only 85 pounds.

And I think it's underneath me right now.

OK, you getting a little more comfortable with me?

It's behind me.

A little nervous.

Tiny little sharp teeth.

You'll notice that the tip of the tail

is dark and coloration, almost black.

And the tip it'll stay that color all year long,

even when the coat is white.

You're so cute.

You would fit perfectly in my pocket.

You know where that weasel would go best?

Right-- ow, he's scratching my back.

In an instance like this, it is all about just letting

the animal acclimate to me.

I don't want to try to force an encounter.

If I were to grab that weasel right now

it would reach around and bite me

with those sharp little needle like teeth.

I want-- it's right behind you, Mark.

Don't move, don't move.

Just let it come back this way.

I'm just keeping my hand low to the ground.

It's underneath you.

It's totally cool. Don't worry about it.

Oh, there.

Right there, right there, OK.

This little creature is like the hummingbird of mammals.

It's heart is going it 800 beats a minute.

At a resting pace 300 beats a minute.

That is crazy.

So this little thing is running around,

it's heart's going ...

Imagine that.

800 beats in a single minute.

In the wild these weasels are incredible predators,

and what they will do is they will find

the burrow of a mouse or vole.

It will go in there.

It will find whether it's an adult or its babies,

and it will just eat everything that it comes across.

Then it will take over the burrow

and turn that into their home.

I'm going to be honest with you,

I don't think there's any chance of me actually

holding on to this weasel and keeping

it still for the cameras.

I do want to get you guys really cute shots of this animal,

it's absolutely adorable.

So I brought with me a GoPro on a gimble.

And I think, if I follow the weasel around,

and get you got some great shots.

Are you ready?

I'm trying to call the weasel close.

I just want it to come up on these rocks here.

It's almost like I can't move the camera

fast enough to get it in frame.

Right by your leg.

There he is.

He's coming to hang out.

He's on your shoe.

Let him just hang out.

Oh boy.

Where is that weasel going?

You never know which hole it's going to pop out of.

Oh, here we go.

It's up on the crate.

There it goes!

It's so fast, it's like a little ninja.

Awesome.

How fun was that?

Spending the afternoon playing pop

goes the weasel with a weasel.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.