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What's going on, Coyote Pack?

Right now we are on the Pacific side of Costa Rica

to see what sort of animals we can come

across here in the darkness.

It doesn't matter if they're covered in scales.

Oh, that was nerve wracking.

It doesn't matter if they have stingers.

Oh, and they sting.

Doesn't matter what it is.

It's all fair game when we're out there night herping.

Flashlights on.

Let's see what we can find.

That's one of the tough things about the rainforest at night.

You want to move quick.

Like you look up in the trees, you're like, OK, nothing there,

you want to move on to the next spot.

But so many places for different animals to hide,

and I'm trying to spot lizards in the trees right now.

And so far nothing.

Wow, look at that.

Those are army ants.

Wow.

And they are busy at work right now.

Look at this, an entire trail of them.

Some of them are carrying food.

You have a bunch of workers here.

They're so fast.

Those soldiers are impressive.

Look at this.

Let me pick him up.

Look at that guy.

That's the soldier?

That is a soldier right there.

Look at those mandibles.

They bite?

Oh, yes.

Look at that.

Ow, ow.

Guh!

These mandibles digging into my finger there, look at that.

Oh, and they sting.

Oh.

Oh, you got stung?

Yeah, he's stinging me and biting me.

Get off.

Off, off, off, off, off.

I can't get him off.

Oh wow.

I didn't know they stung.

Oh no, those mandibles

are like, Yeah, look at that.

That is blood drawn.

Those mandibles are like fish hooks.

Wow.

Holy mackerel.

Yup, ooh, that's burning.

OK.

Let me tell you what you don't want to get swarmed by.

Army ants.

Whoa, my fingertip is burning.

Coyote, why are some bigger?

Whoa, whoa what is that.

Ooh, that's some kind of bee creature.

Oh.

Look out, look out.

Come in for the light. Dude, it's--

Oh, don't let it-- don't let it sting you.

We're under attack.

Is it on you.

Yeah, it is.

Don't move, don't move.

Let me see what it is before--

back up a step guys.

We're right in the middle of these ants.

Back up, back up, back up.

Let me check you.

Hold on.

That was a large sort of wasp creature.

Could be a warrior wasp.

There it is!

OK, don't move.

That's one of those night wasps.

No, that's some sort of solitary bee.

Don't move.

It's not gonna sting you if you don't move.

Looking at that.

That's really pretty.

That 100% stings, just so you know.

Don't move.

Let him go.

OK, whoo, did you see that?

Yeah, it almost hit him in the eye.

That was brave, buddy.

That was good.

OK, let's move past the army ants

and look for some reptiles.

Yikes.

Wow, look at that.

It's a little tiny eyelash viper.

Look at that.

Just curled up in a little ball there.

Got to keep my eye on him because he could strike me.

They are venomous, but not incredibly potent.

They are rather docile.

Certainly not something I want to try

to just catch barehanded.

And you'll notice that this one is green and brown.

Now there are multiple different color

phases of the eyelash viper, especially here in Costa Rica.

We have seen yellow one.

Remember that episode from last year?

That was pretty cool.

But I've never seen a green and brown one.

Wow.

Very pretty snake.

OK, well, let's keep searching.

OK, we've got to turnip tailed gecko right there.

I'm going to try to get it.

Got it.

Nice grab.

Oh, nice.

That's a good one.

Look at that.

One ferocious little beast right there.

That is a turnip tailed gecko.

Look you can't tell that this gecko has detached

its tail before right there.

You see where the new tail is growing in.

So at some point this little creature escaped a predator.

And tonight it was captured by a Coyote.

But the good news for it is that I don't eat geckos.

So you're going to go back up on those palm leaves.

So soft, too.

It's skin is just like velvet.

Awesome, I love geckos.

All right, come on.

You see that?

That's a huge roach.

Yeah, yeah that is a giant roach.

Do those bite?

I don't think so.

OK.

OK, I think I can catch that.

Yes, I can catch that.

I say I'm like hesitating, I'm like I see some vines.

I think I can get up to there.

Take off my packs.

These are like Tarzan vines.

Got it.

Make sure he doesn't fly away.

Oh, man.

Those legs are pinchy.

I got it, I got it. Nice, nice.

Careful coming down.

Oh, man.

Its legs are super pinchy.

Ouch.

I'm going to put it in my pocket.

Hold on.

OK.

Yeah.

Oh, this is creepy.

It's like a little alien.

I can't get my shirt pocket open.

Hold on.

Come on.

Oh, it's like making-- it smells like--

smells like syrup.

Get in there.

Get in there.

Yes!

Whoa, buddy.

Look at that.

Ow!

Ow, hold on. Ow, ow, ow.

Is it biting you?

No, the legs are like thorns.

Now it doesn't look as if it has any biting mechanisms

on the front of its face, but my hand

is still shaking because, ooh, it's

such a little creepy crawly.

Look at that.

How big and juicy that abdomen is.

My goodness.

Is that enormous roach or what.

That is big.

It's like pushing 3 inches.

Yeah, can you guys smell that.

It's emitting a smell that smells just like maple syrup.

Woo, hoo, stop moving.

Just sit still.

Please.

Well, that was quite the catch, wasn't it.

Yeah, had to climb way up there for that.

Totally worth it for a bug

that is this creepy looking.

Oh, I think he's pooping.

He is.

Look at that.

That's a little roach turd right there.

Oh, I'm sorry, buddy.

You're probably really scared.

I know. It has spiked me.

I'm going to try to put it down on the palm of my hand

and see if it'll fly away. Ready?

I could smell that.

Yeah, you smell it?

Like maple syrup, huh?

Oh.

Every time it moves it's like little thorns going

into the tips of my fingers.

OK, ready. Yep.

I'm going to put it down in the palm

my hand.

Let's see what happens.

Oh, here he goes.

We.

It's on my back.

Oh my gosh, it's huge.

Oh, where's it going?

Oh, where's he going.

There he is.

Oh, he's going down on my hand.

Look at that.

Oh, there's-- pooped on me.

Oh, there he is, there he is.

Hi, buddy.

Oh, come over here.

Ow, look at that.

Hey, there we go.

I got a better hold on him.

OK, here we go.

I'm going to let him go right back on his tree.

Bye buddy.

Wow, that was a big insect.

All right, let's find some reptiles.

We definitely need to move slow through here.

Look how dense all these leaves are.

Perfect for camouflage and pit vipers.

Got snake right here.

Oh, might be a coral snake.

Where is it?

Right there, right there, right there.

Hold on, I got identify first.

I got the back of its tail.

And then you can see it.

Oh, it looks just like a coral snake.

Oh, no, it's not it's a false coral snake.

Aha. You sure?

Yep, this is called a calico snake.

Hold on.

Still slightly venomous, but only towards lizards

and little frogs.

Still don't want to be bitten though.

They are rear fanged.

OK, let me kind of turn for you like that.

Oh, that was nerve wracking for a second there.

I just kind of lunged down on it,

I saw the black and the orange striping.

Wow, look at that.

It's being very calm.

Lay in the palm of my hands.

Look at that.

Wow, what a gorgeous snake.

Definitely the most beautiful snake we've seen.

Oh, definitely the most beautiful

snake we have seen tonight.

This is a colubrid like I said, rear fanged.

Slightly toxic, but only toward their prey.

They specialize in catching small lizards

and other invertebrates, maybe even frogs.

We've seen a lot of little dirt frogs out here tonight,

and that is what this snake is most likely hunting for.

Wow, its body is so smooth.

Now they're-- oh boy, such quick movements,

just like a coral snake.

They're known as false coral snakes

because look at the pattern on this snake's body.

If you were to just see this moving quickly through the leaf

litter, you would probably instantaneously

think to yourself, coral snake.

And unfortunately for these snakes, a lot of times

they were killed because locals think that they are deadly.

Now one term you oftentimes hear me use

is aposematic coloration, which means I'm brightly colored

to warn potential predators that I'm

either venomous or poisonous.

In this case, this snake is slightly toxic.

Now its venom is used to catch its prey.

But the bright coloration will warn a predator that perhaps I

am a coral snake, and if I bite you

it could be the last animal that you ever mess with.

Now in the United States, there is

a saying red on black, friend of Jack, red on yellow

kill a fellow.

That's in regard to coral snakes.

Now here in Costa Rica you cannot apply that rhyme,

because there's so many different variations.

In fact, there are some coral snakes here

that do have red on black, some that

are just red and black completely,

some that are just orange and yellow.

There are so many different varieties.

All of them are potentially dangerous.

Even a snake like this, even though I know it's safe,

if you were to see a snake that's any color on black,

it's best to just admire it from a safe distance.

Wow.

So cool.

Look how calm this snake is being.

That's amazing.

It feels like a rubber noodle.

That's awesome.

Well, I think it's about time to get this snake back

off into the rainforest.

But it was a pretty epic adventure,

and we came across some pretty amazing species.

From the turnip tailed gecko, to that enormous roach.

And then of course, the calico snake

which mimics the potentially deadly coral snake.

I'm Coyote Petersen, be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.

All right, little snake.

See you later.

I think we can all agree that I have

done some pretty crazy things.

I have to first get myself up close with the animals,

and sometimes that's easier said than done.

Careful.

He's going to get it.

I think he sees it.

Oh.

Dammit!

What happened?

Go, go, go!

No.

What's wrong, did you catch it?

I caught it.

But the bad news is I caught something else, too.

My goodness.

That is the worst cholla spike I've ever seen.

Oh hold on a second.

Hold on, hold on, I don't want to get

stung by the tarantula hawk.

Oh, they're all over you, man.

Oh!

Oh!

Hold on a sec, let me get this under control.

Oh my God.

Did you get the tarantula hawk at least?

I did.

I did, I caught the tarantula hawk.

Nervous?

Do I look nervous.

Yep.

Oh, yeah.

Guys, I am the most nervous I have

ever been before one of these bite or sting episodes.

As we know, yesterday I made this awesome catch.

I caught a tarantula hawk.

And I was so excited.

And then I fell into a troy cactus.

Think happy thoughts, one, two, three.

Ow!

And then I realized what I had done.

I set the table for today where I'm going to be

stung by a giant spider wasp.

Now the tarantula hawk is the second most painful

sting in the insect kingdom.

The only thing more painful than this is the bullet ant,

and I felt that to work my way up the rungs of experiencing

these painful insect stings, I kind of

had to see what it was like to be stung by a tarantula hawk

before I actually take on the bullet ant challenge.

Deep breath.

All right, let's bring in the wasp.

Oh boy, this is going to be bad.

Oh!

Oh boy.

Oh my goodness.

That's a big one.

That is the largest

species of wasp in the United States, ladies and gentlemen.

Now, you look at this insect and you say

to yourself, tarantula hawk.

Well, it's not a tarantula, and it's not a hawk.

But like a hawk, they hunt for tarantulas.

What these females will do is fly around in the sky,

and they can actually sense chemicals

in the air that will tell them where

a tarantula's burrow exists.

They will land on the ground, skitter across,

and go down into the burrow.

They will use their front arms to tempt that tarantula

to come up out of its burrow, and that

is where a boxing match begins.

The tarantula hawk will dodge left and right,

taunting that tarantula until it rears up on its back legs

and exposes its fangs.

Now you would think that tarantula is going to bite down

and kill the tarantula hawk--

not going to happen.

This hawk is so quick, she will spin her abdomen up

underneath the belly of the tarantula,

insert that 1/4 inch stinger, and the venom

will instantly put that tarantula

into a state of paralysis.

Now the tarantula is not dead.

It's just like this--

ahh, I'm in intense pain and I cannot move.

And this ladies and gentlemen, is where

the true horror story begins.

It's in a state of paralysis, and the female

pulls the tarantula back down into its burrow,

and there she proceeds to lay an egg on top of its abdomen.

She then leaves the burrow and the tarantula

is left there still alive and in a permanent state of paralysis.

Eventually that egg hatches, and the larva

then eats the tarantula while it's still alive.

How's that for one crazy horror story?

OK, so they say that the sting from the tarantula hawk

is so painful, it will put even a human

into a state of paralysis for about five minutes.

I know what you're thinking--

Coyote, this is absolutely crazy.

Do you want to know what Coyote's thinking right now?

This is absolutely crazy.

But I think if you guys are ready,

I am ready to be stung by the tarantula hawk.

Here we go guys.

She is bringing that butterfly net.

I'm going to lift this up.

We're going to actually place the capsule

inside of the butterfly net-- just like that--

lift it up.

And I have a set of entomology forceps here.

See that?

And these have a very soft tip.

I'm going to be able to pick up the wasp with these forceps.

But what I'm going to do first is reach my arm in there

and remove the glass capsule.

Once the glass capsule's out, the net

will fall down on the wasp and I'll

be able to insert the forceps in there, pick up the wasp,

and remove it from the net.

OK, ready?

Here we go.

The butterfly net is here to try to prevent

the wasp from flying away.

Yes.

How hard was it to catch this wasp?

Extremely difficult.

We've been trying for days to catch one of these,

and it was a very painful experience to get it,

based on the fact that I fell into the cholla.

OK, ready. Here we go.

You ready?

I'm ready.

I'm removing the glass capsule--

trying not to disturb the wasp.

OK, this is good.

Part one-- successful.

Part one is good.

I'm going to remove the stick--

stick is out.

OK, now I'm going to fold this over like that.

This is the last little break

between you and being stung.

What's going through your mind?

What's going through my mind is don't get

stung right now just through the net.

I have to get it perfectly with the entomology forceps.

If I don't get it right on its thorax

we can't make this happen.

I don't know man, I think you're kind of stalling.

I'm not stalling.

Trust me, I'm not stalling.

Oh, boy.

Careful.

Oh, boy.

Got it. Oh, boy.

That is the positioning that we want.

Oh, boy.

OK, so we got to hurry up and do this.

That is a perfect hold right there.

Now, before-- look how much my hand is shaking--

hold on.

See if I can get a shot of her.

OK-- got a really good hold.

Wow look at that abdomen going.

I got a really good hold on her.

It took me a minute to get the right hold,

but the right hold is what is important.

Now, I do have the glass capsule right here,

so I'm hoping that I have the wherewithal after the sting

to quickly pick up the glass enclosure

and put it back over top of the wasp so it doesn't escape

and we can get some more B-roll shots with it.

But guys, do be aware that if I do

immediately go into a state of paralysis,

just let the wasp fly away.

Don't try to grab it, don't do anything.

It'll be back into the wild and everything will be fine.

All right, Coyote.

You OK, man?

Your heart racing?

A million miles a second.

This is the most nervous I've ever been to take

a stinger bite from anything.

My hand is shaking.

Are you guys all ready?

Oh, yeah.

I'm ready if you're ready. I'm ready.

I'm ready.

Here we go.

I'm Coyote Petersen, and I'm about to enter the sting

zone with the tarantula hawk.

Go for it.

One, two, here we go, 3.

Ahh!

Ahh!

You all right?

Oh my gosh!

Ahh!

Ahh!

Are you OK?

Tell me what you're feeling.

Ahh, I can't move my arm!

That is the most intense pain I've ever felt!

I don't think I can talk.

Ahh.

Are you OK, man?

I'm getting nervous.

Are you feeling anything, like, to make you worry?

Nope, I just can't move my arm.

I think I'm going to cry.

Coyote Peterson doesn't cry though, right?

It is-- it's like my arm is in a state of paralysis right now.

Ahh!

Ahh!

Ahh!

Can you see anything?

Right there.

Oh, wow.

Oh, wow.

Ah.

Ah.

Your arm is swelling up.

Ah.

Ahh!

Second wave of pain!

Ahh!

It's actually receding at this point.

Ah.

Wow!

That zone right there is a hot, radiating pain,

and you can see the stinger-- where went in,

right there-- that red mark.

I've read that it's like getting tased with a taser gun.

I've never been tased before, but I

can tell you that the pain is unbelievable right now.

All up and down my forearm.

Wow, I actually slightly liken it to the Gila

monster at this point.

It feels really hot--

really, really hot, hot to the touch.

Wow, see if my arm is warm to you.

Oh, yeah, it's all really-- it's, like, really taut.

Ah.

Oh.

Hold on, let me walk around for a second.

Ah.

Ah.

OK.

OK.

Let's come back into the scene here.

Ah, you little bugger.

I am lightheaded at the moment, but the sting from

the tarantula hawk is serious.

I can see why it's ranked as a two

on the insect sting pain index.

And at this juncture, I think it's

safe to say that I've worked my way up the ladder

and am ready for the bullet ant challenge.

I know you were all waiting in anticipation for that one.

Trust me, it's coming.

I'm Cody Petersen-- be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.

All right, let's let this go back off into the desert.