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Hi, guys.

I'm climbing.

Be careful.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,

boy, he's coming right at me.

Hold on.

Oh, this is a bad
situation to be in.

As you travel across
the rugged landscape

of the Australian
Outback, it's pretty

obvious that this environment is
the perfect place for reptiles.

Today is our last adventure into
the 350 square mile wilderness

that exists just
outside of Meandarra.

During the several days
we have spent here,

working under the special
permits of Lockie Gilding

and Max Jackson from
Australian Wildlife Encounters,

we managed to accomplish
several successes,

including a safe
capture, presentation,

and release, a species,
such as the bearded dragon,

the blue tongued skink,
and the sand monitor.

Yet, it wasn't until this
last day of exploration

that we came across one of
the outback's most elusive

lizards, the lace monitor,

OK, it's
starting to move to start with.

Can you hunker down in
the grass and go for this?

Into the burrow.

Another good
attempt at it there.

Got some good b-roll shots of
it, but wow, they are fast.

And they always stay
close to their burrows,

which is oftentimes why they
can be so difficult to catch.

Yeah, check this out.

Right down in there, that
would be a monitor burrow.

All right, guys, now,
let's keep at it.

It's a really great look almost
at the golden opportunity.

Is something up the
road right there?

We've got another monitor.

Hear it?

It's a lace monitor.

It's going just
toward this tree.

It's going up the tree on
the backside of the tree.

This might be catchable.

It's going straight up the tree.

I'm going to go after it.

All right, guys, I'm climbing.

Be careful.

The tree's not dead.

Oh,
and it's hissing at me.

This is going to
be a wicked grab.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, boy,
he's coming right at me.

Hold on.

This is a bad
situation to be in.

There's literally nothing
between me and the lizard,

but I've got a hold
on to its tail.

It's facing right toward me.

Oh, this is bad.

I can't get a good angle on it.

Got him.

Nice.

Woo,
I'm getting caught up.

Oh boy, that's really high
up to have caught a monitor.

Now, the challenge is going
to be getting back down.

I've got my hands full.

This is the lace monitor.

I'm getting ripped
to shreds here.

OK, I'm going to try to
slowly maneuver myself down.

OK, that's a long
drive from there.

Isn't it?

I'm not jumping that one.

I'm running out of reach.

Just hold on.

Woo, that is a good
looking lizard right there.

It's actually missing
the tip of its tail.

The acrobatics necessary
to catch monitor lizards

have been one of the greatest
challenges so far of my career,

and what you're looking at
right there is the lace monitor.

I have it, and it has me.

What a beautiful
reptile, and I really

had to work for that one.

I'm going to have some
scars from that one.

Blood on the thumb, blood on
the hand, blood on the arm,

claws going into my tricep.

But there it is, one of the most
pristine reptile species here

in Australia, the lace monitor.

Now, when we caught
the sand monitor,

we were extremely excited.

That was also a very
difficult catch.

Look at that.

It is absolutely
locked on to me,

and you may be noticing that
they're about similar in size.

But actually, the lace monitor
can grow quite a bit bigger.

I would consider
this just a juvenile.

They can reach lengths
of up to six feet,

and like the sand
monitor, this is

a voracious predator,
looking for anything

it can get its jaws on.

Whether it's alive or
dead, it is fair game.

Now, one thing that's really
interesting about the lace

monitor is its more arboreal
than any of the other monitor

species out here.

Its first line of retreat was
to head up into the tree, which

actually is an advantage
for me, because it isolates

the reptile, if it goes
down into a burrow,

there's no chance
of catching it.

Now, while it's
not an easy catch,

it is easier than chasing
it across the grasslands

and hoping that it eventually
turns around and gives

me a defensive display.

They do have epic,
long, beautiful tails,

but you'll actually see this one
is missing the tip of its tail.

That could have happened from
a predator grabbing onto it.

It could have also happened in
a battle with another larger

monitor, but even without
the tip of its tail,

this lizard is incredible.

Now, you'll notice a very
distinct yellowish banding

on the underside
of the chin there,

and here, let me just tip it up
a bit more, so you can zoom in

and get that shot.

And while the body structure
is similar to the sand monitor,

the color difference
is quite noticeable,

all of that golden speckling
that runs along the legs

and on the lower jaw.

And I'll tell you what,
the claws are no less

sharp than the sand
monitor or any reptile

I have ever worked with.

They're about as sharp as
the talons of an eagle,

and as soon as I had the monitor
isolated up there in the tree,

it immediately went into a
defensive maneuver, where

it said, OK, I can't
climb any further.

So what I'm going to do is
hiss and try to bite you.

And as soon as I grabbed
a hold of its backside,

I had control in a sense.

But still, if I let go,
it would have lunged

forward and latched on me.

Let me tell you, you don't
want to be bitten by a monitor

that high up in the tree.

Now, the bite from this
reptile is very painful.

They have razor sharp
teeth, and there's a lot

of bacteria in their saliva.

And oftentimes, monitor
bites result in an infection.

There's a lot of
debate out there

in the scientific
community as to

whether or not these reptiles
are actually venomous.

We know the Komodo dragons,
when they bite their prey,

that victim eventually falls
to the toxicity of the saliva.

I'm not sure how
that necessarily

works with the lace monitor,
but I can tell you this much,

I do not want to be
bitten by this creature.

So incredible, and
actually, Mario,

could you help me
for just a second?

I want to kind of show
you guys the strength

and musculature of its body,
but it's latched onto my arm.

And one cool thing
about the lace monitor

is that they become larger
and stockier than many

of the other monitor
species here in Australia,

and it is just--

ah, that's like a fish hook
in the backside of my arm.

Here?

Yeah, you got it.

OK, get it off.

Almost, almost, almost.

There we go.

OK, now, I've got a better hold.

For the entire first
part of this scene,

I had a fish hook of a claw
in the underside of my arm.

All monitor species are
incredibly intelligent.

In fact, almost problem
solving intelligent,

and the lace monitor
specifically tops the charts.

The females will actually lay
their eggs in termite mounds

and use the heat
that's generated

in there to incubate the eggs.

The termites then come
and rebuild their nest,

and it's a very solid structure.

The babies wouldn't be
able to get back out,

so what the female
does is remembers

where she laid those eggs.

She goes and digs them up as
they're beginning to hatch,

and then the babies are
released out into the wild.

Whoever thought that a reptile
could be such a good mother?

I cannot tell at this
age whether or not we are

looking at a male or a female.

It's rather tough to distinguish
when they're juveniles,

but I'll tell you this much.

It is one impressive reptile
and certainly a creature

that we absolutely respect.

Well, how cool is that?

The lace monitor is
officially our second monitor

catch of the trip.

I'll tell you this much,
the catch was no less

challenging than the first one.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on
the next adventure.

Man, that was awesome.

Chasing a lace monitor up to
the highest heights of a tree

made for an incredibly
daring and dangerous catch.

Yet, nothing excites me
more than the moments

I got to spend in the presence
of this beautiful reptile.

The Australian Outback provided
the Brave Wilderness team and I

with some of the greatest
adventures of our careers,

and I speak for us
all when I say that we

cannot wait to one day return.

We've got a snake right here.

Whoa, it's a fer-de-lance.

All right, hold on.

Make sure it doesn't
just take off.

100%, look at that.

It's about four feet long.

I'm going to catch it.

This is a really
bad position for us

to be in for actually
handling this snake.

Over the course of releasing
Brave Wilderness content,

there is a phrase you
have often times heard

me use, biological landmine.

Simply defined as
any plant or animal

that you can stumble
upon in the wild

and that has the
ability to cause

potential harm if you
are unfortunate enough

to make contact with it.

Oww.

Wow, guys, that was
seriously intense.

In Costa Rica, the bio
landmines are plentiful,

and while the crew and I
were on the Caribbean coast,

we happened upon what
is arguably the most

dangerous in Central
America, a pit

viper known as the fer-de-lance.

We've got a snake right here.

Whoa, it's a fer-de-lance.

All right, hold on.

Make sure it sure
doesn't just take off.

100%, look at that.

It's about four feet long.

All right, it knows
it's been spotted now.

Mark, can you see it?

Yeah, here,
let me get down here.

Here,
I'll light it up for you.

Look at that.
Where's the tail?

The head is all
the way up there in the leaves.

Can you see it?

Oh wow.

Let's do this.

I'm going to turn off my light.

Have you guys got a decent shot?
Yeah.

All right, I'm going

to use the snake tongs to just
get a gentle hold on the back

of the snake's head.

Oh man, this is nerve racking.

This is the most
dangerous reptile

we could have come across.

Ready?

Real gentle.

Oh, it's starting to move.

Hold on.

Oh, it's biting
at the snake hook.

Biting at the tongs.

OK, I've got it.

Back up, back up, back up.

OK, where
do we want to go?

Mark, you move.

I'm going to come
straight towards you.

Let's get this snake up
into a controlled situation.

You ready?
Yep.

All
right, slow, slow, slow.

Watch your footing.

All right, I'm going
to walk right past you.

Mario, you follow me.

Everybody, back,
back, back, back.

Come on.

All right,
everybody, move back slowly.

There is a flat, dry
area right back up here.

Wow, all right, we can
move very slowly here.

We have to give
this situation all

of the respect in the world.

Look at that.

That is about a four
foot fer-de-lance,

the most dangerous
snake that you

can possibly come across here in
the rainforests of Costa Rica.

Look at that creature.

Wow, can you believe
that we came across one?

I can, but
I'm kind of thinking

this is pretty dangerous.
Isn't it?

Yeah, it's pretty dangerous.

Now, I know you guys
are probably thinking,

Coyote, are you going
to head that snake

and show us its fangs?

Honestly, guys, it
really is not worth it.

A bite from this snake
is extremely dangerous,

and this adventure
would be over.

And we would be on our
way to the hospital.

Now, they are considered
the most dangerous

snake in Costa Rica because
of their close proximity

to humans.

They're often found
in agricultural areas,

and even in rural and
residential areas.

Because they're hunting
for rodents and amphibians.

Now, the way workers
often stumble upon them,

let's say, you're
out in the field.

There's so well camouflaged.

I'm going to do something
for you real quick here.

Just be careful.

I'm going to set it
down in the leaves.

Look at how that snake
almost completely disappears.

That cryptic patterning just
blends perfectly into all

the shadows within the leaves.

I mean, if this
snake was not moving,

you would never know
that it's there.

It's so cool.

I love to watch him just slink
over the terrain, like that.

It's so effortlessly
the way that they

just glide over the leaves.

That is awesome.

Now, look at how
the tail is moving.

Do you see that?
Yes.

It's moving the tail,

and it's rattling
it in the leaves.

That's called biomimicry,
so it's replicating

what a rattlesnake does.

Listen, you barely
hear that, but it's

just a warning sign that, if
you get close, I am venomous.

Yes, you are.

Look at the pits on the
front of that snake face.

Let me see if I can fold
down this blade of grass.

We have great light right there.

Check that out,
and it's about as

close as I want to get to it.

Remember, this snake can strike
2/3 the length of its body.

I'm going to go ahead and
just place these tongs here.

In case it does strike,
I can deflect that.

Now, don't strike.

Don't strike.

Don't strike.

Look at the pits right on
the side of the nose there.

You see that just
behind the nostril

and just in front of
the eye, and that's how

these snakes detect their prey.

So it is an ambush predator.

Look at that.

It's curling up
into a ball there.

They will lie in
wait for a rodent

to come along, and then just,
whoosh, like a rattlesnake.

They strike out, inject
that with toxic venom,

and then they've got a meal.

My heart is racing being
that close to the snake.

OK, it seems really calm,
but you cannot let your guard

down with a snake like this.

It may seem as if it's
not going to strike.

But at any second, if
it decides that I've

made the wrong movement, it
can launch from about there

to here with very little effort.

I'm going to bring the
snake gently back into the--

whoa, did you see that?

That was a massive bite that it
just gave to the snake tongs.

Wow, that is a big snake.

Isn't it?

Yeah.

And they
can get significantly bigger,

and the females are much
more robust than this.

So I'm guessing
that it is a male.

Either that or a
female that hasn't

eaten in quite some
time, but there

is definitely a healthy supply
of tree frogs in this area.

So this snake is
out and on the hunt.

Wow, well, that definitely
gets your adrenaline flowing.

It's actually pretty
tough to present

when you're in the vicinity of
a snake that is this dangerous.

I'm glad that we have the snake
tongs, because a lot of times,

you guys see me just
handling rattlesnakes

with the snake hook.

I've also done that with
copperheads and water

moccasins, but a snake like
this is extremely powerful

and extremely dangerous.

So we want to make
sure we take safety

first into consideration.

I just could not resist
getting the most dangerous pit

viper in the Western hemisphere
up close for the cameras.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see on the next adventure.

All right, let's get the
snake back by the pond,

so it can hunt for frogs.

All right, we'll see you.

Well, I'm glad
that scene's over.

Nothing like getting up close
with a dangerous pit viper.

When exploring in the
rainforest at night,

if there is one thing
that I can guarantee,

it's that you will
come across all kinds

of reptiles and amphibians.

How awesome is that lizard?

Look at how long that tail is?

There are literally
hundreds of species,

and for someone, like
me, the best part

is that you never
know which one you're

going to come across next.

Check that out.

That is a cat-eyed
snake right there.

It's probably venomous,
but rear fanged.

Wow, and they're
called cat-eyed snakes.

Let's look at the eyes.

It looks just like
the eye of a cat.

Very big, large eyes.

I mean, this snake has
great vision at night.

This is a nocturnal reptile
out here right now probably

hunting for small frogs.

Absolutely gorgeous.

Look how slender it is,
and this camouflage pattern

on this snake looks just like
the leaf litter that's out here

on the base of the creek bed.

And look at that.

Look at how the neck is
curved and kicked in.

These snakes will just wait
in line ambush for their prey.

Look at that.

Look at how powerful
it is to just

hold up the weight of its body.

Wow, so cool.

This is a venomous snake?

It
is mildly venomous.

If I took a bite
from this snake,

I probably wouldn't be
in any real trouble,

because this is a
rear facing snake.

It would probably have to
strikeout, bite my nose,

and hold on.

I'm pretty confident
that, if it did strike me,

even if it caught
me, I could pull

away fast enough
to the point where

no venom would go into me.

But these snakes
are rather docile,

as you can see, not
real prone to striking,

and the fact that it
doesn't have front fangs,

I'm not that nervous.

I still do want to
be careful though.

As long as I just don't
apply too much pressure

to the snake's body, it
should stay comfortable,

and I don't risk being bitten.

That is one cool nocturnal
creature right there.

Absolutely beautiful.

Wow, so many cool
reptiles to come across

out here on the creek bed.

All right, let's
let this guy go.

Let's see what else we can find.

Welcome to Creature Features.

Today, I'm exploring one
of my favorite places

in Central Ohio,
Prairie Oaks Metro Park,

and I'm on the lookout for
one of its most common,

believe it or not, one
of its most friendly

reptiles, the garter snake.

Now to find one, I'm
going to be exploring

in this open remote
field, the perfect expanse

to search for these reptiles
as it's nestled right up

against a wooded environment.

With any luck, we'll
find one of these snakes

and introduce you to five facts
that you probably didn't know.

All right, if you guys are
ready, let's start the search.

Now, there are many
environments, where you can

come across a garter snake,
but an open field like this

is perfect.

I have the advantage, because
the grass isn't too tall.

However, the garter
snake needs to worry

about predators, like hawks.

All right, let's keep searching.

I have a good feeling
we're getting close.

Look at that right there.

There's a garter snake
right next to me.

This is perfect.

Check it out, Mario.

I see him.

Wow,
this is perfect, exactly

what we were searching for.

I told you they'd be
out in these fields.

It's not super warm
today, but that's OK.

There you have it.

That is our garter
snake, and here

are five facts you probably
didn't know about this species.

Number one, garter snakes are
the most common snake species

in all of North America.

Number two, is it a garden
snake or a garter snake?

The proper name is garter snake,
though, they're oftentimes

called garden snakes.

Because people find
them in their gardens,

where they're searching
for prey items,

like toads, frogs,
insects, and arachnids.

The name garter is because
the stripes that run down

the length of its body that
look like a garter, which

is a piece of clothing,
like suspenders, that

holds up stockings or pants.

This guy, though, is definitely
not wearing any pants.

Number three, the
garter snake is

non-venomous, which
means it's completely

safe to interact with.

The way the snake defends itself
against a potential predator

is to actually do
something known

as musking, which is
essentially the same as pooping.

Trust me.

It stinks.

This snake definitely
musked on my hand,

which means this is
not something that I

would want to likely eat.

Number four, garter
snakes communicate

using something known as
pheromonal communication.

Both males and females
release pheromones

during breeding season, which
attracts them to each other.

You'll often see garter snakes
in what's known as a breeding

ball, and that is
a bunch of snakes

doing exactly that, breeding.

Now, when the
females give birth,

this is fact number five.

They're ovoviviparous, which
means that they give birth

to live young, and
that's it, five

facts that you probably didn't
know about the garter snake.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave, and stay wild.

We'll see you on the
next Creature Feature.