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Here, guys.

Right up here in this log.

Look at that.

They will hide
inside of mailboxes,

and they will actually
use that echoey sound

to help louden their call
to draw on the females.

Uh oh, uh oh.

Under the lighted heat

of the scorching
Australian sun, the Outback

looks nearly inhospitable
for living creatures.

The parched landscape is
dappled with sparse trees

and dense underbrush.

This is the type of
environment where you'd

expect to find reptiles
like snakes and lizards,

certainly not a
menagerie of amphibians.

However, as the sun sets
and darkness creeps in,

the nighttime temperatures
begin to cool.

This atmospheric change
creates a comfortable setting

that allows the more
fragile animal species

to emerge from hiding without
the threat of being scorched

by the intense daytime heat.

Tonight, we are out exploring
the wild lands of Meandarra,

a remote town set far into
the easternly stretches

of the Outback, nearly 250
miles from any bustling city.

This formula of time,
temperature, and location

equates to the
perfect conditions

for encountering a variety
of Australian frog species.

But first, we have to find
the last and most important

element, a permanent
body of water.

All right, guys, we have made
it to our target location.

And as you can see,
it's pretty dark

out, which is the perfect
time to search for amphibians.

And if you listen--

- there are a ton
of frogs calling.

So I have a feeling we're going
to be getting very species up

close for the cameras tonight.

So if you guys are ready,
let's get into the water

and see what we can find.

Watch out for snakes
in this tall grass.

Where there are
frogs, there would

definitely be snakes hunting.

It's like grass all totally
saturated with water.

It smells like cow dung.

I think I'm actually walking
in cow poop right now.

All right, let's go around
the outside of this tree

here and make our way
of this direction.

Got to keep your, uh,
eyes up as well, it turns out.

Yeah, that is a big spider,
and one very elaborate web.

All right, let's
just cleverly move

around the outside of that.

Oh!
There's a frog right there!

Look at this!

What do you got?

I don't see [inaudible].
Oh, yeah.

Right here.
It's tiny.

It's a spotted marsh frog.

Hold on.

I've got to be really
delicate with this one.

Got it.

Oh!

Oh, no, no.

Oh, come here.

Hold on.

Got it.

Hey, guy.

That is a spotted
marsh frog right there.

It's a little fella.

Oh, yeah, teeny tiny.

It actually is missing
his front hand.

Look at that.

He's got a nub hand.

Poor little guy.

Probably
lost that to a predator.

Yeah, possibly so.

Maybe even another frog.

All right, well, let's let
him back down under the ground

and continue hunting.

All right, see you later, buddy.

Got to watch
everywhere you step.

This place is covered in frogs.

Now, I notice that
there's a lot of cow tracks.

Yes.

They seem
to make really good

little burrows for these frogs.

They really do.

We're actually in a
cow pasture right now.

And the frogs are able to hide
down in those little crevices.

As you can hear, the
frogs are everywhere.

It's just a matter of
actually finding them.

Almost like needles in
a haystack out here.

It's a lot tougher
than you think.

Let's keep making our way this
direction, around the pond.

What do you got?

Two different frog species.

And actually, I think I bumped
into a turtle out there.

Something bounced off my
legs, but I had my hands full.

And on my left here is the
desert tree frog, Australia's

most widespread frog species.

And on my right is the
emerald spotted tree frog.

And they get that name from
all the emerald speckling that

is scattered across its back.

And I love this one's eyes.

Look at that.

They have a star-shape
right in the middle.

Almost looks like
the gray tree frogs

that we're used
to seeing in Ohio.

Side-by-side.

All right, well, let's
let these two go and see

if we can find something
a little bigger.

Right here, guys.

Right on the end of this log.

Look at that.

That's a white tree frog.

Can you see it?

And my flashlight beam there?

Oh, yeah!

Oh, that's the
big one we've been looking for!

Hold on.
Let me catch it real quick.

You got a good shot on it?

Yeah.

All right, you're not
going anywhere, buddy.

Oh, it's so cool.
- Hold on.

Let me get my hands wet.

Get them wet first.

Ready?
You got a shot on it?

Yeah.

Oh!

Look at that!

That is one of the largest
frog species here in Australia.

That is the white
tree frog, also

known as the Australian
green tree frog,

or as some people call
it, the dumpy frog.

Oh, my gosh!

He's so cool!

Look how chubby he is!

I've never seen
this frog before.

Oh, look.
It's just climbing.

There you go.
Just sit on my wrist there.

And actually, you know what?

This is a female.

The way you can tell the
difference between the females

and the males is that the
females are a bit larger

and the underside of their
chin is completely white.

The males have a pale gray
underside to their chin.

Look how
chubby that frog is.

That
is a super chubby frog.

Now, what they will do and why
they're sometimes so chubby--

they can actually be chubbier
than this-- is they store

water underneath their skin.

That water reserve works
in times of drought

to keep these frogs hydrated.

Wow!

How cool looking
is that creature?

Looks like a big green booger.

Now, it's not real
distinct on this frog,

but can you see all
that white speckling

on the side of the body
and across the back there?

Yeah.

That is one very distinct
feature about these frogs.

And their individual little toe
pads are so incredibly sticky.

Like most tree frog species,
they're capable of hanging

onto almost anything.

And you see what it's
doing right there?

That's sort of a defense pose.

It's curled itself
up into a ball

and it's thinking,
OK, if I don't move,

maybe I will stay completely
camouflaged on Coyote's arm.

This is about as well behaved
as you can get for a frog.

I thought I was going to be
jumping all over the place.

And it is so squishy!

Look at how big that frog is.

Look how green it is.

You know, the cameras are
facing that direction, buddy.

Can we turn you around here?

Let's see.

It's giving
us the dumpy shot.

Let's see.

How about like that?

Does that work right there?

Well, it just wants to
curl up on my elbow.

Oh, here we go.

Going up my arm.

Wow.

Look at that ability to crawl.

OK, you guys got
a good shot there?

Now, it reminds me of the
lemur leaf frog the way

that it's just walking
along as opposed to hopping.

Where are you going?

All the way on my back?

We can't film you if
you're on my back.

I think it's
going back to the log.

Is it still there?
You guys got an OK shot of it?

Yeah.

OK, well, let's
just keep talking.

It seems to be comfortable.

It's clearly running
the show here.

These frogs have
an incredible call.

They're very, very loud.

And one thing they
will actually do

is hide inside of hollow
containers, like a mailbox,

for example.

They will hide
inside of mailboxes

and they will actually
use that echoey sound

to help louden their call
to draw on the females.

Uh oh.
No, no.

Uh oh.

Down
in your backpack.

Uh oh.

OK, slowly
take off your pack.

You've
got a little [inaudible]...

Yeah, look.

Good place to hide.

It's very
comfortable in there.

But careful, careful, careful.

Oh, I feel it, I feel it.

I got it.

- Got him?
- Yup.

Here we go.
- OK.

Pass the frog.

There we go, buddy.

I'm going to go ahead
and dip my hands again,

make sure that we
keep its body moist.

Any time that you
handle an amphibian,

you want to make sure
that your hands are

moist because our
dry skin actually

draws a lot of the moisture from
their skin out of their skin.

And while it is here
in this body of water,

we do want to make sure the
frog is kept moist at all times.

This may be one of the coolest
tree frogs I have ever caught.

It's amazing how uniform
and design its skin is.

Very smooth, very
sleek, very shiny.

Look at those little
tiny eardrums.

Can you see those?

Just under those folds of skin?

And these frogs can
retain so much water

that, at points in time,
those flaps of skin

will actually fold
down over the ears

and sometimes over their eyes.

There you go.

Just get comfortable
right there.

Perfect.

That's an awesome shot.

So, Coyote,
what do these frogs?

Well, they are
opportunistic, which

means they will eat
pretty much anything

that can fit in their mouths,
from insects to possibly even

other frogs and small snakes.

Now, is
this one full grown?

Is that a large frog?

For a female, yeah,
this is about full grown.

And the females do grow
larger than the males.

This frog is pretty comfortable
perched up on my finger there,

but I think it is time to let
it back off into the pond.

Now, we came to Australia
expecting to find reptiles.

And I was thinking to
myself, well, it's so dry,

we probably won't come
across any amphibians.

But lo and behold, tonight
here by this body of water,

we've come across
several frog species,

including the dumpy tree frog.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see you on
the next adventure.

The southern tip of Florida
is blanketed by a seemingly

endless expanse of swamp
land known as the Everglades.

This massive slow-moving
river is a wild place

that spans over
1.5 million acres,

and is home to hundreds
of animal species.

During the light of day,
most of these creatures

stay hidden from the
sun-scorching rays.

And as the sun sinks
beyond the western horizon,

the hidden come out to hunt
under the cover of darkness.

On this sweltering evening,
the crew and I are also

on the hunt, only our goal
isn't to eat what we catch,

but instead to educate you about
the fascinating creatures that

call this thriving
ecosystem home.

During the dry season,
animals congregate

in the deeper flows of water.

And by following this
consistent vein of hydration,

we happened to stumble
upon one of the most

bizarre creatures in Florida.

Well, as you guys can tell the
sun has officially disappeared,

and darkness has set in.

We are in the middle of
the Everglades right now.

And I am standing in a waterway.

Check this out.

It's a
little soupy down here.

Yeah, it is
going to get soggy.

It is going to get muddy.

Now, this is an airboat trail,
which is perfect for airboats

and also perfect for us
to walk through because it

keeps us out of the sawgrass.

Now, I want to head
in this direction,

and there are a number
of different creatures

we can come across tonight.

I have this small net with me.

And as you can see, the
water is very murky.

And it is also filled
with gloppy mud.

It's going to make seeing
animals really difficult.

So if there's any
movement, I'm going to try

to scoop it up with the net.

And with any luck, we're going
to get some cool creatures

up close for the cameras.

You guys ready to
start the adventure?

Let's do it.

All right, here we go.

Into the darkness.

Temperatures are pretty nice.

Oh, what's that?

Oh, that's just mud.

Temperatures are
pretty nice tonight.

Not too, too many mosquitoes.

I was afraid we're going to get
totally eaten alive out here.

So far--

That makes me happy.

- so good.

Mario,
are you getting bit?

Not too much.

And that is slow-moving
through this environment.

We're actually
right in the middle

of the dry season here in the
Everglades, but even still--

point your camera down here.

You see all these plants
that we're moving through?

This is thick, constantly
grabbing your ankles.

So far, I've seen nothing.

Keep your eyes peeled, guys.

They're going to be
creatures out here.

Look at that.

A walking stick just
showed up on my shirt.

And the Everglades
are definitely

alive with insects tonight.

Look at that guy.

Go ahead and zoom in.

Wow, how cool looking is that?

All right, buddy, let's get
you back into the grass.

Oh, there you go.

Dropped him down there.

All right, let's keep heading
through the grass here.

Wow, check this out.

This entire bush is covered
in lubber grasshoppers.

And these are juveniles.
Look at this.

Go ahead and zoom in
on these ones up here.

Right next to a little
tiny spider web.

No, buddy, those are too
big for you to catch.

You know what?

Let me pick one off
of there real quick

and let's take a
good look at it.

Come here, buddy.

Got it.

Oh, another one
jumped down there.

Check this out.

I'm just going to set
it out on my hands,

see if it will stay
there for a second.

Look at the beautiful
coloration on this insect.

OK, look at that.

Wow.

Looks like he was painted
with one of those machines--

oh-- that makes
stripes down the middle

of the freeway with
that yellow line

down the center of its back.

Yeah, get him again here.

That's a pretty cool
little insect right there.

I wish it was-- oh.

Oh, he's spitting on me.

Oh, stinks.

All right, well, we'll let
him back to his business.

Let's keep searching
for bigger creatures.

Oh, guys, an eel!

Eel!

You got something?

I got it, I got it, I got it!

What do you got?

It's an eel, right in
the bottom of the net!

I've got it.

Come up here, come up here.

Oh, oh, oh!

Its head's coming
out right there!

Move.

Back, back, back, back, back!

Wow!

That is so cool.

All I
could see is mud.

Point your
camera-- no, no, no.

Look at-- there's the side
of its body right there.

Whoa.

Ah, it's filling like the
entire bottom of the net.

Wow!

All right, let's take it
back up on to this dry spot.

Here, Mario, get that, uh--

Here, Mario,
I'll [inaudible]...

Get that container.

Yeah, hand him that camera.
Here.

Mark's still trying
to get the shot.

Look at that.

Wow!

He's not being too,
too crazy active.

Oh, it's starting to move.

Look at that.

Nice.

Actually, that's not an eel.

What?
What is it?

A catfish?

No.

Dude, Mario!

Yeah?

I think this is an amphiuma.

Is that how you say it?

Am--

Amphiuma.

- Amphiuma, amphiuma.
- Let me see.

Dude, I don't think
this is an eel at all.

Look at this.
- Oh, yeah.

Dude, that's
totally an amphiuma!

- Is it really?
- Yeah.

No way!

OK, guys, this is not an eel.

What is it?

It's actually a
huge salamander!

Yeah!

I got this, uh, little
bucket of water.

OK.
Yeah, yeah, let's get in here.

Back up a little bit further.

Oh, oh, oh!

Oh!
- Here, here, here.

Hold on, hold on.

Don't let it get out,
don't let it get out.

Keep the net over the top of it.

That's an amphiuma.

Holy cow!

OK, we've caught a really
good sized, huge salamander.

This is almost like a
hellbender in a sense,

but you'll oftentimes find them
in muddy ditches like this.

This is crazy.

OK, a little bit of chaos there.

Um, wow!

All right, let's back
up a little bit further.

They're extremely quick.

I definitely don't want it
to get back into the water.

Let's find a dry
spot up here and get

it up close for the cameras.
- Sweet!

Whoa!

That is so cool!

this down.

Man.

So basically, we're all standing
on like a big sponge right now.

Oh yeah, we're going to
be sunk up to our knees

before we know it.

But I wanted us to have a
good flat platform to be

able to look at this amphibian.

OK, it's going to be
really tough to handle.

Just like an eel or hellbender,
it is a very fragile amphibian.

Again, an amphibian.

It's a big salamander.

It is not an eel at all.

But oftentimes, these
are mistaken for eels.

Now, it's going to be almost
impossible to hold on to,

so I'm going to
see if I can get it

to just lay flat in my hands.

Come here, buddy.

I do want to be careful
because they can

give you a pretty nasty bite.

Wow.

All right, Coyote,
you're going to have to give me

the name of this one more time.

What is it called?

It is an amphiuma, amphiuma.

All right, let me see if I can.

Whoa, whoa!

Hold
on, hold on, hold on.

OK, just let it hang
out for a second.

That's actually good.
We want it--

It's walking!

- to do just that.

It walks?

It does.

It has small vestigial legs.

And what it'll actually
try to do is burrow down.

We don't want that to happen.

Come here, buddy.

Let me bring you back up.

OK, it is really, really
hard to hold on to.

I want to sort of cradle
it in my arms, if I can.

It's going to be really tough
for you guys to get shots.

OK, I'm going to have to kind
of hold it up close to my body

like this.

Let's see.
Calm down.

Oh, it's sliming me.

You know what?

It's going to be impossible to
hold on to, just like the eel.

I'm going to actually keep it
in the bucket for a second.

Oh, look at that.

Now, all of that mucus
that's on my gloves, Mark,

I'd say put your hands out
there and touch that, but--

you hear that?

I'm good.

Yeah, that is a defensive
tactic right there.

Makes it more slippery,
impossible for a predator

to hold on to.

Actually, what I
might be able to do

is place it on the underside--

Oh!

Look, he's coming up
out of the thing here.

Let me see if I can actually
place it on the flat

of my backpack here.

We have
an escape artist.

It's OK.
Let him out for a second.

And I'm going to
place him right here

and see if we can get
him to just stay put.

Oh, they're quick.

All right, let me see.

Real gentle, real gentle.

There we go, there we go.

All right, look at that.

Look at the pointy
nature of its snout.

Now, these things are
incredibly good at burrowing

down into the mud and the muck.

Now oftentimes, you
will come across these

in, believe it or not, ditches.

They like to bury
themselves under leaves.

They stay in shallow water, and
they're hunting for crayfish.

Wow, an amphiuma.

This is a creature that
I have never seen before.

I definitely thought
it was an eel.

You can easily see how you
would confuse it with an eel.

But like I said, this
is indeed an amphibian,

a very large salamander,
similar to the hellbender.

Actually, one of the
largest salamander

species in the world.

They can grow to nearly
50 inches in length.

Look at that.

Look at the way that it
slinks along the backpack.

They have an incredible
ability to sense things

in their environment,
because just like a fish,

they have a lateral line that
runs down the entire length

of their body.

So right now, what he's
feeling is this little groove

and he's saying, OK, this
is a good spot to hide.

If I don't move, no
one's going to eat me.

Don't worry, buddy.

We're not going
to try to eat you.

Oh, there he goes.

Coming back down this way.

Here he comes, here he comes.

Right there, look at that.

So this
is an amphibian.

So it can be out of the
water then, I'm assuming.

Yes,
not for too long.

Now, different from
some salamander species,

these salamanders actually
have fully developed lungs.

And they can stay out of the
water for a considerable amount

of time.

Look at that.

You can actually see it taking
breaths of air right there.

I'm going to get him back
into the bucket of water here.

Here we go, buddy.

Here we go.

OK.

Here we go.

I'm going to keep the
gloves on, and that's

not because I'm using
them to handle the animal.

Honestly, it's just
making it more slippery.

But they actually have teeth.

Imagine that, a salamander
having a pretty powerful bite.

These have a double row
of teeth on the top jaw

and a very sharp row of
teeth on the lower jaw.

And they can give
you quite a chomp.

Really?

That can bite you really badly?

Oh yeah.

And not only do they bite, but
when they bite on to things,

they bite and they spin,
almost like a death roll

that a crocodile
would do, and actually

take a chunk out of your skin.

Woo!

There it is.

Here he is.

Now, I've actually read that
if these things are eaten

by a predator, they
will give off a death

cry, sort of like a rabbit.

You know when a rabbit
gets eaten by something,

you hear that screaming?

I've actually heard that these
things are capable of making

a pretty high-pitched noise.

Oh man, this is so cool looking.

And you may be looking
at a creature like this

and saying to yourself, what
does this salamander eat?

They actually specialize
in eating crayfish,

but they will also take small
fish, frogs, and occasionally

even little snakes.

All right, Mario, go ahead
and zoom in on the eyes there.

Look at that.
They're almost clouded.

Those are vestigial, which
means that they hardly use them.

They can sense a
little bit of light.

But it looks as if
there's almost a scale

or a skin layer over the top of
them that keeps them protected.

They do not have eyelids
like some amphibian species.

Now, are these
rare or are they common?

I mean, I would
consider them rare,

but it's more that
they're elusive.

I mean, they are out there.

It's just a matter of being
in exactly the right place

at exactly the right time.

And what I saw in the water
was just sort of movement

through the grasses,
saw just the shape

of its body and immediately my
instinct said, oh, it's an eel.

Scoop it up with the net.

Never in a million
years did I think

that we were going to come
across a creature like this.

But how cool was that?

Finding an amphiuma right here
in the Florida Everglades.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see on the next adventure.

All right, let's get
him back into the canal.

Come on, little buddy.

Throughout my years
exploring the wild

and getting up
close with animals,

nothing has been more
alien-like in appearance

than the amphiuma.

And despite being one of
the largest amphibians

in the world, they
are seldom seen

and nearly impossible to catch.

So getting this aquatic oddity
up close for the cameras

was truly an
incredible encounter.