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I have been bitten.

I have been stung, many, many, many times.

How much pain can one man possibly endure?

Truth be told, quite a bit.

In fact, some of the worst injuries I have ever sustained

actually had nothing to do with animals,

but everything to do with careless human error,

and the good old fashioned idea that sometimes,

you simply find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time.

So to celebrate and entertain all of you coyote pack members

that love to see me in agony, we proudly

give you an episode that we have titled,

"Ouch, That Must Have Hurt."

Oh, I almost forgot, the obligatory warning.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, there will be blood.

First up on our list of painful "oopsies,"

is an incident that happened before "Brave Wilderness"

was even a YouTube channel.

On March 11, 2011 at approximately 2.46 PM,

a 9.1 magnitude earthquake took place off the coast of Japan.

This natural disaster caused a massive tsunami

and is considered the largest earthquake to ever hit Japan.

At the time, we were on the Western side of Costa Rica

filming what's known as a sizzle reel,

with the hopes of getting our animal adventure

series picked up as a TV show.

Yes, that is a straw cowboy hat.

Not sure why that seemed like a good idea,

but sure is funny when you look back at it.

Unbeknownst to us, the quake had hit.

And as a precaution, beaches across the Western half

of North and South America were closed due to the chance

of massive rogue waves.

As I stood upon the edge of a rocky outcrop,

completely clueless to the looming danger,

this is what happened.

Whoa!

What you can't see is the nearly 20-foot drop in front of me,

which means this wave was absolutely massive.

We estimated it to be over 30-feet in height.

It picked me up, tumbled, and dragged me backward over nearly

50 feet of jagged rocks.

I don't remember much.

But the damage to my body required two trauma kits

to close the lacerations and stop the bleeding in my arms,

legs, hips, and chest.

It's a miracle that I wasn't killed.

Two cameras were destroyed in the process.

And as a result of this and my injuries,

our trip came to an abrupt halt. Yup, that was a painful one.

To lighten the mood a bit, let's take a look at one of my most

hilariously painful encounters.

I'm pretty sure we have all been here before.

And next to being eaten alive by a whale,

this was probably the most requested

pain-zone moment the Coyote Pack has ever requested.

I'm going for it anyways.

Why did it have to be LEGOs?

COYOTE PETERSON For anyone

that has ever stepped on a LEGO, you

know it actually really hurts.

I wouldn't put it on par with the rogue wave hit.

But boy, is it smart.

Now, help me across.

Yes.

I am the king of sting.

COYOTE PETERSON While we

are on the track of painfully funny,

I bet you all remember my valiant athleticism needed

to catch the tarantula hawk.

What happened?

Go, go, go.

And the unexpected spiny attack

that followed.

But if you missed that moment of pain, let's take another look.

Oh!

Hold on a second.

Let me get this under control.

Oh, my god.

How are you gonna get all this off?

Hold on. Hold on.

Oh!

Mark, I got a multi-tool on the side of my pouch here.

All right.

Put your camera down.

Chance, you keep filming this.

Mark, I'm gonna need your help, man.

I can't move my arm.

Throwing your body

into the wild never ends well.

And I learned this once again, in the summer of 2020,

while out looking for giant catfish.

We anchored the boat.

And as I was deploying into the murky water,

I soon found myself in a world of pain

as I landed shin smack, right into a rock.

Without knowing how bad the injury was,

I went on filming for the remainder of the day.

And when it came time to call it a wrap and take off my wetsuit,

bam, a massive hematoma had formed.

For all of you non-medical experts,

a hematoma is defined as localized

bleeding outside of the blood vessels due to trauma.

The golf ball-sized goiter was painful and unsightly.

I even shaved my leg around it, because I

thought it would be funny.

The lump lasted for about four weeks.

And eventually, my body absorbed the blood,

and I was good as new.

There's a rock right there.

Oh, man.

That's gonna leave a mark.

COYOTE PETERSON That

brings us to my last blunder, which happened while boulder

jumping in Arizona.

Let's watch and see what it looks like when a grown man

falls off of a cliff.

OK, now, let's watch it again in slow motion.

So here's what happened.

When I touched down, my boot landed on a weird rocky nub.

And it slipped, causing me to lose my balance.

The weight of my backpack pulled me even more off balance,

and I toppled headfirst off the cliff, lost my hat,

did a full flip, and landed on the rocks 15 feet below.

Did you get that on camera? Yeah.

By some miracle,

my head landed inside of my hat, cushioning the fall

and saving my skull from getting smashed on the jagged rocks.

It was like watching Wile E. Coyote in real life fall

off of a cliff after chasing the Roadrunner.

In the end, my shoulder, neck, and back

were messed up for half a year.

But I didn't break a single bone.

And to this day, I have made a full recovery.

So what did we learn today, kids?

Don't mess with water.

It's very powerful.

Don't play with cacti, because they are very sharp.

Don't jump off of boats into murky water, because that

is where rocks like to hide.

Always put away your LEGOs, because they can be lethal.

And never jump on rocks, especially with today's

technology of drones.

Because if you want to get epic b-roll shots,

like the ones that will close out this video,

all you need to do is fly your camera over the landscapes.

Slithering with stealth through the tangles of palm plants,

the Northern Water Snake is constantly on the search

for its next meal.

If you enter the serpents lair and attempt to capture it,

there's a good chance you'll be bitten.

I'm losing.

I'm losing it.

Oh, that's down to my finger.

Oh, boy.

That's a big bite.

Whoa.

Now, it's under my arm.

Oh, boy.

Yeah, I am definitely bleeding.

Ouch.

Took a bite on the finger, and a full bite all across my arm.

COYOTE PETERSON This is how

to clean up a water snake bite.

All right, well, the aftermath of a water snake bite.

I got shot pretty good there.

Not exactly what I was going for.

But when you grab on to a water snake

to make sure you can get the episode,

you do whatever it takes.

As we all know at this point, the water snake

is a non-venomous species.

If that was a venomous snake, I would be

rushing myself to the hospital.

Or rather, Mario, you would be rushing me

to the hospital at that point.

And we'd be looking at a completely

different type of first aid.

But what I have here, Survival Emergency

Solutions first aid field kit.

This is pretty awesome.

Now, these guys sent me these first aid kits, very cool kit.

It's got all the details about what's inside of the kit

right here on the front.

And on the inside, you can see just

how organized everything is.

It even has gloves for infection protection.

At this point, I don't think I'm going to get an infection

from this water snake bite.

But the first thing I'm going to do

is actually use some saline solution to clean it off.

Now, let me hold up my hand here for you, Mario.

You can see on my pinky, where the snake's entire mouth

chomped on and wrapped around and actually ripped

some holes in the flesh there.

And I actually think--

oh, yep.

Hold on a second.

You're not going to be able to see this.

But that right there is a snake tooth.

Now, like sharks, snakes are constantly

regenerating their teeth.

And water snake specifically, have six rows of teeth, one

after another after another.

And as they lose these teeth, they just grow

right back in and are replaced.

So I went that entire scene with actually having a snake

tooth stuck in my finger.

Now, I was also bitten on my arm.

And you can see the entire bite radius of that snake's mouth

right there.

Now, at this point, it doesn't really hurt.

And that's because in their saliva,

they do have a little bit of a numbing agent.

But because of the snake's saliva being in there, and also

the fact that I was in that gross pond water, what I'm

going to want to do is just clean

that off with a little bit of saline solution.

This is cool.

This is just like a little tube.

And I think you--

yep.

I just twist that off there.

And I'm going to use a cotton gauze swab

to clean off the bite site.

Now, with those two bite sites, what I actually want to do

is just sort of saturate this with saline.

There we go.

That's good.

And go ahead and get a shot of my finger there.

I sort of wipes that off.

I don't want to get any of that pond gunk-- oh, yeah.

Look at that, all that dirt coming

off of their, snake's saliva.

And also on my forearm there.

Wipe that off really good.

That will help just get any of the swampy debris off

of my arm.

Looks a little cleaner, right?

OK, here we go.

Now, I also have skin cleaning wipes.

And there's an antiseptic in this that will help kill any

of the germs that are nestling down into my skin

from the areas where the teeth went in.

I have a feeling that this might sting a little bit.

Ready?

Yep, just a touch.

But not as bad as getting an infection.

Now, it's not actually the snake bite

that would give me an infection, but the dirty pond water that

got into the bites that I have to worry about.

There we go.

Oh, yeah, that does sting a bit.

And believe it or not, guys, that's about all you

need to do for a non-venomous snake bite.

However if you want to, you certainly

can put on a Band-Aid.

Now, you can also, of course, put Neosporin on these bites

if you want.

But these bandages actually have an anti-infection cream

right there in the padding.

So I'm just gonna cover that up like that.

Perfect.

Now, I always carry a first aid kit with me

out into the wilderness.

You guys don't always see it, but it is always in my pack,

because you never know when you're

going to need to administer first date for yourself

or one of the crew members.

Now, when it comes to water snakes, remember, guys,

it is a non-venomous species.

So if you come across one in the wild

and you decide to catch it, do be aware that it can bite you.

But if you are bitten, it's not going to be that bad.

However, I must emphasize that because they're so bitey,

it's always best to admire them from a safe distance.

I'm Coyote Petersen.

Be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see you on the next location.

Ow.

Ow.

Mr. Peterson?

Mr. Peterson?

What?

More breaking news.

More breaking news?

Yep, volcanoes and ants.

Row, cut, action.

Volcano ants?

This is breaking news.

Good evening.

And welcome to the "Brave Wilderness" news network.

I'm your host, Coyote Peterson.

And tonight, we're talking about the new catastrophic event

that's sweeping the nation, a natural disaster known

as volcano ants.

So if you're ready, here's the 10 things

you definitely need to know.

Number one, what is a volcano ant?

The true name of this tiny, yet potent insect

is the red imported fire ant.

I'll get to the volcano part in a minute.

But it's important to mention that this creature is one

of the most impactful biological landmines you can encounter

in the entire United States.

Number two, how big are they as compared to a bullet ant?

Tiny.

In fact, the workers measure a mere 2.4 to 6.0 millimeters

in length, where the bullet ant can measure

almost an inch and a half.

For comparison, that's like a golden retriever

standing next to a triceratops.

Number three, have they always been here,

or are they invasive?

This variety of fire ant is technically

native to South America.

Yet it was accidentally introduced

to a number of locations, including Australia,

New Zealand, several Asian countries,

and as you likely feared, the United States.

Over the past half century, they have

spread like wildfire across the southeastern US

out to the Southwest.

And have even reached as far north as Oregon and Washington.

Yikes.

Number four, do they really erupt like a volcano

when disturbed?

Yes, they absolutely do.

The nest, or mound as they are often referred,

is very unassuming and looks like a cone-shaped pile

of sand.

You seldom see ants on the outside of the mound.

But the second you disturb the exterior, thousands of ants

come swarming out to attack the invader,

hence the name, volcano ants.

When their mount erupts, it's like a volcano of pain.

And whether you disturb the mound

on accident or on purpose, it doesn't matter to the ants.

They're going to attack with full force.

Number five, how painful is the sting of this ant?

Well, like all ants, they are capable of biting and stinging.

And while the bite doesn't have any venom,

it allows the ants to hold on while it inflicts the stings.

On the insect sting pain index, the fire ant only ranks as a 2.

It's got some kick.

But the pain isn't so much from a single sting

as it is the onslaught of stings.

Now, when I plunged my hands into a volcano of ants,

I was stung over 300 times.

Yeah, it definitely hurts.

Number six, will volcano ants sting humans

for absolutely no reason?

I don't say this often, but the answer is yes.

For some reason, these ants are exceptionally angry.

Although in fairness to the ants,

most mass stingings come as a result

of their homes being disturbed.

So I guess if it was your family that was being stomped on,

you'd probably defend it too.

Number seven, what's worse, the sting or the aftermath?

With this one, it is definitely the aftermath.

The venom is very potent and contains

water insoluble pepperdine alkaloids known as solenopsin.

When the and stings and injects venom,

your body isolates it into pockets beneath the skin.

These pockets then swell to the surface

and form disgusting white pustules, which can remain

for several days, if not weeks.

Trust me.

They're incredibly unsightly.

And when I was stung 300 times, it

looked like my hands and arms had the worst case

of acne you have ever seen.

Number eight, do people get stung frequently?

Unfortunately, yes.

Around 14 million people experience the sting

of fire ants yearly, because they are

commonly found in urban areas.

Some people have, or develop a very bad

allergic reaction to the venom.

And to date, more than 80 deaths have been recorded as a result

of fire ant attacks.

Number nine, should we be afraid of volcano ants this summer?

Honestly, not necessarily.

Remember, these insects are not out to get you.

They don't eat humans.

But their aggressive nature makes

them very prone to attacking.

The best way to avoid them is to stay

in tune with your environment, watch where you're walking,

don't poke unassuming mounds of dirt.

And if you're headed out for a picnic,

pay attention to where you sit your blanket down.

The last thing you want is a swarm of volcano

ants running up your pants.

Number 10, can human pee really cure the burning

sensation of fire ant stings?

Well, it's fair to say that I definitely tried.

And it kind of worked.

When I dumped pee--

yes, my own pee all over my hands, certain enzymes

in the urine, like ammonia and potassium,

help neutralize and soothe the stinging sensation.

In fact, it pretty much eliminated the pain altogether.

However, the end result did not stop me

from getting those nasty white pustules, which like I said

earlier, were definitely the worst

part of the entire experience.

In the end, volcano ants aren't something you necessarily

need to be afraid of.

They're something you need to be aware of, because these insects

have invaded the United States, and they're

definitely here to stay.

And trust me.

The last thing you want to have to deal with at a summer picnic

is peeing on yourself or a friend

to stop the burning sting of volcano ants.

I'm Coyote Petersen.

Be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.

Mr. Peterson?

Mr. Peterson?

Here's the fresh warm pee you requested.

I didn't request any pee.

It's my pee.