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NATHANIEL "COYOTE"
Nothing
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makes the hair on
your neck stand up
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like the thought of a spider
crawling up your back.
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Trust me, I know.
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I've been there many
times in an attempt
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to demonstrate that spiders
are not out to get us.
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Worldwide, there are more
than 45,000 spider species.
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They come in many shapes,
sizes, and every single one
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of these eight-legged arachnids
is considered venomous.
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I can sense your arachnophobia
meter climbing by the second,
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but if you live in the United
States, I have some good news.
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Aside from the black widow
and the brown recluse,
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there isn't a single
spider species that is
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considered dangerous to humans.
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Hold up, wait.
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Coyote, aren't you forgetting
about the tarantula,
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that giant hair-covered
thing-wielding
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desert-roaming nightmare?
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Those spiders are huge,
like, Hollywood movie huge.
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And did we mention
the hairy part?
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Are you telling us that
these spiders are harmless?
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For the most part, yes.
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To prove it, on
this adventure, we
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are heading out into the
starlit desert of Arizona
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to get hands-on with one of
these supposed nightmares.
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People who live in the
Southwest are typically
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used to seeing tarantulas,
and if you love spiders
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enough to desire
seeing one yourself,
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there's a good chance you
will spot one skittering
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across the parched
rocky substrate
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if you head out
for a night hike.
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Yes?
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That is a huge wash.
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Well, this is going to
make walking a lot easier.
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All these embankments,
here let's check this out.
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It's like walking on the moon.
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Yeah, this is great.
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So something like this,
the sand is really dense.
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It'll be hard for us to walk on.
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It's thinner
towards these edges,
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but all these embankments are
going to be areas where animals
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are traveling up and down.
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They can go up into
the underbrush,
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and they can use this
little ridge line right
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here to move from spot to spot.
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What do you think?
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Which direction you want to go?
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That way or this way?
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go that way.
- This way?
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Yeah.
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All right, let's do it.
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When the rains pour down, we're
talking hundreds of thousands,
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probably millions
of gallons of water
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all converges down into
a riverbed like this,
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and the water can
be 10 feet high just
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ripping through the desert.
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And that water all soaks back
down into the sand incredibly
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quickly.
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So it completely
reshapes the landscape
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every time there's a monsoon
rain that pushes through.
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But for us, this is perfect.
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Far fewer cacti, and
better opportunities
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to quickly move through the
environment to find animals.
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All right, Mario,
let's head this way.
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Check this out, got a tarantula.
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Tarantula.
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Good size one, too.
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Look at this.
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Oh, it's on to us.
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Mario, come up slow.
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It's really close
to this underbrush.
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I want to take a look at it.
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I'm going to have to gently
coax it back out into the open.
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Do you see it?
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Come up slow, it's, like,
right in front of you here.
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You look at a spider
like this and immediately
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you think, oh, arachnophobia.
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I'm terrified of
whatever this is.
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Oops, he's getting
up into the weeds.
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Back out.
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This is very cool.
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I was hoping we would come
across a tarantula tonight.
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All right, buddy.
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Let's bring you down this way.
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OK.
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There we go.
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There we go.
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Oh, don't go into there.
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That's where I don't
want you to go.
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Let's come out of this.
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I want you right
out in the open.
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There we go.
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There we go.
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OK.
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So that right there is a
desert blonde tarantula.
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And you may be
thinking to yourself,
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this is a living
arachnophobic nightmare,
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but whoo, you almost ran
right up onto my face.
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All it wants to do
right now is get away.
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There we go.
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Now if I let it walk from
hand to hand, there we go.
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Look at that.
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That is one big
spider, one of the most
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common spider species you will
see out here in the Southwest.
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When it comes to
defenses, this spider's
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armed with very large fangs,
but not a very potent bite.
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Actually, what's more potent
are these little hairs
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on the back of the abdomen.
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And when they feel very
threatened, what they will do
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is use their hind legs to
flick off some of those hairs.
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They're called urticating hairs.
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And if those get into your
eyes or into your nose,
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they're very, very itchy.
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They'll burn your eyes,
they'll burn your nose.
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So any predator that
comes into the environment
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says, oh, this looks
like a good snack.
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You get a face full of
those hairs, trust me.
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It is not going to be a
comfortable situation.
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When it comes to
this being an animal
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that you need to be afraid
of, it may look hairy
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and may be covered in fur and
it may be armed with fangs,
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but this is one
of the most docile
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creatures you can come across.
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And these spiders
simply just want
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to navigate the desert looking
for things to feast upon.
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And when it comes to the
toxicity of the venom,
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a bite is no more potent than
that of a honeybee sting.
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And the odds of you ever
being bitten by a tarantula
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are slim to none.
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They use the bite as an
absolute last defense,
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and usually only in an instance
when they feel as if they
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are going to get squished.
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So letting the
spider just slowly
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walk from hand to hand like
this is completely safe.
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Now I would not recommend
that you ever come out
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into the desert and pick
up one of these tarantulas,
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but oftentimes, people
have them in captivity
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and they're used to help people
get over their fear of spiders,
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to help cure arachnophobia.
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Because you can see,
once it's on your hands
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and moving slowly, it's
actually a very cool,
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very calm experience.
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Now despite the fact that
this is a very large spider,
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it's rather creepy-looking
with all those hairs.
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On a scale of 1 to 5, when
we're talking about dangerous
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or potentially deadly
desert dwellers,
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this tarantula
only ranks as a 1.
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Very cool, definitely
one of the creepy
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crawlies I hoped we would
come across tonight.
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See you later, big guy.
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The Coyote Pack has been
witness to me performing
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a number of dangerous
wilderness stunts,
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and it's responsible to say
that holding a tarantula
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poses risks.
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These spiders can, and will,
bite if they feel threatened.
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So while their venom
is not lethally toxic,
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it's definitely not something
you want to experience.
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If you see a tarantula in the
wild, it's OK to get close,
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but it's always best to
admire these spiders naturally
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without trying to pick them up.
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Our planet is teeming with
life, whether on land,
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deep in the water, or
above us in the air.
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Many of the creatures
that we have come across
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on our adventures often
feel like long-lost friends,
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but there are some encounters
that are so slimy, so bizarre,
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and so strange that
I just can't help
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but wonder if these animals
are actually aliens.
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Today, we are going to
count down the top five
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most alien-looking creatures
we have featured on the Brave
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Wilderness Channel.
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But before we begin,
let's take a look
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at some of the
otherworldly moments
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that didn't quite make the cut.
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I don't even know what
to say about this.
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It's like the
combination of a sea
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urchin, a sea star, an octopus.
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It's like many
things all at once.
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But on the underside,
look at that.
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It looks just like a
scorpion or a spider.
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This camouflage
is incredible.
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE"
That is amazing.
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OK, look at how he
can almost morph
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the shape of his body to fit
all of these little plants.
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And these guys have an
incredible defensive posture.
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Look at that.
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They will not back
down, that is for sure.
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It kind of looks
like a caterpillar.
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It has a bunch of spikes on it.
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Now on the underside
right there in the middle,
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that's its mouth.
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But it's also its butt.
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Many of the animals we
seek are quite elusive,
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and one order in
particular, the Yura Della,
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is always a challenge to get
up close for the cameras.
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These creatures are better
known as salamanders,
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and we've even entered
dark spider-ridden caves
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just to get a glimpse of them.
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Look, look, look,
right here climbing
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up the side of those rocks.
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That is a cave
salamander, you see it?
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Other species have required
us to travel around
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the world to find and feature.
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It kind of looks
like a caterpillar.
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One salamander
specifically was so strange
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and so unlike any salamander I
had seen before that I actually
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misidentified it as an eel.
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Coming in at number
5 is the slimy
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crayfish-hunting amphibian
known as the Amphiuma.
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Not too much.
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Oh guys, an eel, eel.
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He got something?
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I got it, I got it, I got it.
What do you got?
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It's an eel.
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It's right in the
bottom of the net.
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Wow.
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That is so cool.
Here.
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All I can see is mud.
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Point your camera--
no, no, no, look.
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There's spots right there.
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Whoa.
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE" PETERSON:
It's filling, like,
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the entire bottom of the net.
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Look at that.
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Wow.
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He's not being too, too crazy.
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Whoops, there, it's
starting to move.
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Look at that.
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Nice.
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Actually, that's not an eel.
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What, what
is it, a catfish?
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE" PETERSON: No.
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Dear Mario?
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Yeah.
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I think this is an "Amphinya."
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Is that how you say it?
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Amphiuma.
- Amphiuma.
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Amphiuma.
Let me see it.
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Dude, I don't think
this is an eel at all.
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Look at this.
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Oh, yeah, dude, that's
totally an Amphiuma.
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- Is it really?
- Yeah.
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No, way.
OK, guys.
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This is not an eel.
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What is it?
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It's actually a
huge salamander.
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Yeah, I got this
little bucket of water.
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yeah, yeah, let's get in here.
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And back up a
little bit further.
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Oh, oh.
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That's an Amphiuma.
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Holy cow.
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Come here, buddy.
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I do want to be careful
because they can
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give you a pretty nasty bite.
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Wow.
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Now you're going to give me
the name of this one more time.
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What is it called?
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE"
It is an Amphiuma.
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Amphiuma.
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All right, let me see if I can--
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Whoa, whoa.
- Hold on.
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Hold on, hold on.
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OK, just let it hang
out for a second.
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That's actually good.
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We want it to do just that.
It's walking.
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It walks?
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE"
It does.
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It has small vestigial legs, and
what it'll actually try to do
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is burrow down.
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We don't want that to happen.
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Come here, buddy.
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Let me bring him back up.
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All right, Look at that.
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Look at the pointy
nature of its snout.
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Now these things are
incredibly good at burrowing
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down into the mud and the muck.
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Now different from some
salamander species,
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these salamanders actually
have fully-developed lungs
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and they can stay out of the
water for a considerable amount
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of time.
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Look at that, you can actually
see it taking breaths of air
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right there.
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Up next on our list is
an animal that we just
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couldn't skip over, an
alien-looking master
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of camouflage, the frog fish.
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Wow, I hope you guys
are ready for this.
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Here comes the frog fish.
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Wow.
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Have you ever seen
a fish this bizarre?
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Now this animal is a
voracious carnivore,
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which means that they
will eat anything
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that comes across their path.
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They're ambush hunters, right?
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So they'll sit
there, lie in wait
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for an unsuspecting prey item
to come across their mouth.
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Their mouths can actually open
12 times the size of what you
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see on the front of their
face, and they can swallow food
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almost as large as they are.
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Now if waiting for your food
to come along doesn't work,
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they have three distinct
spines on their dorsal ridge.
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And the one up front is
actually used as a lure
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to draw in fish or small shrimp.
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Anything that comes in front
of the animal is fair game.
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Whoa, what did I
see on its fin there?
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE"
Where?
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Oh, I see, like, it's like
a kind of like an octopus jet
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behind its fin.
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE" PETERSON:
Yeah, you see that?
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That's located on the back
of the pelvic fins there,
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and they can actually force
water through those openings
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to give themselves a
jet propulsion of speed
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if they need to
quickly get away.
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Believe it or not, we caught
a more bizarre-looking
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and even bigger frog fish.
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Are you guys ready to see that?
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I think we're ready.
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE"
Now the reason
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we really wanted to get this
one up close for the cameras is,
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look how much this animal
looks like a head of coral.
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It even has little tubulars
growing off of its skin.
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It's crazy.
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It's perfectly
camouflaged, almost
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impossible to see when this is
beneath the ocean's surface.
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So it's safe to say this
fish isn't trying to stand out.
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE" PETERSON: No.
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This fish is trying to
blend in at all costs.
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His entire life relies
on being camouflaged.
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So many of our ocean's
creatures appear
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alien because they are adapted
to spending their lives
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in aqueous environments.
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Next on our countdown
is something
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a little more nightmarish.
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It's smelly, it looks like a
combination between a scorpion,
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centipede, and a water bug, and
it almost crawled into my ear.
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Slinking in as our
number three alien,
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get ready to meet
the hellgrammite.
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No, nothing.
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00:14:15,463 --> 00:14:16,594
Oh.
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00:14:16,725 --> 00:14:18,161
What is it?
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE" PETERSON:
There's one right here.
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00:14:19,336 --> 00:14:21,208
What?
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00:14:21,338 --> 00:14:22,557
What is it?
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE"
There it is.
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Ahh.
345
00:14:25,038 --> 00:14:26,866
Oh, gross.
346
00:14:26,996 --> 00:14:28,998
Ah, I got it.
347
00:14:29,129 --> 00:14:30,782
Ah, ah, ah, oh, it's
trying to bite me.
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00:14:30,913 --> 00:14:31,783
Oh.
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There it is.
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What is that?
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE" PETERSON:
It's a hellgrammite.
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00:14:38,312 --> 00:14:42,707
Oh, mackerel, that's
a big one, too.
353
00:14:42,838 --> 00:14:44,492
Wow, all right, guys.
354
00:14:44,622 --> 00:14:46,798
Well, if you
remember an Instagram
355
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post I made a few weeks ago
of a creature that looks--
356
00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:53,283
Oh, it's biting me.
357
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OK, they do bite.
358
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There you have it, everybody
want to know, do they bite?
359
00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,072
Yes, they do bite.
360
00:14:59,202 --> 00:15:01,988
It is latched onto
my finger right now.
361
00:15:02,118 --> 00:15:07,384
Oh, that hurts, but
it's not breaking skin.
362
00:15:07,515 --> 00:15:12,389
That's-- oh, ah, ooo,
it's got a hold of me.
363
00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,610
Now the hellgrammite
is actually the larva
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stage of the Dobsonfly.
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It's about as
wicked-looking as this thing
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is, only with big wings and
enormous front mandibles.
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However, those mandibles aren't
strong enough to pinch and bite
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onto anything.
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Now if the bite isn't enough,
what they will also do to deter
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a predator is squirt a
nasty-smelling musk from
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their rear end, and it actually
smells just like human feces,
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00:15:37,371 --> 00:15:38,154
and--
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Eew, what?
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00:15:39,416 --> 00:15:40,461
It smells like--
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Ugh, like poop,
exactly like poop.
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00:15:43,812 --> 00:15:47,685
And it has already squirted
musk all over my finger.
377
00:15:47,816 --> 00:15:48,991
Oh, it absolutely stinks.
378
00:15:49,122 --> 00:15:49,905
There.
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00:15:50,036 --> 00:15:51,907
Look at that.
380
00:15:52,038 --> 00:15:52,821
Oh, wow.
381
00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:55,302
That is so bizarre.
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00:15:55,432 --> 00:15:57,043
I don't know how
you're leaving it on.
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE"
Oh, it's an alien.
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What did I tell you?
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00:16:00,263 --> 00:16:02,135
It's like a night-- a living
nightmare, look at that.
386
00:16:02,265 --> 00:16:03,658
Can you imagine what it
would be like to have
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00:16:03,788 --> 00:16:05,529
one of these things
crawl into your ear?
388
00:16:05,660 --> 00:16:06,748
It's going
to eat your brain.
389
00:16:09,925 --> 00:16:12,580
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
390
00:16:12,710 --> 00:16:13,624
Ow.
391
00:16:17,454 --> 00:16:18,586
Ooo, that actually really hurts.
392
00:16:18,716 --> 00:16:19,848
Oh, ooo, ooo, ooo.
393
00:16:19,979 --> 00:16:21,284
Looks pretty good, dude.
394
00:16:21,415 --> 00:16:23,765
I think it's actually
poked a hole in my ear.
395
00:16:23,895 --> 00:16:24,809
Ah.
396
00:16:24,940 --> 00:16:26,115
What do you guys think?
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00:16:26,246 --> 00:16:27,769
Hellgrammite earrings?
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00:16:27,899 --> 00:16:28,726
Could this be the new look?
399
00:16:28,857 --> 00:16:29,901
No, no.
400
00:16:30,032 --> 00:16:30,946
Is it dangling
down from my ear?
401
00:16:31,077 --> 00:16:31,816
Oh, yeah.
402
00:16:31,947 --> 00:16:33,949
Ah.
403
00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,431
I found one hellgrammite, and
then I kept flipping over rocks
404
00:16:37,561 --> 00:16:41,043
and I found 25 hellgrammites.
405
00:16:41,174 --> 00:16:43,872
Dude.
406
00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:47,702
So what I challenge
you to do right now
407
00:16:47,832 --> 00:16:50,357
is put your hand into
this bowl and see if you
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00:16:50,487 --> 00:16:52,054
get bitten by a hellgrammite.
409
00:16:52,185 --> 00:16:56,972
I'm Director Mark, and I'm
about to enter the bite zone.
410
00:16:57,103 --> 00:16:58,843
25 hellgrammites, all right?
411
00:16:58,974 --> 00:17:00,019
I can't watch this.
412
00:17:00,149 --> 00:17:01,237
Put your hand
in there, come on.
413
00:17:01,368 --> 00:17:02,673
One, two, three.
414
00:17:05,763 --> 00:17:06,938
Get right in there.
415
00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:08,288
Oh, it's so creepy.
416
00:17:08,418 --> 00:17:10,899
Putting them all on you there.
417
00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:12,553
Oh, they're pooping on you.
418
00:17:12,683 --> 00:17:13,728
Oh, I just got bit.
419
00:17:13,858 --> 00:17:14,642
Oh, no.
420
00:17:14,772 --> 00:17:15,556
Oh, no.
421
00:17:15,686 --> 00:17:17,123
Oh, there's another one.
422
00:17:17,253 --> 00:17:18,385
Ah.
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NATHANIEL "COYOTE"
Imagine
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00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:22,432
yourself falling into a swimming
pool filled with hellgrammites.
425
00:17:22,563 --> 00:17:27,307
If you think 25 of them are
creepy, try to picture 25,000.
426
00:17:27,437 --> 00:17:30,136
OK, maybe that's not
such a good idea.
427
00:17:30,266 --> 00:17:33,226
In at number two, and even
stranger than its cousin
428
00:17:33,356 --> 00:17:36,490
the black sea hare, let's
give an ink-spewing standing
429
00:17:36,620 --> 00:17:38,883
ovation for the brown sea hare.
430
00:17:44,498 --> 00:17:46,065
Oh, whoa, check this out.
431
00:17:46,195 --> 00:17:47,718
Ho.
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00:17:47,849 --> 00:17:51,113
If you thought the banana
slug was big, look at that.
433
00:17:51,244 --> 00:17:52,593
Oh, what is that?
434
00:17:52,723 --> 00:17:56,858
That is a sea hare,
also known as a sea slug.
435
00:17:56,988 --> 00:17:58,512
And boy, is this thing slimy.
436
00:17:58,642 --> 00:18:00,557
Oh, here's another one.
437
00:18:00,688 --> 00:18:01,906
Look at that.
438
00:18:02,037 --> 00:18:03,604
Two right next to each other.
439
00:18:03,734 --> 00:18:04,518
Whoa.
440
00:18:04,648 --> 00:18:05,736
Handful of sea slugs.
441
00:18:05,867 --> 00:18:06,955
Here, give me the container.
442
00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:08,609
Yeah, here,
hold on a second.
443
00:18:08,739 --> 00:18:11,307
This will be much easier
for us to see them like this.
444
00:18:11,438 --> 00:18:12,743
It's like a big organ.
445
00:18:12,874 --> 00:18:14,093
Look at that.
446
00:18:14,223 --> 00:18:15,572
Wow.
447
00:18:15,703 --> 00:18:18,532
This is the California
brown sea hare,
448
00:18:18,662 --> 00:18:21,404
and the reason that
they're called sea hares
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00:18:21,535 --> 00:18:24,103
is can you see these
tentacles up front there?
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00:18:24,233 --> 00:18:26,583
Kind of looks like
the ears of a rabbit.
451
00:18:26,714 --> 00:18:29,673
These slugs don't really
have many predators at all.
452
00:18:29,804 --> 00:18:32,111
One defense that they do
have, though, just in case
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00:18:32,241 --> 00:18:34,896
something does try to eat
it, is the ability to ink,
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00:18:35,026 --> 00:18:36,202
just like an octopus.
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00:18:36,332 --> 00:18:38,160
If it gets agitated,
it will excrete
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00:18:38,291 --> 00:18:40,641
this nasty-looking
purple substance
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00:18:40,771 --> 00:18:43,774
allowing them to then slink down
into the rocks and disappear.
458
00:18:43,905 --> 00:18:45,036
And I want to show
that to you guys
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00:18:45,167 --> 00:18:47,082
real quick before
we let them go.
460
00:18:47,213 --> 00:18:50,172
This isn't going to injure the
animal in any way whatsoever.
461
00:18:50,303 --> 00:18:52,740
And the ink is actually
a byproduct of the kelp
462
00:18:52,870 --> 00:18:54,481
that they are eating.
463
00:18:54,611 --> 00:18:56,570
That's what gives it
this purple pigmentation.
464
00:18:56,700 --> 00:18:57,875
Look at that.
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00:18:58,006 --> 00:19:00,051
Oh, I'm getting totally
stained right now.
466
00:19:00,182 --> 00:19:02,445
OK, I'm going to put the
slug back into the container,
467
00:19:02,576 --> 00:19:06,710
and let's see what
that looks like.
468
00:19:06,841 --> 00:19:08,103
There you go.
469
00:19:08,234 --> 00:19:10,149
Now that is what they
will do to create
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confusion for any
potential predator
471
00:19:12,281 --> 00:19:13,587
that's trying to eat it.
472
00:19:13,717 --> 00:19:15,893
And as you can see,
the slug is just fine,
473
00:19:16,024 --> 00:19:18,069
still have ink coming out of
the back of its parapodia.
474
00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:19,027
Look at that.
475
00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:19,941
Oop, there it goes again.
476
00:19:20,071 --> 00:19:21,160
You see that?
477
00:19:21,290 --> 00:19:23,249
Wow, that's crazy-looking.
478
00:19:23,379 --> 00:19:25,773
Look, like little
bubbles floating up.
479
00:19:25,903 --> 00:19:27,775
Look at all this slime.
480
00:19:27,905 --> 00:19:30,038
That's not water, that is slime.
481
00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:31,431
Look at that running
down my hand.
482
00:19:31,561 --> 00:19:33,607
Can you see that?
483
00:19:33,737 --> 00:19:37,785
Oh, it is all slimy.
484
00:19:37,915 --> 00:19:40,527
That is crazy.
485
00:19:40,657 --> 00:19:42,311
Wow.
486
00:19:42,442 --> 00:19:45,706
Well, if our number two animal
wasn't alien enough with its
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00:19:45,836 --> 00:19:47,664
perfectly-designed camouflage--
488
00:19:47,795 --> 00:19:50,145
gooey slime and purple ink--
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00:19:50,276 --> 00:19:52,191
our number one
creature might just
490
00:19:52,321 --> 00:19:55,063
be enough to make you
believe that our planet is
491
00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:56,195
crawling with aliens.
492
00:20:02,505 --> 00:20:03,332
Mario.
493
00:20:03,463 --> 00:20:04,594
Yeah?
494
00:20:04,725 --> 00:20:05,552
Come look what I found.
495
00:20:05,682 --> 00:20:06,944
What?
496
00:20:07,075 --> 00:20:08,468
What'd you get?
497
00:20:08,598 --> 00:20:09,947
I've got a giant
onychophora, the rare one.
498
00:20:10,078 --> 00:20:10,861
What?
499
00:20:10,992 --> 00:20:11,949
Oh, man.
500
00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:13,212
Right here on this rock.
501
00:20:13,342 --> 00:20:14,387
What do we do?
502
00:20:14,517 --> 00:20:15,388
Coyote's not even here.
503
00:20:15,518 --> 00:20:16,911
What do we do, just film it?
504
00:20:17,041 --> 00:20:18,956
Well, certainly
we have to film it.
505
00:20:19,087 --> 00:20:21,045
I've got a
container in my backpack.
506
00:20:21,176 --> 00:20:23,352
We could contain it, take
it back to the lodge,
507
00:20:23,483 --> 00:20:26,312
have Coyote check it out and
we get some great B-roll shots.
508
00:20:26,442 --> 00:20:27,704
We'll bring it back.
509
00:20:27,835 --> 00:20:28,749
Yeah, we'll bring
it right back after,
510
00:20:28,879 --> 00:20:29,793
and it'll be awesome.
511
00:20:29,924 --> 00:20:30,751
Dude.
512
00:20:30,881 --> 00:20:33,101
Great find, dude.
513
00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:34,015
Coyote?
514
00:20:34,145 --> 00:20:35,234
Coyote?
515
00:20:35,364 --> 00:20:36,235
Trying to find you.
516
00:20:38,759 --> 00:20:39,977
NATHANIEL "COYOTE"
Yeah, maybe.
517
00:20:40,108 --> 00:20:41,718
Maybe?
Show him.
518
00:20:41,849 --> 00:20:43,198
Check out
what Mark found.
519
00:20:43,329 --> 00:20:44,243
Show him.
520
00:20:47,071 --> 00:20:48,769
Get out of here.
We found--
521
00:20:48,899 --> 00:20:50,205
You're kidding me.
522
00:20:50,336 --> 00:20:52,033
We found it on the
rock, like, four paces
523
00:20:52,163 --> 00:20:53,339
where we found the brown one.
524
00:20:53,469 --> 00:20:55,123
Yeah, get out of here.
525
00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:56,342
I cannot believe that.
526
00:20:56,472 --> 00:20:57,256
Yes.
527
00:20:57,386 --> 00:20:58,561
Oh, my gosh.
528
00:20:58,692 --> 00:21:00,694
I can't believe you
found onychophora.
529
00:21:00,824 --> 00:21:02,435
This is insane.
530
00:21:02,565 --> 00:21:04,698
Whoa, this is crazy.
531
00:21:04,828 --> 00:21:11,008
Whoa, you are looking at the
velvet worm, quite possibly
532
00:21:11,139 --> 00:21:13,359
the rarest creature
you can come across
533
00:21:13,489 --> 00:21:15,491
in the Costa Rican rainforest.
534
00:21:15,622 --> 00:21:19,930
This creature's ancestors
date back 500 million years
535
00:21:20,061 --> 00:21:21,628
to the Cambrian period.
536
00:21:21,758 --> 00:21:24,805
That is before the
time of the dinosaurs.
537
00:21:24,935 --> 00:21:27,764
They are actually capable
of shedding the outer layer
538
00:21:27,895 --> 00:21:31,028
of skin around once a
month just like a snake,
539
00:21:31,159 --> 00:21:32,856
and when they do shed
that, they basically
540
00:21:32,987 --> 00:21:34,771
walk out of the skin--
541
00:21:34,902 --> 00:21:37,426
similar to the way a snake
slithers out of its skin--
542
00:21:37,557 --> 00:21:40,560
and then they're even softer
and more brilliantly bright.
543
00:21:40,690 --> 00:21:42,866
Now despite the fact
that this creature is
544
00:21:42,997 --> 00:21:45,042
actually kind of cute,
believe it or not,
545
00:21:45,173 --> 00:21:47,218
it is a voracious predator.
546
00:21:47,349 --> 00:21:48,916
And the way that
they hunt is they
547
00:21:49,046 --> 00:21:51,701
slowly move through the
rainforest floor foraging
548
00:21:51,832 --> 00:21:54,835
amongst leaves and
dead logs, and they'll
549
00:21:54,965 --> 00:21:57,664
use those to front sensory
organs to kind of tap
550
00:21:57,794 --> 00:21:59,056
on their prey.
551
00:21:59,187 --> 00:22:00,797
And as soon as they
sense something to eat,
552
00:22:00,928 --> 00:22:02,973
they shoot out a sticky slime.
553
00:22:03,104 --> 00:22:06,455
And it is so incredibly
strong that it can
554
00:22:06,586 --> 00:22:08,588
immediately pin the prey down.
555
00:22:08,718 --> 00:22:10,503
And they have a
little mouth up front.
556
00:22:10,633 --> 00:22:13,114
Inside that mouth
is a single tooth
557
00:22:13,244 --> 00:22:14,768
that is like a razor blade.
558
00:22:14,898 --> 00:22:17,031
They insert that tooth
into their victim
559
00:22:17,161 --> 00:22:20,991
and then they leak in saliva,
and it slowly breaks down
560
00:22:21,122 --> 00:22:24,038
the insides of their
prey and they drink
561
00:22:24,168 --> 00:22:26,083
it up just like a milkshake.
562
00:22:26,214 --> 00:22:27,955
Wow.
563
00:22:28,085 --> 00:22:30,044
The funny thing about
the velvet worm,
564
00:22:30,174 --> 00:22:32,612
which actually
isn't a worm at all,
565
00:22:32,742 --> 00:22:35,702
is that it is one of the
first terrestrial species
566
00:22:35,832 --> 00:22:37,486
to walk the planet.
567
00:22:37,617 --> 00:22:42,665
So in a sense, I guess we could
consider it an ancient alien.
568
00:22:42,796 --> 00:22:44,580
I hope you all
enjoyed this look back
569
00:22:44,711 --> 00:22:46,974
at some of our favorite
alien encounters,
570
00:22:47,104 --> 00:22:49,890
and we can't wait to discover
more creatures like these
571
00:22:50,020 --> 00:22:51,065
on our upcoming adventures.
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