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So
if you guys are ready,

let's plunge our hands into
a burning ring of fire ants.

Here we go.

As you
see, I'm already nervous

right from the beginning.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

This is a mound of fire ants.

Yes, it is.
Oh, yeah.

I think we all know
where this is heading.

And there's
your hands, pre-scars.

Well, enough
people had seen the "Harvester

Ants" video at this
point to know that like,

oh, hands, ant
mound, here we go.

Eesh.

This is
already bringing me back, man.

Oh, yeah.

What a
bad idea this was.

Yeah, I warned you.

A
lot of people learned

about fire ants that day.

We're going to talk
about that in a second, Mario.

Hold that right there.

So when I was in Arizona,
you saw me put my hands

into a mound of harvester ants.

Not smart.

Not something you
want to be doing.

What's funny is
that this is so far

before a lot of these
other more painful stings.

So you've got to keep in
mind that as we were filming

the fire ants, the
bullet ant was so far

down the road at that point.

We had not even
really seriously

considered doing this.
- No.

- this pile of dirt
thinking to yourselves,

is that really an ant hill?

That's interesting.

So these ant mounds are
all over in Florida, Mario,

why don't you tell us a
little bit about these?

Yeah, so fire ants are an
introduced species to the US,

and if you grow up in Florida,
you see one of those mounds,

you know there's trouble.

So they're somewhat
inconspicuous if you

don't know what to look for.

Right.

It just looks
like a pile of sand

because they're no
ants on the outside.

Someone from Ohio,
like these two guys--

Like you guys.

- we are walking
around sometimes

in our sandals in our
bare feet, and we're like,

ooh, there's some sand.
- I'm like, no, watch it.

Yeah, and you don't know
because there really aren't

many ants around the mounds.

Sure.

Yeah, it's very deceiving,
but as you're going to see,

once you pop a little
hole, let's see that.

I think it's actually coming up.

I
promise you, there

are thousands of these
fiery little ants

beneath the surface.

And
there are thousands.

Mario, do you know about how
many ants live in a colony?

Thousands.

Hundreds
of thousands probably.

Yeah, thousands.

Because it goes
deeper down in the ground too.

Most people don't realize
that just because we disturbed

that ant down, they
build those mounds

so quickly that mound
probably would have

been rebuilt by the next day.

And once again,
they are invasive species too.

I imagine the rain
does a number.

Oh, yeah.

Every time it rains,
they probably flood out.

In several places across
the United States--

Yeah, you have to imagine
that if you're down in Florida

and you're on
vacation, I'm thinking,

oh, I'm going to just go
out somewhere and have

a little picnic and
you think to yourself,

oh, look, this mound
is kind of sandy.

This might actually make a good
place to sit, oh, bad idea.

These were cool
macro shots though.

I mean, it's tough to
really tell how small

these creatures are until you--

like, OK, here we
go, right there.

That's a great example.

I'm going to get a clear shot.

It was really hard to
hold onto one of these ants

without wanting to intrude
or anything like that.

And you can see if you were to
line these things up vertically

on the fingernail
of a human, you

could probably
pack five to eight

ants on a single finger nail.

It's just crazy.

I'll tell you what is
particularly impressive, to me,

about fire ants, not only
what they did to you,

but also, the fact that
they're able to sting.

They can actually get through
human skin being so small.

Mario, how is that
even possible?

Sure.

Well, they do have a long
stinger, and to Coyote's point,

they're small, but it's
numbers that count.

So unlike the
harvester ants, which

are large and intimidating
looking, these guys are tiny.

And individually,
you're like, oh,

that's not going
to do much harm,

but they come at
you with a swarm.

Yeah, with a
forcive swarm that's

like a tidal wave of fire and
insanity and dragons and chaos.

Let's keep rolling the video.

I don't know, Mario, I've
been stung by one or two,

and it's still pretty bad.

Yeah,
it'll still get you.

Here's my arbitrary,

would have become
well-known selfie GoPro

shots, building suspense
just before we get to it.

And I think we were just
learning at this point

how to start to build that
suspense in these episodes

to make the audience
feel like, OK,

we're building to that moment.

And you can see
here my tact review

and call that out of what I
learned, so back that up just

to touch there.

Yeah, look at-- what I learned
from the harvester ants was,

tuck your pant legs
into your boots,

roll up your sleeves
tight so that the ants

can't get in your pants.

But you didn't
learn your lesson

about getting stung by ants.

Well, no.

But for the purpose of
the science experiment,

I had to go through it.

It was just let's be a
little more intelligent

about it this time around.

Trust me, guys, fire
ants in your pants

would have been the worst thing.

For sure.

And
anyone who is stung,

this not only
causes searing pain,

but also causes the
sting zones to swell.

Takes me back.

This was just not smart.

I was warning Coyote.

Science at its finest.

Let's talk about
that real quick.

So here's a little
back story that I

think is important that everyone
in the Coyote Pack knows about.

So Coyote--

Wait, we should call this
like responsible corner

with Mark and Mario like
you guys talk about.

Coyote is like, I'm going
to do this for science,

and you guys are like, let's
talk about this responsibly.

So listen to these
two for a second.

Right.

So everyone thinks
that maybe it's Mario

and I putting you
up to these things.

We actually ask you not to
do them, as a matter of fact.

But in this circumstance, it's
really interesting because you

don't get mosquito bite welts.

So therefore, I think
you thought maybe

you had some sort
of magical immunity

to ant stings or
venom, in general.

And I remember Mario
warning you saying,

Coyote, I've seen what happens
when people get swarmed by fire

ants, and it is not pretty.

Don't do it.

And what did you say?

I said I'm the ant man.

Didn't you see the
"Harvester Ant" episode?

I'm probably immune
to fire ant stings.

Yeah, they may sting me, but
nothing is going to happen.

Those little white
pustulate things you're

talking about, not me, buddy.

Don't get mosquito bite welts.

Don't get bitten by deer
flies, horseflies, you name it.

Usually, good to go.

Fire ants, they're
tiny, not a problem.

That's right.

He was very confident, and I
kept giving him the warning.

It's like, dude, if
you go through this,

it's not going to be pretty.

He insisted, and well, we're
going to see the results.

Yeah, and not pretty
is an understatement,

guys, just so you know.

Boy am I about to get
my fair share of them.

You build yourself up to
these moments, and then you--

Oh, old go preps.

I think that's
the HERO3, which was still

encapsulated inside of
a plastic container,

so we had to use your
camera to capture the audio

that was coming from this shot.

Yeah, now you
just go do that by yourself,

and Mario and I hang out.

Well, the
HERO6 captures amazing audio.

Don't want to get anaphylactic
shock or anything.

I did OK with the
harvester ants, so--

Pause it real quick.

So of course, harvester
ant venom and fire ant

venom, completely different.

Right?

And there's a special
property in the fire ant venom

that's going to
actually give you some

of those things that have--

So the harvester ants,
then were just a swelling,

whereas the fire ants
were going to attack

my body completely differently.

Yeah, and we're going to see.

All right, here we go.
Ready?

All right, go get in position.

I'll be there in a second.

All right, man.

Never
under any circumstances

try to replicate what
you are about to witness.

See, there's a responsible
warning from me right there.

Yeah,
don't do this, guys.

That's a big one.

Yeah,
that's a big mound.

Now, I'm about to enter the
strike zone with the fire ant.

You guys ready?

Strike zone?

It should
have been the sting zone.

I don't know what
I was thinking.

I remember I told
you, dude, why don't you put

the GoPro in the mound itself?

Yeah, look at this.

Holy cow.

Look at them swarming.

Let's do
that one more time.

Actually, I want
to go back to that.

Look at the ant counter
because we start the countdown

as soon as the GoPro gets in.

Look how quickly
the ants are on.

Boom.

Fire ants for--

Three seconds,
boom, they're coming.

They're voracious.

Way faster than
the harvester ants.

Much
faster, and they look

for soft spots in your skin.

I feel like they can sense
in between the fingers

was definitely the worst.

Guys, feel your skin.

In between your
fingers is much softer.

At that point, I
was like, man, we've

only gone 20 seconds into this.

I got to get my hands out
of here, and I failed.

I couldn't get it to 60 seconds.

I mean, maybe I could
have, but I could feel

how bad it was already getting.

I remember you going into
this being very confident,

and I think you had even
mentioned at one point like,

is 60 seconds enough?

Maybe I should do two minutes.

You did say that.

There were small ants, and
to one up the harvester ants,

because harvester ants, I
did make it to 60 seconds,

and I was thinking,
well, everybody

watching would be
like, oh, come on,

go two minutes with fire ants.

Whew, good thing
I didn't do that.

Deceiving, right?

Because of the size.

You all right?

Made it 40 seconds.

Hey, still very respectable.

Very respectful.

They're still on me.

Oh, my hands are
on fire right now.

Yeah, what interesting feeling.

Tell me some initial
thoughts right here.

Are you able to really
concentrate on the pain?

Are you not trying to not
concentrate on the pain?

I guess the squeezing of
my fist was more like just

trying to contain and
absorb the pain in one spot.

It was coming on like a
searing that was building,

so it was almost like imagine
putting your hands on a stove

and turning them on.

And as it begins
to heat up, it's

getting more and
more and more painful

as the onset takes hold.

Yeah,
I know that feeling.

That's a bit.

When a mound
of fire ants is disturbed,

thousands of them instantly
swarm the invader.

Man, if you are an unsuspecting
like lizard or frog

or something like that,
that stumbled upon a mound

like this, you can
see how it could

kill an animal very quickly.

Well,
remember, during one

of our croc segments,
I told you fire ants

actually prey upon hatchlings.

So they do kill large organisms.

Out as
my brain was screaming,

get your hands out
of that ant mound.

I love these shots where
the ants continue to go

over the lens of the GoPro.

We sort of learn that
through the harvester ants.

I was like, oh, we've
got to get more GoPro

shots of the ants moving over.

You can
kind of see here,

you see the welts forming.

And I believe you thought
you were out of the woods.

You were like, that's it?

I was like, OK.

Respect fire ants.

I have some respect.

Now, I at least have welts.

This is more than a mosquito
has ever done to me.

I thought I was pretty much
out of the woods at this point.

Well, I told you that
the worst is yet to come.

Yeah.

It's all over them.

Let's
see what happens.

Actually,
not too bad at this.

Not too bad.
At this point.

This is like about five minutes
after having my hands in there.

So we cut for a second,
reset to get frame up,

get this out first shot.

Now, if you want to
know which is worse,

the harvester ant
or the fire ant--

So this was a good comparison.

Yeah,
that's a good shot.

Look at the size difference.

Dramatic.

Obviously,
this swarm was more

impressive with the fire ant.

This is much more worse
than harvester ants.

Ah!

It still gets me.

That's my Sasquatch
right there.

I think we may have overdone
it with the slow mos in this.

- That's funny.
- You like it?

I don't know.
- I don't know.

You guys tell us.

Do you like the slow mos?

We haven't used them in a
while, but I thought they

were funny back [inaudible].
- They crack me up.

I love them.

At the end of
the day, the lesson

that we're all
taking away from this

is that if you're out in
nature and you're exploring,

always do your best to avoid
any and all ant mounds.

True statement.

Look at how
happy you look right there.

Well, you know,
I seem a little more jovial

at this point than
I probably should

have been considering what is
about to happen to my hands.

And for over a week, I suffered
through incredible scars--

Here it goes.
Here it comes.

- which
included flashes of pain.

So that was a little ways
before we started to film after,

and there you go.

That's the next morning.

I was hideous, Mark.

Hideous.

Oh, I remember.

I mean, I have it
burned into my memory

that morning we went to
go get you for breakfast.

Coyote, are you
ready for breakfast?

The room was all dark, and
you're like, guys, I can't.

We were like, why not?

My hands, look.

And this was what
you were covered in.

And we were like,
oh, my goodness.

I
mean, it was gross.

I looked like I contracted
some sort of crazy disease.

I had to wear
gloves for six weeks

before the pustulates went away.

Now, pause it for a second.

Before we get to this
next part, pause it.

Mario, why do these things
form into pustulates?

What's the science behind this?

Yeah, it's a good question.

You certainly didn't get those
from the harvester ant, right?

So the venom of the fire ants
is actually not water soluble,

so it doesn't dissolve easily
throughout your system.

So it actually stays at
the surface of your skin

and creates those
little pustulates, which

as you realize are very itchy.

And if you pop them, will
actually cause scarring.

Now, I did pop some
of these pustulates

from just scratching.

It was so incredibly itchy.

And what I didn't realize
is that they were going

to leave pockmarks in my
hands, which then, in turn,

became scars, which at
this point are gone.

I don't have scars from
the fire ants anymore,

but wow, guys, it was
quite the aftermath.

And this was in the summer,
so you were wearing long-sleeved

shirts for weeks after this.

I remember we would
go to the store

and you'd go to
pay for something,

and you would roll
your sleeve up all

over the tips of your fingers.

You're like, here you go.

And it was super weird.
Remember?

It was like, why
are you doing this?

And you would show people why.

Well, occasionally,
somebody at like the grocery

store I go to buy
a carton of milk

and I'd give them my debit card,
and they're like, oh, what is--

what's on your hand?

And I'm like, hold on.

Let me explain, and
then I'll be like blah,

blah, blah, blah, blah.

I do these biting sting
things on YouTube,

and some people will be, oh,
my gosh, you're that guy.

I mean, this was real
early before we even

had a million subscribers
on the channel,

but they would be like, oh,
I guess that makes sense.

Ooh.

Like still, people
think it's contagious.

It's not contagious if
you're stung by fire ants.

You can't rub it on your
friend and be like, ha, ha.

Now, you're going
to have pustulates.

It doesn't work like that, but
they are very embarrassing.

Yeah.

The pustulates were not the only
gross thing about this video.

You had another
trick up your sleeve,

or I should say,
in your backpack--

That's right.

- which was--

Do you know the simplest
remedy for neutralizing

ants stings in the field?

If not, make sure
to click Watch Next.

That's, just in case
anybody is wondering,

a bottle of Coyote's urine.

Yeah, but that's my
own pee, so it's OK.

It's OK if it's your own pee.

- No, it's not.
- Why not?

Gross.

Guys, that is gross, OK?

Well, there is some
science to this, is there

not, wildlife biologist?

As gross as it
seems, and it is gross,

there is some science to it.

Urine and vinegar,
for example, help

neutralize venom in stings.

Vinegar.

Why did you not bring vinegar?

There's nothing
entertaining about vinegar.

People want to see pee
being dumped on your hands.

Is that what you
guys want to see?

I figured it would work, and
this episode, the aftermath

became extremely successful.

I mean, you had that great
thumbnail that said 100% pee,

and gazillions of
people clicked on it.

Yeah, but are you
encouraging people to do that?

Well, in a worst
case scenario,

if you stumble upon a fire
mound and you get stung,

the best thing to
do is pee on it.

And in honesty, it did
neutralize a lot of the pain

right from the start.

Now, here's the back
story on the pee.

I did read about this,
and that morning,

I drank a bunch of orange juice
right, so it's highly acidic.

And it would also
make my pee a really

nice, perfect pee yellow color.

So it was hot pee
going into the bottle,

then I put it in my
backpack and walked

around the Everglades all day
so it heated up even more.

So it's hot pee going
in, hot pee coming out.

And trust me, you could
smell it, couldn't you, Mark?

Oh, yeah.

You know, in all actuality,
I thought you were

pulling our legs on this one.

I thought you had filled up a
water bottle with a little bit

of food coloring.

You're like, oh, guys, I'm
going to pour pee on my arms.

So I made you open it, and I
could smell it immediately.

I thought it was apple juice,
and I was about to drink it.

That sounds like a
you problem, buddy.

But let's put it
this way, for me,

it was a godsend because
it immediately neutralized

all of the burning in my hands,
but did it stop the pustulates?

Not so much.

So basically, I got
two hands full of pee

and no real ultimate payoff.

And you got to ride back
in the trunk of the truck.

Right.

Yeah, he was not allowed
to ride up front with us.

So I've been counting, and
I believe there are three

main takeaways from this video.

Number one, apparently,
pee can neutralize

the sting of fire ants.

Gross.

Number two, look out for those
sand mounds in Florida, guys.

Those aren't sands,
those are fire ants.

And number three,
Coyote Peterson

is not immune to insect venom.

Right?

Are you willing
to admit that now?

I still get pustulates from
fire ant stings as will you.

And can I add a number four?

Sure.

I told you so.

Oh.

In all fairness, he's right.

Anyone that's stung by fire
ants will get pustulates,

but what this little
science experiment did

was educate a lot of people,
in fact, millions of people

about what to look
for in the environment

when it comes to
avoiding fire ants,

and of course, if you're
stung, what to do to help

prevent some of that pain.

What it also did for us was
begin to tee up the next rungs

of the insect sting pain index.

Now, believe it or not, the fire
ant, for as small and mighty as

it is, only ranks at
about a 2 on the scale.

So that means we had a
long way to go before we

ultimately hit the bullet ant.

But the Coyote Pack
was cheering us on,

and they said, well, Coyote,
how about the cow killer?

And sure enough, that's
kind of what came up next.

But we won't talk about
that in this episode.

Instead, we'll just
encourage you guys

not to pee on each other, OK?

It's probably a good
after-school message or

something like that, isn't it?

Sure.

Unless, of course, you're
stung by fire ants, right?

Maybe?

What if you
didn't have to pee,

would you have aloud
Mark to pee on you?

Let's just wrap this up.

That's what I'm saying.

Let's go to the
outro at this point.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

I'm Mark Vins.

I'm Mario Aldecoa.

Be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see you on that's
base camp adventure.

When I was a kid,

nothing was more
terrifying than a scorpion.

Armed with menacing pinchers,
capable of skittering up walls,

and topped off with
a venomous stinger,

these eight-legged
arachnids were textbook

examples of a living nightmare.

I've seen things
you wouldn't believe.

As an
adult, I forced myself

to face the fear of scorpions
by being intentionally

stung by one in 2014.

Then in 2017, for
some crazy reason,

I decided to do it again
with two scorpions.

Wowsa!

Why in the world would anyone
want to be stung by scorpions?

The only justifiable answer
is that I love to entertain

and educate the Coyote Pack.

Man, my finger is burning.
You OK?

Yeah.

Tonight we are back in
Arizona, the scorpion capital

of the Southwest,
and I am carefully

rummaging around in the
debris that surrounds

an abandoned gold mine.

This is the perfect
setting to find

a variety of
invertebrate nightmares,

but when it comes to
finding scorpions,

nothing is more helpful
than the right flashlight.

So a normal flashlight is
perfect for seeing things

like Gila monsters,
snakes, and tarantulas,

but when it comes to
finding scorpions,

the best tool that you
can use is a black light.

That coloration will cause
these arachnids to luminesce.

And all of this wood, is the
perfect spot for us to search

for that creepy crawly.

Flipping over all
these old crates

is going to be
quite the challenge.

Let's see what we could find.

Aside from using the right
light, the only thing you need

is a little patience, and
then before you know it,

a scorpion will
magically appear.

Oh, right there.

Look at that.

Giant desert hairy scorpion
right on the edge of that pipe.

See how they glow?

Luminescent.

That is perfect.

You just turn a
corner like that,

and probably the last thing
most people want to see

is a giant desert
hairy scorpion,

but that is exactly what
we were looking for.

Hunker down in ambush mode.

Oh, now it's on the move.

This is not a species that
has a super toxic sting.

It's about equivalent
to a honeybee,

and I can't pick this
up of my fingers,

but I want to get it right
where the telson meets

that first knuckle of the tail.

It is a delicate
little balance, and--

you stop right there,
and I don't want

to get stuck in the process.

Let's see.

Stay.

Stay.

Oh, he's getting
into strike mode.

This is so nerve wracking to
pick up one of these arachnids,

even though I know that it's
not a super potent sting.

I'm going to actually just use
these little pieces of plant

to pin it down slightly.

Keep that like that.

And sometimes you
just have to commit.

Got it.

Ah!

So the pinchers won't
do you much harm.

It's really just that stinger
that you have to watch out for.

But it's such a cool thing
the way that they luminesce.

Check that out.

Just glowing bright
yellowish green.

And that's why I say using
this light to identify

these scorpions is so obvious.

The second you see a
scorpion glowing like that,

you know exactly what it is.

But when it's just out there
on the ground like this,

it's completely camouflaged.

And with a normal
flashlight, you

would barely even
be able to tell

that that creature was there.

So cool.

The body is actually
very, very rigid.

You may think that the
scorpion is squishy,

but this exoskeleton
is very, very hard.

So by holding it at this
spot right here, where

the tail meets the
telson, the telson

is where all the venom
is kept that then

runs into the stinger.

It is causing this animal
no discomfort in any way

whatsoever.

In fact, you'd have
to really stomp down

on something like
this with a boot

to even stand a
chance of crushing it.

Very, very durable animal.

These scorpions are feasting
on a variety of small insects,

other arachnids.

They have these front
pincers which they used

to grab onto their
prey, and then they

will swing that stinger
forward and inflict

a sting, inject that
venom, and that's

how they neutralize their prey.

And they do get
bigger than this,

and a larger giant
desert hairy will even

take things like small rodents.

Now, there are three very
distinct scorpion species that

are here in the Southwest--
the giant desert hairy, which

is the largest; the
stripe-tailed scorpion,

which is rather small; and
then the bark scorpion.

The bark scorpion
is the most potent,

and a sting from that scorpion
will, without question,

put you in the hospital.

On a scale of 1
to 5 when it comes

to potency of this potentially
dangerous desert dweller,

I would only rank the
giant desert hairy as a 2.

While it is a painful
sting, it is not something

that's going to kill you.

The bark scorpion, on the
other hand, would rank as a 5.

It is one of the most
painful and most dangerous

stings that's out
here in the Southwest.

What a cool creature.

All right, let's
set the scorpion

back down into the sand.

Let's light it up and let it go.

Here we go.

Ready?

1, 2, 3.

There you go, buddy.

For the most part,
these arachnids

want to be left
alone, and unless you

try to interact with them, it's
unlikely that you will ever

feel the wrath of their sting.