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What do you got?

OK.

Well, the homeowners, they don't want to be filmed.

So they're just going to stay inside and probably

watch us from the windows.

OK.

But they said, have at it.

They said the snake was somewhere over here.

So, that's all we got going for us.

But they're more than happy to have us here searching.

So, let's go look.

OK, great.

OK.

So what I say we do is split up.

Which direction you want to go?

- I want to go that way first. - OK.

I'll go that way.

If you see something, call it out.

We'll all converge together.

With any luck, we're going to catch and relocate a snake.

All right. Let's get a snake.

Here we go.

So my reasoning for going in this direction

is because this is a star apple tree.

Check that out.

Very fragrant fruit.

All this fruit needs to be eaten by something.

So what happens is rodents and other species

will come to eat the fallen fruit,

and maybe there might be snakes and ambush waiting for them.

Believe it or not, sometimes looking up underneath vehicles

is a great place to look because they provide shade and shelter,

especially if a car hasn't moved in quite some time.

Let me do this.

If there's a big snake, I'd easily

be able to see if it was hiding up underneath the vehicle

like this.

Most snakes are nocturnal.

So, now that it's daytime, the snake is likely going

to be hunkered down somewhere.

So, the next step is to find things to flip.

Debris, tin, wood, anything that a snake can hide underneath.

And hopefully, there is something underneath.

Oh, man.

Look at this.

I thought this was snake skin.

Snakes are potentially arboreal out here.

We have tree boas out here.

We have lots of different parrot snakes, vine snakes.

So, it is always a good idea to look up in the rafters

to see if there's anything.

Oh.

Look at this.

That right there could be a possible entry

point likely for rodents, also accessible for snakes.

Whoa.

There's actually some water.

And if I was a snake hiding during the day, this would--

oh, I just heard something.

There's all kinds of tadpoles.

Water down in here.

Oh, what would have been amazing is

if I walked into this abandoned swimming pool

and just found a snake curled right up in the water.

I was thinking that that might be it.

This looks pretty good.

We got a, I don't know, chicken coop or--

actually, it's a thing full of wood.

Lots of spaces for snakes to hide in.

Boa.

Holy smokes.

I did not even see it there.

Holy smokes.

Coyote! Yeah?

We got a snake.

You got a snake?

And Mario just called he's got a snake.

Oh, my gosh.

Is it big?

Holy cow.

That is a big snake.

Oh, my gosh.

It is a boa constrictor.

Dude, I came around here.

I didn't even see that snake was right there.

Oh, my gosh.

OK.

We found the snake.

It's big.

They weren't kidding.

I'm going to cut this camera.

Let's regroup ourselves. That's a big snake.

Dude.

Big snake.

Oh, my gosh.

That is a huge boa constrictor.

OK.

So this is it, the moment we're going to engage with the snake

and try to safely get it out of this box of logs.

No idea how it's going to behave.

Oh.

Oh, that's a hiss.

Oh, and there we go.

Whoa!

Now, the snake's in a position where there's no way

I can make a reach for it.

You can see it's completely in a defensive strike position.

And getting my hand any closer than this could mean

getting my fingers entrapped.

And look at all these incredibly huge razor-sharp teeth.

That is intimidating.

Oh.

Yup, OK.

Start backing up.

Good, good, good, good, good.

Perfect, perfect, perfect.

Perfect.

Try to get a hold of that tail.

Whoa!

That was close. OK.

Cool.

Snake is out

Yup, just bring him out.

Bring him out.

Bring him out.

That's good.

Don't let it go back in.

There you go.

There you go.

There you go.

Here we go.

There you go.

That's big.

Unbelievable.

That snake is all of 5, maybe 6 feet in length.

Look at the nub tail.

Wow.

Check this out.

If I come on this side of the snake,

you can really get an idea for just how big it is.

Now, boas are non-venomous species,

so I don't have to worry about taking a bite

and being envenomated.

But these snakes have a mouth full of teeth.

They're actually like little razor blades turn backwards.

And on the top of the skull, they

have multiple rows of teeth.

So when they grab onto their prey, it locks in place.

And the skull is capable of expanding,

and these snakes can swallow down prey that are many times

larger than their own bodies.

And this is what you would consider

a full-grown female boa.

And that aggressive hissing is basically just saying,

I'm a big snake.

I'm intimidating.

You don't want to get any closer.

Got it. OK.

There we go.

- Spread the coils like that. - Yeah.

You keep her as straight as possible.

- Yeah. - OK.

Now it's important to keep the snake stretched out.

Otherwise, it's going to completely constrict around me.

OK, I got you.

I got you.

Snake is extremely strong and I'm being

as gentle as I possibly can.

OK, I'm going to actually--

if I shift my hand back just a tiny bit there-- oh, wow.

She's got ticks all over her.

That's a lot of ticks.

I'm going to use my multi-tool to pull them off.

She's got a big one right on the side of her head here.

This isn't going to hurt at all.

Oh, look at that.

Completely full of blood.

That parasite is a really unhealthy thing

for a snake like this.

Right now, we're kind of just

doing a little bit of a service by hopefully

getting rid of some ticks.

But otherwise, she would be fine with these as is.

As you can see, the coils around my leg, the snake

has to feel comfortable.

Once you engage the head, the snake

has to be in defensive mode.

That's when the snake is going to be at its most aggressive.

I do have to be aware of where those teeth

are at at all points in time.

The less pressure I put on her, the less constrained she feels.

I mean, look at this.

Yeah, you're getting constricted.

We want to keep those coils spread

out as much as we possibly can.

Here's another tick.

I'm full of ticks right now.

I've gotten all the ticks off the top third of the snake.

She looks pretty good.

You want to stretch her out a little bit,

so that we can see the full length?

There we go.

That's pretty cool.

That is a beautiful snake.

Gorgeous.

Well, the good news for this boa

is that because we were able to find it and safely catch it,

we're now going to be able to relocate

it to a much wilder area.

All this human habitation, while it

may provide good opportunities for this snake to get a meal,

it actually puts it in the way of danger.

I'm actually really thankful that these property owners said,

hey, do you guys want to come safely remove the snake?

Because killing an animal like this is actually really

detrimental to the environment.

These snakes do an incredible amount

of good by helping to balance the pest populations.

Well, I'd say this was a success.

We found the snake, and now we're

going to be able to safely relocate

it back out into the wild.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

I'm Mario Aldecoa.

Be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.

All right, let's get her into a bag.

Back off into the wild.

Yeah.

You got one?

All right, guys, this is it.

Yes, they're calling it from ahead.

We've got a green tree viper.

It's taken us 12 hours to get here, but let's rewind the clock

and see what it took to find this snake.

Let's go.

I hate the morning.

I have an artificial sun.

It is 3:40 AM.

Right now, I'm about to leave to go pick up Mario.

We're going to head to the airport.

It is very-- it is very hard vlogging when you're half asleep

and you've only had four hours of sleep.

Today, Trent, Coyote, and I are

heading to Costa Rica in search of a really cool snake--

Bothriechis lateralis, the side-striped palm viper.

So you could kind of call this 24-hour find a viper challenge.

We finally made it to the airport,

and I beat Coyote and Mario.

This is good.

I can slow move.

I can relax.

I am starving.

I could use a bacon and egg and toast.

It's way too early to be awake.

Mario, how stressed are you right now?

Are you stressed?

Every time I get to the airport, I'm stressed.

This is a very unique challenge for us.

Usually, we show up to a location,

get acclimated, game plan, go out and look for things.

But this one is going to be a little bit different.

Where's the stopwatch out right now?

It's in here.

How much time is already allotted?

I forgot to start it when I woke up.

What? - Zero.

Seriously?

I'll start it right as we're getting on the plane.

It's going.

It's official.

You had one job, Coyote.

Our first flight is going to be designated to sleeping.

"Hundreds of flights grounded nationwide after FAA

experiences computer outage."

This was 56 minutes ago, which means we were in the air.

Obviously, we made it.

So, I think we're good.

I think they fixed it.

What'd you get?

Fruit and donut balls.

I'm almost done with mine, so I'm

going to have to get a second.

We're under the 20-hour mark.

We made it.

The big thing that we escaped today

was this big shutdown with the FAA and all their computers.

So tons of domestic flights today got super delayed.

Fortunately, we avoided that crisis.

We're in Costa Rica.

We've arrived at the hotel.

Where's our stopwatch?

And where are we at?

10 hours, 51 minutes and I don't think we have eaten

in close to at least 9.5 hours.

I'm so hungry right now.

Yeah, I'm fading very quickly.

Oh, man, it feels good just to like finally get to the hotel.

Like, we've accomplished something.

We got to unload gear.

Trash into treasure making things anew

This is the part you don't see in videos,

is when we're absolutely exhausted, tired, hungry.

There's a dog.

And this is the unique part about this episode.

We wanted to show that.

Well, that's fun.

OK.

This is the spot to eat.

OK.

We are 12 hours and seven minutes in.

The good news is we're at the halfway spot

and we're currently fueling up on food.

It was OK.

It was-- I think it was a bit of a miss.

We didn't do much research because we were just desperate.

When you're desperate and you're hungry, you go for it.

OK.

The sun is down.

It has officially been 14 hours at this point

since we left on our excursion.

Yeah, this is it.

This is the moment we've been waiting for.

You know, we were in Columbus several hours ago.

Now we're in Costa Rica.

And soon, we might find a snake and then

maybe we'll get some sleep.

OK.

So we've left the vehicles behind.

We are now officially at our undisclosed location.

Gustavo, what can we expect tonight?

This is the moment we've been waiting for, right?

Since I woke up this morning, I was just waiting for this moment

to be with Gustavo and Naomi looking for these snakes.

So we're officially at 14 hours and 49 minutes.

We have less than 10 hours left to find this green viper.

Let's see what happens.

Pretty good incline here.

And technically, we're going to be working our way up

into a cloud forest which has slightly cooler temperatures

and a little bit more humidity.

All right, Gustavo.

So, we're getting to the right elevation

where you said we want to start searching.

But what should we be looking for?

What are the signs?

Oh, so we can be finding babies and juveniles as well?

- Yeah. - Oh.

Another crazy thing, the babies are different color.

No green.

Oh, what color are the babies?

Like brown.

Oh, so they might almost look a little

bit like a fer-de-lance? - Yeah.

OK. I did not know that.

Searching up, searching down.

Start looking.

You got a juvenile?

All the way up there? Oh, I see it.

I see it way up there.

Yeah. Wow.

Good spotting.

It is up there.

How did you spot that?

Oh.

Practice.

It's practice, man.

Gustavo, do you think you can get that snake?

Yeah.

Oh.

OK.

OK.

Flip on the other side there.

Oh, he's got it.

He's got it!

OK, OK, OK.

He's got it!

Look at that guy.

Coming in. Oh.

Got it.

Got it.

Wow.

I did not think that was possible.

Look at that thing.

It's gorgeous.

There it is, our first green viper of the night.

I got to check the time.

15 hours and 10 minutes!

OK.

We did it!

I mean, it's a juvenile, but it still counts.

Look at that.

Mario, tell us, how are you feeling right now?

I don't even care that I've been up for 15 hours.

That doesn't matter.

My energy is back in full force.

Look at this thing.

It's gorgeous.

Do you guys have enough light?

You want me to pop a little bit of light on it, Trent?

No, it's all good.

Why don't we set him up on a little branch?

OK.

We'll get some tight shots, some B-roll of it.

Perfect. - Good.

Boom.

Boom, boom, boom.

Got it.

Naomi.

Boom.

Good one.

Finding a juvenile first is actually really exciting.

It's very beautiful.

We're going to get our shots and keep searching for an adult.

15 hours, but we found the snake.

The challenge is complete!

Now we just have to see how many we can get.

This is the ever important part of the episode

that we call getting B-roll.

And you never know if you're going to find another snake

or not.

So, this might be the only one we find for the episode.

While we're very excited to have found it,

got to take the opportunity with the animal

when you actually have it in hand.

Because we could say, OK, look, it's a juvenile.

Maybe we'll find a bigger one.

We should keep moving.

Got to get the shots where you can get them.

Trust me, we have learned that lesson in the past

that you see one and you're thinking, OK, well,

there's got to be more out there.

This could be the only one and we traveled all this way to find

the snake within 24 hours.

So, we're going to get all the shots we need,

all the photography.

All right.

Now I'm just kind of in the background narrating to myself,

narrating to you.

One thing worth noting about this environment

is that while it may be perfect for these snakes,

the snakes are incredibly well camouflaged because these are

all just a bunch of vine tangles,

and most of the vine tangles are green.

Look at this.

Green vine tangles everywhere you look.

And somewhere hidden in there is going

to be this bright-green snake.

Got him.

You say there's another one?

Found one.

High up?

Oh, I see-- yeah.

Much bigger than last one.

OK. I got the shot.

Got the in situ.

In situ? OK.

OK.

Coyote, do you want to go?

Yeah, I'll give it a shot.

I'll trade you a snake hook for GoPro.

OK.

And just keep the light on and let's see what happens.

Now, Coyote, remember, when you're

grabbing a snake from above--

Yeah.

What's the one thing you think you should be aware of?

Probably not let it drop on top of me.

Exactly.

I'm going to see if I can do exactly

what Gustavo did, get it to actually

wrap around the snake pull.

Got him.

There we go.

Beautiful.

Look at that viper.

All right, I'm going to very slowly come back out.

Got him in great position there.

This one's at least twice the size of the juvenile

we caught earlier.

Would you consider this an adult?

OK.

So we're like the in between juvenile and adult phase.

Let's find a good spot to set it up to get our next series

of B-roll shots.

Second viper coming in at 16 hours and 30 minutes.