- So what you wanna do is make friends with her,
it's very important.
- [Coyote] Who is her?
- Her, she's Karen the moose, she's an orphan.
- [Mario] Moose?
- Moose, yeah, she's an orphan whose mother was killed
along the Haines Highway, and, uh, the state called me
and said do you wanna take her, she's got a four-acre swamp,
she came up here, I can hear her over there.
So I've got these carrots and I'm gonna open a door
and then you just offer her a carrot,
and stuff it in her mouth, and then you should kiss her
on the nose, this is very important.
If she's not kissed she'll feel like you don't like her,
that she's not attractive, et cetera.
- You're asking me to kiss a moose?
- Yes.
- [Andrew] Is it a baby moose?
- No, she's not a baby moose.
- This is a moose moose, like.
- Well, she's four years old, see.
- Oh, that's not a baby moose.
- She's still growing.
- Okay, well, let's go kiss a moose.
- Let's take a look.
Well, maybe, I don't know.
You gotta follow me because she'll
think something's wrong, okay?
(bleating)
There she is.
(drumbeats)
- [Coyote] While on location in Alaska,
we had the wonderful pleasure
of spending several days working at Steve Kroschel's
wildlife sanctuary, where we got up close with
many different species, including mink, red fox,
and of course the highly anticipated wolverine.
Steve has the incredible talent of being able to
speak with animals, and for several days,
he mentored me as I prepared to work with him.
However, there's no preparation in the world
for kissing a 400-pound moose.
And before we knew it, the crew and I
were face to face with Karen.
- I'm gonna give you this carrot, I split them up here
'cause I got a few, and I'm gonna open this door,
and just stand right here and then hope that she'll take it.
Shove it in the mouth, shove it in the mouth,
shove it in the mouth! - Just like a horse?
- Come on, kiss her, kiss her, kiss her,
you gotta kiss her on the nose!
All right, try it again.
Kiss.
Now, see, I'm talking to her, now it's not exactly a juicer,
you gotta go a little bit slower.
Here, try one this way, she likes it in the teeth.
Don't let her pull your teeth out though.
- Out of my mouth?
- Yeah, she'll pull your teeth out if you got,
when she gets a little busy.
Okay, now that's perfect, do it again.
- That is nose to nose with a moose.
- Get in there, get in there,
her neck is only so long.
- Oh, I got moose slobber all over my lip.
- That's all right, it's all organic.
- You guys gotta try this.
Can the crew try this?
- I dunno, but you gotta get closer.
One more.
(groaning)
- I got moose slobber all over my face.
You guys wanna know what moose slobber tastes like?
It's salty.
I've never kissed any animal this many times in a row,
that's for sure, right?
- Oh, man, that's a faceplant.
- All right.
I think Mario, you're up, dude.
- Me?
- [Coyote] Yeah, man, you're first.
- Go for it.
- All right, I'll do it.
- [Coyote] Now, here, you give me the camera, let's switch.
I'll take Mario's, musical cameras, here we go.
- So what do I do?
- Get ready, here, put it in your mouth,
but don't let her pull your teeth out.
- Okay.
- If she starts tugging on it, let go.
- Do it again, do it again, do it again.
- Okay.
- She loves it, look at her eyes, she's so happy.
Jaws, come on, Jaws.
- All right, all right, here we go.
You ready?
- Don't let her pull your teeth out, let go.
Perfect.
You are as tall as a moose.
There you go.
One more, one more.
- All right, all right, all right, Mark,
it's your turn, come on, put down the camera.
Give the camera to Mario.
- I'm the camera guy. - Nope, let's do it.
Steve, he can do it, right?
- Well, sure.
- [Mark] Oh, Steve, you're supposed to say we're done.
- We got a couple of carrots.
We're done, we are.
- She's got good breath, she's got good breath, don't worry.
- All right, all right.
All right, we can do one more.
- Sure, go ahead, get ready.
- So what do I do?
- Put it in your mouth and hold onto it,
and let her pull it out of your mouth,
but don't let her take your teeth.
- All right, all right.
- People with dentures sometimes loose them here.
Here we go.
Hold on, hold on, uh-oh.
- [Mario] I like that look on you, you look like a snowman.
- That's a lot of carrots, man.
- Ahh, I nuzzled a moose!
- [Steve] All right.
- [Coyote] All right, kissing a moose!
- Yeah, I love kissing a moose.
- Steve] You guys head out, I'll stay on this side,
I'm gonna give her a french, so, she knows the routine here.
Come with me over here.
- [Coyote] Bye, Karen.
- [Andrew] Bye, Karen.
- [Mario] Bye, Karen.
- Wow, um, well, my face is covered in moose slobber
right now and if there was one thing when I got to Alaska
that I didn't think I was going to do,
it was going to be kissing a moose.
Steve, thank you for providing me with
such an incredible experience.
Kissing a moose.
- I've gotta hug you.
- Ohhhh, that was so awesome.
I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave, stay wild,
we'll see you on the next location.
While in Alaska, we did see moose in the wild,
and to be within 100 yards of them was incredible.
However, I have to admit, kissing a moose
was by far the coolest moose encounter
the crew and I could have ever had.
If you enjoyed this On Location, make sure to go back
and watch as the crew and I got up close
with a pair of juvenile moose in the wild.
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