- What's going on Coyote Pack?
We're on location in Arizona visiting one of
my favorite places in the southwest,
The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.
And today we're getting up close with stingrays.
Now, I know what you're all thinking.
This is going to be awesome.
Oh, it's suctioning my arm!
- [Woman] He's taking the food.
- [Coyote] Today, the crew and I
are at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.
In the past, we have filmed some great episodes
of Breaking Trail at this location
that have featured their incredible exhibits,
like the hummingbirds and the mountain lion.
However, today is different because we are being given
the opportunity to be the first animal series
to film at their newest exhibit, Stingray Touch.
I will be working alongside Kat Rumbley,
and together, we are going to feed the stingrays.
(laughing)
Camera crew in.
I'll get you though that Jurassic Park gate there, cool.
- Hey guys. - Hey, you must be Kat.
- I am, nice to meet you.
- I'm Coyote, nice to meet you.
Thanks for having us today.
- Of course, welcome to Stingray Touch.
- She's got breakfast ready for, whoa.
Not me, right?
- Uh, yeah.
- For really, I can eat one of these?
- Let's just hold out.
- Okay, see I get so excited as soon
as I see something I can potentially eat.
- Yeah. - Wow, this is it!
This is the exhibit.
- [Kat] This is the exhibit.
- [Coyote] This is really, really cool.
- Yep. - Holy cow.
- [Kat] We're pretty excited about it.
- [Coyote] Before I came here I did a little research,
and I read that this is all from
the same litter of rays, correct?
- [Kat] Correct.
- [Coyote] These are brothers and sisters in here.
- [Kat] Yep.
- [Coyote] And a baby ray is called a pup?
- [Kat] Yeah.
- [Coyote] That's pretty cool.
So just like sharks, baby sharks are called pups,
and as we know, sharks and rays are very closely related.
- [Kat] Right.
- And you can almost see that.
It looks like modified shark without the dorsal fin,
and if you were to take a shark and just have it
with pectoral fins and a very long, skinny tail
you can almost see the shark in their eyes.
The skin is very smooth if you run your hand
in one direction, and that helps their movement
through the water, but if you go backwards,
it feels just like sandpaper, just like a shark.
- [Kat] Yeah, exactly.
- Kat, show us, what is the proper method for feeding these?
You don't just throw the fish in, right?
- No, so you're gonna hold it
kinda like an ice cream cone.
Hold on to it. - Yeah.
- [Kat] But you hold onto it as well.
- [Coyote] Okay.
- [Kat] And they're just gonna take it.
- [Coyote] So give a little bit of resistance?
- [Kat] Yeah.
- [Coyote] Okay.
Oh, look at that, they're giving high fives.
- [Camera Man] I think they're demanding their food.
- They're giving high fives.
- [Camera Man] They're pounding the table now.
- [Coyote] Look at that.
Look at your little face. - They are super hungry.
- [Coyote] Look at your little face.
Awww, I wanna get this camera.
Look at your little face.
- [Kat] Hi.
- [Coyote] They are cute.
They do, they look like little puppy dogs.
- They do.
Are you ready for this?
Are you ready for this moment?
- I do, I feel a little bit nervous, I'm not going to lie.
- I feel like your heart is racing right now.
- My heart is.
I can feel, I get nervous any time I do one of these things.
Like, I know that they're mouths are modified without teeth
and they just have these flat plates that suction their
food in, but even still, this is going to be interesting.
- What is gonna happen?
- Oh look at that, coming up and high fiving me.
- Are you ready?
- I'm ready.
Okay, so we just slowly put our hand down into the water?
- [Kat] Yeah.
- [Coyote] And, oh, the water's nice and warm.
- [Kat] It is super warm, and it's saltwater.
Oh God.
- [Coyote] Oh boy, oh boy.
- [Kat] I'm actually kind of nervous.
- You're nervous, you've done this before, haven't you?
- [Kat] Uh, yeah.
- [Coyote] I would assume you wouldn't be nervous.
- [Kat] Right
- Oh, here comes one! - Oh God.
- [Coyote] Oh, it suctioned my arm!
- [Kat] He's taking the food.
- [Coyote] Whoa!
- Did he take it? - Did you see that?
Yes, he definitely took.
Oh, I just got a mouthful of ray water.
- [Kat] Oh God, oh God.
- [Coyote] Here we go, here we go.
Mark, you see that?
- [Mark] Oh yeah.
- [Coyote] Oh wow, this little glutton. .
He's trying to get two at the same time.
- [Kat] Hey, oh it's a big one.
- Oh, that's a big one. - That's a big boy.
It's a big one.
Whoa, they're so fast.
It's amazing how they can turn so quickly.
- [Kat] It's perfect.
- [Coyote] Whoa.
- [Kat] Take it.
(laughing) - Oh, slapped in the face.
- [Kat] Well, there's that.
- Literally, a mouthful of salty, ray water.
- How's it feel? - Right in my eye.
- Is it good? - I got soaked on that one.
- Yeah, you did.
- That was awesome!
- It was pretty cool.
- [Coyote] Wow, Kat, this exhibit is so cool.
Anyone that visits the desert museum can come in here
and get the chance to get up close with these rays.
- [Kat] Yep.
- [Coyote] That is so awesome, and this is
the newest exhibit you guys have here.
- [Kat] This is, yeah, we just opened a couple weeks ago.
- Well, thank you so much for having me and the crew
out here today on location to get up close
with these amazing animals.
- Thanks for coming.
- Oh, you bet, high fives!
- Woo!
- I'm Coyote Peterson.
Be brave, stay wild.
We'll see you on the next location.
Mark, you gotta take a shot at this.
If you enjoyed this on location episode,
make sure to go back and watch
as the crew and I kissed a moose in Alaska.
And don't forget, subscribe to the Brave Wilderness
channel so you can join me and the crew
on our next big adventure.
Mark, you've got your smelt?
- Ooh yeah, that's ripe.
- [Coyote] Ripe, Chance?
- Yeah.
- [Coyote] Alright, you guys are officially
about to feed the rays.
Here we go, you ready?
- Yeah, let's do it.
- [Coyote] Oh, almost Mark.
What's that feel like?
- It feels like rubber that's with choppers.
(laughing)
That's awesome.
(laughing)