- [Mark] Hey Coyote?
- [Coyote] Yeah.
- [Mark] Come here.
Tell me what this fruit smells like.
- [Mario] Sweet, what are those?
- [Mark] Smell that fruit.
- Jennifer, what is this?
- [Jennifer] It's called noni.
- Noni?
- [Mark] Smell that.
(retching)
(laughter)
- Oh gosh, what is that?
- [Mark] You can eat it.
- [Jennifer] It's noni and it's very healthy.
- [Mark] It's good for you.
- People eat that? No.
- [Mark] It's good for you.
- That is not good for you.
- I think Coyote needs to eat a noni fruit.
- No, I'm not eating that. - What do you think, Mario.
- [Mario] Yeah.
- Mario, do you think so?
- As long as it's not me, sure.
- [Mark] Coyote.
- No, I'm not eating that.
- Alright, I'm gonna pick one for you, ready?
- [Coyote] I'm not eating it.
- [Jennifer] I challenge you to eat one.
- [Mark] Come on, swallow it, swallow it, swallow it.
(retching)
- [Jennifer] Oh my god.
(upbeat jungle music)
- [Mark] What's wrong, Coyote?
- I don't want to eat this fruit,
I don't want to eat this fruit.
Like, you guys have no idea how bad it smells.
And the minute I smelled it I gagged,
and then Jennifer said, "You can eat it."
I'm like, maybe you could, but I don't want to.
And then she kinda went off on this tangent
about how it's healthy and she's gonna eat it,
and if she's gonna eat it, I've gotta eat it.
Now here we are, a few minutes away from eating
a puke fruit or whatever it's called.
(suspenseful music)
You're already sitting here, this is ridiculous.
This is the most absurd thing I've ever done on location.
Right now we are at Kids Saving the Rainforest,
here in Costa Rica talking about conservation
and education and we're out there in the field
and Mark says, "Hey, come smell this fruit."
Now, often times I think, oh it's a fruit,
it may not be the prettiest fruit,
but it probably smells pretty good, it's fruit, right?
People eat fruit.
I yell out to you, "Oh Jennifer, can you eat these things?"
I take a whiff of it and it is rancid.
And what is it called?
- [Jennifer] Noni.
- [Coyote] Noni.
- [Mark] So Jennifer, tell us about this fruit.
What's to know about the noni fruit?
- The reason we want to eat this
is it's very healthy for you.
- Nobody wants to eat this.
- Look in any heath food store and you will see noni drink,
and we're getting the natural that we
just picked off the tree and it's very good for everything,
diabetes, heart, you name it.
So we're gonna get you nice and healthy today.
- [Mark] Yeah, it's good for you, man.
- Is there anything healthy about throwing up?
Because that, honestly guys, that is what's gonna happen.
I have a squeamish stomach.
I can take bullet ant stings, snapping turtle bites,
not a problem, but when it comes to like, (retching)
nauseous things, I gagged when I smelled it.
Here I'm gonna pick up a piece and show it to the camera.
Oh, it's squishy, oh it's falling apart in my fingers.
It's kind of like a giant grub, look at that.
Why does it look like a grub when it's a fruit?
Nothing about this says, "Eat me, I'm healthy."
Who is the first person that would've ever thought
to put something this stinky in their mouths?
Just.
- [Mark] You gonna smell that?
What's it smell like?
Can you describe the smell?
- It's like milk has been sitting in the sun
for several days, you poured that milk into
a rubber boot, you stepped in dog poop,
put your foot into the boot with the rancid milk,
and then you walked around in the jungle for an hour,
you poured that out into some sort of a balloon,
and then you said, eat it.
Imagine that.
And this is healthy.
- Mm-hmm.
- That sounds completely made up.
You're just squishing it up with your fingers.
What is the matter with you?
That is so, oh my gosh, I'm getting a waft of it.
Oh, you've eaten this before?
- I'm just checking for worms.
- Worms? Ugh.
(laughter)
Alright, so how do we do this?
Do I just bite into this like it's a puke potato
or whatever?
Like, I'm gonna throw up.
- [Mark] You named it, what'd you call it?
Puke fruit?
- It's a puke fruit.
You call it a noni?
I call it a puke fruit.
Or a puke potato, you choose.
Either way, you guys are about
to see my lunch come back up into a bucket.
- [Mark] So where's the bucket at?
- It's right here.
- [Mark] So you're not kidding.
You think you're really going to--
- If I can even manage to get it in my mouth
and chew it for a couple of seconds,
I will be very proud of myself.
(laugher)
This is, easier to get stung by a bullet ant,
I'm not even kiddin'.
Alright.
Alright, just for good measure,
cause I know you guys all wanna hear it,
I'm Coyote Peterson, and I'm about to enter
the puke zone with the puke fruit.
I can't believe this, alright, my heart's racing.
One,
two,
three.
- [Mark] You gotta swallow it.
You gotta swallow it.
Nope, fight it, fight it.
(retching)
(laughter)
(retching)
- I got too much.
- [Mark] No, you gotta get one down.
(laughter)
You have to swallow at least one bite.
- I can't do it!
- [Mark] You gotta swallow it, at least one bite.
- [Mario] You're doin' good.
(retching)
(laughter)
- [Mark] Okay, nope.
You got this, you've got this.
You gotta swallow it, at least a little bite, a mini bite.
A mini bite.
That's not a mini bite, come on.
Come on, swallow it, swallow it, swallow it.
(retching)
(laughter)
Jennifer, how's yours?
- Just as bad as his, I hate to say.
I thought I could win,
and I don't think I'm winning.
- [Mark] No, you're winning.
You're actually eating yours.
- Mm-hmm.
And swallowing it.
(retching)
Oh my god.
Wow.
(retching)
- [Mario] That's the real stuff.
(laughter)
Oh my god, that's the real stuff.
- [Mark] You all right buddy?
Do you feel healthy?
- I told you this was gonna happen.
- [Mark] Do you feel healthy?
(laughter)
- I think all the fried foods have come out.
(retching)
(laugher)
Well guys, I think it's safe to say that
I have failed the puke fruit challenge.
(retching)
- Oh my god.
- Did you even eat any of it?
- [Mark] Oh yeah, she's halfway through hers.
- Wanna see a real man?
- [Mark] Oh my goodness, let's see it.
(cheering and applause)
Alright, all's fair, all's fair, I'm gonna try some.
- Are you really?
- [Man] No way!
- [Mark] Give me some.
- Be careful, I mean, he's serious.
- There's no worms in this, right?
- [Jennifer] No, no, no, there's not.
- Here, somebody hold this.
- [Jennifer] Someone needs to hold the camera.
And there's the puke bowl for you, Mark.
- It's really bad.
- [Coyote] Swallow it, swallow it, swallow it.
(laughter)
- Oh my goodness, it's like bad cheese.
- [Jennifer] Yeah, worse than that.
- [Mark] All right, Coyote, that was awful, I'll agree, bad.
- I'm thinkin' it's safe to say that the puke fruit--
- [Mark] Oh, oh, oh, oh.
- Definitely lives up to its name.
Jennifer, you won that one.
I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave, stay wild.
We'll see you on the next location.
Oh, that was so gross.
- [Mark] He just put his hand in the puke.
(laughter)
- [Coyote] Eating the puke fruit was pretty disgusting,
but was it as bad a drinking prickly pear juice
from a sweaty sock?
If you missed that one, make sure to go back
and watch our Zombie Juice episode.
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