- I'm Coyote Peterson
and I'm about to enter the contract zone
with Animal Planet,
here we go, ready?
One,
two,
three.
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♪ Fire ♪
♪ A fire on the mountain ♪
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- What's gonna happen to our YouTube channel?
Are we shutting down Brave Wilderness?
- I'm sure that is the biggest fear,
that everybody out there has,
is the Brave Wilderness,
that I have grown to love over the past four years
with all these animals and all of Coyote's bites and stings
gonna just disappear?
Absolutely not.
- Still gotta make Blue Wilderness videos.
- That's right. - Okay.
- And what about Mario's new show?
- I got a show? - You do have a show.
- Yeah. - Oh, nice.
- Yeah, he has a show.
By teaming up with Animal Planet,
we will be able to reach so many more people,
when it comes to creating content,
that is educational, promoting conservation
and just getting people genuinely excited about animals.
This is a global brand, they are in over 360 million homes
worldwide in over 200 countries.
We've done a great job on YouTube
creating short, interactive animal experiences,
what this option will allow us to do
is create even larger narratives,
consider them mini movies in a certain sense.
- Our team will be bigger. - It will be bigger.
- Our team's been growing steadily
since the beginning of the YouTube channel,
but if we sign this, we'll have a whole new team
to assist us in going further, having bigger adventures,
seeing some of those iconic animal species
we've always wanted to see,
this opportunity really represents the chance for us
to do all the big stuff we've always wanted to do.
- So what does that mean, Mario, Mr. Wildlife Biologist,
you know, what are some of these locations,
that we may go after, - Yeah.
- and what are some of the animal species,
- Yeah. - 'cause everybody's thinking
to themselves, well, the guys already filmed lions
and elephants and Tyrannosaurus Rex teeth,
what else is there?
- Yeah, we definitely have showcased
some really amazing species so far on the channel
and we're gonna continue to do so,
especially those really bizarre creepy crawlies,
that you guys love and we love,
but we do have the time now and the team
to tackle stuff like komodo dragons,
- Ooh, Indonesia. - anacondas,
great white sharks, I mean, these are things,
that we as animal lovers dream of encountering
and dream of bringing to you,
so this will give us that opportunity to get that footage.
- There are so many iconic species,
that we feel we could have even more of an opportunity
and multiple platforms between YouTube
and now maybe the television platform
to share the message of education, conservation
and to promote the preservation of these species.
- Sure, the logistics of finding
some of these iconic species is immense,
I mean, the amount of work it takes for us
in pre-production to find the location
and find the experts in the field, I mean, it's grand
and now Animal Planet will actually
bring to the table some of their resources
to help us achieve these goals
- Hm-mm. - of finding these species.
- So we're gonna start producing this right away,
if this is signed today,
basically we'll get to work tomorrow.
- And for us, we look at it as two platforms
to be able to bring animals, adventure,
conservation and education.
- And we will definitely keep you all informed,
we have a new newsfeed on our website, BraveWilderness.com,
so you can stay up to speed on all things
Animal Planet related from the website of course,
we'll be updating everyone on the channel
throughout the whole progress that we make on the series
and you know, there will probably be
some really behind the scene moments
that we get to put on the channel as well,
so certainly everyone will be in the know
every step we take. - Hm-mm.
- There's also, you know, Animal Planet is symbolism
to all of us, we grew up watching Animal Planet
and that influenced us to create the segments
and create our YouTube channel.
- For four years, you guys have been following us
on the Brave Wilderness channel
and I can't tell you how many times I've seen it
pop up on the comment section,
you guys need a show on Animal Planet.
We listened to the audience
and eventually, you know, we said to ourselves, okay,
we've built what we built on YouTube
and we are ready to take the next leap,
the next opportunity,
you think of the people that inspired us
like Steve Irwin, Jeff Corwin, Bear Grylls,
Les Stroud, all of these people
that have been a part of this network before,
that have brought their specific form of education,
conservation, entertainment and adventure to this platform,
we look at ourselves as having this chance,
it's a once in a lifetime opportunity for us
to not only embark upon larger adventures,
but also to bring more animal content to the audience.
- And inviting all of you to come with us on this adventure,
you have changed our lives in so many ways,
I mean, we could probably make a whole video
on how our lives are different today,
than when we began the channel in 2014.
But this also represents a big change
and we wanna make this change with you guys,
it's an experience we should all enjoy
and it's a true triumph to the community,
that we've created here on YouTube.
- Our Coyote Pack is the most important thing,
we only exist because of you guys
and if we sign this contract
and I think you guys know where this is headed,
this is a journey for all of us to embark upon
and we're gonna do everything we possibly can
to make sure that this family, that this pack
continues to grow week after week,
whether it's on YouTube, whether it's on televison,
no matter where we are in the world,
we are together as a team,
not just right here, the three of us,
but all of you out there watching as well.
Mark, are you in?
- I say
we should
do it. - You did it.
Mario, are you ready for the next big adventure?
- I'm confident that we can achieve this.
- Oh man. - It all comes down
to the last signature. - It all comes down to me.
The moment that you guys all clicked on the video for,
Will Coyote Sign the Contract?
I'm gonna sign it, guys,
but again, from the bottom of my heart,
you have to understand that this is coming
from the most genuine place, that the three of us
have created thus far at this point in our lives.
In our careers, to spend four years on YouTube,
to spend many more years on YouTube to come
and now to have this opportunity to bring you guys animals
in a whole new way is gonna be amazing.
Us teaming up with Animal Planet to bring you
the greatest animal adventure series of all time
is about to begin production.
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There it is! - Yeah!
- Is this the hat moment? - Yeah, get your hat on.
- We are officially a part of Team Animal Planet.
- [Mark] Nice!
- Alright, guys. - Pull the strings?
- Yeah, pull those celebration strings, here we go!
- One, two, three! - Animal Planet!
Whoa! - Oh!
- Of course it had to be bullet ants
and centipedes and snakes, woo!
- Why's there so much Silly String?
- I don't know, it's a lot of Silly String.
Woo, alright guys, well,
there is an incredibly exciting adventure ahead
for all of us, the Wilderness Productions team
and of course everybody out there watching
in the Coyote Pack
and I hope you will all stick with us
on the adventure that's to come.
I'm Coyote Peterson,
- I'm Mark Vins. - I'm Mario Aldecoa.
- Be brave!
- Stay wild. - Stay wild.
- We'll see you on the next chapter of this adventure.
- Woo! - Woo!
- Oh man, that was crazy.
- Are these bullet ants? - Yes, they are.
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Don't worry, guys,
some things will never change.
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