- Alright, this is it!
Your first official day as part of the crew.
You guys know Mario, our wildlife biologist,
and our director, Mark Vins.
But today, you have an extra special role.
We're in the rainforest of Costa Rica.
We're heading deep into the wild to search
for creatures. Now we could see ants, snakes,
maybe even some monkeys,
so keep your eyes peeled, and your wits about you.
Are you ready? - I'm ready.
- Are you ready? - I'm ready.
- Are you ready?
I knew you were.
Okay, let the adventure begin.
(leaves crunching)
Is your camera on? You ready?
This is gonna to be awesome.
We just found a tree boa,
and it is going up the side of that tree.
Here, I'm gonna use this stick.
Are you guys ready for this?
- [Mark] Yep.
Alright, come here, let me get this snake.
It's gonna be a delicate little balance, hold on.
- Here we go. Ready, action.
- Alright. Well look at its tail,
coming up right through the leaves here.
And this is gonna be a delicate little balance.
I do not wanna take a bite.
Ooh, let me try to get it 'round this side of the tree.
Come here, buddy.
- Are these snakes bitey?
- [Coyote] Oh they can be.
Hold on, hold on, here we go.
I got it, I got it, I got it.
Alright, watch your cameras! Watch your cameras!
- Whoa!
- Whoa! There we go!
- [Mario] Ha ha. - Oh, coming right at my face.
That is a little close. Okay.
(startled yells)
- Ooh, he got me!
- Gotcha. - Already got bit.
- Yeah, I got bit. Now one of the things
about the tree boa is that it has
incredibly long teeth, longer than most snakes.
But the good news is,
it is a non-venomous species.
Wow! Look at that boa.
Mark, you got an okay shot there?
- I got a great shot. How about you, Mario?
- Yep.
- How about you? Is your camera in focus?
Alright, I'm gonna bring the snake
right out towards ya. It's okay.
I've got good control of it. Look at that!
It's just gonna inch itself up on top of the branch.
Get a good focus pull? Nicely done!
Wow! The snake is looking right at me.
Now, Mario, I notice that this snake has
a bunch of holes on the front of its face.
Ooh careful, watch that.
What are those holes?
- Well those are actually sensory organs,
that actually detect heat.
So they're actually called heat pits. And I--
- I thought only pit vipers had that.
- Nope, pythons and boas have them as well.
- Wow!
- Some species do, yeah.
- That is so cool. Now this is about
average size for this snake,
and you may notice it's more slender
than something like a boa constrictor.
These tree boas are arboreal,
which means that they live up in the trees, and wow!
- Oh! - That snake got me
pretty good. - Oh man!
- You guys see that?
- Yikes! This was not supposed to be a bite video.
- It was not. Well, I wanted to try to
get the snake out of the tree as quick as I could,
so you could get those shots.
Hah! Well, it's turning into a bite episode, I guess.
Alright, what I would like to do,
is actually get this snake off the stick
so you can see just how long--
- Whoa! - It is,
but as you can see, it is still in bite mode.
So, we're gonna let it calm down just a touch here.
Wow! Look at that!
And you'll notice the patterning of the snake
keeps it very well camouflaged
within the environment,
and I do wanna make sure
that the snake does not lunge out
and bite me in the face.
You want me to get closer to your camera? Okay.
Hold tight, hold tight.
Let me just kinda spin it like this.
Hold your ground. - Mario, stay rollin' Mario.
- Yep.
- Keep rollin'. There you go, you got a good shot there?
That looks awesome, you're doing excellent.
Now, Mario, these snakes are up in the trees,
what does that mean they're finding to eat up there?
- Sure, so as you mention, tree boas are arboreal.
And, what they're searching for,
is arboreal mammals, perhaps maybe a possum
Oh, be careful.
- Watch it, I got this end of the stick. You good?
- Okay, let me just
kinda balance it like this. - Be careful.
- Whoa! Still in strike mode,
still in strike mode. Now eventually,
the snake should calm down for us a bit.
And then hopefully we'll,
ooh, that's a little close to my face
right there! - Whoa!
- Oh!
- Keep your shot in focus, keep your shot in focus!
Don't worry, I've got control of the reptile.
Oh boy! - Whoa, I would not let that
snake get that close to my face.
- Okay. Yeah, I don't wanna get--
- Alright, just don't move your head.
Oh! - Whoa!
- Okay. That's too close to the face. Hold on.
I'm turning it like this. - Let me know what I can do.
- You're good, you're good, you're good.
Okay, there we go. Woo! - Oh!
- That was close. Okay.
What I wanna do,
is get the snake off of the stick,
so you guys can see just how long it is.
If I balance it with my thumb, like that,
I'm preventing it from taking another strike.
Now Mario, these snakes will eat
all sorts of different things, right?
- Correct. They're primarily gonna be eating
birds and arboreal mammals.
- Like what? Bats? - Oooo.
- Maybe monkeys?
- Maybe bats, yeah. - Oh no.
- Now the snake is
getting on my back - Okay.
Hang on a second.
- Little help, little help. Is it going up
on top of my hat?
- No, it's on your backpack. - On your backpack.
- On my back. Okay.
- Actually, it's headed back up the tree.
- Hold your focus - Okay.
- Hold your focus, it's okay.
- Hang on, hang on. - You got it?
- Hang on. - Bring it this way.
There we go. - Bring it this way.
- Nice, thanks for the help, guys.
- Yeah. - Fine.
- Let's do this. I'm gonna try to
free handle the snake now.
- Whoa.
- Alright, just go ahead and set the stick down,
I'm gonna let it just sort of slither out
onto me-- - Remember, he's on to
movement, so that if you're slow
and deliberate, he should be fairly calm.
- That means you. No sudden movements.
What I would like to do, now that I'm feeling
a bit more comfortable with the snake,
Mario, see if you can untangle the tail.
Now one really cool thing about
the tail of the snake, is it's prehensile.
That allows them go grab onto branches.
Go ahead, here. Mario, hold out the tail like that.
Reach your hand out and pet it.
Go ahead, it's completely fine.
Pretty cool, huh?
Snakes are not slimy, they are scaly.
- Whoa. - Careful, Mark.
Watch yourself there.
- I'm getting a great shot.
- Alright, let's bring the snake back around
this way. I don't want to apply too much force.
Okay, close to my face, close to my face.
There we go. Now I've got it in one hand.
How's your shot looking?
You still doing good?
- Oh man.
- Okay. - That was awesome. Great job.
- Nothing like staying brave in that moment, right?
Well this was pretty epic,
coming across a tree boa.
What do you guys think?
Time to let it back up into the tree?
- Yeah. - I think it's time to
get out the first aid kit, too.
- Yeah. There's a little bit of blood
on my hand there.
Okay, snake is going back in the tree.
Here we go.
Let's see if it will slither right up
off of my arm, and back into the rainforest.
Got a good shot, Mark?
- Sure do.
- Alright. As it's slithering off my arm,
I've gotta say you did an amazing job today.
How'd the shots look?
You get 'em all in focus?
This is certainly gonna make one, epic episode.
Wow! You did such an amazing job today,
and I'm incredibly proud, as to how
brave you were in the face of danger,
with that tree boa.
Mario, pretty cool snake, right?
- Definitely. And you know what?
They're welcome on any of our expeditions.
- Mark, what do you think?
- I think they can be on our crew, anytime.
- Yeah. Sounds like a plan to me!
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 adventure.
Alright! Let's head home!
- Alright.
- Through the mud?
- [Coyote] Through the mud!
- Aw man!
- [Coyote] Woo!
(squishy footsteps)
- [Mark] Aw!
(squishy footsteps fade)