- [Coyote] Okay, Christina, you're walking
through the jungles of Costa Rica
on your way to take the bullet ant challenge.
How do you feel?
- I feel nervous.
If I get stung by a bullet ant,
man, that's 24 hours of pain!
- (distorted) Oh my gosh!
- [Christina] And every hour increasing in pain.
(distorted exclamations)
I'm just not looking forward to that part.
So yeah, I would say I'm nervous
and my heart's racing right now.
- [Coyote] I feel like it's worthwhile to note
that we have picked up a new part
of the Brave Wilderness Team,
and currently we're on our way out
to search for bullet ants
as Christina's about to face the ultimate challenge.
Go up against this notorious insect,
find out whether or not she can interact
without being stung.
And who you might see pop into the shot
from time to time, is Roufus,
this complete stray dog that came out of the jungle
and has been following us now for over a day.
What'd you find?
- I just found an egg.
It really looks like an Easter egg with its color,
but it's a real egg.
And dude, check that out.
There's still membrane on it
so this thing like just hatched.
- [Coyote] It's crazy. It looks like a giant robin's egg.
- It's beautiful. This color is insane.
- [Coyote] Turn the egg this way.
Look at the areas where the beak likely was poking through.
- Yeah. On that side.
And on that side.
That's really cool. I wonder what bird this was.
- [Coyote] All right, so Christina's about to take
on the first step of the bullet ant challenge.
What do you think, Mario?
Catching a bullet ant.
Is she gonna be able to pull it off?
- The infamous bullet ant.
You know, Christina, I think she's got what it takes.
This is her initiation.
She really wants to prove she wants
to be a Brave Wilderness host,
she's got a deal with the bullet ant.
and they're ready to go.
And here's our buddy.
Roufus, don't get stung.
And here they are, down in the crux of that tree.
This is it!
What I have here is the famous red capsule
that I've used on almost every sting episode
on the Brave Wilderness Channel.
These are the forceps where I hold the insect
to my forearm to induce a sting.
I'm going to hand them both over to you.
- Oh no!
- [Coyote] They're good luck. Trust me.
Now the first part of this challenge
is to catch a bullet ant,
the biggest one you possibly can.
The nest is right over here
underneath the root of this tree.
So let's approach and I'll coach you from there.
- [Christina] Oh boy. Wish me luck, guys.
- All right.
So why don't you kind of crouch down right here.
- Okay.
- This is where the ants are.
Keep your eyes peeled because-
- Yeah, don't you worry. I am.
- There could be ants everywhere.
And before you actually get in there,
and start thinking about catching an ant.
Do you have any questions surrounding your approach here?
- Yeah. Do I just grab it with the pincers here?
- You could,
but that's gonna make the ant very angry from the get-go.
Ants get agitated with carbon dioxide.
So what you want to do is get as close to the hole
as you can with your face and talk to the ants.
Summon Ballah.
Breathe into their home.
Did you brush your teeth this morning?
- Of course I did.
Well, if you didn't, they'd be even more angry.
- Get down there, talk to the ants.
Let's see how many we can get to come out of the hole.
- Okay, well, this will be a first for me, talking to ants.
I've talked to mosquitoes.
- Just improv with them.
- Hi there, bullet ants.
I'm your friend, Christina Wild Woman Wilson here.
And I was hoping just the biggest one of you
would come out and hang out for a little bit today?
Would that be cool?
So going to be very breathy, very breathy with my talk here.
- [Coyote] (whispering) There you go.
- [Christina] Hi, bullet ants.
I was hoping a few of you could come out and hang out.
Have a little chat with your good friend, Wild Woman.
Oh my gosh, it's working.
Hi, how are you?
- [Coyote] You got this.
- [Christina] It's a beautiful day here
in the Costa Rican rainforest.
My beautiful little friends.
Oh my gosh.
I see three of them.
- [Coyote] Start blowing air into their hole.
And if you take the forceps
and sort of rattle them around at the top of the hole,
just hit 'em back and forth on the tree root there.
It might prompt them to come out.
- Oh hi, Roufus.
- Roufus, out of the scene.
Put 'em all the way down in there and jiggle them around.
- [Christina] Oh my gosh.
Hi.
- No, Roufus.
Roufus, come on.
There you go. Now you got some coming out.
- [Christina] Okay.
- I'm on dog duty.
- Oh! Oh!
No, no, no, no.
Oh! okay, okay, okay.
Okay. Get in there.
Get in- no! No! No!
(laughing)
All right, you guys.
My first bullet ant, but before I do anything,
I'm gonna put this wild woman hair back.
You might have heard of ants in your pants
but have you heard of ants in your hair?
Yeah. You don't want to.
This is something the Coyote never has to deal with.
All right.
Ooh. Much more streamlined here.
Okay, here we go.
First bullet ant.
Here we go.
All right, I'm blowing into the hole here.
This will also-
the tapping is gonna bring a whole bunch
of these ants up here.
Okay, I see, a couple already.
Hi. Oh!
Okay one is very close to my fingers.
I'm just gonna put the pincers down.
Put the pincers down, and I'm gonna coax one in here.
Okay, maybe not.
This one's the biggest one.
Hi, how are you?
You wanna go in there?
There you go.
Come on, come on- oh!
There's one on the other side here.
Here we go.
Come on.
Okay. They've got their pincers out.
They think they wanna wanna bite me.
Come on my friend.
Come on.
You wanna save your buddy, don't you?
Oh, they are coming for me.
They are coming for me.
You got it.
Come on.
Okay. I got this one.
Almost got it. Almost got it. Almost got it. Almost got it.
All right.
Let's get away from that nest here
Woo!
I am shaking right now.
My first bullet ant! You are massive!
I think this is the biggest one in there.
All right.
This challenge is complete, you guys.
- [Coyote] That's a pretty good size bullet ant right there.
Christina did fantastic getting this insect
out of the colony.
Part two to this challenge is going to be free handling
one of the world's most famous stinging bugs.
Now, is she gonna get stung?
Depends how she interacts with it.
What she's going to do is remove the cap,
flip it upside down and into the palm of her hand.
She'll let the ant walk around,
eventually remove the cap,
and then she'll have to practice free handling
the ever so famous bullet ant.
Let's see if she's up for the challenge.
Okay. You know what to do.
It's all you.
- All right.
I'm Christina Wilson, and this is my bullet ant challenge.
All right, ready?
One.
Two.
Three.
Oh here we go.
Here we go.
Oh my gosh.
Please, please like me.
Oh, wow.
Being very gentle because I do not want to get stung,
because then we will find out it's other name,
which is the 24 hour ant,
which means that I will be in pain for 24 hours.
That means vomiting, nausea,
all kinds of things that I don't even
want to talk about right now
because I just don't want it to happen.
So coyote showcased how bad the sting can be,
But right now we're really just seeing how
it is naturally without being induced to bring a sting on.
And it's just so calm, incredibly light to the touch.
Just a very soft little creature
that's just going about its business.
Not aggressive in any way.
Just using those little receptors
to figure out what's going on right here.
And this is honestly a perfect example
of how animals really are naturally.
And that is calm, cool, and collected.
As long as you're not threatening them, upsetting them,
obviously this is one of the most
dangerous ants on the planet.
And just look how docile it is.
Not even attempting to bite me.
And a pretty magical experience right now.
Gotta be honest.
- You're hand's shaking a little little bit.
- [Christina] Yeah, it is a little bit.
- You nervous?
- It's nervousness, excitement.
But what a little sweetheart.
- [Coyote] All right, Christina.
Well, I would say at this point you have completed
the second phase of the bullet ant challenge.
You were not stung.
And that was the idea.
Do not get stung,
handle the ant without provoking a sting.
Let's safely get it back into the capsule.
Here you go, I'm gonna hand the capsule off to you.
We're gonna return it to the colony.
You got this.
- [Christina] He wants to hang out with me.
- [Coyote] Ah, you've made a new friend.
There's nothing wrong with that.
- I've made a new little friend.
There you go buddy.
Beautiful little-
- [Coyote] Cap coming in.
- [Christina] Beautiful little bullet ant friend.
- [Coyote] Christina, you did it!
You took on the bullet ant challenge
and managed to not get stung
which was the entire point,
to show that these insects are not
outwardly aggressive toward humans.
And to celebrate this accomplishment
we are officially making you a part
of the Brave Wilderness team
by awarding you with the golden bullet ant necklace.
I actually made it myself.
- Oh, I can tell.
Wow. I feel honored.
Thank you Coyote.
- [Coyote] You're very welcome.
I think you did an amazing job filming here in Costa Rica.
And I know that the audience can't wait to see what's next.
I'm Coyote Peterson.
- I'm Christina Wilson.
- Be brave.
- Stay wild.
- We'll see you on the next adventure.
- That's awesome.
Is it? No!
Mario! Mario!
- [Mario] It's eating your backpack.
- You're watching it eat my backpack!
- [Coyote] Hey, we're getting the scene shot.
- [Mario] No, I'm documenting an-
dude, he ate your backpack.
- Can you-
That's an expensive backpack!
- [Mario] Well, he literally just swallowed.
- [Coyote] Roufus is eating Christina's backpack right now.
Which is better than Roufus being in the scene!
- Nobody's doing anything!
- [Coyote] The faster we wrap up the scene
the faster you get your backpack outta Roufus's mouth.
- [Mario] He literally just ate a piece.
- [Coyote] He's hungry. It's a wild dog.
Sorry, Christina.
We'll get you a a Brave Wilderness backpack on the house.
- [Mario] Yeah.
- Yeah you better.
- [Coyote] Shop on bravewilderness.com right now.
We'll get you one.
No Roufus, no.
No, that's no.
No. Come over here and play with the camera.
- [Mario] What is that coyote?
- It's a dinosaur egg.
The dinosaurs are breeding.
- [Mario] But my grandpa said all the dinosaurs are females.
- Well, in the tour they said that they used
genetic sequencing from amphibian DNA
to complete the missing codes.
Now, in a same sex environment some frogs
have been known to spontaneously change sex.
Therefore, Malcolm was right.
Life did find a way.
(crunching)
- [Mario] Oh, you're totally getting salmonella.
- You took on the bullet ant challenge.
Oh, were you?
I thought you were telling us to stop.
Oh, sorry.
(laughing)
I Well, I heard him-
I thought I heard him make a noise.
Like I heard that talking.
I thought that you were stopping.
- [Mario] Okay.
- You ready?
We're getting loopy, guys.
Pushing her hard today.
Ready?
- [Camera Man] Alright, here we go.
We're all, we're all,
we're all geeking out now.
- We're losing it.
We're losing it.
This is it.
Last take.
- [Coyote] Okay. Christina, complete another episode.
How do you think she did?
- I think she did really good.
She handled the bullet ant.
It was docile, not tough.
Oh, I just inhaled a bug.
That happens in Costa Rica.