- You are massive. Hi! - Oh, wow.
- She's about 150 pounds. - Oh my goodness!
- He would eat giant scorpions, lizards, small snakes.
- (FBE) We're gonna be doing a Try Not to Touch Challenge today.
- Ooh. - Boop.
- (FBE) Oh, you lost. - Well, we're done. End of video.
- There's a puppy. There's maybe a cat.
You bring a chinchilla. - You're gonna touch--
- Then I'll probably fail the challenge, yes.
- This could go either way for me, because there's some days
where I'm a germaphobe. And then, there's some days
where I'm like, "I really wanna feel what that feels like."
- Oh, boy. - I'm five. I touch everything.
- This should be interesting. - I'm gonna lose.
- (FBE) This is a different kind of Try Not to Touch Challenge.
We're actually going offsite to Animal Tracks, which is
an exotic animal sanctuary. - So, it's all animals.
- Like, scary animals? - Are we petting a Komodo dragon?
- Yeah. - Are we petting parrots?
- Or a bear? - Maybe a toucan?
- (FBE) Here's how the game's gonna work.
We're gonna show you five different animals,
and you can choose to touch and interact with them or not.
And if you choose to interact with them,
you have to take a bite of whatever that animal eats.
- Wha-- ugh. Oh, wait, if it's a--
we're gonna have to eat bananas or berries or granola.
- You right. You right. - Or worms and maggots and...
- Okay. Oh, wow. - ...crickets.
- We're gonna do some research on the way there.
- Dude, I'll eat anything! This is a Try to Pet Animals video.
- I'm not as strong as him. - (laughs)
- A bird, you'd have to eat... - Seeds.
- ...a mouse. - Ugh! Ew! Why did you--
- We have to eat a mouse! - Why did you go there?
- Because I was-- - They eat seeds, too!
- (FBE) Are you guys ready to go? - (both) Yes.
- (FBE) All right. Let's go. - I wanna hold some babies.
- Hold some bay-bies. - I haven't had breakfast, so...
- I know. I haven't had breakfast either.
- So, I guess I'm petting the animals today.
- (FBE) Let's get out of here.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (Alyson) Sarah Jessica Porker here is a micro-mini pig, you guys.
They do not wanna be a supermodel. - (Eric) Okay.
- (Alyson) Good girl. - (Chelsea gasps)
- (Eric) You could've been in Sue in the City.
- (Chelsea) It's so cute. - You are massive. Hi!
- Oh, wow. - She's about 150 pounds.
- Oh my goodness! - Oh, no.
- She's about 150 pounds, so if you ever get a potbelly pig
or a micro-mini pig, this is what you're gonna end up with.
Or you can end up with what? A 600-700 pound hog.
You just never know what you're gonna get.
Do you wanna feed her? - That?
- Yup, just like that.
Perfect! Awesome.
- (chuckles) - Would you like to try?
- Yes, I would love to. - All right.
- Hi! Lunch time. You want a grape? I like grapes.
Ah! Oh, no! I'm sorry about the grape.
- (Alyson chuckles) She'll get it off the ground. Doesn't matter.
If you wanna, try to give her one of these.
Those are her favorite. She will slime your hand.
So, if you don't wanna be slimed... - (Brandon gasps)
- ...by her. - I wanna be slimed!
- Okay. - Come on, buddy!
Oh! - Oops. Here you go.
- All right. If I don't do this, then my family's gonna be like,
"You had the opportunity." - (Alyson laughs)
So, go ahead and try to do it flat-handed if you want.
Just like that. She'll take it out of your hand.
- Oh my god! - Hello!
- Oh, wow. - Are all pigs' hairs coarse
like this? - It's very, very, very coarse.
And they actually-- she's gonna lose all of this
in the summertime. She'll have this cool mohawk
going on, but that's it. The rest of her, she'll be bare.
And they're not really dirty at all. That term, "sweat like a pig,"
don't know where that came from, because these guys
don't have sweat glands. They cannot sweat.
So, they actually roll around in the mud, and that's how
they cool themselves off. - Now, is it true that they're
smarter than dogs? - They are.
But dogs are fourth. These guys are third.
- Wow. - Here you go, Pig.
- It kind of feels like a porcupine. - Yeah, feel free to pet her.
She's really sweet. - Ooh, tough skin.
- Her hair is really, really, yeah, coarse.
- Gross. Gotta wash this.
- (FBE) You guys are gonna have to eat what Sarah Jessica Porker eats,
which is Monkey Chow. - (Alyson) Monkey Chow!
- Oh, the Monkey Chow. - Oh, is she gonna get jealous?
- (Alyson) I'll have to give her one, too.
- Aww. - (Alyson) There you go.
- Oh! Oh!
- (Alyson) I'll give one to her. - I mean, you can have it if you want.
- Okay. - What's in it?
- They told us. Wheat and stuff. - Oh, yeah.
- (Alyson) Wheat and stuff, yeah. Potassium base, so you're gonna
get your potassium fill for today.
- Really dry. - It's really hard.
- But not bad. - (Alyson) No.
- Ah. Ah! - (Alyson) It's stale?
(laughs) - Ah, ha, ha!
- (Alyson) Open. Good. One more? Open. Good.
- Tastes like a weird Wheat Thin. - Yeah, it's not bad.
It's like cereal. - No.
- (Alyson) Very dry cereal. - I kinda like it.
- (laughs) - You want the rest of this?
- (Alyson) She's like, "Yes, please." - (Brandon) Here. Here!
Oh, no. I dropped it. I'm sorry.
- (Alyson) She'll find it. - (all laugh)
- You want the rest? - Sarah!
- You want that one? - (laughs)
- (Alyson) Oh yeah. She'll finish that up for ya.
- This is Dobby. - Dobby!
- Dobby? - He's our very own house elf
here at Animals Tracks. - (gasps)
- He's a fennec fox. - Here, I'll give him my sock.
One second. - These guys are the smallest canine
in the world in the wild. - Oh, okay, okay.
- These guys are what's called crepuscular,
which means they're most active during dawn and dusk.
- Ohhh. - And they nap throughout the day
when it's really, really hot. And then, they kinda lean
towards being more nocturnal. - Okay, okay.
So typically, right now, they'd be asleep.
- Typically, yes. - It can fly with its ears.
- (laughs) These guys live in the Sahara Desert,
where it's so hot, everything lives underground.
So, that's why he has these gigantic ears.
His ears proportionally are like-- us having elephant ears.
They're six inches from tip to tip. And he actually uses them
like an elephant does. He thermoregulates with them.
He brings the blood to the surface, and he heats and cools it.
And then he recirculates it in his body.
So, that's his own heating and air conditioning unit.
- Ah. - That's awesome.
- Right? He can hear his prey two feet underground.
He can hear a watch ticking from 50 feet away.
So, even the slight breeze that we've got going on
sounds like a hurricane to him. - Well, what does he eat?
What does he eat? These guys are omnivores,
so they eat pretty much everything
that they can get their little paws on.
He would eat giant scorpions, lizards, small snakes,
mice. (laughs) Those kinds of things.
- Cool. - Now, we should not
have these as pets. - (Alyson) No.
- Never. - (Alyson) I mean, even though
I'm his mom, if I go in there, I have five minutes with him,
and he's like, "Leave. I'm done with you."
And actually, I've never seen him just walk.
He's either running or he's sleeping.
There's no in between with them. - Okay.
- He also has built-in Uggs on. If you guys notice,
the bottom of his paw pads are covered in fur.
And that's to help prevent his little feet
from burning in the hot desert sand. - Oh, he's wearing shoes!
- Yup. - That's awesome. He's got the life.
Sleep whenever he wants. Controls his air.
- I wanna meet Dobby. - You wanna pet him?
- I'll pet Dobby. Yeah, puppy. - (Alyson) Go for it.
- (gasps) - (Anahita) I thought she was
giving him to you. I was like, "Oh my gosh, Brandon."
- Whoa, you are so soft! Hi, friend. - (Anahita) Oh, now I wanna pet him.
- Oh my word. - I'm gonna do it.
- (gasps) - Hey, buddy.
- Angel. - Oh my--
- (whispers) We both lost. - Oh my god!
- (whispers) We both lost. - (Alyson) You're fine.
- (all laugh) - He is so soft. Oh my word.
You could just tell from here how soft he is.
- Baby. Aww, so soft. So precious.
Oh my gosh. - We lost.
- Yeah. - So, what are we eating?
- Oh, god. You had to tell them.
- (FBE) There aren't berries where Dobby's from,
but he eats them now. So, you guys just get the berries.
- This punishment isn't bad at all. - (FBE) I know. It's sweet.
- Hell yeah. - (FBE) Here you go.
- I like raspberries. - Oh, icky. Yuck.
- Oh! - I was scared.
- Good diet. - Good Dobby. I'll take a berry.
- Room temperature blueberries. Love it.
- Love that. - Thank you, Dobby.
- Thank you for not eating more disgusting things.
- All right, you guys. So, these are cavies.
'Ca-vees' or 'cay-vees' or Patagonian maras.
We call them deer bunnies or jackalopes.
- (Anahita) Aww, jackalopes! - (Brandon) Deer bunny.
- (Anahita) That's so cute! - (Brandon) Oh, wait. This is
the jackalope? They look like capybaras kind of.
Are they related? - (Alyson) They are related.
They are the fourth- largest rodent in the world.
The capybara is the first. The American beaver is second.
And the African crested porcupine is third.
You wanna go in and see them?
- I would love to. - Yes.
- Let's go do that. - Oh my god!
- There are so many! I didn't even see them all.
- (Alyson) Yeah. - (Chelsea) Hi, babies.
- (Eric) Hi! - (Alyson) So, they're looking
for some treats here. - (Eric) Oh, you guys are the treats.
- (Alyson) Now, they're gonna wanna be fed treats.
So, it's up to you if you want to.
But what you have to do if you give them treats is--
this is Monkey Chow. They love it.
So, all you would do is just like what I just did.
- (Brandon) I'm gonna feed them. I'm gonna feed them.
Right up here. Hi, friend.
There you are. Oh, again!
I wanna do it again. - (Alyson) Here you go.
- These taste fantastic. Just wanna let you know.
Everyone should have one. Hey, buddy.
Oh, this one's eager. Ah, here you go.
Oh, there you go. - (Alyson) So, when the babies
are born, they're miniature versions of the parents.
They are born with their eyes wide open and they have teeth,
and they can run right away.
- (Brandon) They're really tender. - (Alyson) Yeah, they're gentle.
We have little kids. That's their favorite thing
to do is feed these guys. - They're like baby donkeys.
- (all laugh) - (Michelle) Would you like one?
- (Carson) Oh, there you go. - (Michelle) Would you like one?
- (Carson) Oh, you want one? I don't think you got one.
- They're so cute. - (Alyson) Exactly.
- Hey, buddy. Hi! Nice whiskers.
I have some, too. Oh, you're so cute!
- (Chelsea) Here, you want this one?
- (Eric) Where are they indigenous to again? Desert area?
- (Alyson) They only live on Patagonia, the island of Patagonia.
Animals that are prey animals, their eyes are always
on the side of their head, because they have to see
pretty much all the around them, watching for predators all the time.
- (FBE) All right. Since you both interacted, you gotta eat
what they eat, which is just some mixed greens.
- Greens? Okay. - (FBE) Yeah.
- Thank you for eating good food. - Mm. It's like a salad.
Oh, you took a much bigger one.
- Oh, why is that so bitter? - Oh my god. That really tastes gross.
- What is this? - Chard?
- (FBE) Chard. - Chard. Chard.
- (FBE) It's very bitter, but it's good for you.
- Isn't everything? - I never eat salad.
Oh, god. This is weird. - Where'd you get these greens?
The tree? - No, their food bowl.
- That's so bitter. They like that? - It is so bitter. It tastes
like the strong aftertaste of medicine.
- Ugh. - (Alyson) Very bitter, yeah.
- You guys like this? - (Alyson) That's a favorite
of rodents and pigs and stuff. - Oh, boy.
- This is Winston. - That's Winston.
- Bella and Dennis Hopper. - Bella.
Dennis Hopper. - Yeah, these guys are red kangaroos.
Now, you can tell a big difference between the size between the females
and the males. That's called sexual dimorphism,
when you can physically tell a difference between the males
and the females. - (Carson) Got it.
- The females are only about four and a half feet tall,
so up to my shoulder. And these guys can be
six feet tall and weigh up to 180 pounds.
And the females only weigh between 30, 40, 50 pounds
at the most. These guys also, physiologically,
they cannot go backwards, because their tail is in the way.
So, they have to do a full circle in order to turn around
and go back the other way. In Australia in the desert,
it gets to be super, super hot. - Right.
- It can get to be almost-- you know, 123, 124, 125 degrees
is not out of the realm of possibility.
So, their fur is very highly specialized
to protect their internal organs. - Oh, okay.
- If you were to look at their fur in that temperature
under a thermal imaging scope, it would be blue.
- Oh. So, it keeps them cool. - Oh!
- Yeah, it keeps them cool. In the wild, they would just
eat primarily grasses, like a bunny rabbit.
And they have the intelligence of a bunny rabbit.
- (Carson) So, not the brightest. - (Alyson) Rabbits are pretty smart.
You would think that for a much larger animal,
that they would be... - Geniuses or--
- ...smarter. But yeah. - Smarter, especially when they could
kill me with one kick. - Yeah.
- What exactly is going on in their pouch?
'Cause my mom never explained that.
- (laughs) Even though these guys are a really primitive animal,
the females can have three generations at the same time.
They can have a joey hopping around on the outside,
they can have a baby on the inside,
and they can be pregnant at the same time.
But what's really cool about them is that
if the conditions in the environment
aren't optimal for her to have a baby,
say they're having a severe drought, they can actually suspend
them forming into an embryo if the conditions aren't optimal
in the environment for them to have another baby.
So, they can stop that for up to six months.
- (Anahita) So, kangaroos aren't dangerous at all?
- (Alyson) Oh, they can be for sure. The males are the ones
that are the defenders of the females.
- I've seen videos. - Ah, yeah.
- Yeah, they look like 'roid ragers, the males do.
But they're so strong that they can actually balance
on their tail and kick with both feet
at the same time. - Now, are we allowed
to touch them at all or-- - Yes, you can.
- Wow. Wow, they are soft.
They're really soft. - Oh, so soft.
- Are wild kangaroos generally more aggressive
than other animals or that's more just
kind of a stereotype?
- (Alyson) The males would be. The males would be fighting
each other for females and that kind of thing.
- Okay. Wow, I've always wanted to feel it,
and it's super heavy. - Super heavy, yeah.
Very, very dense. - So, it makes sense as to how
they can balance on it. - Yeah.
- (FBE) You guys did lose. - Did we?
- (FBE) Yeah, you're petting this.
- Okay. - (FBE) You gotta eat
a jicama bread sandwich.
- Oh, jicama's so crunchy! - What's jicama?
- I love jicama. - (FBE) There you go.
- I like bread. Never did I think
that you guys would put it together.
- And do they know they have terrible taste in food?
- (Alyson laughs) - It's not bad!
- (Alyson) Tastes like cardboard to me. Doesn't have a whole lot
of taste to it. - Ugh. Oh, nah, fam.
- Yeah. Never been a fan of jicama.
- I mean, the bread is great. - (giggles)
- The jicama? Not so much, guys.
- (FBE) So tell me, how'd you guys like Animal Tracks?
- It was pretty awesome. At first, I was a little bit scared,
because I get a little nervous around animals.
But then after, all the animals were so friendly.
And they were so fun to be around. I really liked it.
- It was so much fun. I think we both
really, really enjoyed it. - Yeah, it was really informative
and educational, too. - Absolutely.
- It was wonderful. It was really cool
to see these animals just in their--
not natural habitat, but just in a loving, caring facility for them.
And just seeing so many animals I've never had the chance
to ever see so close up and get to learn about them.
- I was so happy when we got to touch them and then when
we got to feed some of them, oh my gosh. I was blown away.
I was like, "There's no way I can actually ever get
this opportunity again to feed a pig."
- My favorite was probably the little tiny fox.
- Dobby. - (Carson) The little Dobby.
- (Michelle) Dobby, Dobby. - (Carson) So cute.
- People just, I think, they don't really understand
how animals should be treated or more about these animals
and know that they have a life of their own
and that we shouldn't just be like, "Oh, all pets."
You know, it just makes you have a little more respect
for all of them. - These people do a great job
helping those animals and a great job recuperating
and, you know, giving them the best life they can have.
- I think it's great to have the context
of these are real, living, breathing things
that are out there in the world. This place is great to take care
of them and give them what they need. - Their food wasn't that bad, okay?
Their food wasn't horrible, so I was okay with taking
all those punishments, 'cause I got to pet them all.
- Speak for yourself. I did not enjoy that food.
- You wouldn't wanna be an animal, huh?
- No, definitely not. - Like, "I'm not eating those."
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