- Okay, so who I'm playing with is a baby ocelot.
Now, we knew that this ocelot may be in the area.
We're on the Osa Peninsula right now.
And this little one is an orphan.
She was raised by a surrogate mother,
which was a canine, here locally.
And we knew that if we walked this trail at night
there'd be a good chance we'd come across her.
I was shining my flashlight on this enormous wolf spider,
when all of a sudden I heard these paws ripping through
the rainforest underbrush.
I thought I was about to be attacked by something,
and in a sense,
I kinda was.
It was the ocelot.
Hi.
Now as you can see she's pretty friendly,
as long as you're not a Wigwam sock.
Can you come up here by the cameras in the lights?
You know I always carry an extra pair of socks with me
when we're out here in the wild,
and these Wigwams are going face to face
with the ocelot right now.
Look at that,
full on claws,
full on teeth.
I am feeling the power in this cat right now.
And you can see her claws,
trying to keep my fingers away from them,
you can see her claws coming out
and digging into those socks.
And just like a house cat,
she's using her front feet
and her back feet to claw into that.
Look at that.
How cool is that?
She's actually very aware
of what she's doing with her claws.
Now she is playing right now,
but even when she grabs onto my hand
she's not trying to hurt me at all.
She wants to hurt these socks though.
Watch this.
Good pounce, good pounce.
And she's just practicing her hunting right now.
She got that one.
That's the whole name of the game.
Let me steal Coyote's socks.
Somebody shine the light up there.
She is just having a blast
up there in the leaves.
Now if I was an ocelot,
this is how I would be stalking my prey.
I'm going to try to steal back my sock from her.
Ready,
ready,
one,
and pounce!
Got it.
- [Voiceover] Oh she is mad.
- She is not happy.
(wincing in pain) Okay, okay.
Yeah that's teeth and claws right there.
My hand's in the socks with the ocelot.
Look at that.
Oh she wants it back.
There ya go, there ya go.
Why don't you sit here and play with the sock?
Watch out, watch out buddy. (growls)
Get it, here we'll do this. (growls)
Now if I was her litter mate,
this is how we'd be playing.
- [Voiceover] Please take it...
You're putting your own sock in your mouth.
- Well, when in Rome with an ocelot.
I just gotta watch out for this claw. (growling)
- [Voiceover] Throw the other one.
She got it.
- Mouth full of sock.
Where'd she go?
I see you.
Here's one.
Yeah, I'm gonna get this one back.
Ouch. (laughs) Claws there.
This is crazy.
Out in the Costa Rican rainforest,
playing with a baby ocelot.
And she took my sock.
I'm Coyote Peterson,
be brave,
stay wild,
we'll see you on the next adventure.
- [Voiceover] She still has the sock.
- Hey, that's my sock!
That's my sock, man.
Can I get my sock back?
Hey ocelot!
If you thought playing tug-of-war
with a baby ocelot was awesome,
make sure to go back and watch the full episode.
And don't forget, subscribe,
to join me and the crew on this season of Breaking Trail.
(uplifting music)
I think at this point,
I have officially worn out the ocelot.
I think I'm going to put her in my pocket.
See if she'll fit.