Be brave stay wild12/5/2023 ![]() They say it’s like hot lava coursing through your veins and I can attest to that. The way that the venom attacks your blood cells and travels through your body is pretty excruciating. “The pain that I had to endure over the course of eight hours with that one…it’s the kind of pain where you think maybe if I cut my arm off it would be less painful than what it is I’m going through. In Arizona’s Sonoran desert, it was an unintentional chomp by a Gila Monster, the only venomous lizard in the US, that stands out as Coyote’s most painful animal encounter to date. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch nail embedded in your heel.” Bullet Ant – “Pure, intense, brilliant pain.A running hair dryer has been dropped into your bubble bath. Tarantula Hawk – “Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric.Hot oil from the deep fryer spilling over your entire hand.” Velvet Ant – “Explosive and long-lasting, you sound insane as you scream.Take a look at the reported effects on Schmidt’s Sting Pain Index. Never one to let the fans down, Coyote committed to climbing his way up the insect sting pain index by braving through the stings of the Velvet Ant, Tarantula Hawk, and even the Bullet Ant, among other power-packing insects. To date, that video has over 31 million views. The alligator snapping turtle episode started a feeding frenzy among Coyote’s fans, known as the “Coyote Pack,” who craved more pain. ![]() “It’s the kind of pain where you think maybe if I cut my arm off it would be less painful than what it is.” That demand has culminated in the development of his new show – Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild, which premiered Sunday, February 9th on Animal Planet. His hard work and bravery have generated over 3 billion views on YouTube and a worldwide following. Although it started out as a passion project, over the past five years, Coyote has traveled one million miles around the globe to film more than 500 videos for Brave Wilderness. Coyote takes a major bite from a huge Alligator Snapping Turtle, one of the planet’s most ancient and misunderstood creatures.Ĭoyote developed his passion for animal encounters as a child by collecting common snapping turtles – similar to that 50-pound behemoth – from the woodlands near his home in Cleveland, Ohio. All in a day’s work for Coyote Peterson’s Emmy Award-winning YouTube Channel Brave Wilderness. The GoPro mounted to Coyote’s wrist captures all the action and makes me feel like I’m right there with him. Coyote lets out a yelp and grimaces through the pain while he talks through the experience and informs the audience about the turtle species. ![]() SNAP! The turtle clamps down on Coyote’s fleshy forearm, puncturing through the skin. (Listen to the podcast episode on iTunes). One wrong move and Coyote will be asking Siri to type for him for now on. As Coyote inches his arm closer to the turtle’s sharp, hooked beak, it remains motionless, just as it does to hunt its prey. The rows of spikes and raised plates on its shell make it look more like a Jurassic creature than something you could stumble across on a riverbed today. ![]() He’s face to face with a 50-pound alligator snapping turtle, and by the looks of it, the turtle means business. I’m about to enter the chomp zone with Coyote Peterson. If you enjoy this article, please consider creating an account to support our journalism so we can keep going. Before you read, remember this: Independent editorial isn't free.
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