(urgent music) - It is early morning, Costa Rica. We are racing on our way
to possibly find a snake that somebody has spotted
in their backyard. So they said, "Do you guys
think you can come catch it, and move it to a wild area?" And we said, "Well, if
the snake is still there. That would definitely
make a very cool episode." Okay, we found the snake. It's big. They weren't kidding. Ooh, hoo hoo hoo. (urgent music) - [Coyote] What do you got? - Okay, well the homeowners, they don't want to be filmed, so they're just gonna stay inside and probably watch us from the windows. - [Coyote] Okay. - But they said have at it. So the snake was somewhere over here. - [Coyote] (laughs) Okay. - So that's all we got going for us, but they're more than
happy to have us here searching, so let's go look. - [Coyote] Okay, great. Okay, so what I say we do is split up. Which direction you want to go? - I want to go that way first. - Okay, I'll go that way. If you see something, call it out. We'll all converge together. And with any luck, we're going to catch and relocate a snake. - All right, let's get a snake. - Here we go. (upbeat music) - So my reasoning for
going in this direction is because this is a star apple tree. Check that out. Very fragrant fruit, all this fruit needs to
be eaten by something. So what happens is
rodents and other species will come to eat the fallen fruit. And maybe there might be snakes
in ambush waiting for them. - Believe it or not, sometimes looking up underneath vehicles is a great place to look, because they provide shade and shelter, especially if a car hasn't
moved in quite some time. Let me do this. (suspenseful music) Yeah, if it's a big snake, I'd easily be able to see if it was hiding up underneath the vehicle like this. - Most snakes are nocturnal. So now that it's daytime, the snake is likely gonna
be hunkered down somewhere. So the next step is to
find things to flip: debris, tin, wood, anything that a snake can hide underneath. (leaves crunch)
And hopefully there is something underneath. (dramatic drum beats) Oh man, look at this. I thought this was snakeskin. - Snakes are potentially
arboreal out here. We have tree boas out here. We have lots of different parrot snakes, vine snakes, so it is always a good idea to look up in the rafters
to see if there's anything. (suspenseful music) - Look at this. That right there could be a possible entry point, likely for rodents. Also accessible for snakes. Whoa. It has, actually some water. If I was a snake hiding during the day this would- Just heard something. (suspenseful music) Well, there's all kinds of tadpoles. Water down in here. Ah, what would have been amazing is if I walked into this
abandoned swimming pool and just found a snake
curled right up in the water. I was thinking that that might be it. (dramatic music) - This looks pretty good. Got a, I dunno, chicken coop or actually it's a thing full of wood. Lots of spaces for snakes to hide in. (suspenseful music) (wood creaks) Boa! Holy smokes. I did not even see it there. Holy smokes. Coyote! - [Coyote] Yeah? - We got a snake. - You got a snake? Mario just called. He's got a snake. - (whispering) Oh my gosh. (dramatic music) - Is it big? Holy cow. That is a big snake. Oh my gosh. - [Mario] Dude.
- It is a boa constrictor. - Dude, I came around here, I didn't even see that
snake was right there. - Oh my gosh. Okay, we found the snake. It's big. They weren't kidding. I'm gonna cut this camera. Let's regroup ourselves. - [Mario] That's a big snake. - Dude. Big snake. Oh my gosh. That is a huge boa constructor. Okay, so this is it. The moment we're going
to engage with the snake, and try to safely get it
out of this box of logs. (dramatic musical score) No idea how it's going to behave. (snake hisses) - Oh. - [Coyote] Oh, that's a hiss. - [Mario] And there we go. - Whoa. Now that snake's in a
position where there's no way I can make a reach for it. You can see it's completely in
a defensive strike position, and getting my hand any closer than this could mean getting my fingers entrapped, and look at all these incredibly
huge razor sharp teeth. That is intimidating. (snake hisses) (indistinct speech) - [Mario] I got it, start backing up. Good, good, good, good, good. Perfect, perfect, perfect. Perfect. - [Coyote] Try to get ahold of his... (snake hisses) Whoa! That was close. Okay, cool. Snake is, is out.
- [Mario] Bring him out. Bring him out, that's good. (dramatic music) (snake hisses) Don't let it go back in. There you go, there you go. (snake hisses) - Unbelievable. That snake is all of five,
maybe six feet in length. - I think (indistinct) - Look at the tail. Wow. Check this out. And if I come on this side of the snake, you can really get an idea
for just how big it is. Now, a boa is a non venomous species. So I don't have to worry about taking a bite and being envenomated, but these snakes have
a mouth full of teeth. They're actually like little
razorblades turned backwards. And on the top of the skull, they have multiple rows of teeth. So when they grab onto their
prey, it locks in place. And these skull's capable of expanding. And these snakes can swallow down prey that are many times larger
than their own bodies. And this is what you would consider a full grown female boa. That aggressive hissing
is basically just saying, "I'm a big snake. I'm intimidating. You don't want to get any closer." (dramatic music) Got her, okay. There we go. - Hold the coils like that. - Yep, have to keep her
as straight as possible. Okay. Now, it's important to keep
the snake stretched out. Otherwise it's going
to completely constrict around me. Okay, I gotcha, I gotcha. The snake is extremely strong, and I'm being as gentle as I possibly can. I'm going to actually, if I shift my hand back
just a tiny bit there. Oh wow. She's got ticks all over her. - [Mario] That's a lot of ticks. - I'm gonna use my
multi-tool to pull them off. She's got a big one right on
the side of her head here. This isn't gonna hurt at all. Look at that, completely full of blood. That parasite is a really unhealthy thing for a snake like this. - Right now, we're kind of just doing a little bit of a service by hopefully getting
rid of some, some ticks, but otherwise she would be fine with these as is. As you can see the coils around my leg, the snake
has to feel comfortable. Once you engage the head, the snake has to be in defensive mode. That's when the snake is going
to be at its most aggressive. - I do have to be aware of
where those teeth are at at all points in time. The less pressure I put on her, the less constrained she feels. - (pats leg) Look at this. - Yeah, you're getting constricted. We want to keep those coils spread out as much as we possibly can. - [Mario] Here's another tick. Just full of ticks right now. - I've gotten all the ticks off the top third of the snake. She looks pretty good. You wanna stretch her out a little bit, so we can see the full length? There we go. That's pretty cool. That is a beautiful snake. - [Mario] Gorgeous. - Well, the good news for this boa is that because we were able to find it and safely catch it, we're now going to be able to relocate it to a much wilder area. All this human habitation, while it may provide good opportunities for this snake to get a meal, it actually puts it in the way of danger. I'm actually really thankful that these property owners said, "Hey, do you guys want to
come safely remove the snake?" because killing an animal like this is actually really detrimental
to the environment. These snakes do an
incredible amount of good by helping to balance
the pest populations. Well, I'd say this was a success. We found the snake and
that we're going to be able to safely relocate it
back out into the wild. I'm Coyote Peterson. - I'm Mario Aldecoa. - Be brave. - Stay wild. - We'll see you on the next adventure. All right, let's get her into a bag, back off into the wild. (dramatic music) (animals roar)
