(dramatic music) - [Coyote] Mario, you sift
around these two containers. Again, I'm not even sure
which frog is inside of which container. - All right, I'm going to attempt to grab one of these frogs right now. Oh buddy, you don't know
what it is in store for you. - [Coyote] All right, you ready? - [Mario] Yep. (man groaning) (dramatic music) (lion roars) - Over the years, I have performed a number of seemingly-crazy experiments. Look at that! Where I've put my body up against stings, bites, puke fruits, spiky plants, and even natural hot springs. Today I find myself in Ashland, Kentucky. I would say it's one of the
most beautiful locations we have ever visited in the eastern half of the United States. And while I could go on
with several poetic lines, cut with epic drone shots, let's get right down to business. Because you guys all showed up to see a poisonous frog taste test. In front of me, there are two containers. Inside of one of them is a pickerel frog. Inside the other is a leopard frog. Now, to the naked eye,
these two frog species are nearly identical. There are a few distinct differences but the biggest one is
that the pickerel frog is poisonous and the leopard frog is not. Now, I've caught these frog species before in the wild and I'll
be honest, even myself, who's somebody that catches a lotta frogs and is really good at identifying species has a real difficult time differentiating between a leopard frog
and a pickerel frog. Their body design is
almost exactly the same. They have large eyes, the skin is green or brownish in coloration and they have black spots
all over their bodies, not to mention the two gold ridges that run down the length of the back. Now, the biggest difference visually is that the pickerel frog
has a rather uniform pattern of spots that typically tend
to be squarish in design. The leopard frog's spots
are much more circular and completely randomly placed. However, with frog species, the pattern often times varies and unless you have the
two frogs side by side, it is almost impossible
to tell them apart. Now, there's an old herpetologists' trick that when they're in the field, if they don't have these
two frogs side by side and they wanna tell the difference, they actually taste the frog. Now, I've never licked either
one of these frogs before and my goal today is to
determine whether or not this frog taste test actually works. So if you guys are ready,
I'm Coyote Peterson and this is the poisonous frog taste test. Mario, are you ready? - [Mario] Let's do it. - [Coyote] Warning, amphibians
carry toxins in their skin that can be dangerous and
sometimes fatal to humans. Never lick or consume
one of these animals. - Okay, so what are we gonna do? You're gonna stick your tongue out and then I'm gonna place the
frog next to your tongue? - Hold the frog by its back legs and then turn its back toward me and essentially rub the
frog's back on my tongue. So I will turn to the side like this for the frog that's on this side. And do this and then
you'll just wipe the frog on my tongue. - Wipe his butt on your tongue? - Like his back, the back of the frog, and then we will turn this direction for the other frog and
I'll do the same thing. In between each frog, I'll swish out my mouth with water to cleanse my palate. I don't wanna swallow any of that water. I don't wanna get those toxins down into my digestive tract. - You should actually just
cleanse your palate real quick with some water. - Okay. - [Mario] There you go. Okay. - Clean and ready to lick a frog. (suspenseful music) - [Mario] Oh, okay, okay. Got one. - Okay. So I'm going to turn like this. You lemme know when you've got the frog in the right position. - Oh buddy, you don't know
what is in store for you. All right, stick your tongue out. - All right guys, here we go. This is me tasting the first frog. Will it be the pickerel frog, will it be the leopard frog and can I taste the
difference between the two? All right, you ready? - [Mario] Yep. - All right, one, two... (man groaning) - I'm sorry, buddy.
(peaceful music) - It just tastes like slimy. Wet and slimy, I'm not bein'
able to taste anything yet. I do taste a little bit of something. Lemme get some water. 'Cause I just wanna get the
frog slime outta my mouth. - [Mario] Here you go. Oh, yep. - Okay, so, definitely
cold, definitely slimy. Tastes a little pond-y, I guess, almost like a pond smells. Just a little earthy, I would say. All right, so I'm gonna
turn this direction for the next frog. - Okay. - Let's see if I can
determine the difference. Now, if I had to guess at this point based on what I tasted, I would say that was a leopard frog just because I didn't experience anything just like (groans) I wanna spit it out. - I'm gonna attempt to grab the next frog. - [Coyote] Okay. - Whoa. This one is jumpy. - Okay, here we go. I am about to lick the second frog. Will I taste anything
different than the first frog and will I be able to
determine whether or not this is the pickerel or the leopard frog? Here we go. All right Mario, are you ready? - Yep. - One, two, three. (man groans) - Okay? (suspenseful music) - I really don't, lemme
have one more taste. - Oh God. I'm sorry, froggy. - I don't taste anything bitter
to be honest with you so. - Oh man. - Tryin' to feel if
there's any like numbness in my tongue or my lips. Maybe... A little bit. A little bit, I would say
that tastes a little flowery. Almost like a flower smells. Not sharp, not sour. I'm gonna get some water to wash out my mouth, just in case. I feel a little tingling
in my lips, I gotta say. Wow, I'm gonna be completely
honest, it's hard to tell but given the fact that my lips do feel a little numb, I'm gonna say
that this is the pickerel frog and this is the leopard frog. I taste what seems like
almost chewing on a flower with this frog but I
wouldn't say it's bitter and I wouldn't say it's sharp. It's just a little bit of sweetness and this one just kinda tasted like moss. So, I'm gonna take the blindfold off. Oh, somethin' might be
happenin' to my lip. Back to daylight. That's 100% the pickerel frog right there. My lip feels weird. My lip is definitely
startin' to feel weird. I don't feel anything on my tongue but I definitely feel something on my lip so the pickerel frog and the toxins that are in its skin, to my taste buds, do not taste bitter. And I definitely feel like my lip is numb, almost like it's not. Like when you get
Novocaine if you're going to the, my lip is totally
like going numb right now. That's so weird. Okay, there's definitely
some toxins in the skin of the pickerel frog. That's so weird. Not so much taste as
much as it is a feeling. Does my lip look any different? - [Mario] No man, looks the same. - That's so weird. I definitely am having
some numbness going on in my lower lip where,
not so much on my tongue, just on the front of my lip and I would definitely say that the toxins in the pickerel frog are more apparent than the taste of a leopard frog. That's actually really strange. Okay, well there you have it. The poisonous frog taste test, I would say has allowed me to determine that the pickerel frog
definitely has some sort of reaction on the inside of my mouth. The leopard frog, I felt
absolutely nothing at all but it's probably important to note that the frog is going
to secrete more toxin when it really feels as if it's in danger so if a predator comes in and attempts to bite that frog, if it
sustains any sort of an injury, those toxins are likely to
be secreted in more force. So, while we try to put as little stress on the frog as possible, I'm
sure it didn't wanna get licked by Coyote Peterson so I may
not have gotten the full effect that you could get if you were to chomp on one of these frogs which brings me back to my warning that I gave everyone earlier. Never attempt to lick or
eat any amphibian species. Many of them do carry toxins in their skin and some of them can even be fatal. So there you have it, the
poisonous frog taste test has determined that I am able to tell the difference
between a pickerel frog and a leopard frog based
on taste and numbness, not sight at all. I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave, stay wild. We'll see ya on the next adventure. I think I'm ready for an ice cream cone. Those frogs did not taste pleasant. I will always be the first to admit that there is an absurdity to some of the experiments I have performed on the Brave Wilderness channel. Licking a frog definitely falls into the categories of
absurd, ridiculous, and, let's be honest, pretty hilarious. Lemme have one more taste. But you did learn some pretty cool things about two very unique frogs, didn't you? In reality, you can properly
identify these frogs by closely examining their field marks if you have the species side by side. While there's clearly a taste
test difference between them, I think it's probably in
the best interest of frogs and humans if we simply
admire these amphibians without putting them in our mouths. Hey Coyote Pack, if you enjoyed
this amphibious experiment, make sure to go back and watch the episode where I milk the poison
from an invasive cane toad. (Coyote groans) Gross! And don't forget to join memberships so you can access a world
of behind-the-scenes content from me and the crew. That sticky white substance, that is the poison that
you need to watch out for. (coyote howls)
(birds tweeting)
