- 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." - Thanks for watching
Try Not to Touch on the React Channel.
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Let us know in the comments. - Bye! Myu!
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