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You ever think that we would be in a typhoon?

No. We're in a typhoon.

And is just the starting wind.

It's barely even going yet.

What's going on, guys?

So right now, we are on location in Japan.

It is our last day.

We're in a hotel, about 12 hours away from going to the airport.

And right outside the window, Typhoon Trami is about to hit.

I've never been part of a typhoon before.

Obviously, we have hurricanes in the United States.

And the rain is really starting to come down.

The first band is about to hit.

What I thought might be cool is if something crazy happens,

we might as well document it throughout the course

of the day.

So you'll be seeing myself, Mark, and Mario

all show up on camera to get random clips on the GoPro

as the storm hits.

10 stories up.

The rain is coming down.

OK, get in the car.

Whoo.

That's rainy.

Hah.

Woo.

All right, guys.

So this is Richard, our brave guide who has agreed to take us

out as the typhoon is hitting.

But we're definitely going to get some shots as it's running

right into Mount Daisen.

So stay tuned, guys.

It's about to get intense.

Walking around outside right now in this really

cool world of weird stick built houses

in the middle of a typhoon.

Well, actually, it's just the start of the typhoon.

But it's still pretty crazy to be out here in this.

Lots of heavy water, check that out.

The ground is beginning to flood.

And the sky is just completely one

solid color in every direction.

This is bizarre.

Look at this.

It's flooded.

It's just a little stick hut underground.

You could hunker down in here and ride out the storm.

Look at that.

What's going on?

Uh, we're in a typhoon.

We're also exploring this really cool

compound of this guy who actually

built stuff out of wood.

Weathering out the typhoon in style.

This is super cool.

Such amazing art in here all made from real wood.

This may be one of the coolest galleries I have ever been in.

Looks like a fossil.

It's probably the end of an ankylosaur's tail.

Such a cool location we're exploring right now.

Rain still coming down.

What did you catch in the typhoon?

It's a little Japanese green tree frog

Wow.

Hey, buddy.

He's tiny.

He's going to get swept away.

Got to save him.

Oh, he's on my hand.

Yeah, I'll bring them over here in the grasses.

Got to be careful, little buddy.

There's a big typhoon coming through.

Hop out there onto those, there you go.

Much safer there than out here in the weather.

All right, guys.

Well, the ocean is right out here.

The rain and the wind is not too, too crazy bad yet.

But we've driven down to the bottom of Mount Daisen.

See the statue right here?

That's a defender of the island.

This is the base of the mountain.

And as the storm comes in, it's going to hit this spot

and then wrap its way around the outside of the mountain.

We're going to be right in the middle.

All right, let's head back to the car before we get started.

Did you ever think that we would be in a typhoon?

No.

We're in a typhoon.

And this is just the start of the wind.

It's not even going yet.

Well.

The ocean is right out there.

Yep.

We thought maybe we could run down to the edge of it,

but it's actually a lot further away than it looks.

Those waves are rising over there.

You see that? Yeah.

Probably tough to see on the GoPro, but it is getting crazy.

All right, let's run back.

All right.

So we drove down to the coast.

It's pretty crazy.

The beach is completely flooded out.

Check this out.

I can't even imagine what it's going to be like when

it actually makes landfall.

Oh, that rain is stinging my face.

All right, this is the farthest point I can go.

Check this out.

Whoo.

All right, that's it.

I'm going back to the car.

Whoo.

It's crazy down there.

Hi.

Absolutely crazy.

- We're still dying here. - A little wet.

All right, got the shot.

Yeah.

So we just found out they've actually

closed down the highways because they're beginning to flood.

So all these vehicles are now being rerouted.

The traffic's crazy right now.

We're trying to get back to the hotel.

But the streets are full of cars because the water

is rising so quickly.

The wind is actually cut down just a touch.

But if you just look at these flags, they are ripping.

Look at those walls of water.

It's pure typhoon insanity.

Look at that.

That's all the water coming down the side of the mountain

right now.

It's so powerful, it just shooting out of the ground

from these drains.

All right, we're heading up higher into the hills

and back to our hotel.

But I just had to get a shot of that.

Look at this.

I think I should slide right there.

Uh-oh, I'm locked out.

Hey.

Let me in the car.

OK.

We made it back to the hotel.

And now, we're going to head up to the 10th floor

and continue getting some shots.

Definitely going to be safer indoors at this point.

We are just about to meet up with the eyewall of the storm.

All right, guys.

We are headed back up to the 10th floor.

Definitely have to be indoors at this point,

but we're going to try to film it from our bedroom windows.

We'll have Mount Daisen in the background,

although you won't see it because of the storm.

But it'll still be pretty cool, riding out

Typhoon Trami Here in Japan.

Here we go.

So this is Mario's room.

And it is where Trent is getting ready to film

some intervalometer shots.

What are you doing right now?

Getting some audio?

Yeah, just picking up some rain audio

and some rain hitting the window.

That sounds really intense through the microphone here.

Yeah.

It's cool because we've got a opening

right here in the window.

Mario, what are you focusing on?

You know, this is a base camp right now for the typhoon.

So I'm making sure that we have plenty of snacks

Ah.

To go.

Yes.

In case power goes off or something, you know,

I'm going to keep you guys nice and fed.

Is this Mario candy?

Mario candy.

Nice.

All right, guys.

So the eye of the storm wall is about to hit us.

And I'm going to go out and filming it

because I know there's a spot I can go to that nothing's

going to fall down on me.

You guys are going to watch this video and say,

Coyote, you should have taken us out into the eye of the storm,

so I'm going to do it.

All right, here we go.

I'm going around the back of the building

to this area where Trent and Mario are

going to be able to film me.

I'm going to get soaking wet doing this.

In between gusts of wind right now, but have a feeling

it's going to get pretty crazy.

All right, hold on.

Here we go.

Here we are.

Woo.

We're about to breach through the main wall of the storm.

Let's see where the guys at.

All right, I'm signaling to get that camera going.

And right now, I am in the middle of the storm.

Of course, down near the coast, it's a lot worse.

Pretty high up right now, the base of the mountain.

But I do have to say never come outside during the a storm

like this.

I feel pretty safe.

There's no thunder.

There's no lightning, so I have no chance of being

you know struck by lightning.

I'm in a pretty open area so there's

no real chance of any branches or debris falling on me.

This has been pretty crazy on location

here in Japan, getting to experience our first typhoon.

I'm Coyote Peterson.

Be brave.

Stay wild.

We'll see you on the next location.

Woo.

All right, guys.

I'm soaked.

It's time to go back inside.

COYOTE PETERSON Once the eye

of Trami passed over Mount Daisen,

the torrential rain and wind continued

to pound a path over the landscape

as it steadily traveled on its northeasterly course.

At points, the wind reached speeds of 100 miles per hour,

causing structural damage to buildings.

And the heavy rainfall caused flooding in several areas.

Yet by sunrise, the storm had passed,

revealing the towering beauty of Mount Daisen.

For myself and the Brave Wilderness team,

riding out a typhoon was a wild experience.

And it certainly sparked our interest

in documenting more natural weather events in the future.

It's hard to remember the last time

I was this nervous in the presence of an animal.

If you get bit, it's almost certain death.

Oh.

I'm shaking right now, like my feet are tingling.

Right now, I'm out tide pooling in Eastern

Australia in search of the deadliest

creature on the planet.

The blue ringed octopus has one of the most

toxic venoms on Earth.

And if we're lucky enough to find one,

I'm going to attempt to touch it with my bare hands.

But first things first, let's get looking.

The best results are usually from the edge.

The further out you can go, the better.

An octopus can change the texture of its skin.

And it would just look like any of these.

Now, I've struck out on all three

previous occasions trying to locate a blue ringed octopus.

I'm hoping fourth time's a charm.

The difference this time is I'm searching with my good friend,

Miller Wilson, who has seen blue rings in these tide pools

before.

It's very hard to pick a octopus that's a master of camouflage

out from this environment.

It's about to be low tide.

And this is probably one of the most dangerous tide pools

that I have ever searched.

So wearing some nice protective shoes, gloves.

I don't really want to handle the octopus,

but the gloves should protect me just in case.

Because if you look at this, all these rocks out here--

exactly like a stonefish.

And this is stonefish territory.

The stonefish is the world's most venomous fish.

If you step on one, your boots will not protect you.

A single sting from a stonefish can be excruciating

and can even be deadly.

No octopus.

Flipping is not really doing it.

So I'm just going to cruise to cover a lot of ground,

looking for movement.

A lot of times, I do see octopus moving from pocket to pocket.

Oh, my god.

I got an octopus.

I got a blue ring, guys.

It's right here.

There it is.

I missed it.

It's right in here, right here.

How could I miss that?

That was it.

Got it.

Oh, my gosh.

We got one.

Are you kidding me?

Yes.

Boom, baby.

Boom.

Yes.

Holy cow.

So you'll see I'm wearing gloves, guys, for a reason

right now.

This is a really good way to get a nip.

That is not what I want.

There we go.

Hey, buddy.

Let's talk about what we found.

Right there in my hand is the most dangerous animal

on the planet, at least when it comes to venom.

Nothing in the animal kingdom is more toxic

than this tiny little octopus.

And yes, I am nervous about it.

But before the end of this video,

I will officially touch, with my bare hand,

the most dangerous and toxic creature on Earth.

There are actually four described varieties

of blue ringed octopus.

This one is the blue lined octopus.

It's the only one in the family that

has these really cool vivid blue pinstripes surrounding the body.

It's almost like blue tiger stripes.

So if this animal is at all threatened here,

I want to show you what it does.

You see that?

Look at those rings go.

Is that cool or what?

Oh, oh.

OK.

Stay down, stay down.

If the octopus is all agitated, not only does it

flare up the rings on its arms, but those lines on its body

glow.

Back up, I'm toxic.

That's your aposematic warning.

And if you don't listen to me, I'm going to give you a nip.

And they show these vivid display warnings

not only for predators, but they also

do it while they're hunting.

They will do it to confuse or startle their would be prey.

This is what our octopus friend here is out hunting.

This is a type of shore crab.

But this would be the perfect food for the octopus.

All right, we're going to let this crab go.

A single bite from this octopus can kill over 20 human beings.

Needless to say, if I get nipped by this creature, that'll

be the last nip I ever take.

Now, these octopus are nocturnal.

And they are masters of camouflage.

Its normal color pattern perfectly blends

in to this silty environment.

They have three hearts that pump blue blood.

They also have nine brains.

One central brain to run the entire nervous system,

but then at the base of each arm, they have another brain.

And you can see there, that little beak

holds two venom sacs.

And it's actually a toxin that it doesn't even produce itself.

And it actually picks up through bacteria

that it finds in the environment through other organisms

in this tidepool.

And it collects this bacteria in its saliva glands.

And when it uses its beak to bite into its prey

or a predator for escape, it will actually

inject saliva into the wound .

Once this saliva enters the bloodstream,

you get infected with TTX.

No animal has as lethal of a dose as the blue ringed octopus

does.

If you get even a micro amount of TTX,

in your bloodstream all you can do is be put on life support

and hope that eventually, your body works

through the toxin on its own.

And here's the worst part about it.

While you might be in complete paralysis, you are lucid.

There are survivors that have lived

to tell the tale of having people try to resuscitate them,

giving active CPR.

And they weren't able to communicate,

but they remember everything.

And a lot of people get bitten by these octopus

because of mistaken identity.

You'll come out to a local beach and tidepool.

Guys, turn your cameras right now.

This is an active beach.

People take their dogs and kids and play on this beach.

And these animals live all along the coastline.

Now, that's not to scare you.

Obviously, we're out here actively looking for them.

They're hard to find.

But people do, unfortunately, come into contact

with these octopus.

And they will pick them up, play with them, and in that process,

take a bite, which is completely painless, by the way.

Initial symptoms are going to be things like tingling, difficulty

breathing, difficulty thinking, loss of your motor skills,

wobbly walking.

If you think you are ever bitten by a blue ringed octopus

and you start to have symptoms, you

have to be rushed to the hospital as fast as you can.

We're talking like life flight situation

because you only have a matter of minutes

before your whole nervous system starts to shut down

and you're no longer able to breathe.

And saying all that while holding the octopus

in your hand, it's hard to remember

the last time I was this nervous in the presence of an animal.

All right, the time has come.

For something that I've thought a lot about because I know

the only way that this octopus has the ability to envenomate

you is a bite with its beak.

I'm going to attempt to touch, with my bare hand, the most

lethal toxic animal on the planet.

In order to do that, I'm going to just dump out this water.

Look at that.

The octopus is trying to mimic the color of the cube.

Rest assured, this is just a camouflage tactic.

They are masters at this.

That octopus is still very much able to pounce and bite.

They can spend extended periods out of water.

All right, so just so you guys know.

If this blue ring does snare me, we're going to the hospital.

On three.

1.

2.

3.

That made me nervous.

All right, lid back on.

I don't think I was just bitten now,

but I'm not completely sure.

I had to take a break, guys, because like I'm

definitely feeling a little lightheaded, like major anxiety.

That animal right there, if you get bit, it's game over.

It's lights out.

Guys, I am like shaking right now.

Like my feet are tingling, things that you normally

wouldn't pick up on like heart rate, how I'm breathing,

tingle feeling.

Like, I'm just from like all the adrenaline

pumping through my body.

And the emotions are intense, super intense.

Got to shake that off.

The anxiety

that I'm experiencing on camera is real

as I had almost identical symptoms

to that of a blue ring bite.

While I was 99% sure I wasn't bitten,

we had to closely monitor my symptoms

until we deemed it safe enough to continue filming.

The symptoms of these bites can be subtle

and can be hard to differentiate from anxiety and panic

from other sources of stress.

Please never attempt to do what you are seeing in this video.

I cannot stress enough.

If you are bitten by a blue ring octopus,

you must seek medical attention immediately.

I think I'm all right.

I think I'm OK to continue.

Let's keep going.

OK.

It's been a while since I've had this kind of reaction to being

in an encounter with an animal, like it's like my first time

seeing a venomous snake.

It's like all kinds of emotions right now.

Just brushing up against one in the tide pool

while you're walking around, if you accidentally touch one,

you're going to be just fine.

It's like every other octopus.

The difference only occurs when you take a bite from the beak

right there.

Let's let the octopus go.

I'm Mark Vins.

Be brave, stay wild.

We'll see you on the next adventure.