(tension building music)
 - I'm Coyote Peterson,
 you guys asked for it,
 and today I'm getting chomped
   by the American alligator.
 Ready?
   One, two.
Oh boy.
 Three.
   (yelling in pain)
(dramatic tribal music)
 All right, you ready?
   One, two.
Oh boy.
 Three.
  You know what, guys,
   I'm crazy, but I'm
   not that crazy.
  What you're looking at there
  is a 200 pound
  American alligator,
 with one of the most powerful
 bite forces on the planet.
   An animal this size could
   probably rip off my arm.
 And just to prove that
 he's real, watch this.
  (breathes out) Wow.
  And getting that
  close to those teeth
 really gets your heart racing.
  Now I've gotten up
  close with a number
of different dangerous animals,
and gotten into the
strike zone to show you
what to do and not do if
you ever find yourself
   in that position.
Now, I'm not willing
to be bitten an
alligator of this size,
but I am willing to hold
up my end of the bargain
  and get chomped by something
  a little more reasonable.
 All right guys, let's
 bring in Junior.
Over the course of my adventures
 I have had several
 alligator encounters,
   all of which ended without
   me ever being bitten.
 See you later, buddy.
  Wow!
So that'll be the bite
perspective right there.
  Alligator will
  come from this side
and chomp down right on
the meat of my forearm.
 The measured bite
 force of a full grown
 American alligator is around
 3,000 pounds per square inch,
  making it one of the
  most powerful chomps
 in the animal kingdom.
  I am trying to
  mentally put myself
in a place where I'm
not gonna feel the pain.
  I have a pretty
  high pain tolerance,
   but even still, having all
   those tiny little teeth
 pop through my
 forearm in both sides,
  this is not gonna feel good.
 (breathes out)
   - [Voiceover] This
   is the real deal.
- This is the real deal.
No matter what, never replicate
 what you are about to
 witness in this video.
And who you're looking at there,
that is Junior.
 He's about three and
 a half feet in length.
   He weighs about 20 pounds.
 And an alligator of this size
 is only about two years old,
 so the purpose of me
 getting chomped today
 by Junior, other than
 the fact that you guys
wanted to see me get
chomped by an alligator,
  is to prove to you that
  having an alligator as a pet
is just not a good idea.
  All right, Junior,
  go easy on me buddy.
 (sighs) I don't know how I
 get myself into these things.
  Here we go.
 (breathes out)
  All right, this is
  not gonna be pretty.
You guys ready for this?
 I'm Coyote Peterson and I'm
 about to enter the strike zone
  with the American alligator.
   You ready?
 Ready, everyone ready?
 - [Voiceover] Rolling.
   - Rolling.
GoPro, rolling.
  Here we go.
   One, two.
   (screams in pain)
  Oh yeah, he is into my arm,
   he is holding on.
   (moaning in pain)
Yep, all right,
  that feels like big needles
  going into my forearm,
  and I can see there
that those teeth are
deep down into my skin.
Oh yeah, he's really holding on.
 Man, now an alligator
 of this size,
only about three
and a half feet,
   capable of giving
   you one really,
   really nasty bite.
 Argh!
  All right, I think
  to get him to let go
   I'm gonna try to just pry
   his jaw down a little bit.
   All right, I'm gonna pull
   my arm out, you ready?
  Ow, no, he's not letting go.
He is locked onto my arm, guys.
 You know what, let's
 get a bottle of water.
  Argh, there are some
  teeth underneath
 that have just popped through
the underside of my arm.
  All right, I'm gonna dump a
  little bit of water on him.
   You ready?
  Here we go.
All right buddy, let go, let go.
  Oh, I don't want him
  to like slide back.
(pants in pains)
 It's the underside
 that hurts the worst.
   (screams in pain)
He's biting down harder,
and harder, and harder.
  Oh man, this was not a good
  idea, ladies and gentlemen.
  Truly chomped by the
  American alligator.
  I can't get him off.
 He's locked on there.
   - [Man with Beard] Want
   just a suggestion from me?
  - [Coyote] Yes, suggestion.
   - I'd take this
   stick, put in here
  so he couldn't bite
  down any harder.
  - Yeah, that's a good idea.
   All right, what
   we're gonna do now
 is put a stick in his
 jaws from this side.
 Getting the alligator
 on is one thing,
  getting him off is another.
 He's got the
 underside of my wrist
  locked in his jaws.
  (yells out in pain)
   Ohhh, yep.
  Wow.
   Thank you, Junior.
Oh man.
 (laughs) Wooo, doggy.
 Look at that.
  Oh man, he got really close
  to a vein right there.
 You can see there's a big hole
 went into my arm at that spot.
 That hurts the worst.
  And I think one of the
  most uncomfortable feelings
  is when you can feel a tooth
 pop through your skin.
 In total, my arm was locked
 in the jaws of this alligator
   for seven minutes.
 And I was working with
 a team of experts.
  Remember, Junior is
  only two years old.
   Now imagine having
   him as your pet.
  You go to feed him,
  you clean his cage,
   or mishandle this reptile
   for just a second,
   and wham (yells in pain),
   this could be you.
 (slow motion moaning in pain)
   Well hopefully this proved
   as an excellent lesson
   as to why you never wanna
   get an alligator as a pet.
 I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave,
stay wild, we'll see you
on the next adventure.
  Thousands of baby alligators
find their way into the
pet trade every year.
  They may start off
  small and adorable,
  but they won't stay
  that way for long.
 Accidents happen with
 captive alligators,
 and they happen often.
  Guys, I am seriously
  chomped here.
   (screams in pain)
 I was lucky to walk away with
 just a few puncture wounds,
 but you, well let's just say,
  you might not be this lucky.
  If you thought being chomped
  by an alligator was crazy,
go behind the adventure
to have a closer look
   at the aftermath.
And learn how we
dressed my bites
right there on location.
  And don't forget, subscribe
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   on this season of
   Breaking Trail.
