Meeting Video Game Animals In Real Life (React)

- (laughs) What are you doing? - Greets. Oh, you have eye jewelry. He says, "Oh, you have a foreign object. Let me remove it." - Ah ha ha! ♪ (upbeat intro) ♪ - (FBE) As a

video

game

enthusiast, I'm sure you know that many of the most popular

video

game

characters are actually based on

animals

. - Yes, many of them are. - (FBE) Of course, some of these characters look nothing like their

real

-

life

counterparts. - Well. Yeah, I'm just imagining in my head a giant CGI terrifying Sonic. - (FBE) Do you think you would recognize some of these video game

animals

if you saw them in

real

life

? - Depending on the video game and the animal, maybe. - (FBE) Well, today we are going to show you some real live animals and you will have to guess what video game or game series they come from and what character they inspired. - Cool!

That's great. I'm so excited. - Real animals? Wait, can I pet them? - (FBE) Yes! - Awesome. - Wait! This is the best day of my life! I wasn't prepared for this. - (FBE) We'll take you to a place called Animal Tracks. This is a wildlife rescue and conservation center. In addition to providing happy homes for exotic animals that cannot be returned to the wild, Animal Tracks specializes in up-close and personal educational experiences. - Oh, how fun! It's such a good place, where they just have shrines. They say: "There are animals here." And then also learning about them and seeing them. - I like education and getting to know animals and video games up close!

Guys, what an episode. - (FBE) Are you ready to go? - Yeah come on! We are leaving now? Okay, let's go. ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ - (FBE) Do you recognize this monkey from a video game? - Oh hello. Ah! Definitely Super Monkey Ball. Maybe Diddy Kong. - They're cute, so Super Monkey Ball immediately comes to mind. -The only video game monkey that comes to mind is Donkey Kong. - Totally reminiscent of Diddy Kong. - I mean, all I can really think about is Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. - I'm thinking of Mankey from Pokémon. - This is Animal Tracks.

And one of the things we do here is educate people about primates. These monkeys live here at Animal Tracks all year round and carry out educational activities. And right now you have Maci with you. - Oooh. Hello Maci. - (FBE) So Maci is eight years old. Marley is 10 years old. And they were raised as brother and sister in someone's house. But you'll notice that they're no longer in his house, because monkeys don't make good pets. He can live 40 years in captivity. - Wow! - Terrible domestic pet. They have the ability to bite your fingers off, chase dogs, wear through crown molding, and paint poop on walls.

He's the only cute kid here at Animal Tracks, so now you're one of his guys. - Wah, brothers! - These two are different types. Marley is actually...we think he's part of a brown, weeping cross. And we think Maci is a Brazilian crossbreed. And since they are crosses, they couldn't live in a zoo. And I love zoos. Zoos are the reason we know how to care for these animals. But these guys are meant for sanctuaries. One important thing I want people to know is that just because monkeys are nice to one person, they are not nice to everyone. - Good. - So, I'm a mom, but if a stranger tried to hug you like your mother hugs you... - That's weird. - Yes.

And they're like a four-year-old on crack and with sharp teeth. Come on, May. Low. Let's go my love. - Good girl. - I want you to sit right there, at the table. You can feel his prehensile tail. So, they are tree dwellers, arboreal. And then that tail works like a fifth hand. - Oh, you have eye jewelry. He says, "Oh, you have a foreign object. Let me remove it." - Ah ha ha! That's why you don't get piercings, kids. Specifically for monkeys. -And Eric, we know that you don't have bugs, but he is taking care of you, because you are one of his types.

He wants to make sure you look good when you go out. He will make sure you don't have lice. - That's the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me! - (FBE) Do you recognize these little ones? - These are hedgehogs. - Sonic and the Black Knight. - Yeah, I'll have to say Sonic. Just a classic hedgehog character. - A little blue boy. (laughs) - Sonic! - Sonic the Hedgehog, who looks nothing like Sonic. Well. -Does he look like Sonic? - Yeah! - Much more. - It is a ball. It's just a little ball of happiness. -Sonic. - A little bit of Sonic the Hedgehog or Shadow.

Oh my God. I always wanted to see and hold a little hedgehog. -This one is just taking care of his affairs in Africa, in the garden. A coyote or fox comes up and says, "Hey, I'm going to eat you." I literally dare you to eat that. - It's so good. - It's not crazy? Look how shared that is. Ready? See this. Ready? What about now? - Oh! - It's a ball! - Oh! Well, that's more like Sonic, when he turns into a ball. - They're just fluffy armadillos. - I have to go fast. - Now, if you get caught with a hedgehog in California, you're in big, big trouble. - Actually? - Yes.

A couple of things you should know. They are not like a hamster. And they hibernate if they are cold. Thus, after three nights of cold, they will turn into a ball. And they breathe about three times a minute and the animal is assumed to have died. - (gasps) - And then, the people bring out their hedgehogs and have a little burial ceremony. - Oh! - But in reality, this animal wakes up on a warm day and runs loose in the environment, eating everything that our skunks, foxes and raccoons eat. - People get them because they go to Las Vegas. - Oh my word!

Look at it. - It's an impulse purchase. And then you decide, you know, they're a little stinky, a little gross, I don't really want them anymore. And then what do you do with it? - Oh! Oh hello. - This one is very pretty. You can pet this one. - She's not upset. She was raised when she was a baby. And so she's very friendly. - This? Not so friendly. And you can see that she is a little wrinkled. 5,000 feathers. - (Brandon) Wow. - (Stacy) So, they're just modified hairs. - Now, are they really fast? - No, not very fast.

They are like little misers. They would just be in your garden eating your bugs. They eat a little bit of strawberry and a little bit of blueberry. It's in your contract. If you look at this one, you see this brownish gray. See that right there? - Yes Yes. - Actually, that's his saliva. - Oh! - There you go. That's why people bathe their hedgehogs. It's called anointing. And when he smells something delicious, he produces thick saliva and passes it all over his body. - Nice. - And then that's your colony. - Hey buddy. - And right now he's biting my hand.

You see it? That's why I wear gloves. Look at her. She's like a bulldog. - (Brandon) Look at her. She's going in. -So yeah, she would never hold him without a glove. It's like holding a ball of needles when they're upset. - Oh, wow. - The color, I like it. - (Alyson) Right? - (FBE) Do you recognize her from a video game? - Yes. - (Michelle) Star fox. - Obviously, Star Fox, Fox McCloud. - Sonic heroes. - Any of the Naruto video games, because foxes are cool. - (Alyson) So, this is Shy, guys. And she is a red fox, but she was bred this color for the pet trade.

In nature, that would not exist naturally. It happens less than 10% of the time and they will not survive due to lack of camouflage. Before coming to us, she was owned by a very young couple who were very into video games and named her Temi. - (Eric) She was someone's pet before she was in... - (Stacy) She was someone's pet, yes, in Utah. We brought it from Provo, Utah. And in Utah, depending on which city you live in, it is illegal to own a fox. Then, there was this young couple who did all the right things. They did their research.

She built him an enclosure. And then they moved to a city where it's not legal to own them. Then they handed her over to a sanctuary. -How old is Shy? -(Alyson) she just turned three in April. She could live 15 years in captivity. So, she's just a young girl still. If you want to try giving her some food...she doesn't seem too interested right now, but you can try. She could. You're fine, mom. Yes, good girl. - (Mikaela) I have a snack for you. Not my nail. - (Alyson) Do you want that? - (laughs) Similar color. - (Alyson) She won't touch your nail. - (Mikaela) No? - Now she's going to... "I'm going to come down here." - Well.

It doesn't matter. -(Alyson) So, let's see what she's going to do. - You are so Beautiful. Oooh. Her little nose. - (Darius) Are you shy? - (Alyson) Then, perfect. That is incredible. Isn't she pretty? - (Michelle) Beautiful. - (Alyson) Yes, good girl, Shy. - (Carson) Hello, shy. - (Michelle gasps) Oh my God. - Are you a nine-tailed fox? - (Alyson) Yes, I have your paw. I have your paws. I know. - (Shy yawns loudly) - (Alyson) Yes? Actually? She says, "Oh, I have to talk while yawning." Yes. Yes. - They are very noisy. I know that. - (Alyson) They are.

They live on all continents of the world except Antarctica. They are one of the most successful hunters in the world. Their success rate is between 70% and 75%. His sense of hearing is phenomenal. He can hear his prey two feet under the ground or two feet under the snow. There are a handful of animals that can see the Earth's magnetic field and foxes are the only ones that use it for hunting. - Wait. That? Magnetic field? - (Alyson) Yes, the Earth's magnetic field. - What the hell? - (Alyson) So if you've ever seen videos of foxes playing in the snow, they jump up and land head first in the snow, they're actually hunting. - Hello. - Oh, hello, darling!

Hello! You have a great head! - (FBE) Do you recognize this creature from any video game? - A wolf? Super crush? - Something like Sif from Dark Souls. - Oh! It's so huge. - From his eyes, he seems to be having a lot of fun. - He is. - You are so warm! - Oh my God. - It's a little cold here today, isn't it? - Yes. Oh my God. Yes, do you want my hand? - You are so playful! - That's all my sweater. - This is a young man. His name is Raider. And he is 70% wolf and 30% German shepherd. - Wow. -Right now, what we are doing is that he has the brain of a puppy, because he is only one year old.

And that's why we are training him so that he is not a wolf. You never want to turn your back on a predator. Wolves are a very important part of the ecosystem. They are a top predator. They found it in Yosemite, when they put the wolf back there, they chased the hooves into the trees and actually changed the way the river flowed. So, a really important animal. It's not important in our house. He was meant to be someone's pet, which is a very bad idea. It took 10,000 years to turn the wolf into a Chihuahua. Get the chihuahua.

It has the third strongest jaw in animal history. Look, I could do a teeth whitening commercial. Do you see how white his teeth are? Look at those babies. Oh, see a bunny. Bunny rabbit. - Hey! - Oh baby. - And the really important job we feel we have here at Animal Tracks is just showing people how different a wolf is from your dog. They have a third ridge on the molar to fracture the bones. You don't really need that in your Chihuahua. - That's so intense. - Unless you're a butcher. You don't really need to break bones. - Oh my God. - Greets. - What are you doing? (laughs) - I've seen vlogs and videos of people who own wolf hybrid dogs.

Is it okay to be a landlord? - Well, I'll tell you that probably about half a million hybrid wolves are put to sleep every year in our beds, because they bite. So unlike your dog, who has been domesticated, when you walk into your house and your dog wags his tail, the wolf is suspicious. The wolf doesn't like new people to touch him like your dog. This guy knows where your jugular vein is located. - Oh, wow. - Oh Lord. - You don't want these small pets around small children. We want to respect them. - Yes, definitely. - Safely. - I love all animals. - Beautiful. - Well, thank you for being here today.

We also. - (FBE) Did you enjoy your educational experience here today? - Definitely. - I did it a lot. - Oh Lord. It's so good. - Yes. - Everything they do, a sanctuary for these animals, and there are so many different types here and great people. It was really amazing. - I wish all these animals could be pets. They can't be. But it's great to hang out with them here. It was fun. - I mean, I'm glad to know they're being taken care of. That's the important part here. - Yes, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm, because we sure couldn't. - (both) Thank you very much, Animal Tracks. - Thank you very much for inviting us. - Thank you, Animal Tracks! - Bye bye! - Hello family.

Producer Mary

react

s here. Thank you very much for watching us meet video game animals in real life. If you want to see even more incredible behind-the-scenes content from this shoot, head over to FBE2. We have new shows there and live streams every week. So, come hang out! Bye bye!