Real Life Merman Exhibit

- Today I become Triton. - Let's talk about that. ♪ (musical theme) ♪ - Good Morning Míticos. - When you're a web surfer, you have to prepare for the day when no one cares enough to click on you, that's what you do. And as you know, we've been going out into the world to look for what else we could be good at, with a little help from our friends at: Geico! - It's time to take another excursion. - This time we headed to the deep blue sea and experienced working in an aquarium. - It's time for: Together - The Backup Plan! ♪ (fun beach music) ♪ - This week we headed to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California to see if there were any job openings. - As I am a guy who can hold his breath for a long time, I am definitely cut out for any job underwater. - And...

I'm your friend. Check it out. - Oh, they have a cafe. - Hey! I'm talking about the whale. - (laughs) Oh, is that

real

? - The first job on our list was Mammalogist. - Our mission, establish a connection with a sea lion. - Welcome to the Aquarium of the Pacific and our wonderful seal and sea lion

exhibit

! - Thank you for having us. - Yes. Where are the sea lions and seals? - Megan is bringing Harpo, one of our eight-year-old male California sea lions. - It sounds great. - Well, it's actually one of our smallest animals.

Parker is the largest and weighs around 800 pounds. - Oh. - So, when we work with animals that are nice and big, a relationship of trust develops with them. - Should I be afraid? - No. Don't be afraid. - What if I'm already afraid? (laughs) - Then, keep it deep inside. - Just pretend you don't care. Just don't even look, don't make eye contact. - Be distant. Is that your distant face? - Pffff. - Let's meet some people! - Oh my God. - Hello! Come on! Harpo, can you say hello? - Well, hello, Harpo. - Hey! - So we have different behaviors, like the elevator... - Wow. - ...which is a sea lion pushup. - I can not do this. - Wow, he just... wow! - Now, do you think it's funny? - Have you ever received a kiss from a sea lion? - I've been on some interesting dates but... - In fact, I'm going to switch places with you, make you kneel, because you need to be on his level. - And language or no language? - Without language.

This is the first time you meet him. - Well. Alright. - So you're going to wait... - And then frown? - Wait. - Am I kissing you or him? - (laughs) No, you're not kissing me. - (talking to Harpo) Kiss! Kiss! - Oh my god, wow. He's Really Holding It Down! - Kiss! - He said no. - You already have it, friend. Kiss! -He doesn't want to kiss him. - He doesn't like a beard. He thinks I'm a threat. - I think it's more than the beard. It's the total package. Purse your lips more. Yes. He closes your eyes. - Goal, goal, goal!

Come on, kiss! - Close your eyes. - Harpo, kiss! - I feel very rejected right now. - Aim! Harpo, kiss! You got it! Good boy, you got it! Kiss! Getting close but not

real

ly. Aim! - Bow down, Rhett. Come on, help him. -(laughs)-he doesn't want to do it. He says: I'm going to fake kiss that bearded guy. - This is like Junior Prom and Stephanie all over again. - Well, I think we're going to say goodbye to Harpo. - Harpo is bored with us. - I'm sorry Harpo, thanks for putting me down. -He greeted me. - Next time we will kiss.

Now, do you have any animals that aren't afraid of us and kiss me? - I think we have some cute stuffed animals in the gift shop if you want... - Oooh! - ...kiss one of those. (laughs) - Maybe that's a good practice for you. - Okay, I'll practice kissing. This won't be the first time I've practiced kissing a stuffed animal. (laughs) ♪ (sea shanty music) ♪ For our next potential job we had to prepare. - To be an Aquarist, you not only have to feel comfortable submerging yourself in water, but also in danger of death. Hello, I'm Link! - Hello Link, I'm Rachel. - Hello Rachel. - Nice to meet you. - I'm Rhett. - Hello, Rhett.

Nice to meet you. - Alright! So I'm an aquarist here, I work in the shark lagoon. - Are those all your real fingers? - They are all my real fingers. No prosthetic fingers. - Can I take them out? - You can take them out. - Not like my grandfather. - Real? - All this is real in this hand. - I have never been bitten by any of the sharks raised in this

exhibit

. We will enter this small breeding group with this zebra shark, his name is Verne. - So, are you going to get us to feed the shark? - Exactly.

You are going to enter. - I don't want to enter the lagoon with the shark. - Are you afraid of sharks? - Well, no, I'm just human. -What does that have to do with sharks? -There is a feather floating there. Did you just feed him a chicken? Is that what we're about to do? A live chicken. - No, I didn't feed him chicken. - Okay, well, that pen got in there somehow. - He does not eat chickens, it is not part of his natural diet. - And there she is nonchalantly walking into a tank with a shark. - Very well, if you are ready, you are more than welcome to come in. - Has teeth? -He has very, very small teeth. - How big is the mouth? - Probably this big. - Okay, Link, do you have any part of your body the size of a hamburger? - Yes Yes.

One foot, one hand, chin. - I go for it. ♪ (scary music) ♪ - Okay, he's sucking my foot. - Are you kidding me. Is he sucking your foot? - Yes, I can't get a sea lion to kiss my face, but I can get a shark to kiss my foot. - Well. -Since she is behaving very well, we will reward her with a fish. (Link makes scary noises) I'm going crazy. - I'm happy to be making a friend. - Oh my God. - Would you like to try to feed yourself? - It's, it's, what? Oh! The crotch! - Now I want to point out something, Rachel. - MMM? - You call it a zebra shark but it has spots. - Yes, that's a great question. -Who ruined that? - Well, actually, when zebra sharks are first born, they have very dark black bands and they look a lot like the zebra stripe pattern. - Oh. - Only as they grow and mature do those stripes fade and are replaced by spots. - Wait, he really likes Link's crotch.

What does that mean? (laughs) - Um, I can't say. - Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! Raquel! Raquel! You have the shark upside down! - Yeah! Do you want to give him that piece of food? (shark makes a biting sound) - Wow!! (laughs) - Look at you, man! You're halfway out of the tank. - Can you assess our potential as Aquarists? - Ahh... - Based on this. - Well, you showed interest in trying to handle it... - (laughing) Interest in trying. - (laughs) - That's a really sweet way of saying we suck. -You are a little afraid of him, but I am impressed by your ability to overcome that fear and...-I wouldn't say that he is defeated. - It seems that the idea here is, of course, to educate, to teach people about these animals... - Yes. - ...but it is also to "surprise" them a little, right? - Hmm! - We have a particular idea that we would like to unleash on the aquarium today.

It's going to require you to have some time alone. - MMM. -And while I do that, Link can do something amazing. - What else cool thing do you have that I can do? - Yes. I definitely have an idea for you. - Well. If it comes to getting out of this tank, I'm ready to do it right now. ♪ (fun beach music) ♪ - What wonderful thing were you going to do next? Octopus pilates? High five with a stingray? No. It was being a shark's personal chef. - This is called squid. It looks delicious? - No. I just weighed a stinky fish. - MMM. - So this is like a multivitamin? - Just put that. - Is that what that slot in the squid is for? - Exactly! - It's for a vitamin. - It is. - Indeed.

Rough. Let's move on to something else. I want to be useful. - Okay, sounds good. - Preferably in another environment that doesn't smell like that. - Okay, okay. So let's find something else you can do. ♪ (epic music) ♪ - So apparently running an aquarium requires a lot of cleaning. - I'm really sorry I missed that part. - MMM. Three hours later...it was time to reveal the aquarium's newest and coolest exhibit. You guys are in luck because whether you've been here before or this is your first time, this is a brand new exhibit that no one has seen before!

No flash photography or petting the animal is allowed. Come this way, follow me to the exhibition! ♪ (exciting music) ♪ - Welcome to my exhibition! Well, actually, welcome to the trout show! They put me back next to the trout! Ignore the trout! Trout are boring! We all know trout are boring! But newts are exciting! - Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, meet Mericus Manicus. More commonly known as Mer-Man. And he's here on loan from a rich former NBA player. (laughs) - Do you have any questions, human children? I speak your language. - What is your name? - My name is (sounds silly) but translated into English is Trevor.

Yes, you, sir. - Do you shave your chest? - Oh, well, no. No. There is only natural fish skin. Is rare. - Do you have a girlfriend? - Well, yes I do. Her name is (silly sounds), but loosely translated into English, it's Misty. - This is ridiculous. - The more time you spend studying mermen and mermaids, the more you will begin to notice the differences between them. This one is prone to fits of anger. - (angry) Why do you have to bring this up? Rachel, can you replace this sucker? - And that's how we know... - (angry) I don't have anger problems!

Sorry kids, I see you're running. I'm sorry. - Who are your natural predators? - You wouldn't believe what a school of shrimp would do to you. They seem so innocent. Misty gives me some problems from time to time, but we're working on some things. We are seeing a counselor. - There is nothing wrong with seeing a counselor. - No, listen. If you have a problem with your leg, I don't want to say that I have legs or anything like that, but if I had a problem with my leg I would go to the doctor. I mean, just because I have a problem with my heart and myself and Misty's relationship doesn't mean she can't go to a counselor, right kids? - Good.

There. Just call him what he is, he's a therapist. -He is a licensed therapist. - Sure, and you shouldn't be ashamed of that. - The upper half of me is as human as you. We have problems, we solve them, right? ♪ (fantasy music) ♪ - What's the verdict, are we in? - I think it was very nice. Very good work. - So we're hired? - Ahhhh... - Wouldn't you pay me to do this? - I think they hired me as a janitor and you'll practically get a tan. ♪ (end music) ♪ - It doesn't look like the aquarium will be offering us jobs anytime soon. - Take my trident.

Wow, you're going to get me! We said goodbye and then there was one last thing I had to do. - Yes, you didn't have to put pills in a squid and clean up after everyone. - Look what I have. - I see that. (kisses the stuffed seahorse) - I've been practicing. - Okay, so we're not going to work at the aquarium, but I will be making appearances at all the local state fairs at the Merman exhibit. One dollar per visit! - A step forward! Thanks to Geico for sponsoring this episode. Go to Geico.com, where 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on your car insurance. - And thanks to you for liking, commenting and subscribing. - Do you know what time it is. - "Hi, I'm Charlotte from San Francisco, California and it's time to spin the Wheel of Mythology!" ♪ (Wheel of Mythicality song plays) ♪ - Go to RhettandLink.com/store and purchase your own set of Rhett and Link bobbleheads.

Thanks to everyone who has been taking pictures with these guys around the world, #GMMBobble! - The box becomes a set! Click on Good Mythical More, where we'll give you some of Merman's most vulnerable facts. -Unisong about garden chairs! Together ♪ I love sitting in my lawn chair because there is nowhere else my mom will allow me to sit. I love sitting in my lawn chair because my dad sat in it and it broke because he was heavier than me ♪ Yes!