Wolverine Face-Off!

time, my heart moves at about a million miles per second. And I'm nervous, I'm not going to lie. But I need to make sure that glutton doesn't notice that I'm nervous because if he does, he'll completely freak out. I'll control the situation. I need to stay calm and get this animal closer to the cameras. Gulo, my little friend, it has been a long journey to get to this point. This is where I leave you behind and enter with the true living, breathing glutton. Mark, are you ready for this? - As prepared as I'll be, man. Let's do it. - We are about to enter an enclosure with a real live

wolverine

. (serene music) This is the glutton coming out. - Let's see if he uploads this record here.

Here we go. - The animal was incredible, just as I had imagined it in my dreams. And when he scaled the log and stopped, there was no hesitation between us and we were instantly

face

to

face

. My dream of meeting a glutton had come true. - Here you have. - Ready? - Alright. - Great, do you understand that? - Yes. - That was incredible. That was it. I just made a connection with a glutton. This is good, right? He's accepting the fact that I have him on a leash. - Yes, okay, let him walk. Let's let him meet your glutton.

You have him trapped. He's going to meet the glutton you had as a child. Oh Lord. - Okay, okay. This is completely natural. Check it out. What's that? What is that (mumbles)? It's okay, it's okay. Wow. - Let it go, go, go. That's good, that's good, that's good. Let it be there, let it be there. Let it be there, that's good, that's good. OK. Now let's go back. - I can not believe it. Now we have to see if Steve will actually let me enter the enclosure and get him out of the harness. - Go ahead, gulu. - Good, now Mark is coming with us.

Do you know it well? -Yes.-He was about to be the first presenter of an animal show in history to enter an enclosure with a

wolverine

without a harness. - In an enclosure right now with a glutton. I want to turn on this GoPro and place it here next to the moose skin and the beef. - So Coyote, you're already there. Get that moose skin. Get that gift. - This is my present. - And then Mark is right behind Coyote. - OK. - Okay, I'll let him go now. - OK. - Here we go. - OK. - Now I will stand on this side and I will be behind you and I will observe you. - OK. -I think he is very worried. - Well, at this point, the wolverine is out of the harness.

We are in an enclosure with the animal. - Here it comes towards you. Okay, let me do it. Let it pull. - I let it go? - No, no, let him put it on. Okay, okay, let it go. - Oh, he likes that. I knew it, that soft part of the moose's belly... - Take care of your hands, take care of your hands. - OK. - Very nice, that's your gift for him. Now he would pick me up and walk here with me. Just look at it. I wouldn't get any closer. He will defend the prey from him. - I'm about two feet away from the wolverine right now. - Not well.

Let him do what he wants. What I want you to do now if he goes a little further, I want you to grab that piece of meat, take it and put it here and see if he takes it and puts it back. If you do that, you will be developing a relationship with him without insulting him. Hurry, hurry, hurry, pick it up and throw it away. Throw it over here. Hurry, hurry, hurry. - Here it comes, here it comes. Now he sees that the meat is not there. It's right here. - Okay, put it on. Okay, let him have it, let him have it.

Let him keep it, that's enough. That is so cute. - I didn't fight too much. -Well, he didn't jump out of the flesh at you, so it's a good sign that he's accepting you in the sense that he's now letting you into his private world. - OK. - That is incredible. That's like... I just can't believe what I just saw. - Damn, here it is. Okay, I'm keeping an eye on him. Here you have. - Take care of your hand. Go Go. Be careful. - I'm going to let him drag, that was his. - I'm going to give you my shirt. - Okay, put that on?

Do you think he'll feel a little more comfortable? - Put that on. Put that on. You're taking over me. You see, there are all the holes. - I'm going to drag the meat again very slowly. Let's see if we can do it again. - Do it fast. - Let it be natural. Believe me, let me let the glutton come to me. - No. - Here, look, look. (suspense music) Look how strong. In fact, he pushed me forward. He definitely got it from me. Okay, I'll leave it. - I'll let him eat. - That's enough, that's enough, that's enough.

Really serious. - Come on, close, close, close, close. Look at that, and from this position, you can see how powerful those jaws are. He's just he's cutting that meat. - Okay, we're done. - We're not done yet, okay, okay. - No no no no no NO NO. We have meat and you. I need you to go this way. - Go this way, okay, I'll get behind the meat. - Okay, open that door. - Well, when Steve says enough is enough, enough is enough. At this point the wolverine is getting too loud and Steve said out of the cage.

But that has to be the coolest thing I've ever done while he was hosting an animal show. My heart is racing and it was absolutely amazing. - So what you did there, the relationship that I have had with this wolverine all his life and for 36 years working with wolverines, what you did, is unprecedented. Nobody has ever done that. I haven't even done anything like what you just did. And he touched you with his teeth, with his nose. You had made contact and he allowed it. What we did today is push all the knowledge that I had and you pushed everything that glutton will give me, the benefit of the doubt, the benefit of the doubt of being a good animal, having the proper etiquette protocol for a human being and You took it so far from reality. - OK. - That's so far from reality. - That's pretty close.

That is going beyond. Steve, I can't thank you enough for that experience, my friend. There are no words that can come out of my mouth right now that can truly explain what it was like to be in that enclosure with the wolverine. I can see the relief on your face. All that stress. I know how hard it was for you to let me in there. All my fingers are still intact. I contacted the wolverine. Today you helped me realize a dream that I have had since I was eight years old. I don't know how I could thank you enough for today.

All those kids who just watched this episode and experienced and saw a wolverine for the first time, you guys helped me do it. Thank you thank you very much. - I am going to hug you. - It has been very fun. - Although I want my shirt back. - Yes, no, you need this. I can see what it was like for you to have that wolverine jumping all over the place. - Maybe I'll send it to you when it has a few more holes. - Yeah, I love the huge paw mark back here and all those claw marks. - My God, there really is a wolverine print there. - There is. - Oh. - That is awesome.

I'm Coyote Peterson. Be brave. Stay wild. See you on the next adventure. - Realizing a dream is a powerful thing and, in some cases, it can take a lifetime to achieve just one. For the crew and I to reach the far northern state of Alaska, it took many years of incredibly hard work and the persistence of never giving up on what many thought was impossible. I will always hold the days I spent working alongside Steve in my heart as he truly is a gift to this world. His love and appreciation for animals and his connection to the planet is like nothing he has ever known.

I am proud to call him my mentor and I am lucky to have him as my friend. I will never forget the moments I spent in the presence of the wolverine and truly consider this ghost of nature to be my spirit animal. Looking back, I now have a new dream: to one day return to Alaska. And I hope that when I do, the north will greet me with a smile and a pair of sharp claws. If you thought this adventure was epic, be sure to come back and watch as we kayak through the Alaskan wilderness to get up close and personal with a sockeye salmon.

And don't forget, subscribe so you can join me and the team this season of Breaking Trail. - I have one, I have one! Woo, here we go. There we go, I have one. It's strong, it's heavy. Get the (mumbles). That's pretty good. (coyote howling)