00:00So I have my son, Blue, with me today.
00:02He's been handling these animals since he was in diapers.
00:05I feel like I'm going on the other side of the road.
00:08I'm gonna crawl in this way.
00:10Y'all keep me safe.
00:11I've been doing this for my whole life, basically,
00:14like, as long as I can remember.
00:15And he kind of brought me along to help coach Andrew out,
00:19make sure he doesn't slip up or do anything wrong.
00:22Grab everything you need and just be ready on this side,
00:25and I'm gonna push him to you.
00:27Whenever I push him out,
00:28if you can go hands-on and grab him, cool.
00:31If you need to snare him, fine.
00:33Don't let him come back.
00:34I've trained him well.
00:35He's learned from my mistakes, so he knows how to do things,
00:39because he knows what not to do.
00:41I got an extra rope, just in case.
00:43To have him out here with me today,
00:46training one of these new interns...
00:48You go left, I go right.
00:50It really swells your heart.
00:53Whoa!
01:01Using that.
01:03Yeah, I think this will work.
01:05Hello! Andrew!
01:07Y'all ready? Here I come!
01:10You see the loop part?
01:12You're gonna put that up against the...
01:14Yeah, I keep it in the water,
01:15just so he don't see you moving it and stuff.
01:18I'm gonna grab a bucket and push it in front of me.
01:20So he uses the bucket to push straight through there.
01:24You got, like, a blockade to push him out the other end.
01:27You're also pushing the water out, too.
01:29Ha-ha-ha!
01:31Oh, this trusty red bucket, this should keep me safe.
01:37Ha-ha-ha! Game on.
01:39So going through there, he's going bucket first.
01:42The bucket also helped me feel like he's a little bit more safe,
01:45because sometimes he goes in with just his hands,
01:47hoping the alligator will be scared and go out the other end.
01:53My dad going through that culvert,
01:55I couldn't see him at all.
01:57All I heard was him talking just a little bit.
01:59All right, I see him.
02:01He does not want to turn your way.
02:03You pushing him right now?
02:05Nope, he's just looking at me.
02:07Ha! I see bubbles.
02:09He should be coming out your way any second.
02:11There he is, there he is, right there, right in front of you.
02:13He's going back.
02:15He's going back.
02:17He's on our side, Dad.
02:19He's right in this area right here.
02:21He merked up the water. The water's super clear over here.
02:23He didn't move this way.
02:25He's right here trying to get under. I feel him pushing.
02:27What?
02:29We're trying to locate him. He merked up the water, though.
02:31Is he in here with me or out there with y'all?
02:33I believe he's out here with us.
02:35He's a tiny little gator.
02:37Growing up doing this, I know what to look out for and all that.
02:39It's not like a fear.
02:41It's like, okay, I need to back up, give it space,
02:43push up on it. My dad's been teaching me everything.
02:45It's like natural now.
02:47I'm going to poke around in the middle a little bit more.
02:49Try to feel for him.
02:51Make him want to take a breath.
02:53What do y'all got? We don't got nothing.
02:55He's not come up yet. Feel something?
02:57Andrew. Yeah, what's up?
02:59Close fist, put your hands down,
03:01and feel gently.
03:03You move slow, keep your knuckles like this,
03:05just to make sure you can't grab onto
03:07any little bits of you.
03:09So when I put my hand in the water, I was actually pretty much just thinking
03:11it probably won't hurt that much
03:13if it decides to bite me.
03:15Talk to me, guys. He's right there.
03:17He popped up right back that way.
03:19He went down. I don't see his head, though.
03:21I saw everything just now. He popped up?
03:23Yeah, he popped up right over here.
03:25There's no way y'all can let me out of here without
03:27letting him loose, huh? I believe I can.
03:29Just push it slowly, Dad. Okay.
03:31I'll keep it straight.
03:33Okay.
03:35Close your hand nice and slowly.
03:37Look, look, look.
03:39I want you to look right in front of you. You see his neck?
03:41He's right there in front of you. Oh, yeah, I see him.
03:43You can see him? Right there.
03:45Hey, when you go, you commit, okay?
03:47If you're gonna hit him, you hit it all the way down.
03:49Pin him. Now.
03:51Get him. Got him. Got him.
03:53All right, just pin him down. Slowly slide your hands up.
03:55See if you can close that mouth.
03:57All right.
03:59Now.
04:01Look at you. I'll hold him.
04:03You're gonna take this joker up.
04:05You did that, dude.
04:07How cool is that, huh? That's pretty cool.
04:09I was telling Andrew,
04:11if you're gonna go, commit.
04:13Just do it. He went for it. He committed.
04:15He grabbed it. Awesome.
04:17Take it.
04:19Don't let him whoop you now.
04:21Don't let him whoop you now that you got him taped up.
04:23Hold on to him now.
04:25Hey, look. Calm down.
04:27You got it. You do this.
04:29Andrew, he did really good, I think. He held his own there.
04:31Hey, look what he caught.
04:33He caught a whole lizard over there.
04:35It's gonna need a name.
04:37Because now it's a pet.
04:39It has to go back to go to your country, and we're gonna love it forever.
04:41Jean-Claude.
04:43Jean-Claude. What?
04:45Jean-Claude.
