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00:00My name's Mike Rowe, and that, not my job.
00:06I explore the country looking for people who aren't afraid to get dirty.
00:10Somebody made a mistake.
00:12What made? I didn't do this.
00:13Are you sure?
00:14No.
00:14Hard-working men and women who earn an honest living.
00:17This is the best relationship I've ever had with technology.
00:20Doing the kinds of jobs that make civilized life possible for the rest of us.
00:24Now, get ready.
00:28Get dirty.
00:30Hey, buddy.
00:31Coming up on Dirty Jobs.
00:33You got a call this morning from the residents in this home.
00:36They have a skunk in the trap in the back.
00:37Do you have unwanted guests living in or under your home in Southern California?
00:41Give J.J. Bailey a call.
00:43I get skunks, raccoons, possums, and everything else out of people's houses.
00:46As an animal control expert, he's seen and smelled it all.
00:50There's so many fleas on them that I have to spray Raid in my hair.
00:53Raid shampoo.
00:54It helps to know what you're doing because when some critters get mad, they don't say it.
00:59They spray it.
01:00Oh, jeez.
01:01Ah, you dirty.
01:02Oh, you stink.
01:03Smells like money to me.
01:04And later, anyway, I was wondering about that moose you featured.
01:08Bruce.
01:09There's a lot of moose.
01:10He's the big guy.
01:11A letter from the website has me revisit a job in Alaska to help a vet give Bruce a checkup.
01:17He wants to be in the dangerous spot to keep his head straight.
01:20When your patient weighs three quarters of a ton, getting him to lie down and open his mouth
01:24takes a little more than saying please.
01:26I've had my hands in a lot of places.
01:28There's a new one.
01:31Oh, God.
01:32That's a house in West Covina, and this is J.J. Bailey, and this is his truck, and this
01:49is his hat, and on his hat it says, Animal Capture, Wildlife Control.
01:53Is there anything else I need to know about you or your business?
01:56I get skunks, raccoons, possums, and everything else out of people's houses.
02:00You got a call this morning from the residents in this home.
02:03Correct.
02:04What's their problem?
02:05The house smells like a skunk.
02:06I currently am working here, and they have a skunk in the trap in the back.
02:10So what really, the skunk got into the home or under the home or what?
02:13It gets in the underfloor.
02:14A lot of times through vents left off, people don't pay attention to them, things like that.
02:18Right.
02:18The animals have access to the home.
02:19They go under there and make a home for themselves.
02:22The empty cages in the back of the trunk ideally will become full of creatures if you do your
02:26job well at the end of the day?
02:27Definitely.
02:28All right.
02:29You've given me a pair of overalls, and I'm grateful.
02:31However, I have to point out that they seem to have been somewhat broken in.
02:35Used many times.
02:36Seriously.
02:37Why are they so chewed up?
02:38A lot of times I put these over the cages that the animals are in, especially skunks.
02:43So the plastic doesn't blow off while you're driving around.
02:45A lot of times they bring the coveralls into the cage and chew on them.
02:49So I could be wearing something that's been over top of possum skunks, but all of it.
02:54All of it.
02:55What do we do with the skunks that we ultimately capture today?
02:58Let it go.
02:59Where do you let go?
03:00In the backyard, somewhere on the property.
03:02Well, that seems like a guaranteed, sure-fired effort to keep yourself in business really with
03:06one customer for the rest of your life.
03:08I mean, as a homeowner, if I were a homeowner, I would probably ask you to take the skunk
03:12to someone else's home, perhaps.
03:15But then you would have to have the property owner's permission to relocate the animal there,
03:20and who's going to want...
03:21Why would the Smiths want the Jones's skunk?
03:23Correct.
03:24And this is his natural habitat.
03:25This is where he lives.
03:26So you look at it as the animals were here first, the people came around, screwed things
03:30up, and every now and then cultures collide.
03:33JJ to the rescue.
03:34Definitely.
03:34I would like to go get the skunk.
03:36All right, let's go.
03:37So we need to get some plastic first.
03:38Sure.
03:41Just a normal garbage bag.
03:43Uh-huh.
03:44And what's the purpose of this?
03:47What happens is you walk up to the animal with a sheet of plastic.
03:50Uh-huh.
03:50So they don't notice a predator coming at them.
03:53They just notice a wall of plastic, and it's a 50-50 chance that they're going to spray.
03:57Because studies have shown nothing is more comforting to a wild animal than a large piece of black
04:01plastic coming straight at them.
04:03Definitely.
04:0350-50, I'll spray you.
04:05Yeah.
04:05So here's your plastic.
04:07Uh-huh.
04:07Well, you know what I like to do?
04:08Before we go back there, can I just rehearse briefly?
04:10Go ahead.
04:11Dave, would you mind playing the role of the skunk?
04:13Could I ask you to squat, please?
04:15Just assume a squatting position for a moment.
04:17I'm not doing that.
04:18So basically, you walk up to the trap, and then you're going to come at them, and then
04:24just gently place it over the skunk.
04:26Right.
04:26So if the skunk is spraying at this point, we don't care because it's just going straight into
04:30the plastic?
04:30Just going to the plastic, it's not going to get on you.
04:32But just from being around it, everybody here is going to smell.
04:35And it might be so intense that you're probably going to be able to taste it.
04:40Very quietly.
04:41Can you smell it?
04:46I can smell it.
04:47All right.
04:48So we're going to come around here and be very quiet and move slowly because the skunk
04:52is right around the corner.
04:55Be that black creature there with the white stripes on its back.
04:58Yeah, so you're going to approach the cage at any angle, and slowly as possible.
05:04You have a little breeze going, so good luck.
05:07The first reaction of the skunk is going to be stomping his front feet.
05:11That's basically telling you to back up.
05:13And then if you don't back up, he's then going to turn his butt and spray you.
05:18Hey, buddy.
05:20Hey, I'm just going to put some plastic on you.
05:22Oh, you're going to get sprayed.
05:23Oh, jeez.
05:25Ah, you dirty.
05:28Might as well just go now.
05:29He's already sprayed.
05:30You're right.
05:30That's...
05:31Ah, you smelly skunk.
05:35Oh, you stink.
05:37Oh, you...
05:38Ah!
05:40Smelly.
05:40Oh, come on.
05:54It's not that bad.
05:55Oh, come on.
05:56You don't smell anything ever anymore.
05:58You're...
05:59I'm immune to it.
06:00Oh!
06:01Smells like money to me.
06:02Yeah?
06:03Well, somebody left their money in their...
06:05God, the, uh, is it liquid that came out of its butt or was it just pure...
06:12It comes out of the anus area.
06:14It actually comes from a gland in the anus area.
06:16We haven't really nailed it down yet, but we suspect there's some activity in the area of the anus.
06:21It comes from the anus.
06:24Oh!
06:26What freaked me out, did you...
06:28The size of its butthole was enormous.
06:31I mean, for a little creature, the thing turned around.
06:32I thought the whole...
06:33It was just gonna just subdivide.
06:35It's a heck of a defense mechanism, and that's obviously the whole point.
06:37Yeah, they only spray for two reasons.
06:39One is a defensive mechanism, and two to attract a mate.
06:42Well, I won't lie to you.
06:43Underneath the horrible funk in the air, there's a certain something going on.
06:49All right, you want me to pick this thing up?
06:50I didn't notice where the edges were, because I...
06:53Yeah, so basically, uh, you can see how it sprayed the house as well.
06:57So we're gonna have to treat that.
06:59That's spray?
07:00Yeah, that's skunk spray.
07:01Ugh!
07:03You're bad.
07:04So basically, we're gonna pick him up.
07:07All right, let me get him out of here for you.
07:09Basically, we're just gonna move him out of the way while we, uh, go underneath the house.
07:13Will he spray again?
07:14How many times do you spray before his blood dries?
07:15They can spray numerous times.
07:16Like, is there a maximum spraying event?
07:20I don't...
07:21Six?
07:22Uh, I don't know.
07:23More than that, probably.
07:24Okay.
07:24So we're gonna take him out to, uh, we'll just set him out here.
07:30Do you see his claws?
07:32How big they are?
07:32Oh, we might as well have a look at this thing while we're here.
07:36Yeah, it's...
07:36So here he comes.
07:37It's black, it's white, it stinks.
07:39See the claws?
07:39How big his claws are?
07:40I do, yeah, that would hurt.
07:41Okay.
07:42So we'll just set him next to the truck, or we can put him in the truck, it doesn't matter.
07:46No, let's put him down here.
07:47All right.
07:47Just keep him off to the edge here, so nobody coming by, doesn't get sprayed.
07:53Hey, you're out, you're walking your dog.
07:54What's in a plastic?
07:56Yeah, that'd be bad.
07:58So now we're gonna, uh, attempt to go under the house.
08:01Basically, it's an underfloor inspection.
08:02It consists of, you see where the animals are going in and out.
08:05These animals are able to actually dig directly under the foundation from one side and come
08:09up underneath the other.
08:10Right.
08:11Um, as well as you check for damage.
08:12Um, a lot of times they tear into the air duct system, things like that.
08:15As well as see if there's, you know, any other animals.
08:19You stay there.
08:21All right.
08:24These guys are trying to figure out now how to shoot the scene that's gonna happen in
08:29and out a hole and around a lot of pipes everywhere.
08:32It's gonna be very, very cramped.
08:33But fortunately, the Dirty Jobs crew consists of the skinniest cameraman on the face of the
08:37earth.
08:38So if anybody can bring this meaningless scene to you, these are the guys.
08:43It really never gets old.
08:48No matter how many times I see it, watching Troy try to get into a ridiculous spot like
08:52this, like some horrible reverse birth.
08:55Back into the womb, Troy.
08:57A womb with a view.
09:00Watch Doug's trick hip in action.
09:02You've heard us talk about it before, but probably really haven't seen it like this.
09:07Doug, if you can make your feet curl up and say, I'll get you, my pretty.
09:10And your little dog, Taro!
09:17Man, Dave knows how to wear those jeans, doesn't he?
09:19I can't believe a jeans company hadn't called you yet, Dave.
09:22Just some kind of endorsement.
09:23The way you sell that.
09:25How do you make so much fabric disappear up your **** like that?
09:28You got a little hand in there.
09:29A little butt hand that reaches out and pulls all the jeans in.
09:32Okay, so is there any particular route under there we're taking?
09:40Yeah, there's some pipes under there, so you're going to go in here and hang a right, and we'll
09:45see what we get.
09:46Is it a single file the whole way, or what?
09:47A single file in the beginning, and then once it opens up, we'll go side by side, I guess.
09:53Go for it.
09:53Sure.
09:54Lead the way.
09:55It's better to go ahead first.
09:56Right.
09:57When in doubt.
09:57Oh, boy.
10:02Not a lot of room.
10:04Not a lot of room at all.
10:06Oh, yeah, you can wig out under here.
10:07Sure.
10:11Right behind you.
10:12Okay.
10:13Try to slide under that pipe there.
10:15Okay.
10:17And at this point in the inspection process, I'm looking for, I'm just looking for skunks.
10:21Yeah, you're looking for droppings, you're looking for skunks, possible damage to electrical.
10:26Worst time in the world for an earthquake right now.
10:29Oh, yeah.
10:30Coming up.
10:31What the heck is that?
10:32Looks to be a skunk.
10:34And it doesn't appear to be moving at all.
10:35The bad part of a live skunk is in his butt.
10:38The bad part of the dead one, pretty much everything.
10:40Oh, God, that stink.
10:42The stink in that bag.
10:44Then.
10:44Oh, yeah, we got a dead possum here that looks like it's been here for all kinds of droppings
10:49all over him.
10:50He's covered in his pal's poo.
10:52Where in the world does a dormitory also serve as a cemetery?
10:55And a cemetery double as a laboratory?
10:58Under your house, possibly?
10:59Oh, yeah, you got skeletons up here as well.
11:01Rat droppings.
11:02Good grief.
11:03Call it what you will, it really is just a toilet.
11:05And later.
11:06And, oh, when they take a leak, they're getting pissed off.
11:10That's an anger sign.
11:11Getting off on the wrong foot.
11:13Or should I say, hoof.
11:14He is mad at you.
11:16He won't like you for two weeks.
11:18I'll introduce him to some former fans.
11:20I'm what you call a natural with the heifers.
11:29When it comes to the animal kingdom, I feel quite a relationship.
11:34Are you kidding me?
11:35I think I just peed on you.
11:38I truly understand them.
11:40What's he saying?
11:41It's as though we're speaking the same language.
11:43Ooh.
11:44Ooh.
11:45Ooh.
11:46Oh.
11:47Ooh.
11:47There you go.
11:48Ooh.
11:49I mean, I can get him to do just about anything.
11:54Come on, girl.
11:55It's the sun.
11:56Come on.
11:57That's it.
11:57Don't make me look stupid.
11:59Come on.
11:59That's it.
12:00Good girl.
12:04We're going to take off this way.
12:05What the heck is that?
12:07Where?
12:07Right there.
12:09It looks to be a skunk.
12:10And it doesn't appear to be moving at all.
12:12No.
12:12Definitely a den.
12:13So what do you do with him?
12:15Get a bag and throw him in the bag and take him out of here.
12:18All these animals I deal with, skunks, raccoons, possums, they're all highly diseased animals.
12:22A lot of times when I get dead animals under houses and things like this, there's so many
12:26fleas on them that I have to go out, spray Raid in my hair, and come back underneath.
12:33Numerous times I've had to do that.
12:34Spray it in my hands, rub it in my hair.
12:36Terrible.
12:38Raid shampoo.
12:39And sometimes I have to ask people to borrow shampoo so I can wash my hair and their water
12:44hose outside when I'm done.
12:45So hopefully there's no fleas.
12:47Okay.
12:48Hey, Dave.
12:49Go grab a garbage bag out of the back of my toolbox.
12:52Okay.
12:53We got some dead skunks down here.
12:54Definitely going to have maggots on it.
12:56Flies.
12:57All right.
12:57So he'll get the bags.
12:58I'll go retrieve it.
13:00Thanks.
13:02Any particular place you want me to grab it?
13:04The body.
13:05Middle of the body.
13:06You don't want to grab the head.
13:07You don't want those teeth to sink into you.
13:09Ah, the fur just sort of comes right off.
13:11Yeah, you don't want to just grab it by the fur.
13:13You want to grab the whole body because the fur will just slide off.
13:17And the tail as well.
13:18If you just grab the tail, the tail will just slide off.
13:20Ah, now why is the skin coming off like that?
13:24It's just part of the body deteriorating.
13:26Oh, no.
13:26This is going to fall apart in our hands.
13:28Yeah.
13:28By ours, I mean mine.
13:30Definitely going to be maggots.
13:31There are maggots everywhere.
13:34Oh, that's a horrid smell.
13:35Oh, God.
13:38Feels like jelly, huh?
13:39It's jelly.
13:40It's just jelly.
13:42Oh, what is in my eyes?
13:44Oh.
13:45So you want to look around the ground and pick up any fur, anything else laying around?
13:50Come on up here, JJ.
13:51Give me a hand.
13:52Sure, no problem.
13:53The smell really is.
13:55Intense.
13:55Devastating.
13:56You know, the rest of this fur and everything else in the bag as well.
13:59Right.
14:00Really, really horrible.
14:03I'll miss some fur.
14:04Yeah.
14:06All right.
14:06God.
14:07So now we'll carry on with the inspection.
14:09So let's move out of here.
14:11Let's bring that skunk with us.
14:12Oh, sure.
14:13Watch your head.
14:13Oh, God.
14:14That stink.
14:15That stink in that bag.
14:17So now we're going to head back this way.
14:18We're going to keep going back.
14:20I'm solid, baby.
14:24The situation is untenable.
14:26This is what I look like shooting me on a little tiny camera.
14:29Jay, of course, is here, hopelessly jammed and pinned under whatever he's jammed and pinned
14:33under.
14:33Doug is taking a position somewhere behind that big light in front of us.
14:37He's doing what he does.
14:39And Troy, he's behind a pile of some kind.
14:42And I don't know if he thinks it.
14:43Oh, yeah, I guess he can.
14:44There he is.
14:45Where's Barsky?
14:46I'm back here.
14:49Dude, you look like T-Rex.
14:51I'm getting nothing but hands and wrists going on.
14:57It's easier if you try it on your belly.
14:59No, I was at a moment.
15:01The problem is I got a skunk in my face.
15:03Oh, okay.
15:08I'm sorry, dude, but the show right now is you.
15:11I've got that little daisy going on in your viewfinder.
15:15Oh, dude.
15:15All right, you like to invite it to my land.
15:17And our goal, Jay, as we crawl forward here is to eventually get to the far side of the
15:23house.
15:23Yeah, to get over to that way, we have to get to that side of the house.
15:26You definitely want to watch out for these nails hanging from the top.
15:29That guy is the bomb.
15:32Look at that.
15:32You never know what you're going to come across.
15:33I'm actually stuck.
15:45I just farted.
15:47We definitely want to get a shot of this bathtub area, too.
15:50That shows you how all the varmints can actually get into the house, huh?
15:53Exactly, and they carry this stuff, this grass that they brought in from the outside up,
15:56bring it in, and take it up there to nest.
15:59Huh.
15:59See, all up in here is all hollow area underneath the bathtub.
16:03Oh, right.
16:04So that's the bottom of their tub.
16:05Yeah, that's the bathtub right here.
16:07And then they get up in there, and they live in there.
16:09I wonder how many people are taking baths, you know, every day with not knowing that their
16:14animal is just living inches from their nakedness.
16:16Happens all the time.
16:17This is real common underneath people's homes.
16:19Cool.
16:21Coming up.
16:22It's a heck of a thing.
16:23Letting the cat out of the bag can ruin a surprise.
16:25The skin has slid off the tail.
16:27Oh, it sure has.
16:28Letting the skunk out of the bag will ruin your appetite.
16:31As you can see, the fur...
16:33Oh!
16:33Oh.
16:34Oh!
16:36And later.
16:36Pushing at the top, lift from the bottom, lift up.
16:39Parting is such sweet sorrow.
16:41He's going to spray you, so be careful.
16:42He already has.
16:43But not so sweet smelling.
16:44Oh, spray.
16:45A lot of spray.
16:46Go that way.
16:46Yeah, go toward bars.
16:54When working with the animal kingdom, you've got to be wary of the tails.
16:58There's the big furry poo-encrusted tail.
17:01Yeah, get all the poo in my face if you can.
17:03There's a good bear cat.
17:04There's the tail with some serious torque.
17:07Ah!
17:08Ah!
17:08Bad crock.
17:09Got me right in a bad place.
17:11And then there's the animal that's all tail.
17:13Ah!
17:14Ah!
17:14Ah!
17:15Ah!
17:16I'm being bit by a thing!
17:19But not all tails are bad for you.
17:21Now, I know you're big and strong, but in the end, I'm bigger and stronger.
17:27One of us is going in the pot.
17:30And it ain't going to be me.
17:31Not really seeing anything else.
17:33Not really seeing anything else.
17:38You can see from here that basically everything looks good.
17:41I mean, if you're satisfied that we've inspected this place to a level that works for cable TV, then I suggest we get out of here.
17:48All right.
17:49So we're going to have to backtrack.
17:51You coming, Mike?
17:55I'm coming.
17:56Ah, a little jam.
17:58Oh.
17:59Toss you the skunk.
18:00All right.
18:00There you go.
18:02Bye-bye, skunk.
18:03Oh, that was smart.
18:11Awful.
18:12It's awful.
18:12Yeah.
18:13No, I know you're nonplussed.
18:14You don't care.
18:14It's terrible down there.
18:15Believe me.
18:16I've seen a lot of different versions of terrible.
18:20That's a good one.
18:22It's a heck of a thing.
18:24Rotten.
18:25You can see that the tail has slid.
18:27The skin has slid off the tail.
18:29Oh, it sure has.
18:30Just like that gone.
18:32That skunk has never smelled worse than it does right now.
18:35Pieces of meat are just coming off in my hands.
18:38Yeah.
18:38There's ferocious teeth.
18:40And then you have some very large claws.
18:43But as you can see, the fur...
18:46Oh!
18:46Oh.
18:47Oh!
18:48So this is, I mean, this is natural decomposition right here.
18:51Natural.
18:52This is how it happens.
18:53The skin just peels off.
18:54Here, I got it by the skin.
18:55Definitely longer than that.
18:58Every now and then we'll get letters from people saying,
19:00you know, I just discovered your show.
19:02It's called Dirty Jobs.
19:04And I've been watching it, but it doesn't seem that dirty.
19:06So every now and then,
19:08we have to do something just to drive the point home.
19:14Almost forgot about our little buddy out on the street.
19:17One good thing about skunks,
19:18you don't have to worry about anybody stealing them.
19:20We'll take it along the side of the shed,
19:22so maybe it'll just hang out behind the shed
19:24probably until the nighttime.
19:27Back here?
19:28Yeah, just right here is fine.
19:29Right at the edge.
19:30It's good.
19:30You're going to turn it around because the door is facing me.
19:33All right.
19:34All right, so what you're going to do is
19:35you're going to lift this lever here.
19:37Uh-huh.
19:37You're going to push in it, grab a hold of it.
19:39Yeah.
19:39What do you mean?
19:40The door.
19:40Okay.
19:40You're going to push in at the top,
19:42lift from the bottom.
19:43Uh-huh.
19:44Okay, and then we're going to stand back,
19:45and we're kind of going to tap on this side,
19:47and hopefully he'll just run out,
19:48and he'll be free.
19:50And go straight that way.
19:51Yeah, he'll hang out behind the shed until the nighttime.
19:53All right.
19:55Push in, lift up,
19:56and now just, he's going to spray you,
19:59so be careful.
19:59He already has.
20:00He's going to come towards the front.
20:02That skunk is on the move.
20:03That is one rabid skunk.
20:06Oh, spray.
20:07A lot of spray.
20:09Go that way.
20:09Yeah, go toward Barsky.
20:11He's coming that way.
20:13Oh, yeah.
20:15All right.
20:16All right.
20:16Well, he's sufficiently freaked out.
20:18It's just a heck of a thing, man.
20:1965% of the skunks are rabid,
20:21and we just put them right back where we found them.
20:23Yeah, the law states you either have to put it to sleep
20:27or let it go on the property that you got it from,
20:31and I'm really not into putting animals to sleep,
20:33so I try to, you know, let them go as much as possible.
20:36Now, you're probably wondering if the skunk is released
20:38on the same property where it's trapped.
20:40What's to prevent the critter from coming back?
20:43So we're going to seal this entryway up first.
20:45All right.
20:46Where they're going in and out.
20:47Well, that's where JJ's skills as a handyman come into play.
20:50All the access points the animals use
20:55to get underneath the house in the first place are sealed.
20:58It's been open, so you can tell that this is where they're going in and out,
21:01so you definitely want to put a trap at the access point.
21:04We've got this new one.
21:05You're going to want to place it behind all this sheet metal here,
21:08and now you're going to use some caulking here
21:11to seal it up permanently.
21:15Just go ahead and go along the edges.
21:18Run straight along the bottom?
21:20Exactly.
21:20On the inside, yeah.
21:22Animals such as skunks can squeeze through a hole the size of a baseball.
21:26A little caulk on the side.
21:28Some caulk over here, too.
21:30So making sure these access points are sealed
21:33is one of the most important parts of JJ's job.
21:36That's probably not supposed to look like that, but...
21:38That's all right.
21:38Amateur.
21:40Any small holes or cracks need to be thoroughly sealed.
21:43So we'll try to bring this more, seal it up better.
21:46If not, it's all these critters need to claw their way back onto the house.
21:50Go ahead and use quite a bit of that.
21:52Like quite a bit more, you mean?
21:53Yeah.
21:54With a caulking gun, you don't need perfect aim.
21:56Sorry, caulk's all over the place.
21:58And there are no points for style.
22:01It's awkward.
22:03You got to do what you got to do.
22:05So we move on.
22:07What's the next, is there another stop now?
22:09Yeah, in West Hollywood.
22:11But before we go, we need to apply a healthy amount of stink remover.
22:16Is it a time you got your skunk off?
22:19You got the shower?
22:21Yeah.
22:21With the skunk off?
22:22Spray it all over.
22:23Married, man, aren't you?
22:24Yeah.
22:24What's your wife thinking of it?
22:25Undressing the garage before you even come in the house.
22:28Her?
22:29No, me.
22:29Oh, I was going to say.
22:32Honey, I'm on my way home.
22:33Get the skunk off ready.
22:36All right, you got the dead skunk, you got the cat food, you got the skunk crab.
22:39I got two giant pieces of caulk and a skunk off.
22:43And we're going to West Hollywood.
22:44We're ready.
22:48Coming up.
22:49All right.
22:49Looks like we got two raccoons.
22:51You are busted.
22:52There's a possum.
22:53Ah, that's a good-sized skunk.
22:55Two more skunks up here.
22:56Look at Larry, Moe, and Curly.
22:57When the units come in multiples, so do the critters.
23:00That's a full house.
23:02It's another day.
23:03And later, this is a big animal.
23:05It's a very big animal.
23:06Is it a dangerous big animal?
23:07Absolutely.
23:08He could be playing possum.
23:09If a five-pound possum is trouble, what's one like that's 300 times bigger?
23:13That moose is not asleep.
23:15I don't want to know.
23:16That's a sound that says I could come awake at any moment and swallow you.
23:23The food's in the truck.
23:27When befriending an animal, I find the best equalizer is to usually invite him over for dinner.
23:33No, no, no.
23:34Toward the food.
23:34Even if it takes a little coaxing.
23:36No, no, no, no.
23:39Okay, okay, okay.
23:41Sure, some may spurn your advances.
23:44Gentlemen.
23:49While others will love you for it.
23:51Yay.
23:52But if you're serving the right dish, they'll jump all over it.
23:58Oh, we're going to need some more.
24:01Every day, JJ drives all over Southern California, trapping and releasing animals that stink, bite, and sleep under people's bathtubs.
24:18The hills of West Hollywood, just above the famous Sunset Strip, are also teeming with wild things of all shapes and sizes.
24:26Some are two-legged.
24:28Some are four.
24:28All right, looks like we've got two raccoons in the traps.
24:32You are busted.
24:33You can see where the animals have torn in to get underneath the house.
24:38Oh, yeah.
24:41Oh, yeah.
24:43Careful, because sometimes they'll be reaching their arms out, grabbing your legs, things like that.
24:47Or barking, trying to bite you.
24:49Yeah, yeah.
24:53Oh, yeah, look at that, reaching for me.
24:54All right, so we're going to head down and check the other traps around the other side of the building.
25:01Are you looking for more raccoons, you figure?
25:03I've got everything here.
25:04Skunks, raccoons, possums, everything.
25:07It's like a petting zoo.
25:08Exactly.
25:09A lot of wildlife here.
25:10So here, it looks like the door is closed in the trap.
25:14Let's see what we got.
25:16All right, there's a possum.
25:18Ah!
25:19Basically an overgrown rat.
25:21He has 52 razor-sharp teeth.
25:23Oh, he's just pissed off about the whole thing.
25:25That would really hurt, wouldn't it?
25:27Oh, yeah.
25:27And his claws, too.
25:28Look at how sharp his claws are.
25:30Look at his creepy little feet.
25:31They look just like hands.
25:32Yeah, they're actually a marsupial.
25:33They're not from here.
25:34They actually have a pouch like a kangaroo.
25:37And they keep their young in there until they're old enough.
25:40Then the young will start riding on the back of the mom.
25:43Right.
25:44And then at that time, when they're old enough, they will roam on their own.
25:46But basically, you know, he is like an overgrown rat.
25:49These animals here are one of the number one carriers of tuberculosis, hepatitis.
25:54But this guy, he's highly diseased and all kinds of stuff.
25:57The possum is just the beginning.
25:59This place is critter heaven.
26:01That's a good-sized skunk?
26:02Oh, yeah.
26:03That's a large one.
26:03And it looks like we have two more skunks up here.
26:06Look at Larry, Moe, and Curly.
26:08If I was in the four-legged animal kingdom and I had to choose between an ugly tuberculosis carrier and a cute rabies carrier, I don't know.
26:16I'd probably go for the cute.
26:18Oh, he's aimed right at me.
26:19Oh, yeah.
26:19He's already got it.
26:20Locked and loaded.
26:22He's pretty.
26:23It's so intense, he could taste it.
26:27Two raccoons, three skunks, and a possum.
26:29That's a full house.
26:31It's another day.
26:33Now we're going to go down and do the underfloor inspection, check out and see what's going on underneath.
26:38All right, so here's the access point.
26:41See what we get.
26:43I'm liking it more than the last one already.
26:45Yeah, you can walk under here.
26:47All right, we've got a lot of droppings.
26:50A litter box without the box.
26:52People worry about raccoons.
26:53They carry a raccoon roundworm where they shed millions of eggs in their droppings daily.
26:57If you ingest or inhale one of these eggs, it grows to a foot-long worm.
27:00If it gets into your brain or your eyes, it could cause a cyst.
27:03Wait, wait, wait.
27:03This is just awful.
27:05You'll get flu-like symptoms, things like that.
27:07Flu-like and a foot-long worm in your eye.
27:10Exactly.
27:10Just in case you're right.
27:11A lot of times when these animals get underneath the house, they tear into the air duct systems, and then people turn on their heating and air conditioning, and the droppings are blown through the house.
27:20You got me freaked out with the airborne worms.
27:23It can grow in my eye now.
27:24Yeah, so I wouldn't worry too much.
27:27Somebody can't take a note of that.
27:28You wouldn't worry too much.
27:29I am under houses a lot, and nothing's happened to me.
27:32It's just something to be cautious about.
27:36So, a lot of times on these black pipes, the dust settles on them, so it's easy to tell if there's tracks and things like that, and they can easily climb up this pipe here, and then access the underneath tub right here.
27:49This is the hollow area I've been talking about.
27:51Now, your arm can easily fit all the way up here, you know, and this is all hollow in here.
27:55Right.
27:55And this is, you know, possibly somebody's taking a bath.
28:00Coming up.
28:01Oh, yeah, there's nothing back here but nooks and crannies.
28:03There's another dead carcass.
28:05It's a total Jurassic Park here.
28:08Live possums, repulsive.
28:10Dead ones, interesting.
28:11Look at the mouth on that thing.
28:13Looks like dinosaur days.
28:14Too much.
28:21Over the years, there's been one animal I've had a real connection with.
28:25You can't plan it.
28:27I walked in, I caught your eye, you caught mine.
28:30I don't know how these things happen.
28:31Every time I see a pig, I just want to give it a hug.
28:36Big pigs.
28:39Baby pigs.
28:40You're okay.
28:41Even wild pigs.
28:43There's nothing I wouldn't do for a pig.
28:48You got your legs stuck.
28:50There you go.
28:53Saved his life.
28:55Saved a pig's life right there.
28:56Anybody watching that?
28:57We'll keep going here.
29:02This is all kinds of different angles to this building.
29:05And we're going to step down here.
29:07So we, you know, expect around the heater.
29:09And then, oh, yeah, we got a dead possum here that looks like it's been here for 100 years.
29:16Along with all kinds of droppings all over him.
29:19He's covered in his pal's poop.
29:21Covered in poop.
29:22His crusty body, you can't even pull him up all the way.
29:25Hold on here.
29:29Looks like dinosaur days.
29:31Too much.
29:32Anyways, we're going to work our way back this way.
29:35All right.
29:37Oh, yeah, there's just nothing back here but nooks and crannies and endless.
29:41There you go.
29:42Look, there's another dead carcass.
29:43Man, look at that.
29:44This is total Jurassic Park here.
29:46Rawr.
29:47Oh, yeah.
29:51Hungry?
29:52So what was it?
29:54It looks to be a possum.
29:56Look at the mouth on that thing.
29:58Crap.
29:59Razor sharp teeth, huh?
30:03Man, oh, man.
30:04That is impressive.
30:06All right.
30:06So we're going to head back this way now.
30:08And as you can see, this is the bathtub area.
30:12So this is the actual bathtub.
30:16Right on the other side of this.
30:18This is the shower wall.
30:20Uh-huh.
30:20Okay.
30:21Top of the shower.
30:22Oh, yeah.
30:23You got skeletons up here as well.
30:25All kinds of rat droppings.
30:27Good grief, man.
30:28Tons of stuff here.
30:29This person has this.
30:30They're basically taking their showers in a container wrapped in crap.
30:36Yeah.
30:36The whole deal under a house.
30:38It's really, call it what you will, it really is just a toilet.
30:41It's a toilet.
30:42And now look, these animals could definitely go up the walls.
30:45Who knows how far.
30:46So these raccoons, the possums with those mouth and the teeth, and they just chew their
30:49way all the way up.
30:50Oh, yeah.
30:51All right.
30:51Well, let's go make this place beautiful.
30:53Or at least drill some screws on the side of the wall.
30:55All right.
30:56In the pest control business, J.J. has to wear a lot of hats.
31:00All right.
31:01That's good for this one.
31:02Yep.
31:03He's got to be part trapper, carpenter, wildlife expert, and family relocation professional.
31:11All right.
31:12So we're going to head towards this tree over here.
31:14We'll do those guys first.
31:15Okay.
31:18Why do you want him in a tree?
31:19They'll hang out in a safe place until the nighttime, and then they'll come down.
31:22You know it's a couple?
31:23Well, they were caught in the same, within a couple feet of each other, so I'm sure
31:28they were together.
31:28He really wants out.
31:30Yeah, he's ready to go.
31:31We're going to stand back, and then we're going to let him go up the tree.
31:36Just like that.
31:37Go ahead and do the other one.
31:39We're just watching him climb.
31:41Hardly ever see these things a day.
31:42You're right, you know?
31:43Yeah.
31:43All right now.
31:44So just go ahead and leave it up, and he'll run up the tree here.
31:48Same thing.
31:49He's going to go up there with his buddy.
31:51So let's go get the possum now.
31:52And we're just going to let him run, you know, maybe possibly along the fence.
31:56Same situation.
31:57Just let him roam off.
31:59Come on, dude.
31:59There you go.
32:00And there he goes.
32:02He might just hang out there until the nighttime.
32:04Got a nice little house in there.
32:05Yeah.
32:06He's actually laying down.
32:07All right.
32:07So now we'll go get the skunks, and we'll do the exact same thing.
32:10We've got Larry.
32:14Larry, Moe, and Curly.
32:15He can be Larry.
32:16Go ahead, buddy.
32:21There he goes.
32:22Off into the grass.
32:23Larry, Moe, and finally Curly.
32:24Come on, dude.
32:25Freedom.
32:25You won it.
32:26That's it.
32:27And there he goes.
32:29Look at that.
32:29He's going right to the place we probably just sealed up.
32:32You know, we'll come up here and scare him out of here so he'll go down the hill.
32:36Yeah.
32:38He's looking to get back underneath the building, but it's not going to be possible.
32:42Yeah, we'll just leave him.
32:43Cool.
32:44So that's your day.
32:45Yeah.
32:45A couple of stops here, a couple of stops there.
32:47Well, I like your gig.
32:49This is your shirt.
32:50This is one I won't be keeping.
32:52All right.
32:53Lovely meeting you.
32:54Thank you very much.
32:55Appreciate it.
32:56Be careful after dark.
32:58It's all kinds of stuff running around here.
33:02Coming up, I just can't get the image of that moose licking your face out of my mind.
33:07Was it just a kiss, or did you form a lasting bond?
33:11What really happened between me and the moose?
33:13It wasn't pretty, and it did not smell good.
33:16There's some kind of breath on that thing.
33:17I'll bet.
33:18Knock a buzzard off a poop wagon.
33:26When it comes to animals, let's just say I know them intimately.
33:31Oh, that's a woman.
33:33Hold on there, Sparky.
33:35I've shared moments.
33:36Sometimes you get squirted, just like that.
33:38Do I want to know just what went in my mouth?
33:40Been to exotic places.
33:42You gotta push a little.
33:44Done some unforgettable things.
33:48And made some brand new friends.
33:51Hey.
33:53Welcome to the world there, Chief.
33:55I know.
33:57I know you're exhausted.
33:58This is one of those letters I just got to share with you.
34:06Came off the website from someone called the Irish Hammer.
34:08Dear Mike, it says, I'm writing to compliment you on your recent reindeer adventure in Palmer, Alaska.
34:13Reindeer are interesting to me, as was your choice of wardrobe that day.
34:17Few men would be comfortable enough with their own masculinity to appear on international television wearing an embroidered red sweatshirt.
34:26Good for you.
34:27Anyway, I was wondering about that moose you featured at the end of your program.
34:32I grew up in Wasilla, and when I was a kid, my father once hit a moose with a milk truck.
34:39He was going about 60 miles an hour, and it made a hell of a mess.
34:42My father, thank goodness, was okay.
34:44The moose and the truck, however, were both totaled.
34:48Anyway, I don't know why I'm telling you all this.
34:50I just can't get the image of that moose licking your face out of my mind, though.
34:55And I'm wondering what else you did with that moose on that day.
35:00Was it just a kiss, or did you form a lasting bond?
35:04Finally, the Irish Hammer.
35:06I, uh...
35:08Hard to know what to say when somebody asks you such a direct question like that.
35:13Typically, I don't kiss and tell, even when I stray outside my own species.
35:17But your instincts are correct, Mrs. Hammer.
35:21Or Mr. Hammer.
35:23It was more than a kiss.
35:24Oh, yeah, I drugged the creature.
35:26Waited for it to collapse, and then crawled halfway down its throat.
35:30And I liked it.
35:33Bruce is a lot of moose.
35:35He just lost his rack.
35:37Yeah?
35:38He had a big one.
35:39Just flop it in there.
35:41You can actually touch him.
35:42Okay.
35:42He's got the softest nose.
35:44He's a cool one.
35:46Huh.
35:47He's the big guy.
35:48How much did we just give him in terms of, was it like three, four gallons?
35:52Five gallons.
35:52Five gallons.
35:53And it's just once a day?
35:55Uh, twice.
35:55Ten gallons of food a day.
35:58Tom, ten gallons of food a day.
35:59Yeah.
36:00Your moose is on the loose.
36:01He's more than you do.
36:03I'll say.
36:04What the heck is that, and why are you holding a gun?
36:06This is a hat.
36:07The top here is made out of young reindeer, not quite baby.
36:11Mm-hmm.
36:12And the trim was made out of, uh, I don't know if I can say this or not, but the outside's
36:16made out of dog.
36:17There's that little brow there that you can pull over your face a little bit to keep the
36:21snow out of your eyes.
36:22Why are you going to shoot the moose?
36:23To put him to sleep so that we can look in his mouth and see if he's got any teeth problems.
36:29A year ago, he abscessed one on the top.
36:33The lower tooth grew up and crushed into his gums, tore a hole in the gums, and ripped
36:39out some of his jaw.
36:40Oh, crap.
36:41So I've asked Dr. Holland, who does a lot of dental work on animals, to come and open
36:46his mouth up and look at it.
36:48We like to shoot him in the butt, but that's way back there.
36:51Do the first one just a little bit in the back side of the shoulder.
36:54Every year in Alaska, more people are killed or injured by run-ins with moose than with
37:04bears.
37:05Bruce, I got to apologize.
37:07You dirty, low-down son of a gun.
37:09Now you've got to give him more.
37:11That ain't enough.
37:12Oh, okay, load her up.
37:13Because he's too big.
37:14He is mad at you.
37:16You know, the moose get real moody.
37:18He won't like you for two weeks.
37:19I'll introduce him to some former fans.
37:21I once had a violent encounter with the moose, but that was back in high school.
37:25He played on the football team.
37:27Hey, he now has eight cc's.
37:30I guess him to be a 1,500-pound animal.
37:34And oh, when they take a leak, they're getting pissed off.
37:38Yeah, he's peeing all over himself.
37:39He must have stoned.
37:39That's an anger sign.
37:41How long does it take for him to get dopey?
37:4320 minutes.
37:44Now, is that ideally where you'd like him to pass out?
37:46They usually will go to what they feel is their safe spot.
37:49I'm going to go gather some tools real quick.
37:52Be right back.
37:52Wait for Bruce to nod off and then go give him a checkup from the neck up.
37:58While Bruce dozes off, Dr. Holland prepares her moose dental tools.
38:04Moose is down.
38:06In theory, he could be playing possum.
38:08This is a big animal.
38:09This is a very big animal.
38:10Is it a dangerous big animal?
38:12Absolutely.
38:13They tend to attack with their feet.
38:15And their feet are very sharp, powerful, and could definitely kill you in one good sweep.
38:21So he could be acting like he's asleep.
38:24But as we get closer, he may wake up and charge us.
38:27I'm saying this thing could actually be playing possum.
38:29I don't even like normal-sized possums.
38:32Where's J.J. Bailey when I need him?
38:34We have a jacket to cover his eyes up with and a bale of hay.
38:41That moose is not asleep.
38:43We are going to give the moose just a couple more cc's of the same drug since I don't think he's totally out.
38:50And this will hurt, so that would be yet one more reason for him to wake up unexpectedly.
38:57Bull moose periodically shed their antlers and grow new ones.
39:01Their antlers will also fall off if the animal is castrated.
39:04But when they grow back, they're never shaped the same as before.
39:07These strange-looking regrowths are nicknamed the devil's antlers.
39:12And for the record, Bruce here is intact.
39:14Who wants to be in the dangerous spot to keep his head straight?
39:17How about you?
39:18I'll do it.
39:20All right.
39:21Seems like his knee right in his neck and his ears up this way is a good way to keep his head straight.
39:26Okay.
39:28Covering Bruce's eyes should hopefully help ensure that he won't wake up.
39:32Do you want to stick your hands in the side of his mouth there and help me pry his mouth open?
39:37That would be great.
39:39See, there's no teeth on the top row there.
39:41You got a good look at that?
39:43We're going to set the speculum inside there.
39:46Of course, easier said than done.
39:47Of course.
39:48All right.
39:50How about you grab this and pull it apart?
39:52Because I'm not quite strong enough to open it.
39:53What are you talking about?
39:54Straight up.
39:55Yep.
39:56Now you'll have to grab the bottom one.
39:57In Sweden, they eat moose.
39:59And the Swedes have a number of popular moose dishes and recipes.
40:02I don't know if that includes any desserts made with chocolate, but they also have a lot of accidents involving moose and cars.
40:08So many, in fact, that new car models in Sweden have to pass a moose test before they can be sold.
40:13He is missing most of his molars.
40:16I thought he was only like four years old.
40:17No, he's 10, 11 years old.
40:19Oh, this one is, oh, jeez.
40:20He's very old.
40:21So what does this mean?
40:22So that means that this moose is going to not be able to ground willow brows very easily.
40:29So he's going to have to go on a mash diet.
40:32So the stuff we were just feeding, it must have been incredibly frustrating.
40:34Hard for him to eat.
40:35Yeah, because they love willow bushes.
40:37Right.
40:38How would you like to take a look?
40:39I'd love to.
40:40Is that a feel?
40:40If you'd like to look in there, you can use my handy dandy little headlamp here.
40:45I'd love to have a look.
40:46Yeah.
40:47So you see that they don't have any upper incisors right there?
40:51Oh, yeah.
40:51No molars back there.
40:53Nothing.
40:53Nothing.
40:54What is that stuff?
40:56It looks like little galactites.
40:58Taste buds.
40:59Those are taste buds?
41:00Yeah.
41:01It's okay?
41:02Yeah.
41:02Just, uh, he can probably still close his gums, so move real quick if you feel like he's
41:07starting to chomp on you.
41:11I've had my hands in a lot of places.
41:13There's a new one.
41:17That's a sound that says I can come awake at any moment and swallow you.
41:21There's some kind of breath on that thing.
41:23I'll bet.
41:23Knock a buzzard off a poop wagon.
41:24He sounds like he's starting to breathe kind of heavier.
41:26Yeah.
41:27So that means that he's probably starting to think about waking up, because he only stayed
41:30out about 15 minutes.
41:31Oh.
41:32All right.
41:32Well, let's put his tongue back in there and beat him.
41:34Dr. Holland?
41:34Yes.
41:35May I interrupt?
41:36Sure.
41:36He had an abscess on this side of his face this fall.
41:40I wanted you to check to see if that had healed.
41:42Yeah.
41:42Did he get fed a treat earlier today?
41:45Uh-huh.
41:46An apple?
41:47Maybe a green apple?
41:48Yeah.
41:48Yeah.
41:48Okay.
41:49Can you feel a scarred area?
41:52Yeah.
41:53Do you think that was an abscessed tooth that was causing that facial sore?
41:57Absolutely.
41:58Yeah.
41:58Uh-huh.
41:59And the tooth went away.
42:00Okay.
42:01So now I understand.
42:03He has to have to keep him on a soft beer mash diet.
42:06Beer mash would be perfect.
42:07He clearly can't chew his food.
42:09Isn't an apple a day supposed to keep the doctor away?
42:11Apparently not if you're a moose.
42:14All right.
42:14If you'd like to take this off, then maybe we can make a run for it here.
42:17All right.
42:20Good.
42:20We're done.
42:22Thank you, Bruce.
42:23Thank you very much.
42:25All right.
42:26Well.
42:27Cool.
42:27You were good to go.
42:30People come to me all the time and say, Mike, what's the smelliest thing you've ever encountered?
42:34And, well, the short answer is a skunk.
42:36But the longer answer, and this is a fairly recent discovery, is a dead skunk.
42:41Discovery.com forward slash dirtyjobs.
42:45That's where we get our ideas.
42:47You got an idea for something that smells worse than this?
42:50I'd like to hear about it.
42:51Discovery.com forward slash dirtyjobs.
42:54You want to smell it again?
42:56Sure you do.
43:00The, um, um.
43:02You just s***.
43:03What'd you do?
43:04You're not rolling?
43:05You weren't rolling.
43:06We just shot a whole scene without you rolling.
43:08Any thoughts at all, Doug?
43:09So when was the last time you did this?
43:10At least I admit my mistakes.
43:12That's all I gotta say.
43:12That's true.
43:13It's been at least a year.
43:15No, it hasn't.
43:16Yes, it has.
43:16For me, maybe two.
43:18I'm almost tempted just to keep it in the show, so, you know.
43:20No.
43:22Tell you, every time I do this, though, something magical happens in the second take.
43:27Oh, yeah.
43:28Oh, yeah.
43:28Yeah, this is gonna be super magical.
43:29Yeah, yeah.
43:30Yeah.
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