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00:01My name is Mike Rowe, and this is my job.
00:06I explore the country looking for people who aren't afraid to get dirty.
00:10You don't want to touch the bottom like that.
00:11I don't want to touch it like that. No, I want to hold it up here and give it another
00:14hit like that.
00:15Hard-working men and women who earn an honest living.
00:18Perfect.
00:20Now it's perfect.
00:21Doing the kinds of jobs that make civilized life possible for the rest of us.
00:25Man, I think I just ran over a goose down pillow.
00:30Now, get ready, wait for it, to get dirty.
00:38Fish through the skin.
00:40Coming up on Dirty Jobs.
00:41Hey, we got a walleye.
00:42Making baby fish in northeastern New Mexico is a delicate job.
00:47Oh, sorry.
00:48Requiring split-second timing.
00:50Whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:51And steady hands.
00:52Sorry, I forgot what I'm doing.
00:53You're losing the hands.
00:54Holy moly.
00:55And later.
00:56The left side corresponds to the yin and the right side to the chi side of the animal.
01:01Getting up close and personal with the goats in Virginia.
01:04Which one feels harder?
01:06Could be a shocking experience.
01:11Oh, God.
01:26Morning.
01:27How are you?
01:28I want to meet some friends of mine.
01:30I haven't met them yet, but they look friendly.
01:32Mike.
01:32Jolinda Thompson.
01:33Jolinda?
01:34Mm-hmm.
01:35Sean.
01:36Sean what?
01:36Denny.
01:36Sean Denny.
01:37Yes, sir.
01:38You got two first names, Sean.
01:39Yes, sir.
01:40All right.
01:40You guys are both working for the, what, Fish and Game?
01:43New Mexico Game and Fish.
01:44Yes, sir.
01:45You know, I got to ask you about that.
01:46I've always heard it was Fish and Game, but your hat says Game and Fish.
01:50What's up with that?
01:52When they set it up, I guess that was just what was more important at the time.
01:55I'm telling you, I've been to every state in the Union.
01:57I see Fish and Game everywhere.
01:58New Mexico, it's Game and Fish.
01:59Yes, sir.
02:00All right.
02:00And the purpose of this boat and our presence here today is what?
02:05We're going to try to provide fish for anglers.
02:08So, walleye are not native to this region, and if they try to spawn here, they spawn up
02:13on these rocks, and then the silt covers the eggs, and then they don't hatch.
02:17So, we're going to collect the eggs, fertilize them here, take them back to our hatchery,
02:22and hatch them out, and then stock them as small fish all around the state.
02:26So, our goal is to make little baby walleyes.
02:30In order to do that, you first need to catch some big walleyes with the gill nets and traps
02:35that Shawn and Jolinda set out yesterday.
02:37Hey, we got a walleye.
02:39I got a net.
02:40To meet our egg quota today, we need to catch six female walleyes.
02:45One.
02:46To meet our sperm quota, we don't have to do anything, because Shawn caught a bunch of
02:50males yesterday.
02:52Here we go.
02:53You got one.
02:53Pull her in the boat.
02:54There you go.
02:55Number two.
02:56In this direction?
02:57Yeah, it is.
02:58We're going to deploy the net back out now.
03:00All right.
03:01So, net one, two fish.
03:04This would be a nightmare to do a lawn.
03:06You know, sometimes it's kind of a nightmare with somebody.
03:08I see your point.
03:10That's good.
03:11Now we're off to gill net number two.
03:15Are you going to take this one in or am I going to...
03:17I'm going to bring it in.
03:18The boy fish are smaller than the girl fish and tend to slip through the gill nets.
03:22So, Shawn wasn't surprised that fish number three was another girl.
03:27Be forewarned.
03:27If she starts squirting eggs, I'll start yelling.
03:30There's eggs.
03:30Yeah, he's got eggs.
03:31There's a lot of eggs.
03:32All right.
03:33Every egg that we lose...
03:34Get her out.
03:35Could be the next state record.
03:37Could be the first fish a 10-year-old kid catches.
03:40Come on, man.
03:40There's enough pressure as it is.
03:42Right.
03:43Try to keep her on her back so you're not putting pressure on her belly.
03:46And just try to stop that flow of eggs if you can.
03:49Stop that flow of eggs.
03:50Keep your eggs in there.
03:51Plug that hole.
03:52I'm plugging the hole.
03:53The eggs are going everywhere.
03:54That might be a fish that I'm going to catch.
03:56Keep them in there.
03:56I'm trying.
03:57It's an eggstravaganza.
03:59And I'm a fishinado.
04:02Terrible.
04:05She just threw an egg right in my eye.
04:08They're good for you.
04:11Oh!
04:11Sorry.
04:13Whoa, whoa, whoa.
04:14You all right?
04:15Fish on the dick.
04:16Fish on the dick.
04:17You're only making it worse for yourself.
04:19Good job.
04:20Well, there's two more gill nuts to go, but you get the basic idea.
04:23We're catching female walleyes for their eggs.
04:25So, let me just summarize our gill net take for you.
04:30Net one, two fish.
04:31Net two, one fish.
04:32Net three, two fish.
04:33Net four, no fish.
04:34Net total, five fish.
04:35Net gold, six fish.
04:37Net needed, one fish.
04:39Which brings us to the fish trap.
04:41So that's the trap we've been hearing about.
04:43Yes, sir.
04:44Where we hope to find our final female walleye.
04:47All right, so, who designed the trap?
04:49It's a Merwin trap.
04:51Merlin?
04:52Merwin.
04:52Merwin.
04:53Thought a magician designed it.
04:54It seems like a magician the way it catches fish, but...
04:57Well...
04:57Yeah, explain to me it's a thought.
05:01Basically, that net runs to the shore so it makes a fence.
05:04As a fish moves down, he hits that and comes along it.
05:07So once they swim in, they just ease around and don't find their way out for the most part.
05:12Doesn't really occur to fish to swim backwards enough.
05:16That's it.
05:17That's it.
05:17They're fish.
05:20I'd say we got some fish.
05:22We got a couple.
05:23Wow.
05:24Try to net from the head.
05:25Good thinking.
05:26There you go.
05:27Like that.
05:28Look at that.
05:29See?
05:30That little bit of great advice.
05:32So that's girl number six.
05:34But hey, who doesn't like some extra credit?
05:36I'm going after pig number seven.
05:40Oh!
05:41Oh!
05:43Oh!
05:44Oh!
05:44That's disappointing.
05:45Well, look on...
05:46Paper that one later.
05:47Look.
05:47On the positive side, it's not like we caught it on tape or anything.
05:51Oh!
05:52Oh!
05:52Oh!
05:54That's disappointing.
05:55That's a penalty box there.
05:57Wow.
05:58Now that we have some walleyes, we're ready to squeeze the eggs and the sperm out of them
06:02so we can make some baby fish.
06:04Okay.
06:05When we start out, we'll add a female, then we'll add a male.
06:09You mean the female eggs?
06:11The eggs from the female.
06:12Okay.
06:13And the eggs are only viable for about two minutes.
06:16Ah.
06:16So there's a timing aspect here.
06:18Of course.
06:18The sperm is only good for about 30 seconds, so we try to keep everything moving along.
06:24So the first minute, you've got a two-minute window accentuated by a 30-second window.
06:28Yes, sir.
06:29And what is this?
06:30What have you done here?
06:31In order to keep those eggs from sticking, we spin the bowl and we use the feathers just
06:37to move the eggs off the bottom and keep them stirred around.
06:40And it's been determined that a feather is the best instrument to use to make sure
06:44that all that happens?
06:45Some places use paint brushes, various different things.
06:49The feathers work well for us.
06:50Okay.
06:52Over the pan, position, find the gonads, and start to gently squeeze.
06:57Oh, yeah.
06:57So apparently, fish squeezing is a real job.
07:00But there's more to it than just squeezing the fish.
07:03What just happened there?
07:03I just added a little sperm from the male.
07:05Oh, look at that.
07:06It's like a Julia Child's recipe.
07:08Basically the same recipe, but remember, we have to count.
07:12So we're trying to pay attention with our time frame.
07:14I feel like I'm running around pretty well.
07:15If you've got most of them, then you can drop her right back on the side.
07:18Oh, jeez.
07:18You know what?
07:19She was giving me a little something-something during that whole process.
07:23Okay, let's go ahead.
07:24And keep moving, right?
07:25Yep.
07:26Are you ready?
07:27I'm ready.
07:28Sorry.
07:29Oh, stop it.
07:30No, I'm doing it wrong.
07:31Turn it over.
07:31I forgot what I'm doing.
07:32You're on her belly.
07:33You're losing the eggs.
07:35Holy moly.
07:36What do you mean I'm losing?
07:37They're going in there, aren't they?
07:38Not many of them.
07:40Right.
07:41Not many of them.
07:41What went wrong?
07:42It all felt different.
07:42Turn it that way.
07:43Does that feel better?
07:45No.
07:46No.
07:46None of this feels right.
07:47Yeah, right there.
07:48Oh, like that.
07:49That feels better.
07:51Each female wildlife produces between 100 and 150,000 eggs during spawning season.
08:00Good job.
08:01After Sean feels we have enough eggs and sperm in the bowl, it's time to shake up a mixture
08:06of clay and water called bentonite and add it to the party.
08:11Keep pouring.
08:11We'll need quite a bit.
08:13The bentonite coats the eggs, preventing them from sticking together.
08:17Now we have to just pour all of this off.
08:19So we're now getting the bentonite out of the mixture, leaving eggs coated with bentonite.
08:26Fertilized eggs that are coated with bentonite.
08:29Fertilized.
08:29That's our job right.
08:30In seven days, there'll be baby walleye at the hatchery.
08:35I'll tell you what, we'll come back in seven days and check it out.
08:40Now then, you just want to pass it over, add them into the basket.
08:44Now is there some sort of shelf life thing here we need to know about?
08:47Do we have to get them back on time?
08:49We try to get them back reasonably quickly, but we're going to be done.
08:52Once fertilized, the eggs need to harden for about an hour here on the boats before they
08:56can be safely moved to the hatchery.
08:57There we go.
08:58So we can switch now.
09:00Maybe I can put some of the sperm in?
09:01Yes, sir.
09:03Sean tells me there are many different recipes to make baby walleye.
09:08You've got your eggs, eggs, eggs, sperm, and eggs.
09:12Or sperm, sperm, eggs, eggs, and sperm.
09:15Or, of course, your sperm, eggs, sperm, eggs, and sperm.
09:20But there's one thing you should never add to the mixture.
09:23Oh, crap.
09:24Uh-oh.
09:25That wasn't sperm.
09:26No.
09:26A little bit of poo's not going to matter with it.
09:28Get out.
09:28Go ahead and pitch him out.
09:30Nice work.
09:31There's other methods to spawn walleye.
09:33We've tried various ones in New Mexico at different times.
09:36This is what works best for us.
09:37Yeah.
09:38And a whole lot of it's trial and error.
09:39We could have set up beakers and burners and made it look real scientific, but...
09:43No one's buying that anymore.
09:44Nope.
09:46In the sack.
09:47In the sack.
09:48All right.
09:49That's the ticket.
09:50Looks like applesauce.
09:53All right.
09:54In the sack.
09:55And then back to where?
09:57Then we need to band up the bag.
09:58And we will take them to the hatchery.
10:02That's it.
10:02All right.
10:03Our eggs are fertilized.
10:05Our cooler is full of the opposite of a picnic.
10:08And we're headed back to the hatchery.
10:10Yes, sir.
10:12See you there.
10:17Coming up.
10:18We've loaded all of the fertilized eggs.
10:20All of our work for the day.
10:21How do you handle half a million fish eggs?
10:23It'd be a shame to spill it all now, wouldn't it?
10:25Very carefully.
10:26I got her.
10:26Don't crop it.
10:28And later, when you're an amateur goat acupuncturist.
10:31What happens if he hits the wrong spot?
10:33Oh, the goat will act out a little bit.
10:34Your patients are on pins and needles.
10:37Really doesn't like that, does she?
10:46All right, so here we are.
10:48Where are we again?
10:50Rock Lake Fish Hatchery in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
10:53Rock Lake Fish Hatchery.
10:54And in the back of the truck, we have loaded all of the fertilized eggs.
10:58All of our work for the day.
10:59All right.
10:59So, if you want to go ahead and grab the cooler, or we can both carry it.
11:03Be careful coming over the tongue of that.
11:04It'd be a shame to spill it all now, wouldn't it?
11:07Absolutely.
11:08I'll be careful.
11:14You just want to set it down right here.
11:18All right.
11:20The temperature at the lake was about 52 degrees Fahrenheit.
11:23In the water?
11:24In the water.
11:25Yes, sir.
11:25The water for the hatchery is about 60 degrees Fahrenheit and has a little different chemistry
11:30because it comes out of a deep lake.
11:32And so what we want to do is temper these eggs to this water.
11:36We don't want to shock them too fast.
11:39Temper as in adjustment to the temperature.
11:42But not just temperature.
11:43There's also different minerals in the water and different hardness.
11:46So we don't want to shock them any more than we have to.
11:49So all we want to do is pull the bag out and set it in here.
11:52And then we'll open it and try to make sure we get all of the eggs out into the tub.
11:57I guess that works.
11:58There we go.
11:58I can just cut it.
11:59Yeah.
11:59I made that look easy, didn't I?
12:02And now you want to try to work them out just so we get all the eggs that we can.
12:06Right.
12:07And then just work the bag out.
12:12Looks good.
12:15You know there are a couple left in there.
12:17There got to be.
12:20That's the right attitude.
12:23That just goes in here with the eggs.
12:26So this is water from, this is 60 degree water?
12:30This is 60 degree water from the water source for the hatchery.
12:34What's the water source?
12:36It's actually Rock Lake, which is up here above the hatchery.
12:38It's a big, deep cistern lake that has really clean, fresh water in there.
12:42Okay.
12:43So how much time do they spend in here getting acclimated?
12:45We wait two hours now.
12:47Two hours.
12:48For these to change over.
12:49And then our job is done, and the hatchery guys here will take over and start their process.
12:54You're not a part of the hatchery guy?
12:56I help those guys, but this is where their operation really takes off.
13:00So they'll be a new guy.
13:03You and I are probably done.
13:04Maybe.
13:05Sometimes they need my help.
13:06It's hard to say.
13:07You never know.
13:07We'll stay close.
13:09So is there anything we do other than wait for two hours at this point?
13:13Or this is it?
13:14Lunch.
13:15Lunch.
13:17Great.
13:18Do you have any fish?
13:20We could probably find some.
13:24Meanwhile, two hours later, Sean's out and Roddy is in.
13:27How are you, sir?
13:28Good.
13:28How are you?
13:29I'm okay, thanks.
13:30Should I have not taken off my waders?
13:32Uh, it is going to get a little wet.
13:35That's okay.
13:36Uh, these eggs have now been, uh, what do you call them?
13:40Acclimated?
13:41The temperature is?
13:41Acclimated to the water temperature and the chemistry of the lake.
13:44Uh, to our water chemistry and temperature.
13:47How many eggs are in there roughly?
13:49Like, to the nearest ten or twenty?
13:51I would say, based on the amount of females they spawn this morning, between 400 and 500,000 eggs.
13:56Okay.
13:56So maybe half a million eggs.
13:58Yes.
13:58All right.
13:58Uh, what are we going to do with them at this point?
14:01We're going to disinfect them so they can kill any bacteria that they might have brought
14:05in from the lake.
14:06Right.
14:06We don't want to expose our water source to anything from outside.
14:11Okay.
14:11How do we do that?
14:12We actually treat them with an iotaphore.
14:15You got an iotaphore?
14:16We do.
14:16Okay.
14:17I got an iotaphore.
14:19All right.
14:19An iotaphore is simply a solution of the common disinfectant, iodine.
14:24Even with all the precautions of disinfecting and water temperature and mineral content adjustment,
14:30the eggs will only have about a one percent survival rate.
14:34Now, I shouldn't be touching the eggs, should I?
14:36You could.
14:37I mean, uh, basically it's not going to hurt them right now.
14:40They've water hardened and they've acclimated, so they're pretty tough.
14:43Oh, yeah.
14:44Very cool.
14:45Once the iotaphore is applied, it'll take ten minutes to fully disinfect the eggs.
14:49While these guys are disinfecting, if you wouldn't mind putting your hand in there
14:54and grabbing some eggs into this, what we call a Bombayertraw.
14:57A Bombay?
14:58Yes.
14:59Bombayertraw.
14:59All right.
15:00And we're going to get a measurement all the way up to 100 millimeters.
15:03We just basically need to set these eggs in line up to 100 millimeters.
15:08Did you get that?
15:09It's called a Bombayertraw.
15:11Got a little measurement in here.
15:12I'm going to scoop them up and put them right in there up to 100 millimeters, roughly.
15:17All right.
15:18So I'm going to set them up like this or scoop them up like that?
15:20Either way.
15:21You can actually just stick your hand in there.
15:29You can drain the liquid out of there.
15:33Uh-huh.
15:34You can actually get rid of this.
15:35And I'm trying to get it up to where, where's the...
15:38So what you want to do is you want to just slowly start building, breaking these eggs down
15:42so that you can get a single line.
15:45Uh-huh.
15:46Uh, started this way.
15:48Sure.
15:50You want a single line?
15:52We do.
15:52Of individual eggs?
15:53Of individual eggs touching each other up to 100 millimeters.
15:58And it's, it's meticulous.
15:59You just need to work them this way.
16:02The more water you get out of there, the better you can actually arrange that.
16:06And that's the 100 line right there?
16:08It is.
16:08Right here.
16:09All right.
16:10And tell me again the purpose of this?
16:12The purpose is to get an accurate count of the number of eggs per, per mil or per liter.
16:20Good grief, Roddy.
16:21Now it's gotten all scientific.
16:23It is meticulous.
16:25There's a little bit of an art to it actually.
16:28Oh yeah.
16:29What I did was I took the art out of it and just replaced it with a little bit of
16:35drudgery.
16:36Good grief.
16:37This is like surgery.
16:38Almost got it.
16:40Almost.
16:41I need a couple more up here.
16:43I think you got them all.
16:45Coming up.
16:46Is this thing supposed to be hanging off there like that?
16:48It is.
16:49Common fish hatchery plumbing problems.
16:51You know what?
16:51No matter how many times you shake this thing, there's always another drop.
16:54Oh yeah.
16:56And later.
16:57Just remember she kicks.
16:59Dogs give great feedback on their treatment.
17:01Just keep her from somehow disembowing me if you can.
17:03But it could involve hospitalization.
17:05Oh God.
17:06Pull the damn thing out.
17:14While the walleye eggs are disinfecting, a sample of eggs is lined up end to end in a
17:19measurement trough to determine how many eggs per liter we have.
17:22So once you have them lined up to 100 million, just go ahead and count each egg.
17:27Get out.
17:28No.
17:28That's how we do a count.
17:29Really?
17:30Yes.
17:32Um, you can use your organizer.
17:34My organizer?
17:36To move them out of the way.
17:37If you've just joined us, this is the organizer.
17:411, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20, 30, 33, tedious.
17:48Nice.
17:4924.
17:49Soul deadening.
17:5035.
17:51Pointless.
17:5243.
17:5344.
17:5345.
17:5546.
17:56I think there was one right on the end there.
17:5746 it is.
17:58Okay.
17:59All right.
18:00All right.
18:00So once we've taken this count, we'll just put these eggs right back in.
18:05Yep.
18:05And we'll refer to our chart.
18:07Our chart will tell us how many eggs we have per mil.
18:10In the records book?
18:12Yes.
18:13It's in the records book.
18:14Let's refer to the records.
18:15So we did 100 millimeters.
18:19We did 100 milliliters.
18:21And we did a 46 count.
18:2246 eggs.
18:23So 1.957.
18:251.957.
18:26All right.
18:27We'll go back to our other chart here.
18:311.957.
18:32We need to find that.
18:34There it is.
18:36So there are 156,348 per liter.
18:41And we need to log that.
18:42And now we need to know how many liters there are.
18:44Exactly.
18:44Ah, boy.
18:46All right.
18:46We should mark that.
18:47So that is 156,348.
18:49156,348.
18:50Okay.
18:50Yep.
18:51156,348.
18:51We want to mark that on our pond record here.
18:53156,348.
18:54156,348.
18:55156,348.
18:56156.
18:57What's the number?
18:59156,348.
19:00All right.
19:00Right under there?
19:01Yes, sir.
19:02156,348.
19:03This is absurd.
19:05Have there been cutbacks?
19:06I mean, that's the room you get for six digits.
19:09Didn't they know we were talking about hundreds of thousands of eggs?
19:12I mean, the fellow could use a nice, sizable square.
19:16You have to be careful when you write it.
19:17We need to make sure we can read it.
19:20Yes.
19:20Yeah, you can read that, right?
19:21Yes.
19:22156,348.
19:23156,348.
19:23156,348.
19:39156,348.
19:40And then we'll just put them in the tub so we can handle them a lot better.
19:44Do you want to just shake them off that?
19:45Oh, we're going to lose the net?
19:47We're going to lose the net.
19:48We need to get all these off.
19:51156,348.
19:52Yes.
19:54156,348.
19:55I have a good memory.
19:56I have a terrible memory, but I do recall lots of digits pretty well.
20:01156,348.
20:03Okay, at this point, we're going to remove a little bit of our water.
20:08What I like to do is I like to put an egg jar.
20:11Let me go grab one real quick.
20:12Go ahead.
20:13An egg jar?
20:13An egg jar underneath just to keep it...
20:15Just in case.
20:16So if any of the eggs slip out around the lid?
20:19No, just to keep the tub tilted so we can work it.
20:23Nice.
20:25I took a moment to explain something that was completely wrong.
20:28There we go.
20:29So typical.
20:30Okay, so at this point, we're ready to go get us an egg jar.
20:33Well, heck, I can probably get it.
20:34Can you tell me the general vicinity where it is?
20:36I can.
20:37It's on 6B.
20:38You got it.
20:39156,348.
20:41Let me get an egg jar.
20:46All right, this is 6B.
20:48You said take this thing out?
20:50Yes, pull that surgical hose right off that PVC tube that's inside.
20:54Take this off?
20:54The other way.
20:55Or the PVC tube on the interior.
20:57Turn it.
20:58No, no, I'll do it.
20:59I'll do it.
20:59Okay.
21:00But I'm turning this thing, right?
21:02You can turn that off.
21:03All right.
21:04The other way.
21:05Pull.
21:06Okay, now pull the surgical hose off the PVC spigot inside the jar.
21:13This guy right here, pull that off.
21:16Yes.
21:17Now pull that out.
21:18Pull your jar up.
21:20Yes.
21:21Empty about half the water and bring it over here.
21:24Pull the whole jar up.
21:27This is an egg jar.
21:29Pulling the whole thing up.
21:31All right, good.
21:33Is this thing supposed to be hanging off there like that?
21:35It is.
21:39You know what?
21:40No matter how many times you shake this thing, there's always another drop.
21:43Oh, yeah.
21:47That wasn't bad.
21:53You can empty half your water on the ground if you'd like.
21:56Anywhere?
21:56Yeah.
21:56Just bring the water level down to about right here.
21:58You got it.
22:04Looking about right?
22:05Yeah.
22:06Oh, bring it a little bit more.
22:07A little bit more.
22:11A little more, actually.
22:12Oh, a little more.
22:16Whalleyes have sharp, slanted canine teeth and a hazardous dorsal fin.
22:20And their bites can result in severe infection caused by the bacteria in their mouths.
22:25Although originally found in the waters of Canada and the northern U.S.,
22:28walleyes are now stocked in the waters of most U.S. states.
22:38This is one of our inventions here.
22:40I don't know if you can tell what it's made out of.
22:41Don't tell me.
22:52It's pantyhose.
22:53It is.
22:53You bet it is.
22:54It works well.
22:54What we're going to do is we're going to use water displacement
22:57to determine the amount of eggs that we're sitting in each jar.
23:001-5-6-3-4-8.
23:02Exactly.
23:04Because we know how many liters they may have brought
23:07with the amount of female that they spawned today,
23:09we could go with 1,500 or a liter and a half per jar,
23:12and we should hit that 400 to 500,000 egg count.
23:16So what we'll do, the first few jars will be...
23:21Did you get that?
23:22Filling...
23:23Did you get all that?
23:24It started with 1,500 mils.
23:26Roddy, you threw a lot of math at me there.
23:29Okay.
23:29In a very, uh...
23:31Short amount of time?
23:31Well, no.
23:32In a short amount of time and in a very casual way.
23:34It wasn't the amount of time they'd let me confused.
23:36Okay.
23:36It was your demeanor.
23:38Okay.
23:38It was sort of like pass the salt by the way,
23:40and then there was this algorithm.
23:41So just explain again the displacement liter calculus.
23:47Okay.
23:47When we got a count on our bombayor with our bombayor crop...
23:51Yes.
23:5246 and 100 millimeters.
23:53Yes.
23:54We were able to determine how many eggs we have per liter.
23:56One, five, six, three, four, eight.
23:58Correct.
23:58So we know that 1,000 mils is equivalent to one liter.
24:031,000 milliliters going to one liter.
24:05Yes.
24:05Right.
24:06And that's a liter right there.
24:07So what we do is we set this beaker down.
24:09Right where it was.
24:10Yes.
24:10And we look at the 500 mil mark.
24:15Yes.
24:15We'll fill that with water to that point.
24:17Alrighty.
24:19Right there.
24:20A little more.
24:21That's good.
24:22Okay.
24:22Then we're going to use our little invention here.
24:25Does it have a name?
24:26No.
24:27We don't have a name for it.
24:28Well, a scooper, I guess.
24:29No, we can do better.
24:30People call it a scooper.
24:31We can do better.
24:32A pantyhole scooper?
24:33No, let's go with, I like the first, let's go with it.
24:36You're snatching the eggs out of there, so let's call it a panty snatch.
24:39Wow.
24:40Yes.
24:40That'll work.
24:41We're going to go to 1,000 mils, and we know that we're displacing 500 mils of water.
24:47Whoa.
24:48Right?
24:48Nope.
24:49Hold on.
24:50You've got 500 milliliters of water.
24:52Yes.
24:53And if you raise this to 1,000, then you know you've displaced an equal amount.
24:58500 mils.
24:59Okay.
24:59I'm good.
25:01Can I?
25:01Uh-huh.
25:02You bet.
25:05Using his fancy water displacement calculation, Roddy figures we harvested a little over 600,000
25:11eggs today, which comes to about 100,000 eggs for each of the six female walleyes we captured.
25:18Not bad for a morning's work.
25:20Put the jar right there.
25:22Uh-oh.
25:22Is that part of the...
25:24Yeah, let me get something to grab it.
25:25Oh, I got it.
25:26Got it?
25:26The eggs stay in the jar until they begin hatching about 9 or 10 days from now.
25:32Then, they swim up these tubes and fall into this tank, which will be full of fresh water
25:37by then.
25:37Oh, my God.
25:39You could use that pipe next to it to grab it.
25:42Yeah, I can do it.
25:43Okay.
25:45When I see an egg jar with, uh, hatchlings?
25:49Yeah.
25:49You've got some that are hatching right now.
25:52Okay.
25:53So, these guys have been hatching for 12 days now.
25:57And if you look inside, you can actually see those fry coming out of each egg.
26:04You call them fry?
26:05Yeah.
26:05That far away?
26:07So, the water, the fresh water is still pumping down there.
26:10It is.
26:11Up to the top.
26:12What's...
26:13How come these eggs are dark?
26:14Is that just the color they turn before they hatch?
26:16Exactly.
26:16We call that the ice stage.
26:18We call them the ice stage because if you look at this egg under the microscope, you'll
26:22see their two eyes looking back at this.
26:25Do you have a microscope?
26:26We do.
26:26And what we're going to do is we're just going to shake them up a little bit like this,
26:30so we can get them to pour out all at once into that Petri dish.
26:35Yep.
26:37We'll place them under our camera here.
26:40Now, you've called this a microscope before.
26:42No.
26:43We have a microscope to determine fertilization, but this is...
26:46Okay.
26:47This is just our counter right here.
26:48Alright.
26:50Picture?
26:50Yes.
26:51Push it hard.
26:54There we go.
26:55That's the shot?
26:56That's not the shot.
26:57I don't think it can be the shot.
26:58There's nothing in the shot.
26:59There's nothing in there.
26:59No.
27:00You think the flash blew it out?
27:02Yeah, actually it probably did.
27:04Oh yeah.
27:05Definitely blew out.
27:06Better leave the picture taken, Arati.
27:09Okay.
27:10That's pretty cool.
27:11Yeah.
27:12It's very interesting.
27:13So you see the eyes?
27:14With a 1% survival rate, only 6,000 of the 600,000 eggs we fertilize today will eventually
27:21become full-grown walleyes.
27:23Well, Roddy, this has been an education.
27:25Thanks.
27:26No, I really appreciate it.
27:27You're welcome.
27:28It's amazing what you're doing for 1%.
27:31You know?
27:31You work hard for your percentage.
27:33Where'd Sean go?
27:34Is he still around?
27:34Yes, he's outside.
27:35I'll walk out and say goodbye to him.
27:37I'll leave you to you and your fries.
27:39Alright.
27:39And your...
27:41At your building.
27:42Your panty snatch.
27:43Wherever that went.
27:45Thanks.
27:46That's up here.
27:46There it is.
27:47Panty snatch over.
27:47In a safe place.
27:49Thanks again.
27:50Good fun.
27:54Hey.
27:56Thanks.
27:57Thank you, sir.
27:58I learned more about walleyes than I ever thought I would.
28:02Are you packing heat?
28:04Yes, sir.
28:06Would it be alright if I fired off a few in the tank?
28:09Probably not.
28:10You've got to ask.
28:12Absolutely.
28:12Thanks again.
28:13Hey, thank you, sir.
28:14Keep the dirty side down, alright?
28:16Yes, sir.
28:17Have a good day.
28:19Coming up.
28:20With Go!
28:21It's You Scratch My Back.
28:23Get it a little higher.
28:24Use your daddy.
28:25I'll scratch yours.
28:26You are tearing the butt out of my cheek.
28:35Good morning.
28:36It's about 150 degrees here at Dunrovan Farm.
28:38I'm in Hanover, Virginia, just outside of Richmond.
28:41Not even kidding about the heat, by the way.
28:43Take a look at the horse.
28:44Look at that.
28:44He sweat right through his coat.
28:46It's hot.
28:47And when it gets this hot, that a horse can sweat through his coat,
28:49it's enough to make the fellow wonder,
28:51well, what would that do to a goat?
28:53Oh, look.
28:54A goat.
28:54Hi, Mike.
28:56Hi.
28:56How are you?
28:57What's your name?
28:57Anna.
28:58Anna?
28:58Terry.
28:59Terry.
29:00Who's the doctor?
29:01You both dress like doctors.
29:02No, I put the name on my shirt just for something else to do.
29:05Terry Peace.
29:07DVM.
29:07What's DVM stand for?
29:08Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
29:09Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
29:10Do you have a DVM?
29:11I'm an LVT.
29:12What's that mean?
29:13Licensed Veterinarian Technician.
29:14The LVT is subordinate to the DVT.
29:17Like an RN and doctor.
29:18I see.
29:19So, Anna, is this your goat?
29:20Yes.
29:20You've brought the goat here?
29:22Mm-hmm.
29:22So you guys don't work together?
29:24Oh, we still do off and own.
29:25Yeah.
29:26She's a relief vet, so she'll come into the clinic that I'm at.
29:28But from time to time, yeah.
29:30Did you say off and own?
29:30Off and own.
29:31Okay.
29:32So you're friends?
29:33Right.
29:33You work in the same industry?
29:35Right.
29:35But this lily goat belongs to you?
29:37She's my goat.
29:38You've given me this shirt, Paws.
29:40That's an abbreviation for Pet Acupuncture and Wellness Service.
29:44You're a pet masseuse as well?
29:45I do some massage.
29:47I do some chiropractics.
29:48Right.
29:48I do some acupuncture.
29:49And I do the more traditional Western medicine as well.
29:52Nothing about what I'm seeing right now strikes me as traditional.
29:56I don't want to get ahead of myself.
29:57What's the goat's name?
29:58This is Lily.
29:59She's a Nubian goat.
30:00A Nubian is a dairy breed.
30:02She's eight years old.
30:03Eight years old.
30:04And we want to kind of know what's going on with Lily and why she's here.
30:07So, Anna, tell me about Lily.
30:09She has two youngsters in the goat lot with her that love to play with her and love to
30:14jump on her.
30:14And I think that her back is showing some signs of irritation and arthritis, more or less.
30:19So, what do you think so far based on what you've seen and heard?
30:22What I'm going to do is kind of do a quick physical exam on this goat to make sure I'm
30:26not missing a broken leg, a laceration, a broken hip, or something that would contraindicate
30:32acupuncture.
30:33Because we don't want to do acupuncture if the goat's hips are broken.
30:35Or if it's overinflated with air.
30:38Because then you'd have the...
30:39Yeah, well...
30:40Dr. Peace's medical approach is very much a convergence of Eastern and Western philosophies.
30:46The left side of the body corresponds to the yin, and the right side of the body corresponds
30:50to the chi side of the animal.
30:51See her flex there?
30:53Mm-hmm.
30:53There's pain there.
30:57Right there.
30:58Okay.
30:58Which is right at her hip.
31:00Yep.
31:00All right.
31:00The physical inspection we gave Lily had me touching a goat in ways I never thought
31:06I would.
31:06Which one feels harder?
31:08And it had the doctor doing the same.
31:10Are you listening for something as well?
31:11No, I'm putting my feelings in my fingers.
31:13Oh.
31:14I'm concentrating.
31:15All right.
31:15I'll try not to interrupt.
31:16I don't feel any broken legs.
31:19She really doesn't like that, does she?
31:21I don't feel any swellings.
31:22I don't see any lacerations.
31:23So, my tentative diagnosis here is probably arthritis.
31:30We were about to get to the point of my visit until we hit a bit of an unforeseen legal
31:35roadblock.
31:36According to the rules of Virginia, you are not allowed to prick the goat.
31:41Hilarious.
31:42Okay.
31:42Has there been some sort of change?
31:43Uh, you are not a licensed veterinarian and therefore you can't put needles in the goat.
31:47There's seriously a law on the books that says I can't put a needle in a goat.
31:51Not unless it's your goat.
31:52I'm going to buy my goat.
31:53Let's do it.
31:55Anna, Burgess, and Mike Rowe hereby consummate the following deal.
32:00For one dollar in fair trade and exchange, I assume the complete and total ownership of this goat.
32:06We are agreed?
32:07Agreed.
32:08We have an accord.
32:09Can someone lend me a dollar?
32:10I don't have any cash on me.
32:12It's the first time I've seen Doug's wallet in nine years.
32:14There you go.
32:15There you go.
32:16I know we said a dollar, but I'm giving you five.
32:17That's right.
32:18It's your goat now.
32:20All right.
32:20As long as it's your goat.
32:21It's my goat.
32:22Do I have permission to treat your goat?
32:24Yes.
32:24You have permission to treat.
32:25Now you are in fact a licensed veterinarian.
32:27Veterinarian.
32:28Yes.
32:28Would you like to see my license?
32:29Is it handy?
32:30It is.
32:31Yeah.
32:31Okay.
32:32It's in my truck.
32:33Go get it.
32:35This is issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Health Professions.
32:40Little you can look into.
32:41Don't eat her certification.
32:42That's rude.
32:43That's rude in Virginia.
32:45Teresa G. Peace, DMV, licensed to practice as a veterinarian.
32:49So, you've seen it all happen.
32:51She's the real deal.
32:52Money has changed hands.
32:54This goat is mine.
32:55The goat is mine.
32:56The doggone goat is mine.
32:59And that's for you.
33:00And now, we can go about the business of putting a prick in her.
33:05Who's your daddy?
33:06That is awesome.
33:07Woo!
33:08Get it a little higher.
33:09You are tearing the butt out of my cheek.
33:11Acupuncture needles, in today's world, are sterile single-use needles.
33:17In the olden days, it was pointed rocks, pointed sticks, sharp jabby fingers, teeth.
33:22Come on.
33:23People would bite other people?
33:24No, they take the teeth and...
33:27Oh.
33:27They'd remove the teeth from things.
33:29Yeah.
33:30How many pricks are we going to stick in her?
33:31Usually, we put in somewhere around 20 needles.
33:35Is it needles or pricks?
33:36I was told pricks.
33:37Oh, no.
33:37They're needles.
33:38They're needles.
33:38Okay.
33:38But you're pricking them with the needles.
33:40Mm-hmm.
33:40You're placing those needles in, and they sit there.
33:43Pricking.
33:44Placing.
33:44I didn't come 3,000 miles to place a needle on a goat.
33:48Pricking implies we're going to make her bleed and just poke her skin.
33:52The placing implies you're going to lay it on top of her and just let some mystical
33:56force go about the business of getting the point in.
33:59Well, it is mystical.
33:59But we're going to put the point in, and we're going to let it sit there.
34:02But we usually call it placing a needle.
34:05All right.
34:05We're going to start by putting in the permission point.
34:07Okay.
34:07Now, the permission point is called byway.
34:09Okay?
34:10Byway is located on the governing vessel.
34:16One on either side?
34:17No.
34:18We're going to start there.
34:19We will be putting one on either side, but we want to put them in the appropriate places.
34:22Okay.
34:22Right there?
34:23Mm-hmm.
34:24What happens if you hit the wrong spot?
34:26Well, the goat will act out a little bit.
34:28No pressure.
34:29It's a little tap?
34:29You've got to get it through the skin.
34:32Now, lift your guard and drive your needle in and place it.
34:37Further?
34:37Use your fingers and twist it side to side.
34:39I just felt something shooting up my back, actually.
34:42That's weird.
34:42That's good.
34:43Sympathetic.
34:44Okay.
34:44Now, we're going to build the other side symmetrical.
34:47This whole process may be new to me, but acupuncture has been used on animals for over 4,000 years.
34:53And today, it's an increasingly popular alternative to conventional veterinary medicine.
34:58You're supposed to be breathing and concentrating on good intent.
35:03You can tell me that.
35:04My mind's been...
35:05I've been running amok with very questionable thoughts.
35:09I hear you.
35:10Coming up...
35:11The Vetro Stim.
35:12The veterinarian's secret weapon.
35:13Oh, yeah.
35:14I know what guilt's like.
35:15...is almost too good.
35:17Mm-hmm.
35:18She did relax.
35:26Why are you a veterinarian?
35:27Because I always wanted to be one from ever, forever, and ever, and ever.
35:31I had a chance to be a computer programmer, but it wasn't my thing.
35:34I know computer programmers.
35:35They almost never do this.
35:36Now, we want to hit the aspirin point for pain right in the fleshy part right above.
35:42Do I want to run it all the way through her leg?
35:45You want to see it come out the other side?
35:47Because you're hitting two points at once.
35:49Can I grab her hoof?
35:50You can hold it any way you want.
35:51All right.
35:53Just remember, she kicks, so watch her head.
35:55Yeah, right.
35:57Ah!
35:58I pulled the dance thing out.
36:01All right, this is very complicated.
36:03All right, I'm going to try this once more.
36:05That's code for a little help.
36:05What would you like me to do?
36:07Just keep her from somehow disembowing me, if you can.
36:10Stop it.
36:12Okay.
36:13It's not all the way through, but it's where it needs to be.
36:14But it's in there for enough?
36:15Okay.
36:15All right.
36:16All right.
36:16What do you think, Lily?
36:17No, I think she likes it.
36:19Clearly, yeah, she's enjoying that.
36:21All right, Lily, Lily.
36:22Can we lay down?
36:23Are you ready to take a nap?
36:24All right.
36:24All right, so you have some needles in your go.
36:27I do.
36:27Now we need to stimulate those needles.
36:28We have an electroacupuncture unit here.
36:32Holy crap.
36:34We're going to make you talk one way or the other.
36:36Where's the gold?
36:37We're going to run a little bit of energy.
36:40There's a C battery in here.
36:42Energy.
36:42That's electricity, though, in this case.
36:43Yes, that would be electricity.
36:44Would you like to feel it?
36:45This is not...
36:46Yeah, sure.
36:47Then hold them.
36:48Hold both needles.
36:51Okay, are you ready?
36:52All right.
36:53What's good for the goat is good for me.
36:58No, I don't feel it.
36:59Not much power.
37:01Not much.
37:01But when we put it on the goat, you'll see it.
37:03You touch that, make sure you can feel it.
37:06Oh, yeah.
37:07Okay.
37:08What we want to do, we'll hook Lily up.
37:10I'm taking this.
37:11And put it on the one in the front.
37:14Then we're going to turn our power on.
37:16Now let's take this up to 40 hertz.
37:19Okay?
37:19That means you've got to hold the lines off the goat
37:21because she doesn't like them.
37:22Okay.
37:23Okay.
37:23Because she thinks they're flies.
37:25Does she?
37:25Make yourself comfortable.
37:26You could stand there for 30 minutes.
37:28Oh, come on.
37:28We start by getting a local response here.
37:31Mm-hmm.
37:31And that occurs within the first three to five minutes
37:33of the time you place the needle.
37:35Within 10 minutes, you get a regional response.
37:38Mm-hmm.
37:38It takes 25 minutes for you to get a natural endorphin,
37:41euphoria feeling up in the brain.
37:43The low voltage charge to the needles helps to accelerate
37:46the stimulation of the area.
37:48After a half hour of holding that juncture box,
37:52I could have used a jolt myself.
37:53It's time to take the needles out.
37:55Okay.
37:56All right.
37:57And to get on to stage two.
37:59First thing we're going to do is turn off your box.
38:01Hello.
38:01Box is off.
38:03Okay.
38:04I'll hold the box.
38:06Now, when you pull the needles,
38:08Uh-huh.
38:09You want to lift your needles out,
38:11and then make sure that you massage the area.
38:14Can do.
38:15And I'll hold the needles then for you.
38:17There you go.
38:19And make sure that you take out as many as you put in.
38:22You know how many we put in?
38:23Roughly.
38:24All right.
38:24This is roughly four.
38:26Five.
38:27Six.
38:28Seven.
38:30Eight.
38:31Nine.
38:32Ten.
38:34Eleven.
38:35Twelve.
38:36Thirteen.
38:36Fourteen.
38:37Fifteen.
38:39I think we've got sixteen.
38:43I think that's all of them.
38:44Uh-huh.
38:45Now it's time to put all this away.
38:46Let the goat take a break,
38:48and we'll get ready to do the chiropractic on the goat.
38:50All right.
38:51Okay.
38:51That'd be stage three.
38:52Yeah.
38:53All right.
38:53I'm going to feed the goat and water the goat.
38:54Keep your friends happy.
38:55When we come back, we're going to rub the goat.
38:58What we're going to do is a little bit of veterinary orthopedic manipulation.
39:02Oh, dear.
39:02Has she had this done before?
39:04Yeah.
39:05Well, it's a big day for everybody.
39:06We'll let you hang on to this for just a second.
39:08I'll be right back.
39:08Get a little electricity going here.
39:11Have you seen anything like this?
39:12Mm-hmm.
39:14Patty?
39:14Mm-hmm.
39:15I don't want to pry.
39:18The vers...
39:19Vet...
39:20Vetrostim.
39:22Vetrostim.
39:22The vetrostim.
39:23The vetrostim.
39:24Vetrostim do?
39:25We're going to erase muscle memory.
39:27Just erase memory.
39:29Have you ever...
39:30Today never happened.
39:31Have you ever had the feeling after you've had a cramp that's released, you just know
39:35it's going to cramp again?
39:37Yes.
39:37Okay.
39:38That's muscle memory.
39:39It's held by the Golgi apparatus in the muscle cells.
39:41Golgi?
39:42Golgi.
39:42G-O-L-G-I.
39:43And what we're going to do is we're going to cause those things to relax back into natural
39:47state.
39:48What we're going to do is take this and we're going to use short bursts of pressure and you're
39:53going to run it right down her spinal column.
39:55Here, do it to me first just so I know what the goat's going to be feeling.
39:59Uh-huh.
40:00Feels good.
40:00Oh, yeah.
40:01Just lightly touch it to the skin.
40:03Let the gun make the impact.
40:08I'm actually just watching me.
40:10It's weird that they're pupils.
40:12How come they're pupils like that?
40:13A horizontal pupil is an animal that is preyed upon and the pinpoint pupil towards the front
40:19is an animal predator.
40:22That's more subdued.
40:25I'm thinking of going the other way.
40:26Right that.
40:27Look at her eyes.
40:28Oh, yeah.
40:29Those eyes are like...
40:31Oh, I know what the goat's like.
40:32Oh, look.
40:33We have a prize on the table.
40:35Uh-huh.
40:36She did relax.
40:37It is so embarrassing.
40:38When that happens during massage with me, there's little you can do except issue a general
40:44apology.
40:45Acupuncture treatments are cumulative.
40:47After each session, the patient gets a little bit better.
40:50Even though this was Lily's first, shortly afterwards, she was running around and playing
40:54with her kids.
40:55According to Anna, her owner, she appeared to be in much better spirits.
40:59Lily, it's been a pleasure to meet you and to temporarily own you.
41:02You can have your goat back.
41:03It's going to cost you $5.
41:05We hereby reversed the terms earlier discussed on camera.
41:08Exactly.
41:08You'll take custody of the goat.
41:10I'll take custody of Doug's $5.
41:13Everything was done illegally.
41:14Thank you for your flexibility.
41:16Thank you for...
41:17No problem.
41:17Whatever you did, I feel as though I've learned a lot of new words.
41:20I don't know exactly how to use them, but I'm going to try and...
41:22Doug, you're your $5 back.
41:24You earned it.
41:27I dressed up today like a folly banger because somebody who watches the show wrote in and
41:31said, hey, why don't you come out and dress up like a folly banger?
41:33And I said, well, why would I want to do that?
41:35And they said, it's a very important way to keep care at bay, celebrate Lent, blah,
41:40blah, blah.
41:40I didn't catch the whole story.
41:41I just said, yes.
41:43That's what happens on dirty jobs.
41:44You got an idea.
41:45I don't care how ridiculous it is.
41:47You can drop me a line.
41:48I'll come out.
41:49We'll dress up and do stuff.
41:51What do you say?
41:53Yes or no?
41:54Don't say no, because when you say no, you just look silly.
41:59Discovery.com forward slash dirty jobs.
42:03Some weather we're having here, huh?
42:04Yeah.
42:05I was thinking that if you could turn the air conditioning up a little bit, it might not
42:08be so bad.
42:10But you know what?
42:10What?
42:11Let's go to the other place and see if we can find it a little easier.
42:15The other place?
42:15It's like a motel down the road?
42:17Yeah, well, kind of.
42:18Let's go up here and kiss the goat.
42:20Oh, boy.
42:21Those famous Viking ships used to have a mermaid on the prowl.
42:24We've had some gut bags.
42:26We couldn't get him to wear a dress.
42:30The day's not over yet.
42:31Oh.
42:31Hahaha.
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