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>> this is bugging me. where have i seen this before? >> we started studying what phil rosenthal was doing with "raymond." he was embracing the very best of what the genre could do. which was interesting characters. he provided me with a very, very loud reminder that i didnt need to fix anything. i didnt need to knock any boundaries or walls over. i just need you to embrace what was there. >> i had been in so many shows that had failed spectacularly that i became known as the show killer. ♪ me...

Plenty of old favourites, of course, return. halo infinite wasnt the only next series xbox game microsoft showed off, and the standouts included a new fable title from playground games who previously brought us, forza horizon, and theres a new forza game with visuals so sharp they should carry a health warning. on this evidence xbox seems to have got some of its mojo back. we will find out if it is enough to face down the challenge playstation 5, when xbox series x launches later this year. that...

What does it look like? >> if you get close, you can even touch it. >> im fine. >> this is bugging me. where have i seen this before? >> we started studying what phil rosenthal was doing with "raymond." he was embracing the very best of what the genre could do. which was interesting characters. he provided me with a very, very loud reminder that i didnt need to fix anything. i didnt need to knock any boundaries or walls over. i just need you to embrace what was there. >> i had been in so many sh...

Frog.. and a snake. its a major victory for the grassroo caltrans. a plan to ease the bottleneck on the coastal highway shut down over frogs and snake. its a victory for the grassroots group that took on caltrans. good evening, im veronica de la cruz. >> im allen martin. new at 6:00 a federal judge calling out caltrans for trying to pull a fast one. it involves a controversial project to widen highway 1 at pacifica. standing in the way, two endangered species. kpix 5s melissa caen live in paci...

Hed blow unlike a ball, like look at big i am. the glands squirts out the white stuff f you lick it -- >> okay -- >> so the toad. >> and they are very large, jump very fall. >> this is a big owl. i love birds. >> you should be closer to him. >> the screech owl. >> this is one of the smallest owls in all of the u.s. a lot of people think that owls can turn their heads all the way around, but they cant. they can turn it about 275 degrees. >> a chiropractors dream. >> exactly. the reason for that i...

To wash this off? >> no, they dont. >> and they will eat anything in the african savannah to roots and shoots up to antelopes. >> so adorable? >> could we raise and these at home? >> no, i would definitely not recommend having a monkey. im like please dont have a monkey. >> yep, thats the giant marine todd. >> this is my favorite. >> this is one of the largest toads in -- is actually the largest toad in the world. >> you cant get warts from it? >> no. thats a myth. but these are poisonous. >> th...

King. >> im ken bastida. opponents of an east bay highway project just got what they wanted and now caltrans will have to go another way after a judge ruled to halt widening work along highway 84 through niles canyon. but mike sugerman tells us the work stoppage will not come cheap for taxpayers. >> reporter: they are going to have to take another road not this road niles canyon which goes from fremont to sunol. they wanted to make big changes. those changes will not be coming. >> we sent calt...

>> just go like, that larry. hes feeling -- dont let him get real close. do you see that? >> larry: yeah. do i see it. >> did you feel it? >> larry: yeah. >> what hes doing is hes picking up particles. thats how he hunts. the komodo dragon when he bites you the bites not going to kill you. he will track you for days. this is the biggest one ive ever seen. >> larry: lets get in the alligator. not a big alligator. a little alligator. two little alligators. different from the croc. wait a minute, i...

>> larry, hes not going to hurt you. look at this one. >> larry: okay. look at that one. this one wraps himself in a bunch of slime, like snot or something, and they bury themselves in the earth to stay -- to keep his body real moist and things like that. you want to touch him? >> larry: yeah. >> you can wash your hands later. isnt that weird? ♪ jeremiah was a bullfrog ♪ he was a good friend of mine >> larry: im in that kind of mood today. >> this is the kinkajou, larry. its called the honey...

Whats he eat, little flies and things? does that look like a leaf to you, or what? >> larry: looks like a leaf. >> look at this here. >> larry: what is this? >> a buffeau marine toad. a cane toad. let him hop. hes fine. this is the one that you know who jumped on your son, this is a much bigger one. the only reason your son got nervous, these are poison glands behind his eyes there. thats a neurotoxic poison. >> larry: oh! >> only if you eat the frog. just dont touch it. because you get it in yo...