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Wait a minute, i said little. >> is it a little one? holy mackerel, larry, wow, wee. larry, have you ever seen an alligator that close? >> larry: no, i've never seen that many teeth. >> this is the alligator. watch this. he has two eyeliding. if they can show us on the camera, he's got two eyelids. watch this. see that. he can see you under water. when you're down there, you think he's not watching you, he can. he also hunts as our good conservationist steve irwin told us, he knows a lot about the crocodile. those are sensors, they pick up vibration. if something's in the water swimming up to ...

There's a flock of them. in the swamps, they'll scream to attract a harem of females. >> larry: i do the same thing. >> once they do that, they protect them with these. they actually have weapons that have spurs on their wings. see these spurs -- >> look at this, larry, i've never seen this. look at this spur. look at that. >> larry: yeah, a spur. beautiful. >> oh, shoot. you got it again. >> that is sharp. go ahead and touch me if you don't believe me. >> larry: i believe you. bye, screamer, eat some corn an get out of here. you're making me nervous. >> i think he likes corn. >> larry: i do, ...

>> turn him. i don't want larry to touch his head. it's very poise announce. poisonous. it's a neurotoxic poison, right, anita? >> exactly. they can go weeks without water. >> larry: do they live a long time? >> we don't know a whole lot about them in the wild. that's the crazy thing about them. >> larry, one thing to do, though, if the predators will come, they'll turn that tail, toward the predator, he'll turn around, jerk it off and eat it while the runs away. i'm not making that up. >> here's the venom gland. >> i've never seen the mouth. can we get that on camera? >> those are the venom s...

Aquarium in that part of the world. look at this. this is a savannah water monitor. larry, look at his tongue. what he's doing, he's stealing your attention right now. you don't want to do that. act like you're not nervous. better. do this, larry. it feels good. let him touch your hand. do that. has it ever licked you? >> larry: it's not poison? >> no -- well -- no. >> larry: well, don't say well. you try it. >> put it like that, larry, do you see that? >> larry: yeah, did i see it? >> do you feel it? >> larry: yeah. >> what he's doing is he's picking up particles. what the dragon will do if h...

I don't want to hold it. >> how do you know it won't sting you. look at this here, buddy. this is an amazing creature. that is the biggest one i've ever seen, larry. there's a stinger right there? back here? see how he gets excited? they also glow in the dark, larry. these animals are eaten by the fake fox in america. africa. they sting really quick. they can eat the scorpion. this animal, larry, if you're allergic to bee stings can be lethal. it's a sting that can hurt you. put him on your jacket. i want to see him on your jacket? don't let him get near your ear. hold him. >> larry: hey! >> d...