Kings of Pain (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Execution Day - full transcript
Adam and Caveman Rob wrap up the season in Indonesia, with the two worst bites to date, from a Giant Asian Centipede and a 16-foot Reticulated Python. Vomiting, stitches, and rivers of ...
- Okay.
- Ah!
- Relax, sit here.
- Oh, dude. Look at the back.
Look at the back,
look at the back of his arm.
Look at all the blood coming.
- Sit. Sit, sit, sit.
- Ben, look at the back.
There's something.
- Oh.
- Oh!
- Deep in the back.
- Something went really wrong.
Oh, my God.
Something went really wrong.
Ah.
[ moans ]
- Definitely a good
sized hematoma there.
I'll take care of it.
- That went so bad.
That went so bad, guys.
- In 1983, Entomologist
Dr. Justin Schmidt
began ranking stinging insects
on a scale from one to four.
He put himself
in harm's way for science.
Now, Adam Thorn
and "Caveman" Rob Alleva
are taking Schmidt's
index further.
- He's ready to go.
Do you want to get bit?
- Ah!
- Adding venomous bites.
- Let go!
- And more deadly creatures.
- It's coming.
- Oh!
- A hippo just hit the boat!
- Ranking them on a 30-point
scale with new categories.
- That is the worst
I've ever had.
- Intensity.
- Oh!
- Duration.
- It's getting worse.
- And damage.
- Help! Help!
- Oh, that's enough.
- Ah! God!
- All right, man.
Indonesia.
- Yeah, dude.
Look at this place.
The jungles here are just epic.
Reminds me of
Indiana Jones, you know.
- Yeah.
- It's got that sort of
old world adventure
sort of theme to it.
- It's a type of adventure
you dreamed about
when you were a kid.
- Oh yeah.
- Today, we're on the hunt
for the giant Asian centipede.
This invertebrate has
extremely powerful jaws
capable of delivering
a potent neurotoxin.
In humans, symptoms can include
nausea, dizziness,
intense pain.
In some cases, even death.
- I have a huge fear
of centipedes.
With all those legs.
I just don't like them.
But we're also doing one of
my favorite animals.
The problem is this thing
might mess us up.
- Yeah, another giant
but in its own category.
- We're also on the hunt
for the reticulated python.
This is the longest
snake on the planet.
This is
actually the first animal
that we put on the pain index.
It has killed people other
than by an allergic reaction.
- I woke up this morning
to a news report
that somebody in Indonesia
has just been killed by a
21-foot reticulated python.
- That's a big snake.
- Dude, that's an
enormous snake.
Nobody has ever recorded
a reticulated python bite
on a human being,
so there is no way
we're going to miss out
on the opportunity
to put the world's longest
snake on our pain index.
This way we can see
just how this verified
maneater can attack.
- Dude, this is going
to be a nightmare.
- We're setting up our base camp
for the giant Asian centipede
and the reticulated python
next to a river
by a jungle where we'll
look for both animals,
like we always do, in
their natural environment.
- We'll explore this jungle,
catch the animals,
bring them back here,
and that's where the bites
and stings will take place.
- Let's go through
our gear real quick.
- I've got giant forceps
for a giant centipede.
And I've also got some
bottles we can carry it in.
Some air holes in there.
All right, Vegemite,
let's do it.
Let's catch us a centipede.
- Vegemite.
- You know, not only are
great animals from Indonesia,
but the rock god
Eddie Van Halen
was also from Indonesia.
True fact.
- Wow. Didn't know that.
- There's a lot of places
where they can be hiding,
so we might just
stumble upon one.
- The giant Asian centipede
is a nocturnal predator.
During the day, they're
not out and about.
You gotta find these
things under leaves,
fallen logs,
even fallen coconuts.
- That looks promising.
- This looks really good, man.
- Yeah, lots of logs.
You're not a huge fan of
centipedes, are you, Caveman?
- You know, I've picked
them up once or twice,
and I thought that would
break my fear of them.
No. Not even a little bit.
- The giant Asian centipede,
ethmostigmus rubripes.
This is one of the
largest species of centipede
in the world, growing up
to seven inches long.
This predatory arthropod
kills its prey
using mandibles,
called forcipules.
They're actually modified front
legs that are tipped with venom.
This venom can
induce severe pain,
but also paralyze its victims.
Animals like lizards,
small mammals,
in some cases, baby bats.
- Dude, it's hot.
It's bloody hot out here today.
- A few coconuts here.
- Oh, hey!
- Oh yes.
Decent size, decent size.
Just try to hold on.
Got the forceps.
Uh...
Oh, watch your fingers.
- Oh, no, no, no, no.
[bleep].
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[bleep]
That was close.
That was freakin' close.
All right.
- Oh, [ bleep ].
Ah.
- Well, we got one, dude.
- Good job.
- Well done.
This is a big centipede.
But we've got to
find another one.
Coconuts there, man.
- Yeah, man, they're everywhere.
- Oh.
- Oh!
- That's huge, it's huge.
That's a beast.
Be freakin' careful.
- Oh.
- Oh, man.
- All right.
- Gotta get one side in.
Okay, he's going in.
Oh.
Quick, quick, quick, quick.
Centipedes. Nasty.
- That's a beast.
- Yeah.
- Ugh.
All right, dude.
Let's get this in
a better container.
We want it alive and kicking
for when it's time for you
to get bitten by it.
- Let's get out of here.
- How are you feeling?
- Not good, man,
not good at all.
Today is execution day.
Centipedes are disgusting.
- Centipedes.
- Legs everywhere.
They've got these weird legs
in the back that grab onto you,
and then it comes around and
bites you with modified legs.
It's just... yuck.
- Before you do anything,
let's do a little check
in, shall we, guys?
- Whenever we conduct
our bites and stings,
we do it in a
controlled environment.
So medical assistance
is only a few feet away.
- Your blood pressure's
a little up.
I can tell you're nervous.
Feeling okay?
- Just kind of accepted
my fate at this point.
- It's happening.
- Yeah.
- It's definitely happening.
Oh, man, it's so much
bigger than I remembered.
- No narration, please.
Just get it out
and get it over with.
- Oh, and it's feisty.
- People are scared of snakes.
People are scared of spiders.
Uh, no, centipedes
are the worst.
Centipedes are just...
- He's already trying
to bite the forceps.
- Ugh. God, it's ugly.
I just need this over with.
Argh.
Oh, don't--
- Don't strangle me.
I wasn't--
- That was only the legs.
- Oh, look how strong
this thing is.
Sorry, man,
it's biting the forceps.
It's ready to go.
Do you want to get bit?
- Okay, okay, okay, okay.
- It's on there.
- It's trying--
It almost got my hand.
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Argh.
Ah!
- Whoa.
- Oh!
- Oh, look, there's venom
on your arm.
There's venom on your arm.
- Ah! Ah!
- Wow.
- Oh.
- There's blood.
There's blood.
- Argh. Ugh.
- Oh, look at
the puncture marks.
- Yeah.
- Oh, dude, it got you.
- Don't touch it, man.
It's like a deep,
searing pain.
Ah!
It's like someone's digging
in my arm with a rusty nail,
and it's just not stopping.
Ah!
Look, it's already bruising.
- Ben, do you want to come
and have a look at this?
This is crazy.
- What is happening
right now, man?
- Look at that, dude.
- Oh, yeah, let me get
your vital signs again.
You're looking a little pale.
- Ugh.
- That's-- there's no
way I expected that.
I didn't even expect,
like, even blood.
- It's like a stinging,
burning pain.
- Your blood pressure is
normal at 120 over 80.
Your heart rate's up 104.
You're breathing at 29, 31,
and really normal breathing is
only supposed to be up to 20.
- Oh.
- I can tell you're in pain.
- Pain from here all
the way up to my elbow,
and muscle weakness.
I feel like I couldn't
do anything
with my right arm right now.
Standing up feels
better somehow.
This is the worst bite so far.
- Out of everything?
- Out of everything.
Nothing has hurt this bad.
- [bleep].
- What do you say
we get it cleaned up?
- Okay, yeah.
- I just don't want it
to get infected.
- Holy crap,
look at those bruises.
- Oh. What the hell?
It's like black.
- Yeah.
- Thanks. Thank you.
- Adam, let's get you
stung, man,
'cause I don't think
it's gonna get any better.
Venom from
the centipede was brutal.
It's like I'm drowning in pain.
And it's not getting any better.
If anything, it's getting worse.
- All right.
I just want to get it done.
The more I procrastinate,
the more I'm going to
psych myself out.
- It's been over an hour.
I still feel like
I'm going to vomit.
My arm still hurts.
- I thought the centipede
was gonna be the easy one.
I thought the centipede
was just gonna be
like a wasp sting or
something like that.
Seeing Caveman
in that much pain,
I've never seen that
before in my life.
- Are you ready for this?
- I just got goosebumps.
Hearing that lid come off.
- Dude, I'm hurting
right now, man.
- I'm shaking.
Oh, damnit, damnit, damnit.
[bleep]
[bleep]
Ah!
Oh, yes, that got--
that went in.
Ah!
Oh! Oh!
Oh [bleep].
- All done.
- Oh yes.
Oh, my arm is seizing up.
Oh!
Ow!
Oh!
[bleep]
[bleep], man.
Holy...
Oh!
- Oh, he got you just as bad.
- Oh! Oh, my God!
- Just as bad.
Oh [bleep]!
Man, when that bit,
my arm just like seized.
Oh, my legs are
getting weak, dude.
- Yeah.
- Ah! What the hell?
Oh, you weren't wrong.
You were not wrong.
Oh.
What the [bleep]?
Ah, that is the worst
I've ever had on this index.
Ah!
No, I can't stand up.
- Don't try to stand up.
- Oh.
Just relentless.
- Yeah.
It's not gonna
stop either, man.
It's just gonna keep going.
- Getting dizzy, hey.
- Let's get you checked out.
Your blood pressure's up,
140 over 98.
Your heart rate is
through the roof.
You're in the 120s.
Your respiratory rate
in the 20s.
If you don't slow
your breathing down,
you're going to get all
cramped up and pass out.
I really need you
to slow that down, okay?
- All right.
Ah! Far out.
- It just keeps going.
- It's like the sharp
end of a pickax
that's been held over a
fire for a couple hours.
It's got that
bone-breaking feeling,
and then all from
the bone through the muscle
to the skin is just burning.
[bleep].
I hope this doesn't
last as long
as it's reported
it's supposed to last.
It can last like
eight to 12 hours.
- I can't do that.
Eight hours?
I'm trying not to throw up.
- Hey, that is so bad.
- Hold on, hold on.
[ coughing ]
- We knew the toxin
might cause nausea.
[ coughing ]
But there's something in that
venom that's just-- it's evil.
- Someone grab me a water.
Watching them go through this
is just a nightmare come true.
This is pretty much
incapacitating type pain.
All right?
- All right, yeah.
- There's definitely a number
of different mechanisms
within that venom.
It's causing the redness.
It's causing the swelling,
cramping, seizing almost.
All that pain
is pretty remarkable
from just such a small bug.
- Ah!
- This is ridiculous.
- It feels like your
arm's in a fire.
- Yeah.
- Like it's still in there,
and you're stuck.
- It's insane.
Like insane amount of pain.
- You know, we should just let
Schmidt keep his pain index.
Done something
else with our life.
- I don't want to even hear
the word pain index.
I don't want to see a camera.
I don't--
- I just wanna go home.
- That centipede bite was
the closest I've ever come
in my adult life
to crying from pain.
- Yeah.
I'm not gonna lie,
I was pretty close, too.
- If it got even
a percent worse,
I'd be straight on to
the doctor and saying,
"render me unconscious so I
don't feel this pain anymore."
Oh, yes, that got,
that went in.
My arm is seizing up.
There is no way
I could experience any more
than that without wanting
to jump off a cliff.
And in saying that,
intensity of that pain
I'm rating the
centipede a nine.
- Nothing beats the centipede.
Ah!
- Oh, dude, it got you.
- Don't touch it, man.
That was the worst pain
I've been in my entire life.
I have to give the centipede
a nine and a half,
because I really think
if I got to a 10,
just a little bit more pain,
I probably would
have passed out.
- So you go nine and a half,
I got a nine,
that gives it's it a 9.25.
- What are you gonna give
this thing for duration?
- That was searing pain
for about 12 hours.
I don't ever want to hear
the word pain index.
I don't want to see a camera.
I don't...
So I've got to give it
a nine for duration.
- That was just the most
excruciating, drawn-out,
long-suffering thing
I've ever been through.
[ coughing ]
- Here I'm going to give the
centipede a nine for duration.
- You and me both
give it a nine.
- Damage?
I got a pretty swollen arm.
It spread from the initial
puncture wounds,
which were there, and then
all the way down to my hand.
So I'm going to give it
a six for damage.
- For me, damage
was a different story.
It's real tender around there,
but I was almost
a little insulted
after going through
that much agony,
I have nothing to show for it.
I'm going to give it
a four for damage.
- That's an average of five.
That gives it a total of 23.25.
- That's the highest
one we've had yet.
- That's the highest by far.
- We're talking about a scale
that only goes to 30.
And honestly, if you hit 30,
you're probably gonna die.
So...
- Well, we've still
got a reticulated python,
the longest snake in the world,
to catch and get bitten by.
So...
We could really be
pushing the limits
of our pain scale
with this thing.
- That's what I'm afraid of.
- Reticulated pythons
are ambush predators,
so they sort of chill out
in pools like crocodiles do.
- There's a lot of caves
and stuff in here
for them to hide out.
They could really be anywhere.
It's going to be
dark pretty soon,
so we need to be careful.
- The reticulated python,
malayopython reticulatus.
This snake can measure
30 feet long,
and weigh 350 pounds.
It holds the title of the
world's longest snake.
This giant snake
ambushes its prey
by hiding and then pouncing.
The reticulated python
bites its prey
using huge jaws and huge
backwards-curving teeth.
Once it's latched on,
it throws coils and coils
around its victim,
squeezing it so tight
it can't breathe anymore,
and the animal dies
from asphyxiation.
Once constricted, their jaws
can open nearly 180 degrees.
This allows it to eat animals
far bigger than its own head.
This is the only snake
on the planet
that has confirmed reports
of it killing and
eating human beings.
When it gets dark, it takes
on a whole new feeling.
It gets pretty damn creepy.
- It goes from pretty
to spooky real fast.
- To level the playing field,
we're hunting for
these bastards at night.
This is when
they're much more docile.
- Can you believe a
lot of people in the U.S.
keep these ugly
bastards as pets?
- [bleep] that.
That is a disaster
waiting to happen.
- When these pets get too big,
some people release them
into the wild,
and that's a huge problem.
The cousin of the retic, the
Burmese python, is invasive.
It's wreaking havoc
on Florida's wildlife.
- There's some better
looking water over here.
They don't like
this flowing stuff.
- No, this is great.
This is still.
Oh yeah, maybe, I don't know.
I don't want to have to walk
across that water to check it.
- I don't either.
[bleep] dude!
[bleep]!
- Oh!
- It's a retic.
It's a big retic.
- Oh, dude, it's there.
It's there.
It's right there.
Oh, that's a big one.
- Oh! All right.
- [bleep]
- Oh, my God.
- Okay, okay, holy crap.
- It's on the move.
It's on the move.
It's on the move.
- Oh, man, it is huge.
It is huge.
- I took my shirt off because
I was going to place it
over the head of the snake.
If it bites anything, it'll
bite a soft shirt and not us.
Completely forgot the shirt.
I jumped in without it.
- You grab it by the tail.
Caveman, drag it out.
- Watch that head.
- All right, hey.
It's getting murky.
- All right, dude.
Man, this thing's a beast.
We did not want to get bitten
by this thing
in a place that we hadn't
planned to get bitten.
You guys need to back up,
because we're pulling
it on land.
- This is the biggest python
I've ever seen in my life.
Easily big enough
to kill a human being.
- Oh, man.
- Although it's non-venomous,
this snake is still damn
deadly to human beings.
It's got 16 feet
of pure muscle.
If that gets around
our neck, we're dead.
- He's frickin' strong.
He's not even trying right now.
You can not make a mistake.
- Ah!
- Good job, good job, good job.
Good job.
- Whoa.
Oh, my God, look at
the size of that head.
Oh!
It's just surreaDude, it's pissed.
- Holy [bleep].
- Oh, it's pissed off.
- This thing is gonna open us
up something wicked.
You-- oh, he's not happy.
The strength, man, the power.
- Oh.
- Oh.
- Let me get up.
- Oh.
- Far out.
- Wow.
- So we're gonna be feeling
it pretty damn soon.
Dude, look at the head on that.
That's as big as my hand.
And look at this muscle.
Not my arm, the snake.
All right, we gotta get
this thing in a bag.
- Yeah.
- The back of my pants
are soaking wet.
I don't know if that's
because I sat in the water
or something else.
I'm thinking it's the latter.
Boy, he's trying to wrap--
dude, he's wrapping around me.
He's wrapping around me.
- Don't let it do that.
Here.
- Yeah.
Oh, we are lucky he's slippery.
- Watch, watch, watch his head.
- I ain't letting the head go
until you say.
- Okay, okay.
- All right.
All right, all right, ready?
Ready?
One, two, three.
I'm not celebrating.
I can't celebrate this.
This is-- this is insane.
This is a huge
reticulated python.
- Let's get out of here.
This thing's heavy, huh?
- Dude, very heavy.
- I know, you made me
carry it last night.
All right, set it on the table?
- Yep.
- This is it.
This is the big one.
Doing a bite like this
is extremely dangerous.
Things can go bad so quickly.
So in addition to our
normal physician,
Dr. Ben, we brought several
local animal handlers.
They're here for
the safety of not only us,
but the crew and
the snake, as well.
- It's a very large
and very strong snake.
We have the two guys
already set to help.
And to help us because
the hospital is so far away,
we have the police
or the "polisi" here
to help give us an escort
to help get us there.
All right.
Thank you very much.
- Good luck, guys.
- This thing is
16 foot of solid muscle.
This is going to do
some bloody damage.
- So we got some wildly
different gear than normal.
- Yeah, this is a first.
- Adam's going first,
and I felt guilty
a little bit because
out of all the bites we've done,
this one could be
the most dangerous.
- All right, it looks like
it comes down far enough
that it'll actually protect
our neck as well as our face.
I hope that's strong enough.
- I mean, if we get
in the right position,
hopefully that's enough
to protect our neck.
This is a snake.
It's unpredictable.
It can bite wherever it wants.
So we're doing this
as safe as possible,
and taking
controlled measures
to ensure that
we don't get injured.
The last thing I want
is a bite to the neck
where I could bleed to death.
That would just be
absolutely horrifying.
- We're stepping
into unknown territory.
All the safety
we can get is for the best.
So...
Yeah.
- Oh.
- Ah.
Hope it's big enough.
- All right.
- Oh, almost forgot.
This is alcohol.
This is a local alcohol arrack.
- I'll take that, guys.
- It's not for drinking, Doctor.
This is for pouring it
into the snake's mouth
to get it to release you
if it latches on.
I'm sorry. I know.
- Man, ugh.
- I think it's pretty
important that the guys
are doing this for science.
To be able to document
this and have people realize
the truth behind nature,
I think, is really vital
for taking care of other people,
as well as trying to protect
nature and the environment.
- Are you ready to do this?
- I just want
to get it over with.
It's just surreal that there's
a 16-foot python in here
and I'm going to let it
bite my arm.
It's got big teeth, man.
And I'm about to feel them.
Oh, man.
The damage this snake
can inflict is massive.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
- If this thing latches on,
it's going to get
very serious very quickly.
- Whoa.
- Oh, the head's out.
That's a big head.
The best outcome
is big puncture wounds
in our arm that bleed a lot.
Worst case scenario,
we can die.
Come on.
Oh.
- Almost got you.
- [bleep]
- Oh.
- That's what the cup's for.
That's what the cup's for.
- Yep, yep.
- Ah.
Yeah, he's ready to go.
- Yep.
- Ah!
- Oh!
- Ah!
- Get him off!
Get him off!
- Oh! Ah!
- Oh!
Oh, God!
- All right, we need to get
this thing back in the bag
before we have an accident.
- Ah. I got a fang.
I got a fang hanging out of me.
- I see it.
- I got a fang hanging
out of me.
- Hold on.
- Ah. Ah.
- Let me see that.
- There's a fang hanging
out of me.
Oh dude, it opened me up.
It opened me up good.
It opened me up good.
Look at that.
- You feeling okay?
- Now, that's deep.
Look how deep that is, dude.
- Oh, my God.
- Dude, look at that.
Look at that.
- Are you okay, man?
- No, I don't know.
- Oh.
- Here, have a seat.
Have a seat.
- Dude, I'm bleeding a lot, man.
There are big gashes.
They're big gashes.
Ah!
That thing.
Ah. I'm pouring, man.
- Dude.
- Ah. Look at the fang, man.
- I know.
- Look at the fang.
- Oh, my--
that's one of its teeth.
- That's one of its teeth.
Ah.
That thing's got a huge mouth.
I could feel it went deep.
Oh, far out.
Oh, that's a deep cut.
- It's bleeding a lot,
but we didn't get any
vessels, it look like.
There's no arterial bleeding,
no venous bleeding.
This is what a prop chop
looks like when you get--
when you're in the water and
a boat engine comes over you.
Hold that there.
- Okay.
- We're gonna try to get
this bleeding to stop.
- Okay.
- And then we'll wash it.
Hold this here.
I'm going to get some
IV fluids out
so we can clean it out, okay?
- Okay.
- Said there'd be blood,
but I didn't think it'd
be like all of mine.
Imagine if that thing hit you
in the neck.
That'd be the last breath
you took.
- Once this bleeding stops,
we'll take care of all of
the stitches and everything.
- Oh, far out.
I'm going to have scars
all over my arm
from this for
the rest of my life.
Oh, there's the fang.
- Oh.
- Wow.
- About bloody 20 of them
just shredded me up.
That's what [bleep] opened me.
Look at that.
Hell, yeah, I'm keeping
that as a souvenir.
Still got plenty of teeth
left for you, mate.
- Dude, I'm so scared right now.
I just saw what
this thing did to Adam,
the way it latched on to him,
the way it made him bleed.
And now I'm worried,
you know,
what's this thing
gonna do to me?
- How you feeling, man?
- You know, after seeing
what that thing did to you,
I'm way more nervous now.
I mean, I was expecting blood,
but dude, that was
a literal blood bath.
- But it wasn't
just dripping out.
It was, like, flowing out of me.
- Yeah.
- But if you-- I'm gonna give
you one last sort of out here.
If you don't want to do it,
don't do it.
- I don't want to do it,
but it's my job.
It's my turn.
I gotta go.
Let's do it.
- Brave man, Caveman.
- I'm worried about
permanent damage.
Tendon damage might
be the worst,
because you could lose
mobility in your arm.
This pain index is important,
but if I'm crippled, that
could affect me forever.
I just hope that we didn't
get over-ambitious
by adding the largest snake in
the world onto the pain index.
All right.
- All right, guys.
- If you're ready, I'm ready.
- Oh, there's that big head.
- Oh, it's ready to go.
It's head is facing you, mate.
- There's that big head.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Whoa!
- Ah!
- Ah!
- Help! Help! Help!
Get it off!
Get it off!
- Quick, quick!
Help! Help!
Get it off! Get it off!
Get it off!
- Quick quick.
- Oh.
- Okay, okay.
- Ah.
- Come on, sit here.
- Oh dude, look at the back,
look at the back.
Look at the back of his arm.
Look at all the blood
coming out.
- Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit.
- Ah!
- Ben, look at the back.
There's something.
- Oh!
- Ah!
- All right.
- My pinky's like numb.
- Take deep breaths.
- The back.
- Nothing arterial.
- Oh, thank God.
- It's-- nothing arterial.
- Oh.
- Oh, my God.
- Ah.
[ moans ]
Look at it.
Did it get my tattoos
for my dead friend, man.
It's okay?
- Tattoo's safe.
- Okay.
That went so bad.
That went so bad, guys.
That went so bad.
This side of my hand
is seriously numb.
I felt the instant, like,
dead sensation in my--
in my hand.
Like it went straight
into a nerve.
- It's hard to say if it's from
the pressure from the bite,
or if it got your nerve.
Raise your arm up.
Oh yeah, I gotta make sure
that didn't get the nerve
that goes around back there.
This is gonna look really
gnarly.
- Oh, my.
- Plenty of gashes.
All lacerations there.
Bunch of lacerations here.
I want to make sure
this bleeding stops,
then we're gonna clean it.
And I'm gonna wrap it.
- See that?
- Yeah, it looks like
a hematoma, which is a,
like a collection of
blood underneath the skin.
- I need water.
I need it now. Please.
- How you feeling, bud?
- I don't know.
I'm very concerned about the
way my hand feels right now.
The pain in my hand
is pretty bad.
- Let's see your fingertips.
Your capillary
refill still brisk,
you're getting great
blood flow there.
Okay? It's swollen.
It's painful.
It could mean just be putting
pressure on the nerve.
- I hope so.
I don't want to have
permanent damage.
Time slowed down so much
during that bite.
I swear I could
feel every single tooth
pop through my skin.
And I was just thinking
about, you know, my wife,
and you know, she didn't deserve
me doing anything too stupid.
And she knows how passionate
I am about this pain scale,
but I'm gonna be very smart
about this in the future.
- How's she looking, doc?
- Trying to do it slow,
because I don't want
to rip off any clots and
start bleeding up again.
- I don't want that, man.
Oh, that looks terrible.
- He got you really good.
- What is that?
- This is a very firm coagulated
hematoma there.
- Gonna drain it, or what?
- You had that tearing pain.
- Yeah.
- From the skin.
- Yeah.
- But you've also got
the swelling there,
and then you have the pressure
from the hematoma.
- Yeah.
- And once that's relieved,
that'll start making you
feel a lot better.
I'm gonna put some
good pressure on that.
Bite your finger.
One, two, three.
- Oh! Oh!
- One more time, ready?
One--
- No. Come on. Okay, go.
- --two.
- I'm okay.
- Only time's gonna tell as
I do a further assessment
and as the swelling
and everything goes down,
whether or not there's
any permanent damage.
- I'm just ready
for today to be over.
- Yes, all right.
- Oh, oh.
- All right,
you're nerve's intact,
the bleeding hasn't continued.
That's a little bit of
adipose tissue
or fat tissue underneath
coming out.
And this one's gaping, here.
I want to put a stitch there.
Done.
[ bell dings ]
- I feel like I've been
in a train wreck.
I feel beaten up,
physically, mentally.
I feel internally ill.
- Yeah.
- It feels like I've just
experienced a disaster.
- Yeah.
This side of my hand
is seriously numb.
I felt the instant dead
sensation in my hand.
On this side of my ring finger,
I have no feeling.
I can't cross my fingers.
I can barely splay
my fingers apart.
There is one good thing, though.
We now get to add a reticulated
python to the pain index.
And I'm really interested
to see how you rate this thing.
Ah!
- As soon as that thing hit
my arm, I needed it off.
I could hear my skin
ripping and popping.
The intensity of it,
it's got to be a nine.
- The initial bite of
that reticulated python
was unbelievable pain,
beyond anything I've ever felt.
I'm giving it a 9.5.
- That's a 9.25 average.
That's an intense bite.
I don't know whether or not it's
something going on in my arm,
maybe it's getting infected,
but I feel like crap.
With the duration,
I'm gonna give it a seven.
- That initial searing
pain, thank God,
only lasted for about a minute.
But over time,
the pain came back,
it was a deep,
sore feeling pain.
That pain went
for a very long time.
So I'm going to give it a
seven for duration, as well.
- So a seven for duration
for the reticulated python.
Now damage.
It's like knife wounds
all around my arm.
They're going to leave
some pretty serious scars.
I'm going to have to give
it a nine.
- When we created
this pain scale,
a 10 was permanent damage.
It's too soon, at this point,
to know exactly the extent
of my damage,
but it's looking at this point,
I may need a
surgical intervention.
I'm going to have
to rate this one a 10.
- Whoa.
- Yeah.
- That's the first 10 on
the entire pain index.
That's nine and a half average.
- That gives us a total of 25.75
for the reticulated python.
By far the highest score
that we've had yet.
- Wow.
- Man, Indonesia brutalized us.
You know,
with the giant centipede,
we shattered the record.
- Oh yes, that went--
that went in.
Oh.
Then the reticulated
python bite.
- Ah!
- Two record-breaking animals
on the same trip.
- We've had months and
months of traveling around
the world getting bitten
by all kinds of animals.
Eventually, your body's
just gonna give out.
- Oh, look at that stinger.
- Yeah!
- Oh.
- Ah!
- Ah!
- And I think it's safe to
say we have had
a bloody crazy season.
We've taken this way
further
than the works of
Justin Schmidt.
- That's a hippo, man.
Brace yourself.
[yelling]
- Whoa.
- We've busted a lot of myths.
They're duds.
We've shown that some of
the smaller animals
packed the biggest punch.
- And marine animals suck.
- They're the worst,
absolute worst.
That thing messed you up.
- Ah!
- We've been in a lot of pain
for a long period of time.
Million dollar question, man.
Do we keep going with this?
- Whew.
At this point,
I'm almost addicted
to the knowledge
that we're getting.
And I'm ready to keep going.
- Yeah, mate, this chapter
of the Book of Pain is over.
But we havean entire novel to fill.
- We need to take a break, find
new animals to add to the list,
and then we'll
do this all over again.
- I'm still a
little bit curious,
what animal will surpass
the reticulated python.
- That's the question we're
gonna have to try to answer.
- There's no shortage of biting
and venomous animals
on this planet.
And we're going to experience
quite a lot of them.
- Well, good job.
Gentle.
We're half-broken.
- Let's get out of here.
- All right, mate.
- Ah.
Oh, oh.
- I'm not coming back to
Indonesia any time soon.
- Yeah, I don't really
like this place anymore.
- Ah!
- Relax, sit here.
- Oh, dude. Look at the back.
Look at the back,
look at the back of his arm.
Look at all the blood coming.
- Sit. Sit, sit, sit.
- Ben, look at the back.
There's something.
- Oh.
- Oh!
- Deep in the back.
- Something went really wrong.
Oh, my God.
Something went really wrong.
Ah.
[ moans ]
- Definitely a good
sized hematoma there.
I'll take care of it.
- That went so bad.
That went so bad, guys.
- In 1983, Entomologist
Dr. Justin Schmidt
began ranking stinging insects
on a scale from one to four.
He put himself
in harm's way for science.
Now, Adam Thorn
and "Caveman" Rob Alleva
are taking Schmidt's
index further.
- He's ready to go.
Do you want to get bit?
- Ah!
- Adding venomous bites.
- Let go!
- And more deadly creatures.
- It's coming.
- Oh!
- A hippo just hit the boat!
- Ranking them on a 30-point
scale with new categories.
- That is the worst
I've ever had.
- Intensity.
- Oh!
- Duration.
- It's getting worse.
- And damage.
- Help! Help!
- Oh, that's enough.
- Ah! God!
- All right, man.
Indonesia.
- Yeah, dude.
Look at this place.
The jungles here are just epic.
Reminds me of
Indiana Jones, you know.
- Yeah.
- It's got that sort of
old world adventure
sort of theme to it.
- It's a type of adventure
you dreamed about
when you were a kid.
- Oh yeah.
- Today, we're on the hunt
for the giant Asian centipede.
This invertebrate has
extremely powerful jaws
capable of delivering
a potent neurotoxin.
In humans, symptoms can include
nausea, dizziness,
intense pain.
In some cases, even death.
- I have a huge fear
of centipedes.
With all those legs.
I just don't like them.
But we're also doing one of
my favorite animals.
The problem is this thing
might mess us up.
- Yeah, another giant
but in its own category.
- We're also on the hunt
for the reticulated python.
This is the longest
snake on the planet.
This is
actually the first animal
that we put on the pain index.
It has killed people other
than by an allergic reaction.
- I woke up this morning
to a news report
that somebody in Indonesia
has just been killed by a
21-foot reticulated python.
- That's a big snake.
- Dude, that's an
enormous snake.
Nobody has ever recorded
a reticulated python bite
on a human being,
so there is no way
we're going to miss out
on the opportunity
to put the world's longest
snake on our pain index.
This way we can see
just how this verified
maneater can attack.
- Dude, this is going
to be a nightmare.
- We're setting up our base camp
for the giant Asian centipede
and the reticulated python
next to a river
by a jungle where we'll
look for both animals,
like we always do, in
their natural environment.
- We'll explore this jungle,
catch the animals,
bring them back here,
and that's where the bites
and stings will take place.
- Let's go through
our gear real quick.
- I've got giant forceps
for a giant centipede.
And I've also got some
bottles we can carry it in.
Some air holes in there.
All right, Vegemite,
let's do it.
Let's catch us a centipede.
- Vegemite.
- You know, not only are
great animals from Indonesia,
but the rock god
Eddie Van Halen
was also from Indonesia.
True fact.
- Wow. Didn't know that.
- There's a lot of places
where they can be hiding,
so we might just
stumble upon one.
- The giant Asian centipede
is a nocturnal predator.
During the day, they're
not out and about.
You gotta find these
things under leaves,
fallen logs,
even fallen coconuts.
- That looks promising.
- This looks really good, man.
- Yeah, lots of logs.
You're not a huge fan of
centipedes, are you, Caveman?
- You know, I've picked
them up once or twice,
and I thought that would
break my fear of them.
No. Not even a little bit.
- The giant Asian centipede,
ethmostigmus rubripes.
This is one of the
largest species of centipede
in the world, growing up
to seven inches long.
This predatory arthropod
kills its prey
using mandibles,
called forcipules.
They're actually modified front
legs that are tipped with venom.
This venom can
induce severe pain,
but also paralyze its victims.
Animals like lizards,
small mammals,
in some cases, baby bats.
- Dude, it's hot.
It's bloody hot out here today.
- A few coconuts here.
- Oh, hey!
- Oh yes.
Decent size, decent size.
Just try to hold on.
Got the forceps.
Uh...
Oh, watch your fingers.
- Oh, no, no, no, no.
[bleep].
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[bleep]
That was close.
That was freakin' close.
All right.
- Oh, [ bleep ].
Ah.
- Well, we got one, dude.
- Good job.
- Well done.
This is a big centipede.
But we've got to
find another one.
Coconuts there, man.
- Yeah, man, they're everywhere.
- Oh.
- Oh!
- That's huge, it's huge.
That's a beast.
Be freakin' careful.
- Oh.
- Oh, man.
- All right.
- Gotta get one side in.
Okay, he's going in.
Oh.
Quick, quick, quick, quick.
Centipedes. Nasty.
- That's a beast.
- Yeah.
- Ugh.
All right, dude.
Let's get this in
a better container.
We want it alive and kicking
for when it's time for you
to get bitten by it.
- Let's get out of here.
- How are you feeling?
- Not good, man,
not good at all.
Today is execution day.
Centipedes are disgusting.
- Centipedes.
- Legs everywhere.
They've got these weird legs
in the back that grab onto you,
and then it comes around and
bites you with modified legs.
It's just... yuck.
- Before you do anything,
let's do a little check
in, shall we, guys?
- Whenever we conduct
our bites and stings,
we do it in a
controlled environment.
So medical assistance
is only a few feet away.
- Your blood pressure's
a little up.
I can tell you're nervous.
Feeling okay?
- Just kind of accepted
my fate at this point.
- It's happening.
- Yeah.
- It's definitely happening.
Oh, man, it's so much
bigger than I remembered.
- No narration, please.
Just get it out
and get it over with.
- Oh, and it's feisty.
- People are scared of snakes.
People are scared of spiders.
Uh, no, centipedes
are the worst.
Centipedes are just...
- He's already trying
to bite the forceps.
- Ugh. God, it's ugly.
I just need this over with.
Argh.
Oh, don't--
- Don't strangle me.
I wasn't--
- That was only the legs.
- Oh, look how strong
this thing is.
Sorry, man,
it's biting the forceps.
It's ready to go.
Do you want to get bit?
- Okay, okay, okay, okay.
- It's on there.
- It's trying--
It almost got my hand.
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Argh.
Ah!
- Whoa.
- Oh!
- Oh, look, there's venom
on your arm.
There's venom on your arm.
- Ah! Ah!
- Wow.
- Oh.
- There's blood.
There's blood.
- Argh. Ugh.
- Oh, look at
the puncture marks.
- Yeah.
- Oh, dude, it got you.
- Don't touch it, man.
It's like a deep,
searing pain.
Ah!
It's like someone's digging
in my arm with a rusty nail,
and it's just not stopping.
Ah!
Look, it's already bruising.
- Ben, do you want to come
and have a look at this?
This is crazy.
- What is happening
right now, man?
- Look at that, dude.
- Oh, yeah, let me get
your vital signs again.
You're looking a little pale.
- Ugh.
- That's-- there's no
way I expected that.
I didn't even expect,
like, even blood.
- It's like a stinging,
burning pain.
- Your blood pressure is
normal at 120 over 80.
Your heart rate's up 104.
You're breathing at 29, 31,
and really normal breathing is
only supposed to be up to 20.
- Oh.
- I can tell you're in pain.
- Pain from here all
the way up to my elbow,
and muscle weakness.
I feel like I couldn't
do anything
with my right arm right now.
Standing up feels
better somehow.
This is the worst bite so far.
- Out of everything?
- Out of everything.
Nothing has hurt this bad.
- [bleep].
- What do you say
we get it cleaned up?
- Okay, yeah.
- I just don't want it
to get infected.
- Holy crap,
look at those bruises.
- Oh. What the hell?
It's like black.
- Yeah.
- Thanks. Thank you.
- Adam, let's get you
stung, man,
'cause I don't think
it's gonna get any better.
Venom from
the centipede was brutal.
It's like I'm drowning in pain.
And it's not getting any better.
If anything, it's getting worse.
- All right.
I just want to get it done.
The more I procrastinate,
the more I'm going to
psych myself out.
- It's been over an hour.
I still feel like
I'm going to vomit.
My arm still hurts.
- I thought the centipede
was gonna be the easy one.
I thought the centipede
was just gonna be
like a wasp sting or
something like that.
Seeing Caveman
in that much pain,
I've never seen that
before in my life.
- Are you ready for this?
- I just got goosebumps.
Hearing that lid come off.
- Dude, I'm hurting
right now, man.
- I'm shaking.
Oh, damnit, damnit, damnit.
[bleep]
[bleep]
Ah!
Oh, yes, that got--
that went in.
Ah!
Oh! Oh!
Oh [bleep].
- All done.
- Oh yes.
Oh, my arm is seizing up.
Oh!
Ow!
Oh!
[bleep]
[bleep], man.
Holy...
Oh!
- Oh, he got you just as bad.
- Oh! Oh, my God!
- Just as bad.
Oh [bleep]!
Man, when that bit,
my arm just like seized.
Oh, my legs are
getting weak, dude.
- Yeah.
- Ah! What the hell?
Oh, you weren't wrong.
You were not wrong.
Oh.
What the [bleep]?
Ah, that is the worst
I've ever had on this index.
Ah!
No, I can't stand up.
- Don't try to stand up.
- Oh.
Just relentless.
- Yeah.
It's not gonna
stop either, man.
It's just gonna keep going.
- Getting dizzy, hey.
- Let's get you checked out.
Your blood pressure's up,
140 over 98.
Your heart rate is
through the roof.
You're in the 120s.
Your respiratory rate
in the 20s.
If you don't slow
your breathing down,
you're going to get all
cramped up and pass out.
I really need you
to slow that down, okay?
- All right.
Ah! Far out.
- It just keeps going.
- It's like the sharp
end of a pickax
that's been held over a
fire for a couple hours.
It's got that
bone-breaking feeling,
and then all from
the bone through the muscle
to the skin is just burning.
[bleep].
I hope this doesn't
last as long
as it's reported
it's supposed to last.
It can last like
eight to 12 hours.
- I can't do that.
Eight hours?
I'm trying not to throw up.
- Hey, that is so bad.
- Hold on, hold on.
[ coughing ]
- We knew the toxin
might cause nausea.
[ coughing ]
But there's something in that
venom that's just-- it's evil.
- Someone grab me a water.
Watching them go through this
is just a nightmare come true.
This is pretty much
incapacitating type pain.
All right?
- All right, yeah.
- There's definitely a number
of different mechanisms
within that venom.
It's causing the redness.
It's causing the swelling,
cramping, seizing almost.
All that pain
is pretty remarkable
from just such a small bug.
- Ah!
- This is ridiculous.
- It feels like your
arm's in a fire.
- Yeah.
- Like it's still in there,
and you're stuck.
- It's insane.
Like insane amount of pain.
- You know, we should just let
Schmidt keep his pain index.
Done something
else with our life.
- I don't want to even hear
the word pain index.
I don't want to see a camera.
I don't--
- I just wanna go home.
- That centipede bite was
the closest I've ever come
in my adult life
to crying from pain.
- Yeah.
I'm not gonna lie,
I was pretty close, too.
- If it got even
a percent worse,
I'd be straight on to
the doctor and saying,
"render me unconscious so I
don't feel this pain anymore."
Oh, yes, that got,
that went in.
My arm is seizing up.
There is no way
I could experience any more
than that without wanting
to jump off a cliff.
And in saying that,
intensity of that pain
I'm rating the
centipede a nine.
- Nothing beats the centipede.
Ah!
- Oh, dude, it got you.
- Don't touch it, man.
That was the worst pain
I've been in my entire life.
I have to give the centipede
a nine and a half,
because I really think
if I got to a 10,
just a little bit more pain,
I probably would
have passed out.
- So you go nine and a half,
I got a nine,
that gives it's it a 9.25.
- What are you gonna give
this thing for duration?
- That was searing pain
for about 12 hours.
I don't ever want to hear
the word pain index.
I don't want to see a camera.
I don't...
So I've got to give it
a nine for duration.
- That was just the most
excruciating, drawn-out,
long-suffering thing
I've ever been through.
[ coughing ]
- Here I'm going to give the
centipede a nine for duration.
- You and me both
give it a nine.
- Damage?
I got a pretty swollen arm.
It spread from the initial
puncture wounds,
which were there, and then
all the way down to my hand.
So I'm going to give it
a six for damage.
- For me, damage
was a different story.
It's real tender around there,
but I was almost
a little insulted
after going through
that much agony,
I have nothing to show for it.
I'm going to give it
a four for damage.
- That's an average of five.
That gives it a total of 23.25.
- That's the highest
one we've had yet.
- That's the highest by far.
- We're talking about a scale
that only goes to 30.
And honestly, if you hit 30,
you're probably gonna die.
So...
- Well, we've still
got a reticulated python,
the longest snake in the world,
to catch and get bitten by.
So...
We could really be
pushing the limits
of our pain scale
with this thing.
- That's what I'm afraid of.
- Reticulated pythons
are ambush predators,
so they sort of chill out
in pools like crocodiles do.
- There's a lot of caves
and stuff in here
for them to hide out.
They could really be anywhere.
It's going to be
dark pretty soon,
so we need to be careful.
- The reticulated python,
malayopython reticulatus.
This snake can measure
30 feet long,
and weigh 350 pounds.
It holds the title of the
world's longest snake.
This giant snake
ambushes its prey
by hiding and then pouncing.
The reticulated python
bites its prey
using huge jaws and huge
backwards-curving teeth.
Once it's latched on,
it throws coils and coils
around its victim,
squeezing it so tight
it can't breathe anymore,
and the animal dies
from asphyxiation.
Once constricted, their jaws
can open nearly 180 degrees.
This allows it to eat animals
far bigger than its own head.
This is the only snake
on the planet
that has confirmed reports
of it killing and
eating human beings.
When it gets dark, it takes
on a whole new feeling.
It gets pretty damn creepy.
- It goes from pretty
to spooky real fast.
- To level the playing field,
we're hunting for
these bastards at night.
This is when
they're much more docile.
- Can you believe a
lot of people in the U.S.
keep these ugly
bastards as pets?
- [bleep] that.
That is a disaster
waiting to happen.
- When these pets get too big,
some people release them
into the wild,
and that's a huge problem.
The cousin of the retic, the
Burmese python, is invasive.
It's wreaking havoc
on Florida's wildlife.
- There's some better
looking water over here.
They don't like
this flowing stuff.
- No, this is great.
This is still.
Oh yeah, maybe, I don't know.
I don't want to have to walk
across that water to check it.
- I don't either.
[bleep] dude!
[bleep]!
- Oh!
- It's a retic.
It's a big retic.
- Oh, dude, it's there.
It's there.
It's right there.
Oh, that's a big one.
- Oh! All right.
- [bleep]
- Oh, my God.
- Okay, okay, holy crap.
- It's on the move.
It's on the move.
It's on the move.
- Oh, man, it is huge.
It is huge.
- I took my shirt off because
I was going to place it
over the head of the snake.
If it bites anything, it'll
bite a soft shirt and not us.
Completely forgot the shirt.
I jumped in without it.
- You grab it by the tail.
Caveman, drag it out.
- Watch that head.
- All right, hey.
It's getting murky.
- All right, dude.
Man, this thing's a beast.
We did not want to get bitten
by this thing
in a place that we hadn't
planned to get bitten.
You guys need to back up,
because we're pulling
it on land.
- This is the biggest python
I've ever seen in my life.
Easily big enough
to kill a human being.
- Oh, man.
- Although it's non-venomous,
this snake is still damn
deadly to human beings.
It's got 16 feet
of pure muscle.
If that gets around
our neck, we're dead.
- He's frickin' strong.
He's not even trying right now.
You can not make a mistake.
- Ah!
- Good job, good job, good job.
Good job.
- Whoa.
Oh, my God, look at
the size of that head.
Oh!
It's just surreaDude, it's pissed.
- Holy [bleep].
- Oh, it's pissed off.
- This thing is gonna open us
up something wicked.
You-- oh, he's not happy.
The strength, man, the power.
- Oh.
- Oh.
- Let me get up.
- Oh.
- Far out.
- Wow.
- So we're gonna be feeling
it pretty damn soon.
Dude, look at the head on that.
That's as big as my hand.
And look at this muscle.
Not my arm, the snake.
All right, we gotta get
this thing in a bag.
- Yeah.
- The back of my pants
are soaking wet.
I don't know if that's
because I sat in the water
or something else.
I'm thinking it's the latter.
Boy, he's trying to wrap--
dude, he's wrapping around me.
He's wrapping around me.
- Don't let it do that.
Here.
- Yeah.
Oh, we are lucky he's slippery.
- Watch, watch, watch his head.
- I ain't letting the head go
until you say.
- Okay, okay.
- All right.
All right, all right, ready?
Ready?
One, two, three.
I'm not celebrating.
I can't celebrate this.
This is-- this is insane.
This is a huge
reticulated python.
- Let's get out of here.
This thing's heavy, huh?
- Dude, very heavy.
- I know, you made me
carry it last night.
All right, set it on the table?
- Yep.
- This is it.
This is the big one.
Doing a bite like this
is extremely dangerous.
Things can go bad so quickly.
So in addition to our
normal physician,
Dr. Ben, we brought several
local animal handlers.
They're here for
the safety of not only us,
but the crew and
the snake, as well.
- It's a very large
and very strong snake.
We have the two guys
already set to help.
And to help us because
the hospital is so far away,
we have the police
or the "polisi" here
to help give us an escort
to help get us there.
All right.
Thank you very much.
- Good luck, guys.
- This thing is
16 foot of solid muscle.
This is going to do
some bloody damage.
- So we got some wildly
different gear than normal.
- Yeah, this is a first.
- Adam's going first,
and I felt guilty
a little bit because
out of all the bites we've done,
this one could be
the most dangerous.
- All right, it looks like
it comes down far enough
that it'll actually protect
our neck as well as our face.
I hope that's strong enough.
- I mean, if we get
in the right position,
hopefully that's enough
to protect our neck.
This is a snake.
It's unpredictable.
It can bite wherever it wants.
So we're doing this
as safe as possible,
and taking
controlled measures
to ensure that
we don't get injured.
The last thing I want
is a bite to the neck
where I could bleed to death.
That would just be
absolutely horrifying.
- We're stepping
into unknown territory.
All the safety
we can get is for the best.
So...
Yeah.
- Oh.
- Ah.
Hope it's big enough.
- All right.
- Oh, almost forgot.
This is alcohol.
This is a local alcohol arrack.
- I'll take that, guys.
- It's not for drinking, Doctor.
This is for pouring it
into the snake's mouth
to get it to release you
if it latches on.
I'm sorry. I know.
- Man, ugh.
- I think it's pretty
important that the guys
are doing this for science.
To be able to document
this and have people realize
the truth behind nature,
I think, is really vital
for taking care of other people,
as well as trying to protect
nature and the environment.
- Are you ready to do this?
- I just want
to get it over with.
It's just surreal that there's
a 16-foot python in here
and I'm going to let it
bite my arm.
It's got big teeth, man.
And I'm about to feel them.
Oh, man.
The damage this snake
can inflict is massive.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
- If this thing latches on,
it's going to get
very serious very quickly.
- Whoa.
- Oh, the head's out.
That's a big head.
The best outcome
is big puncture wounds
in our arm that bleed a lot.
Worst case scenario,
we can die.
Come on.
Oh.
- Almost got you.
- [bleep]
- Oh.
- That's what the cup's for.
That's what the cup's for.
- Yep, yep.
- Ah.
Yeah, he's ready to go.
- Yep.
- Ah!
- Oh!
- Ah!
- Get him off!
Get him off!
- Oh! Ah!
- Oh!
Oh, God!
- All right, we need to get
this thing back in the bag
before we have an accident.
- Ah. I got a fang.
I got a fang hanging out of me.
- I see it.
- I got a fang hanging
out of me.
- Hold on.
- Ah. Ah.
- Let me see that.
- There's a fang hanging
out of me.
Oh dude, it opened me up.
It opened me up good.
It opened me up good.
Look at that.
- You feeling okay?
- Now, that's deep.
Look how deep that is, dude.
- Oh, my God.
- Dude, look at that.
Look at that.
- Are you okay, man?
- No, I don't know.
- Oh.
- Here, have a seat.
Have a seat.
- Dude, I'm bleeding a lot, man.
There are big gashes.
They're big gashes.
Ah!
That thing.
Ah. I'm pouring, man.
- Dude.
- Ah. Look at the fang, man.
- I know.
- Look at the fang.
- Oh, my--
that's one of its teeth.
- That's one of its teeth.
Ah.
That thing's got a huge mouth.
I could feel it went deep.
Oh, far out.
Oh, that's a deep cut.
- It's bleeding a lot,
but we didn't get any
vessels, it look like.
There's no arterial bleeding,
no venous bleeding.
This is what a prop chop
looks like when you get--
when you're in the water and
a boat engine comes over you.
Hold that there.
- Okay.
- We're gonna try to get
this bleeding to stop.
- Okay.
- And then we'll wash it.
Hold this here.
I'm going to get some
IV fluids out
so we can clean it out, okay?
- Okay.
- Said there'd be blood,
but I didn't think it'd
be like all of mine.
Imagine if that thing hit you
in the neck.
That'd be the last breath
you took.
- Once this bleeding stops,
we'll take care of all of
the stitches and everything.
- Oh, far out.
I'm going to have scars
all over my arm
from this for
the rest of my life.
Oh, there's the fang.
- Oh.
- Wow.
- About bloody 20 of them
just shredded me up.
That's what [bleep] opened me.
Look at that.
Hell, yeah, I'm keeping
that as a souvenir.
Still got plenty of teeth
left for you, mate.
- Dude, I'm so scared right now.
I just saw what
this thing did to Adam,
the way it latched on to him,
the way it made him bleed.
And now I'm worried,
you know,
what's this thing
gonna do to me?
- How you feeling, man?
- You know, after seeing
what that thing did to you,
I'm way more nervous now.
I mean, I was expecting blood,
but dude, that was
a literal blood bath.
- But it wasn't
just dripping out.
It was, like, flowing out of me.
- Yeah.
- But if you-- I'm gonna give
you one last sort of out here.
If you don't want to do it,
don't do it.
- I don't want to do it,
but it's my job.
It's my turn.
I gotta go.
Let's do it.
- Brave man, Caveman.
- I'm worried about
permanent damage.
Tendon damage might
be the worst,
because you could lose
mobility in your arm.
This pain index is important,
but if I'm crippled, that
could affect me forever.
I just hope that we didn't
get over-ambitious
by adding the largest snake in
the world onto the pain index.
All right.
- All right, guys.
- If you're ready, I'm ready.
- Oh, there's that big head.
- Oh, it's ready to go.
It's head is facing you, mate.
- There's that big head.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Whoa!
- Ah!
- Ah!
- Help! Help! Help!
Get it off!
Get it off!
- Quick, quick!
Help! Help!
Get it off! Get it off!
Get it off!
- Quick quick.
- Oh.
- Okay, okay.
- Ah.
- Come on, sit here.
- Oh dude, look at the back,
look at the back.
Look at the back of his arm.
Look at all the blood
coming out.
- Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit.
- Ah!
- Ben, look at the back.
There's something.
- Oh!
- Ah!
- All right.
- My pinky's like numb.
- Take deep breaths.
- The back.
- Nothing arterial.
- Oh, thank God.
- It's-- nothing arterial.
- Oh.
- Oh, my God.
- Ah.
[ moans ]
Look at it.
Did it get my tattoos
for my dead friend, man.
It's okay?
- Tattoo's safe.
- Okay.
That went so bad.
That went so bad, guys.
That went so bad.
This side of my hand
is seriously numb.
I felt the instant, like,
dead sensation in my--
in my hand.
Like it went straight
into a nerve.
- It's hard to say if it's from
the pressure from the bite,
or if it got your nerve.
Raise your arm up.
Oh yeah, I gotta make sure
that didn't get the nerve
that goes around back there.
This is gonna look really
gnarly.
- Oh, my.
- Plenty of gashes.
All lacerations there.
Bunch of lacerations here.
I want to make sure
this bleeding stops,
then we're gonna clean it.
And I'm gonna wrap it.
- See that?
- Yeah, it looks like
a hematoma, which is a,
like a collection of
blood underneath the skin.
- I need water.
I need it now. Please.
- How you feeling, bud?
- I don't know.
I'm very concerned about the
way my hand feels right now.
The pain in my hand
is pretty bad.
- Let's see your fingertips.
Your capillary
refill still brisk,
you're getting great
blood flow there.
Okay? It's swollen.
It's painful.
It could mean just be putting
pressure on the nerve.
- I hope so.
I don't want to have
permanent damage.
Time slowed down so much
during that bite.
I swear I could
feel every single tooth
pop through my skin.
And I was just thinking
about, you know, my wife,
and you know, she didn't deserve
me doing anything too stupid.
And she knows how passionate
I am about this pain scale,
but I'm gonna be very smart
about this in the future.
- How's she looking, doc?
- Trying to do it slow,
because I don't want
to rip off any clots and
start bleeding up again.
- I don't want that, man.
Oh, that looks terrible.
- He got you really good.
- What is that?
- This is a very firm coagulated
hematoma there.
- Gonna drain it, or what?
- You had that tearing pain.
- Yeah.
- From the skin.
- Yeah.
- But you've also got
the swelling there,
and then you have the pressure
from the hematoma.
- Yeah.
- And once that's relieved,
that'll start making you
feel a lot better.
I'm gonna put some
good pressure on that.
Bite your finger.
One, two, three.
- Oh! Oh!
- One more time, ready?
One--
- No. Come on. Okay, go.
- --two.
- I'm okay.
- Only time's gonna tell as
I do a further assessment
and as the swelling
and everything goes down,
whether or not there's
any permanent damage.
- I'm just ready
for today to be over.
- Yes, all right.
- Oh, oh.
- All right,
you're nerve's intact,
the bleeding hasn't continued.
That's a little bit of
adipose tissue
or fat tissue underneath
coming out.
And this one's gaping, here.
I want to put a stitch there.
Done.
[ bell dings ]
- I feel like I've been
in a train wreck.
I feel beaten up,
physically, mentally.
I feel internally ill.
- Yeah.
- It feels like I've just
experienced a disaster.
- Yeah.
This side of my hand
is seriously numb.
I felt the instant dead
sensation in my hand.
On this side of my ring finger,
I have no feeling.
I can't cross my fingers.
I can barely splay
my fingers apart.
There is one good thing, though.
We now get to add a reticulated
python to the pain index.
And I'm really interested
to see how you rate this thing.
Ah!
- As soon as that thing hit
my arm, I needed it off.
I could hear my skin
ripping and popping.
The intensity of it,
it's got to be a nine.
- The initial bite of
that reticulated python
was unbelievable pain,
beyond anything I've ever felt.
I'm giving it a 9.5.
- That's a 9.25 average.
That's an intense bite.
I don't know whether or not it's
something going on in my arm,
maybe it's getting infected,
but I feel like crap.
With the duration,
I'm gonna give it a seven.
- That initial searing
pain, thank God,
only lasted for about a minute.
But over time,
the pain came back,
it was a deep,
sore feeling pain.
That pain went
for a very long time.
So I'm going to give it a
seven for duration, as well.
- So a seven for duration
for the reticulated python.
Now damage.
It's like knife wounds
all around my arm.
They're going to leave
some pretty serious scars.
I'm going to have to give
it a nine.
- When we created
this pain scale,
a 10 was permanent damage.
It's too soon, at this point,
to know exactly the extent
of my damage,
but it's looking at this point,
I may need a
surgical intervention.
I'm going to have
to rate this one a 10.
- Whoa.
- Yeah.
- That's the first 10 on
the entire pain index.
That's nine and a half average.
- That gives us a total of 25.75
for the reticulated python.
By far the highest score
that we've had yet.
- Wow.
- Man, Indonesia brutalized us.
You know,
with the giant centipede,
we shattered the record.
- Oh yes, that went--
that went in.
Oh.
Then the reticulated
python bite.
- Ah!
- Two record-breaking animals
on the same trip.
- We've had months and
months of traveling around
the world getting bitten
by all kinds of animals.
Eventually, your body's
just gonna give out.
- Oh, look at that stinger.
- Yeah!
- Oh.
- Ah!
- Ah!
- And I think it's safe to
say we have had
a bloody crazy season.
We've taken this way
further
than the works of
Justin Schmidt.
- That's a hippo, man.
Brace yourself.
[yelling]
- Whoa.
- We've busted a lot of myths.
They're duds.
We've shown that some of
the smaller animals
packed the biggest punch.
- And marine animals suck.
- They're the worst,
absolute worst.
That thing messed you up.
- Ah!
- We've been in a lot of pain
for a long period of time.
Million dollar question, man.
Do we keep going with this?
- Whew.
At this point,
I'm almost addicted
to the knowledge
that we're getting.
And I'm ready to keep going.
- Yeah, mate, this chapter
of the Book of Pain is over.
But we havean entire novel to fill.
- We need to take a break, find
new animals to add to the list,
and then we'll
do this all over again.
- I'm still a
little bit curious,
what animal will surpass
the reticulated python.
- That's the question we're
gonna have to try to answer.
- There's no shortage of biting
and venomous animals
on this planet.
And we're going to experience
quite a lot of them.
- Well, good job.
Gentle.
We're half-broken.
- Let's get out of here.
- All right, mate.
- Ah.
Oh, oh.
- I'm not coming back to
Indonesia any time soon.
- Yeah, I don't really
like this place anymore.