熱湯チャレンジ！

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- I'm Coyote Peterson and I'm about to enter the burn zone
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with a hot spring.
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Here we go.
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Argh!
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(yelling)
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(panting)
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(yelling)
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(animal growling)
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(jungle music)
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Over the course of my career,
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I have done some arguably crazy things
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like being bitten intentionally by an alligator.
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(yelling)
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or happily submitting my self to a sting
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from the Japanese Giant Hornet.
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(yelling)
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All of my brushes with intense pain
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have been done in the name of science and education.
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So today's experiment loosely falls
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into those exact same categories.
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As an extreme educator,
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this is also the point where I tell you
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never attempt to recreate the following science experiment.
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Thermopolis, Wyoming is without question
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one of the greatest locations
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the brave wilderness team and I have ever visited.
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It's a quaint little town
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and with a population of around three thousand people,
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it has an unforgettable charm.
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They are famous for many things
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including the world-renowned Wyoming Dinosaur Center,
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where aspiring paleontologists can actually spend a day
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looking for fossils.
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Then you have Dairyland
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which proudly boasts being the birthplace of pickle pops.
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Yep, this is where I set the world record
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for eating ten of these salty treats in thirty minutes.
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(gagging sound)
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As if dinosaurs and pickle pops weren't enough,
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Thermopolis also has a very catchy nickname, The Hot City,
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which is rightfully earned as they stake claim
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to the world's largest mineral hot spring.
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Before we get hands-on with the hot springs
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for this brilliant experiment,
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first it's important that we understand
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the science behind these bubbling pools of beauty.
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These hot springs originate in the Owl Creek Mountains,
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where surface water like rain and melting snow
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seep down through layers of porous rock.
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As the water flows deeper into the earth,
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it's heated by a geothermal gradient.
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When the heated water reaches fractured rocks
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within the Thermopolis anticline,
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it's channeled back up to the surface
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and voila, you have hot springs.
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But are these hot springs hot enough
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to make me breakfast?
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We are just a few feet from the main source of Big Spring,
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which is the largest mineral spring
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in the entire United States.
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Now, this water...
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Oh yeah! Woo!
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Yeah, that is definitely hot.
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What we're gonna to try to do today
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is find out whether or not a hot spring can boil an egg.
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What I've done in advance is prepare a couple of eggs.
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So you see this here?
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That is an egg in cheesecloth tied to a shoestring.
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Now we're going to try this experiment
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in three different time intervals.
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Five minutes,
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fifteen minutes,
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and thirty minutes.
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This water stays at a consistent 127 degrees Fahrenheit.
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The actual boiling temperature of water
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is 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
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To make hard-boiled eggs, you usually need to put
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a fresh egg inside of boiling water
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and keep it there for ten minutes.
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So you may be saying to yourself
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well, the math doesn't exactly add up.
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If you have to have boiling water to make hard-boiled eggs,
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how's this experiment going to work?
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Basically what we're gonna do
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is keep the eggs in there longer
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than it would take to normally boil an egg
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and see what happens.
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Boiling eggs in the hot springs is completely fitting
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because the entire area already smells like rotten eggs.
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That's not because thousands of people
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have tried this experiment before me
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but instead as a result of gas bubbles rising to the surface
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that contain hydrogen sulfide.
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H2S is a colorless, poisonous,
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flammable, and corrosive chemical compound
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which has the distinct stench of rotten eggs.
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Talk about some delicious science.
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All right, it has officially been five minutes
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which means it's time to pull the first egg
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and gently slice open the cheesecloth.
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Wow, it's really hot.
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Okay, there it is.
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(tapping)
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Ah.
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Nope.
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Definitely not.
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Oh wow, it's hot, it's really hot,
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but it is definitely not hard-boiled.
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Not gonna be eating that one.
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I'm gonna actually just dump this off to the side here.
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We'll wait for another ten minutes
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for egg number two to maybe finish cooking.
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Hey Garrity, what time is it?
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I think it's been, it's been ten minutes or so.
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Oh yeah, actually it's been eleven minutes.
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Okay, we've gotta check the second egg.
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Oh yeah, that is a hot egg right there.
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(tapping)
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Aw, the shell is really soft
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but it is definitely not hard-boiled.
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Hold on, let me crack it open.
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Oh, it's hot.
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Way more gelatinous though.
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Look at that.
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Considerably thicker than the last egg.
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I can actually hold the entire thing in my palm.
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Okay, we're making some progress here.
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That is definitely starting to cook.
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Long before I had the idea to boil eggs,
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and even before the arrival of fur traders in the West,
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Native Americans discovered the hot springs
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and referred to them as medicine waters.
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It was believed that these springs
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had incredible healing powers
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which had the ability to cure everything
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from disease to gunshot wounds.
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Fast forward to the modern advancements in science,
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and today we know that the water in these springs
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has nearly six times the total dissolved solids
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found in drinking water,
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basically classifying these springs
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as a supercharged vitamin pill.
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Our first two eggs weren't exactly edible
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but with any luck our third egg is going to be the charm.
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Ah, that is a hot egg right there.
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It's just about my breakfast time
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so I'm really hoping that this egg is cooked
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so I can actually eat it.
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Here we go.
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There it is.
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An egg that has cooked for thirty minutes in a hot spring.
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Is it hard-boiled?
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I think there's a good chance.
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All right, here we go.
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One, two,
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(tapping)
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Oh!
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No, not fully cooked
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even after thirty minutes.
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(groans)
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Do you guys like your eggs extra runny?
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Oh no!
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It did not cook!
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Well, I guess that proves it.
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127 degree Fahrenheit water is not capable,
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even after thirty minutes, of boiling an egg.
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Now I'm gonna get some of this yolk off of me.
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Ugh, oh smells horrible.
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Gross!
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Warning.
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Never attempt to recreate the following experiment
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as hot water can cause
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serious burns, trauma, and medical bills.
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Okay, this is it.
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The moment you have all been waiting for.
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Am I capable of keeping my hands
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in the scalding water of this natural hot spring?
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Now keep in mind, this is 127 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Your hottest hot tub is probably around 104 degrees.
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So am I gonna be able
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to keep my hands in it for sixty seconds?
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Not likely.
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Thirty seconds?
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Maybe.
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Fifteen seconds?
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I think that's probably pretty fair.
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So when you guys are ready,
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I'm Coyote Peterson
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and I'm about to enter the burn zone with a hot spring.
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Here we go.
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One,
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(panting)
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two,
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three.
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(groaning)
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Oh wow, it gets hotter the deeper you go.
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(yelling)
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(panting)
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(yelling)
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Oh my gosh!
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(panting)
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(yelling)
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No!
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That is crazy hot!
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Holy cow!
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Phew!
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Wow!
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Unbelievable how hot that water is!
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Oh my gosh.
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I thought I might be able to last sixty seconds
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but as soon as your fingers go down through the surface
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and get closer to the bottom,
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the water gets hotter and hotter and hotter,
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and I can actually feel the blood inside my fingers
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as if it was starting to boil.
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That was crazy.
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My hands are tingling right now
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from the intensity of that heat.
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I'd definitely say the take away from this episode
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is that first of all, this water is
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not hot enough to boil eggs.
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Even after thirty minutes, our science experiment failed.
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And when it comes down to the ridiculous nature
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of actually placing my hands into the hot springs,
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I know that was entertaining
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but guys it is all about safety.
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These hot springs are incredibly hot.
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If you were to fall into this water
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or just place your hands into there for too long,
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you could face a serious burn situation.
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I'm Coyote Peterson.
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Be brave, stay wild.
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We'll see you on the next adventure.
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If you get the chance to visit Hot Springs State Park,
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make sure that you stick to the designated trails,
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and definitely admire it's bubbling hot springs
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from a safe distance.
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Hey Coyote Pack, if you thought
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challenging the hot springs was hilarious,
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make sure to go back and watch the episode
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where I set a new world record
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by eating ten delicious pickle pops.
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And don't forget, subscribe and click the notification bell
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so you can join me and the crew on our next location.
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(yelling and gagging)