Coyote Peterson


Nathaniel "Coyote" Peterson is an American YouTube personality, wildlife educator, and host of Animal Planet's series Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild. He is best known for his YouTube content, which includes animals stinging and biting him.
He hosts several others of his YouTube channel series including Breaking Trail, Beyond the Tide, Dragon Tails, Base Camp, Blue Wilderness, On Location and Coyote's Backyard. His videos have featured Costa Rica, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan, the Bahamas, and the United States as locations. His team includes Mark Vins and Mario Aldecoa.

Background

Nathaniel Peterson was born in 1981. At a very young age, Coyote took an interest in animals. He loved exploring outside and catching different animals. As he grew older, he attended Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School, a college-prep school. He then studied film at The Ohio State University, where he graduated in 2004. Though a self-described animal expert, he is not formally educated in any biological science and does not have any animal training and as such his methods of handling should not be imitated.

YouTube career

Coyote Peterson began posting videos on his YouTube channel, Brave Wilderness, in 2014. On the channel, he hosts several series including: Breaking Trail, which won a 2015 Emmy Award for youth/teen programs, Dragon Tails, Coyote's Backyard, Beyond the Tide, and On Location. He was featured on Conan along with Jeff Goldblum where he brought many animals, including the world's largest slug and a bird-eating tarantula.

Animal Planet series

On November 16, 2018 it was announced that the Brave Wilderness crew would be creating a TV program on Animal Planet titled Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild. A contract-signing episode was posted on their YouTube channel. The television special Coyote Peterson: Return to the Wilderness debuted on February 3, 2019. The series Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild premiered on Animal Planet on February 9, 2020.

[Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild]

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