naamahdarling:

coyotepack-official:

“not only is this truly my favorite lizard, but this lizard is responsible for giving me the nickname Coyote. Now the way that happened is when I was a little kid, my mom used to bring me out here to the Sonoran desert and I would look for these lizards. However, because of their camouflage, they’re difficult to find. Now, one of their main predators is the Roadrunner. So what I would do is search for Roadrunners. I would follow these Roadrunners hoping that they would lead me to the horned lizards. My mom would watch me doing this and would say to herself, ‘you know what you’re kinda like? You’re kinda like Wile E. Coyote from the Warner Bros. cartoon.’ And then she started calling me Coyote. So this little lizard, the Regal Horned Lizard, is responsible for giving me the nickname Coyote.”

Okay, I had always assumed it was some ludicrous showbiz name he cooked up to sound cool (perfectly fine thing for a broad-appeal, showy nature show host to do) but learning he was just cartoonishly into lizards as a child is the best thing.

I will miss Steve-o till my dying day, but I REALLY like Coyote Petersen. He’s got exactly the right amount of enthusiasm for animals AND he looks like the huge nerd he is. He’s really great.