HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK, FOLKS.

MY NEXT GUEST IS A WILDLIFE EDUCATOR AND CONSERVATIONIST

WITH OVER A BILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE.

HE NOW STARS IN ANIMAL PLANET'S "BRAVE THE WILD."

PLEASE WELCOME COYOTE PETERSON!

COYOTE, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU, STEPHEN.

>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'VE GOT SOME VERY INTERESTING ANIMALS

FOR US TODAY, AND THERE'S A THEME TO THESE ANIMALS.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE WHO WE'RE GOING TO SEE

HERE.

>> TODAY WE HAVE GOT SOME AMAZING AMBASSADORS THAT ARE

AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS.

AS YOU GUYS KNOW, A LOT IS GOING ON IN AUSTRALIA, A LOT OF

ANIMALS ARE LOSING THEIR HOME -- >> Stephen: UP TO A BILLION

ANIMALS ARE LOST IN THE FIRES.

>> AND COUNTING.

FIRES ARE STILL BURNING RIGHT NOW, SO THERE IS A LOT OF HELP

NEEDED FOR THE CREATURES AND THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINE.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE SUGGESTION ON

COLBERTLATESHOW.COM/AUSTRALIA.

PLEASE GO THERE AND CHECK IT OUT AND GIVE GENEROUSLY.

>> BEFORE WE DO, YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME, RIGHT.

I CAME PREPARED TODAY, JUST IN

CASE.

WE HAVE A POTTY PAD PAD SO WE DON'T RUN INTO WHAT HAPPENED

WITH THE IGUANA.

>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, GOOD.

>> LET'S BRING OUT THE FIRST CRITTER.

THE FIRST SAY WALLABY.

IT'S ABOUT AS ADORABLE AS IT GETS.

>> Stephen: WALLABY-- HE'S VERY CUTE.

A BALL WALLA BEE LOOKS LIKE A KANGAROO.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

>> IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SMALL COUSIN TO A KANGAROO.

THEY VARY IN SIZE.

THIS ONE IS STILL A BABY.

THEY DON'T GET QUITE AS BIG AS THE KANGAROO, NOT QUITE AS

ATHLETIC, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ADORNABLE, EQUALLY AS

CUTE.

>> Stephen: AND HE HAS A POWP.

>> AS A MASS SOUPIAL AND YOUNGSTER THEY LIKE TO STAY

CRADLED IN A POUCH.

I KNOW IT'S A ALL THESE LIGHTS AND CAMERAS.

IT MAKES THEM FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE.

I SEE WE HAVE SOME LITTLE TREATS HERE.

>> Stephen: WE DO.

I'VE SEEN ONLINE THAT THE AUSTRALIAN FIREFIGHTERS, BESIDES

FIGHTING THE FIRES, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN-- THEY HAVE BEEN DROPPING

SWEET POTATOES AND CARROTS TO THE WALLABIES.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> Stephen: MAY I TRY TO GIVE HIM A CARROT.

>> Stephen: WOULD YOU LIKE A CARROT.

LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

IT DIDN'T COME OF COME OUT OF AN AIRPLANE.

MAYBE NOT THE RIGHT BRAND.

>> Stephen: MAYBE SMALLER.

>> THAT'S A SUPER BABY CARROT.

WE PEELED THESE FOR YOU.

>> Stephen: HOW ABOUT AN APPLE?

>> OH, APPLES ARE GOOD.

>> HE'S LIKE LOOK AT ALL THESE CAMERAS.

I'D RATHER EAT CAMERAS.

NO?

THINKING ABOUT IT?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

NO APPLES TODAY?

YOU'RE JUST LIKE I'M JUST GOING TO BE SUPER CUTE.

THERE WE GO.

( LAUGHTER ) I'LL DO IT.

>> Stephen: WHO ELSE-- WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE?

>> GOOD JOB, BUDDY.

GOOD JOB.

OUR NEXT LITTLE CRITTER IS SUPER COOL.

THIS IS ONE OF THE SMALLEST MARSUPIALS YOU'LL SEE.

THIS IS MASH MALLOW.

THEY'RE ALSO MARSUPIALS.

THEY'RE NOK TORNL, AND THIS IS THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF A

LITTLE CREATURE UP IN THE TREES THAT DOES ITS BEST TO STAY HID

FREN PREDATORS.

AND, AGAIN, WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ADORABLE --

>> Stephen: HE HAS THAT IN SPADES.

IT'S NOCTURNAL.

>> IT IS.

>> Stephen: SO IT CAN ONLY BE ON "LATE SHOW"."

IT CANNOT BE ON "CBS THIS MORNING."

CAN I TRY THIS?

>> IT MIGHT NOT EAT THE A.M., BUT THEY HAVE PRETTY SHARP TEETH

SO BE CAREFUL.

THERE WE GO.

>> Stephen: THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE INSURANCE.

>> WE HAVE THE COMBINATION OF APEXPEL BANANA.

>> Stephen: LOOK AT THAT.

>> YUM.

DIFFERENT FLAVORS ARE GOOD.

WATCH THOSE FINGERS, STEPHEN ♪ I LIKE TO EAT MY APPLES AND

BANANAS ♪ >> DO YOU WANT TO PET?

>> Stephen: I DO.

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO PAT.

>> IS THAT WHY THEY'RE CALLED SUGAR GLIDERS.

>> IT'S BECAUSE THEY LIKE SWEET THINGS.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COVERED IN SUGAR.

>> Stephen: AND WHY GLIDER?

>> LIKE FLYING SQUIRRELS, THEY HAVE FLAPS OF SKIN ON THE SIDE

OF THE BODY SO TO ESCAPE A PREDATOR MOVING FROM TREE TO

TREE, THEY CAN GLEEP LEAPAND GLIDE TO THE NEXT STOP KEEPING

THEM SAFE OR LOOKING FOR THEIR NEXT FOOD SURFACE.

>> Stephen: THAT WOULD BE A GOOD NAME FOR A SUPER HERO.

HI, BUDDY.

YOU'RE SUPER ADORABLE.

>> SAY BYE TO STEPHEN.

BYE, STEPHEN!

THIS NEXT ONE, THIS IS A KANGAROO, THIS IS EVERYBODY'S

FAVORITE FROM AUSTRALIA, RIGHT?

AND THESE KANGAROOS ARE SO INCREDIBLY ATHLETIC.

THIS ONE'S A BABY.

HI, BUDDY, HOW YOU DOING?

>> Stephen: I CAN TOUCH THE TAIL.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

>> YOU CAN TOUCH THE TIP OF THE TAIL.

IT SHOULD BE FINE.

THEY LOVE A SCRATCH ON THE BACK OF THE HEAD AND THE CHEST WHEN

THEY'RE IN THE POUCH LIKE THIS.

>> Stephen: HELLO TO YOU!

>> HELLO, STEPHEN.

>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU DOING?

WILL HE EAT A CARROT?

>> PROBABLY NOT.

YOU PROBABLY WANT TO SEE WHAT A KANGAROO LOOKS LIKE ACTUALLY

STANDING UP.

>> Stephen: SURE.

>> LET'S GO OVER TO HERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY GENTLE,

AND BASICALLY THIS IS JUST A LITTLE ROLL MANEUVER TO GET HIM

OUT OF HERE.

>> Stephen: OOO!

>> HERE WE GO.

OOP, THERE YOU GO.

>> Stephen: DO THEY KICK?

I HEAR THEY KICK?

>> I DID HEAR YOU ARE A LITTLE NERVOUS AROUND ROOS.

>> Stephen: I'M NOT NERVOUS AROUND KANGAROOS.

WHO TOLD YOU I WAS A KANGAROO COWARD.

>> I HEARD YOU HAD ROO-PHOBIA.

THEY WILL NOT KICK YOU BUT USE THE FEET AS A DEFENSE AGAINST A

POTENTIAL PREDATOR.

A DINGO, WHEN A RANG RADIO IS OUT LIKE THIS, YOU DON'T WANT TO

PET IT BEHIND ITS BACK.

THAT SEEMS LIKE A PREDATORY APPROACH.

JUST A LITTLE SCRATCH ON THE BACK.

>> Stephen: HOW BIG WILL THIS FELLA GET?

>> PRETTY BIG.

YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

IF YOU FOUND YOURSELF IN A POSITION TO GET KICKED BY A

KANGAROO, YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG.

>> Stephen: COYOTE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THESE

ANIMALS BY.

EB OUT THERE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP DOWN IN AUSTRALIA, GO TO

COLBERTLATESHOW.COM/AUSTRALIA.

AND ALSO WATCH "BRAVE THE WILD" ON ANIMAL PLANET.

COYOTE PETERSON, EVERYBODY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.