Conan Names A Polar Bear Monitor's Owl | Conan O'Brien Needs A Fan

Hey, Mike. Welcome to Conan O'Brien. Needs a Friend. >> Hey, thanks so much. Hey, Mike. How are. you? Where are you right now? Oh my. gosh. Hey, Conan. Uh I'm in London, Ontario in Canada. Oh, wow. Okay. And. are you in the wilderness right now? I. mean, are you in a pretty urban area? Yeah, I'm in the urban area today. Okay. Can I just pretend that you're way out. on the tundra somewhere? Yeah, let's do it. I basically have two. feet of snow before me. >> sound with your mouth just so I feel. like this is really authentic? What do.

you want to hear? Forget it. All right. That's a perfect response. >> you repeat what you asked him? >> No, I'm good. Oh, okay. >> And I just wanted to get you to say a. Canadian sorry. So, I'm happy. Hey, Mike. It says that you. are a conservation authority. Is that. correct? >> Oh, yeah. I work for a a local. conservation authority. And in the past. you were a polar bear monitor. What does. that mean? Uh essentially, I would be.

I would go up to the Arctic and get. dropped off by helicopter with anybody. who needs a safe escort across the. Arctic. Um from polar bears. So, I would. kind of track the bears, find the bears, keep my eyes on them, and make sure. Sorry, I was supposed to do this reveal. earlier. Oh my god. Look, for those of you listening, Mike just canned to. I mean, a. a HOGWARTS OWL.

YOU. A beautiful owl is perched right next to. you, and apparently it was just happily. It's the perfect reveal. That was a. perfect cinematic reveal. If you get If. you get a chance to see that, go on your computer and check it out. That's amazing. That was amazing. I. loved that. What is that bird's name? Uh. well, Conan, I was hoping you could name. her for me. She's fairly new. uh. to my team here, so How about. Interrupto?

Interrupto? I love it. What's. >> Interrupto the owl. She's also sitting on my rotor right. now, so she might even interrupt us. further. That's okay. Um yeah, that bird. Interrupto just. wants to destroy. Like not that guy. >> Just this podcast. >> Yeah, this podcast. Why isn't it SmartLess? And he's like. crushing the wire. Um Where's Will Arnett? He's Canadian. Uh. Hey Mike, so I just have to ask you. So.

your job was to be a basically. uh a guide who would protect people from. polar bears in the Arctic. And so I have. so many questions right now. I've always. heard polar bears are the most dangerous. bear. They can kill you so quickly. Is. that true? It's true, yep. Um like a a. black bear or a grizzly bear might not. want anything to do with you, where uh a. polar bear, if they smell you, see you, they're coming to get you. They're. hungry. It's cold. Um and they and they. want to eat. They're not sitting around.

on their backs eating a bunch of. blueberries that they found. There's. nothing like that in the Arctic. So when. they see. uh a ham steak in boots walking by, they. go for it. They go for that person. >> They want it. They want it bad. >> So what can you do to protect them in. that situation? >> So. um. I I care about conservation so much, so. um I I I want to protect the bears just. as much as I want to protect the humans. because. uh I I am armed. I do use non-lethal.

rounds. Um but there there are lethal. rounds if need be. Never had to, never. want to. So what are the non-lethal. lethal rounds made of? Uh like a It's. like a rubber slug, so. >> it hurts. The the the. If you hit a polar bear with it, he'll. say, "I want to leave now." Kind of. I I. did it once and the polar bear just kind. of like squinted its eyes and walked. away. Sort of like Clint Eastwood. It. looked annoyed and then walked away. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. And can I ask you, what is the caliber of weapon if the.

rubber bullet isn't working that you. would use on a polar bear? Because I. would think it just has to be a You. can't just be using a .22. No, no. It. would be a 12-gauge. Jesus. Okay. Yeah. But I'm glad but you never had to kill a. bear. No, um I haven't. I've had some guys think. that maybe I should have. Um you know, they might have pooped their pants a bit. while they hid behind me, but I wanted. to give that bear every chance to get. away. Uh. and and luckily nobody got hurt and the. bear got away.

>> they pooped their pants, the bear wanted. to leave. Yeah, yeah. >> That's what saved their lives. The bear was like, "Oh my god, there's. poop all over my ham steak.". Yeah, yuck. I'm giving this a terrible Yelp review. Um. Uh you also have worked a lot with. birds. Is that correct? That's right, yeah. Birds of prey. Birds. of prey and you would train the birds of. prey? Yep. Uh train them right from the.

very beginning. Um and I would use them. anywhere that has a problem with birds. not of prey. So, if there's a blueberry. farm and all the um songbirds are eating. all the blueberries, I would They would. hire me to bring my birds of prey. I. would fly them around. and it would scare all the other birds. away. Okay, so tell me a little bit, what kind of birds of prey are we. talking about? Hawks? Gyrfalcons, saker. falcons, peregrine falcons, Harris's. hawks, bald eagles,

um all kinds of different birds. >> a bald eagle? >> I had a bald eagle named Babe. Um I. raised her from an egg basically, so. Oh, you are so rugged. Take it easy, Sona. You're okay. >> You're married, Sona. I know. What's up? All right. Oh, yeah. Yeah, wow. Thanks, Jay. Good lords. To be fair, I'm swooning, too. Oh, so am I. Yeah. Wow, let's get it on.

TIME FOR SOME POLAR HEY, TIME FOR SOME. polar porn. So, anyway, uh. uh moving on, uh. I didn't think you could train a bald. eagle. Uh yeah, it's it's possible. Um. they are one of the uh trickier to train. birds because they have a natural. instinct to be a bit nasty. Um oh, really? If they can steal prey from. another bird, they will. Um you know, to. save themselves the energy of catching. their own. So, you know, they can be. >> that that's the symbol of America.

Oh, I know. Our national symbol is the dickiest of. the birds. >> Yeah. Yeah. I'll steal that food before. I get my own. Yeah. Well, yeah, Babe had a Babe was her. name. Uh she had a uh really good uh. personality. She didn't really have that. nasty side uh except towards women. My girlfriend at the time I wouldn't. near me when I had her, but uh you could. come up and shake my hand and she'd just. be like No, I've many birds have thought.

I was a woman. Trust me. They They're like uh No, but. so, so sometimes a bird will or in this case. a a bald eagle or in Babe's case. specifically, Babe would be cool with dudes, but if a. lady showed up, would try to attack the. lady or She was super jealous. Yeah, I. wouldn't give her the chance. I'd I'd. I'd hold on to her pretty good, but uh. yeah, she'd think about it. She'd let. you know she wasn't happy. This must have gotten in the way of your. dating life, I would think, that you.

would have had a bird that attacked. women instantly. Yeah. Yeah, well, it did and um. but that's all right. I know what you mean. >> bears monitor. He gets to live alone, you know, yeah. Um. Uh wow, so you have all these different. birds and then you would use them like. oh damn there's some seagulls that are. hanging around my house by the ocean and.

they're real drag and they're pooping. all over the place. Um I'm going to get. one of these birds of prey to chase them. out of here and it works? Yeah, I'll get rid of them right away. for you. But uh. we do something called car hawking um. which is essentially the hawk will ride. in the front seat of my car. Uh we will. do a drive-by of your house. I'll do. down my window and the hawk will just. fly out. Um she might grab a seagull, she might miss, but either way every. seagull in the area is going to. disappear pretty fast. And how long do.

they stay away for? When does it When do. people think okay the coast is clear. now? The guy that who has a hawk in his. car what left? Yeah, it it depends. Uh they will stay. away. >> guy with the hawk left. Yeah. If it's a food source like a. landfill they will keep coming back. daily to check and see if I'm still. there. Yeah. Um and and I would be but. >> that you would ride up with a hawk in. your front seat. >> front Riding shotgun. And then you'd. pull up to the address and go here we. are 34 Crenshaw Road put the window down.

AND WHOA WHOA. THAT'S BOSS. THAT'S SO AMAZING. >> AND THE HAWK SCARES them and just comes. right back into your car? >> Uh if they catch a bird they'll stay out. there. I didn't have a hawk trained to. come back right in the window um and I. drove a Dodge Dakota at the time and she. went out the window and I was driving. behind a Dodge Dakota and they had their. windows down. They didn't know them, they didn't know me. And she flew straight into their window. and the car hit the gravel. Everyone. came running out of their cars.

>> what I love the hawk being embarrassed? Yeah, I'm just thinking of the hawk. going OH GOD I'M SORRY. OH GOD I'M SO SORRY. NO, IT'S IT'S JUST. like this. TO GOD. IT'S THE SAME MAROON. It's the same. color. It's okay. It's okay. No, no. Oh. god. Oh god. What did the hawk just. cover its face when it got back to your. car? With its two wings? >> back to me. Yeah. Just get me home. Just. get me home. Just get me home. Oh my. god. Oh my god. The walk of shame. >> Yeah, the walk of shame for a hawk.

Bird of prey walk of shame.