Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb hosted David Mizejewski from the National Wildlife Federation and his friends Friday morning on 'Today' (weekdays, 7AM on NBC). Mizejewski brought along a capybara, which is the largest rodent in the world, a marine toad, one of the largest amphibians, and a Japanese macaque, who did not handle his first TV appearance too well.

Everything went fine with the first animals, although the capybara was a little smelly. "You know how these animals are, they always are a little bit aromatic," said Mizejewski. Gifford did her best impression of the marine toad, bloating her cheeks and grimacing. "That frog swallowed a princess," she said. "Look at him."


Then Mizejewski introduced his "temperamental one-year old," a Japanese macaque, who screamed for his life and dived at Mizejewski's feet, holding onto his leg for security. "It's his first time on camera, so he's a little nervous," said Mizejewski. "He pooped on me, but that's what happens sometimes." Gifford lamented, "It's just hard to take you seriously with crap all over you."