5 Things NOT To Do If Your Bitten By A Snake

[@barra650]

99% of the time I am in the bush alone . Most people assume that there will be someone to administer first aid to the person injured . Practice of self bandaging for snake bite and wounds would make life easier if things go pear shaped. Most of the times I see a snake is when I am quietly having a cuppa in the bush and one decides to come through camp . I always learn from your vids , thanks .

[@veloc1tyTV]

"She came here after she bit her old owner" *Snake has a flashback* OH YEAH I REMEMBER! I MUST CONTINUE MY STREAK!

[@pixiehopper8]

😂😂😂

[@stevenlloyd3381]

Love the responsible manner that you handle your snakes and that you're always aware where the pointy end is going. You need your own show! So informative and so many good points in all of your videos. I love turning one on during my lunch hour and learning a thing or two about wild life.

[@WickedWildlife]

Steven Lloyd glad you enjoyed them mate!

[@Kitto0]

Not even an Aussie myself but this is an underrated channel Subbed

[@WickedWildlife]

KittoO thanks very much mate 😃

[@soumiranbanerjee8330]

Admire the fact, how well Nick treats every subscriber / comment. Subbed. It is our responsibility that people like him get their due.

[@WickedWildlife]

Well Thankyou so much mate!

[@TheWildlifeBrothers]

Mate, Slug has gotten huge! George is looking great as well, in fact everyone looks super healthy. These are all great points, as always your videos are informative and very shareable, I’ll be sending people over to this video for sure. Thanks for sharing as always Nick! Glad to see more videos from you.

[@WickedWildlife]

The Wildlife Brothers she sure has! I kind of hope she doesn’t get much bigger because she’s a fair handful now! Haha

[@TheWildlifeBrothers]

I’d imagine she would be!

[@squeakerstreams6035]

How do you only have 3,000 subs your amazing !!

[@belizeguy]

All excellent information. Thanks for keeping us aware.

[@mountbeckworth1]

I remember old snakebite kits that had a scalpel and potasium permangamate solution to pour on the bite.

[@connorbulgersfishingandout8895]

Great Stuff Mate! That Taipan is amazing!

[@fb39371]

I love your videos, they are great wonderful amazing you are awesome i love this channel and i think everyone should support your hard work being a great amazing awesome great fantastic wonderful person hopefully that helps the algorythm

[@Gottalovecarpetpythons]

Always good info Nick, learnt alot about this doing my first aid.

[@WickedWildlife]

Gotta love carpet pythons thanks! Glad you enjoyed watching

[@abdulnasrrr]

My anxiety during this video 📈📉📈📉📈

[@aliensoup2420]

What if you are hiking alone - 10 miles away from civilization - and you don't have a cell phone, or it doesn't work? Do you just start digging your own grave, or treat yourself and start walking?

[@deadly2470]

I’ve been waiting for a channel like this👌👌👌

[@TheMichaelStott]

One more first aid advice I would like to add is if you are bitten (or stung by a bug) and you're not alone, tell everyone! I know that sounds a bit weird but many people have gotten into real trouble because they didn't speak up about it straight away. Great video Mate 🙂

[@joshsaussiereptiles6271]

That Mulga is beautiful mate! Awesome colours! Great info as usual!

[@WickedWildlife]

Josh the lizard man his a very cool snake

[@tommiestrydom973]

As a medical professional we don't release the tourniquet every 15min. If someone has a significant injury (arterial bleed from shark bite etc) we leave the tourniquet in place. Why? Releasing it means we might not be able to tighten it up again. Protocol now is leave it on. Life before limb.

[@kgrant3184]

Thank you, Tommie. Like the 'Life before limb" motto- easy to remember.

[@mpolanetz]

Please do not confuse people between using a tourniquet for a snake bite and a tourniquet for a shark bite or a major cut off a limb or vein where you could bleed out!

[@Helping.Homless]

​@@mpolanetz your the one confusing people..I thought the same thing you did, that that are obviously 2 different kind of bites...but then I also thought......I'm not a medical professional like the guy who made this original comment

[@allenjenkins7947]

​@@Helping.Homless Sorry, but I don't find his reply confusing at all. It's quite plain to me - tourniquet for serious bleeding, pressure bandage for envenomation. Don't remove or release either until you reach proper medical attention.

[@PrincipledNaturalLaw]

Subsribed & liked.

[@tatong1000]

Hi Wicked Wildlife , I keep Australian natives parrots % black cockies , and in summer i get a few eastern browns in my aviaries and looking do a course in catching & release them, im in Victoria , as I had one in my house & $300 later it was gone , so is there anyone in Victoria you can put me on to thanks.

[@garygeorgeson-w1y]

wow thx mate i always thought you washed the bite ....

[@wearewildest]

Awesome channel mate! Saw you comment on one of Brian’s videos and decided to check out your channel. Great content, definitely subscribing 👍

[@raymunchieftain4170]

We were in Alice Springs in 2015.We went to the reptile museum and they said that while Australia had the most venomous snakes,they have very small teeth whereby if you wore thick boots and thick leg cover you would most likely not suffer a fatal bite. Yes??

[@WickedWildlife]

Very true, you’d be unlucky to be bitten through boots here in Australia

[@leftatedsa]

Killing a snake is against the law and attracts a fine of $7,500 as they are protected species. Incarceration for up to 18 months may also be added.

[@WickedWildlife]

It sure is, but unfortunately that doesn’t stop the majority of people

[@mattmc9812]

This is a slippery slope because you can kill snakes under certain circumstances if your life's in immediate danger

[@truthseeker6584]

Slug wanted to show that she can also bite her new owner .....

[@neilburns8869]

Many years ago in the UK health professionals were actually dissuaded from from using a tournaque. However not really working in the Health industry myself and it having been many years since I attended any First Aid training I wouldn't really to try and guess what the current protocol is.

[@michaelshort2388]

hey Nick, good video. Is it a myth that if you're bitten by a constrictor and it constricts you, pouring warm water over it's head will make it loosen it's grip, or is that a myth?

[@onohshedrack495]

Thank you for asisting me thanks

[@bluepvp900]

Thanks for the excellent work put into your very good channel. Many others mention how underrated it is and say it should have more subscribers and views, and while I want to see the channel continue and thrive I have less faith in tastes of the general public. What's popular in terms of subscription numbers and views is not always (I would argue not often) what is actually a video or channel of high quality. At any rate, here's hoping that they're right this time and the momentum keeps building for you and your work!

[@WickedWildlife]

Thanks Brien! I’m glad you enjoy the channel Unfortunately I’ve been swamped with other work lately but hoping to get some more videos out soon :)

[@bluepvp900]

@@WickedWildlife I can definitely understand being swamped, no worries because I only recently came across your channel and still have loads of your vids to watch.

[@serenityflies1462]

Love your vids, you're a legend Nick.......

[@brianconroy7514]

That's one chill brown snake my snake is a psyco

[@silkiewhisperer]

Hey mate, just started watching your videos. Just curious as to how you catch your snakes (especially the venomous ones). I live on a property and have been catching and handling snakes for some time. Never really had the guts to be so relaxed around venomous ones though. I generally get browns, tigers, and red bellies behind the head. How do you catch and calm down your snakes?

[@jodyknight]

I was just told that they chill the snakes down a bit before handling them but I don't know if that is actually true because I've never heard or seen anyone do that myself.

[@TheBlubunni]

The snakes are captive bred I believe that's why they're not as aggressive.

[@rods6405]

Thanks for this I live on wooded acres in NW Sydney. I and my family just expect to see snakes, we usually are not disappointed.

[@lennysexoticfamily57]

I need more videos frome u mate

[@rowansheppard4062]

Felt like it has been months since you uploaded

[@WickedWildlife]

Rowan Sheppard feels like it! Just been flat out with wildlife displays in the lead up to Christmas

[@jaxsonfarley8924]

Wow! What a beautiful snake! So venomous and rare!

[@serenityflies1462]

No, the eastern browns are widespread, not rare. But, they are beautiful

[@petebaroch2977]

awesome video

[@WickedWildlife]

adventures with nacho cheers! :)

[@mitchelljack1590]

If your first aid kit is like 100m-500m away - should you walk and go and get it or stay where you are and wait for help? (If alone)

[@jodyknight]

Great question! I've just ordered one of the snake bite kits he refers us to and it's light enough to be attached to your belt or popped into a backpack when you're out and about in snakesville.

[@flyhouseoftruth470]

music too loud

[@gabin682000]

kill the snake before it bites you, simple.

[@davidwilson8800]

Nick do kangaroos bite or just kick

[@papanoel3999]

God,I'm so glad I don't live in Oz or Africa. There's not that many dangerous snakes here in good old engerlandland.

[@mattmc9812]

Let's learn how to prevent it snake bite

[@partner348]

After an extensive online search, I see no evidence that diagnostic tests to determine species venom -- i.e., which snake bit you -- is available. Could you or someone on this thread please site a reference for this information?

[@WickedWildlife]

If you Google the worlds “venom detection kit Australia” the first few pages to come up are Melbourne University and CSL laboratories That being said in the last few years the tendency has been to treat straight away with polyvalent (universal antivenom)

[@jimmyd1925]

What if your bitten on the face

[@martinclayton7260]

I love your hat!

[@designeddino]

If Inland Taipans are called Feirce Snakes, why is this one so docile?

[@WickedWildlife]

KingDino_Law inland taipans have a reputation for being fairly docile, that being said though, Slug has bitten someone in the past, putting them in hospital for 11 days

[@designeddino]

@@WickedWildlife Kinda makes sense, they're usually never around humans, although the most venomous snake, they rarely end up killing people

[@WickedWildlife]

KingDino_Law we actually don’t have a single confirmed death from an Inland taipan, and all but one of the bites on record took place in captivity They are just in such a remote place, and due to the heat spend so much time underground that they are very hard to come across

[@designeddino]

@@WickedWildlife So the term "Fierce snake" really does not count for its reputation.

[@cobbsta88]

I've heard that the title refers to its venom and not it's temperament. But for its prey, it's pretty hard core. The native rodents it hunts are very quick, so it needs to invenomate them and kill them very quickly or it might not find another prey for weeks.

[@PianoMan-hx3ev]

I’m confused. That snake in this video is way too close and could bite you. How do you know it won’t???

[@kgrant3184]

@PianoMan 2018 Yes! From the viewer's camera angle, it looks really close to his hand, etc. at times. I was thinking of asking a similar question. Several times, my toes were curled under in fear.

[@Nao20244]

Thanks

[@captwiggs]

This could have all been avoided if you haven't gone near the snake

[@WickedWildlife]

Well yes, many snakebites involve people being careless around snakes, but that doesn’t change the fact many bites are legitimate accidents and so this remains helpful advice

[@Caerulis]

CaptainWiggles, what a dumb comment. You probably don't even live in Australia.

[@cobbsta88]

I thought there was a universal antivenom these days?

[@WickedWildlife]

Cobbsta we do have a “universal” antivenin in Australia but it’s a last resort because you need much larger doses then you would with specific antivenin

[@cobbsta88]

@@WickedWildlife Ah fair enough. So I take it there are side effects with a potent cocktail like that?

[@WickedWildlife]

Cobbsta antivenin is essentially made of horses blood, so there’s a strong possibility of having an allergic reaction Universal antivenin is just all the specific ones mixed together so needs large quantities of it making the chance of an allergic reaction much higher

[@rodharrison8447]

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[@SpaceCattttt]

When the snake expert is terrified of the snake...

[@joshuasuggs2379]

Seems like the snakes in this video could be “safely” free handled

[@hazmatops]

Nope. In the USA we don’t release the TQ

[@jodyknight]

what is the TQ?

[@jodyknight]

I know now that you mean the tourniquet right??