6 Sneaky Snakes That Might Freak You Out

[@ps374249]

Hognose snakes are so good at playing dead that if you flip them on to their stomach while playing dead they will flip back onto their back to assure that they are dead.

[@melvinshine9841]

What's neat is that they'll flip back over so quick you can barely see it. "Are you really dead?" "Yep, totally dead."

[@thstroyur]

@@melvinshine9841 They're faster than the speed of death

[@HalcyonSerenade]

Aw, I just commented this, then saw you beat me to it. This acting "mistake" is so earnest it's kinda endearing XD

[@alexandriadupuis]

Hey if you have a hognose, please don’t try to have it play dead! It’s stresses out the poor things so much! It’s funny and cool to look at until you know just how much it stresses out the noodle.

[@ps374249]

@@alexandriadupuis I found this out from Snake Discovery, I don't have any snakes... yet. I really want to get a Mexican Hognose. Some say they're a subspecies of western, but they are slightly smaller, have a slight pattern difference, and big eyes.

[@purplealice]

The channel Snake Discovery is very informative and fun to watch. Emily, the "snake mom" who runs the channel, says hognoses are her favorite snakes, but she calls them "drama queens" because of the way they do their death scene. Baby snakes (of any species) are "danger noodles" - some of them are so tiny, they really do look like noodles (and people occasionally house their baby snakes in noodle-shop takeout containers, just because it's funny).

[@jessical4866]

Ace Lightning I was going to mention them! They’re so wholesome and great.

[@Snow-sx5ev]

Omg I love them!!!

[@jasper3706]

Thank you for the recommendation! I need more wholesome snek content in my life

[@purplealice]

Snake Discovery is exactly that. Lots of snakes in beautiful patterns and colors, and then of course there's Rex the Alligator...

[@purplealice]

So do I!

[@Mad_Elf_0]

You forgot to mention that hognoses have a sliding scale of thespianism: "flatten my head to look like a cobra", "spit blood everywhere", then finally "play dead".

[@warpdriveby]

That might be the best way to say "range of responses" I've heard!

[@joshyoung1440]

That'd be a graduated scale, not a sliding scale ;D SUPER-PEDANT AWAYYYYYY

[@jasonchan4062]

I feel that the stiletto snake part would've been much better if you included videos/pictures/animations of the various movements you were describing

[@hj6507]

I came to make this comment!!!!!!

[@osmium6832]

And how could they not include a video of the flying snake? Is there nothing free-use out there? I'll just have to use my imagination when he says "it's completely unlike how a snake would wiggle it's body on the ground." This was basically a podcast with 2 or 3 helpful images across 6 snakes. Other than Hank, there was no video at all.

[@Acidhair]

Right! I’m like “ show us the fangs”

[@laurac5591]

I opened a new tab to look for myself and I think it's so recently discovered that there isn't much on it. Couldn't find any videos.

[@3nertia]

@@laurac5591 I have concluded the same so I'm assuming that they just didn't have any decent footage to show us

[@vincentinciso8642]

The information was cool but definatley wanted to see them in action.

[@aleesabarker8352]

Vincent Inciso same! Even though they described the action in great detail, it was hard to visualize what they actually did in my head...

[@caiohenrique1603]

I do think the same way, most of the time they just describe stuff and never actually show it

[@lukasgoebel5965]

Well, Hognoses don't do much apart from digging and eating 😂👌🏻

[@jasper3706]

They showed the hognose playing dead

[@aleesabarker8352]

Jasper Stuart true, and that WAS cool, but I really would have liked to see the stiletto snakes in action. They sound fascinating and I would have loved to see how they striked their prey

[@jwilliams703]

"slender muscular danger noodle" - Scishow 2019.

[@prasadikaratnapala5385]

So true

[@catpoke9557]

I saw "Hognose" and I clicked. Love those little guys

[@melvinshine9841]

They're adorable and overly dramatic.

[@chriscosta333]

Same

[@diannelavoie5385]

@Ryan RafterPissy is on Exotic Lair.

[@Gam3B0y23r0]

basically drama queens of sneek world

[@Gam3B0y23r0]

@Ryan Rafter yeah they are ) I really want one.. then, it and my dog will have drama queen contests..

[@kingblue2646]

To quote the great zoologist Brian Altano "Snakes are just angry ass ropes"

[@Vespuchian]

I'm a fan of the term 'danger noodles'. Not sure what kind of pasta that Iranian Spider-tail resembles though...

[@urmorph]

Is that "angry-ass ropes" or "angry ass-ropes"?

[@sloogsketch]

@@urmorph lmao

[@OrigamiPie]

@@urmorph xkcd?

[@urmorph]

@@OrigamiPie wxyz

[@nikkiwilliamson4665]

I need ‘the best actors in the animal kingdom’ as a video please!! With animals like the hognose snake

[@acediadekay3793]

like the mimic octopus and the opossums

[@Aimless_Amy]

Check out Animal Wonders Montana, a KZbin channel of an animal rescue nonprofit that’s also produced by Complexly. They have an adorable hognose snake!

[@sirBrouwer]

under what type of actor would the platypus fall?

[@omegalul8861]

sirBrouwer “I can’t decide what role I want to play” Actor,

[@DanteYewToob]

That would be a great video. Flies pretending to be wasps, bugs pretending to be leaves, butterflies pretending to be nope-ropes or birbs, birbs pretending to be jungle ninjas, and so many more cool ones! Unfortunately most of the best actors are creepy crawlies like caterpillars that look like baby birds or whatever wierd stuff is going on in the jungles... lol My favorite would be the Special Effects based critters, like bombardier beetles doing pyrotechnics, goaty goats pretending like gravity doesn't exist by scaling vertical walls with casual aplomb, and shoebills and their insane machinegun fire... if a shoebill did that crazy call next to me, I'd honestly hit the deck and lay in a puddle of my own making until I passed out from anxiety. Some animals are just... why? Lol they definitely belong in Hollywood...

[@therongjr]

Hognose snakes: cutely piggish, but extra.

[@pivinne5536]

Theron Gilliland ironically awful eaters since they’re fond of amphibians- getting them to eat mice can be a challenge

[@lukasgoebel5965]

They're totally harmless too, great pets 👌🏻

[@elskabee]

@@lukasgoebel5965 yeah they may act tough sometimes because they mimic more dangerous snakes but it's literally all bark and no bite

[@lukasgoebel5965]

@@elskabee They usually don't mimic other snakes. They have a certain phase in life, where they are more aggressive then usual and then they make these hissing sounds more often.

[@elskabee]

@@lukasgoebel5965 sorry mimic is probably too strong a word, i mean that they sometimes imitate cobras

[@celarts5752]

Another lil fact about hognoses: They often like to inchworm their way around the sides of a container, rather than slithering. They also puff out sometimes when threatened, almost like they're pretending to be a cobra or something. Truly the cutest lil noodles around

[@celarts5752]

@@AtarahDerek That's adorable

[@JT-kr3dg]

If my pet snakes had limbs & thumbs we'd give this video 4 likes. Fun fact, snake tongues activate touch screens.

[@Curdled.milk1]

@@samarnadra Same here i mean i needed this information

[@twinnerlarry]

I tried it with my own mouth and it worked. I recommend drying your tongue like I did first tho so that it doesn’t break your screen.

[@skyem5250]

Then why don't your snakes like the video with their tongues,?

[@elizabethkihara2668]

@@twinnerlarry How would it break your screen??

[@freya-the-wolf]

Indeed, the little bleps work on my phone. It's pretty funny

[@Bwizz245]

I have never clicked on a SciShow video faster in my life

[@TheAngryDwarfff]

Agreed. Sat with my pet sneks as i watched

[@safaiaryu12]

Me too!!!

[@lasarousi]

Ass hair is my current record.

[@randomgirlxrulz]

0:50 "Their little snoots are great for…" Me: "Booping?" "Rooting around in the soil" Oh, right

[@reapermaster1233]

Boop the snoot

[@FriedFreya]

Same thing xD boop the specialized diggy snoot. UwU

[@b.lonewolf417]

That's us humans, in a nutshell. Show us a predatory animal in nature, and our first thought is "How cute!"

[@Labbayahu]

I have a pet hoggie! He's a conda morph and I loooove watching him burrow and when he tries to burrow into my hand 🤣

[@TrekkieBrie]

This is the content I'm ABOUT! I love snakes and you guys always do them justice ❤️

[@theCidisIn]

Snakes are super cool, and not just because they're cold blooded.

[@TrekkieBrie]

@@theCidisIn I adore snakes. I raise them (along with a few other animals) and they are some of my favorite animals.

[@BackYardScience2000]

Could you all do an episode on the different medications made from snake venom? There are a LOT of them, but many that have changed the world.

[@gokucrazy22]

On that note, can we also have a spinoff SciShow Health channel?

[@jasper3706]

@@gokucrazy22 Healthcare triage might not be exactly what you're looking for, but I think it's close enough that they wouldn't do another one

[@pulsar4253]

You guys may have already done this but I think you should maybe do an episode on legless lizards and how they are different from snakes. Anyway love you guys :)

[@dacisky]

Yup,I really like legless lizards. I often wonder if skinks will eventually be legless.

[@DragoniteSpam]

Snakes were my favorite animals when i was a kid, and they're still pretty far up there today. I feel like i've been waiting my whole life for this video.

[@SaiyanHeretic]

Muscle Hank Fact #172: Like a snake, Muscle Hank doesn't chew his food. He flexes his neck and pulverizes everything on the way down.

[@ganaraminukshuk0]

I am reminded of three different things: 1. Snake Discovery 2. Pissy the snake from Exotics Lair 3. TierZoo's vid on snakes

[@angelabrown6598]

More snake videos please! Your videos are all brilliant and you aren’t prejudiced against snakes. My hognose Nirah the Supernoodle is a superconda and she loves to dig and climb. When she comes up to the surface she has a perfect pyramid of dirt balanced on her nose and she’ll slither around with it for ages! It’s like she’s proud of what she found. 😂

[@sussekind9717]

Eyes in their tails... it's like they're going out of their way to try to find new ways to be extra creepy.

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

I wonder what it feels like.

[@LetsTakeWalk]

*Interesting.

[@michaelbuckers]

@@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 Feels like you can feel with your ass if it's dark or not.

[@mortalcoral2196]

They don’t actually see with their tails, just sense the light

[@sussekind9717]

@@mortalcoral2196 I understand they're not actually eyes. But at what point in evolution do they become eyes? Right now they're just photo receptive cells. Where does one draw the line? Interesting questions. I think, therefore I am. I sense light, therefore I have eyes. I am probably wrong as usual.

[@AngryMothNoises]

Hognoses are also technically venomus. But its in their rear fangs. They also do a thing called 'false striking'. Were they go to strike you, but their mouth is closed.

[@johnopalko5223]

Any pilot can tell you why those snakes fly. Because it's fun!! 😊

[@dalgrim]

And if you’re not sure if there is a pilot in the room, just wait they’ll tell you.

[@marquendra]

I LOVE that you guys love snakes!!! As do I (My channel is mostly videos about mine lmao!) So seeing this on my feed made my day!!! Totes joining your Patreon! I love seeing these animals in a good spotlight. They're so villainized for unfounded myths and misinformation. So much so, it cost them their lives. :( Thank you guys so much for this!!!

[@stephaneclerc667]

Some snakes even use their tongue to lure prey ! (bitis arietans for example, look at the study of Xavier Glaudas, amazing work). Great video btw, always happy when snakes get a nice coverage, it really helps

[@jasonburguess]

Please do an episode on Alaskas recent extreme drought and wildfires. I live in ak and the drought has been awful. Streams are drying up and salmon are dying from 81f degree water in our rivers! Wildfires are raging through the state and we have broken many records for heat and drought this year. Please do an episode explaining this so people will know about it and see how bad climate change is here! Thanks. P.s. love your channels and videos, long time viewer, first time commenter. Hopefully you can get the word out that the Arctic is in trouble! Thanks

[@keirfarnum6811]

Jason Burguess Seconded! I’m a former Alaskan and all my FB friends are talking about it and showing videos. The video from Cooper’s Landing was sketchy!

[@firefancy9928]

I was born and raised in Alaska and me and my family also lived through the wild fires in 2019. My uncle (an elder who's seen it all) said it was like nothing he's lived through before. It was so eerie on Fourth of July when fireworks were banned. It was the first quiet Independence day in my 26 years living here.

[@ProffesionalZombie12]

Anyone else see "Hognose" and wonder if this was a collab with Snake Discovery?

[@kms1011]

Yep, i thought this was a snake Discovery video untill i clicked on it

[@ProffesionalZombie12]

@@kms1011 Same, but when I saw it was Sci-Show I was like "Aaaah this is the coolest collab!" .... Well, I hold out hope now =_=

[@mollsgreys5827]

Hognoses: the drama queens of the snake world. Best babies.

[@melvinshine9841]

Another fun fact about stiletto snakes is, according to anecdotal evidence, that their bite is extremely painful. Like, "I don't want this hand anymore," painful. Their venom isn't fatal to humans, you just feel like you want to die.

[@Pit1993x]

Musclely danger noodles....that's just great! X'D

[@mandarinsandclementines2997]

They can also be boop noodles and a judgemental shoelace - lucidchart

[@reptilez13]

Hognoses are cute. Westerns and Tricolors do well in captivity so are popular for reptile keepers and commonly captive bred, if anyone is interested :)

[@WildFyreful]

Aww I love little Hognose snakes. :3 The Nature Center near my house had one on display many years ago and he was the cutest, pudgy lil' snek. Always checking out people as they came in the door.

[@mosesbuddhajesus3362]

@scishow The credit that you gave at 4:19 is written backwards :P Hebrew is written from left to right, and not right to left

[@JohnVedral]

The credit, correctly written, reads משתמש : שועל Which translates as User: Fox

[@ethanjones6139]

My cat saw the first movement of a snake here and threw his face into the monitor. That was priceless. Thanks Hank.

[@lifeincolour09]

Was it trying to hunt the thing?

[@ethanjones6139]

@@lifeincolour09 I guess he was. Solely an inside cat so it was pure instinct to lunge at the danger-noodle apparently. Hes fine, just stood there twitching his face and left a smear on the screen lol. I cant stop chuckling at it thinking about it.

[@akiriith]

Ohhh I knew of some of these but I really liked the olive sea snake and the tentacled one! These are new!

[@benteam3647]

Wow. Crazy awesome photo @1:26. You don't only get a good look at the fangs, but you also get to see a *gorgeous* Heterodon.

[@onlyrick]

In my experience a hog-nosed snake will try to bluff you by rearing up like a cobra, hood and all, and if that fails they go into their fake death mode. Interesting creatures and another interesting presentation.

[@liz2571]

I was waiting for the Saw Scaled Viper (and Rhombus Egg Eater that mimics it). Both snakes rub their scales together to make a saw noise to scare off predators. But this is a great video to learn more snakes I didnt know 😉

[@MeekoButterbean]

Hognose snakes are my absolute favorite, they have a huge personality for such a small snake, I own one and he is amazing, such a cute little goofball, derpy as hell and so extra XD Love that little dude.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

5:40 "but spiders are cute! ... oh no... I'm in danger..."

[@SummerRene]

All of these snakes look so cute!

[@SobboMonkeVR]

Scishow,I see you're all part of the culture as well. Sneks.

[@jaschabull2365]

0:39: Anyone else think, "Aww, look, it's Bacon Bit!" Also, wow, if sea snakes can see with their tails, I wonder if they'll eventually get eyes on their tails, then evolve into real-life two-headed sea serpents. Sounds wild.

[@alex-fs9yt]

_"Danger noodles."_ Aight that's what I call snakes now

[@LoveeeJonesss]

Two of my favorite things, this channel and snakes.

[@deepwaters7242]

One of the most delightful episodes ever!!

[@m1herrmann160]

:24 "slender, muscular danger noodle" lol! Love it, love the whole show!!!

[@kapwns]

Why wouldn't you have footage of the fang stabbing.

[@vaszgul736]

Has it ever been recorded before?

[@AnkaaAvarshina]

@@vaszgul736 well even if it isn't, at least a diagram would've helped...

[@brambl3014]

Yeah, they often do these things Talking without any image

[@ivoryowl]

Stiletto snakes have fangs that stick out of their mouths like a musk deer or even a sabertooth cat, only theirs are facing backwards. They put their heads next to their victims and then, in a quick motion, they pull the head back which stabs the prey. Image: i1.wp.com/www.tyroneping.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Atractaspis-bibronii_Tyrone_Ping_2018-full.jpg?fit=1000%2C667 Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoG4Zmaamc6Srdk

[@kapwns]

@@ivoryowl I know that, I just didn't get why they, wouldn't have shown some footage.

[@generationfallout5189]

Good work Hank mate... you are a good teacher and speaker and smart. Nice moves.

[@andrew9019]

Hank was hilarious in this video

[@Zack-eq3ou]

The flying snakes genuinely made me giddy with excitement, THATS SO COOL!!!!

[@coolcorvoid]

Everyone's talking about the cuteness of the Hognose, but I like the slight, simple smile of the flying snake diagram.

[@TypicalUkraine_]

I love how they used the word "Snek"

[@joshswimmerly7110]

No step on snek!

[@Darklori00]

Captain America: I am way cooler than Superman Superman: But can you fly? Flying Sneks: Hold my branches. 🐍👀

[@EtienneHookey]

Thank you Hank Green for Danger Noodles, I have never thought of snakes this way but now I have

[@Codexionyx101]

Snakes are easily my favorite reptile.

[@Ilostmypick]

My favorite is still the brahminy blind snake. I didn't even know they were a thing until I was an adult. I found one as a teenager and just thought it was a baby black snake. They're absolutely adorable! Plus, they're all female and genetically identical, which is pretty cool.

[@caseygunn1717]

"And like a pig's snout, their little snoots are great for-" I was so sure he was going to say booping. I gotta boop that snoot.

[@chipkosboth3233]

Oh... goody... thankfully no one species has ALL those adaptations. Right? ... RIGHT?!

[@vaszgul736]

That would be a dragon

[@AntonConstanti]

That would be Orochimaru

[@Sciencerely]

Scientist's fact of the day. There is an Island in Brazil where civilians are forbidden to go because it contains up to 5 snakes per square meter (10 square feet). Although I am not an expert in snakes, feel free to ask me anything about the human body or stem cells (I am scientist/KZbinr doing research in these topics)!

[@Bimtavdesign]

Siiii

[@DiabeticDingus]

btw, the snake that he held in the intro was a bullsnake, i think (or a corn snake)

[@gabrielvintescu3620]

"slender, muscular, danger noodle " thats my new favorite description of my favorite animals :D

[@Biomeducated]

Evolution is just marvellous!

[@Ngamotu83]

How can you watch this video and not be even more fascinated with snakes? They may not have any limbs, but snakes have clearly adapted in more ways than you might imagine for a tube of death.

[@Rick-dc8tk]

Love it, that you use the metric system, thank you for that

[@scooper21]

I appreciate how you worked 'danger noodle' into the script...twice.

[@pauls5745]

this is only a slice of the incredible diversity of snakes and their adaptations. you could've incl. the Sidewinder, for it way of moving, Cobras for how they can "stand", Anacondas for their size, and so many others!

[@SashaSRenee]

Hognose snakes are pretty interesting and derpy. They are considered venomous but only midly and their fangs aren't hollow so they have to kinda mash the venom into you. They also usually bluff strike with a closed mouth unless they think you are food, which is very possible. They are very food motivated and always want want to eat, but they don't have very good aim and might miss a few times. Before they dramatically try to play dead, they will flatten out their head to try to look like a cobra. They pretend to be so scary when they're really just adorable and derpy.

[@SomeOnlinePerson]

Wonderfully diverse and lovely danger noodles.

[@isab7146]

I LOVE snakes and i love this video 😍 the whole production is simply adorable!!

[@BeastGuardian]

This was a fun one! I saw 'Snek' in the title, immediately clicked, and was not disappointed. All while snuggling my sweet little central american boa constrictor (well kept pet snakes can be such sweet snuggle noodles)

[@Ciruelorojo]

"But its tail looks just like a -" Me: Centi-! "spider." Me: -pider. Yep, spider.

[@crystalgoddess4085]

Stiletto Snakes get their name from their fangs being similar to a type of dagger known as a stiletto (which is where the shoe gets its name.), think of a how the typical switchblade looks, that's a stiletto, just with a fixed blade instead of a retractable one.

[@Septembergirl70]

Gorgeous and amazing - that about sums it up in regards to snakes!! Love seeing positive vids/messages/info about snakes. There needs to be a lot more! I have three adorable danger noodles of my own (Boa, Python, and Kingsnake) and I am a momma in love :o)

[@windsthatblowby]

I glad to know that there are more people who love snakes than what I had in mind.

[@daveandgena3166]

Danger Noodle is Hank's superhero persona.

[@MegaYost]

I think this is one of my favorite videos^•^ great job guys

[@someoneyoumightremember6630]

So hognoses are the super extra drama kids from the snake world

[@thetravelinsagittarian1316]

This is a great video! Such pretty creatures! 😍 Thank you!

[@josephburchanowski4636]

I am a simple person. I see Iranian-spider tails viper. I hit like.

[@RylieCollins]

You can actually own a hognose snake, they make pretty good pets and they’re super cute

[@alien9279]

make a video on the amazon rai forest, and maybe include bits about the fires too. bot nearly enough people appreciate it for all it does for our planet!

[@loura246]

If you go to one of Hank's other channels, vlogbrothers, he has already made a video about it

[@alien9279]

@@loura246 yeah I saw, a scishow video should be made on the topic as well.

[@berglettemom6045]

Great video, Hank & Co.

[@calisahardy4845]

Ohh.. I appreciate them. From a distance. A far, far distance. This video was pushing my closeness.

[@sebastianelytron8450]

What do you call a 3.14 inch long snake? A π-thon

[@jenniferofholliston5426]

Evolution is amazing!

[@hedy_7084]

Love Sci Show, and love snakes. Glad to see this one!

[@michaelbuckers]

Born too late to fight off angry running dinosaurs. Feels good man. Born too early to fight off angry flying snakes. Feels good man.

[@haleighferland6577]

True fact all snakes are good babies and superb danger noodles

[@micahphilson]

Aaw, I was hoping for a clip of the Stiletto's fang-stab, that sounds really cool!

[@tefoca]

Awee yesssssss, another ssssssnake epissssssode.

[@christelheadington1136]

sssssssspecial

[@capuchinosofia4771]

Sci show: talks about the Stiletto snake and how amazing, weird and cool it's attack is, and how because of that they have a super complicated manouver to eat. Sci show: *shows no footage of anything discussed about the Stiletto snake* Me: I'm disappointed and my day it's ruined

[@AndrewsArachnids]

a fairly well researched reptile video! yayyy

[@postoak2755]

One time, my uncle and his dog and I were walking on a Dolomite Glade in the Missouri Ozarks, and we came across a hognose snake. My uncle called it a puff adder, and indeed, the sides of its head were flared out. Since it had the common name of an Adder, my uncle thought that it was a venomous snake and he insisted that we get away as soon as possible. I was later able to convince him that that was not the case, this not being the first time I had encountered a hognose snake. Nevertheless my memory of that day was that we had encountered a snake that did not appreciate us invading his territory. The thrashing and hissing definitely got your attention.

[@diannelavoie5385]

Hoggies do like to imitate a cobra or rattlesnake. When you're a small snek, you need all the help you can get. If bluffing works, go for it.

[@mamamheus7751]

As an extra to this video (which I enjoyed very much, thanks!), I suggest that anyone interested in snakes or reptiles and amphibians in general to watch the David Attenborough series 'Life In Cold Blood'. One of the episodes is on snakes, and includes the hog-nose. Apparently, it also gives off a pungent aroma which smells like rotting flesh. This is probably one of the most effective parts of its 'play dead' scenario. Oh, and watch the 'behind the scenes' bit at the end. You get to see the rattler - called Hank! - in much more detail and it's fascinating. I went from not really liking snakes to appreciating them just by watching that episode. Enjoy! (ps it is on DVD in the UK, and I'm guessing most other places. Try Amazon, it's where I got my DVD set of it.)

[@urmorph]

"Life in Cold Blood" is about reptiles and amphibians? I'll have to watch it. I thought it was about lawyers and politicians.

[@Rubrickety]

Muscular Danger Noodle was one of my favorite '80's thrash bands.

[@AsKyOdA]

Great episode. i thought i knew enough about snakes but i clearly don't :) - gotta love the hoggies

[@Acidfrog475]

When I saw the tagline "SEAKY, SKILLED SNEKS" I knew I had to watch it. There creatures are fascinating and gorgeous, but I never gave them much thought. But am I the only one who knew _chrysopelea_ existed before this? I don't care if I'm late!