Old Farm LOADED with Rattlesnakes! January Diamondbacks, Box Turtle Rescue, and More!

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5 ай бұрын

A fantastic finish to January in Georgia! We're rolling in snakes already and it isn't even February yet!
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@alpoh 5 ай бұрын

Bob singing "la la la leprosy" as he's cradling an armadillo is so spiritual and emotional... art.

@BobFergusonsFascinature 4 ай бұрын

hahaha... I appreciate you from the grave. :P

@MichaelMikeTheRussianBot 4 ай бұрын

:) Anyway, +shrug+ 95% of the population is genetically immune to leprosy, & now it only requires one shot to cure it for life if you do get it. It's not the biblical plague of yore. ; )

@kwaakwamtayola8210 5 ай бұрын

Go back and tear down that enclosure so more turtles don't get stuck, please

@hunhun23 5 ай бұрын

I WOULD BE PULLING OUT THAT OLD CHEVY THERE

@jaybell9220 4 ай бұрын

So cool that you got to see the spotted laying her eggs.

@myrrhavm 5 ай бұрын

I have a female box turtle that has refused to bury herself. It’s dropped down into the high 40s some nights here in SoCal. Got frost a couple of times. Not sure why she hasn’t like the other four. I go to sleep at night with the sounds of when you were out at night. Say, hey Google, good night and it plays the sounds of the forest. I’ve set free over fifty Western toads I raised from tadpoles in my backyard some three years ago. Not a one to be found even though I have good cover, a pond and use no chemicals. Call those little shrimps things Scuds. Good video. Nice to see wildlife.

@deblewis8374 5 ай бұрын

Those diamondbacks haven't missed too many meals. They're looking pretty healthy.

@Chakfor 5 ай бұрын

Heh, I was about to comment exactly the same thing. Love to see healthy snakes so early in the year.

@7shelties 3 ай бұрын

Love to see it. I hope that farm remains a haven for diamondbacks for a long time. They are having it really rough in so much of their range.

@rebellicious74 4 ай бұрын

Diamond back heaven 🎉🎉🎉Seeing that Spotted Salamander laying her eggs was soooooooo AMAZING ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@tkreitler 5 ай бұрын

The EDB's alone would have made this episode special but the stuff you captured at the vernal pool was awesome.

@fly_speck_cafe 5 ай бұрын

I don't think that diamondback's name was Shirley...

@brianfeeley6140 5 ай бұрын

Always love seeing a king... not to mention a rare (and appreciated) Bob Ferguson sighting! Cheers!

@birdie1585 4 ай бұрын

Super-cool!! As you say, just chilling, sitting and watching what 99.999% of the rest of the world knows nothing about, and even fewer will ever see - bliss. It is a big part of what makes life worth living.

@Figgatella 5 ай бұрын

I hope your friend Bob doesn’t get Leprosy after holding the armadillos and then getting bit by snake.🙏🏼

@BobFergusonsFascinature 4 ай бұрын

Same!

@hylaherping9180 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video! "Rock a bye Leprosy!" 😅😅

@laurelharris9406 4 ай бұрын

Omgosh...if you watch close to the end of the edit for the egg laying salamander, you can see an egg slide into the mass on the stick!!!! You're very correct, I'd have stayed there and watched her /protected her all night.

@rodneygow4083 2 күн бұрын

The patterns on these snakes are beautiful

@WillRobertsonsWildlife 5 ай бұрын

bob with the slide tackle...

@BobFergusonsFascinature 4 ай бұрын

That one was on purpose. You should have seen me eat shit in the blackberry and swamp chasing the second one.

@WillRobertsonsWildlife 4 ай бұрын

@@BobFergusonsFascinature lol

@vincentwilkes9611 5 ай бұрын

Outstanding. Thanks for standing in water in January bringing us this while I place another log on the fire.

@masterbuilderproductions 5 ай бұрын

If I’ve said it once I’ll say it again ; I always love watching your Eastern DB videos!

@davidsorensen7438 5 ай бұрын

Needed my snake fix

@herpinhippie 4 ай бұрын

Such awesome finds!

@martydunn298 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful king snake!! I'm a King Snake guy!!

@Sushi2735 2 ай бұрын

I never in a million yrs would’ve spotted that Diamond Back. Best I stay out of the woods! They totally just blend in! 😮

@cedarwaxwing3509 5 ай бұрын

Laugh at me if you like, but as an avid viewer I have always wondered this: what is the source of all of these piles of tin (steel roofing or aluminum siding panels) that seem to be ubiquitous in the areas in which you look for snakes? Are they the remains of dilapidated buildings? Do you put them out with owners’ permission to provide shelter and access to the snakes? Just curious. BTW, those diamondbacks were just beautiful!

@lucienlimberg4934 5 ай бұрын

Love the spotted salamanders

@zepfzoooutdooradventures9058 4 ай бұрын

. . . . .I've watched the rest of the video now. The armadillo also brings back memories. The only armadillo and wood storks I've ever seen were on that same base in Kings Bay.

@teresalavoie-ry6mi 5 ай бұрын

Love your videos..so informative and interesting.

@GoHerp 5 ай бұрын

Box turtles love super cold water and will submerge to blow the winter snot out! They spend most of the time underground breathing in dirt and go straight to water in spring! They can go completely frozen too.

@user-bl3gv5nv3p 4 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you went in the vernal pool(s). I have been watching about 18 clumps of frog eggs in a runoff of a pond. Now I know that they are Southern Leopard Frog eggs! Recently, we hadn't gotten a lot of rain so a lot of that water had evaporated. I got a bucket and added more water to the clumps I could see. (--Which were more translucent than the other clumps.) I enjoy the herping as an Ecology Major.

@Evandodge17 4 ай бұрын

I was gunna comment on how beautiful that first rat snake was, but the more I watched the more I realized all the snakes you found were beautiful!

@davidsorensen7438 5 ай бұрын

Did y’all flip that barrel over so no more turtles get stuck? Sucks that other one just died- least you saved one

@NKFherping 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately it’s too heavy with all the water, but we will be coming back to that site periodically so I’ll check on it each visit and make sure no one else is stuck.

@ElysetheEevee 5 ай бұрын

That live one looked like it had sloughing of its shell or something going on. Definitely suffered some kind of water/abrasive damage. Hopefully, they survive! Poor little guys. 😢

@bobwisniewski2690 5 ай бұрын

I would cut a section of it out so they can get in and out of it in case they are climbing into it for the water to soak or drink. Box turtles are awesome..

@davidsorensen7438 5 ай бұрын

@@NKFherping awesome

@superhawk1382 4 ай бұрын

@@NKFherping At least try and destroy one of the sides where they cant get trapped

@mcnorcan 4 ай бұрын

So good to see that there are still some diamondbacks. Here in NE FL, they have become few and far between with all the development.

@janeilnold5863 4 ай бұрын

That baby diamondback buzzing was super cute!

@TheIndigoEclipse 5 ай бұрын

I love the keeled scales on diamondbacks. They have such a cool texturing.

@joetheagent 4 ай бұрын

You know I love a amphibian episode! Beautiful snakes today, very chonky.... but that salamander at the end was incredible. Love a night with the frog music playing!

@jamesblake7338 4 ай бұрын

Very cool!

@JustinMichels 4 ай бұрын

I smiled so much during this, loved the duo in action here.

@useyourdelusion6807 4 ай бұрын

If i were a tinker and a herper, it would be like christmas and ma birthday, all rolled into one. 😂

@ThePollaton 4 ай бұрын

Bbbbbbbbbaaaabbbyyy diamondback. Way too cute. ❤. So was the armadillo….now that you can pick up. Please don’t pick up the cute DB. That one you may not live to regret. 😂

@zepfzoooutdooradventures9058 4 ай бұрын

The 1st thing I thought of when I heard "BABY, BABY Diamondback" in your intro was about the I've ever seen a venomous snake in the wild - and it was in your state of Georgia!! I was a submariner in the Navy, and when I my 1st sub was refitting in Kings Bay I was heading off the sub for the evening to spend some liberty time in Jacksonville. As soon as I reached topside coming out the torpedo room hatch there in the water right next to the sub was a baby Eastern Diamondback. I mean, I assume it was a baby as it was only about 16" long. Thanks for the chance to reminisce! Keep putting these out Noah. You're the first herper on KZbin that I started watching, and still my favorite.

@jenn1234 4 ай бұрын

This video was sooooooo AWESOME! The diamondbacks and the beautiful king snake were incredible, but the salamander depositing eggs was amazing! I would have had a hard time pulling myself away from that for sure! You have had an amazing start to 2024!!! Have a great weekend……I have another one of your videos to watch! 😄💙🐬🐊🐍🫶🏼

@scottuzarowski3629 4 ай бұрын

First King of the year was a stunner!!

@DustyRider 4 ай бұрын

LOVED the little wetland video - please do more of those

@Amethyst_rose_attie 3 ай бұрын

When you said King snakes aren't very bitey I almost died I can't remember how many times I have been bit by a king snake

@PaintedTurtle001 4 ай бұрын

Sweet DB day! lol.

@invisigoth777 4 ай бұрын

i had to fast forward with those chirping frogs, that sound, makes me want to put on some old Mississippi blues and crack open a cheap beer lol, and it's a bit too early for that, only thing would ne better is distant thunder and heat lightning flashes

@JessMccusker-fh3ue Ай бұрын

Beautiful Eastern Diamondback ❤ baby edb is cute

@TheOriginalGabberjaw 4 ай бұрын

*Rock a bye leprosy* 😂😂😂😂

@derekblackford5277 4 ай бұрын

That was an absolutely epic find! I took a screenshot of that King Snake because of how absolutely gorgeous it was! I keep venomous species and the 2nd diamondback had beautiful coloration!! Keep it up Noah!! Wish I could come with you to get photos. In North Carolina if you're ever interested in a tag along....

@loreleishillcox6900 5 ай бұрын

fantastic episode

@billchambers5348 4 ай бұрын

This was great! I have the winter blues so bad! Lol

@jayhayes5924 5 ай бұрын

This was an awesome episode!!

@Rileys-Reptiles 5 ай бұрын

That neonate adamanteus is adorable!

@deb_ellen9733 5 ай бұрын

We live near a small municipal airport in Sacramento County in California. We’ve heard the Pacific Tree Frogs in the evening for the last couple of weeks. It was 70 last week with rain in and off, and all the mosquitoes think it’s Spring. Hopefully the frogs will feast on the mosquitoes before they feast on us!

@brendaboles3875 5 ай бұрын

Great video, the diamond backs were amazing

@Richard_and_Heather 4 ай бұрын

Omfg! All of those edbs and that king all looked so fat and healthy. What a day that must have been. That was one of the prettiest eastern kings I've ever seen. Thanks for all the dope content. Catch you on the flip-side. Richard from Arkansas

@garnerthecube 5 ай бұрын

Snake

@stefanostokatlidis4861 4 ай бұрын

As I have said again, there is no true winter there. You basically found most of the main large snakes that someone wants to find there in the warm season. Nice ratsnakes, kingsnake and diamondbacks. The timbers are probably hibernating more as a more northern species. Also, pretty amazing and Lucky that you found the salamander laying eggs. Turtles are pretty resilient. Something should be done about those death traps. The aquatic arthropods are probably amphipods.

@norabird-02 4 ай бұрын

12:35 birder photographing is painfully accurate 😂😂

@fredbielawski2600 5 ай бұрын

Great one Noah

@bevkern3858 4 ай бұрын

Walking though that shit wow

@bevkern3858 4 ай бұрын

I would get the he'll out of there asking for it😂

@pietarnhem 5 ай бұрын

Love watching your video's, thanx

@brunobarks6544 5 ай бұрын

Always good stuff 👍 thanks again

@moosiegirltx 5 ай бұрын

Right at the very end of the salamander laying eggs, you DID catch an egg coming out!

@scottflamand4341 4 ай бұрын

Great video!

@moosiegirltx 5 ай бұрын

You should carry a scythe! 🤣 Great day.

@GrantsLawnCare802 5 ай бұрын

Very awesome episode ‼️

@pamandliv 4 ай бұрын

He loves armadillos like I do! When I'm in the area that's got them I go nuts to try to catch them in and hold them. I have stuffed animal armadillos and a Taxidermy armadillo

@liftingfishingandlife4481 4 ай бұрын

Great video Noah

@HuntersHerporium 4 ай бұрын

"most kingsnakes aren't uh really bitey" every speckled kingsnake in the south will bite you

@greghardy9476 3 ай бұрын

“That’s not my hole and don’t call me Shirley!”

@lesliejohnson4196 4 ай бұрын

Great Vedio

@TheKaidynB Ай бұрын

Fun fact: Rattlesnakes are one of the few species of snake (including garters) that give live birth

@JoseSantiago-fd2cn 4 ай бұрын

😂 armadillo capture jersey herpers in the mix yesss

@ginawethington6668 4 ай бұрын

Y'all Crazy! Asking to get bit! I'm terrified of snakes.

@killll 4 ай бұрын

2:41 nature calling you

@zzp1 4 ай бұрын

Rattlers have a tendency to breed at certain places. The problem is that they always return to that particular place. A couple bought a ranch in California. On a certain day they discoverd there yard covered in hundreds and hundreds of all sorts of rattlesnakes. Such stories exist.

@talltimbot 4 ай бұрын

BigFannee appeared snakeish today when questioned

@richardthompson7779 5 ай бұрын

waiting for you to say youre planning a trip to Malaysia. cheap accommodation and great food and scare yourself silly wandering around at night where everything is coming to see you

@kristyler9497 4 ай бұрын

I live in eastern NC and was wondering what the best place to find newts and salamanders.

@jmk1975 15 күн бұрын

Are any snakes trying to slither to the next tin you go to, in order to get photographed twice?

@RustybeltRC 11 күн бұрын

You have to see SE Ohio.

@tozobozo4142 4 ай бұрын

Catching snakes in January sounds fantastic! The implications for what the conditions must be like there May through ??? not so much though. 😬

@NKFherping 4 ай бұрын

May can be really nice on the right days, but there are definitely some early season scorchers mixed in too!

@tozobozo4142 4 ай бұрын

I could live in the south as a troglodite, in a cave or underground. Come out only at night.@@NKFherping

@tm13tube 4 ай бұрын

Snake boots?

@danielrosenbaugh9676 2 ай бұрын

How do yall get access to so many awesome tin flipping lands? Is it public or private land?

@bradenselkirk4930 4 ай бұрын

Sitting in the water maybe about to shed

@tonecot8932 3 ай бұрын

Im surprised no copperheads. Are they out this early?

@aaronpangle2185 3 ай бұрын

Aren't the spotted salamanders (spring lizards) generally somewhat poisonous? Not venomous but poisonous?

@TheDiligentSoul 4 ай бұрын

Hey, how can I get a hold of you? Are you available to get snakes out of my shed in north florida??

@kellysimon91 4 ай бұрын

Ever get struck at when flipping tin? It seems an opportune time for the rattlers or other snakes to strike.

@MichaelMikeTheRussianBot 4 ай бұрын

"Tin-Flipping" ? Why is there so much tin to flip down there? (I'm in S-Central NY, & that's not a common thing.) Is it because there's no worry about tin buildings collapsing in heavy snow?