Searching For the Hopi Rattlesnake

[@noremorse6898]

I love how Marissa is so unfailingly cheerful and gets so enthused over every snake she relocates.

[@waywardmuse]

Nice. I'd love to see a prairie rattlesnake! For the past two decades all I've seen around me (south of Maricopa) are diamonds, mojaves, and some sidewinders - mostly mojaves!

[@nancykelly9393]

Thank you so much for the obvious respect and affection you have for these guys.

[@sandralutz-rodriguez2864]

Great job finding and relocating that diamond Rattlesnake Marissa! I'd need a snake crash course before I am comfortable sleeping in a tent in the desert. But I am learning as we go along here. I still hope to relocate to Central or northern NM some day.

[@tempo529]

5:03 free room and board with Doritos too! lol

[@davidbroadley2983]

That video so clearly shows how different a snakes personality. One Hopi was either having a very bad day or was super defensive. The other appeared very chilled. I've no idea about time, temperature or any other environmental factors that may cause the difference... Very interesting to watch.

[@catbirdherping9857]

I have gotten some raised eyebrows when telling friends/coworkers that I am going herping for the weekend - just something else we have to put up with for our love of snakes!

[@rickallman1318]

"Snake Nerds', Herping" lol

[@hansbaeker9769]

Most rattlesnakes where I live are Prairie Rattlers. I'm not sure if I've ever encountered a rattlesnake that wasn't a Prairie Rattler. We have Massasaugas, too, but they are far less common than Prairie Rattlers. After that is Western Diamondbacks. I've heard that there may be Timber Rattlers as well in neighboring areas.

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

That sounds great. Where is it? I can tell you if there are Timbers.

[@hansbaeker9769]

@@RattlesnakeSolutions Out on the high plains in the Texas Panhandle very close to what was the hart of the Dust bowl. From maps I've seen for the Timber Rattler range, some do show them reaching into the edges of the Panhandle, but that's pretty far away from us (and a whole lot wetter).

[@coracobb3917]

Abducted by aliens then returned home. They have stories to tell.

[@dianayount2122]

seems people who are afraid of snakes have radar for snakes.

[@davebutcher2011]

I want to say I love your videos, and yes I am very afraid of snakes, but I still check you guys out several times a week. Just one question have any of you all gotten bit by one of the rattlesnakes and if so how do you handle it?

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

I bet in time, you start to grow some more appreciation for them, too! Interest is where it starts, and that much you certainly have. It can take awhile for our brains to sort it all out. On the question about if we have been bitten - I'll be answering this in detail in an upcoming episode ... but yes, it was me, and it was a dry bite.

[@GilraenTook]

I always say part of the reason I ended up with a hognose snake is because of how rattlesnake-y he looks, and those Hopis really show that off! They're so pretty.

[@StephenCinAZ]

I hope Marissa picked up that Doritos bag after releasing the atrox she relocated. :P

[@smetlogik]

Berk got a little bit older in this episode.

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

I think it's all the booze and smokes.

[@rneustel388]

That last Hopi had to have the last ‘word.’ Would there be the Hopi variant in the Kingman area? We have several mountain ranges around us.

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

No prairie/hopi in the Kingman area! You do have quite a few others though.

[@rneustel388]

@@RattlesnakeSolutions Where we live is between two large areas that, from what you said in another video, are perfect sidewinder habitat. Would they be likely to cross a large, cleared area with humans and dogs around to get from one area to the other?

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

@@rneustel388 They do, though over a long period of time they might learn to avoid it. If you don't see a lot of them now, you probably won't see anything different unless something changes in the surrounding area.

[@rneustel388]

@@RattlesnakeSolutions The areas on either side of our property are some of the only areas that aren’t seeing new housing being built. I’d hoped there may be some that have found refuge there.

[@wirefly1000]

Super windy? I won’t say where that is lol.

[@StephenCinAZ]

"Snaking" just makes me think of plumbing.

[@FITforaKING777]

Great video #rattlesnakesolutions team.....I wish I was on that mission

[@herpdiversity9152]

Those are some nice praries

[@timgabbard3366]

How can you tell the difference in them and the western they kinda look alike to me

[@graciel3725]

Do Prarie rattlers get bigger in other areas like Eastern Colorado? My family dealt with them on their farm and ranch. I clearly remember mom telling about ones 6' long.

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

Yes, this population that we searched is known for being smaller.

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

It's the word to describe forcefully expelling gas from the mouth while preventing the lips from forming a "B"-sound...

[@joesanders6898]

Is the Northern Pacific rattlesnake, (crotalus oreganus) related to the Hopi rattlesnake?

[@brettanymichellelawson-top5197]

No but it's related to southern pacific rattler

[@e-reptiledysfunction2243]

Prairie and hopi r the same? I didn't know that

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

I'm going to respond to this in a short really quick. Look for it in a few minutes.

[@e-reptiledysfunction2243]

@@RattlesnakeSolutions u kinda answered towards the end of the video... if i had waited to the end to comment I would have got the answer

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

@@e-reptiledysfunction2243 and if I had waited to see your response I wouldn't have made that short just now, haha.

[@e-reptiledysfunction2243]

@@RattlesnakeSolutions doesn't hurt to put out more content, ppl will still learn something from it

[@jeffmartinez8720]

I live in Southwest Colorado do you have any idea what kind of rattlesnake we have here?

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

You have Prairie Rattlesnakes and/or Midget Faded Rattlesnakes there, depending on the exact location and terrain.

[@jeffmartinez8720]

@@RattlesnakeSolutions I live in Mancos and we have rattlesnakes all around us. Some friends that live south of town see upwards of 30 snakes a year. My inlaws own property between Mancos and Cortez and they have seen 20 or so each year right around the house. Thank you for your expertise.

[@wahooandy1]

Are you guys brothers?

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

Nope but I get that a lot.

[@micharlflynn4404]

2 words. Shot gun

[@RattlesnakeSolutions]

Why are you guys such babies? Oof.