Shocking Facts About Snakes You Should Definitely Know

The world of snakes is pretty mysterious: maybe you fear them, love them, or respect them from afar, but we can't help but wonder what is it about snakes that makes them so fascinating? Join us for a fun SciShow compilation of everything you'd ever want to know about these slithery serpents. Let's go!
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Original Episodes:
Why Are There No Sea Snakes in the Atlantic? - • Why Are There No Sea S...
Snakes Use Their Spongy Mouths to Drink - • Snakes Drink Weird
How to Make Antivenom - • How To Make Antivenom
Behold-Poisonous Snakes! (Yes, You Read That Right) - • Behold-Poisonous Snake...
What Happens When a Venomous Snake Bites Itself? - • What Happens When a Ve...
Is It Safe To Drink Snake Venom? - • Can You Drink Snake Ve...

[@yahyasalimi3254]

"A weirdly dry parts of the oceans" makes us think again about the question: "is water wet?"

[@marcos11vinicius16]

I dont think water IS wet, or that fish get wet, wet things have to be something that was dry before

[@JBC352]

@@marcos11vinicius16 I agree with you on water but fish can be dried

[@andrewn8002]

Water cannot be wet, but a human or non-aquatic animals can. Since a fish is in water, they aren't wet. Take them out and they'll be dry. It's vice-versa for humans and, fish. lol

[@marcos11vinicius16]

@@JBC352 they can be dried but if a fish is never taken out of the water it will never be wet because he was never dry

[@marcos11vinicius16]

@@andrewn8002 exactly!

[@miguelfreitas5343]

I have to admit... I usually *am* that friend that goes off about the difference between venom and poison 😅😅😅

[@ashleelarsen2233]

Fun

[@Hi_Im_Akward]

The majority of the time it's genuinely people not understanding the difference. I feel like the distinction is important. Maybe most people wont eat a dart frog, but people are sometimes big idiots. And similarly, extreme irrational fears of snakes also tends to mean people don't understand basic things like not all snakes are venomous and the difference between venom and poison.

[@paraceratherium255]

Same

[@sadie1606]

I learnt it’s better to let people be wrong as long as it’s not like, gonna hurt anybody. Don’t let them be wrong about human rights but it’s ok if they mix up venoms and poisons lol

[@badmunkey666]

Venomous. It bites you, you die. Poisonous. You bite it, you die.

[@thegoatchild3545]

My fascination with snakes just keeps on growing. What beautiful and fascinating creatures. They absolutely don't deserve all the hate. ❤️🐍❤️

[@Black-Swan-007]

If you love snakes you should definitely watch Snake Discovery if you don't already!

[@thegoatchild3545]

@@Black-Swan-007 yep....😉👍

[@mustangnawt1]

It’s from fear. Wouldn’t ever want to hurt a snake. And vice versa:)

[@thegoatchild3545]

@@mustangnawt1 Don’t start from a place of fear. The vast majority of snakes are nonvenomous, hence harmless and a bite is no big deal, unless it’s a really big one. If it’s venomous or you just don’t know, leave it alone. 👍

[@rangerjones5531]

I have a pond on my property and Cottonmouths will chase you away. Texas Rat Snakes do this too. They will charge right at you, I’ve had a few in the house before and they are not scared of anyone. I live in the Texas hill country and we also find rattlers, copper heads and a few coral snakes. At least the feral cats keep the scorpions away!

[@phasm42]

"But, before you run out to do a shot of snake venom..." whew, that was close 😅

[@TheSefk]

BWAHAHA RIGHT!!?!?

[@rshahid21]

Hey 👋

[@thedoctor2102]

Mix it with vodka, takes the bite out of it.

[@alteria2714]

I'ma still take a shot

[@markstone4714]

At those prices who’s got the money to justify it

[@anyascelticcreations]

I took care of a friend's snakes while he was out of town. I would mist their enclosures for them to drink the droplets. The cave snake would reach up and delicately "suck" the drops off the screen top. That was the cutest one to watch. She was pretty colored, too.

[@rhig4081]

I have a hognose....watching him drink from his waterbowl is adorable

[@daretheclaw]

My corn snake, Penny, knows the exact time when she's going to get fed, and will always stick her head out of her hide whenever she's demanding food. And the longer she goes without getting it, the more she'll come out until she's almost waiting at the very top of the screen. I don't know how people can be so scared of these cuties... I honestly prefer snakes over cats and dogs any day!

[@Az21-]

@@daretheclaw Because at the end of the day snakes aren't domesticated. They're wild animals and should be left alone.

[@Az21-]

@buffalo wt To each their own. I don't think snakes should be trapped in enclosures simply for your entertainment. They're wild and meant to roam in the wild.

[@HXXIIA]

@@Az21- sadly, without cbb reptiles there is too many chances for these wonderful animals to disappear entirely.

[@courtneylee2187]

Snakes drinking is the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life 😅

[@KrispKiwi]

One issue with this, New Zealand whilst having no native snakes on land does have the yellow belly and our oceans are cold between 11 and 14 degrees on average. It's suspected they come down with surges of warm water from Australia but they appear so frequently that they're considered native.

[@TheSefk]

Wikid this, he's absolutely correct

[@widetoad9255]

🤯

[@dtink8330]

@@widetoad9255 jiikk

[@mmcat2863]

The part about the drinking habits of sea snakes is magical 🥰

[@TheSefk]

No it's science

[@cephalonaural6854]

@@TheSefk aaaaaand it flew over your head..

[@anyascelticcreations]

I'd really like to watch one drinking like that. Though, preferably in a video.

[@injunsun]

@@anyascelticcreations I've caught a few TikToks of people showing themselves giving snakes drinks. It's fascinating, especially since these snakes obviously comprehend what water it, and manage to trust the human presenting it.

[@anyascelticcreations]

@@injunsun Yes, they really are fascinating to watch, aren't they. I took care of a friend's snakes while he was out of town. He told me to mist their enclosure through the screen top so they could drink the droplets. The cave snake would reach up to drink the drops from the screen. She was so much fun to watch as she gracefully drank each drop. She was really pretty, too. And you're rightt that they do have intelligence. All of his nonvenomous snakes were pretty tame with him. But they didn't know me. And some of them showed a strong dislike for the new stranger in their home - me. And some wouldn't eat from me at all. While others didn't seem to mind me a bit. It was really interesting to see.

[@stuartaaron613]

It's surprising how relatively recently sea snakes evolved.

[@maxpulido4268]

I want to see a PBS video series on why. Too many fully aquatic reptiles to kill them before?

[@TheSefk]

PBS is the bomb

[@revolver265]

Definitely. The new niche just being "what if wiggling... in water?" Is kind of fascinating. Individual snakes trying being snake in water and then deciding "haha water yes" and making the switch more or less fully is something that gets you thinking, and also laughing a little at the geographical simplicity that some niches may just be.

[@nigeltodd847]

Tood

[@Katness07]

Hank, there are also the Gila Monster & Mexican Beaded Lizard, which create venom, used for defense only. It isn't used to envenomate prey since their prey is usually eggs, rodent babies in nests, etc. Gila Monsters are amazing creatures. Their physiology is fine-tuned for the desert Southwest.

[@kyrab7914]

Also like all the monitors. But I mean it's a compilation

[@joweston4131]

I'm one of those people! But to a herpetologist the distinction is important. I really appreciate the accuracy of this video. It's rare to see it outside of the herping community. It'd be great to see you do another one where you focus on non-venomous species and talk more about their different adaptations and how they benefit humans.

[@nathancamara6285]

Hank: no snakes live in the Atlantic Indiana Jones: "it's free real estate"

[@The_Cyber_System]

I read this as "no, snakes live in the Atlantic", which means the exact opposite

[@Juber777]

Dyslexia strikes again!

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@The_Cyber_System The wonders of the comma!

[@CallMeMimi27]

Samuel L jackson too

[@mustangnawt1]

Freakin love Temple of Doom, the book too:)

[@Dovietail]

I love watching my snakes drink. It's one of my favorite behaviors to observe. They seem to enjoy it so much!

[@AtomicEy]

Snake: sneks,danger noodle& nope ropes Not Snake: legless lizard

[@Black-Swan-007]

Snakes are lizards and chickens are reptiles.

[@peggedyourdad9560]

@@Black-Swan-007 Clint’s Reptiles fan? Nice to see another!

[@Black-Swan-007]

@@peggedyourdad9560 Yes! I love him and am excited to see what he does with his enclosure with the Snake Discovery build off!

[@innovativeatavist159]

@@Black-Swan-007 oh my gosh I found my people! I knew the algorithm would bring us together. Love me some Clint.

[@Black-Swan-007]

@@innovativeatavist159 Hello there fellow reptile enthusiast! Have you got a T Rex?

[@DeDraconis]

Regarding drinking snake venom, I would say that's a definite "do not recommend." If you have a cut or sore in your mouth, esophagus, an ulcer in your stomach or gut, those could all be avenues into your blood stream. Even taking the drink too slowly or not swallowing it properly could let it get into your bloodstream sublingually. Snake Wine is theoretically okay because it should be kept long enough that the alcohol has time to break down all of the venom before you drink it, the guy who got sick in the story probably got into a bottle that was too fresh. Though I hear it doesn't contribute anything positive to the flavor and just kills a snake for no reason, people only drink it for machismo, so that's still a do not recommend.

[@Crembaw]

We don’t have access to certain snake antivenoms in the southwest US anymore because it wasn’t considered profitable enough. Cheers!

[@loopsauce199]

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[@Katness07]

It just wasn't medically necessary to use antivenom when just treating the symptoms while the venom is broken down by the victim's system. In AZ, there is no antivenom for coral snakes, because you really gotta work hard to anger one enough for it to try to bite you, then the symptoms of envenomation are pretty mild and only a concern if the person bit is very young or is elderly with heart or other medical problems.

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

I appreciate whoever designed the thumbnail for this vid, with the snake appearing to be gasping in shock. I'm certain that if it had pearls (and a hand), it would totally have been clutching them.

[@gubjorggisladottir3525]

That does explain a part of the question "Why are there no Snakes in Iceland?" Well Iceland is in the "middle of the Atlantic ocean" and 60° North so it is possible also too cold for them to live here - at least in winter...

[@2l84t]

They didn't make it to Ireland either. I did catch a snake in Demark one Summer.

[@23Zakira]

I dunno if Iceland gets that much colder than the other Nordic countries and they have snakes.

[@sampagano205]

Snakes actually generally survive in regions that are cold in the winter by going into a kind of reptile hibernation called brumation.

[@TheSefk]

Lol

[@anyascelticcreations]

@@sampagano205 Yep. There are snakes in Wisconsin. And it's frozen half the year there. There are almost no venomous snakes there for some reason, though.

[@taitcarrillo8926]

Snakes = Best pet reptile by far

[@TheSefk]

Love snake meat

[@FreedomAnderson]

I’ve kept Snakes, but I love my Crested Gecko.

[@taitcarrillo8926]

@@FreedomAnderson love my crestie too but I’m scared of hurting it. Not my boas though. They’re indestructible.

[@hydraph4843]

@@taitcarrillo8926 Yeah I love how snakes can apparently tank fall damage

[@Towtrucker9876]

Admittedly, my most favorite snakes are the Dodge Viper and the Shelby Cobra... Herpetology is an important field of science that more people who enjoy working with animals should pursue. There is also a shortage of people like Bill in this world...doing something extremely dangerous knowing it could result in possibly making a difference in someone else's life....True Nobility is not seen often.

[@dangerousflyer4485]

Soo there's like a fr message... but a joyous jest in accompany🤨

[@GrandAdmiralTentales]

If you need a good minute look up Snakes with Hats, it'll fill up a hole in your heart, you didn't know you needed filled

[@tristanheaton2127]

My ball python agrees

[@MargaretTovrea]

Who'd-a-thunk-it??

[@aryanprivilege9651]

That's offensive to snakes, cold blooded small hats, reptiles as Alex Jones and David Ike call them, shame. Nah messing. No good minute fighting off sea serpents of Atlantic and gulf coast. Snakes don't like being handled, loads reptiles bite when mating, some fight. So unlikely self envenomomating.Star Trek, needs. Hypothetical guessing not science, and propaganda isn't science, channel and yt TV lame. Gee variation? Shocker! Peddle coof off a cliff.

[@aryanprivilege9651]

Totally have tested blue rings it's the same as fugu and entire fish family, as always often full of inaccuracies. Puffers, toadfish, rockfish sea scorpions, any members, especially tropic indopacific facilities incredibly deadly. Proteins most and digested to amino acids, too many wild cards to cases or a general rule. Sneks don't want to be handled. YT and Susanne snakes!

[@TheSefk]

Rather die from a snake bite

[@kokujin5446]

I live in that coral triangle, never saw a sea snake there. I've only seen one further south, a baby one that was about to be eaten so I carried it to hide amongst rocks (tide went out like far far far away and the mud is too deep)

[@alden1132]

"International travel..." Was that a 'Snakes On A Plane' reference?

[@chip5976]

Another channel I love (called Snake Discovery if anyone wants to see the video I'm talking about) toured an antivenom lab called MToxins last year! It was awesome seeing them milk the snakes, scorpions, and spiders and insane how little they really get from most of the animals, just little drops with some of them! They also show how they turn it into a powdery substance before distribution for the rest of the process, super cool video. As a snake owner myself, who plans to get more, this video I'm sure will come in very handy with my spaghetti monsters one day!

[@Rachel-fi4sc]

Omg, how have I never heard them called spaghetti monsters?!

[@katbairwell]

Big Snake Discovery fan here too! And whilst they don't do much by way of long form content on it, Australian Reptile Park is worth a follow for those interested in the production of antivenom, I believe they produce all of the venom that goes into antivenom produced in Australia.

[@kyrab7914]

I do wish the milking process was described a little more accurately 😅 Like I'm sure the snake's not happy, but it's not a violent affair lol. Like, I really love that happy snake=snake venom is emphasized. And that snake is likely not gonna completely empty its venom glands would be a fun thing to know I feel.

[@bernie2231]

I live in rural North Central PA. I have many large (5-6'+), and of course smaller black rat snakes on my property. Most of the time when I see them, I can't resist to pick them up. And most of the time they don't try to bite, or musk me. I wouldn't try this with most species of snakes.

[@jaycebechtol8448]

Black rat snakes are very popular pets. They are known for both fiesty but also calm. They are amazing.

[@bernie2231]

@@jaycebechtol8448 I love that they're common on my property. It's funny when one appears when I have company. Everybody thinks I'm nuts. LOL!

[@jaycebechtol8448]

@@bernie2231 Honestly glad to see someone welcome them on their property. They are harmless and truly want nothing to do with people. Too many folks let their fear get the best of them. So as a past owner of a rat snake (white oak phase rat snake) I thank ya!

[@jeffthompson9622]

I started as a kid in Maryland keeping a black rat snake, and progressed to other local, exotic, and venomous species along with turtles, lizards, and crocodilians for talks I was asked to give at schools, scout meetings, and public service groups. I knew a couple in SC in the early '90s who had a greenish rat snake that was an impressive 7.5 feet long. They released it into a park that prohibited interfering with wildlife. I'm still a fan of black rat snakes and their close relatives. Slender, strong, and great climbers, they are probably the best at getting into and out of places. I only bother them to get them out of the road.

[@tom4ivo]

You pick them up by the middle of their body, and don't try to touch their neck or head, right?

[@Dzyntara]

A video about my favourite creatures! The perfect video for me to fall asleep to.

[@diego26komfrikru20]

Who else loves snake discovery

[@Bildgesmythe]

Love it!

[@ReticulatedViper]

Yesss!

[@benward837]

I have a group of garter snakes that live in and around my backyard they are pretty harmless and keep rats and mice away keep on living and doing ur job snakes ^.^

[@dheerajlakhani217]

Friend: "Snakes are VENOMOUS, not POISONOUS!" Hank: mmllyynnn That cracked me up😂

[@roarmaus]

0:47 Allllmost spat out my tea🤣♥️🐍

[@TheSefk]

Lol TEA!!! Hahaha

[@martindrengenxbox360]

I used to have a Honduran Kingsnake, beautiful little creature. It taught me how snakes drink! On sunny and warm days I would take it outside with me, having it resting around my neck. It felt awesome when it was basking in the sun, like a mild massage tbh. Anyway.. I went to put it back in its enclosure and suddently it stopped moving and just started drinking from its waterbowl, it looked so cute the way it was pumping water into its mouth! It got a but angry as it got older though, one time it just darted out of the enclosure and bit my ankle. Before that it had only bitten me on the wrist by accident because it missed a mouse during feeding (I fed by hand) and the second bite I received was a defensive bite on my middle finger. I took its water bowl to give it fresh water, snek was angy! Damn I miss that little noodle.

[@mustangnawt1]

What happened from the bites?

[@syraza7170]

@@mustangnawt1 Probably nothing because king snakes are harmless. I got bitten by larger snakes without any real consequence, the wound they make is barely a scratch.

[@xxyy1318]

He could have just gotten a second bowl and added then removed for washing. No more angry snake.

[@martindrengenxbox360]

@@mustangnawt1 It's a constricter, nothing but a bit of blood.

[@martindrengenxbox360]

@@xxyy1318 No.

[@takarasights]

Coral snake milking guy was metal. What a life

[@rufusconnolly8489]

I say "dang" at stuff as well, Hank. I really felt that one as well

[@BadGirlFan]

The difference between venomous and poisonous is something that took me a long time to grasp. Probably because my language simply doesn't make that distinction and use the same word for both.

[@llYossarian]

10:57 - ...the moment I learned that the "mithridatism" skill from Hunt: Showdown is the actual term for the actual thing (I assumed it was some gilded age pseudo-science...)

[@EternalxFrost]

'' A sip of poison a day, keeps the shadow of Death at bay. '' Kinda appropriate when we talk about venomous & poisonous snakes.

[@VakovoSheggorri]

it's their adorableness and loving hugs that makes us love snakes

[@mollymoon3007]

I love snakes. I had a a pet Garter Snake when i was a kid. it used to sit in my sleeve while we watched tv. As an adult I am more anti pet trade, but I have happy memories of my pet snake.

[@ZeldaMcFly]

"that friend of yours (you know which one i mean)" 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@atspydrxiiiontwitter7468]

i remember an old youtube argument where someone swore to me i was wrong, and venoms and poisons are not both a toxin. i knew i had it right.

[@darcieclements4880]

This compilation highlights the need for more snake science. Let's get some snake mind and behaviour science going.

[@BugzysEvilDeeds]

When I was a kid, one of the hospitals in our area would pay us to bring them live rattlesnakes.

[@TheSefk]

Your parents are terrible for turning those snakes in for you

[@injunsun]

@@TheSefk Dude, they turned them in to HOSPITALS, to make a antivenom, not in to some horror sideshow, where they were then killed, eaten, and turned into boots and belts. His parents are "horrible" for allowing him to help save lives? I've seen various of your posts and responses. You seem like an otherwise decent person, so please, stop giving criticism about others' motives, when you clearly aren't readingclosely enough to decipher them.

[@athena8794]

The camp I worked at during the summers would have the nature lodge staff catch them with snake sticks (long wooden poles with a leather strap forming a sliding loop on the end), drop them in a 5 gallon bucket, then release them outside of camp. Always exciting to see the snake team running through camp.

[@whatevereyewant]

However, the cost of not hunting these snakes themselves was offset by the expense of keeping the idiots who got hit on the hospital for two days.

[@mustangnawt1]

Seems like a liability. Like… hey kids go catch this thing that will kill u, we’ll give u Nintendo $ :)

[@soltirina]

I love these animal videos! Especially the compilations. I would love to see a video from you guys about the mysteries of eel reproduction!

[@rubenthijs746]

Poisonous: you bite it, you die. Venomous: it bites you, you die.

[@heartyunho0716]

"Skin sponge" is a phrase that should never be uttered again

[@CritterKeeper01]

A Star Trek reference? Clearly, it's a Doctor Who reference you need when you reverse the polarity of the neuron flow!

[@pattifeit4354]

It can be both; there were several episodes of Star Trek where reversing the polarity of something saved the ship. Let there be peace among sci-fi nerds!

[@CritterKeeper01]

@@pattifeit4354 Oh, yes, I just thought the Who ref fit better because they didn't just reverse polarity, they reversed the polarity of the *neutron* flow, only a couple of letters off from neuron! ;-)

[@hueyiroquois3839]

I resemble those "pedantic friend" remarks. Anyway, thx for helping me to improve my pedantry.

[@TheSefk]

Didn't help much apparently

[@Futurebound_jpg]

12:00 “that friend” IS ME XD

[@WILD4X4D]

Wait, The Yellow belly Sea Snake is a real animal!. We used to call eachother that as kids, when somebody was scared to do something. I never knew it was a real animal.

[@curiousnerdkitteh]

Snake: Ok, human, why I am I in your lab? Scientist: No reason. Like a drink? Snake: Thanksssss.

[@embe1]

'tiger keelback on a toad-free island' is a sentence I never thought I'd live to hear

[@baliyae]

Snakes are fascinating creatures.

[@vampire4312]

Everybody: German is so complicated! English: Toxin, Venom or Poison? - Tortoise or Turtle? - Ape or Monkey? German: Gift! - Schildkröte! - Affe!

[@thehoxhaistbodhisattva7967]

I love watching my boa drink, then can put back an impressive amount too.

[@joepenrose1]

I love these awesome long episodes 👍

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

I've always liked snakes. I've even coaxed venomous snakes off hiking paths when I knew there were kids, for example, behind us on the path. I figure its a good thing to do all the way around. Good for the snake, and good for the kids. 😉 And I detest rodents, and snakes are our friends in that little war, too, so... I don't remove non-venomous snakes from the farm, ever. I do try to coax venomous ones to relocate, though. 😄

[@annebruecks7381]

Awww I love both as pets. I couldn’t stand the live feeding tho so I rehomed my ball python. I also have to set mousetraps in the kitchen occasionally so I understand the hate lol. I love seeing snakes around, I always smile.

[@rondaherriott]

Snakes are wonderful! I love our slither buddies. 💚🐍💚

[@rohanboswell5408]

In Montego bay you can stay on the Moday club condominium and see the fresh water that floats on too of the salt water in the early morning before the wind start at that time the water has no waves and the salt water is still and flat while the fresh water swivels like a snake .it's a beautiful sight ,so I can understand stand the rain water settle on top of the salt water

[@TheSefk]

That's called current

[@caitlinirelan5641]

I'm definitely That Friend but hey, I have a pet snake. People constantly ask me if my snake is poisonous. No in fact, he's not venomous either. He's just a cute Lil albino kingsnake 🥰🥰

[@Raven-kv9mb]

This was so fascinating!! Thank-you for this information!!

[@TheSefk]

Yeah

[@tuner2469]

"You can tell that friend of yours...Nyaaah' hahaha

[@whatevereyewant]

I would hypothesize that the effectiveness of ingesting venom really depends on your health as well. For instance, someone that has Gerd or high anxiety which might lead to an ulcer don’t have perfect stomach linings. If you have a small cut in your mouth or even your lip, that’s another way the venom can get in. Any little type of imperfection in that pathway is probably likely to open you to being affected more.

[@BryceGarling]

The Atlantic and Gulf coast have salt marsh and mangrove snakes. The are more of coast huggers but live and thrive in the Atlantic.

[@teresaellis7062]

All these videos about snakes make me feel I need to see some baby danger noodles! On to Snake Discovery!

[@travisyayes6343]

My new goal in life is to populate the Atlantic with sea snakes.

[@izzy4bitney]

Please. Do not.

[@xx1BONES1xx]

Only if I can populate a jail cell with you :) But really please do not. Introduce. Non native. Species. Please.

[@dukeon]

*The Tragedy of the Brown Tree Snake.* Brown tree snake: *Bites itself* “Hah hah! I’m a snake, I am immune to my own venom” 🐍 “Oh wait, I’m one of the exceptions… arrrghh! Uhhh…what a world…what a world… ☠️”

[@ilpoahlfors1118]

Fun (?) fact: In Finnish language Toxin, Venom and Poison are the same word (Myrkky)! I don't know if there is any downside of this, but at least there is less of "those people" at parties.

[@wmdkitty]

*Fewer of "those people", and yes, I'm proud to be one of them.

[@ilpoahlfors1118]

@@wmdkitty You should learn language of Eskimo's, they have many words for snow :)

[@goos1mit]

It's my turn to be that person! Drinking snake venom is definitely a thing you can do. Surviving it is where the maybe comes in.

[@mistingwolf]

No jokes about snake jazz? A missed opportunity.

[@harryf9885]

Thinking about the damage an individual person can do by bringing a species somewhere is kinda scary, like one person could probably bring a breeding pair of sea snakes to the Caribbean and bam, invasive species. It’s unclear how invasive they would be but suddenly the Atlantic would have snakes because of one person. Like that guy who brought like 30 house sparrows to the US because they were in Shakespeare, and now they are everywhere.

[@johnnyj540]

"Snakes make you run into trees" Richard Prior.

[@TheSefk]

LMAO

[@annabelle1554]

I watched this video while insulting my snake for refusing to eat.

[@hydraph4843]

LOL. I completely understand

[@davidjager23]

Also, the tiger keelback has been shown to change the red coloration by it's neck based on how much poison it is sequestering at any given time, some having little to no red coloration at all(when empty). And note, anything that sequesters poison from things it eats will not be poisonous if bred in captivity and not fed such food items. The most common example of this being dart frogs.

[@davidjager23]

Also, in the words of Clint Laidlaw, drinking venom can be the worst way to find out you have a stomach ulcer

[@hanphyoaung2632]

I love it so munch its very details

[@dikiyobadikiyora981]

We actually do know what would happen if you drank a shotglass full of tetrodotoxin, because tetrodotoxin is also found in the pufferfish used to make fugu. Improperly prepared fugu that contains tetrodotoxin can and does kill people!

[@casualviewer_]

My boyfriend and I have a corn snake together. His name is corn-nelius, corny for short 🌽 love me some snakes! And reptiles in general 🤔

[@MrEnjoivolcom1]

Thank you! Snakes 🐍 are my FAV‼️

[@gunntom97]

love the science and such but also want to know where Hank got that flannel

[@Dani-tp4wn]

also dunno if its because he finished drinking and was distracted by me or not by my boa Shiloh just sorta started flicking his tongue in the water n i wondered if he was drinking it like that too 😂😂😂

[@terrame1525]

"sneks, danger noodles and nope ropes" reminds me of a lucid chart ad

[@maddiesmenagerie8853]

17:40 yep. Found that out while training to handle venomous snakes. The cottonmouth was especially… spastic. Rattlesnake was a delight to work with, though. Couldn’t get the CM in the bucket and had to give up bc it wouldnt stop biting itself while flailing around and it actually drew blood from itself in a few spots. Poor spazz.

[@BubblewrapHighway]

i luv snek 🐍

[@AtarahDerek]

Haast also lost dexterity in his hands due to permanent joint damage. Even low doses of venom can cause permanent damage. Ironically, the same venom can heal that same damage. But not when used the way Haast was using it. It has to be modified in a lab. And I am still ashamed of you for getting Star Trek and Doctor Who mixed up. A Bobcat never would've made that mistake. 😛

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

nah star trek reverses polarity all the time! usually of shields and things but also, like, whole engines

[@Jaqles-DSG]

Gotta love captions! It read "SNEKS!" as "snacks"... So, "Snacks, Danger Noodles, Nope Ropes, Snakes..."🐍💚💜 Side Note: The "Snake" emoji, honestly looks like a duckling from further away, or if you unfocus your eyes a bit.

[@ObscuriaDragunAed]

Garter Snakes - The exception that proves the rule that the cuter the animal the better it tastes.

[@Elaret]

This is a great video!

[@TheSefk]

I agree!

[@calissasquid]

Hooray for sneks!

[@unknownuser41190]

5:20 is my favorite snake! Hognose snake! I have 9 western hognoses 😁

[@davidnotonstinnett]

Dude I feel like it’s been a while since I saw a Stefan video. Miss you on Tangents. Chin coin will live on in my heart.

[@hydraph4843]

I love snakes, but not because of their venom or constriction. I just love snakes for their unique bodies. I find it more fascinating learning about their behaviours and intelligence rather than their venom, however some of it is interesting. Made this comment for no particular reason at all except that this is a snake video and because why not

[@noreenelizabeth6617]

I love this channel. I'm just feeding the algorithm gods....

[@TawnyCrow]

Would you consider talking about batrachotoxins on birds' feathers? :D

[@akumaking1]

No step on Snek!

[@BubblewrapHighway]

This a snek-step free zone. 🐍

[@TheSefk]

True, ratshot is more effective

[@Solace6428]

I have a minor obsession with snakes, but new Zealand doesn't have any, and that is sad. I've never gotten to touch one

[@Rachel-fi4sc]

Yeah, I had to leave my snake behind when we moved here. Hop across the ditch to Auzzie and find a good reptile rescue there with non-venomous snakes to hold? They're a really interesting texture.

[@housephone9090]

It's a snek!

[@pierreabbat6157]

I can believe a horse could survive being drained of six liters of blood, but a sheep?

[@ClappOnUpp]

Good thing I never ate all those garter snakes I caught as a kid. Sidenote: when I was a little kid I thought they were called gardener snakes 😂 they're always in the garden

[@kolinmartz]

26:05 also there’s a lot of time between your mouth and your stomach acid destroying the large delicate enzymes that can have an “open wound” where it comes into contact with. You better hope your lips aren’t cracking or you don’t have an ulcer or your throat isn’t dry or any number of things before you take a shot of snake venom.

[@alicewilloughby4318]

23:08 - Personally, I think the correct answer is "YUCK!"

[@weirdflex8754]

0:03 SNEKS!