The Eastern Brown Snake

[@yeh.80]

My favourite wildlife channel on youtube hands down. None of this American hyped up sh*te just good old classic Aussie love of nature.

[@snakethepeg7828]

Our wildlife is worth protecting. Some beautiful creatures

[@nicky9589]

Well said.

[@johnschlesinger2009]

For a brown snake, that one looked very chilled out!

[@khahlifboot38]

The calmest eastern brown I've ever seen wow your a magic man

[@TheWildlifeBrothers]

This was one of your best videos so far Nick! The fact presentation was spot on, I loved the discussion about venom types mixed with the natural history information, it was a very engaging video to watch. Also, excellent work with the b-roll footage! That really tied the video together nicely. Looking forward to many more great videos! Personally I would love to see more videos documenting individual species like this, you are a natural presenter and always have cool facts that I never knew, which makes these so exciting. It’s been a little while since we’ve seen a mammal, maybe make a video about them? Cheers mate, -Harrison and Evan

[@WickedWildlife]

The Wildlife Brothers have a few mammals videos in mind, just waiting on a weekend free to drive the few hours to my wildlife carer mate

[@randomfox9970]

Wicked Wildlife very calm snake likes how your smart not taking eyes of it for long you never no ?but seriously cool awesome video I catches south Italy viper Google that bad ass snake 💪🐺💕

[@TheWildlifeBrothers]

Sounds good!

[@Dingosimon]

Well I enjoyed that. I have 4 resident brown snakes here of different lengths and colours. They are here at the Sanctuary mainly because I have a few bird aviaries which therefor attract mice. The cocky aviary always provides quite a bit of scary entertainment, as the male cocky will actually go down on the ground and attack the brown as it slides by, by nipping it on the tail, which then sends the snake into a frenzy to escape, looking for any mouse holes to disappear down. I have always been tempted to go in there with a camera to film this, but in the end I don't in case I distract both snake and cocky. I have galahs in the next aviary , so when the snake slithers into there, the galahs go into a screaming frenzy and hang upside down madly flapping their wings. It is only once the snake slides down a hole that silence replaces the screaming. I always have to advise visitors and students not to go and trap the snakes as they are doing their job by eating mice.> Meanwhile my neighbours kill every snake they see.

[@WickedWildlife]

dingo simon could use a few more around here The mice are terrible at the moment

[@Dingosimon]

I have just got home from 10 weeks in hospital, to find my house full of dirty stinking mice. Somehow they got in and begun breeding in every room. It will take me ages to get rid of them using cheese and peanut butter mouse traps

[@WickedWildlife]

dingo simon good luck but take care of yourself All them dingoes need you healthy!

[@andrewdods2236]

Wicked Wildlife those, mate :-)

[@alantaylor6691]

What is it about bird averies that attracts mice?

[@bananachanana6583]

thank you nick. i have learned a lot of information! I am going to do a test about them and now i think i am prepared.

[@rexpayne7836]

Living backed up to a mountain I'm glad to find this channel.

[@dorothyhood882]

Thankyou. My grandson and I enjoyed your video

[@LAXEN9003]

is all the snakes you teaching us about born in captivity or did you catch them outside? they all seem quite calm and used to being handle.

[@michaelshort2388]

Thanks for all your awesome information. It's great to see an educator on snakes who isn't egging them on.

[@disco1974ever]

"Australian Legend" -haha love it.

[@shelleoshelle7252]

Another excellent video! Good job Nick!

[@WickedWildlife]

Michelle Molash thanks mate!

[@abominablesnowman3494]

Interesting about the venom changing as it matures to include pro coagulants. Does the blood clothing venom help digest the mammal or is it to stop it running away so far?

[@barnyg6804]

It was one of these buggers back in 1986 got me in my outside left calf muscle we rushed off to a clinic my mate knew turned out I'd got a dry bite and all was good.

[@BeachesScalyBeasts]

Awesome video Nick! Keep ‘em coming!

[@WickedWildlife]

Beaches Scaly Beasts glad you like it mate Gotta start making some road trips as I’m running out of critters!

[@BeachesScalyBeasts]

If you make up here you can borrow some of mine for filming 🤟🏻

[@mariemichelle5231]

Wooo eastern brown. Good to see it get some publicity for the good reasons! One of my favorite snakes, great video Nick!

[@WickedWildlife]

Thanks for watching everyone! So what other animals would you like to see featured on the channel? Also, The snakebite kit that we use and recommend can be found here! survivalfirstaid.worldsecuresystems.com/AP.aspx?ID=227&EID=16408132

[@rowansheppard4062]

Wicked Wildlife Emus would be cool to see!

[@WickedWildlife]

Rowan Sheppard I’ve actually teed up acsess to some emus for a video but they are a few hours drive away so waiting for a free weekend to make the trip!

[@1000teresa4ever]

I really like the video you did explaining why stupid things like rock stacking is bad for critters. I'd like to see more about general care, do's, don't etc , about how to live in harmony and respect for nature. Things like use of/collecting fire wood when camping. Or what to do when find a snake in your home or yard, or what to do if you find an injured animal, snake proofing poultry pens, or making your garden friendly for native animals etc...

[@charleschidsey6192]

Love the DIY snake hook!

[@WickedWildlife]

Pretty high tech stuff 😂

[@andrewdods2236]

Were you not concerned about being bitten. Very close to you. It seemed calm though. The calmest i’ve ever seen one ...

[@Johnny.5.Is.Alive.]

The snake in this clip seemed much more calm then other snakes in other clips

[@nicky9589]

Have had several over 2 meters here in the farm, and they are thick as a bottle of beer. 👍edit. Subbed, just found you mate, cheers . Great footage.

[@robot4829]

Great video....are they related to TAIPANS,KING COBRAS and MAMBAS? Because they all look similar and raise their bodies

[@alantaylor6691]

These are all elapids.

[@aliciahuynh6340]

Nice informative video as I never encounter this before as where does the Brown Snake found?

[@TealeBritstra]

Beautiful snakes - just don't get out of a car and accidentally stand on one ;-)

[@forestfairy352]

I find it fascinating that he’s not striking.. obviously knows you’re not a threat.

[@M17CH68]

Good stuff mate. Just the facts. 👍

[@GeigerFarm]

Awesome content 🙏🏼, but another reason I can’t visit Australia…when you said inhabits urban areas😳

[@jimcrawford5039]

I have come across a lot of brownies, they did’nt bother me & I did’nt bother them. Snakes have a place and a sad place it would be without them

[@nathyatta]

Where do you live. I have never seen one and have done plenty of bushwalking

[@tuana7007]

G' day nick! Great video!

[@WickedWildlife]

S VAP glad you liked it mate!

[@Josh92SA]

Adelaide is surrounded by the Eastern Brown. Absolute everywhere.

[@jacintaedwards1123]

Yes. Melbourne is surrounded by Tiger and Red Bellied Black snakes........and Copperheads.

[@belizeguy]

Really good looking snake . Thanks for the introduction .

[@gavinharvey7571]

If I tried to handle a snake like that it would bite me & not a dry bite because snakes are good judges of character.

[@alexanderpowell1528]

Hey Nick, can you do a vid about that Western Australian brown that the aboriginals out there call, something like the 'go right around snake' or something like that. Apparently, they call it that because it has a psychotic disposition and will chase people, hence the 'walk around snake'. It's a name like that...

[@malcolmscrivener8750]

Gwardar - Western brown

[@bigpoppapump4060]

Cool video. Hello from the great state of Texas. Out here we have plenty of rattle snakes. Do u have any rattlers n what do u think of them

[@WickedWildlife]

Big Poppa Pump Gday from Victoria Australia :) Here in Australia we can only keep natural be species so I can’t keep and display rattlers However I did get to work with Uracoan rattlers from South America during my time working in zoos and found them to be incredible snakes

[@bigpoppapump4060]

Wicked Wildlife in ur career whays been the most difficult snake to handle? Also have u ever been bitten by a venomous snake?

[@sitdowndogbreath]

Big Poppa Pump I'm guessing either the African black mamba snake or the coastal Taipan snake but that's my guess will let the man speak for himself

[@WickedWildlife]

Big Poppa Pump as far as venomous snakes go the coastal Taipan would be the snake I feel takes the most respect, with some Eastern browns not bein far behind Luckily no I have never been bitten by a venomous snake although have worked with many people who have and even had to apply first aid to several work mates after bites

[@gaijininja]

I gather that snake is one of your captive ones, as it is way to calm fr the amount of handling to be a wild one.

[@Spacey7]

Your Brown snakes are so beautiful! Wow 😊

[@WickedWildlife]

Spacey Chapman thanks :) I’m certainly lucky to have him

[@Spacey7]

Wicked Wildlife Yeh you certainly are very lucky Nick 😎

[@BAMA-2019]

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[@alfredopampanga9356]

A characteristic of brown snakes is the warning posture : the animal rears up and prepares to strike. Gives bushwalkers a hell of a shock as they cannot be seen on a sun dappled hillside

[@TheMidasMD]

She looks so ordinary, yet so dangerous!

[@youreadmyname4001]

I nearly died from one of those =because of the Aussie myths that if you not dead in 15 min you'll be fine. Thats total bullshit I had a micro dose of venom since it had killed a rat in my chook pen just before it bit me, I felt it instantly that something had bitten me but it took 3 days before the venom made my heart briefly stop and paralysed my diaphragm. The paramedics where useless and simply didn't believe me and took me to the psych ward. there I was asked if I'm still seeing the snakes everywhere... I was just like WTF is happening here.. I said no and was send home in an uber. the next 3 weeks I was waking up during the night not breathing again. and bruising all over my body also my blood pressure was extremely high. so scary especially when you realise that the doctors are completely uneducated about snake envenomations. They said there is no rotting of my skin or anything just some punctures so they don't think it's from a snake.. HELLO not all snakes have cytotoxin idiots. I lost all my faith into our medical system..

[@OurHappyTribe]

Yikes!! These guys creep me out... I had a dry bite by one of them when I was 16 weeks.

[@WickedWildlife]

Our Happy Tribe - Australian Family Vlogs Wow, very lucky it was dry bite! Luckily I’ve never had a venomous snake bite

[@OurHappyTribe]

It was pretty scary! I was rushed to hospital and spent the night being monitored. I am a lot more aware of them being around these days.

[@alantaylor6691]

By an eastern brown? How did that happen?

[@76life00]

Beautiful

[@WickedWildlife]

This Kunt thanks He certainly is a cool snake

[@disco1974ever]

How to treat a snakebite. What? there's an option other than running around screaming until you passout from hypoxia?

[@nuthn2do]

That is one extremely placid textilis, not sure of your locale but those belly stripes I've never seen around here

[@BernardSolomon]

Nice going mate. Yet to see a snake in the wild though.

[@whatamievendoinghere5804]

How do you just hold it like that without pooping your pants in fear? I am terrified of them knowing they can kill you in minutes..

[@WickedWildlife]

This is a waste of time you certainly wouldn’t want to mess with them, it it’s almost impossible to die within minutes Infact if you have the correct bandages handy, you’d have to do something really wrong to not make it to hospital

[@disco1974ever]

huh.. I didn't know their venom changed.

[@WickedWildlife]

Ashley Thomas yes I believe it was only last year Prof Brian Fry put out a paper on it

[@laceywilcox2135]

Love the videos . I had a question though can you tell me where to get one those hats I simply love it. Thanks

[@WickedWildlife]

Lacey Wilcox both my hats are akubras they are common here in Aus but you can buy them from the akubra webstire too

[@laceywilcox2135]

Thank ya mate!!!

[@laceywilcox2135]

Okay one more question!!! Could you tell me the style. My husband loves your hat so I went to website and now he is just like I don't know which one??? Thank you so much.

[@WickedWildlife]

Lacey Wilcox both mine are rough riders, but this ones just been reshaped over time in my newer videos you can see the classic rough rider shape

[@laceywilcox2135]

Thank you again for your time!!!

[@FourLowAdventures]

You don't get nearly enough views for the quality of your videos!

[@WickedWildlife]

Jimny Australia thanks mate! Unfortunately my videos might be less exciting then someone handeling really revved up snakes I work hard to get my snakes calm since I need to handle them every day for my work

[@alantaylor6691]

@@WickedWildlife I much prefer that.

[@nathyatta]

I have done so much bushwalking in my life. Never seen one!

[@emme5249]

Do you wear long pants usually

[@nathyatta]

@@emme5249no I don’t. I probably should

[@simonpaterson9648]

I see in video's still in India, they apply a tourniquet for a Cobra bite. One would think in this day and age, everyone would be aware to apply a pressure bandage, for all Neurotoxic venom. Especially if it is one's intention is to handle them.

[@ordoabchao5894]

Brave dude!

[@WickedWildlife]

ORDO AB CHAO not overly brave I handle these guys every day for a living :)

[@mattbrady9769]

Hey mate, you sound like you know a bit, however, saying that they rarely grow over 1.5 m makes you look like a fool. We rarely see them where we are under 1.5 and commonly see them over 2m. There is a lot of them ATM because of the mouse plague we had a few years ago. My neighbour has seen 23 this season so far.

[@WickedWildlife]

Sure, there’s plenty that exceed that, however for every 100 snakes I get called out to that on the phone are 1.5m maybe 5-10 are There’s certainly 2m browns caught every year, but they are the equivalent of people being 6ft 6

[@zachariahgoddard6039]

Noice! That’s a pretty one there.

[@nighthawk8645]

I left some more comments on over channel like The Real Tarzan and Chandler wildlife

[@WickedWildlife]

Brook Hagen thank you very much!

[@nighthawk8645]

No problem man

[@DEPORTER_SUPPORTER]

Is it true you can suck the venum out after bite?

[@rosemarymurlis-hellings8138]

No. You put the compression bandage over the bite area and then bandage the limb. Use a marker or pen to indicate where underneath the bandage the bite is. The hospital will remove the marked area of the bandage and take a sample of the venom to determine the species of snake and treat accordingly. People have ulcers and scratches in their mouths, if you try to suck the venom you will end up poisoning yourself.

[@michaelshort2388]

I know that a baby brown snake is more dangerous than an adult because they are less able to regulate the amount of venom they inject in a bite. But wouldn't they be less toxic to humans if their venom as babies is designed to target reptiles and not mammals?

[@WickedWildlife]

Michael Short it’s actually a myth that they are More dangerous then adults I have a video somewhere on the channel talking about are baby snakes more dangerous then adults

[@michaelshort2388]

@@WickedWildlife oh wow, I thought it was true. I will search your channel for the video. :)

[@mattie5371]

important above

[@alexd2081]

How would an eastern brown snake fair against a mongoose

[@WickedWildlife]

Alex D not great I’d say They don’t have any native predators that hunt in the same way as mongoose and their venom is similar in make up (although more potent) to many of the cobras and other snakes mongoose already hunt in other places That being said it’s also an agile and alert snake so most likely to flee rarther then confront an animal like a mongoose

[@WickedWildlife]

Alex D not great I’d say They don’t have any native predators that hunt in the same way as mongoose and their venom is similar in make up (although more potent) to many of the cobras and other snakes mongoose already hunt in other places That being said it’s also an agile and alert snake so most likely to flee rarther then confront an animal like a mongoose

[@alexd2081]

@@WickedWildlife the mongoose next to the honey badger don't get the love they deserve for being fearless!!