Best known to bite vigorously when handled! Northern Water Snake: Nerodia sipedon 

I live in NH, and my back door opens up to the woods, I love living close to nature 😊 I recently found a couple of Northern RedBack salamanders. But I'm always looking for snakes. A few years ago, a garter snake gave birth under my deck, and at least 50 babies were coming through the slats on my deck! It was so cool watching them make their way into the woods. I was so lucky to have seen them. They were gone within 20 minutes! I recently found your channel and have been loving it! Keep up the great work!

Thanks so much for educating people about snakes, saving many of them from being killed. I grew up swimming in the crick near our house, and we would see water snakes in the water, but they never harmed us. I grew up protecting snakes to keep my brothers from killing them. I don't think any of them should be killed, even the poisonous ones.

Ive seen many northern water snakes. Even down in the Niagara Gorge. The young ones have very nice coloring. As they get larger they usually become much more drab in color.

We have to be careful in western Kentucky with snakes near water. It is best to just avoid them altogether. The banded water snake can have colors and patterns very close to both copperhead and cottonmouth. And, you are correct about the water snakes' aggressive behavior. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Frank im rewatching. My favorite biology teacher. Awsome video. Your Pennsylvania buddy Jeff. God bless😊

Impromptu episodes can be the best! Thanks for sharing!

I have never been successful to handle a water snake without being struck at.

Hi Frank rewatching again. Awsome video. I see them often,but I'm not the snake whisperer. They bite me. Working today I saw a baby coyote. I called it in by sqeeking my hand. It just came a d looked at us. God bless😊

Glad I found your page!! I’m in SWVA and, well, I love snakes. Constantly looking for them under rocks and timber rattlers in higher elevations.

I always learn a lot on your channel. Thanx

Really interesting and different pattern. I’ve caught so many of those as a kid. The musking was always worse than the bites! Lol

You are a brave man with that water snake!

What a beauty!

Man Frank , you are braver than me! 😮

Hi Frank. Awsome. And i don't know how you did that. Every water snake I've ever tried to catch always tried to bite. Even launching at me. . I like my black snakes a lot better. God bless . Your Pennsylvania buddy Jeff.

Thank you sir ! Very interesting. I would love to see one of these guys actually catch a fish.

So many people here in southwest michigan that kill every snake they see. They all have an irrational fear, and act like little girls climbing the walls to get away, actually doing themselves and their property more harm than the little hognose ever would have. I actually am shocked at the amount of grown men, that I used to respect, with such a ridiculous fear. It's a sign of weakness, like smoking.

Thanks man. 👍🏼🕊️

Hey Frank! I don't know how to contact you other than leaving a comment but I have a question for you. I just moved into a house about 3 weeks ago, and I've found maybe 6 or 7 beetles that I'm 99% sure are darkling beetles but here's the problem. Every one has been dead or dying. All the spiders and other insects I've encountered (which isn't many) have been healthy and active. There's no poison, or extreme temperatures. So why are these beetles dying? And more importantly, what can I do about it? It's sad to keep finding them dead and dying, and a little creepy to have to keep disposing of the bodies.

The only thing I don’t like about water snakes is that they kill tons of other creek life around them. Minnows, frogs, etc. They also get inside my minnow traps and get stuck and end up dying.

Thank you for respecting nature! Some people want to kill everything, I say leave them be!

Is it right that deep sounds do scare snakes? Can you make a video episode about sound and snake behavior? I assume that snakes flee if they hear a deep voice. Survival tactics in snake environments. If there are high "Mouse voices" then snakes come for a prey?

Snakes always come for a prey to see if the victim is weak? If the victim is weak and shows fear or no signs of life in certain smells then she thinks that she can poison the victim?

Yu say he the snake is it for attracting better woman?