The rattlesnakes actually look more terrified of the cameraman. I mean they are trying to defend themselves. You can tell that they are just backing away from him.
i totally agree, they 8are terrified, not aggressive. i know they weren't hurt, but i can not help but feel a little sorry for them. all wild things have a right to peace....
Amazing that even in the place they call home, they avoid aggressive behavior unless absolutely necessary. Goes to show that time has gifted them with the intimidating rattle noise, rather than the constant need for violence, in order to survive. Truly beautiful.
They're shocking polite snakes. I love snakes, but I wouldn't have the balls it would take to walk up and film these fellas. Thanks for documenting them.
This video just goes to show how docile rattlesnakes really are. You literally have to step on them to get them to strike. So keep that in mind all you snake haters out there. Just leave them alone and they will leave you alone
marty mcfly some snakes don’t want to hurt you but you have some snakes that know your coming and bite you without warning. Some snake are not aggressive some are they want to hurt you when you barely even got close to them and they’ll be hiding too those are snakes I hate.
@marty mcfly what does intentionally have to do with it? A lot of things will mess you up if you aren't careful around them, changes literally nothing about what he said. And if someone lives in or moves to venomous snake country it's on THEM to know not to stick their hand in a bush, not the damn realtor. I moved from a place where there are zero venomous snakes to a place where there are a LOT including right here in my property but I've never been struck because I'm not reckless and ignorant like the subject of your anecdote.
My grandpa served in the Korean War, sometime during his stay he had stumbled and fallen into a snake pit. Up until the day he passed he had a horrific fear of any kind of serpent, which I don’t blame him. My dad has talked about it a couple times that they use to mess with him when they were kids and they all thought it was funny as shit, but my god what a frightening thing to experience.
Don't understand why people are so appalled by those snakes when in fact that's the snakes who are feared and do their best to avoid clashes by backing away.
I love how they keep backing up. Anything brave enough to come that close to them must obviously be more dangerous than a pit full of you and your siblings
That is a Pit of Prairie Rattlers. They usually come in green or yellow with faded patterns and colors on their scales, and likely to deliver dry bites in self defense in a pinch. The best way to identify this breed is the black stripe around their tail and rattle. Fun fact: Prairies were thought to have the same potent toxins as Mojave Rattlers, their cousins. But it has been proven despite the protein similarities, they have weaker venom strength than their cousins. Still is severe, though.
OMG, I thought snakes are most solitary, Never realized that these many Rattles can live one place like this? Your guts to take the camera so close to them is awesome. :-)
This reminds me of when I was a young boy when I kept having dreams I fell down into a deep rattlesnake den. There were hundreds of rattlers down there and I had no way to climb out. I would wake before I knew what happened to me.
Not too many strikes even though the camera was right up on them in the den. Lots of babies. Momma was probably the big one outside the den that was striking like crazy.
A soldier fell in a den like that In ft Stewart GA doing land navigation course a couple years back . The whole base went out looking for him , and found his body a couple days latter with the snakes curled up around him .
Beautiful camera capture and one awesome Rattlesnake den :) Proof that snakes are social animals something I've spent 30 years trying to prove to people so THANK YOU!!1
Rattlesnakes: so you like eating snakes, eh? Minutes later: Badger burps and surrounded by remains of dead rattlesnakes. Badger: who's next? Surviving rattlesnakes: Run for your lives!!
The only reason the snakes arent striking is they are pit vipers and sense body heat. Go ahead and stick your hand in front of one and see if they act the same way as with a camera. Lol
As someone stated below I was kind of surprised that they weren't striking . It just goes to show that if you stay in your lane then most animals or reptiles will leave you alone. These snakes just seems scared more than anything. I guarantee you if you fell on the one though or stepped on one it'd be a different scenario for sure.
The thing about Rattlesnakes (and many venomous snakes for that matter) is that venom takes protein to produce, to the point that a single strike from a rattlesnake requires them to eat. This is why venomous snakes won't go after humans unless it's a final defense, because that venom they use on you means potentially no venom for their next meal.
I can't believe how very few of them struck and how resistant they were to strike. Each one of them preferred to retreat and just didn't want to be harmed. Pretty awesome revelation of how unaggressive most of them really are.
It was surprising Seeing this to be honest I used to think that rattlesnakes would try to attack immediately but I think it only happens if you get to close or if you corner one.
Anyone know where this was taken? Someone just had rattle snakes removed from under their house in my town, Santa Rosa, CA. I was googling and came upon this. Any ideas of the location?
What nightmares are made of. I got chills just watching this. Imagine someone throwing you in the bottom of that hole and the only way out being through that exit.
Telling this story still freaks me out to this day and it occurred almost 20 years ago. Some friends had a nice piece of land in a rural part of San Diego County. It was very big with horses and lots of room to hike. Visiting from the city, my friend and I decided to take a walk to explore the property. Brace yourself because the story is about to go bonkers. Really fast. So we found a beautiful outcropping of rocks and decided to sit down. Oh yeah, that's right a beautiful outcropping of rocks. We sat talking and enjoying the sunshine. We wondered aloud about the lovely ambient noise. Was that the sound of an insect? Perhaps cicadas? I had a horrified moment of realization. What we were listing to was the sound of so many rattles. Just so many that it was like rattlesnake white noise. I think I just ran and ran and ran and ran back to the house wailing and screaming and I'm sure I screamed snake snake so my friend would know to follow me. I was so wigged out that it still frightens me to think about it to this day. When we got back to the main house, panting and out of breath, and explained to one of our friends what we had done they were shocked and said, "Oh didn't I tell you..." No! You most certainly did not. Something was working overtime to protect me that day.
Feel kinda mixed on this one...Knowing how hard it can be to find these dens, I know I'd certainly want to film one if I did but I kinda feel like it's stressing them out a bit as well.I certainly wouldn't go all selfie-stick on them...
The green ones are Mojaves, the most ruthless bite of them alll !!! Neuro and hemotoxins. Your fortunate if you live, but you'll probably pay 100,000 + in antivenom if you do
@@hjonccers783 Mojaves have a long black patch of scales, usually a few inches long, just above their rattles. These guys do not. These guys resemble Prairie Rattlesnakes.
These guys look absolutely harmless. Granted I am Australian, so I'm used to nearly stepping on tiger snakes who will literally chase you. These guys just seem like scared little noodles who want to hide.
Just minding their own business, poor guys. That guy shouldn’t have wandered off looking for a den to rile up for nothing. That’s their home and they’re bothering no one at all. Miles and miles away from people. Enjoying a cool siesta during the heat of the day. Well, until snake guy showed up, poking around for no reason but to get hundreds of “gas and matches” and “twelve gauge” comments. People want to kill them for nothing, and they’re vital to the eco system to control the rodents that carry disease, like the H1N1 virus. People are so ignorant.
@@featheramericangoodeagle Thank you, Brother, but it’s plain heartfelt. I grow extremely weary of the ignorance in people who would kill snakes just because they think they’re here to be killed. They go out and hunt these creatures up out of their natural habitats just to do that, making a gaming spectator sport out of it. They make up their torture games to make them angry. That’s supposed to show their audiences how “bad” these animals are; as though they hunt people down and attack. It’s a sore spot with me. “Snake wrangling.” What kind of sick mind thought that up anyway? Travel well, my friend ~~~~~
That is so cool. I live in Pa and rattlesnake up here, but never found anything like that. They say there are snake dens in Pa that have lots of snakes like that. Please don't tell anyone or harm them. That was a beautiful site. I like how close you get. I do the same when I film them or take pictures. I have been to close a couple of times, like around 2 feet. The snakes were not aggressive towards me or try to strike me even though they could have. As long as you don't provoke them they will not bite or strike at you. They do not want to bite you, and will try to get away or stand still and rattle to try to scare you off.
Why interrupt a wild den party, especially w/o RSVP dude!?! Notice they instantly just wanted to get away and the attacks were provoked by the uninvited guest's video camera. Thats all they want, to be left alone!
