African Rock python spotted by Jason moolman on a farm in Ballito. " So enjoyable to find this size snake still thriving to survive South African bushveld, love it"
Wtf are you on drugs? It doesn't mess with this camera person becos it doesn't fucking care , it knows it's fucking invincible. ;) if it saw the Rock with a bazooka it would be like....whatever.....
Well said, they didn't make it to that size for no reason Lol Although, come to think of it, the bigger they grow, the bigger and slower prey they can Target This one's clearly an exception
@@harambe2716 how are they the same way?? one can get up to speeds of 15-20mph meanwhile a python can travel at a max of 2mph ...... yeah thats the same. Pythons ARE SLOW IDIOTS!!
Surprising how one would think such a huge snake would be slow and clumsy, until it actually starts moving. And scary, considering that even if a person is not usually it's prey, such a powerful python could easily overpower even an adult if it wanted too. Those things are 100 pounds of solid muscle.
That's what I was thinking. If that thing wraps you up, that's it. It would take a team of people with machetes and crowbars to get it off and by then you probably would have been crushed to death, suffocated.
Yes they could easily overpower an adult look at how this snake tries to chase this man ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jF1OsrCAAyQ.html
@Sam Holdsworth definitely not, I've seen pythons half as long that weigh 250. This one is 20+ feet and super fat. It may have just eaten so that may be making it look fatter than it normally is, which would also explain why it retreated so quickly and had no interest in confrontation
That is definitely the biggest south African rock python I've ever seen. That is a dangerous snake if you have no experience in large pythons this one no one should never get near!
First 20 seconds, it looks like a huge elephant. Intimidating and magnificent. Last 20 seconds, it moves like a leopard at the same time. That's way too scary!
Последние 20 секунд это не страшно а странно, смахивает на монтаж.... Первые 20 секунд видно что толстый кого-то съел, а вторые 20 секунд уже худой и слишком быстро передвигается Очень подозрительно 😑
Here i was thinking if it was me i would've gone and touched the tail... Had no idea a snake that size can turn around that fast and move with that speed 🤯
If somehow you were there behind that monster messing with its tail,you would've been snake poop by now..,waiting for for a sneak preview into the netherworld.
The fact this snake is out in the open outside it's comfort zone tells me it's not afraid of humans and will strike if it wants especially if it's hungry. That's solid muscle ladies and gentlemen, and it's moving pretty quick for such a monster of a snake.
I'm baffled at the amount of people thinking big snakes should be "slow"... Yes they may be extremely heavy, but please do not ever forget their body almost solely exists out of pure muscles. BIG ones at that.
I’m baffled as to why you are baffled. Nearly every person who has seen a constrictor that size saw it in an undersized pen in a zoo. They sit nearly motionless for hours at a time appearing barely alive. So when people see one guy the first time out in the open moving faster than they can run it’s alarming. That’s why there’s a few hundred comments to that effect
Jason thank you for telling us you never had a snake without telling us. This snake is moving 2mph not fast at all lol anaconda and most pythons do move slow unless there in water as there “ambush hunters” they don’t chase down there prey.
I’ve never seen a snake that large in a completely open field with no cover like trees, bushes, leaves, foliage etc EDIT: I’ve read comments saying along the lines of “it has no reason to hide” or “it isn’t worried about being out in the open and exposed to predators it’s to large”…..that’s not what I meant….a snake that large would never be able to catch it’s prey items being in an open field like that, it’s huge and any animal that even got close would see it and run. That’s why huge snakes like that typically are hiding around trees, bushes, leaves and foliage…it provides camouflage and they can ambush their prey.
Pretty sure it's not worried about being carried off by an airborne predator. I've seen decent-sized snakes (1 - 2 metres) sunning themselves on roads and roadsides, usually in the mid to late morning hours they are warming up.
Had three pet pythons back in college, the largest one was almost 6 feet and was insanely strong. When you hold a python, you realise that they are nothing but muscles under that scaly skin. I cannot even image how strong something like this would be, it's easily over 20 feet. Scary.....
@@NinjaRunningWild Yes they have microscopic legs. Actually snakes evolved from humans. The literature piece "Snake in the grass" comes from ancient thetosopamian civilization when snakes were humans, many decades later snakes found agriculture and turned to humans
I’m surprised people think that larger snakes are slow. It actually can make them faster than smaller snakes as they have more surface area to use their bodies and winding motion to propel them faster.
@@SavepointR yes but no, they're cold blooded so they dont expend energy by producing body heat like mammal predators meaning they can go many months, even over a year, without eating. it does require them to eat alot larger prey tho which takes many hours and leaves them completely vulnerable
Wow! Very large rock python. The most aggressive of pythons. Considering this snake hasn't fed recently the person filming was correct in being cautious. It's great to see such a healthy specimen in the wild.
Yes it has. You can see it had something inside. Its digesting it. Thats why its in the open. It was lethargic until they got too close so it moved. Thats also why it didnt go after the guy.
@@btnhstillfire it's clear to me you've never seen what a rock python.. especially one this size looks like after it has eaten an antelope or warthog. If it had eaten then it wouldn't have been able to leave as quickly as it did. Snakes this size don't eat small prey..all you have to do is google large snakes that's eaten large prey and you'll quickly see the difference
@@nagoranerides3150 maybe..but snakes that's reached this size are luckier and smarter. Hopefully it's thriving in the wild ever smarter and larger than it is now.
@@hoytblackmon4798 lmao just because a snake is big doesn't mean it doesn't consume smaller prey if that's your arguments logic it's pretty flawed. The snake could have eaten something smaller or sustain itself for a time being how easy is if for snakes to grow to that size and continuously catch large prey? Obviously it seems you use Google to tell you everything sheep will always be sheep.
Seeing this snake roaming around freely in open grasslands rather than a dense rainforest, really makes one appreciate the gigantic scale of these creatures, literally just one snake that size passing by around me freely like that is enough to give me a heart attack 🤯🤯🤯
Find it a bit weird it’s out in the open like that. Wouldn’t it prefer being under trees/forest? Couldn’t something come down and make a go at it? I guess the size allows it a bit more flexibility and range of motion. Either way I’d feel inclined to shoot it so it wouldn’t snag a child or a pet etc.
Phenomenal creature. Imagine seeing a titanoboa, or however it is spelled. Sure we are lucky we dont live among such large beasts as the dinosaurs or giant snakes or sea creatures, but man, if only we could see them up close like if a museum were to make full scale animatronic models or something that were truly convincing!
You spelt it right. Also I love Titanoboas! They're so amazing. Right next to the Jurrassic Crocodile. I can't tell which I like more Deinosuchus or Purussarus.
@@truebark3329 if is stomach it won’t be able to move that fast it is hungry you can see it was on food searching kid was around so it though it can get one of them
She's smart, she turned around and went downhill instead. Lucky to come upon such a big Rock Python. I can say that the area is doing well and is healthy or else you wouldn't find such a Snake.
@@sondose5447 Did you mean ‘except’, and ‘through’, dummy!? The OP’s thought chain represented natural selection at work. English isn’t a strong suit of yours, is it.
Can definitely eat children and adult. Reticulated pythons hunt humans. Reticulated Pythons eat big preys weighting 500 lbs. Some individuals can definitely eat someone like big show.
Till a trophy hunter comes along to kill it just because of that, it's size. Say they killed it because it was a threat.. something along the lines of that
Never underestimate a snake in general, the only thing that would keep you safe is keeping enough distance from it. It could use 3/4 of it's body to strike with so that's a lot for a snake this size, beware....
Not for long. People always fall down or crawl away when chased by large things that want to eat you. Or Hollywood monsters starve. Sometimes they do everything they can to jump in the monsters belly.
A snake can move fast no matter what their size are if they haven’t eaten yet. But if they already are, they’re kinda slow to move and can barely strike on you.
@@NinjaRunningWild no just incase I'm attacked by a large snake I can use my children as a human shield and the snake will get full from then and not be able to attack me effectively with a family sized happy meal in its stomach.
And to think it can throw 3 coils in 1 second, and cause pressure on prey equivalent to weight of a fully loaded haulage truck. You literally have no chance.
I've kept several different species of large constrictor as pets over the years. Burms are the nicest and can truly be called dog tame if raised properly. The Retics and Rocks never seem to get anywhere close to that tame. Always gotta be real careful with them. Especially around feeding time.
After several assorted boas and a rock python, got a male reticulated a few weeks old. As it reached juvenile age, about 7 feet, became hyper aggressive. Attacked and bit if possible, coiled up and sprayed if managed to grasp. No fun
Cool thing is once there big enough you'll become dinner, sdh, I'd like to see you train it to sit ,or speak, anything coil up, tame? Dude one day you'll see what I'm saying, meanwhile hopefully no kids live in or around you and your pets!!!smdh
I always picture these things living in jungles or swamps…it’s weird to see it out in the middle of these hills…but then again, I’m not exactly a biology scholar🤣
@@sarahflett4247 this is in Balito in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal,South Africa(in case you’re not South African)...this is part of their natural habitat, Kwa-Zulu is home to these things along with one of the most venomous and fastest snake on Earth,The Black Mamba. They rule in that province...however it’s not that often that you see these in such open planes...chances are there’s a ravine nearby with massive rocks where they hibernate. These things are lightning quick,don’t be fooled by that massive size...this one looks like an two year old...the length of the tail is a good telltale mainly. Wait til you see a massive 15,18,20m behemoth,it is scary to look at from 20m away I tell you.😉
The sound of the grasses moving in the wind as the snake treads through the Savannah is this snake in it's element, no music, no annoying narrator, no one trying to kill/move the creature, the animal is simply navigating no different than any person would be - likely trying to find shelter before the rain. Very cool footage.
The python was heading up the hill to its prime hunting spot. So it can ambush its pray as it heads up towards it and the top of the hill gives it some descending speed if it needs to give a bit of chase.
@@thedestroyer3578 You’re done the second that thing starts constricting you 😂. Talkin bout worser day for the snake yeah you’ll be telling that story up in heaven
that's a free meal in the field like that to privative men living hunter/gather. it has very little defense if 2-3 grown men attack it with basic stone weapons. one guy will take the neck the other the body and tie the mouth off with basic string like material early man used. once the mouth is tied off it's all over, it can't constrict 2+ men working together with the mouth clamped down or a bag on it's head.
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I know snakes are creepy for many people and even to me at times, but you gotta admit it’s really cool to see one that large. They’re almost in a way quiet majestic.
It’s a regular sighting in the hills of Ballito which is in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa 🇿🇦...there’s most likely a rocky ravine nearby where they hibernate/its habitat. This looks like a younging...it’s no strange to spot a giant 15/18/20m behemoth in these parts of KZN. You haven’t seen or heard the power of this thing until you see it constrict a fully fledged Bull(Cow) from 20m away or so, you literally feel and hear the bones of a cow snap and crackle when this thing is about to swallow its prey. Caveat: pyhthons are lightning fast,they have the quickest reflexes of any big snakes,especially when hungry,it takes a split second for a giant 20m to strike from 6/8/10m away...it’s worse when their intended target(humans) are on their side(outside their periphery) or behind,they are highly instinctive and strike with so much speed it’s unbelievable. I heard the sound of a child,though it’s very rare that they charge head on but if it so chose, it would go for that child with such velocity that no one would dare be able to stop it...that’s how quick this giant is,alas the video’s not doing those movements justice,witnessing this thing move in real life is a pretty sight to behold but devilishly scary😉 Visit KZN,Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces if and when you wanna see these babies in action. ✌🏿🇿🇦😉
Beautiful. Almost looks related to some sort of fairy tale or folktale I read about Burmese mom who has beautiful daughters and how she met the Python near the gooseberry tree
My Uncle ran "Snakes Alive" attraction in Chimney Rock, NC and he had "Penelope", which was an Indian Rock Python that was close to 20 feet long. It weighed 200 pounds. I was an 80 pound 10 year old at the time, and my dad was nervous when I was handling it; I could have probably become part of Penelope's body if she had decided that it needed to happen...
I would never get close to a snake - these animals move so fast it’s scary! Had a black mamba coming at me so fast I thought I was dead. That’s was over 25 years ago!
Agreed. I would take a snake over most pets out there... beautiful animals, all sorts of colors and patterns, and they are super fun if you know how to work with them safely. Hoping to add a Brazilian Rainbow Boa to my family next year.
@@tylerdavidson2400 Cats and dogs brings more damage to all ecosystems in the World than all the Pytons in florida combined. I Hope your argument Works to all species and not for only those you dislike.
@@tylerdavidson2400 Go out and start hunting and killing every single cat and dog you see, then. Because those two animals have caused absolutely horrible issues environmentally in so many ways, and are incredibly invasive and dangerous, way more than any snake. You see how you sound dude? No. We will continue owning our animals, and no, we are not going to kill our animals in cold blood. Stop owning or supporting the owning of any animal if you think this.
