Snake island in Europe - island with venomous Nose-horned vipers and Dice snakes, Golem Grad 

I've just booked my mother-in-law a flight there, I really hope she has a good time, she deserves it.

Beautiful photography! And I bow to the person(s) who had the courage to go film this!

For those of you who were wondering (like me) where the hell the island is located, it is in northern Macedonia - located in Lake Prespa, a few kilometers from the Greek and Albanian border.

absolutely breathtaking footage of incredible reptiles. The quality of your content is right up there with the best. Thank you very much for this education

Extremely high quality filming. Very relaxing, especially with the birdsong sound track. Fantastic, thank you for this

From the start till the end - it was just exquisite to watch. Another exceptional effort. It was a treat to watch. Thanks & stay safe!! Have fun!!

I concur with others; another superb video in terms of the videography, the capture of the natural behavior of the subjects, and the informative narrative. Your work is in a class of its own. Indeed, I think the sole criticism is that your videos are too short, leaving the audience wanting more!

The quality of your product is absolutely stunning! 10/10. 😌

What a beautiful safe haven for the little snakies! 🥰🥰🥰 Its peaceful, where the snakes can have a place to call their own! Not a bunch of humans around to bother them! I love it😇🐍🦋🌸🌺🌻🌷⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What a great place. Wonderful footage of those beautiful animals. We have been driving with our van along the shores of Prespa lake last spring and did not know of how close we were to this habitat.

Beautiful video - as always! Marvellous that the animals can live there without human interference.

leaving some reptile love here ❤️🐍🦎🐢❤️ what a stunningly beautiful place 😍

Yet another beautifully shot and presented video. I do wonder if the venom of v. ammodytes from the island has been analysed and compared to mainland specimens. If the snakes have adapted to grow smaller due to a limited and non-mammalian (specifically ectothermic prey, if I understand correctly), it would make little sense for them to invest in a potent venom most suited for mammals and birds.

Superbly filmed as usual and most educational

Great job... Thanks for informing this unique beautiful island 😍

Top Channel and high Quality. And only nature is speaking very relaxing at all. Is the amodytes viper also called jumping viper?

This was like the next best thing to being there ; with the natural noises in the background. If it would have been narrated by one of those robotic voices I think I would have pulled the last of my hair out. This was brilliant!; well done.

Great video as usual I love your passion for snakes.

This is the first time I'm seeing a Tortoises mating 😃 😃. Amazing video. Thank you, guys.

i absolutely love this channel! All the videos are super relaxing, beautiful and informative. I also get to see oodles or noodles and other cool animals too!

Outstanding video. Great film quality and highly informative. My first Living Zoology video but definitely not the last!

No human voice, it's always divine to be in nature

Cool video it's beautiful there on that island named Golem grad.

Like always an amazing video. Unfortunately I didn't find the time to watch the premiere but at least I was able to watch this documentation now. 5:02 - gosh, that coloration!!! Next to V. berus the Vipera ammodytes was my favourite one of the European vipers. I kept and bred them more than 20 years ago (under exceptional permission). I do believe these V. ammodytes of Golem Grad will feed on bird nestlings and smaller birds, too. At least the specimens that I kept were feeding on nestlings beside the usually offered rodents. I also love the N. tesselata. When caught they tend to spray musk similar to the European gras snake (Natrix natrix). Being isolated on this island it's not uncommon to find more melanistic specimens than usual. Same goes for the V. ammodytes - I barely found brown ones when I was out herping. Thanks heaps for the upload and thanks a lot for showing not only exotic snakes but the European snakes and other reptiles as well. PS: I was wondering whether or not there are any restrictions to enter this island. It's such a beautiful place with all these animals and it is needed to preserve their habitat and protect this place from tourism.

Vipera ammodytes & Natrix tessellata beautiful video !!!

Really cool, and such beautiful photography. Really nice video. Thanks for sharing.

GREAT video...no music and talking...very informative and relaxing

Fascinating two cases in perfect opposition, insular nanism (because of restricted prey) and insular gigantism because of prey abundance. One more time fabulous. tesselata would be always one of my favorite snake.

Natural photography i love snakes ❤

Beautiful! National Geographic has a new rival… well done!

Thank you for the video.

Well well well...!! This onee gonna be awesome...!!

Wonderful photography. Thank you. Subscribed. cheers from cool Vienna, not so far from Golem Grad, Scott

Cool. I always thought that the snake island off the coast of Brazil was the only one.

Fun little fact. It is said, the government tried to whipe out the snakes with the introduction of a small population of mongooses some time ago. (Might have even been in Yogo times, don't really remember). This was so the island can be safely studied for its rich ancient/medieval history and supposedly it was going to be turned into a major tourist attraction in the area. The plan worked exceptionally well, with the sighting of snakes drastically declining...for a few months. Thankfully the mongooses did not survive the harsh winter that followed and the snake population increased to as it once was.

Beautiful snake!

10:19 jumping spider on the right of the baby tortoise ;) Extremely beautiful and informative video! Really want to visit the island!

Beautiful footage at such a unique place, I hope that poor tortoise came back to her feet again? 😲😁

Beautiful snakes and peaceful place. Close to the Greek border too.

better quality than real life

This looks like a great place for everyone that wants a sanctuary city! Their is a church and everything!

Amazing video as always. I believe there are other nose horned vipers in other parts of the world. The horn must have a use. Any ideas? Is the Dice snake (natrix) related to the European Grass snake by any chance. Oh dear so many questions.

Great film! I truly enjoyed it. However, I noticed there are no warning signs!!!! A tourist boating by may think it's a wonderful place for a picnic or swim. The original snake island that has the golden lance snake. Has signs all over and it doesn't even have a beach

Beautiful spot. Thanks for capturing it.

Great video i love snakes great footage

Nice film

What a great video with just the right level of information, thankyou

Wow … I did not know that!! I can’t wait for this new episode !

Beautiful video as always, I always loved Nose horned viper since I grew up in southern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We call it 'Poskok' since there is a wide spread myth that he is able to jump, people mistaked it for it's leap when it attacks. I saw a white Vipera ammodytes one time and it was beautiful. I'm not really sure is it a male or female.

Very enjoyable and good information. The comments were informative too. Thanks for a peaceful learning experience. Maybe you could change the captions to another color for easier reading.

Very nice and very useful.

Really enjoyed this video

Enjoyed it ! Thanks !

Oh! wow that's interesting, this Island looks the same as snake Island in Uganda ( Musabwa Island) I can't wait. ❤️🐍

Bees Nees: A co-worker did the same for his mother-in-law, but she never returned. BTW it is interesting to note that the Nose Horned Vipers all grew larger than normal.

Supercool video as usual 🙂👌🐍

Vipera ammodytes is one of the most beautiful viper species, but its deadliness is highly overstated. Lethal bites haven't been reported since dozens of years.

Beautiful! Can you do a video on the aescualpian snake please?

FASCINATING VIDEO!! XXXX

Hi! Beautiful video as always. Just a few questions: - How do you know that Vipera ammodytes mostly eat lizards and centipedes on that island ? - How do you know that natrix tesselata are bigger on island ? I could not find any info on that. And are you suggesting that the reason for that is because there is more fish around the island than on the coast ?

Well done,,, very relaxing... Dice snake --- Black rat snake, very similar, are they related???

I like your video about komodo. And this one too. Greetings from java

What a beautiful island 😍🤩

What an idyllic paradise the birds songs were simply beautiful beyond measure there is also a small island off the coast of Brazil that has huge populations of deadly vipers and the people stay away and it stays pristine anywhere humans appear they turn paradise into dust and ashes the Curse and Mark of Cain :-(

Excellent footage 👏🏾

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Great video

I know this is about the snakes, but that rock is beautiful for a Mediterranean landscape

Imagine being a castaway landing on that island , thinking you found sanctuary.

There are two lakes, the large and the small Prespa.The small is in Greece and the larger stands on the borders of Albania, Greece and North Macedonia.The major part is in North Macedonia.The entire area is protected by the Ramsar Convention.

Wonderful video, I have observed these Viper variants on Corfu.

Yeah rite, never seen one snake there my whole life..

Very nice video ,I used to camp over there every year ,the snakes use to swim to the beach all the time and sadly been killed

Great place for Pros like yinz.

Reminds me of the Rhinoceros Viper of Africa which is closely related to the Gaboon viper.

Superb as always. Is the island deserted of human inhabitants and activity? - what natural predators exist there to threaten them?

They should rename it to Nightmare Island. LOL.

Macedonia my country. ❤

I'm so glad where I live we don't have any snakes at all and never will

The snakes that St. Patrick cast out from Ireland, had to go somewhere!🙏❤️👉🇺🇸

Would love to metal detect that place😎 tell me were the bird sounds from the actual video?

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Lovely video. The snakes in this video seem to exhibit breathing so much more than other videos I see. It is really noticeable.

If I wanted to read I would have grabbed a book

how did the snakes get the island?

Did they help the turtle get back on his belly or they let it died?

Fascinating.😊 Do Dice Snakes eat the vipers or are they fish eaters only? Do any humans live on Snake Island? There is some beautiful Christian artwork on the island. I hope it has been well- documented.👍

Remind me to give that island a miss if ever I am in Macedonia!

Was there human living there b4 like long time ago?

Poskok 🐍🐍🐍

The island my not be as isolated for the reptiles as you think. In coastal North Carolina, USA rattlesnakes and terrapins (as do deer, rabbits and wild horses) are known to swim between islands and the mainland to search for food and habitat. So the reptiles, especially the Dice snake, on your island could do the same.

Its located in macedonia have a nice day

Snakes swim. What's to keep them on the island??

I think a boatload of mice 🐭 would be a welcome addition!

Are these snakes just in the tanks for show

Beautiful video. Wouldn’t put a toe there.

❤ Macedonia❤

Bear Gryills should go..lol

The visuals were good but ludicrous levels of birdsound distracted me until muting, peace then prevailing for thought.

if a King cobra ends up here it will become a Python in no time at all