So You think You Want A Venomous Snake? 

"Fuck with it and it's guaranteed to bite you". - Tom Crutchfield 2021 LOL Facts!

"There's a lot of people that shouldn't have a driver's license, let alone a venomous snake." You could replace Venomous Snake with a lot of other things.

The living legend, national treasure, icon Tom Crutchfield has awaken from his 6 year RU-vid hiatus!

A guy here in Michigan was bitten by his pet cobra. He did not have any anti-venom. His family was shocked to learn that local hospitals, as well as the DMC didn’t have anti-venom for him (how shocking) I think the advice you gave on having the anti-venom for your snake is absolutely necessary; for some reason people do not think of this. Great content!

The chances of me ever owning venomous is completely Zero but i love the education from you anyway! Don't get me wrong, i love reptiles & other "exotics" but I'd rather not take the risk. I think I'll just stick with owning Tarantulas & pythons & watch the experts do their thing!

I love it Tom hopefully people take in this message and info. I always love when u get on here and educate alot of us with your knowledge of reptiles its always an honor to listen and soak up all i can. Hopefully are paths will cross one day and I'll get to shake your hand brother

Perfectly put, no-one gets bitten by not going near them. Your comment "If you fuck with it, I guarantee it will bite you..." has won the internet for 2021 🤣

I love that you started uploading again Tom it's awesome what you have done for are hobby is amazing

By far the best venomous video I have seen. Very educational and real!!!! Cotton mouths are very common in Savannah, Ga., just like most other common venomous snake, unless it’s provoked, 95% of the time will leave you alone. Please keep the knowledge coming!!!

I enjoy playing guitar too much, I’m just gonna watch you guys and live vicariously. It’s great that you put informative videos out like this!

It’s always awesome listening to this man talk, because he’s a lifetime of experience, knows his business and speaks reality. I had the unduly pleasure of knowing a kid, I say kid but we were the same age, from Austin Texas who was an avid reptile fan. When he went to venomous, he went big. He could not be talked into starting with snakes that are local (Austin- there’s more than a few), but he was infatuated with African ones. His first was a monocled cobra, and a again against ALL advice by everyone because of the temperament and just plain speed of that snake, he wouldn’t listen. It would take the fear of a bite, the reality that Matt wasn’y ready to control that reptile, for him to learn he made a mistake. The bite he took was dry, talk about lucky. Still bought him many hours in the ER, costly hours esp since he had no insurance. He now lectures to anyone listening to learn from his mistakes because albeit he was lucky, he needed that bite to happen to grow up a bit when it comes to venomous snakes. Even proficient owners will tell you they aren’t prepared for some snakes- I.e. any of the mambas, a class in its own. Yet seems like the black mamba is every young reptile snake enthusiast dream snake to own. Please, don’t do it. Appreciate them in others collections and from a safe distance because that is a snake not meant for any novice. Follow Toms advice because he’ll never steer you wrong.!!!

You are Tyler Nolan s friend and you were with him when he got bit by the cobra. Just by you being there in your expertise and probably having anti-venom that was probably The best place he could’ve been with you And pretty much saved his life or helped. I love all your videos all you guys nothing I would ever do but it is very interesting and educational. Thank you.

Thanks for the recent uploads Tom!!! .... A real reptile legend right here people!

Thanks for this video it’s people like you who make the community safer and all around better! Thanks sir

Tom is back baby!!! So glad to see you back on here my man, every single point you made on this video is exactly what people need to know and understand when keeping hots… but I must say in your intro I know those blue tree monitors I might need to give you a call 😂😂😂

I’m happy to see you back on the Tubes sir! I finished your book Giant Snakes over last winter, and it was excellent. I wish you well.

Been knowing about this man for years..great to see him here giving great advice on the protocol needed to be in this dangerous game. Great to see you Mr Tom Crutchfield sir!

The Man, The Myth, The LEGEND!!! Back again with another video i love it!! audio much better this time around thanks for listening to the feedback and critique and improving quickly on it. sending all my love and support to you!! cant wait for more videos you provide a unique perspective and voice i think reptile lovers or any animal advocates need to hear!! words coming from you in some instances carry more weight with some people just based on your experience knowledge and wisdom compared to other reptile youtubers. keep up the content god bless. by the way i watched an older video you posted a while back about the kid letting a snake near his private parts haha.. i have to say that's a crazy funny story i cant tell if it was even real or not. if so i think an update video or just new video on that situation would be pretty funny and unique and interesting to hear about or at the very least entertaining

Absolute excellent advice from a well respected breeder and handler of reptiles. And I must add I am so excited to see that you are active once again on RU-vid Mr. Crutchfield. :)

My old and dear friend Ray Hunter :) Tom you and Ray have always had my utmost respect when it comes to working with venomous snakes !!

Awesome to see you back on YT! You gave some great advice, but nothing was as good as how you handled that CM! It was like she knew that you weren't going to hurt her. Nice demo for people to see how they REALLY act. Looking forward to seeing you more on here (and maybe Stacey too!) Thanks and hopefully I'll get to meet you sooner than later! PS: Joe Pittman is a treasure, too!

Great video! Lots of good information. I hope people heed your advice. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. You are the master.

Thanks for sharing another interesting and informative video. I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. I learnt a lot of new facts about handling venomous snakes. Excellent job. Keep up the good work.

Glad you back Tom.. now you can show these youngsters how it's done.. much respect

I currently have 6 venomous snakes: A male and female copperhead, water moccasin/cottonmouth, a prairie rattlesnake, a timber rattlesnake, and my newest, a West African Bush Viper. These snakes don’t live in my regular reptile room, I bought an entirely different building to house them in the event that they did escape. If they do escape, the defense system is triggered by me or one of my helpers and the whole building will drop down to 64 degrees (cold enough to halt the activity of snakes but not kill them) then we all spilt up and look for the snake and no one leaves until it’s found. I was thinking of getting an elapid as my 7th venomous but I don’t feel confident yet with them so my 7th will be a gaboon viper

I'm so glad you finally have a RU-vid channel sir!! Can't tell ya in words how much I respect & revere you & all your knowledge in the herpotology field!! Definitely in my top 5 people I'd like to meet lol!! Anyway cant wait to see all your content & learn as much as I can!!

I just subscribed 😁 I am so glad to find your channel. I was just listening to your Animal at Home podcast.

I will never own a venomous snake, (besides a FWC, MAYBE), but these videos are packed with so much amazing info that I will keep coming back for more. Tom is the REAL DEAL!!!

This music is so trippy…& it’s in your other video haha…that one even has crazy visual effects. Y’all are getting better with the clip transitions.

Great video. Love your videos bro👊👊

Love you man. Thank you for all you've done and do! #Legend

Wow, thank you Tom and Vanessa and anyone else involved in making these videos! (Please call out I want to send positive vibes to you as well)☮️💜

Great advice! I’m especially all for not holding them behind the head, I know of too many people who have been tagged that way

Anything an everything reptile, truly a living legend!! Thank you for years of knowledge

Brilliant! Great video thank you

Gotta love Tom. Seriously people, dude gives solid advice. Especially the bit about always open with a tool.

Thanks for the words of wisdom!

Enjoyed your conversation very much,,, words of wisdom, RULE...

Thank you for posting this helpful video!

The only video about what venomous snakes to get that doesn't just say "someone elses" or "don't get one" thanks a ton.

Tom crutchfield is a legend. So glad he’s making educational videos!

Absolute legend, I'm in the process of getting my DWA in the uk. Solid advice from a master in the trade !

Great video Tom!

This is the 1st video of yours I’ve seen. I appreciate your realistic take, as low while not patronizing the subject to appeal to a younger audience for views. Actual information presented very well. I’ve been considering getting into the business. I don’t know anyone who is, though I’d rather intern somewhere reputable so I may learn. Before making any regrettable purchases. Out of comedy I ask, is it truly regrettable if your deceased? The one who should be regretting it is dead!

Tom, if you have a tech person tell them to get you a nice wireless MIC that you can clip to your collar so the audio is not so low if you are a few feet away from the camera and will improve the quality greatly. The reason I suggest this is that any information you are given is priceless and deserves great quality! We have to turn it up to 100% to hear you and it was still low and then when the music kicks in at the end it blows our ears out! lol. Also I dont know if you can tell from the comments but if you ever wanted to pump content out on youtube on a consistent basis which is a lot of work but your channel would explode and do very well money wise down the road as everyone wants to hear what you have to say in the reptile community. Thanks again for this video the information is great.. I actually would have made a mistake by not going to the local hospitals and "training" them on a bite protocol ahead of time I think I would have just brought the anti-venom with me and expected them to use it right away so even someone who thinks they are carefully thinking through things can still learn so much from someone who has already seen it all!

Great video, you are the only venomous handler I have ever heard attempt to explain these things without playing the gatekeeper roll.

Great video dude!

We need more n more videos from you sir, be healthy n keep posting🙏

That man at the beginning video has some balls of steel! Love the video Mr. Crutchfield.

I kept various venomous snakes when I was giving talks with reptiles in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. I applaud your leading with the responsibilities of the keeper.

great to see you on the youtubes...

I love the hardcore advocacy for misunderstood reptiles. So glad you’re back

You are the best Tom.

Absolutely fascinating. I handle snakes with a really long set of tongs. LoL Watching someone so confidently and smoothly handling these snakes with bare hands is better than any movie on TV.

Nice to know. Super video. Grettings from Denmark

Thanks for this video❤

Thank you for this Tom! I tell people this enough they don't want to bite us they won't chase us they just want us to go away and leave them be.

Great video! Tom dishing out some common sense that too many people don't have.

Sounds like common sense. So glad your making videos. Thank you.

Man, I was wondering if you were done with youtube or what...good to see new videos man.

Really like the conservancy work you and others are doing. Would be interested to learn more about how you and peers work together to develop insurance colonies and what goes into that. Particularly what's happening with the Mangshan's, Bushmaster's, other species. .. What's needed to help advance the research, facilities, equipment, funding, etc... How this differs from zoological programs, vs private or lab type. Where you see programs going in the future. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

I hope more people will tune in. The wealth of knowledge in this one channel is astounding. This man has been doing this a very, very long time and is well known in the reptile community. If you want CORRECT information, this is where you’ll get it. 🐍❤️🐍

Great information Mr Crutchfield

Tom was careful/quick about it and did that very well especially the second grab with the cobra well it was hooded up 👏

Just saw this video. good to see Tom is alive and well, at least I assume so. Bought a lot of "hots" from Tom in the early and mid 90's when he was in Bushnell FL. Living in California, I had to "hoodwink" Delta Air Freight to get them to ship my "items" to LAX.....but no harm no foul....

Good advice. Thanks.

Havent once thought that, but thanks for the video.

Thanks for the video!!

“ If you fuck with it I guarantee it will bite you.” Point blank truth

Solid advise, I would never own a snake of any kind but if I was considering I would follow the advise in this video

Thanks Kayla Cox and Rick Cox’s keep up the good job.

Living in a state that doesn't allow anyone to keep venomous and rear fanged snakes I still love learning about them. Thank you the great content Tom!

ill never have an exotic pet, ill just be admiring them from a distance watching you brave people looking after them.

In the past year I’ve owned a Canebrake rattlesnake, a copperhead, and a Mangrove snake. I started off with working with non venomous and practiced safety tips and responsible ownership with them. I watched and studied information from venomous keepers on RU-vid as well as online forums of venomous keepers. I’m 100% self taught and have yet had a snake even strike at me. You show the animal respect and it will return respect.

Definitely subscribing instantly

I was preparing some jokes for the comment section but this guy explained it so well and so earnestly that... I just gotta sit here and appreciate it

😂😂😂😂 Tom keeps it real. Awesome!

I genuinely consider Tom to be the David Attenborough of reptiles. The man is a true asset to the hobby.

save to say I would never get a venomous snake ever, but it's just so interesting listening to you guys

Such wise words. Straight into my heart. I wish I could meet you sometimes sir. 45 reptiles here, no venom, most from people's impulse purchases during covid time. I might own a white lip bamboo viper some day. Not soon, as I just learned. I'm from Holland. 🔆

Tom you are a legend along side of cobraman ray

It is common sense actually, but sadly too few people follow it. A guy was bitten by his monocled Cobra in Greece this spring, as an accident of hand-feeding. Everyone rushed to help him, but no hospital had the correct antivenom. Finally they found some from another keeper in Cyprus and his family paid for its air transfer here. Not only he did everything you mentioned wrong, but he was preparing to have a breeding project with those animals. He bred them in the past too. He was too sure of his abilities and even mentioned to his doctors that he felt invincible until then. Probably he is still keeping them.

Great video🤙

tom i would totally aprechate if ud make a video on blue tail monitor ,, not often talked about ,, just a thought thx and ur awsome man

Excellent advice

Thank you tom.

Lol ur like the Bob Ross of venomous reptiles lol, so relaxing watching u handle them. Its not about the actions being done, as much as it's about the mindset. Reptiles can tell your true intentions better then any other animal, the 3rd eye is very active. You can tell u play in on that too. Some1 actually paying attention, can really learn alot from u. I would love to have u as a mentor, but I know that won't ever happen. All gud though, I like watching how you are with all ur babies lol. Be safe brother sendn some gud vibes ur way.

Excellent video

I must say if I'm going to take advice from a handler it's gonna be from Tom or Kevin over at nerd we are lucky to have both these knowledgeable gentleman in our great hobby.

TY Tom

Great vid ,,,,,, Hands Down ,,,

Tom is the GOAT!

I always hear so much about you from Tyler and Chandler…….. it’s really nice to meet you finally. I don’t plan on getting snakes venomous/ non Ven. But I love them though. I catch one from time to time. Black snakes, hog nose….. but I’m really fond of the little ring nose. Think there cool looking. Question for you, I live in southern NJ and I’ve been looking for years for a rough or smooth green snake but have never found one. Any advice on how to find one? Thank u sir and thanks for sharing w/ us. New subscriber from NJ

I had good mentor growing up he actually a friend of yours here in Texas I remember you sending him a monocled cobra when I seen it I was hooked he educated me for years now I have my own private collection

First of all, I join the rest of the fans by saying that I appreciate you're back doing videos. Not only are you a wealth of knowledge you're also legitimately interesting to listen to. Something that occurred me watching another channel: if you own a venomous snake, you'd better be damn good at keeping and have some vet skills. The video in that channel that prompted this was a guy having to treat an infection in his cobra. It's not like if your venomous snake gets ill you're going to be able to take it to just about any vet. I'm assuming that if there's a problem, you're on your own.

I've had snakes in the past, but since having kids in the house I only have lizards now. Great video and glad to see u back.

Thank you!

The best venomous keepers never have a need to handle their snakes.

i will never get a venomous snake, i own plenty non venomous species but it’s always nice reviewing this video, getting to understand more about this opportunity and caring for these animals.

Thank you Tom.