I was a Forester for 40 yrs in Georgia and have came across some huge Easterns and canebreaks. I stepped 9n a 6 ft Eastern and he never rattled or struck me. I jumped 10 ft and walked on air another 10 ft! I've seen probably 100s in my 40 yrs and also many cottonmouths. I had rather encounter a diamondback than a cottonmouth. I had a cottonmouth chase me on land and had one hit me on leg of course I had leggings on. I was in woods one day and went to bend down to walk under limb about eye level when I realized that limb looked different and at about 2 ft away I was staring an Eastern in the face!! He was about 5 ft long stretched out on limb so be aware rattlesnakes climb!!!
@@boatrvme8478 Happened to me in Northern California. I was climbing a big boulder put my hands on a ledge and pulled myself up till I was eye to eye with the biggest western diamond back I ever saw. I just let go and fell down. Luckily I didn't get bit or break anything when I fell
The largest Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake ever recorded was back in 1946 by a hunter named Rutledge. It measured 7 ft 9 in long with a weight of 34 lb officially weighed and documented by the Guinness Book of World Records.
I love rattlesnakes. I love the hybrid snakes as much as I love the individual types of snake we have. I do believe we need to keep the species separate. When mixing, it needs to be in a controlled environment.🤎
Yikes. I’ve read that before. Two weeks ago today I caught a LARGE Northern Pacific on our deck. It was almost 4 feet and weighed maybe 10 pounds. Beautiful Snake. I took it up the hill a ways and turned it loose. These are HUGE!
same reaction … When I was five I leaned over the side of a wagon and came literally nose to nose with a big coiled black snake. Until I was thirty if I came across aa unexpected picture of a snake in a book the book went flying.
I'm 45 years old, i have had a natural fear of snakes since i was a kid, but in my later years i have began to loose that fear, I'm new to this channel and really enjoy "watching" these different snakes. I don't see how you are so comfortable handling something so deadly, salute to you.
Thanks 👍 appreciate you taking time to say what's up and share, knowing you busy just shows u 2 care bout us out here supporting the Venom Central train. Can't wait to see u open and plan on taking the trip to the south seeing you live in full HD 💪 Right on snake whisperer!
I used to live in southwest Florida, in what back then was endless palmettos and pine trees along the Malala River. The land had been plotted many decades earlier for single-family homes by the General Development Corporation and the roads two lane blacktop. My parents had retired and built a house in the middle of this area. I was in my twenties living with them, working in a small town ten miles away. On my days off, I’d ride my back around the endless miles of roads. One day, I turned down a street and slid to a stop. Twenty feet away, an enormous rattlesnake was crossing the road. It paused just a moment before continuing across the road and into the brush. Its body reached fully from one side of the road to the other, with no more than two feet of road on either side of the snake’s fully outstretched body. That snake’s rattle stuck up at about a forty-five degree angle. But craziest was how long the snake was: it had to be roughly twelve feet long to cover both sides of the road! According to every internet search I’ve done about rattlesnakes, they don’t get that big. And I am certain what I saw. It was so close and it took a long time for the snake to cross; it moved slowly while crossing the blacktop, but once its front half was in the grass it picked up speed. Once it was gone, I spun the bike around and went back home. I was only one street over from our house. I didn’t let the dog out alone on his chain unless I was there, and had checked the yard first. He was too big to get swallowed, but I bite would have been fatal for him or any of us. If only there had been camera phones back then! What a sensation that would have made.
Dale Co Alabama, I owned land that butted up to Ft Rucker. I've encountered many eastern diamondbacks 7-8' 13/14 big diamonds and the same amount of rattles. My brother killed and skinned one that the skin wrapped all the way around a 2x6 board!The biggest copperhead was inside an old '69 Impala hood it stretched all the way across and I couldn't see its tail or head, so 5-6'. Here in Coffee Co, we found a 5' timber rattlers with 13 rattles! It's the little ones that are the most dangerous...
Your monster snakes are just amazing! So beautiful and totally awe-inspiring. I never knew that e.g. a fer-de-lance can get so huge. You are right - when people think of huge snakes they think of pythons etc. jBut you showed the venomous part of huge snakes. Thank you for another perfect educational lesson!
@@jaykaye7025 idk but I know when I was a kid there was one crossing the road in Oklahoma. The road was eight feet wide we thought it was a tree that had fell my Grandma asked me to get and try and move it. As I got closer to it I seen it wasn't a tree it was a rattlesnake I went to both sides of the road to see how much was in the ditch never seen the head or tail of it. My grandma asked me what's wrong as I came back to the jeep I told her that's not a tree it's a rattlesnake she said get in. We ran it over the head came up about four feet in the ditch on my side. I doubt we killed it cuz it was there when we came back. I'm guessing it was at least 13 feet or more cuz never seen the tail and about eight to ten inches in diameter.
So glad I found this channel 💙 I can't wait to learn more and hopefully get my own venom lab up and running after I finish my herp degree next fall 😍😍😍😍😍
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What incredibly beautiful specimens. I can't get over the size of them all. I think that rhino is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. It'd make a great tattoo.
This is the first one of your videos I’ve watched. I’m not really into snakes but I enjoy learning. I have two questions: have you ever been bitten handling a snake? And do you have to keep anti venom on site for all the snakes you have? Great video! I look forward to watching more.
Welcome to the #venomcentral #venomsquad and thanks for watching! NO, NEVER been bitten in 38+ years but I do stock an inventory of antivenom for the species I work with. It's better to have it and not need it, than not have it and need it. Why rely on everyone else's (zoo's etc) inventory of expensive antivenom? It's a keepers responsibility, just my opinion. Appreciate the questions and stay tuned!
Love your channel dude! Best venomous content on the internet. I found an almost 7 foot eastern diamondback on a hunting ranch the other day, wish I had my phone so I could have taken a picture. It was one gorgeous animal.
Willy, Mrs. D thank you on another amazing video. Is it such thing as a happy snake, Willy is so smooth with them snakes and its almost like they truly love you. You all try to stay cool, much Respect and Love.
Thanks James! Appreciate that! And you for supporting Ozzy. He's a big beautiful boy, but fierce as hell, just a precise machine when it comes to feeding. He's getting to be such a beast. 6ft and still growing fast. I'll try to get him on video for you soon. AND We'll be moved into a public facility soon, you can visit him in person 🐍🙏👍💪
Okay, well I appreciate how you handle and are knowledgeable about these snakes….. I still can’t rap my head around this stuff. Better you then me. 💯😳😉
This is my first video I’ve watched of yours & I can tell you take really good care of you snakes. They aren’t over fed, they’re proportioned right. Great job man, more power to you.
Yeah I think they may be the most beautiful and most dangerous looking snake on earth. Some of them when they're crawling along the open ground they full on look like a skeleton of death haha with those white segments on their body and the big black skeleton eye markings behind their real eyes. 💀😂 And how they crawl in a straight line instead of zig-zag like a normal snake is creepy. They've got the ultimate "yeah best stay well clear of that thing" look. 😂 And with good reason. I've heard of them even piercing through their own bottom jaw with their fangs to clip their handlers. 😬
Eastern Diamondbacks get well over 10' long if left unbothered in the wild where prey is plentiful. When an Eastern uses an armadillo hole you can roll a volleyball down in as its home, then you can call it a fully grown and aged rattlesnake.
Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake 7ft.9in.34lb documented by Guinness World Records is the largest rattlesnake species capable of delivering 1000mg of venom in a single bite with 1 inch fangs and a bite force of 150psi.
When I was a kid, a guy was discing a field and got a ratter caught up in his equipment. No lie, this snake made the paper at 11 feet long. The town was Charlotte Texas. I'm 47. When this happened I was probably around 11 or 12 years old.
I've been to Dean's facility in Wilmington back before he died. I loved it, it was amazing. Such a sad story and death of a great place that I wish I could bring my children and show them some of the beautiful animals he had there.
Awesome! Appreciate your support and glad you like the Tee, check out the new rattlesnake Tee (Crotalus culminatus) a smoking silvery beast and also the new King Cobra Tee. If you have Instagram, post your Tee and I will put it in my story! Just tag @venomcentral and #venomcentral I'm never sure which one allows me to repost. LOL 😂 Thanks for watching and supporting the channel!!! 🐍🙏💪👍
That's Amazing! Obviously you like what you do, so I was wondering do you keep any Boas or Pythons around for old times sake? You know, for the thrill of walking around with one over your shoulders?
None currently at this time. They're not high on the list of needs for venom labs, but I've had plenty of great boas and pythons in the past and when we have a large enough facility, we'll have some again! Thanks for watching! 🐍💪👍🙏
We have Timbers here but nowhere near the size of that Goliath. Honestly thought the thumbnail was click bait. I'm fascinated by Copperheads and Gaboons. Absolutely gorgeous patterns and color.
I harvested a batwing rattlesnake, that my father and I could not decide whether it was a timber rattler or a Diamondback. I live in middle Tennessee and we eat snakes from time to time. Ps. that snake cooked up really well on the grill.
Geezus Almighty...You have some very BIG snakes. These are excellent specimens to show people for how large each species can become. Thank you for doing the job of milking these for those that get into trouble with them with the bite. My husband's skin was crawling and mine was too. I LOVE snakes, but I have a HUGE respect of them.
It's really simple, when you think about it. The availability of food, clean water and sufficient shelter. Look at Florida and it's invasive species problem. Those species thrive there because the area is not native to those species, but has abundant food sources and cover, and a hell of a lot of water.
The timber rattler that bit me was about three feet long. Of course I didn't measure it but it was about three feet. I got a good look at it. I stood very still and let him crawl away. I almost lost my leg.
I'm originally from the west and I thought we had big rattlesnakes and you guys didn't! I moved to south Carolina 5 years ago and I was wrong! The south has ginormous rattlesnakes that make ours look small. I went to a hunting preserve in Jasper county sc and saw some huge rattlesnakes.
What a beautiful beautiful animal you don't get that much these days but I've always loved reptiles I don't have any but I used to but they were all constrictors doesn't stop me from loving the others I would never have one but I can still enjoy the Beautiful all of them thank God we still have them
VERY cool! Thanks so much for your support! When you get it, I'll add a picture of you in your merch to my Instagram story if you post it (tag both @venomcentral #venomcentral) or send the pic in an email (link is in description below every video!)🙏💪🐍👍 That's awesome and thanks for watching and being part of our #venomcentralfamily #venomsquad Right on!
Nice 2 see u all again ,,,, Huggs Deena ,,,, Handshakes Willie ,,,, It is always a treat to see u guys working together as always and making great and educational content for us snake lovers 2 learn and get better at' ,,,, (( Much Thanks )) '
In the mid 90s I was heading home from work down 388 from the beach towards Southport in FL. I was traveling approximately 60 mph. There were a bunch of logger trucks that also traveled the road. It's a 2 lane road, I saw from a distance what looked like a small pine tree laying in the road, as I got closer and was was passing it I saw the diamond eyes of a giant rattlesnake. This snake was as long from the yellow line on the side of the road to the center of the road where the stripes were, I was like holy crap I couldn't believe my eyes. I slowed down almost stomping my brakes, turned around and it was freaking gone! I know darn good and well what I saw and what I thought was a small log in the road was gone and I was the only vehicle there at the time! I would say 15 feet long 👍
I tried to tell folks for years that rattlesnakes in Appalachia get to the size of boa constrictors. Nobody wanted to believe me when id tell em about nearly being bit by a 6ft rattler in SE TN.
Wow buddy, I'm so glad I came across your channel! I really respect what you do and looks like you really enjoy your work. I saw a pretty big rattler last week here in Alabama but Copperheads and Cottonmouths are pretty thick around my area. As long as they aren't bothering me I don't bother them but I have had a few close calls over the years. Stay safe and God bless
Just catching up on all your vids as a new subscriber and I gotta say there all amazing.you really are to of the game when it comes to the bitus and barthrops no one on the net treats there snakes better!! Always healthy happy and especially a wealth of knowledge 🤙
Mister, you either have balls of steel that could fill a 55-gl drum, or, you are completely beyond friggin insane!!!!!!! Seriously, I was nervous as hell just watching this on my computer monitor screen, I'm not joking.
Not to worry Buddy, I have been doing this for 38 years and have never suffered a bite. And GOD forbid if I do I keep my own antivenom. Thanks for watching the video 😊
@@VenomCentral I just discovered your video's several days ago, you are a very brave man, much braver than I could ever be, but you are 100% professional. I've watched other ch's but not many out there are close to how you conduct yourself, it's very easy to see that you absolutely know what you are doing. I'm going on 60-yrs old, but snakes frighten the hell out of me, but I do see from your video's the great importance of what you are doing, many different RU-vid ch's are just so-called collectors or hobbyists, they do nothing but get off on having very dangerous snakes, you on the other hand are extremely important to the advancement of medicine, in other words while all those collectors & hobbyists are just playing around with very dangerous animals and trying to show off, you Sir are saving lives, and from what I understand there is only just a hand full of people in this Country that do what you do. Consider me a brand new subscriber to your chj.
@@VenomCentral Venomous snake's frighten the sh%t out of me, I have a small Rabbit Farm here in South-Western Virginia, we have a whole lot of Copperheads and we have Eastern Rattle Snakes, but your video's are very educational, I might be pushing 60-yrs old, but still learning something new every day, keep up the great work.
One time I crossed paths with a giant rattlesnake when I was 5 months pregnant with my son. It was sunbathing and didn't even get upset as I walked past it.At first I thought it was someone's pet python that got lose it was so big then I recognized the markings.
Thanks so much Len! Glad to hear from you and we hope you're doing well? You've been a super important part of why Venom Central Science Facility is a success, changing hearts and minds about these creatures and still have a good time! We love you Len and appreciate you so much! 🐍💪👍🙏
This past July 7 I was visiting deep Creek hot Springs near Hesperia California. I laid down in the shade before I was going to hike out after cooling off. I thought a fly was buzzing my ankle and when I looked down it was a giant, 4 foot southern pacific rattlesnake. It wasn’t rattling and it seemed very curious. I swung my legs around quickly jumped back. The snake just slithered under a bush no worries at all. It still creeps me out to think that a giant rattlesnake put its head on my foot. Thankfully it didn’t feel threatened and actually it seemed friendly.
Amazing. The snakes look healthy. Biggest specimen I've ever seen on video. May want a bigger space instead of that cubicle showing those monsters. Lol
This was an awesome video ,those snakes where beautiful and crazy big. im glad i stumbled upon your channel . i liked and subbed . 👍👍. Great camera work and editing to by the way very professional.
New subscriber here .My wife has quite a few monster snakes here in her wildlife habitats on our rural property but they are all wild snakes .We have never had an issue with them here and we have all 6 venomous species for our state and 20 plus non venomous ones crawling around out here .It isn't the big ones she worries more about but the babies instead .She runs across more of them and has to watch where she steps and does a through search before trimming the grass near the house so she doesn't hurt them .We have tons of reptiles and amphibians here .Needless to say we don't have nor want many visitors here .She cannot stand people who want to kill every snake they see due to ignorance .She gets they will get all your birds no they don't .There are over 100 species of birds here so apparently that isn't true at all .Everything is kept in balance by native predators such as King and Indigo snakes ,birds of prey and mammals .The Indigos are the most important here naturally due to their conservation status followed by the larger Diamondbacks ,Coachwhips ,Black Racers and Eastern Hognose .No snake is to be harmed here ever .All it takes is common sense to live around them and watch where you put your body parts .The only attempted bite was from a Gray Rat Snake when cleaning out Purple Martin gourds someone had given her .Even then it wasn't that serious a threat .She just left it alone and it crawled out .In my opinion the most beautiful ones here are the Diamondbacks ,Hognose and a mature Common Garter Snake .I leave them all alone .I can spot one but what I see as a Cottonmouth is in reality a Banded Water Snake or the fear inducing Diamondback crawling around is simply a Black Rat Snake .My wife is a wildlife biologist along with having doctorates in Herpetology and Ornithology .I will leave the snakes and birds to her more trained eyes and years of experience around them .
My brother Willie and Deena, I knows it’s been a while since I’ve said hi. But wanna say #venomsquad and I’ll always be!!! Missed y’all and I’m catching up with all these episodes.
Tyler Nolan once said that Cobras are slightly more manageable than Rattlesnakes because Rattlesnakes have heat pits and cobras don't. Because of the heat pits, rattlesnakes and gaboons are far more accurate in their strikes. I was just wondering if you agreed with that
No I definitely do not agree. First of all, Gaboons do NOT have heat pits. Secondly Cobras are sight hunters and not more manageable. They go after movement, all of the elapids are fast, wiry and have good climbing abilities. Which makes them much more dangerous than the majority of pit vipers. But honestly they are all dangerous and not pets and should be treated with the utmost respect and handled responsibly. Thanks for watching and sharing your great question! 👍🐍💪🙏
@@VenomCentral Thank you Willy! To be fair, the thing about gaboons having heat pits may have been my error. I always appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions
