Herping for Venomous Snakes in South Carolina!
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
- While in South Carolina, we have the opportunity to go herping for some venomous snakes. We not only found those, but also came across a pretty hard-to-find species as well!
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Ed and Emily are literally perfect for each other. Driving around at night looking for snakes together is so sweet🥰
they a couple?
@@stevethea5250 they’re married
@@stevethea5250 yes they're married!
They are an adorable couple, definitely made for eachother. They have been married for I believe it will be 9 years this fall.
I want my future partner to be like this . well maybe not look for snakes unless they like reptiles but doing stuff together at random times especially just late nights xD
The ability to confidently know weather you can pic a up a wild snake or not within a few seconds of looking at it is so impressive. I would be constantly second guessing myself even if I knew what it was
I can do that too!....
Because i live where their are no venomous snakes 😂
"ah, heck- is that a very small miscolored rattlesnake or a garden snake?
hmmm.."
@@crestedgeckoart6827 I’m in Australia, it would one hell of a guessing game
And I think this is healthy tbh, cause that one time you are mistaken will not be fun.
@@lilybean9585 lmao
Growing up in East Texas, we went herping virtually every day after school. Ran into our share of copperheads, pygmy & eastern rattlesnakes, water moccasins, & coral snakes. One possibility for the idea that water moccasins will chase you might be due to a common situation experienced while fishing. Several times while running a "trout line" on the Brazos River moccasins would swim straight for our boat. The Brazos is pretty wide & I believe that they just wanted to take a break from swimming. They are pretty persistent about wanting to get into or onto your boat but I think that they would be just as persistent if it were a log floating by.
I'm so glad you said that about the water moccasin. While living in Arkansas , I was constantly telling people that the moccasins can't tell the difference between a boat and say a log. Sometimes it went on deaf ears though.
I live in East Texas too! On my property we have: bull snakes, rat snakes,King snakes, 2 types of rattlesnakes, copperheads, and cottonmouths. Mainly copperheads and cottonmouths though. My friend found a coral snake at her place in the underside of her kids' ride on toy
I'm in east Texas too! I have found coralsnake, cottonmouth, copperhead, plain bellied watersnake, ratsnake, tan racer, ribbon snake, Dekay's, coachwhip, and Prairie Kingsnake in my yard.
I live in west central Texas I find Dimond rattlesnake I was messing around on toy and my cousin was pushing it and I almost got bite by it
This is what childhood should be like. ❤️
6:56 When I was a little kid in the southeast of the united states, I remember going exploring in the wooded area behind my house and accidentally walking up on a water moccasin. It blended in so well with the leaf litter and branches that I would have stepped on it if it hadn't rattled its tail at me. scared me to absolute death lol. I froze up, too afraid to move, and eventually it decided that I wasn't gonna do anything to it, turned around, and left. i know it was only showing it was mad or that it's a scary predator, but honestly, i appreciated the heads up letting me know it was there. if i had stepped on it, i dont think either of us would have had a good time
This is exactly why they do things like hissing or rattling. They believe you either know they're there already, or are going to hurt them if you don't become aware. So they try to scare you off and say "I'm here, don't come any closer."
Growing up next to and exploring the woods in the southeastern us, a snake hissing/rattling has probably saved my life more than a dozen times. It’s best to just show them you aren’t a threat by backing away or not moving and once it realizes it’s not being killed it’ll just make a swift getaway
As someone who’s lived in South Carolina her whole life, I can indeed say there are so many frogs, and mosquitoes. I love how Ed and Emily weren’t at all prepared for the humidity, because that’s a daily thing for us.
Mosquitos are basically our state bird, lol
it's humid as hell up where we live too. Sadly the mosquitoes are horrendous too.
I hate how many mosquitos there are. But I somehow manage to live through the torture.
The humidity is something else
I live near mountains so when we go hiking all you see the next day on ur body are mosquito bites and it’s hot as heck
I’d love to see a series where Emily and Ed road trip around the 48 contiguous states and go herping in all of them. I don’t know how the planning would work out with the facility and the employees though.
Edit: maybe they could do it for the channel’s 10 year anniversary or something.
50 states + territories, I'm sure they could lump trips together and make it work throughout the year
That would be awesome!
Or maybe just the states they've not yet visited, because they've done a few already!
They are welcome to come to my farm. We have rattlesnakes-coral snakes, copperheads, corn snakes, black snakes, water snakes, garter snakes, racers, moccasins, oak snakes, and glass snakes.
4:30 - VERY envious of those boots Emily has! PERFECT for walking through undergrowth and keeping your ankles safe!
I've definitely seen water moccasins follow people on boats... But not to attack them or anything. More like "oh, what the heck are you, why are you floating around like I am?" It's actually kind of cute. Very curious little boogers, despite scaring the crap out of people.
Someone above mentioned that a snake in the water might not be able to tell a boat from a log or any debris. They might be looking for a place to rest, essentially, not trying to hurt anyone.
@ILuvAyeAye x let's noodle rest x x gibs noodle snack x
Hey Ed and Emily, to answer your final question. I'm sure that isn't a frog but instead Katydids. Love the herping vids.
Ohhh that would make sense!! I didn't even think about it being an invert. Guess we had frogs on the brain :P Thank you!
I had to look up what a Katydid sounded like, 'cuz I had no idea how loud they were. I thought you were trying to say Cicada, at first. But, nope, they *hella* loud! The noises in the bush didn't quite match what I found, but then the recording I listened to was of only *one* individual. I can't imagine what *thousands* of them must sound like right behind you! 😲
@@DrachenGothik666 and then when the Katydids and Cicadas and frogs are all going at once 📣
@@SnakeDiscovery I’d love it if you came here to NZ. No snakes sadly, but lizards and frogs
I was looking for someone to say this😆😆 I’ve lived in SC & we get them in FL where I now live sometimes! Annoying bugs but makes for great summer time music🤣
Emily and Ed finding a crayfish snake when I've never seen one down here has me wanting to go herping... but then I think about the ticks and horseflies and just end up looking at pics online
Yep!
This vid makes me want to go helping in my woods, but God forbid the ticks and horseflies. So much worse than skeeters.
Hahaha I feel ya!
You can find them crossing swamp roads at night pretty regularly in the coastal plains.
I really feel like Emily and Ed would have made such good buddies with Steve Irwin. They both give/gave off those wholesome vibes and love for the animals.
I can totally agree with you on that
Oh absolutely!!
I would love to see a video from you guys on how to responsibly herp, how to give information on an areas wildlife, ethically hiking off trails etc
that would be awesome!
Emily is a kind hearted person she cares for animals I love snake discovery😃❤️
U are right
That’s very true
Very right you are saying facts
Same i was just about to send fan mail from new Zealand
(BTW I'm sad I get bullied for liking reptiles)
@@tonyverryt3235 that’s sad
Enjoyed seeing you guys experience the many nature aspects of life here in South Carolina! Very cool to see one of my favorite channels have a video right here in my state.
Also, Emily yelling "YOINK-" and picking up a snake is just hilarious to me
Got my own group of cottonmouths near my house at a creek and they’re very cool and very polite whenever I come across them. I’ve seen the tail buzz thing a few times before and I assume it’s trying to imitate rattlesnakes like our local king snake species do
They are proper Southern gentlemen.
Many snakes tail rattle to express their anxiety. They're not imitating rattlers. Rather, rattlesnakes take this normal, typical snake behavior and elevate it to a new level. They don't have to depend on dry leaves to make a sound.
I've seen it personally with my corns, milk, garters, boa and king.
I love any video that points out the differences between cottonmouths, copperheads, and water snakes. It hurts my feelings every time I see someone has killed any snakes, but the poor little water snakes in particular.
I got completely fooled by a watersnake imitating a copperhead the other day. I was so convinced it was a copperhead until I went back to look at my pictures and realized that it had round pupils and labial bars. It did a good job pretending to make a triangle head.
yeah people should be educated on that in school. and also that even if its a venomous snake. it shouldnt be killed for that. people should always be taught to leave them alone
@@theflyingdutchguy9870 my dad always kills the venomous snakes at her yard because he could possibly hurt us, but I always hate it when he does, I love snakes, I don't think they should be killed
I loved seeing the snakes, but the deer skull and turtle skeleton were super cool
I love snake discovery she’s so kind to animals!
I agree, Emily is so kind!
I love how you are continually happily and enthusistic over the simple things you find! Way to go. Makes it fun to watch you!
I love how respectful and gentle they are with animals...awesome role modeling!!!
I love how Emily made sure that everything was back to how it had been 🥰
They care for the animals so much
I love watching this channel and it teaches me sooo much
Hello , how're you doing
i find it very cool that yall are in my state right now!! Found a juvenile copperhead in my backyard this afternoon, thought it'd be best to let the little dude be
I mean yeah- they're venomous 🤣
@@clover_dosex_x3944 theyre venomous but theyre also soooo pretty, if i kept hots first on my list would be a copperhead
@@dixielynn0893 They are beautiful, I agree with that!
I hear they have a terrible smelling musk. I don’t wanna own or keep anyyy musking species-it is sooo gnarly. I remember garters smelling so bad back in the day and I never even realized it was the horrendous musk. But copperheads are gorgeous!
That is the sound of the south. It’s the sound of sweet iced tea and catching lightning bugs! I love that sound.
I’ve lived in the Carolinas my whole life, and I had never heard of crayfish snakes.
For some reason, this reminds me of a few years ago when my husband and I rented a villa on Harbor Island (one of the barrier islands off the main SC coast). There’s a lot of marsh land around that way, and the boardwalk leading from our villa to the beach crossed over a good bit of marsh first. About 10 ft away from our villa’s back patio was a sign warning about alligators, and how it’s a crime to feed them. We also had some flyers given to us about the snakes in the area - some venomous, some not, along with information about turtles laying eggs nearby.
One day while there, I had asked my husband if he wanted to go walk on the beach. He said, “Maybe at night when it’s cooler.” I immediately said, “Oh, hell no. If some critter is out there on the beach or on the walkway, I need to be able to see it instead of accidentally stepping on it.” Your video here made me think about how you guys would probably enjoy the heck out of herping there. Not sure how the island’s HOA would feel about it (private island limited to renters or homeowners), but I’m sure there’s plenty to see there. Plus, there’s a state park just down the highway on Hunting Island. Further down the highway is Fripp Island, another island that’s private except for renters and homeowners, and part of Forrest Gump was filmed there.
Emily is so cute when she finds something that she can pick up. As someone who lives near bears and coyotes and probably a lot more like that I live this channel because it is so amazing how they educate their audience on things they might never encounter, but now have the joy to know that those things exist.
Also what does musk smell like? Like skunk???
Yoink!
I think musk smells like wet neoprene.
Musk smells very fishy and gross, like a very stanky period tbh 😂😂😂
Musk smells very unique, but I'd have to say it's kind of a dead thing smell? Like roadkill mixed with outhouse lol
Wow I have even more respect for Ed and Emily after hearing about what musk smells like…
My favorite was the crayfish snake. The gloss on his scales was really pretty.
I love how Emily wasn’t shy about the armpit sniff test. 🤣 I giggled out loud on that one.
I’ve never heard of a crayfish snake, let alone seen one before so that was pretty awesome and the water moccasin was great, too. Is it true that if you smell cucumber, there’s most likely a water moccasin in the area? Someone told me that tidbit when I was in West Virginia on vacation as a kid but you didn’t mention it so I thought I’d ask.
I grew up around water moccasins and never noticed a cucumber smell. It could be true though, and just be that I was too busy trying to get away to notice.
it's not true, it's an old wives' tale. They say the same thing about a different venomous snake in just about every state... In Pennsylvania it's rattlers, in NC it's copperheads, you get the picture.
I always heard copperhead smells like cucumber. I'm in southwestern PA
@@chriscampbell4590 I lived in NE PA, we were told rattlers lol... I guess it shows how different each region can be
@@BeetleBuns I thought that was most likely the case, but I had to ask to be sure. I didn’t want to spread misinformation but had to know one way or another. Thank you for answering my question. ☺️
It amazes me how people can learn to identify every snake, my smol brain could never 😔
glad where on the same page
Nor could I, nor could I…
If you really want to learn, there are groups on Facebook and there are subreddits dedicated to snake id! It’s helped me learn a lot, I’m still far from good at identifying anything that doesn’t live in my immediate area but I’m getting better. I’m sure that could help you as well!
Buy a field guide
I know quite a few. I know the snake I saw was a garter snake because of it’s dorsal stripe. Hognoses have that nose, etc etc.
I could watch these herping videos all day. Probably my favorite videos of yours along with babies hatching. 💜
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As a South Carolinian, I can say that’s a very familiar sound at night! 🤣 But I don’t know what kind of frog it is! Love y’all as always! Thanks for turning me into a reptile lover! ❤️
Same for North Carolina! Thats the sound of summer!
I’ve been following Snake Discovery since they have had 25k followers. I am so grateful they have been blessed with success. Much love to you all.
I like the pattern the second cottonmouth left in the water as it squiggled away lol.
I'm honestly astounded that y'all didn't find a box turtle or a rat snake. Those guys are super common down here. I stop and get them out of the roads all summer, every year. I also rescued a racer this year, too. Beautiful critters!
I'm so happy to get herping videos again! I know y'all are busy with the facility and breeding, but I always enjoyed when you got out and looked for things.
Refreshing to see a popular CZcamsr who actually takes venomous snakes seriously for once.
“Seriously” *Baby-talks cottonmouth*
@@kyleafythelegendaryleafeon7404 They can talk to it however they want as long as they follow safe procedures.
@@kyleafythelegendaryleafeon7404 Well yes, but they keep a distance from the snake and admire it. The baby talk is just their way of expressing their love toward the species.
Crayfish snakes are very rare, that is something to be respected.
Saw Emily and Ed at Brookfield Zoo yesterday. Wish I had said hi! Love you guys!
Honestly they got me to love reptiles more than I already did, they are amazing 😁👍
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I didn't have time to read through all the previous comments, but the "frogs" you heard calling at the end of the video are katydids. Probably the Common True Katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia). You can find lots of recordings of them online to compare.
I commented, but I was also looking to see if anyone else mentioned katydids. With over 600 comments already, I’m pretty sure they won’t see my comment.
I find little two lined salamanders at work all the time, along with a ton of isopods. Always makes me think of y'all. 😊
Emily is so kind to animals I love snake discovery
I am not going to because I do NOT have the equipment or knowledge, but seeing all the familiar plant life species, this makes me want to go explore around my home for these little guys' relatives.
Grew up in Georgia hearing similar summer sounds mentioned at the end of the video. Mainly hear the cicadas but with a quick search, looks like the it might also be an eastern narrow-mouth toad call.
So jealous you found a marbled salamander, they're some of my favorites but they're practically extinct where I live. They haven't been spotted in my state since the 80's. I'll never see one unless I travel to another state to herp lol
I might be weird… but I’d love to take both of those skulls home and clean them lol I find well preserved skeletons to be so interesting.
I found my first snakes (Eastern garters) a few weeks ago, and got musked on for the first time. Love this channel
Getting musked means your lucky like getting pooped on by a bird
That sounds like eastern wood frogs. I grew up hearing that lovely chirping outside my window every night in PA.
Eastern Wood Frogs, I hope your comment is seen.
As a South Carolinian, I do agree that there are a lot of frogs...every time it rains I see one
Only one?
@@AaronnaPhiliou I don't usually go outside after it rains, but I once saw a bunch of tiny frogs
Every summer rain you HEAR them rejoice! Lol
I'm going herping tomorrow and I can't wait! There isn't a whole lot to find here in Michigan but I'm hoping to find some cool salamanders at least 😁
went herping the other day and found a red-backed salamander. they're out there, its just finding them that's the tough part lol
@@chloecutler4736 whats herpin
That's cool! As a kid I used to find red backed and blue spotted salamanders all the time but now I hardly see them which is such a shame. But I have high hopes for the place I'm going tomorrow since my friends found a lot of cool snakes and salamanders when they were there last :)
@@stevethea5250 you go around looking at animals. Sort of like a nature walk but you try and catch the animals.
I live california Nothing good here you can find rattlesnakes but thats it ;-;
I live in South Carolina, and it was really cool to see the kind of animals I can found out here! (Also, it was funny to hear them talk about humidity, it gets really bad here especially when it gets in the 100s)
11:15 Glossy Swamp Snakes (Liodytes rigida) mainly eat Crays, but have also been observed eating small Fish, small Amphibians (juvenile & mature), even insects like Dragonfly larvae, Aquatic Beetles (juvenile & mature).
Remember that pupils change shape depending on the light so those snakes with elliptical eyes aren't always elliptical.
I love ur channel! Your act like a teacher to us and teach us how to understand different snakes and all about them
I love these herping videos ❤️
So do I Don't we all need more?
For sure 😊
I really LOVE the silly little "YOINK!" Emily did when she grabbed the garter snake it was so goofy i love these videos
I love the attention to detail when always putting things back how they were. Even the musk turtle was put back right where he was.
If you come by Walterboro there’s a lot of water and animals all over the roads, rivers, lakes, ponds, and woods
Here in NC we have a really beautiful species of tree frog called the Pine Barrens Tree Frog. They have a very limited range though. When ever it rains if I go outside while it is raining I usually find a bunch of Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamanders and Red-backed Salamander.
NC? North Carolina?
@@CMUchippewa yep
14:36 I love how she just quite literally yoinks the Garter snake up.
Finally get to see y’all in my state yeah
this is amazing! Thank you so much for what you do
I’m so exited the eggs should hatch soon it’s been over 60 days!!!
I’m most exited for the lavenders and tricolors even tho that will be another month or so
Where did you get your gaiter boots? They look amazing! And much more comfy than the ones you just wrap around your ankle.
Bless you, this is one of the worst summers in SC ever. I don’t remember it EVER feeling this humid.
OMG I can’t believe I’m the first to watch this video and like it ,it was posted 12 secs ago but I love snake discovery the list of reptile CZcamsrs is long but snake discovery is right at the top😁😁😁
Me too
So hooking and professionally playing with the water moccasin
I could never get tired of frogs. Even if they're the same type of frog! That Salamander was adorable!
What an adventure~👍
Thank you for sharing this video~🤗
Next time they go herping they should make it a treasure hunt. Everyone gets a list of what could be found in that area. I think that would be fun to watch…
I love snakes
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Ed, "You're such a dork", I love them. Lol ❤
The way she just went *y o i n k* to the garter snake was amazing 😭
Hi I love your channel I wish I can meet you some day 😁
Honestly, I don’t know if I believe in soulmates, but Emily and Ed are perfect. They are so sweet together ❤️ also, me and my best friend were down in a creek, and we saw a snake! It immediately fled into the water, but I looked over the edge, and I couldn’t tell if it was a crayfish snake, or a plain bellied water snake! I couldn’t get a close enough to look because it was like a 3 foot drop into rushing water, though the snake was fine. The snake had a pretty defined yellow belly, which is what makes me think it was a plain bellied water snake. We live in Texas, and we found the snake under a highway, in a creek lol. If anyone knows what it is, I would love to hear!
Oh my gosh, I had so much fun watching this video!!! I live in Georgia, where the environment and ecosystem are the same and it was so much fun watching you catch things I recognize and have watched for, caught, or stayed away from my whole life
I live in south carolina! I had no idea these snakes were in the state, it's awesome to learn about these snakes from such passionate people.
This vid was so cool!! do water moccasins also use a sidewinding motion to move, and is it because they're semi-aquatic? also! east coast native here, those are actually bugs along with some frogs. the most distinct sounds are from common true katydids!
I think they move like that because they are semi aquatic
My brother was definitely chased by a water moccasin once. The snake was out on a water trampoline on a lake in Kentucky and he climbed up and spooked it and it slid in the a water and chased him all the way up to shore.
The katydids at the end is a sound I hear EVERY NIGHT in GA. And when I moved to Atlanta for school, the first time I came home for the weekend I actually cried hearing the katydids and seeing the moon and stars.
LOVE when you guys go herping! 🤩💚💚💚💚 I'm glad Emily mentioned the 🐸 frog sounds. I was hoping to see some cool frogs. Maybe next time.
So excited especially since I will probably have to help my sister. I introduced my sister to your channel and she became a parton as well. I help update her with these videos since I tend to know
The deer skull and the turtle were amazing. I am studying to be a vet an seeing what makes an animal is amazing to me. Last year I had a pet turtle kill my other turtle, and I took the bones from the legs of the turtle that got killed. I made a necklace with her legs so I could always have my baby with me. And yes I know how creepy that is, but I cleaned them and covered them in resin
So she's always "holding you close to her heart" that's so cute... 😭
I've been inloved with your channel since I was like 10 lol I sent my dad the coffee video and his only reason was " is that the snake lady? Dame they just have a better life then us" idk it just makes me laugh so much
If you were talking about the noise at the end of the video, thats not a frog at all ..lol ... its a Katydid , they are related to crickets and grasshoppers.
Super cool. Never heard of a crayfish snake. And I consider myself an amateur snake expert lol 😉
BRO! I AM FROM SOUTH CAROLINA!
Riding in the back of a truck in a corn field...the only thing more Southern than that is drinking sweet tea on the front porch with some Alan Jackson playing in the background. 😉 Glad you guys (or as my Southern extended family would say...y'all) had a good time on your SC herping trip.
Very cool y’all visited SC! :)
Hi early😁 love ❤️ your channel you guys are awesome and amazing people (btw im not thattttt early XD)
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I've never been into snakes or reptiles , since I've started watching snake discovery I've learned so much its so educational , I'm fascinated with them now , what would be a good starter snake 🐍?
They have an entire video about starter snakes!
Corn/rat snake, milk snake and king snake. They are all very good eaters, some might say they are too food motivated. Their eyes are considerably bigger than their stomachs. They think everything is good, including you, and in the case of kings, themselves
I’m a fan of corn snakes for starting out, the babies can be jumpy but if you get a yearling they are calm and you can still watch them grow quite a bit. Plus they come in quite a rainbow of colors!
It took a long time for that water moccasin to do its threat display. Must be a pretty chill snake.
Its so fun to watch them enjoy normal southern things that I did as a child like riding in the back of a truck
Let us know if you ever end up going to a Repticon in South Carolina or somewhere near the area! We would definitely love to see you guys!
2:08 - I'm pretty sure that's another little Salamander! Right in the center, under the four leaves. It wiggled back into it's burrow, aww! "Where'd my friend go?"
EDIT: Maybe I should go herping (safely), I'm surprised I spotted that!
I’d love for Emily and Ed to go beeping in Canada to raise awareness about our reptiles most people only think we have garters and that’s it but we have it so much
Lucky. BTW yes all of those snake's 🐍 are cute and adorable including the cotton mouth :D
We, here in Australia, have a similar problem.
Keelback snakes (quite harmless and shy, but love to eat an invasive species of toad) look very much the same as eastern Browns(one of the most deadliest snakes in the world.
I take the opinion of calling everyone inside, away from any snake.
We have lost a "fur" baby to a snake i n the past
Just wondering if maybe a video could be made of safety tips when herping venomous animals. Thanks! Great video, never heard of crayfish snakes before
I got to go on my first herping trips this summer! I’ve been helping a grad student/my ecology lab instructor collect data on southern 2-lined salamanders found in streams in Atlanta. So if you’re ever in Atlanta and wanna find southern 2-lined salamanders hmu lol
This video also gave me mad nostalgia vibes for my childhood with the brush, critters, back of the truck through the field, so extra thank you! Always love you guys buy this was extra awesome for me!!!