Thats amazing. My wife used to ask me why did I get up so early to go hunting and I would tell her its not just about hunting, its about nature and life and all of the things you dont see from the couch. Thanks for sharing!!!
I suppose the rattler was already injured by the time filming started, but I have read that some venomous snakes (cottonmouths, I think) will perform "body blows" against king snakes to drive them away. They instinctively know their venom is useless and it does little good to bite in defense. VERY interesting video!
Loved seeing blue indigos in Florida. Had one on our 9 acres when I was a teenager. They are beautiful snakes, and the bonus of knowing venomous ones didn't hang around.
That’s a young WDB Rattlesnake, showing typical behavior when attacked by a Texas Indigo (the blue snake). It isn’t hurt, it’s just fighting a losing battle. Incredible video.
Something wrong with that rattlesnake. It couldn't lift it's head off the ground. Video guy crippled the snake. It couldn't even rattle it's tail. Yeah, it was fighting a loosing battle.
Take a good look at the rattle segments. Only a few with each one slightly larger than the one behind. Shows the snake is young, still growing between each shed cycle. I doubt that snake is much older than one year old. Good side view of rattle around the 1:40 mark. Mature snakes have rattle segments that vary little in size between each segment. That’s what I based my opinion on.
@@johnmuir7304 segments on the rattle don't depict it's age. They often lose them or break them off. All they really show is how many sheds they have had since their segments were where they are.
The rattlesnake is not injured prior to the indigo's attack. It's odd body posture is due to a defense mechanism rattlesnakes use against Indigos and kingsnakes called "body bridging". They lift the middle of their body off the ground and keep their head low to the ground in attempt to confirm their attacker.
I sorta thought it was to keep their head from becoming an easy target, back away as much as you can and maybe, just maybe it will leave it alone... Not so when the Indigo already knows you are it's next meal....
I haven't seen her get one, but the 8+ foot King Snake in my backyard eats snakes and rats and mice (from the "bumps" in her!). She's my natural "pest control"! 20 years ago, I had a King snake that was over 12 feet long , and scared a telephone lineman half-to-death when he saw her from up on a pole! I HEAR some big barn owls (dawn and dusk), but I can't spot them out-back. Yeah, I love critters...
Your snake length estimates are too high. They max out at around 7ft for an exceptional individual, with 5-6ft max being the most common largest. 12 feet? No way. 8+ highly doubtful.
Seriously dude.... You caught some pretty cool shit on camera, and threw in a slo-mo bit, to boot. I'm no professional cameraman either, and given the circumstances of what was happening right in front of you... if it were me, no way would I have been able to get it on video even close to as good as you did. Well done, man. Awesome post!
Now I know why the diamondback rattlesnake tried so hard to retreat, i think it's one sick rattlesnake, very weak and wasn't able to 'defend' itself against the inglo snake that made a courageous and determined stride against the helpless rattlesnake. `And the minute one single bite, the rattlesnake died instantly. Usually there would be a battle, but I think that the rattlesnake was definitely very sick.
@JJB, WOW ! great video ! I thought maybe the Indigo had gotten in the first bite before this vid started. Have never seen any Texas Indigo before, that is One Bad Boy !! Thank you for the great videography !
People need to stop complaining about the rattlesnake being injured prior to the footage being taken. Indigos of this size make quick work of rattlesnakes and this Indigo likely beat up the rattlesnake prior to this glorious footage or the rattlesnake instinctively knew it was outmatched; sort of like a Tyson opponent in the early 80's; it was over before the first bell rang. This is the best footage to date on an Indigo walloping a rattlesnake. Great job.
And also like Holyfield over Tyson. Holyfield was immune to Tyson’s bite and like the Indigo over the rattler, had no problem beating the PISS right out of him!
Amazing video. Original content and thank you for the upload. I can understand we as a non snake handlers cant go closer to the two highly venomous snakes. Wonderful work.
Oh no. All Indigos and Kingsnakes have immunity of rattlesnakes venomous bites... All Rattlers will either run away or try to protect themselves from becoming a meal ticket. 😂 ...Rattlers know the kind of snakes that they possess. Moreover, in a imperious manner.
coyote slayer, precisely! It’s not worth leaving nasty comments-I don’t understand why people do that. Anyway, great point! Slay on, brother! How do you slay them? With the .22 WMR? .17 HMR? .223/5.56-banG!?? Coyotes are incredibly prolific, from my home Province-B.C. (🇨🇦) all the way through the USA & into Mexico. I digress...this is amazing footage. Thanks for pointing it out to the people who’d rather moan about it not being narrated by one of the 'Attenborough' family members. Peace✌🏼.
I am not sure why so many people are giving this guy so much grief over his photography skills ? I give the guy a ton of credit for getting the footage he did get he never claims to be a professional wildlife photographer in fact his response was he is not and only used his phone to capture the video not very many people would have the balls to get as close as he did to a angry poisonous snake ?
I am getting dizzy and got vertigo, rolling my eyeballs all around the screen to follow his floating hands, loosing too often the scene. The guy has to greatly improve his stability when filming, otherwise it's like he's too drunk to make the movie.
Fascinating footage, and thank you sharing. It's difficult to comprehend how snakes such as the Indigo Snake could develop virtual immunity to powerful venoms, and all the more so given the hemotoxic/cytotoxic nature of pit viper venoms.
M00nsplitter There are quite a few animals that are resistant or immune to venom. Indigos aren't immune but have a fair amount of resistance to the venom. There are species of rats, like the woodrat, that are totally immune to venom. Honey-badgers are another one.
Its amazing that its immune to such a wide variety of pit viper venoms since even Rattlers of the same species can have a different type of venom depending on the location they're found in, and Indigo snakes (as well as Kingsnakes) appear to be immune or at least semi immune to Coral Smake venom as well. Coral Snakes are Elapida related to cobras and not Pit Vipers like every other venomous snake species found in the Americas!
That Rattlesnake is/was not injured, it recognized it was on the menu hence it actions. It wanted to get the he,, out of Dodge. The Indigo is a snake eater. The Rattlesnake stood no chance against the Indigo.
AinzOoalGown Nazarick yep these guys are the true king snakes much more deserving of the title as even the mighty eastern diamond back cowers on fear of this beast.
Wow!! That is unbelievable! What a great video. After watching this I checked and found out indigos eat rattlesnakes because their venom doesn’t affect the indigo. I was wondering why the indigo was so brave. I’ve never seen a video like this before. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing, outstanding footage! Yes, Indigos are somewhat impervious to venom, but I believe this guy (the beautiful Diamondback) may have been injured. Whether run over or from the Indigo before the recording began. No rattle at all, and the way he was dragging his head. Just struck me as odd behavior from the rattler.
He is not injured that is viper body language showing fear. He didn't rattle so that he'd hopefully be more quiet. Also indigos and other snakes that eat other snakes do for the head so the rattlesnake kept his head low to keep from getting his spine broken. Common misconception for injury👌
@@Ramiiam dont most snake detect thermal ad imagery i kniw constrictors do as abacindas ambush out of the water and the surface displacement i doubt they could hit mutch seeing without thermal
Interesting strategy by the indigo. He seems to deliberately provoke an attack by the rattler by biting on the end of the snake. Once the rattler is forced to bite in retaliation, the indigo goes for the neck of the rattler and it is come over for the rattlesnake.
Very interesting video. That Indigo took a bite. Usually older Indigos,kingsnakes, and coachwhips ect learn to go for the head of the rattler and don't get bitten. Cary in Tucson
Rattler had its opportunity to be the agressor when it was coiled for strike better earlier. Often see the agressor snake that slides over its opponents neck has the advantage as it lifts to strike it weighs heavily on it and reduces its ability to get a strike in a more fragile area.
Chance to be aggressive? And do what exactly?? All they have is their venomous strike...but if the venom is useless, they have nothing to bring with that aggression. They're fucked essentially. Right??
I think it is very interesting how the Rattler was on the retreat from the beginning. How he keeps his head low to the ground and is always retreating. The natural reaction of a rattle snake is to coil up head held high for striking . I think he knew he had met his death before the fight ever started.
This is really some GREAT footage. My wife and I were working in our flower beds, changing out some shrubs when we had an Eastern Indigo zip across our path. It was about 18" long. About two years later, he was laying on top of one of shrubs soaking in the sun. By that time, he was about 6 feet long! It makes me feel good that they will kill venomous snakes. I'm in Florida and we have Eastern Diamondbacks and Pigmy Rattlers along with Cottonmouth and Copperheads. That's not to even mention the pythons we have in Florida! Luckily, they haven't gotten to Central Florida yet. Are the Eastern Indigos immune to the rattlesnake's venom?
Yes they are. They're immune to coral snakes as well. In fact snakes are some of their favorite prey they don't care what it is if they can catch it they'll eat it! But we are not food. We had them for years and although they'd hang around on our porch we never saw their teeth and I was always picking them up they got so used to me that they did not care. I actually believed they enjoyed being handled they made no attempt at all to "get away". they're absolutely beautiful and especially after they've just molted.
nope. it was just trying not to move and hide its head. that's it. it should have tried to escape when the indigo bit its tail, which is what it is there for... to attract attention away from the head. instead, it bit back, letting the indigo know exactly where the head was at... and that was that. indigo is a much much bigger, stronger snake. just bit its neck and broke it.
@@thomasneal9291 you nailed that on the head. That's exactly rite. As soon as the rattler bit the indigo it was a wrap for the rattler. He knew exactly where its head was. He bit down by the head walked his fangs down and ate him alive.
Great video under the circumstances. Cell phone from a distance when you weren't planning on filming it would look like this. I wish we had a bunch of those indigo snakes where I live.
I've lived my whole life in Texas and I've never seen a Indigo snake before. Their non venomous. You could tell that Rattlesnake knew he was in serious trouble. How did he subdue the rattlesnake?
@@user-ei3jm3cg4k School is now in session. If you had taken the time to just Google it you would be looking like a fool. So here is the the info. The eastern indigo snake is a species of large, non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the eastern United States. It is the longest native snake species in the U.S. Wikipedia . Now take your foot out of your mouth and run along and play or use Google before you make another foolish statement. Glad I could school you. 📔📕📗📘📒📓📃📄📜📑🖍✏
Every Indigo I've seen grabs victim behind the head restricting it's air and eventually take the head in it's mouth and swallows it's prey fairly quickly. Non venomous.
Amazing footage and you did an excellent job even though you were filming from a boat. Just playing. Actually, you did do a great job catching something so spontaneous, enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks for sharing this video of natural survival. I hope it discourages people from haphazardly killing snakes, some snakes are beneficial to have around.
@@parrotbrand2782 All snakes bite Rattle snakes don't want any thing to do with man they only bite when they get stepped on or you surprised them people need to learned to live with venomous snakes even the harmless ones get killed. Children need to be protected and that can be done with out killing snakes.
More than likely, the indigo had already delivered a debilitating blow to the WDB and that's when the camera guy found them. They kill rattlesnakes by brute force.... bludgeoning them to death with their head. The rattlesnake isn't hiding its head. It looks lie its spine is broke. Also, rattlesnakes don't always rattle.
Can you imagine if the person filming was suddenly touched by someone, on his leg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 OMG, I would've loved to hear the screaming or reaction. And yeah, definitely seems as if the rattle snake was injured. Never seen a snake drag its head like this one.
The indigo attack was to determine where the Head of the snake was. Being as they are immune to the venom it then proceeded with the death strangle at the head so it could eat it. Indigo are not poisonous but do possess a very strong bite force.
Jimmy Johnston is he though? Looks like a red-belly Black to me....no? Edit: I seem like the only one here that thinks so lol. But the red belly....dead giveaway no?
That was a strange battle. Best explanation seems like the rattler was already injured by the indigo before the camera started rolling, otherwise you would think it would try a lot harder to either escape or fight back. The indigo was obviously trying to get the rattler to strike it on its back so it could locate the rattler's head and grab it by the neck right behind the head. That is a pretty macho snake. Go ahead and bite me, then I will eat you. Seems like the only hope for the rattler was to land a lucky bite to the indigo snake's eyes. Not much chance.
Great video. You can screen through parts if you like. I wonder if the Texas Indigo is related in anyway to the King snake. King snakes have been known to take down rattlers due to their high tolerance. I wonder if the Texas Indigo is a type of King snake.
@@thomasromano9321 , and it had no doubt it could swallow the prey. If you noticed the Rattler was keeping it's head down to avoid what was it's fate, the indigo was fooled for a moment attacking the rear of the Rattler, until the fangs were used having no effect but exposing it's head.
Rather puzzling how the Indigo wins this one, since they are non-venomous and he doesn't appear to even try to constrict the rattlesnake in the fight. They are one of the most beautiful snakes in N.A., btw, but don't usually make good pets b/c of their nervous temper.
I've seen snakes subdue other snakes by constriction, and by simply overpowering them and swallowing alive, but this attack was unique in that it appears the indigo snake seized the rattler by the throat and choked him out with his jaws. At the end, as he is being dragged off into the brush, the rattler is clearly at least out if not already dead.
It's the normal way the Indigo kills it's prey, when that prey is another snake? Their modus operandi is to seize the other snake behind the head and compress the airways? Simple really, but very effective. When the Indigo manages to get the 'bite' on, it's pretty much game over. Curiously, it's the only North American snake that is immune to the venom of other N.American snakes. They are also known to take down immature Burmese pythons (which are now endemic in Florida?)
@@del_boy_trotter Coral snakes are also immune to most snake venoms. Curiously, the Indigo is not immune to Coral snake venom but they eat their share of them nonetheless. They simply overpower them and control the head so they don't get bitten.
Indigo's have really strong jaws from what handlers have said. I've never heard of anyone being bitten by one though. We had them on our front porch at times and when I handled them I never saw their teeth. They just did not care they had gotten so used to me. They're absolutely gorgeous.. they had a brownish tint under their jaws that faded into black.
@@blackpowder4016If they aren't immune to Coral snake venom....how do they so easily ingest the venom if they're just out there eating Coral snakes as you're saying???
@david anthony that snake was definitely injured and semi paralyzed. That is what I was referring to. A rattlesnake defensive posture is tightly wound and prepared to strike not awkwardly dragging its head backward with a coil protruding up away from earth.
@@KennanClark You are incorrect. When a rattlesnake is threatened by another snake that plans on eating it, they respond by arching their bodies and trying to keep their heads away from danger. They know that biting a snake such as an indigo or kingsnake that is resistant to their venom is a last ditch effort.
Amazing .. Nice work dude👏👏👏👏 I'm from Europe ( Poland 🇵🇱 ) for me something like that it's fuc.. Amazing and dangerous .. We have Viper but venom it's dangerous only for kids animal or if someone have allergies .. Good job brother
If only the cameraman had been sober.
Yeah I was all over the place. I wish it was better video.
@@brushcountrybowhunter No problem!
Very unstable
I can't stand people complaining over nothing burger issues
@@dollarisinsanicus Me too! You complaining about this, for example.
Indigo snakes are baller. Solid find, Jimmy Johnston; not everyone gets to see a spectacle like this in real life.
Diamondback: You ain't gonna eat me!
Indigo: Hold my beer!
Cameraman: I’ll hold your beer Indigo. I’m already three sheets to the wind.
"If it's an indigo, let it go."
Thats amazing. My wife used to ask me why did I get up so early to go hunting and I would tell her its not just about hunting, its about nature and life and all of the things you dont see from the couch. Thanks for sharing!!!
I'll stay on the couch, thankyouverymuch...................
@@bruceb3786 🤣🤣
I suppose the rattler was already injured by the time filming started, but I have read that some venomous snakes (cottonmouths, I think) will perform "body blows" against king snakes to drive them away. They instinctively know their venom is useless and it does little good to bite in defense. VERY interesting video!
Loved seeing blue indigos in Florida. Had one on our 9 acres when I was a teenager. They are beautiful snakes, and the bonus of knowing venomous ones didn't hang around.
Or got eaten.
That’s a young WDB Rattlesnake, showing typical behavior when attacked by a Texas Indigo (the blue snake). It isn’t hurt, it’s just fighting a losing battle. Incredible video.
Something wrong with that rattlesnake. It couldn't lift it's head off the ground. Video guy crippled the snake. It couldn't even rattle it's tail. Yeah, it was fighting a loosing battle.
it looked like a fully grown rattlesnake to me.
Take a good look at the rattle segments. Only a few with each one slightly larger than the one behind. Shows the snake is young, still growing between each shed cycle. I doubt that snake is much older than one year old. Good side view of rattle around the 1:40 mark. Mature snakes have rattle segments that vary little in size between each segment. That’s what I based my opinion on.
The indigo snake has no natural enemies and is an apex predator. It is immune to rattlesnake venom. Sorry, dude.
@@johnmuir7304 segments on the rattle don't depict it's age. They often lose them or break them off. All they really show is how many sheds they have had since their segments were where they are.
The rattlesnake is not injured prior to the indigo's attack. It's odd body posture is due to a defense mechanism rattlesnakes use against Indigos and kingsnakes called "body bridging". They lift the middle of their body off the ground and keep their head low to the ground in attempt to confirm their attacker.
I sorta thought it was to keep their head from becoming an easy target, back away as much as you can and maybe, just maybe it will leave it alone... Not so when the Indigo already knows you are it's next meal....
Shock me just once. Between 2 🐍, etc. make it a fair fight. Jeezuz😮 Just make it Fair!!
@@stephaniebaker2960Not many snakes venomous or non venomous have a chance against an Indigo or Kingsnake if they're its next meal.
I haven't seen her get one, but the 8+ foot King Snake in my backyard eats snakes and rats and mice (from the "bumps" in her!). She's my natural "pest control"! 20 years ago, I had a King snake that was over 12 feet long , and scared a telephone lineman half-to-death when he saw her from up on a pole! I HEAR some big barn owls (dawn and dusk), but I can't spot them out-back. Yeah, I love critters...
Your snake length estimates are too high. They max out at around 7ft for an exceptional individual, with 5-6ft max being the most common largest. 12 feet? No way. 8+ highly doubtful.
Found two baby indigos in my back yard today. I left them alone and was glad they were not rattlers
🎵 When I move, you move...just like that. 🎵 lol
C'mon someone else come in here and give Willard a thumbs up
Very cool. Lived and hunted my whole life all over texas and have never seen a blue before.
Thanks for uploading it
This is such an awesome video. Thank you for posting this video.
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Seriously dude.... You caught some pretty cool shit on camera, and threw in a slo-mo bit, to boot. I'm no professional cameraman either, and given the circumstances of what was happening right in front of you... if it were me, no way would I have been able to get it on video even close to as good as you did. Well done, man. Awesome post!
Now I know why the diamondback rattlesnake tried so hard to retreat, i think it's one sick rattlesnake, very weak and wasn't able to 'defend' itself against the inglo snake that made a courageous and determined stride against the helpless rattlesnake. `And the minute one single bite, the rattlesnake died instantly. Usually there would be a battle, but I think that the rattlesnake was definitely very sick.
Rattler looked injured, not able to lift its head or open its mouth.
The EDB was fine! This is what Indigo’s do for a living!!
Rattle snake already knew it was in trouble as soon as it saw the King.
Great video, thanks for taking the time to post this. Have come across both species hunting south of Sonora, but never together.
Apropos of nothing.
Did you read Escape from Sonora?
The handsome Indigo snake tries the Death Stare first, to see if that might work.
If not, it just skips to the next phase, i.e. lunch.
@JJB, WOW ! great video ! I thought maybe the Indigo had gotten in the first bite before this vid started. Have never seen any Texas Indigo before, that is One Bad Boy !! Thank you for the great videography !
Dude, that was incredible........
Thanks so much for the zoom in
The rattlesnake reminds me of how i get up from the bed in the morning lol
Damn that's crazy...Thank you for the slow motion... Badass
People need to stop complaining about the rattlesnake being injured prior to the footage being taken. Indigos of this size make quick work of rattlesnakes and this Indigo likely beat up the rattlesnake prior to this glorious footage or the rattlesnake instinctively knew it was outmatched; sort of like a Tyson opponent in the early 80's; it was over before the first bell rang. This is the best footage to date on an Indigo walloping a rattlesnake. Great job.
Deron Najarian
You are correct sir.
@@brushcountrybowhunter Thanks Jimmy
And also like Holyfield over Tyson. Holyfield was immune to Tyson’s bite and like the Indigo over the rattler, had no problem beating the PISS right out of him!
The bird commercial I saw was hilarious. 😂🐦
Very impressive on a cell phone. Great job!
Amazing video. Original content and thank you for the upload. I can understand we as a non snake handlers cant go closer to the two highly venomous snakes. Wonderful work.
The Texas Indigo is non venomous...
Only the Rattlesnake was venomous!
Indigo Snake: I'll just take my dinner elsewhere. I don't like to dine in front of an audience.
Awesome footage! You’re so lucky to be in the right place at the right time!
Thank You for filming it and showing it to us! Thank You!
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Incredible snake or snake battle......I've never seen a rattle snake act in this way before......remarkable footage. nice video.
Mr. Clifford Johnson
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A live Rattlersnake will not act that way. Rattler was sick or half dead. Thats a set-up for you stupid camera people
Around a king snake they will. King snakes eat rattlers.
Oh no. All Indigos and Kingsnakes have immunity of rattlesnakes venomous bites... All Rattlers will either run away or try to protect themselves from becoming a meal ticket. 😂 ...Rattlers know the kind of snakes that they possess. Moreover, in a imperious manner.
Why is anyone whining bout this video great job catching it.and I sure as hell wouldn't try and break it up! !
I ain't getting in the way fuck that shit. It's sad to see a snake die but it's the way of life I'll watch the fight though.
coyote slayer, precisely! It’s not worth leaving nasty comments-I don’t understand why people do that. Anyway, great point! Slay on, brother! How do you slay them? With the .22 WMR? .17 HMR? .223/5.56-banG!?? Coyotes are incredibly prolific, from my home Province-B.C. (🇨🇦) all the way through the USA & into Mexico. I digress...this is amazing footage. Thanks for pointing it out to the people who’d rather moan about it not being narrated by one of the 'Attenborough' family members. Peace✌🏼.
Wow, never saw anything like that before! Go Indigo Snake!! 🐉🐉🐉
Cold, cunning and calculating. Perfect demo.
I am not sure why so many people are giving this guy so much grief over his photography skills ? I give the guy a ton of credit for getting the footage he did get he never claims to be a professional wildlife photographer in fact his response was he is not and only used his phone to capture the video not very many people would have the balls to get as close as he did to a angry poisonous snake ?
I know.who cares
I agree tbh he got balls which I don't got because snakes are creepy lol
@Unome Jones of course they are
jammy dodger ..... he means they’re venomous.... he likes to correct people....
I am getting dizzy and got vertigo, rolling my eyeballs all around the screen to follow his floating hands, loosing too often the scene. The guy has to greatly improve his stability when filming, otherwise it's like he's too drunk to make the movie.
Sullivan. Yes I agree. I caught myself watching the snakes and not paying attention to the filming part. So I was sorta all over the place.
Jimmy, it is alright. Don't expect you to be a perfect camera-man. You caught them in the act and you did good, just not perfect. Thanks for sharing
Jimmy Johnston Jimmy Johnston don't apologize for that. You did what you could do in that situation. Great video
Fatty Bear
Jimmy Johnston is the indigo poisonous?
Jimmy Johnston it was good. Thanks for sharing..
Amazing strategy; forcing the rattler to expose his head.
Fascinating footage, and thank you sharing. It's difficult to comprehend how snakes such as the Indigo Snake could develop virtual immunity to powerful venoms, and all the more so given the hemotoxic/cytotoxic nature of pit viper venoms.
M00nsplitter
There are quite a few animals that are resistant or immune to venom. Indigos aren't immune but have a fair amount of resistance to the venom. There are species of rats, like the woodrat, that are totally immune to venom. Honey-badgers are another one.
Its amazing that its immune to such a wide variety of pit viper venoms since even Rattlers of the same species can have a different type of venom depending on the location they're found in, and Indigo snakes (as well as Kingsnakes) appear to be immune or at least semi immune to Coral Smake venom as well. Coral Snakes are Elapida related to cobras and not Pit Vipers like every other venomous snake species found in the Americas!
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Wow!. Truly amazing video thank you.
you camera works was mighty fine!
Incredible sighting and footage!
2:30 camera shy. 😂😂
That Rattlesnake is/was not injured, it recognized it was on the menu hence it actions. It wanted to get the he,, out of Dodge. The Indigo is a snake eater. The Rattlesnake stood no chance against the Indigo.
Wedgenut Tanker
Probably the best comment on here. Thx. You absolutely correct
indigo always won when battling rattle snakes... nature design them that way and they developed high tolerance to rattle snake's venom.
AinzOoalGown Nazarick yep these guys are the true king snakes much more deserving of the title as even the mighty eastern diamond back cowers on fear of this beast.
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Ok, how did the Indigo kill the rattler. Did he bite him in the brain ?
Don Holmes probably I know this is how diamondbacks kill kingsnakes for example.
@@donholmes3267 they are bigger and stronger😊
Wow!! That is unbelievable! What a great video. After watching this I checked and found out indigos eat rattlesnakes because their venom doesn’t affect the indigo. I was wondering why the indigo was so brave. I’ve never seen a video like this before. Thanks for sharing.
This is a lot better than some of the national graphic stuff I’ve seen back when I was in school
I have watched an incredible amount of wildlife stuff on youtube since lockdown. I continue to be fascinated at what goes on out there.
Indigo- new favorite snake
Rattle snake:Get Away!!!
Indiago Snake: Oh I Will.
If I could handle owning a snake it would be the indigo..very nice looking snake.
Basically like my wife and my mother are having a lovely conversation. More or less the same... But there's less poison in this video :/
Hahaha they get that viral?
Sheez, ......that's not as bad as when me myself and I get into an argument !
Não. Entendi
@@valdirmachado5090 Traduzir, então você vai
God! That's funny! And my sympathy.
The Rattle snake was already Injured..... Then packed with fear knowing he was about to die
The ad in the middle scared the crap out of me. I was focused. Lol
What kind of camera you are recording on? I swear it feels if I'm there watching them fight.
9:56, slowly moonwalks with snake in mouth
Amazing, outstanding footage! Yes, Indigos are somewhat impervious to venom, but I believe this guy (the beautiful Diamondback) may have been injured. Whether run over or from the Indigo before the recording began. No rattle at all, and the way he was dragging his head. Just struck me as odd behavior from the rattler.
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He is not injured that is viper body language showing fear. He didn't rattle so that he'd hopefully be more quiet. Also indigos and other snakes that eat other snakes do for the head so the rattlesnake kept his head low to keep from getting his spine broken. Common misconception for injury👌
Absolutely true, I was making the same observation before I searched and found your comment. Actually saw other videos and rattlers do rattle.
Also they are cold blooded so both roughly same temp as the ground they probably have a rough time actualy seeing each other
@@Ramiiam dont most snake detect thermal ad imagery i kniw constrictors do as abacindas ambush out of the water and the surface displacement i doubt they could hit mutch seeing without thermal
Interesting strategy by the indigo. He seems to deliberately provoke an attack by the rattler by biting on the end of the snake. Once the rattler is forced to bite in retaliation, the indigo goes for the neck of the rattler and it is come over for the rattlesnake.
Very interesting video. That Indigo took a bite. Usually older Indigos,kingsnakes, and coachwhips ect learn to go for the head of the rattler and don't get bitten. Cary in Tucson
Rattler had its opportunity to be the agressor when it was coiled for strike better earlier. Often see the agressor snake that slides over its opponents neck has the advantage as it lifts to strike it weighs heavily on it and reduces its ability to get a strike in a more fragile area.
Chance to be aggressive? And do what exactly?? All they have is their venomous strike...but if the venom is useless, they have nothing to bring with that aggression. They're fucked essentially. Right??
The indigo is immune to the rattler’s venom so it was useless all around.
got here from presidential debate....interesting
I searched for "Clinton Foundation" and this came up...... interesting...
Lol seems like Democrats vs Trump. Lol
I was wondering what the Indigos strategy was. I believe he was just waiting for the rattler to bite so he could then get him behind the head.
I think it is very interesting how the Rattler was on the retreat from the beginning. How he keeps his head low to the ground and is always retreating. The natural reaction of a rattle snake is to coil up head held high for striking . I think he knew he had met his death before the fight ever started.
I think his freakin neck was broke, he wasn't giving up he was injured.
This is really some GREAT footage.
My wife and I were working in our flower beds, changing out some shrubs when we had an Eastern Indigo zip across our path. It was about 18" long. About two years later, he was laying on top of one of shrubs soaking in the sun. By that time, he was about 6 feet long! It makes me feel good that they will kill venomous snakes. I'm in Florida and we have Eastern Diamondbacks and Pigmy Rattlers along with Cottonmouth and Copperheads. That's not to even mention the pythons we have in Florida! Luckily, they haven't gotten to Central Florida yet.
Are the Eastern Indigos immune to the rattlesnake's venom?
Jay McMullan
Thx man !
Jay McMullan
Yes
Yes they are. They're immune to coral snakes as well. In fact snakes are some of their favorite prey they don't care what it is if they can catch it they'll eat it! But we are not food. We had them for years and although they'd hang around on our porch we never saw their teeth and I was always picking them up they got so used to me that they did not care. I actually believed they enjoyed being handled they made no attempt at all to "get away". they're absolutely beautiful and especially after they've just molted.
i get the explanation - the rattlesnake had a dinner before and after it had no power to fight respectively - i watched a lot of movies about snakes.
@HARDWIRED to SELF DESTRUCTION undoubtedly that is true
nope. it was just trying not to move and hide its head. that's it. it should have tried to escape when the indigo bit its tail, which is what it is there for... to attract attention away from the head.
instead, it bit back, letting the indigo know exactly where the head was at... and that was that.
indigo is a much much bigger, stronger snake. just bit its neck and broke it.
@@thomasneal9291 you nailed that on the head. That's exactly rite. As soon as the rattler bit the indigo it was a wrap for the rattler. He knew exactly where its head was. He bit down by the head walked his fangs down and ate him alive.
Great video under the circumstances. Cell phone from a distance when you weren't planning on filming it would look like this. I wish we had a bunch of those indigo snakes where I live.
John Doe
Thx JD
Rattle snake knows it's only hope is that the Indigo decides it isn't hungry. It isn't even rattling it's tail.
It couldn't, it's backbone is broken.
The anticipation of this vid though dang.
Like a true mexican standoff.
I've lived my whole life in Texas and I've never seen a Indigo snake before. Their non venomous. You could tell that Rattlesnake knew he was in serious trouble. How did he subdue the rattlesnake?
Brute force
You're wrong. They're highly toxic.
@@user-ei3jm3cg4k School is now in session. If you had taken the time to just Google it you would be looking like a fool. So here is the the info. The eastern indigo snake is a species of large, non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the eastern United States. It is the longest native snake species in the U.S. Wikipedia . Now take your foot out of your mouth and run along and play or use Google before you make another foolish statement. Glad I could school you. 📔📕📗📘📒📓📃📄📜📑🖍✏
Every Indigo I've seen grabs victim behind the head restricting it's air and eventually take the head in it's mouth and swallows it's prey fairly quickly. Non venomous.
Wow !!! Thank you for capturing.
1:35 That's the first time I seen a snake (rattle snake) go into a defensive posture like that
É a poderosa cascavel ficou com o chocalho na mão.
The Indigo was waiting for the Rattle Snake to bite so he can grab the Head to Finish the Rattle Snake off.....
Rattlesnake is all one word
It appears we have an injured rattlesnake with a broken back. What a contest!
Snakes being immune to venom. OP.
I was rooting for the underdog, so to speak.
I hate snakes but I was rooting for the rattlesnake…
Amazing footage and you did an excellent job even though you were filming from a boat. Just playing. Actually, you did do a great job catching something so spontaneous, enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks for sharing this video of natural survival. I hope it discourages people from haphazardly killing snakes, some snakes are beneficial to have around.
LOL! I was going to say the same thing... about the boat.
Snakes kill vermin!
I know this post is old but we need all of the snakes even the venomous ones they all serve a purpose!
@@RKoen2006 until they bite you
@@parrotbrand2782 All snakes bite Rattle snakes don't want any thing to do with man they only bite when they get stepped on or you surprised them people need to learned to live with venomous snakes even the harmless ones get killed. Children need to be protected and that can be done with out killing snakes.
Crazy how the rattlesnake instinctively knows that the indigo is trying to eat it.
Two beautiful snakes. The indigo took the bites and didn't care.
Jimmy Johnston - What part of Texas are you in? That diamondback has either just eaten or is a gravid female. Extra protein for the Indigo.
More than likely, the indigo had already delivered a debilitating blow to the WDB and that's when the camera guy found them. They kill rattlesnakes by brute force.... bludgeoning them to death with their head. The rattlesnake isn't hiding its head. It looks lie its spine is broke. Also, rattlesnakes don't always rattle.
Indigo's only live in south Tx. I've never seen one further north than San Antonio.
@@pootdaggy2657
I live in south Texas. If you look at a range map, they do go north of San Antonio as you head into west Texas.
Can you imagine if the person filming was suddenly touched by someone, on his leg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
OMG, I would've loved to hear the screaming or reaction. And yeah, definitely seems as if the rattle snake was injured. Never seen a snake drag its head like this one.
The rattle snake did not even fight back. Doesn’t make sense.
I did that to one of my Dad's friend out in the bush(with a stick and a hiss:)way back in the day. He was doing some crazy moves😁🤣
Yeah most definitely the rattler must had been injured. Normally they be more vicious,even in this deadly loosing situation.
Yeah most definitely the rattler must had been injured. Normally they be more vicious,even in this deadly loosing situation.
The rattle snake is paralyzed due to damage done to the back of its head by the texas indigo. It's where the spine starts, so it cannot move.
King snake are so smart, they only pick snakes smaller than their size.
The indigo attack was to determine where the Head of the snake was. Being as they are immune to the venom it then proceeded with the death strangle at the head so it could eat it. Indigo are not poisonous but do possess a very strong bite force.
The blue one is an Indigo snake Indigo snakes actually eat rattle snakes and are immune to the venom.
Emil Simms
You are correct.
Jimmy Johnston is he though? Looks like a red-belly Black to me....no?
Edit: I seem like the only one here that thinks so lol. But the red belly....dead giveaway no?
would people understand one simple think rattlesnake is one word,not two
Emil Simms do they constrict cuz this one didn't or are they like garden snake
Mike Rotch I'm with you....indigos aren't venomous
Great FOOTAGE🙌🏾
That was a strange battle. Best explanation seems like the rattler was already injured by the indigo before the camera started rolling, otherwise you would think it would try a lot harder to either escape or fight back. The indigo was obviously trying to get the rattler to strike it on its back so it could locate the rattler's head and grab it by the neck right behind the head. That is a pretty macho snake. Go ahead and bite me, then I will eat you. Seems like the only hope for the rattler was to land a lucky bite to the indigo snake's eyes. Not much chance.
Great video. You can screen through parts if you like. I wonder if the Texas Indigo is related in anyway to the King snake. King snakes have been known to take down rattlers due to their high tolerance. I wonder if the Texas Indigo is a type of King snake.
THAT is a good question~? I know there are at least 2 varieties of King snake... perhaps they're related~?
@@georgeroberts288they’re both in the Colubridae family. Related, yes but I have no clue how closely.
Camera guy watching the action then occasionally looking at his phone to see if he still has the shot
That’s exactly what happened. 😂
Should a tripod with you at all times :)
Were you a long ways away from these two snakes & filming it with zoom?
Stupid auto stabilization does that, it would be shaky without it but more on target with less of that weird panning off target.
Very cool! Thank you for posting it.
The king snake was just trying to figure out if he could swallow a snake his size
That's not a King snake, but a indigo snake.
@@thomasromano9321 , and it had no doubt it could swallow the prey. If you noticed the Rattler was keeping it's head down to avoid what was it's fate, the indigo was fooled for a moment attacking the rear of the Rattler, until the fangs were used having no effect but exposing it's head.
That rattle didn't shake it's tail as their usual threaten or it knew it's prey so kept quiet.
Why Rattle if the snake is deaf and cant hear.
The Quality of the video is unreal. Filmed the whole thing. Excellent job.
Thx Carlos.
This is nature taking care of itself. It's called the balance of nature.
Im so dizzy. Lol. Great footage
Melissa Moore
Yea it’s bad. I wasn’t paying attention to the camera. I was watching the snakes. Oh well. May not be a next time. Pretty rare stuff.
Muçurana black (brazil) vs Cascavel (brazil)
Rather puzzling how the Indigo wins this one, since they are non-venomous and he doesn't appear to even try to constrict the rattlesnake in the fight. They are one of the most beautiful snakes in N.A., btw, but don't usually make good pets b/c of their nervous temper.
They are immune to the rattler's venom...size won.
I believe the rattlesnake was already weakened before because it would’ve put up a little bit more of a fight which there wasn’t any at all.
I've seen snakes subdue other snakes by constriction, and by simply overpowering them and swallowing alive, but this attack was unique in that it appears the indigo snake seized the rattler by the throat and choked him out with his jaws. At the end, as he is being dragged off into the brush, the rattler is clearly at least out if not already dead.
It's the normal way the Indigo kills it's prey, when that prey is another snake? Their modus operandi is to seize the other snake behind the head and compress the airways? Simple really, but very effective. When the Indigo manages to get the 'bite' on, it's pretty much game over. Curiously, it's the only North American snake that is immune to the venom of other N.American snakes. They are also known to take down immature Burmese pythons (which are now endemic in Florida?)
@@del_boy_trotter Coral snakes are also immune to most snake venoms. Curiously, the Indigo is not immune to Coral snake venom but they eat their share of them nonetheless. They simply overpower them and control the head so they don't get bitten.
Indigo's have really strong jaws from what handlers have said. I've never heard of anyone being bitten by one though. We had them on our front porch at times and when I handled them I never saw their teeth. They just did not care they had gotten so used to me. They're absolutely gorgeous.. they had a brownish tint under their jaws that faded into black.
@@blackpowder4016If they aren't immune to Coral snake venom....how do they so easily ingest the venom if they're just out there eating Coral snakes as you're saying???
The rattlesnake was moving like it had been injured. It could only drag it's head along the ground.
@david anthony 100% false
@david anthony that snake was definitely injured and semi paralyzed. That is what I was referring to. A rattlesnake defensive posture is tightly wound and prepared to strike not awkwardly dragging its head backward with a coil protruding up away from earth.
@david anthony pelicula Dr yutu
@@KennanClark You are incorrect. When a rattlesnake is threatened by another snake that plans on eating it, they respond by arching their bodies and trying to keep their heads away from danger. They know that biting a snake such as an indigo or kingsnake that is resistant to their venom is a last ditch effort.
@@markmoore4088 wrong. Read the thread. Just as I observed... I was 100% right.
Amazing .. Nice work dude👏👏👏👏
I'm from Europe
( Poland 🇵🇱 ) for me something like that it's fuc.. Amazing and dangerous .. We have Viper but venom it's dangerous only for kids animal or if someone have allergies .. Good job brother
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