Deadly venomous Forest cobra (Naja subfulva), snake island in Uganda, longest true cobra worldwide
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- čas přidán 21. 06. 2021
- Deadly venomous Forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) lives in tropical Africa. It is one of the longest venomous snakes in the world. Forest cobra has been recently split into 5 cobra species. This video is about Brown forest cobra and filmed in Uganda. Extremely toxic cobras live in rural areas close to people. These snakes often kill chickens and we filmed one cobra facing these birds. The snake was going to shed its skin. Forest cobras live also on Musambwa island. Fishermen work here, but this snake island is full of birds and cobras! Snakes are habituated to people on the island. The longest true cobra in the world is a very interesting snake species. It can grow up to 3 meters.
Wow. Another beautiful and profoundly serene episode that shows venomous snakes to be the wonderous animals they truly are. And i always love so much that you do NOT add music ; The sound of birds IS the soundtrack.
It all makes me feel like I am back "in the field "(N.Borneo/Thailand / Laos / Java.) Catching sssssneks ! ❤️
It's a snake's world !!!! TYVM guys !!
Many many thanks!!! It is so nice to read your positive comment! :) We also think that the beauty of snakes and sound of nature is enough! Thailand is really cool, we would love to return!!
@@LivingZoology Enjoying serine nature
picture can be as great as being there.
I can actually scent the ferns and musk the reptiles emit..
Great Video
I totally agree with the writer under my comment: What a great, GREAT and BEAUTIFUL video!!! These kids and the natural sounds of the burds and the chicken walking close to the snake (what a hero🙂). Thank you so much with showing us!
You are so kind!! Thank you very much!!! :)
Love these videos. Better than most nature documentaries on netflix
We are very happy to hear that! 🙏🙂 Thanks a lot.
The colors of Brown Forest Cobras in the island are gorgeous~ It’s interesting to see the fishermen, cobras, and birds living peacefully (?) in the island…😅
Thank you for sharing this wonderful video!🤗👍
Thank you for watching and we were happy to show you this cool island! It really looks like people live in harmony with these cobras :)
One bite from that and your finished.
Absolutely worth waiting for. Thank you so much. Forrest Cobras are so stunning 🐍🐍 Awesome cinematography as always. Waiting for the next one in eight days now 😊🐍💕🐍
Thank you so much!!! It is so great to know that the waiting was worth it 😊
Perfect video! Gorgeous scenery and excellent photography. Thank you so much. This is one of my favorite snake species. 🐍
Glad you enjoyed it!!! Happy that you like our style of photography!
Great production once again team LZ , looking forward to more wonderful videos from your African adventure 🐍
Thank you so much!!! We are happy that you like this video! 🙂
Great Video, all of those Birds.
Thanks 👍Great that you enjoyed watching it!
Great 😊!!
You will like this one! ;)
thank you for your information on another side of uganda the nature side so peaceful
Thank you very much for watching!!!
Another amazing & beautifully shot video. You guys deliver everytime!
Thank you very much!!! We try to deliver with every video :)
Wow! amazing video, actually this video have been fun and respectfully in our home, because I have seen some of my relatives in the video at the beginning, that boy with cows, he is brother to my father, but the main thing I have learnt from the video is respect of cobras though they are the most feared snakes in our village, it's true that people are trying to respect forest cobras in the way that they are spiritual snakes, which is also great fact. Am super excited to see such video full of amazing animals from our village and country as Uganda, thank you so much for supporting wildlife in Uganda.
Very very happy to educate people about snakes and show the beauty of nature in Uganda :) It is great that you enjoyed watching this video and nice that some of your relatives were there! :)
Beautiful country and I like Forest Cobra...My favourite is a pasture there where I seen a stone wall in center where Rinkhals lived.
The banded rinkhals are so beautiful to,I would love such a setting in my orchard.
Do you have Banded Rinkhals in your region there also?I was meaning another setting in South Africa I saw the pasture,do not know if similar in your region.
I wondered if they get to the island as on land? Do you ever see them swimming to land naturally and vice versa.?
Counting the minutes 🙂🐍🐍
Great! :)
Beautiful video. After watching it several times, I learn something new every time! Great work...you are an amazing team! Thanks. And those are some very brave chickens.
Awesome! Thank you for watching the video several times! It is an honor for us that you find it so interesting :)
It’s a very beautiful snake, especially the island species
The cool thing is that cobras on the island are the same species like the two previous cobras! This species is quite variable in color.
@@LivingZoology Do Rinkhals make it to the island or will the Forest Cobra eat them as territorial thing? Usually islands have Vipers as well but Cobra rule...
Are they only species here? Did you actually film this? got to go there to visit?
Lovely video,been subbed for longtime but never noticed,I best look through your videos..I liked..
Spectacular snake. Just beautiful
Thank you very much! We were also amazed by these cobras.
I didnt even know we had cobras in Uganda.
Tnx for educating me! Subbed
Welcome!! Check out other videos on our channel about snakes from Uganda! Thanks for subscribing! 🙂
Lol, in Uganda lives 171 type of snakes!
Grand video, remarkable.
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Thank you very very much!!!
Such a beautiful snake, such a beautiful video.
You are incredible.
First class videos.
May I ask what type of camera you utilize?
Thank you very much! We saw your e-mail, just came back from a trip to nature. We are going to reply here, we use Canon GX10.
This is a masterpiece video
Thank you very much!!!
The first cobra on this video had abraded its rostral scales to the bone by the look of it. How can this happen in the wild? I very much doubt that it would have been capable of eating a full grown chicken, even if it had been hungry. It is amazing how high it reared when on full alert. As always, a wonderful video!
Thank you for watching!!! You probably mean the second individual, in the middle of the scene with chickens and the island scene. That cobra was caught by a local snake catcher before we came to the location, we filmed it and released. We were thinking the same thing, what the heck was the guy doing with the snake? But if you saw our film Snake safari in Uganda, you know how big problem is the pet trade...We try to educate locals, some of them are now educating other locals about snakes and they don't sell them anymore.
@@LivingZoology sounds like the snake was kept in an abrasive container, and it rubbed it's nose scales off trying to get out. Seems to be something that happens every now and then in the pet trade, when snakes are being shipped in bags, or another rough textured container.
@@ARPat2000 Yes, we think that it was caused by the way the local snake catcher kept that snake unfortunately.
A another great video, I would say you make the best films about snakes period.Do you think you will do one on the African rock python, I know they are becoming rare. Thanks.
Thank you so much!!! We get questions about Rock pythons quite often 🙂After visiting 11 African countries and some of them more than once, we keep thinking that we will finally find it! There is a chance that we will come back to Africa this summer, we will definitely look for pythons!
Gorgeous snake, very similar to the West African forest cobra.
Yes, hopefully we will film the West African one also in the future!
I am looking forward to see this beauty🤓
Perfect! It comes tomorrow! :)
What a beautiful looking snake 🐍 love these videos, thank you
Marianne NZ
Thank you for watching! Happy that you like this video!
Forest Cobra is very similar to King cobra.... How toxic is it's venom comparing to King cobra?
Forest cobras have more potent venom, but adult King cobras have bigger venom yield.
Thank you
Thanks for watching! :)
Lovely video, three different forest cobras were used for this film
Thank you for watching!!! There are at least 4 individuals, adult and juvenile from the island.
very nice video. love it
Many many thanks!!! It is great to see that you found one of our older videos.
Looking forward to seeing the video.
Great! 🙂
Sir,can I ask? Do the sea gulls leave eggs on the island you can harvest to eat as another source of poultry like egg?
Seemed to be a midway island that a animal traversing land to island could rest.
I would love to visit there,do you get tourist there or is that frowned upon?
I watched a story BestEverFood Revew show did and I liked the look of the native land cuisine.
Must be very nice so close to the ocean,feeling the earths power.
Every human on earth migrated from Africa,and geological changes made our skins different shades.
My Ancestors went to Italy so I have Brownish Red skin.
I am Envious,what a beautiful place...
Nice👌
Thanks 😊
purple in shed in the forest, shiny black, beautiful and calm on the island. snake people love cobras.
Cobras are awesome! The pitch black color of this species is stunning!
Despite their fearful & harmonious nature these Forest Cobras are beautiful. Such an incredible encounter with this species. 🤩🐍
Yes, it as amazing to encounter these snakes! :) Thank you for watching!
They are very beautiful snakes
We totally agree! Amazing species of cobra.
Beautiful creatures. No wonder they are worshiped.
We agree, these cobras are stunning!
Krásná práce i video! Jsou to fešandy, především ta macatice z ostrova. Kombinace žluté a černé je perfektní :-).
Ó, ty ses koukal! :) Díky díky, jsou to krásní hadi!
@@LivingZoology No, bohužel jsem nestihl premiéru, ale hned jsem to musel napravit! :D
Paráda! 🙂❤️
Very interesting! I really thought that Ophiophagus hannah was also true cobra! What separates the Naja snakes from the rest??
Thank you for watching! King cobra is closer to mambas in term of evolution. It has different ecology, social behavior, hunts mostly other snakes, builds nests, etc. There are differences in size and morphology of course.
@@LivingZoology Good to know! Thanks for the reply! 😃
@@rawphaelelpapi5149 Welcome! :)
Ya it's true.... Snakes are never attack the humans.... upto they disturbing it....
Right, snakes always prefer to escape first.
World's most dangerous species is human only.....nothing else
Great!
Thank you!!!!
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It looks like a king cobra literally!
Yes, Forest cobras might resemble the King cobra for an untrained eye.
Holy 😮 if you happen across him in the woods you're going to turn and run 😂
We are always happy when we encounter a cobra! :D
Badass snakes!
They are, super cool species!
AMAZING
Thank you!
The Cobras on the Island look like they have been given the Armor-All treatment, the black scales just shine so brightly, beautiful.
They are very beautiful!
2nd snake has clear nose scale rub, indication of being poorly kept in captivity.
Exactly! This snake was caught by a local snake catcher before we came to the area, we filmed the snake and released it.
😢 poor snake, glad it is free now.
Is there effective antivenom available?
Yes, it is.
Scary to have these snakes as neighbors!
What an understatement!!!
Thanks for watching!
What does that mean. Only true cobras?
It is explained in the video. True cobras belong to genus Naja.
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Thanks!
6:00 did that cobra have nose rub or scale rot or something? That little guy has a really rough shed.
That cobra was caught by a local snake catcher before we came to the location. We don't know what he did with the snake! We filmed it and released back to nature!
@@LivingZoology oh wow.. sounds like he meant well for the snake but just didnt have a good place for it to be.... at least it didnt get to the hands of those that make them venomoid for street attractions or show and tell pets.. im glad you all came to its rescue
@@jaredguerra2222 Yes, he probably wanted to keep the snake in a good conditions but failed to do it correctly. We hoped that the wound would heal.
Popped in just in time!
That is awesome! :)
The chickens that the forest cobra came into contact with in the video all were pretty much too big for the snake to eat, correct? A three meter long cobra would not be able to eat/swallow a full sized chicken, correct? About how many chickens would a snake of the size of the one in the video be responsible for killing/eating? Could one snake wipe out a flock of chickens? I am assuming that the snake would only go after the chicks and juvenile chickens. My guess is that most of the human bites these snakes are responsible for are due to the human and the snake meeting in unexpected ways. Children and small animals would be at the biggest risk, I am guessing. When youcalled the snake a generalist hunter, what did you mean? The more I watch your videos, the more I enjoy your channel and wish you had a television program or occasional special. At 14 minutes, these videos always leave me wanting more. I learn a lot about from your videos. One item on my bucket list is to see and experience a cobra in the snake's native habitat. I would like to hear it, see it move, and even see it hunt. I do not need nor want to touch one. Just hang out with one from a safe, respectful distance. Your videos allow me some of that. Thank you again for another great video. I enjoyed it.
Snakes can eat huge prey items. It is common that Spectacled cobras in India go for adult chickens and they grow to maximum size around 2 meters. This Forest cobra would be able to devour at least the smaller adult chickens. One snake usually does not kill more than one prey item of this size. A cobra can live around chickens for a long time and once in a few month hunt one individual. Yes, the incidents happen because there are rats and domestic animals around villages and snakes come to hunt there. Forest cobra is a generalist, it hunts mammals, birds, even other snakes and also its own species. We are very happy that you like our channel and you want to see more videos! They will keep coming :) In the past we had the same dreams, we wanted to see snakes in their natural habitat. It is amazing feeling and we are happy that we can at least share it through videos with our audience!
@@LivingZoology Your channel is the only channel on CZcams that I actually plan my day around watching the latest videos. The videography, the editing, the soundtrack, the angles shot, the whole video is amazing. I could watch an hour long video of yours easily. Thank you for your replies. Your videos get me thinking and when I start thinking, questions start to form and then I start looking unsuccessly elsewhere for the answers and have to post them here. I thought Marlin Perkins had the best animal program around. I was wrong. Great videos. I also want to thnk you for answering all my questions. I have learned a great deal from you and your videos. Thank you.
@@jazzbariman Thank you very, very much! There is nothing better for a content creator than a positive reaction like this :) Also it is awesome to see that you are interested in snakes and our videos help you to learn more about them! We hope that you have seen all our long documentaries: czcams.com/play/PLj80DUXdImxY2Dmas8H-wxuWDYjqDLhJu.html Approximately once a year we post these. Most of them are filmed during one trip, but this year and next year we will finish documentaries we have been working on for several years!
@@LivingZoology I have been checking and watching a lot of your channel. My interest in snakes began way back in grade school, but nothing really came of it later in life, until I stumbled across your channel. Cobras, mambas, coral snakes, taipans, and sea snakes have held the most of my interest. There is something special about these species for me. Thank you again for responding. Your channel is quite remarkable.
Here in the philliphines there are a lot of cobras. But thre is one spicies which we called banakon, its look a like of that cobra bro and it can be long as to 12 or 14 meters
No snake today is 12 meters long. You have King cobra in Philippines, it can be maximum 5.5 meters.
@@LivingZoology sorry for the meters bro. I mean feet, 12 to 14 feet and the color is black and there are small tiny yellow colors around the body
Hey, what is with the Naja ashei, i think, it is the longest....
Maximum length of Naja ashei is around 2.7 meters, forest cobras are longer than 3 meters.
Nice of the fishermen to leave them be. Is it common that island dwelling snakes are black in colour? The tiger snakes that live on islands here in Australia are all black, as far as I'm aware.
The color is not connected with islands as far as we know. There are snakes which are not black on islands. Examples: czcams.com/video/Prg09TSALSs/video.html and czcams.com/video/o10m8CrOrh0/video.html
こんなに近くにコブラが居るなんて想像もできないね。ニワトリは先に発見して警戒してくれるのもいいパートナーだね
Thank you for watching!
How long do u have to wait to get a shot of the snakes?
Our filming trips are usually 3 weeks-one month long. Constant looking for snakes, filming, etc. So it requires weeks of work to get the footage. In this video you actually saw footage from 3 trips to Uganda, 2018, 2019 and 2020!!!
@@LivingZoology Wow. Keep it up👍🏻
musambwa island is one of most unusual place in d world
It is!!! We are happy that we discovered it!
Has that cobra been caged as it looks like he has nose rub? 🐍💕🐍
Before we came a local hunter caught it. We filmed it and released. He probably had it in a bad conditions.
@@LivingZoology what is nose rub?
Am I the only one who noticed that rooster’s gigantic baaaalls for foraging next to the cobra and not giving a f*ck??
If it was a Gabon Viper the story would’ve ended very differently for the rooster.. 😂
Well, chicken are known to be not very intelligent animals. That is why cobras often come to villages in Africa and hunt them.
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Man this was that chicken’s luckiest day ever. If he wouldn’t have been in blue, the cobra would have had that chicken for a snake. lol and why weren’t these chickens scared of the cobra??? Chickens r very smart, so I know that they know the forest cobra is deadly.
Exactly!!! Luckily for them the cobra was in shed. Otherwise we would have maybe a hunt footage! :D
Those chickens were playing with their lives.
Yes, but luckily the cobra was before shedding.
Where is Ricki Tiki Tavi when you need him?
He is in India :D :D
They look like King cobras. By the way, did you watch a video uploaded by Latest Sightings in South Africa just recently? The venomous snake in the video really resembles Forest cobras!
Yes, they resemble the King cobra a bit. No, can you send us a link to that video??
@@LivingZoology I am very sorry...I do not know how to do so. Search it on CZcams, please. All you have to do is just type "Latest Sightings Battle Between Cobra and Lizard." I myself succeeded in finding that video by doing so!
@@user-th3vx9pj5t You are right! I also managed to watch that video.
We found it! It is a Mozambique spitting cobra, check our video about it: m.czcams.com/video/WxjxE1UOJ4A/video.html
We found it! It is a Mozambique spitting cobra, check our video about it: m.czcams.com/video/WxjxE1UOJ4A/video.html
No one will mention the bug riding on the cobras kneck 🙄😂
It happens sometimes! :D
My experience is that people kill snakes through fear and Safety the ones that leave them alone are smart because when snake comes into human contact they have to been removed if it's a person home but leave it to the experts.
Yes, people fear snakes and try to kill them because of that. It is always better to leave the catch to a professional.
Why would i endengered my self to snake?,any time i encountered snake i killed it without hesitation.
Forest.kobra.afrikan.king.kobras.super.snake.
Thank you for watching!
The true literal king cobra
Yes, Forest cobras look quite similar to Kings!
@@LivingZoology That and they’re way meaner too
This cobra is also considered one of the most aggressive snake species in captivity
Even if it's not an ophiophagus hannah, it should be nicknamed "african king cobra" due to its size which is quite long for an african neurotoxic cobra
They are also very intelligent cobras
Yes, forest cobras are known to be quite defensive and they are fast and nervous. Sure, it is the closest true cobra to King cobra!
Yes, they are.
@V A King is king and we agree that it is more mighty than the Forest cobra.
You told us, forest cobras are playing a vital role in uganda ecosystem, but on the other hand you write, bites are unknown.
Wouldn't it be the task of these snakes, decimating the exploding population of african natives?
And second question:
Is it possible, adapting these snakes in europe for the same task?
Haha, deaths are unknown on this island. Forest cobras sometimes bite people on the mainland, don't worry :) Europe is too cold for this species.
@@LivingZoology Damn.
Ok, this seems to be a dead end for a sustainable, biological solution.
Someone should pay the locals to pick up there garbage,,new source of income for the islanders ,an clean up the island
Yes, we agree that without the rubbish that island would be awesome!
The name is enough to prove .
Thank you for watching.
Strange how they move among the people with little problem.
It is because people don't kill them and they are not afraid.
@@LivingZoology interesting, thanks .
Like king cobra
Maybe a bit similar, but a different species. Moreover, King cobra is more closely related to mambas than to true cobras.
Need somebody to explain the whole story ( dubber )
We are working on a narrated documentary about venomous snakes of Africa. In the meantime check these: czcams.com/play/PLj80DUXdImxY2Dmas8H-wxuWDYjqDLhJu.html
It's look like king cobra,Isn't it?
It looks a bit like King cobra, but it is not.
@@LivingZoology How many cobra spices are in the world?
@@thepatriot4326 Nowadays about 30.
Dangerously ?
Are you asking if it is dangerous?
I’m scared to my neighbors rather that beautiful cobra neighbors here in Philippine they acting’s more than that also have a version like ccctv they see others life also story maker they know my life ahahha
Thank you for watching!
This is unusual...most Africans I have met would just kill the snake... so Uganda is different.
Yes, unusual! Only on that island, other places in Uganda are normal, people kill snakes.
@@LivingZoology okay thanks I will look further because if there's hope in one spot it is important.
That Cobra has enough venom to take down a full grown elephant in one single bite.
You are talking about the King cobra.
@@LivingZoology Yes I am
@@LivingZoology Even that blue and white striped on in the video could do the same thing depending on the size of the Cobra and how much neurotoxin and hemotoxicin the snake is carrying.
@LivingZoology Forest Cobra LD 50 0.324mgkg sc capable of delivering 1000mg of Postsynaptic neurotoxins is reportedly the largest true Naja genus with the highest venom yield . It might be possible for one to kill an elephant I don't know if they're any documented cases 🤔.
I thought It was king
Forest cobras look a bit like the King :)
I wil never eccept any Cobra in my area!
It is certainly good to keep your area clean so snakes don't come there, especially if you have kids.
15 and 16 foot cobras a regular thing in india and thailand ! = 4 meter cobra 2019 = thailand sewer snake !
Yes, King cobras are longer than Forest cobras! But King cobra is not a true cobra from genus Naja.
This look like king cobra
Yes, the might resemble the King cobra a bit.
Tyler Mac see the bird is moving let’s get out of here
Tyler Mac fast
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Is beautiful snake for sure
Thank you for watching! Hopefully you enjoyed! :)
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Evil? Who is connecting you to that?
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