4 deadly vipers, venomous snakes, snakebite, Terciopelo, Puff adder, Carpet viper, Russell's viper
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- The most feared snakes are the ones with the most toxic venom, like Black mambas or bushmasters. But the most venomous snakes are not automatically the ones which also bite and kill the most people. In this video you will see 4 deadly vipers - snake species which bite and kill most people in the regions where they live. Saw-scaled vipers or Carpet vipers (Echis) kill many people in Africa and Middle East. Here we show you the Northeast African carpet viper (Echis pyramidum). In Central America, Terciopelo, commonly called Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) is responsible for most snakebites. In India, the major threat is the Russell's viper (Daboia ruselii). And finally, in Sub-Saharan Africa there is the Puff adder (Bitis arietans). Enjoy the journey to Africa, America and India and meet the 4 deadly vipers!
A big thumbs up for those who put their lives at risk to educate us about these creatures, you have my utmost respect.
Thank you very much for watching and we are happy to provide many more educational snake videos!
Thank you for the knowledge and footage of these venomous but beautiful snakes. These snakes may have been givin a nasty reputation as being aggressive animals but they are protecting their environment and territory!
Many thanks for watching this video! These snakes mostly don't deserve their bad reputation. As you wrote, they just defend themselves when they feel threatened.
@@LivingZoology we as people just need to respect them as genuine creatures on earth coz they are really fascinating to watch and look at!
@@LivingZoology yes indeed fear of the unknown at work, lol
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Thank you so much!!!
What an amazing footage! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it! We are always happy when people love watching our videos :)
Oh boy, the puffadders are really beautiful - stunning colors!
Thank you for watching! Yes, puffies are so cool!
Another great video, LZ! Thanks for all the hard work and expense it takes to do such first class work!!!
Much appreciated! Thank you very much!
Was great seeing a variety of snakes!
Tyler Mac yes
Fantastic video as always. Many thanks again.
Thanks again! Happy that you always come to watch our videos!
Beautiful. Scary seeing the sawscale striking!
Thank you for watching! Yes, Carpet vipers are super fast and strike a lot!
Thank you for the video.
You're welcome!
I did t realise the saw scale and carpet viper was one and the same! - a little bundle of death. Excellent as always!
Thank you so much!!! Yes, the same genus (Echis), just different names.
Thank you for a a look at 4 deadly vipers great video 📹👍
Many thanks for watching and we are happy that you like the video!
Excellent video as usual
Thank you so much! 🙏
Another great video by you guys that shines a positive light on some of the most elegant well-designed animals on Earth. TYVM .
Wow, thank you! Yes, our goal was to present these 4 vipers as beautiful animals which have important roles in their ecosystems!
I honestly can't understand why don't you have, at least, 1 MILLION subscribers! Your work is absolutely amazing (photography, script, info, movie's pace, length). Keep doing that superb work...
Thank you! Cheers from Coimbra (Portugal).
Wow, thank you! We hope that slowly we can get more than 100k, that is our realistic goal for now :) Cheers from the Czech Republic!
i think because nobody is talking. i needed to stop the video everytime to read ;)
Excellent!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Lovely videos. Vipers are so unique & beautiful. There has been an increase in the human, snake encounters. Sadly, Vipers are on top of the list where they get killed by humans. Awareness is immensely important. Great video team 😊
Thank you! Vipers are beautiful and unfortunately, often killed, you are right. We hope that we presented these 4 species in a positive way!
Amazing documentary. Thank you very much
Glad you enjoyed it!!!! Check out some more videos from us :)
Another amazing document, well done guys.
Thanks again! We are happy that you like our channel! :)
Vous êtes les meilleurs merci
Thank you very much for watching!
Thanks, guys. As always, super informative & educational. As if I didn't already know, I will avoid these vipers next time I'm in Sub Saharan Africa or Central America. On a more serious note, thank you for your calm & informative work. I do, indeed, have the desire to visit the reptile rich countries you film & describe, but meanwhile I'll be content to experience them vicariously, via your superb teamwork. Merci bien, l'équipe!
Thank you very much!! It is great that you love the way we present snakes to our audience 🙂🐍
greatly fantastic!!!
Thank you so much! Cheers!
Thanks so much for the great video, beautifully presented as usual , love them .....
Thank you very much!
Another excellent video, as all your other work, among the best videography of snakes and snake behavior on the web, tv, anywhere, and also some of the most informative. I would question, however, whether the Russell's is the most dangerous snake in India. Other experts state the Indian cobra is responsible for the most snake bites in India. A minor point. Going to Australia anytime soon? Lots of good subjects there, and the eastern brown would be sure to please.
Thank you so much for your support! We really appreciate it and we are happy that you like our work! We were following the info given in this study in terms of the number of bites from Daboia russelii: elifesciences.org/articles/54076 We are monitoring the situation in Australia and we hope that the borders will open. We want to come in 2022!
Thank you for such a beautiful video enjoy the snakes very very much especially I love puff adders the way they crawl so cute but very dangerous
We agree that Puff adders are very cute with their movement style! :) Thank you very much for watching!
Always Amazing work from Yinz.
Much appreciated! Thank you very much!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing nature I alwys watch your videos keep it up 🥰
Thank you very much!!! Very happy that you love our videos! 🥰
Lovely and informative.. Good camera work..
Glad you liked it!
Such a treat! Your photography is wonderful and I really love the natural sounds without human narration,you feel like you are there - Fantastic!,
Thanks so much 😊
These are my favorite vipers fer de lance and Russell's viper
Thank you for watching! Good choice! :)
Nice Video
Thanks for the visit!
Thank you brother
What a 👌👌👌 video footage
God bless you👍👍
So nice of you! Thank you so much!!
Even in these difficult times of covid ,the energy with which you bring to us these beautiful frames are wonderful...nice work once again...👍frm 🇮🇳India
Thank you very much for your support! We hope that we will be able to visit India again! Greetings from the Czech Republic!
For Me ,, it's amazing video! Salute from Indonesia
Thank you very much for watching!
another "best of "... thanks, see you tomorrow ;-)
Thank you!!! The new video is coming out today! :)
Beautiful video without any dramatic background music.
Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching!
Stunning… My thesaurus isn’t big enough to do your footage justice!
Thank you very much!!! Happy that you enjoyed watching!
Dnes zase super je fascinující jak jsou hadi rychlí a užasní
Souhlasíme! Fascinují nás neustále :) Děkujeme za sledování!
@@LivingZoology jsem ráda že vás můžu sledovat
@@klarakubin797 My moc děkujeme! :)
These 4 deadly vipers must be really dangerous, beautiful, am waiting for it.
Yes, they are beautiful and also dangerous.
That puff adder is gorgeous. Bitis genus always look like caterpillars to me when they "crawl."
Thanks for watching! Mostly the big species from genus Bitis use caterpillar movement, the small ones use typical serpentine movement or sidewinding: czcams.com/video/zNB8x4fu5EU/video.html
Australia has land based elapids with the most toxic venom in the world but most of them live in remote areas away from humans. And the few species that do often come into contact with humans are a lot more reluctant to bite compared to these 4 viper species highlighted here.
For example an eastern brown snake might be found hiding under debris in a person’s yard but it’s extremely unlikely to take up residence inside a person’s home. Russell’s vipers and carpet vipers are reputed to occasionally go as far as being found inside kid’s beds and biting when unaware people provoke them when going to bed
What you wrote is correct :)
Yes exactly 👌 Australia has land based snake y Peru y American central
My God your footage is beyond stunning
Thank you very much!!! We put lot of effort, time and money into this work! We love snakes!
Beautiful creatures! must respect their space!
Thank you, we agree!
Great video. The strike speed of the Saw scaled viper, as shown here, is terrifying. Less than a blink of an eye.
Glad you enjoyed it! Among these 4, the Russell's viper and the Carpet vipers are the most unpredictably striking and moving from our experience.
@@LivingZoology My mother told me horror stories about the Russell's viper when she was growing up in India. For some reason, the vipers scare me more than elapids. Maybe it's the long fangs, the strike speed or the nasty effects of the venom.
@@goldencalf5144 Russell’s vipers are common in India and live in agricultural land. The encounters with them are common and often dangerous for locals as they don’t wear shoes or they don’t use torch when they walk at night.
The Strike Speed of that Saw-Scaled Viper is incredible, you blink, you missed it 😐😑😐 🤔
Love your videos, thank you 👍
Thanks! 👍Yes, they strike very fast and they also move very fast! Check out the behind the scenes video about working with them: czcams.com/video/L-haBJbwcOo/video.html
@@LivingZoology Just watched it, omg those snakes are just crazy, and so much of them in one place, scary...
feel sry for that sand snake, terrible injury he has gone through.. poor guy 😔
@@lokutuzprime368 Thank you for watching! Yes, so many Carpet vipers in one spot! We were also very sorry for the sand snake :/
My god, your camera work is extraordinary. Beautiful videos of the worlds most feared animal.
Thank you so much!!! We are happy that you think so! :)
@@LivingZoology yes, i think its the best. Also i wanted to know where are you from? My guess is spanish?
Thank you for being there.
Thank you for watching our videos!
Thank you so much for making these beautiful videos! There’s really something so fascinating about watching venomous snakes up close (through the screen of course and not in reality!)! By the way, I know you might not enjoy it, but would you record footage of the brown snake eagle? 😍 I’m just so curious as to how they’re such skilled snake hunters! But of course, it would mean seeing these lovely snakes get eaten! 😅😅😅
We are happy that you love our videos! 🙏 We try to show snakes as beautiful and important animals 🙂Filming a bird of prey hunting is very difficult, but who knows, maybe we will be lucky in the future! 😀
@@LivingZoology Absolutely! Please keep up the great work! The quality of the images is 👌👌👌!!! Yessss, it is very difficult to capture birds of prey hunting because of their flight speed, I’m sure. Maybe you can film the secretary bird and some hornbills also! Haha I love birds!!!! 😍😍😍
@@jonathanwong7017 Many many thanks! 😍 We are always trying hard to capture some birds! Have you seen some shots of secretary birds and hornbills in some of our safari videos? :) czcams.com/video/KQTcDuoycE8/video.html
@@LivingZoology Yessssss! Love them!!! I was wondering because the majority of your videos are of snakes, which I love too, but I especially love birds! 🤪
@@jonathanwong7017 We especially love snakes, but whenever we have a chance we try to film other animals! :) Birds are difficult, but we try! :D
The Beauty , The Majesty of Snakes...
With only the sound of the Forest...
Thanks for watching!
Most in the US know terpiciopelo as Fer de Lance. I had to Google terciopello. Fyi just beautiful footage!
Thank you for watching! Fer-de-lance is widely used for more species of lanceheads and it is confusing. Terciopelo is now official name of Bothrops asper.
I heard that there might be subspecies of Sri lanka Russel's viper that is smaller but has even more toxic venom. People are divided as to if it is a young Russel's viper or a new subspecies. which is true?
As far as we know populations from Sri Lanka are a subspecies (together with populations from southern India). There are differences in venom composition from Russell's vipers living in northern India. But snakes from Sri Lanka are still the same species.
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Thank you very much! 🙂
Russell viper is the dangerous snake in the world & one of the venomous
Yes, Russell's viper is a very dangerous snake.
These videos would rock if they had narration
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We also produce longer narrated documentaries: czcams.com/video/mjWNCWMTBjY/video.html
Is Terciopelo the same as Fer de Lance? They look very similar, and very beautiful snakes.
Yes
The name Fer-de -lance is widely used for several species from genus Bothrops and it is very confusing. Bothrops asper from Central America should be called Terciopelo. The name Fer-de-lance should be probably used only for Martinique lancehead (Bothrops lanceolatus).
amazing video as always!
ahoj, pozdrowienia
Thank you very much and greetings to Poland!
I think Russell's viper is most aggressive,powerful and fearless beast in the world. No other 🐍 can match it's attitude. I live in India . Here Russell's viper is responsible for most bites.
Snakes are not aggressive, only defensive :) But you are right that the Russell's viper is powerful, fast and nervous, it often strikes.
@@LivingZoology I agree,
I love snakes. Ur videos are amazing.capturing 🐍 in camera is my future dream.
@@sci-philomath1248 Thank you! :)
wow
Thank you!
Of the 4 vipers shown in the video, can you tell me which one has the most toxic venom?
From these four, we would say the Russell's viper.
I jog in the forest trails and close from rivers where venomous snakes live. I have had a few encounters and close calls. I want to increase my protection. I always wonder if when running the snake can hear the ground vibrations far away and will start moving away from the path into better camouflage area. And if i happen to step nearby the snake will the running will be too brief for the snake to decide to strike. I know the snake have incredibly fast strikes but the decision to strike is slow seems to take seconds, so when running the snake might first be startled and by the time he gets aggressive i am long gone. It seems this is also the explanation why snake handler can get so close to the snake and the snake fails to strike because his decision to strike is constantly foiled by some hand movement.
Most snakes run away when they feel vibrations caused by people walking or running. Some stay camouflaged and hope that nobody will step on them. When you run, it is very unlikely that a snake would manage to bite you.
Aside from the PR campaign listing 'deadly' Australian snakes, these are the truly deadly/and beautiful snakes of which we all need to be educated. Great, great video.
Thank you! Exactly, these are the snakes which really kill many people and are super dangerous.
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Thanks for watching.
Nothing like the good ole Puff Adder. South Africa's deadliest viper close to the US's Rattlesnake.
Puff adders are dangerous as they are venomous and amazingly camouflaged in their habitat.
Russel viper is fantastic, I'm also surprised that there is species very closed related to russel found in my country Indonesia, Daboia Siamensis or Bandotan Puspa
Yes, you are right! We were filming Daboia siamensis in Komodo national park: czcams.com/video/C3k1h1VA7iM/video.html
It is a terrifying snake as it can jump!
Zdravím krása když mi Echis syčela přes kýlnaté šupiny tak to bylo hlasitější než skoro 2 m dlouhá arientána škoda že se nikde nepíše o ploskolebci plantážím který může až za 80 % ušknutí v Asii (Calloselasma rhodostoma) děkuji s pozdravem Petr.
Ploskolebce plantážního snad natočíme, až se nám podaří dostat do Thajska :)
Snakes know no boundaries.
Thanks for watching.
What about the Bushmaster and the fer-de-lance?
There is information about bushmasters at the beginning of the video. Fer-de-lance is a name used for several species of Bothrops and those living in South America are similar to Terciopelo.
How far from the Hospital may I ask ?
It depends a lot on the situation - what species bit you, how big was the snake, how much venom was injected, how big you are, in what health condition...But in general several hours to the hospital is enough to survive.
Thanks
need to mention the baby puff adders are short and stout enough to launch themselves in the air while striking. very very deadly...much regards from Baringo KENYA 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪
Thank you for watching!!! We wanted to cover the general topic of these vipers in this video, we still need to make a special one about Puff adder :) Regards from the Czech Republic!
Australia is lucky being viper free.
We have enough deadly stuff!
You have enough cool elapids and some even look like vipers! czcams.com/video/frDKv64C9KY/video.html
It’s actually been proven that saw scaled vipers are responsible for so many bites because the take offense to being called carpet vipers.
Haha, interesting hypothesis :D
I have a question, why was Oceania and North America excluded from this list? Aren't C. scutulatus and A. antarcticus dangerous and lethal?
Thank you for watching! There are reasons why we did that. First of all, Australia has no vipers. Death adders are elapids. The regions of the world you mentioned don't have a viper species, which can compete with 4 deadly vipers from our video in number of bites and deaths.
@@LivingZoology 👍Gotcha....I got you... I didn't see the word Viper, however, I think you're missing the deadliest viper in North America, C. scutullatus. I am from Venezuela, and here there is a discrepancy, on the taxonomy of the species of bothrops, atrox, asper and colombiensis are described
@@aromobates We are taking multiple aspects into consideration. Vipers must have a strong venom, be very abundant and live close to people, be responsible for many bites and deaths. C. scutulatus only has a strong venom. It does not cause a major human-snake conflict.
Presumably the 60% balance of bites in India are Cobra Krait and Saw Scaled. Do these figures incorporate Sri Lanka?
The statistics of WHO suggest that 90% of snakebites are caused by big 4. It looks like Sri Lanka is not included.
I think that one could buy a pair of very cheap rubber boots and cut the neck of the boot above the leg joint with a metal saw and wear those "tubes" around the tibia for snake protection. You can still wear sneakers below it. It is my understanding (i could be wrong) that snake bite occur on the muscle around the tibia not the feet unless stepping directly on the snake tail. I wonder if the fangs can pierce 2mm rubber.
Most snakes have no chance of biting through a proper rubber boots.
In my opinion we must consider ourselves lucky to have these wonderful creatures here on our planet! It's wrong to hate these animals, because they didn't choose to be snakes, just as we didn't choose to be human beings. It is their nature to be and we simply have to understand them😊
Yes, these snakes have their place in nature! Thank you for watching!
Puf Adder is known as the Living Landmine of Africa
Yes, it is!
I wonder how many "G's" a snake's head encounters when striking - those guys are amazingly fast
Yes, Carpet vipers are extremely fast!
Bush Master of more scary
Thank you for watching.
Deadly I know but so beautiful visually and amazingly adapted. In the UK we have only one poisonous snake, the adder, and virtually no-one has ever died from being bitten. Unfortunately, due to ignorance and the ridiculous preference of dog owners for their wretched pooch over any other living thing (including people), adders are constantly victimized because stupid dogs antagonize them. You can tell where my priorities lie!
Thank you for watching! Adder is also the only venomous snake here in the Czech Republic. It is the same here, many people are afraid of them even though we don't have any death recorded for over 25 years.
It seems the Terciopelo would resemble a Copperhead, with it's coloration and markings. But no copperhead would grow to 7 feet.
Yes, they might look similar at the first glance but as you wrote, Terciopelo is much bigger.
Is the Terciopelo also known as the Lance Head or Fer Du Lance ?
@@sandemike Fer-de-lance is widely used for several species of genus Bothrops and it is confusing, Bothrops asper should be called Terciopelo. Lanceheads are pit vipers from genus Bothrops in general.
A better earth no rodents or poisonous snakes
Who knows what would happen if they were not part of ecosystems on Earth.
I've never seen any snake, let alone a viper, do the rectilinear so fast as the puff adder.
Yes, Puff adders are so good at this type of movement!
Wow the legion & army of ZUMA & Valentina king & queen of 🐍snakes 🐍 in Philippines 🇵🇭 Comics.
Thank you for watching!
Yeah, Bothrops.....bite first, ask questions later 🤕
Not from our experience, it is a lot about how you work with the snake ;)
The irony here is that these snakes are so dangerous because they aren't anywhere near the top of the food chain and have many natural enemies which is why they react to violently against threats. Contrast with the King Cobra, which is an apex predator and way less likely to react aggressively against perceived intruders.
It is true that the bigger the snake the more confident it is and it does not need to strike.
The malayan pit viper (Calloselasma Rhodostoma ) is also one of the most feared viper in southeast asia
We want to film the Malayan pit viper in the future and add it to the list!
@@LivingZoology awesome, can't wait to see the video
gaboon viper???
Gaboon viper in this video: czcams.com/video/xg-jsMQGXD4/video.html
Spectacle cobra from india
Yes, it was in the video.
@@LivingZoology yes I watched .it's so beautiful
@@gousyamohammadali1737 Thank you!
7:15 not just Central South America to the problem is their unpredictable demeanor!
Well, as with all snakes with terrible reputation, it is not fully deserved. Yes, they are often defensive and they might strike. We have to say that we worked with over 20 wild individuals and not one was unpredictable. From our point of view, Russell's viper is much more unpredictable.
One thing that I have to ask is why do people want a Gabon Viper for a pet?
They love the beauty of these snakes, that is probably the main reason. We don't support export of these snakes out of Africa. If somebody wants to keep it, he/she should get a specimen born in captivity.
@@LivingZoology I think it should be illegal to own a venomous snake as a pet. They should only be seen in the wild or a zoo
@@paulleyharris7851 If it is done under certain permits, then we think it is fine. But many people have venomous snakes illegally - without permits for keeping dangerous animals. The rules are also very different in each country. Private keepers are often very successful in breeding very endangered species, it is just necessary to start reintroduction programs to the nature...
In some parts of the USA they have "rattlesnake round-ups" every year. Thousands of snakes can be caught over a few days for their skins and meat. The number of deadly snakes present in a given area can definitely be minimized with enough courage and teamwork. Plus over time the snakes learn to run like hell at the first sight of a person. No more rattle threats. "Gotcha !"
Rattlesnake round-ups are a disgusting tradition which still exists for some sick reason.
@@LivingZoology I disagree. Maybe if some of these species were "rounded-up" occasionally they would learn to flee from humans instead of standing their ground and biting 10s of thousands of people every year.
@@zitherzon2121 Are you talking about the USA? There are 6,000 to 8,000 estimated snakebites in the USA and 5-8 fatalities per year. There is definitely no need to kill thousands of rattlesnakes for fun. It is simple animal cruelty tolerated just because it is done on snakes, not some lovely mammal species.
@@LivingZoology No I am talking about people in India, Asia and Africa starting occasional "round-ups" as a preventive measure.
@@zitherzon2121 Well, it is a very tricky and dangerous idea. If you drastically decrease the number of snakes in the area, you will have drastic rise of rodent population. The result will be damaging loss of crops and people will start to suffer from hunger. The best way how to save lives is to educate locals about snakes which live in their area and teaching them correct behavior in areas full of snakes. Donating shoes/torches can also help.
I want to work at Living Zoology
Maybe in the future! :D
Bushmaster - highly venomous snake? Sure?
Yes, bushmasters have strong venom.
@@LivingZoology no, you're wrong.
its venom is weaker than that of other species of vipers.
@@arthurkomarkovsky7453 What are your sources of information? Go check out it properly again. Being bitten by a bushmaster is a serious situation. With a lethal dose of LD50 2.8-9.75 mg/kg, the venom of the Amazonian Bushmaster is considered “extremely toxic.” One of many sources for you: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9133709/
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Jak ja cię cieszę , że mieszkam w klimacie w którym bezpiecznie mogę wyjść do parku , do lasu na grzyby , a nawet do innego pomieszczenia , bez obawy zaatakowania przez jadowitego węża. Dobrze , że robicie takie filmy , na każdy czekam z niecierpliwością.
Thank you very much for watching! If we understood correct, you are asking how you know that it is safe to go for mushroom picking for example. Vipers like wet meadows mostly in the mountains. You will not find them in the forest. Be careful where you walk.
But India is not a dry habitat,how carpet viper live
India has very dry habitats, even Thar desert.
more deaths by horse kick in Australia than by shark, spider snake and lightening
Yes, correct!
The fact that some of these snakes (namely the carpet viper) will strike solely at the air, tells me that everyone who says leave them alone and they're leave you alone..or that snakes only strike if they're provoked is a bunch of crap
No snake strikes solely at air. Snakes in our footage strike only if we come close to them. The fact that we zoom in and we are not visible in the frame does not mean that the snake strikes just for fun 😀
@@LivingZoology So than that must mean someone was there antagonizing the snake then to get it to strike like that. Good job on doing so and making it look further away then.
@@JamesBond-py8xs Yes, if you come close to the carpet viper it strikes, they are very nervous.
@@LivingZoology Wow! Glad we don't have them in the U.S.
saw scaled vipers are verry cranky im glad its strikeing at air loool anny bothrops are coiled up landmines verry cranky give them a spanking laughing my head off the mambas need one too naughty naughty loool im not laughing at opeople dying my condolences like me if you stare death in its face youll never forget it stay safe love laughter is the key to survive in this deadly world
Thank you for watching!
Wrong info- Mambas bite a lot of people in the central and eastern SA as the live in the close procimity of ppl.
No, mambas don’t bite many people and in most of their range their don’t live in close proximity to people.
Terciopelo = Fer-d`-Lance
Fer-de-lance is used for several species of Bothrops and it makes everything messy. Terciopelo is Bothrops asper. Fer-de-lance was originally used for Bothrops lanceolatus.