The Death Adder

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  • @timothycook2917
    @timothycook2917 6 років тому +23

    The Death Adder was originally called a "Deaf" Adder because it seemed to the pioneers that the reptile would not react to approaching footsteps from people and horses. In the early days they did not know that the snake doesn't have hearing anyways and sometime later the name evolved to 'Death Adder"

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому +13

      Timothy Cook have you seen our other video called “are snakes deaf” we talk about the death adders name again in that as well as how snakes detect sound

    • @SunilKumar-lx4bl
      @SunilKumar-lx4bl Рік тому

      @@WickedWildlife hi sir my name is Sunil from India and will u try this on Indian Russell viper snake

  • @LeatherCladVegan
    @LeatherCladVegan Рік тому +1

    The snake is actually very cute with those inset eyes.

  • @katelillo1932
    @katelillo1932 5 років тому +4

    That snake has a ridiculously cute face lol

  • @australianaxisdeerhunter7443
    @australianaxisdeerhunter7443 Рік тому +11

    Where I live we have a abundance of common Death Adders, as well as Red Bellies and Eastern Browns. Out of all three I fear the Death Adder the most because of it's stealth. When you walk up on a Black or Brown snake, even if you can't see them they know you are there and they will move and make their presence known. The Death Adder will keep perfectly still and rely on it's brilliant camouflage to protect it, which makes it infinitely more likely that it will be stepped on. This couple with a super fast strike speed, long fangs, and their toxicity all make this beautiful snake the one I fear the most.

    • @moranplano
      @moranplano Рік тому

      "An abundance of Adders, Red Bellies and Browns?" Pray tell, where to you live? I'll be sure NOT to book passage, anytime soon. Good luck on you and yours staying healthy....blessings...

    • @wickandde
      @wickandde Рік тому

      Where on earth do you live? Definitely need to avoid it 😂😅 please stay healthy and well xx

    • @Mrc172
      @Mrc172 10 місяців тому

      ​@@moranplanoAustralia 😂

  • @dehubb2009
    @dehubb2009 3 роки тому +9

    “You see this snake hear it can bite you in twice the time it takes you to blink lemme got real close”

    • @xaj1543
      @xaj1543 Рік тому +2

      dehubb200
      Half the time it takes you to blink, it bites you twice in one blink.

    • @jakesacco264
      @jakesacco264 Рік тому

      It’s just perspective. The snake is closer to the camera and the rock its on is hiding how far away he actually is

  • @maxkazzora4234
    @maxkazzora4234 Рік тому +2

    I had to laugh about this guy.😂😂Look how close he is to ‘ the death adder’. Knowing how fast this snake strikes he films close to it.😂😂

  • @RiskyBRiskyB
    @RiskyBRiskyB 4 роки тому +2

    Death adder is an elapid that has many viperid qualities and the Russel's viper is a viperid that appears to be an elapid. Death adder is convergent evolution at its finest, taking the vipers behaviors and appearance.

  • @glennsimonsen8421
    @glennsimonsen8421 2 роки тому +1

    I, myself, was backing away in my chair while Adder was moving closer and closer to his face. Very uncomfy!

  • @1softkiss
    @1softkiss 6 років тому +1

    Beautiful species of snake my friend :) Every time I see the Viper Boas I see such strong resemblances to the Death Adder especially the keeled scales and coloring !! Great information on these beauties :o)

  • @RAWRofCHEESE
    @RAWRofCHEESE 6 років тому +5

    Absolutely gorgeous snake, I love seeing all the different species of snakes they are definitely my favourite animal. It's amazing how many venomous snakes there are in Australia definitely completely different than where I live.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому +3

      i believe we are the only country where venomous snake species outnumber non venomouse snakes. Largely because we are an island our snakes likely came from a handful of common ancestors and the venomous snakes managed to get here and diverge very successfully, mind you we still have 23 (or so) species of pythons, plus tree snakes, file snakes, blind snakes ect

  • @misterf9164
    @misterf9164 4 роки тому +3

    "Some say it's the fastest striking snake on the planet"
    *speaks loudly with it 20cm from his face*

    • @frankjaegar1805
      @frankjaegar1805 3 роки тому +2

      Snakes are deaf mate. They can't hear humans talk. They sense with vibrations

    • @SpencerHHO
      @SpencerHHO Рік тому

      They're actually a pretty chill species, almost all bites are from someone stepping on one not seeing it. I would never recommend it but I've seen people picking them up, mistaking it for a different animal and not getting bitten. Like most Australian snakes you REALLY have to try and get bitten unless you've accidentally stepped on one.

  • @JudeMacKenzie
    @JudeMacKenzie 4 роки тому +3

    One of my favourite snakes (although I say that about most snakes). As Australians, we are very lucky to have such an array of fauna.

    • @jordansatonick4460
      @jordansatonick4460 4 роки тому

      But we also have a terrible track record when it comes to native species conservation

  • @coopsreptiles2588
    @coopsreptiles2588 6 років тому +3

    great video! death adders are truly wicked!

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому

      Coop's Reptiles yeah I certianly love them! This one belongs to a friend of mine

  • @jakerubino3233
    @jakerubino3233 Рік тому

    Working in the Pilbara, we came across many of these little buggers sitting on the door step of our accommodation regularly

  • @dustyfarmer
    @dustyfarmer Рік тому

    Saw a nice green death adder down near Araluen N.S.W which was a bit bigger than that one. He'd be gone now as all that country was burnt to ash in the 2019-20 bushfires.

  • @chelseapensioner
    @chelseapensioner 6 років тому +3

    You Dear Sir are a pleasant character!

  • @alexvermaak1759
    @alexvermaak1759 4 роки тому +2

    He's quite a handsome little fella! Good video mate you got a new subscriber

  • @geldeddonkey7320
    @geldeddonkey7320 Рік тому

    A very interesting snake I hope I see first if I come anywhere near one. I noticed how your eyes where on. the snake as it came closer , you guys must have some stories and thanks for this one. Scott (Qld)

  • @rowansheppard4062
    @rowansheppard4062 6 років тому +9

    Love your work mate. I had a good old chuckle when the snake started looking at you. Your personality and passion remind me of Steve Irwin. What I like about you is, that you dont antagonise the animal to get people passionate about them.
    Might be harder but could you do a piece about wacky egg laying mammals?

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому +8

      Rowan Sheppard wow mate to be compared to Steve Irwin is the highest honor one can get I reckon
      I do my best never to antagonise an animal, although sometimes it seems that’s what UA-cam viewers want these days!
      I really want to do a video on monotremes just waiting for a local carer to have anything come in

    • @rowansheppard4062
      @rowansheppard4062 6 років тому +1

      Wicked Wildlife awesome can't wait. I was out on a night hike up in D'aguilar National Park and spotted a Platypus. Never saw one in the wild.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому +1

      Rowan Sheppard I’m lucky that we have wild playltypus at work
      See them most overcast days
      But can’t get close enough to do a good video haha

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  5 років тому +2

      Rowan Sheppard Gday Mate
      I’m not sure if you’ve seen but I finnaly got around to filling your request for a video on an egg laying mammal

  • @Gottalovecarpetpythons
    @Gottalovecarpetpythons 6 років тому +2

    Love these amazing snakes, had a friend find one in her garden, not knowing what it was she picked it up, but her husband very calmly told her to put it down, then the why, that's when she screamed. Lol. Must have been asleep.

  • @1Longranger
    @1Longranger 8 місяців тому

    Magnetic Island seems to have an inordinant number of these things.
    Plenty of encounters with them but fortunately I spotted them first. You need to keep a good look out for them, and they have excellent camoflage!

  • @silverbackanimal7215
    @silverbackanimal7215 Рік тому

    Favourite snake , get high of the bite as you go out

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  Рік тому +2

      I’ve heard this, although of the three death adder bite victims I know two said they certianly didn’t feel this, and one said they “maybe” did
      I don’t plan on getting bitten to confirm or deny it 😂

    • @silverbackanimal7215
      @silverbackanimal7215 Рік тому

      @@WickedWildlife I’m guessing it’s the amount in your body or just personal reaction

  • @paulcarroll5871
    @paulcarroll5871 Рік тому

    "A lot of people say he's the fastest striking snake in the world.." says the dude with his face a foot from the snakes head 😅

  • @80kokoro
    @80kokoro 5 років тому +2

    Was lucky enough to see one of these guys in the wild curled up under a tree at Trephina Gorge out north east from Alice Springs.

  • @FixTechStuff
    @FixTechStuff Рік тому

    I stumbled upon one of these 20 years ago in the bush, it was just quietly curled up and didn’t move, I could have easily stood on it if I wasn’t looking where I was going.
    I haven’t seen one since.

  • @user-xo4vn1ku9g
    @user-xo4vn1ku9g Рік тому

    Hey mate, great videos - thank you. Have you, or can you, do one about how to easily identify different snakes? (Snake ID for dummies😂) With such variations in colouring in certain species, there must be some key features to look for in different snakes. Maybe things like eye size & placement? Or shape & size of scales on the head?

  • @dustyfarmer
    @dustyfarmer Рік тому

    A few years back down on the south coast at a camp ground a bloke who had been drinking heavily got bitten by a death adder multiple times when He picked it up thinking it was a blue tongue lizard.

  • @dash8brj
    @dash8brj 3 роки тому +1

    hes a good looking snake, but didn't want to be in the video - I noticed the cuts when he tried to disappear off the table etc. The bloke behing him talking about him is quite smart too! haha Great video mate. People just need to pay a little more respect to vens :)

  • @Bulltardwin
    @Bulltardwin 10 місяців тому

    good bloke there

  • @JEREMIELEE
    @JEREMIELEE 6 років тому +1

    Good video

  • @limoucheu8522
    @limoucheu8522 4 роки тому

    An advice due to the quality of your videos you need more of them in 1080 HD. The death adder is fantastic because it seems to be the second evolutionary phase of luring preys. The first is snakes using their tails without any modifications or tiny modifications (wiggling like certain colubrids or juveniles of Bothrops asper what shows yellow tails), death adders shows a little more modified tail especially with a great mobility (of their final part of spinal column) and coloration and the final stage is one of my favorite snake the Pseudocerastes urarachnoides what shows a tail with lure constituted by scales expansions. The tail looks like really like a spider or a centipede to attract the birds. I heard that Iran place their mountains where she lives in a conservation project, good news. If you don't know this snake check on internet it is one of the most advanced snake of the world. All the best.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  4 роки тому

      Li moucheu has a Ive seen a few photos of those guys and they are incredible looking snakes

    • @limoucheu8522
      @limoucheu8522 4 роки тому

      @@WickedWildlife Thanks. It seems that the death adder have modification in his skeleton to allow the mobility of the extremity of his tail. I remember when I have studied the locomotion of the snake body that their vertebrae don't allow an angulation of more that 15° lateraly due to the dorsal junction (pre and postzygapophysis) but if I remember in the Acantophis genera the skeleton is modified at the end. They have a lot of vertebrae and the dorsal process are shorter what allow a perfect wiggling movement what is not possible in other genera like colubrids and vipers (crotalinae) what do so. The only other example is the P. urarachnoides with have not so mobile tail but the tail is completely modified in his aspect because it is a true imitation of a spider or centipede. If you want to see these guys in action see this it is a fantastic film 'unfortunately in low res: ua-cam.com/video/BmW334PwwfA/v-deo.html we sees the luring technique. It is so incredible and efficient that a bird (what is a smart animal) returns two times and he was almost hit at the first. It is the principle of if a predator see a prey he is less alert of what he sees around and he is so focus on his meal that he don't see the trap very well. But what is fantastic is that the all aspect of the snake had been modified , because their scales are really keeled and have the aspect and colours of gypsum mountains. The herpetologist talk about the pinnacle of snake evolution. Here is another film in high resolution: ua-cam.com/video/Nk6r_WDZPso/v-deo.html . All the best. As you a snake and in general nature lover.

  • @alantaylor6691
    @alantaylor6691 4 роки тому

    The Mighty Death Adder!

  • @ReptileMountainTV
    @ReptileMountainTV 6 років тому +1

    Awesome video. I love those snakes! Remind me of our rattlers... sort of.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому +1

      ReptileMountain.TV I've only got to work with urocoan rattlers
      And I used to describe them to other Australian keepers as a heat seeking death adder haha
      This snake is also in the video I've just (like five mins ago) published

  • @robertmilroy8506
    @robertmilroy8506 Рік тому

    That’s quicker than a lightning strike 😮

  • @charliebrown4624
    @charliebrown4624 Рік тому

    Back in the 1970's, Johnny (tractor) Ferguson, the current Mayor of Thargomindah Queensland, killed a death Adder measuring 9' 3 1/2". At the time, the longest one recorded.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  Рік тому

      Unfortunately that hasn’t been confirmed and doesn’t appear in any literature
      It’s also double the scientifically accepted maximum size

    • @charliebrown4624
      @charliebrown4624 Рік тому

      @@WickedWildlife I know it to be true because my Uncle, Glenn Thomson, was the publican of Nocundra Hotel back in the 70's and he had one in a jar of metho behind the bar. I'd seen it many times, it measured 3' 9". He phoned, I think he said the Queensland University, or someone like that, it was too long ago to remember, and reported his find. They informed him that Tractor Ferguson had killed one in a similar area just recently. The next time my uncle saw Tractor, he asked him about his find and he confirmed that the one he killed was 3' 9 1/2". If you phoned Tractor, The mayor of Thargomindah, I'm sure he'd confirm it and may still have the snake. He would definitely remember the one my uncle had behind the bar. If he does still have the snake he killed, it would be interesting to have it officially recorded.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  Рік тому

      @@charliebrown4624 sorry mate, in your first post you put 9’ 3” but in your second you said 3’9” which is obviously very different

    • @charliebrown4624
      @charliebrown4624 Рік тому

      Sorry, my mistake. 3' 9"

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  Рік тому

      @@charliebrown4624 no worries! That makes a lot more sence! Would be a very impressive added for sure!
      I’m sorry, as you can imagine I get a lot of “big fish” stories so wouldn’t be surprised if people pull out stories of 9 ft adders 😂

  • @CamperKev
    @CamperKev 5 років тому +2

    Well I can't say I actually like them, but I do respect them. I'm not one of these people that pretend something is cute and adorable, when they are not. As long as I don't accidentally step to closely or step on one, then I have no issues with Death Adders. I just returned from a remote region in Northern NSW where there are plenty of Death Adders. So I thought I would do a bit of research. Thanks for your informative videos.

  • @rillyjo5810
    @rillyjo5810 3 роки тому +1

    wait, why this guy face so close to the head of the snake

  • @jonathanc4166
    @jonathanc4166 6 років тому +10

    It looks a little like the hognose snake in the united states. But the hognose only has a slight non fatal venom unlike this guy.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому +1

      Jonathan c I can see the resemblance
      This guy would certainly ruin your day though haha
      I’ve had a few mates bitten by adders

    • @jonathanc4166
      @jonathanc4166 6 років тому

      Australia looks like such a cool country. I would love to visit someday.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому +1

      Jonathan c we are certainly spoilt when it comes to wildlife!

  • @aricstradtmann9972
    @aricstradtmann9972 4 роки тому

    Is adder just another term for viper because I hear gaboon vipers be called adders

  • @allenjenkins7947
    @allenjenkins7947 Рік тому

    There's only two things you need to know about death adders - "death" and "adder" 😅.

  • @jonking7683
    @jonking7683 Рік тому

    its crazy that a rattlesanke copperhead and pit viper and probably cottonmouths too are all in the viper family

  • @allthingswildlifeyt1218
    @allthingswildlifeyt1218 6 років тому +1

    Awesome video mate. Im going to start my own UA-cam channel around Christmas about Aussie wildlife and i would love to feature the pilbra deathadder. Any tips on finding them?

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому

      All Things Wildlife thanks mate :)
      I've never actually been to WA but Brian Bush would be the man to contact
      No one knows western Australian reptiles better

    • @allthingswildlifeyt1218
      @allthingswildlifeyt1218 6 років тому +1

      Wicked Wildlife noted. I will ask him about pilbra deathadders. Just came across your channel today and i love your content and I instently hit the subscribe button. Keep up the great work. Any tips on wildlife presentation/filmmaking.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому +2

      All Things Wildlife glad you like the channel mate!
      I've only just started myself and arnt great at editing or anything
      The advice I can give is just start, and film everything you can haha. Easier to film something and throw it out then to go "bugger I wish I'd done a video on that"

    • @allthingswildlifeyt1218
      @allthingswildlifeyt1218 6 років тому +1

      Wicked Wildlife yeah lol. Videos will be uploaded around Christmas and my first video will be about the perentie. They will be uploaded once a week. Filmed on the weekends and edited through out the week.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  6 років тому +3

      All Things Wildlife good luck mate I look forward to seeing your videos
      I wish I could get out bush more, but with so many animals I don't get away much which is why most of the animals in my videos are captive

  • @michaelshort2388
    @michaelshort2388 3 роки тому +1

    would these strike faster than a gaboon viper? i've always thought they were the fastest strikers. :)

  • @veloc1tyTV
    @veloc1tyTV 4 роки тому

    There are two types of people:
    1) People telling you how fast a snake can bite and compare that number with the time it takes a human to blink
    2) People telling you how fast a snake can bite, compare that number to to a human blink while being face to face with it XD

  • @Gadae600
    @Gadae600 Рік тому

    Before doing this do you milk these snakes to reduce the risk to yourself?

  • @stuarth43
    @stuarth43 Рік тому +2

    mate ,IRWIN was full of it, you are the REAL DEAL

  • @hosenOne1
    @hosenOne1 10 місяців тому

    i was gonna call him crazy but it seems like the adder is in a glass case and hes just behind it. or am i missing something here?

  • @charlieleonardo9716
    @charlieleonardo9716 6 років тому +2

    an elapid in viper skin?

  • @everestcanyon5647
    @everestcanyon5647 4 роки тому

    3:29 - Getting pretty uncomfortable with where Deathy's attention is directed, didn't he? Had to cut to reevaluate the situation.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  4 роки тому +1

      Everest Canyon there’s actually loads of cuts along the way where I’m trying to keep him sitting just right and safely 😂

  • @benquinneyiii7941
    @benquinneyiii7941 Рік тому

    Apache
    Iriquois

  • @Sw-nv4hw
    @Sw-nv4hw 3 місяці тому

    Most painfull bite apparently.. be care full.

    • @Sw-nv4hw
      @Sw-nv4hw 3 місяці тому

      Oh i go bitten by a nothern but not others.. .. thank god nothern are wose talk to a zoo keeper. Its was alledy call deaf adder.

    • @Sw-nv4hw
      @Sw-nv4hw 3 місяці тому

      You put em in the fridge first be carefull. 😮

    • @Sw-nv4hw
      @Sw-nv4hw 3 місяці тому

      Its so obvious what you did itwould chew on your mouth .. big noting...

  • @charleschidsey6192
    @charleschidsey6192 4 роки тому +3

    Just discovered your channel. I must say that your snakes appear to be In flawless condition. Great to see someone who obviously cares a great deal about their welfare. Venomous snakes in particular get such a bad rap in the media and pop culture. People need to be better informed about all the good they do in controlling vermin and some invasive species.

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  4 роки тому

      Thanks! I have a pretty keen interest in the venomous snakes in particular but I also borrow some snakes to use in videos since I can’t keep everything at once!

  • @andrewstone4350
    @andrewstone4350 Рік тому

    there so pretty around yarramundi in nsw. red and fat and fffing angry fast.

  • @everestcanyon5647
    @everestcanyon5647 5 років тому

    It keeps taking me off-guard how they keep referring to Death Adders as male. I guess it's probably because the Death Adder in my screenplay is female.

  • @Purlee100
    @Purlee100 5 років тому

    I notice that, unlike most snakes, you do not actually handle this one. I appreciate that you need to know what you are doing when handling dangerous snakes, but of course you can handle most snakes. Is there any reason, other than, ''just how we filmed it'', that you don't handle this one?

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  5 років тому +2

      Purlee100 sure mate
      Basicly the death adder is able to strike back to any part of its own body faster then any human reaction, so it’s never really safe to hook and tail them like you see me do with other snakes

  • @janetrickwood2484
    @janetrickwood2484 Рік тому

    I like snakes, but they worry me. They're usually pretty peaceful, but when they get narky they're a problem. I've had a few in my bush hut. They were only pigging out on the mice, but they didn't really make great neighbours! Getting them to leave was a bit of a chore, and just a little dangerous. I still like the little guys even if they freak me out some.

  • @jonking7683
    @jonking7683 Рік тому

    Question that cobra that you had caught in the opening of the video was it in anyway aggressive or try to bite you??

  • @horationelson57
    @horationelson57 Рік тому

    Tame as these serpents may be, you did inform us of the adder's speed in striking its victim. Yet, the adder (and brown snakes etc) edge their way perilously to your chest and neck on different youtube programs. Is it prudent to allow them such close quarters to your person?

  • @johnathanhillman6862
    @johnathanhillman6862 4 роки тому

    02:34
    01:28
    04:14

    • @WickedWildlife
      @WickedWildlife  4 роки тому

      Johnathan Hillman what are the time stamps ment to mean?

  • @veloc1tyTV
    @veloc1tyTV 4 роки тому

    There are two types of people:
    1) People telling you how fast a snake can bite and compare that number with the time it takes a human to blink
    2) People telling you how fast a snake can bite, compare that number to to a human blink while being face to face with it XD