Insane Texas Snake Hunting! Indigos, Giant Toad, and Milksnakes Under Tin!

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  • @NKFherping
    @NKFherping  11 місяців тому +12

    Kyle’s POV: ua-cam.com/video/7GnLh119gus/v-deo.htmlsi=x7BESnW6DXIrvKep

  • @bigpapaplantman5126
    @bigpapaplantman5126 9 місяців тому +7

    Not only are these guys helping the environment through documenting encounters, they are also increasing the knowledge of what biologists thought the maximum geographical range was of these animals. Good job with the conservation guys

  • @TheIndigoEclipse
    @TheIndigoEclipse 11 місяців тому +32

    I love Indigos. Such big chonky snakes that are fairly friendly. They have such big beautiful iridescent black scales. I wish they weren't endangered in GA. I'd love to see one in person.

    • @lgull1
      @lgull1 11 місяців тому +5

      prettiest ones are the Florida Indigo's. pure Black. very cool. they are huge snakes maybe the same in Georgia

    • @PhilipLongee-vw8jf
      @PhilipLongee-vw8jf 11 місяців тому +2

      Herping (just the act of gathering and handling) would be illegal with Eastern Indigos. They could be fined $25k for it. Texas Indy’s ok.

    • @thetop3284
      @thetop3284 10 місяців тому

      @@PhilipLongee-vw8jfyup

    • @kd8199
      @kd8199 5 місяців тому

      Caught one as a kid. It was the biggest wild snake I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. It’s was docile and didn’t mind being handled. Never tried to bite even once.

    • @kd8199
      @kd8199 5 місяців тому

      @@lgull1- caught one in Indiantown FL. It was so black it was iridescent.

  • @zambimaru
    @zambimaru 11 місяців тому +10

    Good to know Indigos are doing well there.

  • @scottuzarowski3629
    @scottuzarowski3629 11 місяців тому +10

    What a killer trip!! Double Milk flip & stacking Indigo's like they were Racers!! I gotta say Milks are awesome, but something about a big gentle Indigo just really takes the cake!!

  • @chetchurchill9524
    @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому +4

    98 Texas Indigos for Clint! Whaaaatt!!
    Congrats guys on the Coniophanes!

  • @Spacey7
    @Spacey7 11 місяців тому +6

    Those Indigo Snakes have massive scales, very beautiful snakes 🐍💞🐍

  • @willd639
    @willd639 11 місяців тому +3

    Wow. Those milks are gorgeous!

  • @chetchurchill9524
    @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому +4

    The double flip of patch noses was awesome.
    Still (over 4 decades) . . . one of my very favorite snake species!

  • @jenn1234
    @jenn1234 11 місяців тому +4

    Wow Noah! What an awesome trip you had! I am thrilled that it went this well. I am so glad you got to see some beautiful milk snakes and all of the other many snakes were an amazing bonus. Those indigo’s were so chunky and easy going. The jump by Kyle over the cactus was epic, to say the least. What a way to bring in 2024 for us! Stay safe and healthy and I look forward to whatever comes next!!! 😄💙🐬🐊🐍🫶🏼

  • @fredachildress3728
    @fredachildress3728 10 місяців тому +1

    I just found your channel, and thank you for showing snakes located in my home state of Texas. I'm originally from Tyler but I now live in Dallas. I had no idea that we have such gorgeous snakes, fantastic!!😊😊❤❤

  • @chetchurchill9524
    @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому +2

    One of the best single day videos I have ever seen by UA-cam herpers!!

  • @Coltbreath
    @Coltbreath 11 місяців тому +4

    So Glad the Indigo was the most common snake!

  • @Richard_and_Heather
    @Richard_and_Heather 11 місяців тому +21

    Man, Kyle leap frogged that cactus like nobody's business. Noah and Kyle herping teamed up is a recipe for INSANE success. This is one of my favorite videos I've seen in a minute. Yall are straight bosses of the herp world. That indigo looked like it busted a huge amount of jizz on your shirt 😂. Thank you for all you do and the amazing footage you bring to us subscribers. Catch you on the flip-side Noah.
    Richard from Arkansas

    • @chetchurchill9524
      @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому +2

      Ditto, Richard.
      Noah is def the G.O.A.T. UA-cam Herper in all the world!
      With Kyle and company at his side in south Texas . . . Who else could have seen/caught 7 Indigos in one trip!!
      Insanely Unbelievable!
      Utterly Incredible!!!
      After searching hours for indigos in south Texas I was only able to capture one . . . near Falcon Dam back in the late ‘70’s.
      Came close in hot pursuit of individuals outside Falfurrias , Mission and Rio Grande City.

    • @Richard_and_Heather
      @Richard_and_Heather 11 місяців тому +2

      @@chetchurchill9524 They definitely put in time scouting location and with all that artificial cover Kyle lays down its just a recipe for success. I'm always impressed/jealous (lol) to watch all the the amazing snakes they find. I hope you are having a great day. Catch you on the flip-side.
      Richard from Arkansas

  • @caughtafaygo
    @caughtafaygo 11 місяців тому +3

    7 indigos i gotta watch this!! Love drymarchon!! 🤘❤️❤️🐍

  • @heatherlandskron
    @heatherlandskron 11 місяців тому +1

    great video!! hi guys! have a good day and week. I hope all is well.

  • @donprater2754
    @donprater2754 11 місяців тому +1

    Best video yet supper nice!

  • @cnnroutside
    @cnnroutside 11 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful Indigos!

  • @BigBass-xf5yi
    @BigBass-xf5yi 11 місяців тому +1

    Annulata=Gods favorite Milk.
    Great Job Guys. That is one fertile area. Healthy and multiple specimens of multi species 👍🏻

  • @shannonlong6640
    @shannonlong6640 11 місяців тому +2

    You should do a herping trip to Mexico or Central America, Noah. 🇲🇽🐍🦎🐸

  • @smetlogik
    @smetlogik 11 місяців тому +2

    Sheesh. Is there anything you guys didn't find? It was raining Indigos and milks. And that FOOD? I'm booking a Pop Milk trip.

  • @jailbreakoverlander
    @jailbreakoverlander 11 місяців тому +2

    What part of TX are you hunting? at this time of year?

    • @chetchurchill9524
      @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому

      Extreme south TX in the lower Rio Grande valley.

  • @jailbreakoverlander
    @jailbreakoverlander 11 місяців тому +1

    Ah this was August not now. o id probably waste time looking now in that area.

  • @brianfeeley6140
    @brianfeeley6140 11 місяців тому +2

    What a trip and video... a little bit of everything including getting pooped and peed on! Those big indigo's and their big handsome heads remind me of black cobras! Oh, and the double-milk flip was epic! Cheers!

  • @bdherpetologyproductions1084
    @bdherpetologyproductions1084 11 місяців тому +1

    That Indigo gave you that money shot

  • @JustinMichels
    @JustinMichels 11 місяців тому +1

    EPIC

  • @mattmatthew2440
    @mattmatthew2440 11 місяців тому +1

    Its nice to see indigos,when i was a kid i saw a indigo snake that was about ten feet or more in lenght, very fat too like it was eating rabbits.Ive never seen one again that big ever since all the development here in florida.

  • @casualobserver77
    @casualobserver77 11 місяців тому +1

    I live in FL where keeping an Eastern Indigo snake is nearly impossible to do legally.
    So i bought a hatchling Texas indigo back in 2005. I sold her in 2010 and I've missed that animal ever since. Such amazing critters!
    Great video Noah

  • @JessiJHall
    @JessiJHall 11 місяців тому +1

    Blue Indigos are my favorite of all snake's ❤

  • @chetchurchill9524
    @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому +1

    Congratulations on the double flip annulata, Noah!!
    Clint and Kyle are the bomb for sure when it comes to Texas milks.
    I believe you are the bomb with respect to milks in Dixie and Will in the northeast.

  • @herpetologywithjon
    @herpetologywithjon 11 місяців тому +2

    This one is absolutely insane

  • @mr.perfect1er
    @mr.perfect1er 5 місяців тому

    Man, I'd love a pair of those Indigos!

  • @ronnstone7023
    @ronnstone7023 11 місяців тому +1

    Nice video. I live in the Houston area and was pleased to see all the snakes you guys turned up along the coast and in south Texas.

  • @OrionsMako
    @OrionsMako 11 місяців тому +2

    Noah can sure spot em out on the crawl.

  • @tomtorres7093
    @tomtorres7093 11 місяців тому +1

    I was super excited to see that you were down here in the thornscrub!! Yall were nearby!! Woulda been awesome to bump into yall here in my neck of the woods!!

  • @jimwhite7607
    @jimwhite7607 11 місяців тому +1

    Where in south Texas close to Corpus Christi ?

  • @stefanostokatlidis4861
    @stefanostokatlidis4861 11 місяців тому +1

    Nice Texas indigos, Lampropeltis, ratsnakes and others. The numbers of animals were also phenomenal. I didn’t expect indigo snakes to be so calm. Something equivalent in the Old World would give you a very hard time. Generally North American snakes seem calm.

  • @redsftw10
    @redsftw10 11 місяців тому +2

    I love these videos!

  • @cbrooksusmc
    @cbrooksusmc 11 місяців тому +1

    @13:02 we learn that snakes can also squirt and with that answers the age old question, it’s pee :(

  • @nepaleseman1010
    @nepaleseman1010 11 місяців тому +1

    For me the Indigo is the ultimate snake that you can find in the USA, way above any other snake part from the Eastern Indigo. Its really reassuring to see that the Texas Indigo is quite common, at least I the area where you guys are flipping.

  • @Trombone_vibz
    @Trombone_vibz 11 місяців тому +2

    Great video! Love your content NFK:)

  • @KimGossett-h3r
    @KimGossett-h3r 4 місяці тому

    We had a picket fence at my grandparents house. Every morning rabbits & birds were out then they all ran & here come the blue indigo winding thru the pickets ea morning going west. In the afternoon sane thing going back east.

  • @chetchurchill9524
    @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому

    I appreciate you’re staying so current on the scientific names, Noah.
    As I’ve shared with you several times over the last several years, I hope you are collaborating with professional herpetologists (particularly those specializing in geographic variation, taxonomy and and ecology/natural history.
    It would be a pity and a crime if the professionals weren’t learning the wealth of knowledge you and your allies are doing for herpetology.
    Kudos to Will for having started his formal research into Terrapene c. Carolina and Chris Leone with the snakes and turtles of south Jersey and the Pine Barrens.

  • @ThePollaton
    @ThePollaton 11 місяців тому +1

    Wow

  • @cheaplaughkennedy2318
    @cheaplaughkennedy2318 11 місяців тому

    Beautiful snakes , something how some really don’t bite. Enjoyed watching 👍👌

  • @jayjohnson9668
    @jayjohnson9668 11 місяців тому

    I am heading down to the Okefenokee area this week end with my daughter to do some herping. Last time we were down found 4 indigos and plenty of other cool stuff. Cant wait!😎

  • @marcosavila1204
    @marcosavila1204 11 місяців тому

    Awesome Snakes all off them are awesome finds

  • @tkreitler
    @tkreitler 11 місяців тому +3

    This not only had some fantastic herps, it was also very entertaining to watch. I look forward to the next one. PS- 7 indigos in a single day is ridiculous.

    • @chetchurchill9524
      @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому +1

      Ridiculous indeed!!! Ridiculously insane, incredible and indubitably unbelievable!!

  • @randallstephens78
    @randallstephens78 6 місяців тому

    All the indigo snakes I’ve ever seen were black with red nose maybe so this is a treat for me too thanks guys appreciate it !

  • @absolutjackal
    @absolutjackal 11 місяців тому +1

    The indigos are such thicc snakes; maybe it’s how blocky the head looks but they seem even bigger than that huge diamondback you found. The only ones I like more that you find are eastern coachwips; something about the coloration and pattern is so cool. And how long they are.

  • @ke11ey1
    @ke11ey1 5 місяців тому

    All of you geeking out over the double flip milks. Everyone immediately whipped out your phones to get documentation-proof😂

  • @Crotalus_cerastes
    @Crotalus_cerastes 11 місяців тому +1

    Excluding the couple DORs, annulata is the last milk I need.

  • @zzzzbumm4608
    @zzzzbumm4608 11 місяців тому +4

    Stopped everything I was doing when I saw the number 7 and indigo

  • @filippozauc
    @filippozauc 11 місяців тому

    Those indigos look a lot like king cobra, that's amazing!

  • @sharonrigs7999
    @sharonrigs7999 11 місяців тому

    I love Indigos!

  • @chetchurchill9524
    @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому

    Wow; no wonder Clint is your point man at the lead.
    How he managed to detect Indigos 3 & 4 before they slithered away us beyond me.
    Kudos guys.
    That high grass is prime indigo habitat.
    7 indigos and 0 atrox!!
    Bizarrely Amazing!!!

  • @geneyarnall3736
    @geneyarnall3736 11 місяців тому

    Awesome Snakes! Explains we hy you aren’t seeing and rattlesnakes

  • @barryrahn5957
    @barryrahn5957 11 місяців тому +1

    I kept hoping you'd find some Diamondbacks. I know Texas is rich with D backs

  • @Spacey7
    @Spacey7 11 місяців тому +1

    Hi. That was an awesome video. Can you tell me how you can tell if a snake is ovulating please? I only know the breeding time of year with mine. I rescue reptiles here in the uk. 🐍💞🐍

  • @LuvBluSkyz
    @LuvBluSkyz 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video. I am in the Houston area and never see many of those snakes. Would like to see a video on the invasive non-native herps. Maybe you can fit one in sometime even though you are a serious herpetologist.

  • @bgrritchiet
    @bgrritchiet 11 місяців тому

    Happy New Year. You had a fantastic day catching Indigo’s, Milks, along with the other snake species you found. The first Indigo with all the red on its belly looked like a Mexican Red-tailed Indigo. The owner of Black Pearl Reptiles in California breeds the Mexican Red-tailed Indigo and he wants $ 2000 for yearlings he is selling.😱Awesome video.👍

  • @houstonherper
    @houstonherper 8 місяців тому

    You should do a video herping in south east texas around houston

  • @ke11ey1
    @ke11ey1 11 місяців тому

    That giant toad really looks like a big engorged tick

  • @reptilianwild
    @reptilianwild 11 місяців тому +1

    Is a thornscrub rat different from a great plains rat? Is it a new name or something?

    • @NKFherping
      @NKFherping  11 місяців тому +1

      It’s a formerly recognized subspecies of Great Plains Rat

    • @reptilianwild
      @reptilianwild 11 місяців тому +1

      @@NKFherping Interesting

  • @garnerthecube
    @garnerthecube 11 місяців тому +3

    I have consumed a large marshmallow.

  • @thehoop74
    @thehoop74 11 місяців тому

    Indigos are so beautiful!!!!!! I didn't think you could touch them unless you were in that society for research. They kinda look like an UN mad not hooded cobra.

  • @owenjackson2390
    @owenjackson2390 11 місяців тому

    I've always wondered what the large black beetles are under the tin with the sankes. They don't look like cockroaches. So what are they?

  • @clovistblowpop3060
    @clovistblowpop3060 6 місяців тому

    This may have been the most amazing tin flipping I've ever seen. I have never seen so many indigo's in my life. Keep this place top secret, guard it with your life. Also, the mild snakes.... Are you kidding me! Great video as always. My friend & I used to help when we were younger & now that I can't find anywhere to go, this really is exciting to an old fella. Found a baby eastern king recently in my neighborhood, I was so excited! That being said, thank you for doing this. I'm living vicariously through your videos 😂

  • @daveco1270
    @daveco1270 11 місяців тому

    Those indigo snakes get big. Very cool. Some of them remind me of cobras (minus the hood) for some reason. Maybe it's the size and the thick neck leading to the head.

  • @mikedickerson521
    @mikedickerson521 8 місяців тому

    1st time viewing your channel! I live in Jax, FL we have king snakes that look like the milk snake you caught. Are they the same just different names? Thanks
    Again great video!

  • @Snoopyfan2023
    @Snoopyfan2023 11 місяців тому

    NKF herping I love your videos What is your favorite find of all time

  • @4202cvinc
    @4202cvinc 11 місяців тому

    Worst part of herp south Texas, were the ticks. We dusted our pants and legs with Sulphur and STILL had to stand in front of a mirror and check for ticks.

  • @jataun1978RoTex
    @jataun1978RoTex 9 місяців тому

    Do y’all ever do trips? My daughter loves it but I’m not 100% snake ready

  • @charlesschulz8416
    @charlesschulz8416 9 місяців тому

    Where iam close to river we have common eastern brown snakes and tiger snakes both venomous.If you head up north of southaustralia into desert country you might be lucky run into the inland tiapan they are a shy snake with a deadly bite

  • @masterbuilderproductions
    @masterbuilderproductions 11 місяців тому

    Did anyone else see that little scorpion crawling on the tin at 1:28?

  • @jayhayes5924
    @jayhayes5924 11 місяців тому

    Is there anything we can do to help introduce these back to Alabama? I think we still have them in south Alabama but not in the central part? Are they rare because of the lack of tortoise's? I think they live in tortoise holes, but seems like they could find other places to live. I'd just love to have them around here again.

  • @joshuahull9982
    @joshuahull9982 11 місяців тому

    I have a female cane toad that size but I bought mine at a pet shop.

  • @JEREMIELEE
    @JEREMIELEE 8 місяців тому

    👍👍

  • @jimicrack29
    @jimicrack29 4 місяці тому

    wish worked with you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @davidsorensen7438
    @davidsorensen7438 11 місяців тому

    Love that video Noah - question on the indigos don’t they have a really blue looking one in Texas too? Are they different?

    • @chetchurchill9524
      @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому +1

      Not really Dave; those are largely in FL.

  • @KimGossett-h3r
    @KimGossett-h3r 4 місяці тому

    Chilipitins!!

  • @KimGossett-h3r
    @KimGossett-h3r 4 місяці тому

    All those indigos is why you didn't run in to a huge rattler in that tall grass I assume.

  • @timwhiting6721
    @timwhiting6721 4 місяці тому

    Lophophora , huh ? What bufo the sonoran desert toad ?

  • @PaintedTurtle001
    @PaintedTurtle001 11 місяців тому

    Sweet video! Are Texas indigos protected?

    • @NKFherping
      @NKFherping  11 місяців тому +2

      They were historically, but their population is stable and they’re afforded no specific protection anymore.

    • @chetchurchill9524
      @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому

      Wow, Noah.
      I know I’ve been out of herpetology for a number of years.
      But I never would have seen the day that Texas Indigos are not protected!!
      Very Good News!

  • @billchambers5348
    @billchambers5348 11 місяців тому

    Man hope to see a Texas indigo some day! 7 would make my year!

    • @chetchurchill9524
      @chetchurchill9524 11 місяців тому +1

      Right there with you, Bill!
      Hunted several counties in south TX over the decades and only able to capture one first hand (in Zapata County).

    • @billchambers5348
      @billchambers5348 11 місяців тому +1

      @@chetchurchill9524 I will be down Raymondville this coming June for a few days, maybe I will luck into one. Couple years ago driving down the Everglades park road there was an eastern indigo laying in the road sunning. I think I might have use up my snake luck for many years after that sighting, lol

  • @njm-hz8rq
    @njm-hz8rq 6 місяців тому

    Too bad you don't have a rehab place there for injured or disabled critters. The snake that was skinny and cross eyed I feel so sad for it. 😟

  • @gordondalrymple7644
    @gordondalrymple7644 4 місяці тому

    If there’s rodents under the tin ,you know theres no snakes

  • @bobstranzenbach4700
    @bobstranzenbach4700 2 дні тому

    I’m glad he didn’t land on the poor Indigo.

  • @KimGossett-h3r
    @KimGossett-h3r 4 місяці тому

    Red & Black Friend of Jack!

  • @Sushi2735
    @Sushi2735 9 місяців тому

    I wonder if they are interested in you at all, or just looking for a face to chomp??? Some actually seem to look at what / who you are!!

  • @vincentwilkes9611
    @vincentwilkes9611 11 місяців тому

    "News printing"?

  • @Ekzotika-g8w
    @Ekzotika-g8w 11 місяців тому +1

    Idc how common Texas indigos may be they’re 10x cooler than milk snakes.

  • @dartmart9263
    @dartmart9263 11 місяців тому +1

    “Just be careful not to step on them”
    Then he immediately goes on to jump right on top of the corrugated metal and, potentially, on some herps. Great job!
    At least he didn’t scream like a little girl then. He saved that pleasure for later, when they got their double find. Oh goodie.

  • @LittleLambsCrochet
    @LittleLambsCrochet 8 місяців тому

    Why are you all so loud and rough? It looks like the snakes are terrified. Be kind.

    • @NKFherping
      @NKFherping  8 місяців тому

      Snakes don’t have ears, you’re anthropomorphizing. If you really want to complain about something, go complain about the people who slaughter them and build factories on top of their habitat. Maybe start by looking into the Sweetwater Rattlesnake Roundup!

  • @mattgrimmett6067
    @mattgrimmett6067 11 місяців тому

    NSFW 13:02

  • @coraltown1
    @coraltown1 11 місяців тому

    Sometimes I'm not quite clear on why every animal needs to be grabbed and handled .. on this and most other channels.

  • @peterw6490
    @peterw6490 11 місяців тому

    I enjoy your videos greatly however not this one. You guys are loud and aggressive with the snakes disturbing their peace screaming at them. Not a good look. Also when you find two snakes together leave them the hell alone.

  • @mcsuckalives2302
    @mcsuckalives2302 11 місяців тому +1

    Dang, you got money shotted big time! The price you pay right?