The Fastest Snake in the Southeast: The Coachwhip Snake!
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- Опубліковано 26 кві 2023
- We encounter and manage to catch a rare snake species which may be the fastest serpent in the Southeastern U.S: introducing the Eastern coachwhip!
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I really enjoy how you keep an eye on the snake during handling, very pro and confident. Thank you for the lovely video and facts!
Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!
Wow what a nice pair of grumpy snakes. Great find Ben keep up the good work.
Haha thanks Steven!
You've got nerves of steel! Didn't even flinch when he bit your hat! Lol... Very cool snake and great video, as usual.
Biologist: "Pull my finger!"
Coachwhip: "Got your nose!"
Haha basically
Hey! It’s Halen from the 4-H thing. (I asked for your autograph lol) I’m glad that I can still see you doing great in your work and stuff. I’ll be sure to come back and hopefully see you again! ❤✨
Hi Halen, welcome to the channel!
You have nerves of steel!!! So happy for YOU to get the experience of handling such a great find. But that one's waaay too feisty for MY hands and face!YIKES!! Glad to see you posting again, btw!!!
My "pet" blacksnake BB made her first appearance of the year few days ago which reminded me we hadn't heard from you in a while. ....I caught her in the nest box with a chicken egg just at the point of no return....even without a "gag" in place, she always has much better manners than that Coachwhip! BB got a free carry over to the mouse infested shed, egg and all. Hope she was still hungry!!
Haha with nonvenomous snakes I just don't care about getting bit anymore, which lets me focus completely on handling them with proper form! Also that's so cool, I'm sure BB appreciates your hospitality.
I saw the end of a red coachwhip in my haybarn. I live in Az, and have never seen a snake like him (or her lol) before this. I only saw the last bit of him, enough to think it was a red and tan rope. Had me confused, as I knew I didn't have a rope that color, and esp. had not left any rope in front of the feeding wheelbarrow. Then, he (she?) moved, and I about fell over backwards with fright. I'm not afraid of snakes in general, but when you think it is a piece of rope, and then it moves....well. The mouse that has been cruising in my barn has not made an appearance in a few days, so maybe the snake is the reason? I know that just because I just saw him today, doesn't necessarily mean he just got there. Anyway, just a fun little story of my new "friend."
That's so cool! Yeah coachwhips come in a pretty impressive variety of color morphs, I personally think the red ones are stunning and would love to see one in the wild eventually.
Beautiful finds! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Always learn so much from you! Thank you for your videos Sir.
Thank you, so glad to hear that!
Loved it!
Man i just walked outside into my backyard and was greeted by a 4 1/2 foot coachwhip. I recorded it and posted it to my snapchat as he fled under my house through a tiny hole right by my backdoor. Everyone is so uneducated and i cant tell you how many people commented "KILL IT!!" and i refuse. As fas as im concerned he/she can stay there as long as it likes!
People please...dont let fear govern your judgement of these awesome "little" critters!
I live in Springhill FL and have coach whips in my neighborhood. Huge.
Love your enthusiasm.
Thank you!
Yes, another video by Ben!!!
Long time no see!! Great video as always and amazing, unique species! Glad to here you’re well and having fun working!
Thank you, glad to be back to content creation!
Beautiful coachwhip, I’ve never encountered one. I mostly see Rat snakes, speckled Kings, milk snakes and copperheads. (W. TN)
Speckled kings are beautiful though!
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Yes they are. Milk snakes are too.
I always enjoy your videos Ben very educational ❤👍.
Thanks Walter, greatly appreciated the support!
Love this! Very informative and interesting!
Thanks, Lukas!
Congrats on that coach, such cool snakes. Superb information.
Found a ton in SE CO, still looking for that black/tan coach here in AZ.
Thanks man! Yeah I want to see a red color morph next.
Awesome video awesome encounter, thanks for sharing!!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching, Robert!
Good video, nice to see you again.
Thanks Ricky!
Awesome snake!
Thanks Bailey :)
Awesome video
Thanks, glad you enjoyed!
i almost stepped on one this morning down by the rr tracks in haines city fl
Dude you’re in my territory! I’ve seen a few of those at work
Wow cool! Do you work in sandhills habitat?
Yep! sandhills and flatwoods on the Lake Wales Ridge
Lol I always find it odd when ppl get so excited over a coachwhip, where I am it's my most common find... but I guess it'd b like me finding a black rat snake or something like that, something really cool that I don't have here
Woah that's weird, but yeah I guess they are locally abundant in some places!
kinda crazy how they almost resemble the Boomslang with it's big eyes and lizard eating nature
Yeah it's uncanny how similar their adaptations are!
Incredible!! Coachwhips are such a beautiful snake, but the photos I’ve seen they usually have a darker coloration toward the ends of their tail. Does that happen as they age? Or is there a different coloration of coachwhips in Florida vs NC?
There are many different colorations possible throughout their range, I know that NC has more of the dark morphs you're describing!
One time fishing the Mississippi we saw either a Black rat snake or water Moccasin. Not sure which species but it was pretty large and ~15ft from the shore
Nice, do you remember any patterning?
@@TheWildReportOfficial It looked fairly plain black to me, white under the head.
Does the coachwhip have faster ground speed than a racer? I've heard this from other people too. I tried to look this up online but the information is all over the place. Many of the sources I saw list the racer (Coluber constrictor) as the fastest nonvenomous snake in the world with several listing the sidewinder and black mamba as faster. I'm just wondering if you have better information.
I don't, sadly. Snake speed is hard to calculate, but I'll see if I can find anything definite.
Did this take place on Tybee?
No, this is in Florida!
They have the sage eyes
I don’t know why it’s hard to find garter snakes because my grandma has a pond and I see a garter snake every 3 months- 2 weeks after I take them out. I don’t want them to lay eggs for more snakes because then I won’t have frogs so I move them. I have been trying to get this snake out but every time it pops it’s head out near the filter (a fake rock is 90 percent over it) I would go near it and the snake is gone. I have seen the snake in the filter but I got scared for some reason even though those snakes are harmless… but I think that was my only chance that day. I am going back tomorrow so I hope I can get the snake.
Garters can only eat small frogs, so the big ones that you are after should be safe!
@@TheWildReportOfficialyes, there are tons of tadpoles that hatched last week so there will be a ton of baby frogs. There are some small frogs in the pond so I just take them out. My family is also scared of the snakes so I would just take them out anyways so my family does not try to kill the snake or just run away.
Omg, my gather found a super long one by our barn! It was about 5 -6 maybe even 7 feet long! Sadly he killed it, thinking it was one of the venomous brown snakes that hang around barns to eat our chickens or bite our goats or horses...now that I know, I'll make sure to not have them killed by mistake!
Oh no! Thanks for helping them out. Do you know what species of snake the brown snakes are?
Hey bro would you go out at 8am or 9 am is their a sweet spot between the 2 times to go out?
They have a short morning basking period but then are actively foraging for the majority of the afternoon.
@@TheWildReportOfficial so give or take mornings are 8-9 am
Poison ivy and chiggers!
ETA: Way cool snakes ❤
Yep pretty much
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This is Sharkbait, welcome to the channel!
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IF YOU THINK THAT SNAKE WAS FAST, YOU SHOULD SEE MY EX-WIFE IN A BAR ON FRIDAY NIGHT!
Black racer is faster
I don't know about that, we'll just have to host a race
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