You guys are awesome. I could watch Jim do his thing all day. He talks too much though...hahaha Thank you for the video. I know you guys have a lot more to do than just make videos but I appreciate AMD respect every bit of knowledge you give us. I wish I could just be the camera guy for you. Thank you again for the peek in to the normal at KRZ. Love and respect from Colorado.
Same but at the same time I’m fascinated and obsessed with them. The hognoses have grown on me though. They are so cute, for a snake anyway. And after watching a gazillion UA-cam videos I actually brought myself to grab the tail end(gently) of a little checkered garter snake to get it out of the road so it wouldn’t get run over which I would’ve never in a million years done before. So apparently UA-cam therapy helps lol.
Super informative video! Thank you for taking the time to share. It is a goal of mine to visit the facility this year. I’m in Cincy Oh, so not to far of a drive. 🐍 💚
In addition to having exhibits that visitors can tour, we do allow guests to watch the venom extraction (from outside the room!) if one is going on while we're open.
Thank you very much for this video. It's always rewarding to watch masters of their craft at work, whatever that may be, with the common factor being that they make the difficult or dangerous look effortless. One question that occurred to me in this video, was why each individual extraction was so brief? In all other such videos I've seen elsewhere of snakes bring milked, the collection time was notably longer to try to extract the most possible fluid. Is this because of the sheer number of snakes you have to work with, that only a fairly small amount of venom per snake is needed to meet your quota? Thanks again very much!
There can be some variation in the way different extraction facilities work- we've seen some who take less time for each snake on the funnel and some who take more time. Each facility is ideally trying to find the balance of getting an amount of venom that is worthwhile to the whole process while (more importantly) putting each snake under as little stress as possible. Most institutions that purchase our venom only require a small amount if they are testing for a certain component in the venom, but we also have customers who purchase larger quantities for manufacturing of an actual product. We tend of have more individuals of species whose venom we sell more often to meet the quota, and we maintain a standard procedure for the animal (giving them a minimum two week break between extractions, making sure they are eating regularly, skipping any individual who is showing any sign of weight loss, illness, females who have recently given birth, etc.).
That’s a very good question. I’m afraid I don’t have any specific differences offhand to point out, but in general, baby snake venom is believed to be more effective more their prey. The venom is tailored to take down fast-moving lizards, frogs and animals typical of a baby’s diet. As they graduate into eating rodents, the venom changes, probably to better suit that.
Jim has had 12 bites over the 45 years that he has been extracting. He can average extracting from a couple hundred snakes a week on "slower" weeks, and has at times averaged 600-1000 in a week. It isn't very often that a bite happens, but as Jim has said, it is a numbers game in which the odds are higher the more times a risk like this is taken.
I breed EDBs and some other native GA species, so I know what goes into working with a large rattlesnake.... This guys skills are INSANE. Absurd skills on display here.
Venom is needed to create antivenom for snakebite, but more often we provide venom for medical research. Many medications have been made from snake venom, including ACE inhibitors, stroke medications, pain medicines and others. It’s also been used in cancer research!
There isn’t a real standard of qualification to extract venom, but so few people do it and there isn’t a large enough demand for that to be a more common career. To work with animals, a minimum of a bachelors degree in biology is important. As the co-director, Kristen has a masters degree in herpetology.
Jim is missing half of his right forefinger, but that was from a weightlifting accident, not a snake. He is missing part of the tip of his left middle finger from a desert horned viper bite, but that's the only visible damage he's had from a bite.
Jim has been bitten, but he has been extracting for 46 years and has had stretches of extracting from 600-1000 individuals in a given week. He's had 12 bites in this time.
It depends on the health of the animal. We've had snakes over 30 who are able to go through extraction. If they start to have mobility issues from something like arthritis or they skip meals or have lower energy overall, then we'll stop extracting from them.
I suppose there could be some snakes that get out if the racks were toppled or shaken hard enough. The bins don't really glide on their tracks so it would take a bit for them to come open.
Snakes do lose fangs sometimes, usually when they’re eating. Their body produces replacement fangs all its life because of this. If the fangs were removed, a replacement would shift down into place.
Has. Ever. Ben. Bit. By. One. I. Was. Bit. By a. Temberattel. Snake. Digging. Ginsaing. Back. In. 1991. It. Bruns. A lot. And. A. Taste. You. Will. Never. For. Get. Painful
Actually no! The venom may sell for $100 or more per gram, but institutions that purchase the venom don’t need very much very often to study it. Any money we do make must also go back into the care of the animals. The zoo is a nonprofit and Jim doesn’t take a salary.
Jim has nerves of steel. Your videos are fascinating and informative!
Thank you jim and wife for your risk and care of these creatures as well as all you did for is in the past. Owsome.
You guys are awesome. I could watch Jim do his thing all day. He talks too much though...hahaha
Thank you for the video. I know you guys have a lot more to do than just make videos but I appreciate AMD respect every bit of knowledge you give us. I wish I could just be the camera guy for you. Thank you again for the peek in to the normal at KRZ. Love and respect from Colorado.
Lol he is not saying anything
@@monas pretty sure that’s the joke lol.
Incredible video loaded with information! Continue the amazing work you and your entire team are doing! :)
I'm glad you guys are posting more videos it's been a while since I've seen anything new from your channel.
I'm not here to see Jim get bit I'm here to learn about these beautiful animals. Deadly beautiful zoological
Thank you for sharing this information! As well as this video, you guys do amazing work!
There aren't a lot of people lining up to take Jim's job away.
Thats quite an extensive rattlesnake collection
This fellow is a snake 🐍 milking machine!!!!!! Great job!!!! Both What a team!!!!!
I think diamondback rattlesnakes are the most beautiful.
I wish my employees were as efficient as Jim…damn. Dudes a machine.
Thank you so so much for taking your time to make this video
Very professional and informative. Having said that, I’m still terrified of snakes!
Same but at the same time I’m fascinated and obsessed with them. The hognoses have grown on me though. They are so cute, for a snake anyway. And after watching a gazillion UA-cam videos I actually brought myself to grab the tail end(gently) of a little checkered garter snake to get it out of the road so it wouldn’t get run over which I would’ve never in a million years done before. So apparently UA-cam therapy helps lol.
Super informative video! Thank you for taking the time to share. It is a goal of mine to visit the facility this year. I’m in Cincy Oh, so not to far of a drive. 🐍 💚
just whistling while extracts venom
Hey would you ever do an in person tour/ demonstration.
In addition to having exhibits that visitors can tour, we do allow guests to watch the venom extraction (from outside the room!) if one is going on while we're open.
That dude is just smashing his work. Very interesting dress as well 😋
I dig it. Seems like he’s all about comfort and I can definitely relate to that.
Thank you very much for this video. It's always rewarding to watch masters of their craft at work, whatever that may be, with the common factor being that they make the difficult or dangerous look effortless. One question that occurred to me in this video, was why each individual extraction was so brief? In all other such videos I've seen elsewhere of snakes bring milked, the collection time was notably longer to try to extract the most possible fluid. Is this because of the sheer number of snakes you have to work with, that only a fairly small amount of venom per snake is needed to meet your quota? Thanks again very much!
There can be some variation in the way different extraction facilities work- we've seen some who take less time for each snake on the funnel and some who take more time. Each facility is ideally trying to find the balance of getting an amount of venom that is worthwhile to the whole process while (more importantly) putting each snake under as little stress as possible. Most institutions that purchase our venom only require a small amount if they are testing for a certain component in the venom, but we also have customers who purchase larger quantities for manufacturing of an actual product. We tend of have more individuals of species whose venom we sell more often to meet the quota, and we maintain a standard procedure for the animal (giving them a minimum two week break between extractions, making sure they are eating regularly, skipping any individual who is showing any sign of weight loss, illness, females who have recently given birth, etc.).
Jim is pro af
Man I wish Jim would hush.. can't hardly get a word in anytime he's around lol
So happy you guys are still making videos!
What sort of differences tend to exist in juvenile venom as opposed to that of adults?
That’s a very good question. I’m afraid I don’t have any specific differences offhand to point out, but in general, baby snake venom is believed to be more effective more their prey. The venom is tailored to take down fast-moving lizards, frogs and animals typical of a baby’s diet. As they graduate into eating rodents, the venom changes, probably to better suit that.
great work
Why do I find snake milking so satisfying?
Jimmy is saving people's life..
Cool how many times has Jim been bit?
Jim has had 12 bites over the 45 years that he has been extracting. He can average extracting from a couple hundred snakes a week on "slower" weeks, and has at times averaged 600-1000 in a week. It isn't very often that a bite happens, but as Jim has said, it is a numbers game in which the odds are higher the more times a risk like this is taken.
I breed EDBs and some other native GA species, so I know what goes into working with a large rattlesnake....
This guys skills are INSANE. Absurd skills on display here.
You doing very important job,stay safe..👍🙂
Great Video guys, please keep posting and we will watch them ( like 'if you Build It He will Come'...)
This guy milks more snakes faster than I can run a mile!!!!
10:32 Jim got scared by his wife. 😂
It’s crazy how much venom comes out of the rattler’s
I was wondering where you got the funnel and set up.
Also do you do any in person tours
The metal podium was custom made, and the vial and funnel were purchased from a lab equipment supplier.
With snakes that are very adversely affected by stress (e.g. Lachesis muta), do you have to make extractions less frequently?
We do. Species like those, the mambas, and the kraits we wait 4 weeks minimum to make sure the stress doesn’t overwhelm them.
What you feed them ?
The adults eat rats, and the smaller younger snakes eat mice. We use frozen rodents and thaw them out before feeding.
great video keep up the great work
I love this video..thank u so much
I like all videos 👍
One predator encounter at maximum every two weeks? That's a pretty low-stress life compared to wild ones.
And these only experience perceived predators. No real predators
Hey Jim, any thoughts?
U love snake's 🧡
What is all that venom used for?
Venom is needed to create antivenom for snakebite, but more often we provide venom for medical research. Many medications have been made from snake venom, including ACE inhibitors, stroke medications, pain medicines and others. It’s also been used in cancer research!
@@kyreptilezoo oh really? I didn't know that!
Thanx
love the video happy to see everyone is healthy and happy can't wait to see more from you guy's. Stay safe
Who can extract the venom ?! Should to have some College degree and if she have what is kind ?!
Thanks 😊
There isn’t a real standard of qualification to extract venom, but so few people do it and there isn’t a large enough demand for that to be a more common career. To work with animals, a minimum of a bachelors degree in biology is important. As the co-director, Kristen has a masters degree in herpetology.
he is whistelin though 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Very challenging task
Jim = ice water in veins. (those high bins seem more dangerous!)
What snake is responsible for Jim losing a finger?
Jim is missing half of his right forefinger, but that was from a weightlifting accident, not a snake. He is missing part of the tip of his left middle finger from a desert horned viper bite, but that's the only visible damage he's had from a bite.
Have you ever been bit?
Jim has been bitten, but he has been extracting for 46 years and has had stretches of extracting from 600-1000 individuals in a given week.
He's had 12 bites in this time.
Amazing. How many times has he been bitten?
I believe I saw in another comment 13 times total over 47 years.
What's the oldest age you stop milking snakes for venom ??
It depends on the health of the animal. We've had snakes over 30 who are able to go through extraction. If they start to have mobility issues from something like arthritis or they skip meals or have lower energy overall, then we'll stop extracting from them.
What happens to all those bins when there is an earthquake? Will that room look like an Indiana Jones flick?
I suppose there could be some snakes that get out if the racks were toppled or shaken hard enough. The bins don't really glide on their tracks so it would take a bit for them to come open.
Hi I need to contact you how do I do that?
The best way to contact us is through our email, kyreptilezoo@kyreptilezoo.org
I have 2 western diamondbacks that I plan on breeding when older. I wish I could milk them as well
Milking them is stressful for the animal and a big risk to the human. We only do it because we're actively providing the venom for pharmaceutical use.
The only thing I would do is take a picture of the snake.
Banyak Ularnya.
Apakah Boleh Taring Ular Di Copot, Dari Mulutnya.
Snakes do lose fangs sometimes, usually when they’re eating. Their body produces replacement fangs all its life because of this. If the fangs were removed, a replacement would shift down into place.
Extremamente perigoso. Risco de vida.
E é extremamente necessário.
Has. Ever. Ben. Bit. By. One. I. Was. Bit. By a. Temberattel. Snake. Digging. Ginsaing. Back. In. 1991. It. Bruns. A lot. And. A. Taste. You. Will. Never. For. Get. Painful
Olive oil and popeye
lucrative business?
Actually no! The venom may sell for $100 or more per gram, but institutions that purchase the venom don’t need very much very often to study it. Any money we do make must also go back into the care of the animals. The zoo is a nonprofit and Jim doesn’t take a salary.