The Speckled King Snake: Strongest Constrictor On Earth!
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2020
- In the swamps and forests of Louisiana, a beautiful and rarely seen snake hunts down and constricts some of the most venomous pit vipers in North America. The speckled king snake is undoubtedly deserving of its title, and in this video, we get up close and personal with this incredible reptile!
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Found this video because I saw one of these today.. Great job..
Thank you!
Man that is a pretty snake! Speckled Kings are very high on my list of snakes that I would like to see, they seem to be such gentle giants as it were, incredibly placid for an animal with that much power. I am absolutely loving your Louisiana series, every new episode makes me want to get down there more! If there was ever a place for a wildlife edutuber super collab, it might be Honey Island Swamp... can’t wait for all the amazing content you have coming down the road, I hope you’re holding up okay and finding things to do in quarantine!
- Harrison
Thanks, Harrison! It was definitely one of the most incredible snakes I've ever worked with, both in terms of appearance and attitude.
Have you seen one yet? I just caught one chilling around my house and he’s so friendly I’ve let him hang all around me and it’s only been a couple hours lol
This is a pretty dope little channel. Hopefully more people find you, man.
Thanks Ashton, I really appreciate that. Maybe you can help them find me haha
I was hanging out fishing with one of these snakes yesterday in Sedan Ks
Always a great day when we get a new video! Excellent find, tha is for another incredible video
Thanks so much man, really glad that you are enjoying my content!
Speck kings down south are some of the prettiest, imo. Nice catch and info, Ben.
Absolutely. Thanks for watching!
You're video's are amazing!
Keep it up... You'll be on TV one day!
Get those guys/gals to watch... I'm sure you'll be noticed real quick. Your knowledge is beyond your years... I can tell you love what you do :)
Thank you so much, that means a lot to me!
@@TheWildReportOfficial you're welcome... you're living my childhood dream!
I started herping at the age of six! Took the pillow case off my pillow grabbed a bucket and lid and was gone till dinner time. I personally caught every species of non venomous snake in PA almost every species of turtle toad frog and some salamanders too!
The time would pass by and I'd rush home for dinner. I wasn't allowed to keep snakes but they were and still are my favorite animal. I would keep some on the back porch feed them observe them then release them back to where I found them.
All the kids in my neighborhood would come knock on my door and ask if I could please catch a snake for them. Within five minutes we had quite a few.
Anyways... watching your videos takes me back fourty plus years... I love it!
Keep it up... I've seen growth in your obsession and your passion in unmeasurable!
what a beauty of a speckled king, definitely deserves the name of king, not many snakes can take on venomous snakes. And they are a perfect snake for younger enthusiasts to handle. Gosh the speckling is just gorgeous! Great video Ben! Keep it up, can’t wait for content like this!
Thanks man! I also think it's totally epic that they can take on venomous species with no problem.
No one messes with the mighty kinger!
I’ve never seen a water snake in NC but GA has tons! Also GA has those alligator snapping turtles but we don’t 😞
I have one ing my graden area that takes care oof the lizards and Copperheads. Gorgeous creatures.
They are beautiful!
That first water snake is really cool. With that viper like head. Cool how chill the king snake was with you. It seems that some snakes are pretty smart in knowing if a person is friend or foe. I hardly remember to like videos but i always try to remember on your videos. You deserve the growth and likes
Excellent video, young man! Go, Pack!
Thank you!
I live right outside of Leland NC, just seen a green speckled king snake in my yard yesterday 10- 26-21. Unfortunately, I did not get a pic, it was about 14"
Nice! It may have been a unique color morph of L. getula getula.
Love the vids!! Always 🐍!!
Thanks brother!
I'm in Mississippi and almost ran over a speckled king snake with my lawnmower. I was able to pick him up and put him in a safer area of my yard. Such pretty snakes
Glad you could help him out!
Very professional and informational, you need more views good sir
Thanks so much, I really appreciate your support!
Wonderful video on them magnificent snakes
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed!
Just subbed, and I saw a King snake not to long ago in my cousin's yard. I'm from Louisiana btw
That's awesome, glad to have you here on the channel!
10 min ago I was walking down my farm and ran into one of these right below 4 inches away from my feet. I got scare and jumped so far away from it thinking (dame, I could’ve got bitten) but thankfully for this video I feel save lol now I’m thankful to have this little fella around since there is a lot of copperhead around my farm
I caught one of these snakes back around 1991 in northwestern Bowie County in Northeast Texas. I always wondered what species it was till now. Seems like it had a little more yellow than the one in the video
We were at church preparing to enjoy a vegetarian dinner with two films on Depression by Noel Nedler.
Then a lady came in and announced, There’s a snake in the church!
“Great.” I said. “I like snakes” I went out into the hall. Sure enough a greenish snake was inside the church hallway. It didn’t look threatening. It moved its tail back and forth like a rattlesnake might do which made me wag my index finger back and forth which seemed to calm the snake. I reached down in an attempt to pick it up by its tail which cause the snake to move away quickly. It was never my intention to harm the snake. A lady brought a foam board sign out and I took it and ushered the snake outside the church door. I thought the problem was solved. Another lady had a better thought. She got a push broom and used the handle to encourage the snake across the asphalt parking lot into the wooded area. The snake had an adventure and we did too. I searched nonpoisonous snakes in Arkansas. I think it was a speckled king snake who are beneficial to property as the eat pousonious snakes.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
What a crazy encounter, glad you were able to safely relocate the snake!
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I discovered that I have a 4ft+ Speckled King living under the handicap ramp when we pulled the old one up to build the new one. The funny part is that under the ramp, that I was aware of, was a litter of kittens just doing their thing only feet away from that huge snake. When we picked the ramp up to find all of the kittens to get them to safety, I pulled up that last portion and almost stepped on the snake. It was just as freaked out as I was. I'm not afraid of king snakes, but you don't take chances here in south Louisiana when you are definitely in the presence of a snake. You get back and THEN identify. We have Cottonmouths, Pygmy Diamondback Rattlesnakes, Black Widow/Brown Widow and Brown Recluse Spiders, and 12ft Alligators where I live. And they say Australia wants to kill you, right? Come on down to South Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana and we'll talk about how terrifying Australia is, haha.
Wow, that's epic! What a surprise encounter, gotta love when snakes just appear random places. Yeah Louisiana is stacked for sure, but it's like Australia lite
Nice video/info! I found one of these guys choking out and eating a copperhead by my house. I quickly put the shovel down and grabbed the camera. I didn't want to disturb him during his meal. Do you know how long it takes to digest or how long they go between meals? I'm happy to have him patrolling the woods around the house and keeping the venomous snakes away from my kids.
That's epic! They can go several days to several months without a meal, depending on the time of year.
My husband almost stepped on two mating at my back door yesterday. One was really, really big.
Well I'm glad he didn't interrupt haha
Is that snake full grown? I saw just the back and tail end of one on my walk today on my property in south eastern oklahoma. I saw a dark gray body with what looked like small white spots. But it was very large bodied. Was it a Speckled King? P.S. I'm just south and west of Fort Smith Arkansas in Poteau, Oklahoma. I live on 5 very wild bottom land acres with creeks crisscrossing the land. Beautiful here!
It definitely sounds like it could have been one, they do get larger than this!
Aren’t they one the most gorgeous snakes? Almost as pretty as an Albino Mountain King.. Another wonderful video, your videos are truly awesome, educational, and interesting. 👍🏼
Anna Frye I’m sorry, did someone say they were dangerous?
@@mariemaroney7891 hey I'm so sorry I replied to the wrong person ill delete my reply I'm sorry but I saw a comment that said the person thought they were dangerous but they deleted there comment I'm sorry
Anna Frye no big deal, I looked to see if someone said they were dangerous but couldn’t see it anywhere. It’s all good. I think they’re beautiful snakes too. We have the black with bands here, yellow to white bands. Mostly white bands though.
Thank you so much, I definitely agree that these are among the most beautiful snakes in the Southeast.
@@TheWildReportOfficial same here one time my dad saved a female king snake she was no joke 7 feet long she was huge but she was so calm I grew up with dogs so my dad saved the big female snake and put her in a big trash can so he could show us the snake but he decided to set her free so she could go and feed and keep copperhead snakes away but instead of the the king snake just leaving the big girl came up to my dad and let him touch her she rubbed her body against my dads foot telling him thank you for saving me she was grateful that's when I learned king snakes are awesome snakes and some of the most calmer snakes and sometimes grateful my dad use to hunt snakes just like you and teach people about them
I wish I had speckled king snakes were I live; they're so beautiful!
Same here, they are fantastic!
Not if you have chickens
They get in and gorge themselves on your eggs
...I discovered I had such a pretty snake where I live because I found a dead baby. Why such a sad way of finding out..
Where are you from? We are in Missouri and we just saw one out in our yard the other day. :)
@@eyesofadog Tennessee. I've found out by this point they do seem to live here, I've just yet to see one myself
Found a few of these in Jefferson city Missouri. One was over 6 ft
I can't even imagine a 6 footer, must have been quite an experience!
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I have 23 acres in SE louisiana, with a swamp too. I have a very few number of cotton mouths. They are a very dark pigmented population. I've only seen like 3 or 4 moccasins in 5 years. I think my speckled kingvsnakes keep the moccasins eaten up. And I've only encountered one copperhead. They call a road by my property rattlesnake road but Ive never seen any rattle snakes. There are some around but not necessarily near me.
That's really interesting, thanks for sharing!
Very informative - beautiful speckled king!
Thanks Peter!
They kinda look like the Florida kings snake “I used to have one as a pet”
I'm in Connecticut and there are only 14 species of snakes here. I want to catch all of them and so far I'm at 6/14. The two venomous ones are going to be a challenge since I have never handled a venomous snake before.
That's awesome! We have around 40 here in NC, but some only exist in extreme pocket populations.
Just carry a stick to pickem up with or move them off the trail.
I recently discovered a speck living under my driveway by my home i let him be so he can keep the venomous snakes (copperheads) away. He is more than welcome to hang out in my yard.
Awesome!
Where in Carolina do you go nature searching?
Mostly in parks around my house, especially if they have water.
I had one in my backyard yesterday I didn’t know what it was
Cool, maybe you'll see it again!
@@TheWildReportOfficial I sure hope so
Great vid but I always learned from all kingsnakes in psi then calculated it's the California Kingsnake that's the strongest constrictor.
Do you have a site to search the data? The Chain KS is the largest.
I caught a comen king snake today a beautiful black with yellow specks very none aggresive and none venomous snake that I was proud to let go in my garden it never struck at me even know I completely disturbed it and caught it never struck at me I was proud to let it go in my garden it was about 3 feet long how long can it grow I wanted to keep it for a pet but I knew to let free be free
I wish I wouldn't have touched it because it was after a pretty and much smaller rat snake I discovered after handling it did I save a none venomous snake or did I save a none venomous snake idk
Really wish I hadn't have seen him/ it
They are such wonderful snakes to work with, congrats on the find and release! They can occasionally grow over 5 feet long but most will only get 3-4 feet or so.
i have to get over my fear of snakes. whats a small nonaggressive snake i can get acquainted with
I'd recommend the Eastern worm snake! I actually have a video about getting acquainted with snakes coming this week.
Literally just found one in our yard didn’t know what it was type
Nice!
I live in a open field and I have hundreds of blue racers on my property. I tried to grab one but it’s a little nerve racking lol. They shake their tail like a rattlesnake. Any tips on trying to handle?
Be ready to get bit haha
Just grab in in the middle. Be confident.
I came across a Speckled King Snake in my backyard the other day. Such a beautiful snake! He allowed me to take a pic before he slithered away.
That's awesome, they are definitely some of the prettiest snakes out there!
There is a king snake who tries to steal eggs from my chickens. I try to gather eggs early to keep the snake from getting into a habit of eating eggs. Giving up a few eggs to have it patrolling around for venomous snakes is a small price to pay.
I think so too haha
Pretty snake. But California kingsnakes are the strongest in the lampropeltis species.
I have one (male abberant Cal King) and there coils around a mouse are like a spring. It's beautifull to see. Also I don't feed live but f/thawed..
We have one for sale at work. My buddy.
I tried catching a speckled kingsnake and someone stumped on its head. Idk why they would do that when I was trying to catch it.
I would probably punch someone if they did that
One of these ended up in my office, about 4 feet long. DOnt' know how. But poor guy did everything he could to get away from me before he struck at a broom i was trying to wrangle him with. Even shook his tail like a rattler, despite not having a rattle. Got him in a trash can and released him in an empty lot.
Glad you released him, thanks for helping him out!
That’s a really beautiful snake. I’d love to see one outside in the sunlight. I’ve always heard never kill a black snake because they eat venomous snakes. I don’t like to kill any snakes because wild animals. Leave them to do their part in nature.
I love all king snakes, these guys are definitely especially gorgeous!
You really remind me of coyote Peterson.
we need to get s collab to boost this channel
Diamondback watersnakes are second to Florida green watersnakes in size.
I think those two species and Brown waters all compete for the largest.
Since snakes grow throughout their life I guess it’s really almost impossible to tell which is larger, but according to a Peterson guide, the diamondback's known record is 5’9”; for the Florida green 6’2”.
Are Cali Kings also as strong? And what about Milk Snakes?
Cali kings yes, milk snakes no. The L. getula complex is the one that includes all of the U.S kings (and are the strongest constrictors).
@@TheWildReportOfficial Great, thanks a lot. I thought it was the same w Calis and other large Kings. I was curious because I know Milks are somehow related to the Kings.
Yep, milks are Lamps but not getula complex! @@bflo1000
@@TheWildReportOfficial Got it!, LOL
Just a hint, when you happen to find a bunch of flawless adult specimens and none of those snakes have scars or ticks (in the south especially); it'll lead experienced herpers to believe that those are staged captive snakes being used 😅
Are king snakes in Mississippi poisonous
No snakes are poisonous. Some snakes are venomous, however no kingsnakes are venomous.
No, and neither are Milk Snakes, which are also related to Kings.
Go Wolfpack
Dude I had 10 of them and its no way u holing that King from the wild they bite alot
Different individuals definitely have different personalities, maybe this one was just a chiller.
Now I notice that specks and easterns have the same exact scientific name- are they just color morphs?
I think that technically a speck is subspecies of Eastern, but in terms of ecological function they may as well be the same animal.
Gotcha. Wasn’t sure cause usually there’s a second species name when subspecies are involved
Both are Lampropeltis genus, but eastern king is species "getula", and speckled king is species "holbrooki". The speckled was previously thought to be a sub-species of the eastern, but it has since been elevated to full species status.
Wtf man u could of given that snake covid 😡
Haha this was filmed last summer