The Water Snakes of Florida: Everything You Need To Know!
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Let's catch and learn about the identification, behavior, and ecology of three incredible species of water snake, including the largest water snake in North America - the Florida green watersnake!
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Even having worked with several green water snakes myself, I didn’t realize how specialized they are for hunting amphibians, but now that you mention it the adaptations are definitely there. They do have a sort of crocodilian build, they’re among my favorites as well. Great work Ben, lots of great information about an under-appreciated genus!
It's pretty crazy how little we really know for sure about their ecology, almost all of the info I found that was published online came from a ~20 year old book and some biomagnification of heavy metals papers. Thanks for the support!
Florida wins on finding a watersnake pretty much anywhere, anytime. Some of the prettiest I've seen down there.
Oh yeah they are definitely abundant down this way, but it seemed that the areas I was in were probably 90% Florida waters and 10% everything else.
This was fun to watch, thank you!
Thanks Devon, glad you enjoyed!
This was beautiful. Love snakes. Thank you for the vid.
So glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!
This was awesome! I love watersnakes!
Thank you! I think they are so fun to work with, even though they can be nippy at times.
I Love your videos Ben ❤. Your very educational. You know I live on Pensacola Beach Florida and you actually will find a Eastern Rattlesnake here on the Beach. It's rare but it does happen. Ben Zino. I Love Your videos. Please keep them coming my friend. 😉👍❤️❤️❤️
Thanks Walter, I always love seeing your comments! Man, I can't imagine seeing a rattlesnake on the beach, I would probably lose it haha
Great stuff. Thanks for taking the time to share this with us.
Thanks for the feedback Isaac, I appreciate the support!
Thank you , Ben.
My pleasure, thanks for watching!
Great video like always.
Thanks a bunch!
That was very helpful. I am not good with Nerodia ID and have been trying to force myself to get better at it. Nerodia are pretty defensive and you must have the special touch as I didn't see any blood on your hands. Great shots too!
Glad it was helpful, they are the trickiest snakes to ID in my opinion. Thanks for the support!
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An important video as I misidentify water snakes frequently. Great Blue Herons & Great Egrets seem to be the top predator of these snakes unless they are too big to swallow. Also people who jog on the trails step on the little ones without knowing :(
It can be hard to ID the adults, especially if they lose their pattern. Yeah the wading birds absolutely crush water snakes, which is sad for me but probably a great protein source for the birds.
Was that location at 4:00 Sweetwater Wetlands in Gainesville, FL? I used to live there and bird all the time such a great place. Your Snail Kite video I think also showed it in part of the video too. I’ve had quite a few snail kite and limpkin sightings both there at at nearby Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park where where I would see a ton of them when I lived there
Great content, so informative! Years ago, a hawk lived in woods behind my house and several times I saw it perch with a newly killed (sometimes not quite dead yet) snake. So it really surprises me to see those Nerodia laying out in the open without a care in the world. Maybe hawks learn not to grab any after they've been musked by one?
Oh hawks will absolutely eat water snakes (as will wading birds), I think from the snake perspective basking has to be worth the predation risk for the thermoregulatory benefit in order for them to bask in the open like this.
I adore snakes. They're so beautiful and underappreciated. It's curious that the populations of the green Florida water snake have that gap instead of being a contiguous population. Was the population once contiguous and then broken apart by changes in water, perhaps from humans damming up water sources or drying them out?
I couldn't agree more...and what an interesting question! I don't think we know for sure what caused the gap in their populations, but what you are describing here seems likely. Since they can't disperse as easily through let's say creek systems as other Nerodia due to their shallow water wetland specializations, changing wetland hydrology as a result of human activities can have an exaggerated impact on Florida green populations.
@@TheWildReportOfficial That's sad. :(
This must be some kind of setup. You must be using prop snakes. Because ALL water snakes bite when touched...hahaha Just kidding Ben you have that magical touch with snakes.
Haha I thought that too until I filmed this video
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Did no one see the gator in the right hand corner of the video at 4:33 ?
I did, and was actually contemplating not filming this snake if it looked like he wanted to move up and bask on the bank also. As soon as I approached he moved towards the water, so I felt okay going ahead and recording the segment!
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Couldn’t imagine