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Is Great Basin Rattlesnake’s venom used for anything?

The mass of limestone or dolomite that once held the gold hydrothermal deposits of Osceola has long since eroded, resulting in the past one hundred years of periodic mining activity being almost totally placer mining. The few lode mines quickly played out. Any comment on that original hydrothermal deposition?

I ran across one of these critters in the dark last night-gave me a scare. I must admit to being more scared by the ranger!

Yesterday, while hiking (in UT), my 7 year old spotted a snake on the trail. She is not a stranger to snakes and doesn't have a fear of them. Like she has at home, in the backyard, she grabbed it. Showed us the snake. Happily holding it like a trophy. Upon closer examination, we determined it was DEFINITELY a rattlesnake! And likely this Great Basin rattlesnake! We're still in shock at how lucky she was to not get bitten!!!! Thanks for the info on this video.

Interesting video, but Wheeler is actually the 2nd tallest mountain in Nevada.

Fantastic video, thank you.

Yep 2017 I went to Corvallis Oregon with my neighbor!

Thanks so much for posting the video and links!

Excellent presentation by Professor Miller!

Great data

Excellent video!!

Good presentation except you had to throw in the standard line about global warming…the local daily weather at any location causes a lot more temperature variation than the few tenths of a degree attributed to apg warming…in fact the earth hasn’t warmed any since 2017 or so and has been cooling a bit…no one knows what the temperature of the earth is or should be anyway…climate has changed tremendously with warmer and cooler periods before man ever arrived on the scene…it will continue to do so after man is gone from the planet…imo of course…

Great basin natonal park is very similar to Rocky mountain NP colorado!

Great basin is proof of the great flood from the bible!

Well done video

Such a beautiful species of rattlesnake..

Awesome info. Thanks!

I have studied geology, and visited the park a couple of times, including climbing Wheeler Peak. I found this presentation quite helpful, and I learned a few things. Thank you.

I run into these snakes a lot at work (we are locate right on the edge of the Wasatch Mountain Range) during the summer months. They are very docile so it makes sense that the camera man could get lots of close up shots of these snakes.

I found a nice one in the Virgin Mts. Nevada south of Mesquite below the range map shown here. Must be the southern end of the range.

Rattlesnakes are very good especially fried golden brown..

Very interesting and informative. We have four species here at Rock Hound State Park in New Mexico. It's against the law to kill them in the park, but some people don't care.

Soon as I heard ,"warming climate ", I had to turn it off ! I can't abide the BS.

Seriously, as an admirer of snakes from North Carolina, where we have 3 varieties of rattlesnake, you are the man. Thanks.

When are you going to do one on Sasquatch?

Snakes eat mice 🐁 & rats 🐀

Education and conservation protects the rattlesnake, ourselves and other species... The ecosystem needs protection from humans (fears) just as humans need the ecosystem.... If a rattler poses a danger it must be removed to a safe location if possible. I certainly don't want them in or around my home.

The Great Basin Rattlesnake is my favorite venomous snake...remember back in 2020 when everything was locked down and there was a huge reduction in CO2 but there wasn't a significant reduction in temperature? I'm starting to think that climate change may not be caused by humans.

Thank you Bryan Hamilton! Science is hard and often takes years of dedicated work for any significant results can be produced. I've always found snakes to be fascinating and their life histories to be far more surprising than almost anyone would expect.

Most dangerous venomous snakes are old and live in the Whitehouse and Congress; distinct

The general description of their prey comes across as pejorative.

I have heard this defence of snakes, i.e. controlling rodent population so many times that I finally had to sit and think about it myself and I might be wrong but it just doesn't add up. A rattlesnake might eat a rat or mouse every other day if not less. By comparing that to the rate at which rodents procreate you can easily see that it is just negligent. That is even before talking about predation on snakes by all sorts of other predators, different birds and mammalian snake hunters who can consume several snakes a day (thank god). Just look at Australia and the number of venomous and non-venomous snakes there and yet they have regular mice (invasive specie) population explosions. They also had problem with the rabbits (another invasive) population explosion If anything snakes are attracted to the human population because of rodents. Otherwise, they have no reason to risk the danger of confronting a large number of potential adversaries. They often run away as soon as they feel the vibration of a passerby. So, please someone give me a decent scientific counter-argument or stop spreading this myth. Rodent population control has more to do with cats than anything else. Snakes can't make a dent in the rodent population on their own. There has to be a snake population density comparable to that of snake island in Brazil for them to make a difference. Once this myth is gone then maybe we can look for the real evolutionary reason for snakes and then treat them accordingly.

Thanks for your help with protecting my favorite animal

Silly snakes......

good video

I would love to know what's the highest number of recaptures on individual specimens.

The Great Basin Rattlesnake tops my Rattlesnake favorites list (with the Tiger and Mojave taking the number 2 and 3 spots on that list respectively).

I’d love to have an IPA with this fella.

Good video learned a lot.

They are dangerous, dude. Just because you study them doesn't excuse you from downplaying their will and ability to defend themselves. Do you work for the government or a non-profit or both? The uniform your wearing seems like BLM or NPS.

I still hate them.

Damn, I feel like I should be studying rattlesnakes for a living

just beautiful!

great interview!😄

I knew a man that killed 3 dozen of these. They were near his campsite. Guess they hissed him off

Been To that national park once, hope to get back there sometime.

Love snakes, spiders.....so maligned, yet a vital part of our ecosystem.

Great basin rattlesnakes are predators... as spouse to other snakes??? Great basin rattlesnakes are ectothermic!!!! BTW so are all other snakes!!!

Good job Bryan.

Great video, a lot of similarities to the Timber rattlesnake in the east.