The Adder - Deadly Predators
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 เม.ย. 2022
- Britain's only venomous viper, the adder. It's a beautiful and mysterious snake, whose natural history is steeped in legend. For CBBC's Deadly Predators, Steve Backshall and team go in search of this scintillating serpent
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“Keep your distance” he says. 😂 He’s almost giving it a frenchie!
Yes, but he knows what he’s doing. Most people don’t.
Adders aren't deadly to humans. It's mostly to protect them and leave them alone
And then he Adder 😅
I saw my first Adder two days ago in Weymouth Dorset while on holiday I've wanted to see a snake in the wild since I was a kid. I was so excited when I saw it, I love seeing wild life in its natural habitat it was an experience I will never forget.
Did ya get ya Corey out ?
@@hsingh3344 What "Lun ?"
That's cool! Where abouts in Weymouth? I live here would like to see one myself.
@@rosiebowring5859 I was walking the coastal path near the holiday camp I was staying at Little sea Havern this is the coordinates from my photo data 50.596024,-2.497490 if you copy this and put it in Google maps you will have the exact location.
I would scream cuz I am scared of snakes and I wet out with my mates in Cannock chase and we found eggs and loads of snake holes and they made me walk through ferns 😂
"Its important to keep your distance" as your in the Adders face 🤔
I was lucky enough to see an adder on the Isle of Aaron in Scotland!
Louis get the spelling right Arran
Spotted an adder crossing a minor road today in Curbar, Peak District. It was only by chance that I spotted it, firstly thinking it was injured but actually it was fine and swiftly making it's way onto the verge and into a stone wall. Very majestic, agile and a sight to behold (having never seen one!) - felt quite privileged!
Exactly why I’ve ended up on this video - I spotted one for the first time out on a bike ride. I couldn’t believe how big they are!
I saw an adder when I was a kid in 1963 on The Sychnant Pass near Conwy in North Wales.I have been back to the exact spot hoping to see one again, but no luck.
Just saw one in my local cemetery!
He was huge and about 3 feet long.
Looked up this video to confirm what I had seen. 😊
Saw my first today they are fascinating snakes. I had been looking without success. I asked a ranger where fo look and he trusted me and told me but they have to be secret about where the adder spots are because people want to harm them. I don’t see why as they are timid, inoffensive snakes.
That's so sad, and likely driven by fear. Fear comes from lack of awareness and understanding of these creatures. Adders are reclusive snakes, they prey on small mammals and amphibians. As long as you keep dogs on leads and keep a safe distance, adders won't bother you.
Love seeing snakes and animals in the wild! Often seen adders in golf courses see then a few times a year
I love your enthusiasm for snakes which I share, but I was told If you leave a snake to go in peace, it will leave you to go in peace. Sound advice which worked for me with a Black Necked Spitting Cobra in West Africa when I just stood and watched one on a tree branch, it opened its hood to warn me but when it realized I was no threat it closed its hood and went its way giving me a good view of the pink and black belly markings. Loved it.
The West Highland Way in Scotland is famous for seeing them especially on warm days.
YesSiRr!! Short and sweet!!
1st Adder i saw was on real short coastal grass which gave us a terrific view. We were atop of a prehistoric burial chamber on Anglesey & i remember it clearly although it was about 35 yrs ago, beautiful it was.
I remember many many yrs ago when I was camping on Dartmoor with a class full of kids , around 15 of us , apparently it was breeding season for the snakes , we all got up early , and one of the kids shouted , snake ,,,🐍 then the teacher went over with two sticks , lifted it off the ground and tossed it into a metal cylinder on the camp fire that was full of boiling water , I’ve never seen a snake circle so quick ,, , that’s a genuine snake skin watch strap I’m making ,, he laughed ,, I’ve often wondered if he made one ,, and the story’s he’d tell people down the pub ,, recycling, thats,for sure 😅
Buddy you're nuts!!! 😱🐍
I searched for Black Adder and got this. Now I love snakes.
I've been all over looking for adders...up the moors looking under old metal work signs and seen absolutely none even though there was a warning sign up of adders in the area. I've seen one grass snake and that's it.
I have never seen an adder :( I would so love to spot one in the wild. Not dangerous as long as you keep your distance and are aware when in adder country. Keep dogs on leads and wear suitable foot and leg wear when out and about in areas known to have adders, and you will be fine.
What would you consider adaquete foot wear?
Are they in Leeds/Harrogate?
@@justsain3236 They can be anywhere with the correct habitat. Adders like tall grass, which is why it's important to wear boots which protect your feet and lower legs when walking in such areas, and keep dogs on leads. I think you can find out online where adders are most common, and I am not sure about that area.
Dr Scholes
👋 I have watched you in year 2 ilove your videos there scary but epic .
Wow, the deadly adder. Ferocious!!!
Lol. Adorable snakes.
I would have run a mile Steve 👍
I live in Southwest England and have never seen an adder, and never want to!
What a beautiful snake. I would not get that close to it but i guess you have all the aid you need just in case.
Beauty
60 years old, lived in rural UK all my life and never seen an adder in the wild. Well not entirely true, I have seen some on a school trip to a nature area where part of the guide’s tour is to lift a piece of corrugated iron to reveal a number of adders. Strictly, speaking they were in the wild, the nature area has no controlled borders so the wildlife are free to go where they want - still felt a little artificial though, as the corrugated iron had clearly been put down as an artificial home to attract them.
I used to find them on horse dung piles. I moved to the midlands from the South Lakes-I know terrible! I'm thankfully since back up North. It was my main joy on weekends as a child catching grass snakes and viviparous lizards on the piles, even once a slowworm. I also when I travel up to Cartmel, see them on the woodland trails sunning themselves. Deadly.
I dont think many people have died from an adder bite so hardly deadly
Snakes. The advice I was given years ago was If you leave a snake to go in peace it will leave you to go in peace. It works.
Loads of dead adders on the roads near me
I saw a young one on Dartmoor two weeks ago. And it froze similarly . I don’t know why it and the one in this video don’t move off.
Reminds me of "The Adventure of the Speckled Band".
I doubt we get these up in the north but I've always wanted to see natural reptiles here as I assumed they must have went extinct or were on the verge of it but seeing one on video is amazing
Noi you do!!! The adder occurs all the way up to the north of Scotland, and is even found in far north Europe too. I so hope you get to see one soon! SB
I saw one today in the north of Sweden. I was going trough a forrest when while standing on a pile of branches I saw a adder sitting in de sun one meter away from me. I was terrified and stumbled away in fear. I didn't know their are snakes in Sweden.
@@andreasgeysels8476adders aren't considered deadly to humans. No reason to be terrified.
There are stacks of adders in the uk. They tend to live in colonies, you can pass miles and miles of suitable countryside habitats without seeing any. Then there will be a small area with loads of them living together. Grass snakes tend to be more spread out. The adders in Essex are extremely docile. I regularly handle wild specimens on clacton nature reserve.
Adders are the northern most living species of viper. They're also the species with the widest distribution of all European vipers and venomous snakes.
Didn’t you once get bitten by an adder
Yeah, I vividly remember him saying it on deadly 60 years ago.
It is the one thing I have always wanted to see in the UK and never once seen one. My mum and dad and little sister did when we were kids but I was off playing at the time. One of my biggest regrets that I wasn't there plus we live in Scotland. There is less of a chance of seeing one.
I saw a black adder in Savernake forest and it stormed out of woods and logs and was fast
Seen loads of them over the years but only in the mountains of north wales
Saw one in my garden ( Hampshire ) last year. My cat was facing up to it !
We have tons of these in Finland I have even touched one it's a soft and warm and smooth feeling it almost bit me
I am now never leaving the house again
Is there a full length show for these short videos I can watch?
This is from the Deadly 60 series Steve did on BBC.
Unless you're allergic or weak in other ways, the venom is just painful (not really dangerous). Seen these snakes many times here in Sweden
I'm always looking out for reptiles, but I've never seen a common adder here in southern germany.
Thousands of them in London too. Ask me where.
I've never seen an adder I'm 63 and live in U.K. The most I've seen is slowworms
0:50 well not grab or tread on them Steve because that's how most people end up getting bitten just don't hurt them and they won't hurt you!
Tbh you would think that uk adder would be way more venemous. Useally snakes evolve to develop more potent venom to kill prey quick and waiste no time. And since there so small id think they would be alot more toxic
Too close for comfort.
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I'll be moving to the UK from Singapore next year and going down from 70 or so native snake species to only a handful. Anyone got tips on where to find adders?
Chances of seeing one are slim to non
Depends on where you will base yourself, if it’s the South East / London area Ashdown Forest in Sussex is a place they are fairly common .
fun fact its britains only venomous snake
I am fascinated to understand how they can survive during the winter, it must be an amazing creature to cope with the cold.
they hibernate
They burmentate it's like hibernation but they are fully awake and move if need be they slow their metabolism way down so they are just ticking over idle like and in spring time they come back to normal and will eat and mate too this can be replicated on snake keeping but never with adders obviously and over the warmer months the adder will have plenty of fat reserves to tick over the winter they will find empty borrows or under large rocks or even in a cave to burmentate.
Probably by a similar means as rattlesnakes do in Canada. Hibernation allows them to survive very cold temperatures.
The subtracter far more deadly
How the survive the winter
They hibernate in dry warm burrows.
How dangerous is their venom
They're dangerous to the elderly and young kids. If you're bitten, it can make you sick; sometimes you can faint, redness where bitten, and painful bite.
more like the life subtractor 🤣🤣😂
These aren't deadly lol
Got these on y fishing peg .. not good r lass shit her sen .. we call the peg viper swim now
Snakes should be left alone
I'm an Aussie. That's all you guys have got. Gee he doesn't really rate much on the poison scale. He'd come in about top 50 here. It's half asleep. A King brown snake here at just under 9ft would eat it. Literally.
Keep your snakes and spiders mate. We're more than happy with the nature we have here (apart from the invasive American Grey Squirrel.)
@@PortmanRd as an island central to Europe, there are many invasive animals, rodents, insects, and the like. i believe that if 'karen' can't be arsed to mesh up his/her prize begonias then it's not the 'invasive' animal that's at fault, and shouldn't be punished or alienated like they commonly do.
I could not agree more. My problem is the people who introduced them in the first place, especially when they decide to play God by bringing in an invasive species to control a native one.
I’m not even British, but why would I want your creepy crawlies where I live??? 😭😭😭
I’m 100% sure I seen an adder in Ireland before when I was younger and ran into my da to tell him and he just laughed and said no snakes in Ireland. I know what I fuckin seen ffs😂. Even looked it up and supposedly no snakes in Ireland. Must have gotten here some how from England. This was in mid 90s
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We have them here on chobham common I have been warning the dog walkers, as I have Seen so many ,amazing looking snake nice to see in the wild