It's such an important point that you can't just expect the local people of these places to stop hunting or even poaching if that's their only option for a livelihood. You have to improve the conditions that put them in that position in the first place, and eco-tourism is a really fantastic solution!
I fully agree. It would be so easy to condemn them sitting in our warm houses and eating food bought in the supermarket while thinking of the poor snakes they catch which often die in transit. But these people there live a very hard life, often living from day to the other not knowing where they will get the money from to feed their family the next day. I guarantee you if we were in the same situation we definitely would also catch snakes and sell them ...
You kept the cowboy music! I love it 🤠 These snakes and these people are all amazing. I am so excited to be joining you in March so I can meet them for myself!
Absolutely. I saw a documentary a few years ago which was talking about people harvesting rare ancient trees in the rainforest, and how it’s all well and good to talk about how terrible it is that people cut down or even clear cut ancient areas of rainforest, but you can’t really demonise the people doing it; they’re just trying to provide for their families and survive another day. If you want them to stop, you need to create systemic change, they need alternative opportunities and ways to make money.
That was cool....I'd like to make a suggestion: Take a thermal scanner! You'll spot all the mammals.and most of the reptiles that have been basking. I think it would be super useful
What a heartwarming video, saving wild snakes from a life of misery if they survive the trip has got to be so fulfilling. I'm looking forward to the next video and I hope you are able to go back in March. Seeing the jaguar was bonus. I'm so glad you saw it and not some hunter. I'm somewhat of a safari junkie, I can ride and watch animals all day long. I've seen several jaguars, they are beautiful animals, they just glide when they walk, so elegant. Kudos to Amy for following her heart and saving so many snakes. This just makes me smile.
The thing I love about your channel is that you are very clearly for the animals, but you manage to do that without being judgemental about others. It would be really easy to get angry about this issue but you’re just pragmatic and accept you can do what you can do and that’s it
I want you to know a year ago or even 10 years ago I wouldn’t be watching this video and following this channel. I wouldn’t say I’m 100% fearless of snakes but I will say your videos have helped me be less fearful I mean I’m watching a channel I wouldn’t ordinarily have done! Thank you so much!
So many positive things about this video, and the trip/project as a whole. Glad you are going back - we are looking forward to the videos of the next trip too! Who knows? Maybe we'll make such a journey ourselves one day?
Awesome trip so far Bob! What will next week’s footage hold?! Caiman? Capybara? Kent?! I love that you got to do this trip, and thanks for the bioactive tip. I might need more leaf litter! Have you ever considered visiting the Cloud Forest of Costa Rica? Came across info and pictures of it while researching for an enclosure build, and it’s on my bucket list now.
Wow. I met you guys in the lobby of Hotel Palacio, Paramaribo. We talked a bit and I showed to Emmy my experience from Manaus Amazon area with anakonda erc. Glad to see the episode where you have actually found and saved the emerald snakes as promised. Thanks!
@@GreenRoomPythons I've definitely seen it in a Snake Discovery video, tongue sticking out and not moving. It's likely been a hognose or bullsnake, but I sadly can't remember.
@@GreenRoomPythons my hognose will do it sometimes! I'll have to catch a video next time she does it - it seems more common when I have her out with me walking around the house vs. when she smells food or is hissy, so maybe she's just catching all the new scents in a new room?
I like Mark! He seems like a really cool, caring person. That job is perfect for him. I wish I just knew the basics of survival/surviving in the the woods. I don't know much. Lol
I think for your next trip you should get a suitcase around 5'9" long, rated for about 160lbs, and use an airline that lays over in South Carolina for like an hour
Just catching up on all the vids I’m behind. This princess isn’t going to rough it like that but love watching the adventure. And seriously, “. This place needs a leaf blower “ ROFL ❤
I really appreciate the idea of saving snakes. Keep going! Also, a little question: Do you maybe have a video of the subject "transporting snakes"? Meaning if I needed to get my future ball python from one place to another, to the vet for example, what should I do to keep it safe and comfortable? I don't really see a lot of videos about this
This was incredible! Emeralds are so beautiful. I’m interested in going. While I’d love to go along with you in March, I’m not sure if you and Dāv would love that. 😂 But, if you’d be willing………🐍❤️🐍
Yes there are a lot of wild caught reptiles for sale both on morph market and at reptile shows. I think it's really important to know where the animal came from whenever purchasing a reptile.
Excellent video! It is like being there with you. I am so amazed that these snakes don´t defend themselves with constant mad biting when they are held for the first time. They mostly musk and try to escape. What peaceful creatures! Imagine capturing a wild cat ..... you would definitely need a lot of stitches afterwards.
That's true! A lot of it is in the way they're handled too. I never grab their neck or handle them like I'm attacking them, so they might be afraid but they don't feel like they're getting murdered at least.
🤔 What an interesting project. Here in AZ, we move rattlesnakes out of the suburban backyard or front porch where they have found themselves to the Tonto National Forest just blocks away. And yet, there's a lot of people who say moving snakes is a death sentence for them, that they can't leave their territory and survive. We always deposit them in a likely habitat with lots of rocky hiding places, near a wash so there is water when we have rain, and preferably in the vicinity of a pack rat nest. What are your feelings about the success of moving snakes? My thought is that previously every one of them would be killed--so we're going from a 100% chance of death to an unknown chance of survival. We move the snakes who are now sadder than wiser. it's really sort of too bad, because if we just stuck them in the brush somewhere around the house where they were located, chances are the homeowner would never see them again. snakes learn, and they get it that people are bad news.
It's something to always consider. The fact is that snakes in this area along the river will be caught and put into the exporting process (the hunter/trappers in this area are very good at spotting and catching them) so moving them gives them a much better shot at life. As for the "home area", there haven't been studies done as far as I've been able to find. Desert animals like rattlesnakes definitely have an area familiar to them because resources are few and far between in their ecosystem. If I have to relocate a rattlesnake in southern california, I make sure it's less than 1/2 a mile from where I found it... In the rainforest, resources are everywhere. There's never a shortage of food, water or shelter - so the thought is that these snakes can travel further and will do well if moved deeper into the jungle. In seeing what they may go through in the export process, moving them to another area is a much better scenareo for them. That being said, we are always careful to find a spot for them that works well for that particular species. I cover that topic in a video that came out a few weeks ago and you'll see it in next week's video as well :-)
Yesssss content from my fav! So glad to see you doing such amazing work. Hopefully the snakes will avoid humans in the future. The wild-caught trade really needs to be stopped. Captive bred is always best for both your pleasure and the animal's health.
Off topic, Spitfire was escaping her enclosure tonight... entirely my fault. I left the lock undone. But when discovered, she got super pissed, hissed super loud,(first with me) and struck multiple times when I picked her up. Lol when I put her back, she shot into her hide, and poked her head put waiting for a hand to get close. Otherwise, she will willingly come out to my hand, and hangs out with me for hours. She just didn't like her exploration interrupted. Lol 😆
@GreenRoomPythons this is really the first time she's been super defensive with me. She was mapping new turf. I watched her for about 5 minutes before I interrupted. The room is sealed, so she's not in any danger. But I swapped locks anyway. I'm way to forgetful some days. She's out way more than my others.
If some could help me or give me some insight. I got a BP four days ago. The breeder I bought him from told me he gets find on Tuesday. I got small pinky mice, but he did eat. Do I wait till the next feed? What should I do
Don't try to feed your snake until He's been acclimated to his enclosure for at least a week. Pinky mice are much too small for ball pythons. I have videos on feeding as well as a ball python care guide that I think will help you.
So Bob, i love your energy and your videos, but something doesn't sit right with me about this practice of moving wild snakes.. Ive always been under the impression that these animals establish a "home" area of a certain square mileage or whatever, so couldn't this level of displacement potentially stress them to perish? Genuinely curious!
It's something to always consider. The fact is that snakes in this area along the river will be caught and put into the exporting process (the hunter/trappers in this area are very good at spotting and catching them) so moving them gives them a much better shot at life. As for the "home area", there haven't been studies done as far as I've been able to find. Desert animals like rattlesnakes definitely have an area familiar to them because resources are few and far between in their ecosystem. If I have to relocate a rattlesnake in southern california, I make sure it's less than 1/2 a mile from where I found it... In the rainforest, resources are everywhere. There's never a shortage of food, water or shelter - so the thought is that these snakes can travel further and will do well if moved deeper into the jungle. In seeing what they may go through in the export process, moving them to another area is a much better scenareo for them. That being said, we are always careful to find a spot for them that works well for that particular species. I cover that topic in a video that came out a few weeks ago and you'll see it in next week's video as well :-)
I love the spaghetti twirl technique, it's so cool! I would love to see wild tarantulas someday, but unfortunately I think I have to wait until I'm further in my transition -- I'm not sure how trans folks are treated even as eco tourists.
Haha Mark was saying “I hope for more tourism to come” and right on cue, we hear a loud bug buzzing by 🦟 lol it’s a no from me🙈 (probably) What an amazing adventure though! Thank you for documenting, Bob! 🎥
There will be more bugs when I go back in the wet season, But hardly any on this last trip. I didn't wear bug spray and I maybe got two mosquito bites in the two weeks I was there :-)
I love that Marc has found a way to make money doing conservation work. It's so beautiful there!
Yeah, I'm glad that he's trying to get others on board as well
It's such an important point that you can't just expect the local people of these places to stop hunting or even poaching if that's their only option for a livelihood. You have to improve the conditions that put them in that position in the first place, and eco-tourism is a really fantastic solution!
Most people don't even know where in the world Suriname is, so there's tons of room for increased tourism dollars :-)
I fully agree. It would be so easy to condemn them sitting in our warm houses and eating food bought in the supermarket while thinking of the poor snakes they catch which often die in transit. But these people there live a very hard life, often living from day to the other not knowing where they will get the money from to feed their family the next day. I guarantee you if we were in the same situation we definitely would also catch snakes and sell them ...
You kept the cowboy music! I love it 🤠 These snakes and these people are all amazing. I am so excited to be joining you in March so I can meet them for myself!
@@amybentley1291 I'm excited about that too!
Absolutely. I saw a documentary a few years ago which was talking about people harvesting rare ancient trees in the rainforest, and how it’s all well and good to talk about how terrible it is that people cut down or even clear cut ancient areas of rainforest, but you can’t really demonise the people doing it; they’re just trying to provide for their families and survive another day. If you want them to stop, you need to create systemic change, they need alternative opportunities and ways to make money.
I can’t get over the fact that you catch the snakes like you’re spinning a noodle on a fork 😂😂
Pretty wild right? 😉
That was cool....I'd like to make a suggestion: Take a thermal scanner! You'll spot all the mammals.and most of the reptiles that have been basking. I think it would be super useful
I'll have to look into that!
What a heartwarming video, saving wild snakes from a life of misery if they survive the trip has got to be so fulfilling. I'm looking forward to the next video and I hope you are able to go back in March. Seeing the jaguar was bonus. I'm so glad you saw it and not some hunter. I'm somewhat of a safari junkie, I can ride and watch animals all day long. I've seen several jaguars, they are beautiful animals, they just glide when they walk, so elegant. Kudos to Amy for following her heart and saving so many snakes. This just makes me smile.
I'm glad you enjoyed this one so much. The Jaguar was definitely a highlight to see! He was absolutely stunning
The thing I love about your channel is that you are very clearly for the animals, but you manage to do that without being judgemental about others. It would be really easy to get angry about this issue but you’re just pragmatic and accept you can do what you can do and that’s it
Thanks for that comment. It's all about just doing what you can do :-)
Such an amazing place! I wish I could do this... ironically I'm watching this during a full moon. Lol 😆
You can do it Matt! ;-)
I loved seeing all the different animals. Thanks Honey.
Glad you liked it Mom! Remind me to show you the tapier footage. That didn't make it into the video
@@GreenRoomPythons ok
That huge emerald was incredible!
Right? So beautiful
What an awesome experience to not only be roughing it in the amazon, but also preserve and relocate wildlife. The emerald trees are beautiful
Thank you, yes they are incredibly beautiful snakes!
I want you to know a year ago or even 10 years ago I wouldn’t be watching this video and following this channel. I wouldn’t say I’m 100% fearless of snakes but I will say your videos have helped me be less fearful I mean I’m watching a channel I wouldn’t ordinarily have done! Thank you so much!
That's fantastic, I'm glad you're getting over your fear!
@@GreenRoomPythons question. What kind of snake would you recommend for beginners?
@@RyanJCoy ball pythons are great as long as you do your research
What an incredible experience, I love seeing these wild snakes in such a beautiful place. It looks like it was a real adventure!
Yes it was!
Marc is an amazing man!
So many positive things about this video, and the trip/project as a whole. Glad you are going back - we are looking forward to the videos of the next trip too! Who knows? Maybe we'll make such a journey ourselves one day?
Yes, do it Keith!
Awesome video. And thank you all for helping those beautiful animals.🐍🦎🐊
Glad you liked it!
Awesome trip so far Bob! What will next week’s footage hold?! Caiman? Capybara? Kent?! I love that you got to do this trip, and thanks for the bioactive tip. I might need more leaf litter! Have you ever considered visiting the Cloud Forest of Costa Rica? Came across info and pictures of it while researching for an enclosure build, and it’s on my bucket list now.
I would love to go there!
Great video and so awesome seeing my name on the board!!!
Glad you're on there!
Wow. I met you guys in the lobby of Hotel Palacio, Paramaribo. We talked a bit and I showed to Emmy my experience from Manaus Amazon area with anakonda erc. Glad to see the episode where you have actually found and saved the emerald snakes as promised. Thanks!
It was great meeting you, glad you followed!
@@GreenRoomPythons of course. With my fear of snakes- had to
Great work man! Thanks for looking out for them.
Pretty damn cool bob
Thank you!
Absolutely amazing!
Everywhere you look in that rainforest :-)
Hognoses and bullsnakes do that long blep tongue thing lol
Without moving their tongue at all? They just stick it out and leave it there completely still?
@@GreenRoomPythons I've definitely seen it in a Snake Discovery video, tongue sticking out and not moving. It's likely been a hognose or bullsnake, but I sadly can't remember.
@@liuqmno3421 That's crazy, I had never seen it before
@@GreenRoomPythons my hognose will do it sometimes! I'll have to catch a video next time she does it - it seems more common when I have her out with me walking around the house vs. when she smells food or is hissy, so maybe she's just catching all the new scents in a new room?
I like Mark! He seems like a really cool, caring person. That job is perfect for him. I wish I just knew the basics of survival/surviving in the the woods. I don't know much. Lol
Always stoaked for these vids bob!!!
Thanks!
This is an absolutely beautiful video that u did showing what he does
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
Really great video Bob. So interesting. Hearing Marc's story was really inspiring too, thanks!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing video you should go to Puerto Rico next
Bob, this was an excellent video. So interesting!
Thanks Mom!
This looks like such an incredible experience!
It absolutely is!
Great video bro and awesome animals 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks so much!
Amazing! Iv been waiting to see this!
Glad you liked it!
I think for your next trip you should get a suitcase around 5'9" long, rated for about 160lbs, and use an airline that lays over in South Carolina for like an hour
😄😉
Loved this!! Excited for the content to come!
Glad you liked it!
Love this! Ty for all you do protecting the Snakes!!
Hopefully I can so some in different parts of the world :-)
Adventure!
What an awesome trip! Marc is so cool and I love the spaghetti snake retriever. Definitely on my trip bucket-list to go some day!
I learned so much on this trip, can't wait to go back
Just catching up on all the vids I’m behind. This princess isn’t going to rough it like that but love watching the adventure. And seriously, “. This place needs a leaf blower “ ROFL ❤
Glad you enjoy watching it :-)
That's the best thing ever yall are awesome
Aw thanks!
I'm sure that water you washed your wound is pretty sanitary and clean! lol :)
The locals drink it! ;-)
I really appreciate the idea of saving snakes. Keep going! Also, a little question: Do you maybe have a video of the subject "transporting snakes"? Meaning if I needed to get my future ball python from one place to another, to the vet for example, what should I do to keep it safe and comfortable? I don't really see a lot of videos about this
Just use a plastic tub with a locking lid and I usually put a towel in there for the snake to hide under if they want to :-)
@@GreenRoomPythons Thank you!🤗
This was incredible! Emeralds are so beautiful. I’m interested in going. While I’d love to go along with you in March, I’m not sure if you and Dāv would love that. 😂 But, if you’d be willing………🐍❤️🐍
This trip is full, but I'll keep you posted if I plan another one!
@@GreenRoomPythons Perfect. Thank you!
I was surprised to see several green tree pythons for sale on Morph Market as wild caught.
Yes there are a lot of wild caught reptiles for sale both on morph market and at reptile shows. I think it's really important to know where the animal came from whenever purchasing a reptile.
That is one place I want to go to in my live time
It was for me too, totally worth it :-)
Excellent video! It is like being there with you. I am so amazed that these snakes don´t defend themselves with constant mad biting when they are held for the first time. They mostly musk and try to escape. What peaceful creatures! Imagine capturing a wild cat ..... you would definitely need a lot of stitches afterwards.
That's true! A lot of it is in the way they're handled too. I never grab their neck or handle them like I'm attacking them, so they might be afraid but they don't feel like they're getting murdered at least.
🤔 What an interesting project. Here in AZ, we move rattlesnakes out of the suburban backyard or front porch where they have found themselves to the Tonto National Forest just blocks away. And yet, there's a lot of people who say moving snakes is a death sentence for them, that they can't leave their territory and survive. We always deposit them in a likely habitat with lots of rocky hiding places, near a wash so there is water when we have rain, and preferably in the vicinity of a pack rat nest. What are your feelings about the success of moving snakes? My thought is that previously every one of them would be killed--so we're going from a 100% chance of death to an unknown chance of survival. We move the snakes who are now sadder than wiser. it's really sort of too bad, because if we just stuck them in the brush somewhere around the house where they were located, chances are the homeowner would never see them again. snakes learn, and they get it that people are bad news.
It's something to always consider. The fact is that snakes in this area along the river will be caught and put into the exporting process (the hunter/trappers in this area are very good at spotting and catching them) so moving them gives them a much better shot at life. As for the "home area", there haven't been studies done as far as I've been able to find. Desert animals like rattlesnakes definitely have an area familiar to them because resources are few and far between in their ecosystem. If I have to relocate a rattlesnake in southern california, I make sure it's less than 1/2 a mile from where I found it... In the rainforest, resources are everywhere. There's never a shortage of food, water or shelter - so the thought is that these snakes can travel further and will do well if moved deeper into the jungle. In seeing what they may go through in the export process, moving them to another area is a much better scenareo for them. That being said, we are always careful to find a spot for them that works well for that particular species. I cover that topic in a video that came out a few weeks ago and you'll see it in next week's video as well :-)
Dude I will come along and help anytime
Nice, Happy Basins is planning more trips!
I'm just absurd jealous
Yesssss content from my fav! So glad to see you doing such amazing work. Hopefully the snakes will avoid humans in the future. The wild-caught trade really needs to be stopped. Captive bred is always best for both your pleasure and the animal's health.
Yes I agree!
Off topic, Spitfire was escaping her enclosure tonight... entirely my fault. I left the lock undone. But when discovered, she got super pissed, hissed super loud,(first with me) and struck multiple times when I picked her up. Lol when I put her back, she shot into her hide, and poked her head put waiting for a hand to get close. Otherwise, she will willingly come out to my hand, and hangs out with me for hours. She just didn't like her exploration interrupted. Lol 😆
That's amazing that she already comes out onto your hand!
@GreenRoomPythons this is really the first time she's been super defensive with me. She was mapping new turf. I watched her for about 5 minutes before I interrupted. The room is sealed, so she's not in any danger. But I swapped locks anyway. I'm way to forgetful some days. She's out way more than my others.
If some could help me or give me some insight. I got a BP four days ago. The breeder I bought him from told me he gets find on Tuesday. I got small pinky mice, but he did eat. Do I wait till the next feed? What should I do
Don't try to feed your snake until He's been acclimated to his enclosure for at least a week. Pinky mice are much too small for ball pythons. I have videos on feeding as well as a ball python care guide that I think will help you.
So Bob, i love your energy and your videos, but something doesn't sit right with me about this practice of moving wild snakes..
Ive always been under the impression that these animals establish a "home" area of a certain square mileage or whatever, so couldn't this level of displacement potentially stress them to perish? Genuinely curious!
It's something to always consider. The fact is that snakes in this area along the river will be caught and put into the exporting process (the hunter/trappers in this area are very good at spotting and catching them) so moving them gives them a much better shot at life. As for the "home area", there haven't been studies done as far as I've been able to find. Desert animals like rattlesnakes definitely have an area familiar to them because resources are few and far between in their ecosystem. If I have to relocate a rattlesnake in southern california, I make sure it's less than 1/2 a mile from where I found it... In the rainforest, resources are everywhere. There's never a shortage of food, water or shelter - so the thought is that these snakes can travel further and will do well if moved deeper into the jungle. In seeing what they may go through in the export process, moving them to another area is a much better scenareo for them. That being said, we are always careful to find a spot for them that works well for that particular species. I cover that topic in a video that came out a few weeks ago and you'll see it in next week's video as well :-)
I love the spaghetti twirl technique, it's so cool! I would love to see wild tarantulas someday, but unfortunately I think I have to wait until I'm further in my transition -- I'm not sure how trans folks are treated even as eco tourists.
I'll be looking for tarantulas in March :-)
we all know who you made mad by relocating those snakes. but it's better for the reptiles they were moved
I think it will work out much better for them :-)
Haha Mark was saying “I hope for more tourism to come” and right on cue, we hear a loud bug buzzing by 🦟 lol it’s a no from me🙈 (probably)
What an amazing adventure though! Thank you for documenting, Bob! 🎥
There will be more bugs when I go back in the wet season, But hardly any on this last trip. I didn't wear bug spray and I maybe got two mosquito bites in the two weeks I was there :-)
@@GreenRoomPythons Dang! Well, maybe there’s hope for me🙃🤞🏻