"There's a lot of people that shouldn't have a driver's license, let alone a venomous snake." You could replace Venomous Snake with a lot of other things.
A guy here in Michigan was bitten by his pet cobra. He did not have any anti-venom. His family was shocked to learn that local hospitals, as well as the DMC didn’t have anti-venom for him (how shocking) I think the advice you gave on having the anti-venom for your snake is absolutely necessary; for some reason people do not think of this. Great content!
@@Dirge4july unless you’re trained to handle HOTs this is 100% true. Also unless you’re stocking anti venom for your exotic snakes owning a foreign snake is playing with fire.
I currently have 6 venomous snakes: A male and female copperhead, water moccasin/cottonmouth, a prairie rattlesnake, a timber rattlesnake, and my newest, a West African Bush Viper. These snakes don’t live in my regular reptile room, I bought an entirely different building to house them in the event that they did escape. If they do escape, the defense system is triggered by me or one of my helpers and the whole building will drop down to 64 degrees (cold enough to halt the activity of snakes but not kill them) then we all spilt up and look for the snake and no one leaves until it’s found. I was thinking of getting an elapid as my 7th venomous but I don’t feel confident yet with them so my 7th will be a gaboon viper
Gaboon vipers May look slow but they are very quick long as you're responsible and don't have them out of the cage unless your cleaning etc you should be good
The chances of me ever owning venomous is completely Zero but i love the education from you anyway! Don't get me wrong, i love reptiles & other "exotics" but I'd rather not take the risk. I think I'll just stick with owning Tarantulas & pythons & watch the experts do their thing!
I listed to slash from guns and roses. He was going to get venomous snakes. And I guy with knurled up fingers said yeah I’ll sell you one. But how much do you like playing guitar🤯
Perfectly put, no-one gets bitten by not going near them. Your comment "If you fuck with it, I guarantee it will bite you..." has won the internet for 2021 🤣
It’s always awesome listening to this man talk, because he’s a lifetime of experience, knows his business and speaks reality. I had the unduly pleasure of knowing a kid, I say kid but we were the same age, from Austin Texas who was an avid reptile fan. When he went to venomous, he went big. He could not be talked into starting with snakes that are local (Austin- there’s more than a few), but he was infatuated with African ones. His first was a monocled cobra, and a again against ALL advice by everyone because of the temperament and just plain speed of that snake, he wouldn’t listen. It would take the fear of a bite, the reality that Matt wasn’y ready to control that reptile, for him to learn he made a mistake. The bite he took was dry, talk about lucky. Still bought him many hours in the ER, costly hours esp since he had no insurance. He now lectures to anyone listening to learn from his mistakes because albeit he was lucky, he needed that bite to happen to grow up a bit when it comes to venomous snakes. Even proficient owners will tell you they aren’t prepared for some snakes- I.e. any of the mambas, a class in its own. Yet seems like the black mamba is every young reptile snake enthusiast dream snake to own. Please, don’t do it. Appreciate them in others collections and from a safe distance because that is a snake not meant for any novice. Follow Toms advice because he’ll never steer you wrong.!!!
@@actionjksn I know a guy who breeds inland taipans and one day he was sexing his hatchlings and he got a dry bite (first known from that species). The bite is not involuntary, the snake has control of injection and bday55 is correct, their venom helps with digestion and subdue prey items, so they try not to waste it. btw our Aussie inland taipan is the deadliest land snake in the world. But I would rather get a bite from one of those than a Malaysian pit viper because it is mostly neurotoxic, not cytotoxic venom.
By far the best venomous video I have seen. Very educational and real!!!! Cotton mouths are very common in Savannah, Ga., just like most other common venomous snake, unless it’s provoked, 95% of the time will leave you alone. Please keep the knowledge coming!!!
Yes there are, Heather and I got bit by a young cotton mouth in Beaufort - not far from Savannah - I stepped in front of him playing baseball and he nailed me above the ankle. I thought I'd been stung by a wasp or similar b/c I didn't even see him. A Gullah man saw this and knew what to do, the next day I felt sick most of the day. It was likely a dry strike. The only thing I know about cotton mouths is they will stand their ground. It's funny I am not especially afraid of snakes so consequently I never seem to encounter them, but people who are afraid of them seem to find them like they're born to it LOL. Spiders now..... NO THANK YOU, I'd sooner encounter ten snakes then spiders LOL
i just... a hobby? nah. not really. This guy is collecting the venom for hopefully a purpose. but outside of venom milking for anti venom production there is no purpose to owning these snakes.
You are Tyler Nolan s friend and you were with him when he got bit by the cobra. Just by you being there in your expertise and probably having anti-venom that was probably The best place he could’ve been with you And pretty much saved his life or helped. I love all your videos all you guys nothing I would ever do but it is very interesting and educational. Thank you.
I love it Tom hopefully people take in this message and info. I always love when u get on here and educate alot of us with your knowledge of reptiles its always an honor to listen and soak up all i can. Hopefully are paths will cross one day and I'll get to shake your hand brother
Even if you are well educated in venomous snakes it's only a matter of time before you are bitten. Don't speed up the process of death by playing with a deadly animals, see if you can help it that you die from a good old age. Back in Colorado in 2018 a person I knew was taking out the trash at night and as he was opening the trash can he felt a sting on his hand, about 15 to 20 minutes later he was feeling real sick that he ended up in the hospital. The emergency room found two little red marks on his hand and concluded that it was a snake bite. Long story short, he spend weeks in the hospital and they used dozens of anti-venom, then slowly he started to come out of it, he said that he almost died. Up until now they don't know what kind of snake it was which made it very stressful to find the right anti-venom. The total bill for his stay was several hundred thousand dollars, I think, if I'm not mistaken the bill was roughly $375K.
I will never own a venomous snake, (besides a FWC, MAYBE), but these videos are packed with so much amazing info that I will keep coming back for more. Tom is the REAL DEAL!!!
It is common sense actually, but sadly too few people follow it. A guy was bitten by his monocled Cobra in Greece this spring, as an accident of hand-feeding. Everyone rushed to help him, but no hospital had the correct antivenom. Finally they found some from another keeper in Cyprus and his family paid for its air transfer here. Not only he did everything you mentioned wrong, but he was preparing to have a breeding project with those animals. He bred them in the past too. He was too sure of his abilities and even mentioned to his doctors that he felt invincible until then. Probably he is still keeping them.
i love it if your scared of snakes leave it the hell alone ! I guarntee if you fuck with it you WILL get bit .... thanks for being you ! straight to the point .....
I’ve worked on the swamps of south east tx for years. The only snake that has ever chased me has been cottons. I’ve had a few not get crazy with me, but man, they have straight up chased my buggy down striking the air.
Damn right. I threw a couple of rocks at a cottonmouth years ago in the Brazos river in South Texas. It hissed, swam as fast as it could and came up on the bank at me. I took off. They have nasty attitudes. Will never forget that.
Absolutely fascinating. I handle snakes with a really long set of tongs. LoL Watching someone so confidently and smoothly handling these snakes with bare hands is better than any movie on TV.
Tom is back baby!!! So glad to see you back on here my man, every single point you made on this video is exactly what people need to know and understand when keeping hots… but I must say in your intro I know those blue tree monitors I might need to give you a call 😂😂😂
The Man, The Myth, The LEGEND!!! Back again with another video i love it!! audio much better this time around thanks for listening to the feedback and critique and improving quickly on it. sending all my love and support to you!! cant wait for more videos you provide a unique perspective and voice i think reptile lovers or any animal advocates need to hear!! words coming from you in some instances carry more weight with some people just based on your experience knowledge and wisdom compared to other reptile youtubers. keep up the content god bless. by the way i watched an older video you posted a while back about the kid letting a snake near his private parts haha.. i have to say that's a crazy funny story i cant tell if it was even real or not. if so i think an update video or just new video on that situation would be pretty funny and unique and interesting to hear about or at the very least entertaining
Been knowing about this man for years..great to see him here giving great advice on the protocol needed to be in this dangerous game. Great to see you Mr Tom Crutchfield sir!
In the past year I’ve owned a Canebrake rattlesnake, a copperhead, and a Mangrove snake. I started off with working with non venomous and practiced safety tips and responsible ownership with them. I watched and studied information from venomous keepers on TH-cam as well as online forums of venomous keepers. I’m 100% self taught and have yet had a snake even strike at me. You show the animal respect and it will return respect.
Wild specimens of the rear-fanged Japanese Keelback / Japanese Garter Snake have serious amounts of toxins from their prey in their venom. They have killed people, and then are one of the few snakes which not only have both venom and poison but which have venom that is also poison.
I'm so glad you finally have a TH-cam channel sir!! Can't tell ya in words how much I respect & revere you & all your knowledge in the herpotology field!! Definitely in my top 5 people I'd like to meet lol!! Anyway cant wait to see all your content & learn as much as I can!!
Absolute excellent advice from a well respected breeder and handler of reptiles. And I must add I am so excited to see that you are active once again on TH-cam Mr. Crutchfield. :)
This is the 1st video of yours I’ve seen. I appreciate your realistic take, as low while not patronizing the subject to appeal to a younger audience for views. Actual information presented very well. I’ve been considering getting into the business. I don’t know anyone who is, though I’d rather intern somewhere reputable so I may learn. Before making any regrettable purchases. Out of comedy I ask, is it truly regrettable if your deceased? The one who should be regretting it is dead!
Tom, if you have a tech person tell them to get you a nice wireless MIC that you can clip to your collar so the audio is not so low if you are a few feet away from the camera and will improve the quality greatly. The reason I suggest this is that any information you are given is priceless and deserves great quality! We have to turn it up to 100% to hear you and it was still low and then when the music kicks in at the end it blows our ears out! lol. Also I dont know if you can tell from the comments but if you ever wanted to pump content out on youtube on a consistent basis which is a lot of work but your channel would explode and do very well money wise down the road as everyone wants to hear what you have to say in the reptile community. Thanks again for this video the information is great.. I actually would have made a mistake by not going to the local hospitals and "training" them on a bite protocol ahead of time I think I would have just brought the anti-venom with me and expected them to use it right away so even someone who thinks they are carefully thinking through things can still learn so much from someone who has already seen it all!
I hope more people will tune in. The wealth of knowledge in this one channel is astounding. This man has been doing this a very, very long time and is well known in the reptile community. If you want CORRECT information, this is where you’ll get it. 🐍❤️🐍
I kept various venomous snakes when I was giving talks with reptiles in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. I applaud your leading with the responsibilities of the keeper.
First of all, I join the rest of the fans by saying that I appreciate you're back doing videos. Not only are you a wealth of knowledge you're also legitimately interesting to listen to. Something that occurred me watching another channel: if you own a venomous snake, you'd better be damn good at keeping and have some vet skills. The video in that channel that prompted this was a guy having to treat an infection in his cobra. It's not like if your venomous snake gets ill you're going to be able to take it to just about any vet. I'm assuming that if there's a problem, you're on your own.
When snakes "chase" you, 99.9% of the time, they are trying to find the nearest form of cover where they can hide from you. If the nearest form of cover is right behind you, then that's where they'll go. There are snakes that will do mock strikes, or mock charges, but chances are, you've never encountered the types of snakes that do that.
Lol ur like the Bob Ross of venomous reptiles lol, so relaxing watching u handle them. Its not about the actions being done, as much as it's about the mindset. Reptiles can tell your true intentions better then any other animal, the 3rd eye is very active. You can tell u play in on that too. Some1 actually paying attention, can really learn alot from u. I would love to have u as a mentor, but I know that won't ever happen. All gud though, I like watching how you are with all ur babies lol. Be safe brother sendn some gud vibes ur way.
Don't worry little cotton mouth.. my pythons also lay next to me while measuring when when they'll be big enough to eat me.. But shhh I'll keep your secret about chasing people for no reason if I'm ever asked 😉🤣 Love you Tom!!! I admire EVERYTHING you do 💯
Thanks for sharing another interesting and informative video. I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. I learnt a lot of new facts about handling venomous snakes. Excellent job. Keep up the good work.
The only downside to the advice of dont mess with it and it will leave you alone. Is that sometimes its a surprise for both yourself and the snake. Im mostly referring to walking outdoors in the wild and snakes are hiding under rocks. Though in captive setting, perhaps if a cage was left open by accident as you walked by.
Good advice man. I'm interested in working with these venomous snakes, and I do agree that keeping antivenom for non-native species, such as Cobras and and Mambas, is EXTREMELY important because hospitals here in the US won't have Cobra and Mamba antivenom. They'll have Rattlesnake, Copperhead, and Cottonmouth antivenom, but not anti venom for non-native venomous.
Fuck with them, they're gonna bite you... true of most things. Great video. So glad you are making some. I only have a ball python but I just love learning and watching these kinds of things. :D
Just saw this video. good to see Tom is alive and well, at least I assume so. Bought a lot of "hots" from Tom in the early and mid 90's when he was in Bushnell FL. Living in California, I had to "hoodwink" Delta Air Freight to get them to ship my "items" to LAX.....but no harm no foul....
I had good mentor growing up he actually a friend of yours here in Texas I remember you sending him a monocled cobra when I seen it I was hooked he educated me for years now I have my own private collection
My buddy is selling me his black mamba tomorrow, I don't have any official training but I've been watching TH-cam videos so I'm sure it will be OK. I'm a smart guy what can possibly go wrong
i will never get a venomous snake, i own plenty non venomous species but it’s always nice reviewing this video, getting to understand more about this opportunity and caring for these animals.
When I was a little girl my grandpa and father took me and my sister fishing under the Sam Rayburn dam in Texas. They were about 30 feet away fishing while my sister and I were playing with a minnow on a hook teasing a snake we saw down in the rocks. Oooops the snake bit the minnow and started to eat it and we were afraid it would get the hook so we pulled it up and while holding it behind the head were trying to work the minnow out of it's mouth. (I should say here that where I was growing up we had Gopher Snakes and King snakes so I had handled some and wasn't afraid of them) The snake kept trying to gobble and we kept trying to wiggle when my grandpa looked over and, I have to give him props because he didn't scare us, he just came over and quickly cut the minnow in half and told me to throw the snake in the water. I did and it swam off. I think my grandpa said it was a cotton mouth. True story =))
I've always had the personal belief that animals give out the same energy you give to them. If you're calm, then the animal is generally going to be calmer too. Venomous snakes are no exception to this rule. As long as you've been trained, are responsibly handling it, and have a calm demeanor, then you'll have a wonderful experience!
They might not chase you but they don't show fear of a human. I love to fish so I have seen lots of water snakes and several monster size water moccasins. Many years ago my Dad and I had been fishing a certain spot where one creek flowed into another. We saw the huge water moccasin laying on a brush pile across the creek from us for two days and just kept an eye on it. The third day we caught several good fish and had them on a stringer. All of a sudden the fish erupt splashing and trying to jump out of the water. Dad said look the snake isn't on it's spot. I will fight anyone over a stringer full of good fish. Especially after two days not catching much and finally a great third day. That snake was not getting my fish. Let it catch it's own supper. I stepped back a few feet and picked up a nice club about the size of my arm off the ground. I pulled the stringer of fish with one hand and beat the snake on it's head a couple times before it let go of the fish's tail it was hanging on too. The snake swam away quickly. Dad and I gave the fishies a good once over and they all seemed to escape any major damage. A couple had some tail pieces missing. Dad and I took our big catch home for Mom to fry up agreeing we would not tell her about the snake. Daddy and Mom are together in Heaven and I don't know how many years I have left down here. But while I am waiting for the Lord to call me home I have a million great memories. I hope you don't mind me sharing just this one with you. P.S. My thirteen grandchildren love to fish with their Papa and Nana. ❤
Awesome to see you back on YT! You gave some great advice, but nothing was as good as how you handled that CM! It was like she knew that you weren't going to hurt her. Nice demo for people to see how they REALLY act. Looking forward to seeing you more on here (and maybe Stacey too!) Thanks and hopefully I'll get to meet you sooner than later! PS: Joe Pittman is a treasure, too!
I have tremendous respect for people like Dingo, Tom and others who have been properly trained. I on the other hand have no desire to own one of these awesome animals. These guys must have bite protocols for each species of snake and also have to have antivenom. I believe WNCVenom states that there's a lot of red tape to procure the necessary antivenom. You have to go through the fda.
"Fuck with it and it's guaranteed to bite you". - Tom Crutchfield 2021 LOL Facts!
This.
"There's a lot of people that shouldn't have a driver's license, let alone a venomous snake." You could replace Venomous Snake with a lot of other things.
Some people should make a license for handling information on the internet. Yes, conspiracy freakos, I talk about you 😂
*Truer words have never been spoken* 😂
Yes especially children, s0o0o0o many people should not have children
Where you should a mil in likes👍
@@mmaximum4259I'm addicted to the pigger nussy 😻
A guy here in Michigan was bitten by his pet cobra. He did not have any anti-venom. His family was shocked to learn that local hospitals, as well as the DMC didn’t have anti-venom for him (how shocking)
I think the advice you gave on having the anti-venom for your snake is absolutely necessary; for some reason people do not think of this.
Great content!
My advice would be dont fuck around with venomous snakes. Problem solved.
@@Dirge4july unless you’re trained to handle HOTs this is 100% true. Also unless you’re stocking anti venom for your exotic snakes owning a foreign snake is playing with fire.
Did he die, how fast?
@@NoTengoDinero69 But some snakes have zero anti venom for tho.
@@andrewmp6 yes, and you would be a looney toon to own one unless you were doing research or ran a zoo or something.
The living legend, national treasure, icon Tom Crutchfield has awaken from his 6 year TH-cam hiatus!
you know whats funny? im from europe, i dont even own a single snake or reptile, and even i know hes a living legend in the reptile space :)
@@Sushimii Wow. Living legend for sure!
Yes... I am so excited! Glad he is back. :)
I currently have 6 venomous snakes: A male and female copperhead, water moccasin/cottonmouth, a prairie rattlesnake, a timber rattlesnake, and my newest, a West African Bush Viper. These snakes don’t live in my regular reptile room, I bought an entirely different building to house them in the event that they did escape. If they do escape, the defense system is triggered by me or one of my helpers and the whole building will drop down to 64 degrees (cold enough to halt the activity of snakes but not kill them) then we all spilt up and look for the snake and no one leaves until it’s found. I was thinking of getting an elapid as my 7th venomous but I don’t feel confident yet with them so my 7th will be a gaboon viper
Do you milk venom from them?
@@victormugabe4742this is a month late but no I don’t lol
Gaboon vipers May look slow but they are very quick long as you're responsible and don't have them out of the cage unless your cleaning etc you should be good
The chances of me ever owning venomous is completely Zero but i love the education from you anyway! Don't get me wrong, i love reptiles & other "exotics" but I'd rather not take the risk. I think I'll just stick with owning Tarantulas & pythons & watch the experts do their thing!
My thoughts exactly.
@@A_Final_Hit mine too!
I listed to slash from guns and roses. He was going to get venomous snakes. And I guy with knurled up fingers said yeah I’ll sell you one. But how much do you like playing guitar🤯
@@FATTONYKAUAI Hah!
Facts 😂
The only video about what venomous snakes to get that doesn't just say "someone elses" or "don't get one" thanks a ton.
You are very welcome.
Perfectly put, no-one gets bitten by not going near them. Your comment "If you fuck with it, I guarantee it will bite you..." has won the internet for 2021 🤣
It’s always awesome listening to this man talk, because he’s a lifetime of experience, knows his business and speaks reality. I had the unduly pleasure of knowing a kid, I say kid but we were the same age, from Austin Texas who was an avid reptile fan. When he went to venomous, he went big. He could not be talked into starting with snakes that are local (Austin- there’s more than a few), but he was infatuated with African ones. His first was a monocled cobra, and a again against ALL advice by everyone because of the temperament and just plain speed of that snake, he wouldn’t listen. It would take the fear of a bite, the reality that Matt wasn’y ready to control that reptile, for him to learn he made a mistake. The bite he took was dry, talk about lucky. Still bought him many hours in the ER, costly hours esp since he had no insurance. He now lectures to anyone listening to learn from his mistakes because albeit he was lucky, he needed that bite to happen to grow up a bit when it comes to venomous snakes. Even proficient owners will tell you they aren’t prepared for some snakes- I.e. any of the mambas, a class in its own. Yet seems like the black mamba is every young reptile snake enthusiast dream snake to own. Please, don’t do it. Appreciate them in others collections and from a safe distance because that is a snake not meant for any novice.
Follow Toms advice because he’ll never steer you wrong.!!!
Dry bite means no poison? How does that happen?
@@actionjksn Their venom is precious, maybe the snake just wanted to issue a warning
@@actionjksn I know a guy who breeds inland taipans and one day he was sexing his hatchlings and he got a dry bite (first known from that species). The bite is not involuntary, the snake has control of injection and bday55 is correct, their venom helps with digestion and subdue prey items, so they try not to waste it. btw our Aussie inland taipan is the deadliest land snake in the world. But I would rather get a bite from one of those than a Malaysian pit viper because it is mostly neurotoxic, not cytotoxic venom.
Thanks for the recent uploads Tom!!! .... A real reptile legend right here people!
I'm loving this too.
Reptile legend? IS that a nice way to say snake in the grass?
@@katrinarobertson7173 don't like him don't comment
By far the best venomous video I have seen. Very educational and real!!!! Cotton mouths are very common in Savannah, Ga., just like most other common venomous snake, unless it’s provoked, 95% of the time will leave you alone. Please keep the knowledge coming!!!
Thank you Heather. We are working hard to educate people.
Yes there are, Heather and I got bit by a young cotton mouth in Beaufort - not far from Savannah - I stepped in front of him playing baseball and he nailed me above the ankle. I thought I'd been stung by a wasp or similar b/c I didn't even see him. A Gullah man saw this and knew what to do, the next day I felt sick most of the day. It was likely a dry strike.
The only thing I know about cotton mouths is they will stand their ground. It's funny I am not especially afraid of snakes so consequently I never seem to encounter them, but people who are afraid of them seem to find them like they're born to it LOL. Spiders now..... NO THANK YOU, I'd sooner encounter ten snakes then spiders LOL
I love that you started uploading again Tom it's awesome what you have done for are hobby is amazing
i just... a hobby? nah. not really. This guy is collecting the venom for hopefully a purpose. but outside of venom milking for anti venom production there is no purpose to owning these snakes.
You are Tyler Nolan s friend and you were with him when he got bit by the cobra. Just by you being there in your expertise and probably having anti-venom that was probably The best place he could’ve been with you And pretty much saved his life or helped. I love all your videos all you guys nothing I would ever do but it is very interesting and educational. Thank you.
I fully believe Tyler would not have made if without Tom!!🫤
@@turtlejeepjen314 he wouldnt of got tagged that day if it wasnt for Tom
He didn't have anti venom in hand for Tyler he almost died he has a video detailing tht evening
I love it Tom hopefully people take in this message and info. I always love when u get on here and educate alot of us with your knowledge of reptiles its always an honor to listen and soak up all i can. Hopefully are paths will cross one day and I'll get to shake your hand brother
I enjoy playing guitar too much, I’m just gonna watch you guys and live vicariously. It’s great that you put informative videos out like this!
Great advice! I’m especially all for not holding them behind the head, I know of too many people who have been tagged that way
I’m happy to see you back on the Tubes sir! I finished your book Giant Snakes over last winter, and it was excellent. I wish you well.
Thanks, you too!
Even if you are well educated in venomous snakes it's only a matter of time before you are bitten. Don't speed up the process of death by playing with a deadly animals, see if you can help it that you die from a good old age. Back in Colorado in 2018 a person I knew was taking out the trash at night and as he was opening the trash can he felt a sting on his hand, about 15 to 20 minutes later he was feeling real sick that he ended up in the hospital. The emergency room found two little red marks on his hand and concluded that it was a snake bite. Long story short, he spend weeks in the hospital and they used dozens of anti-venom, then slowly he started to come out of it, he said that he almost died. Up until now they don't know what kind of snake it was which made it very stressful to find the right anti-venom. The total bill for his stay was several hundred thousand dollars, I think, if I'm not mistaken the bill was roughly $375K.
I will never own a venomous snake, (besides a FWC, MAYBE), but these videos are packed with so much amazing info that I will keep coming back for more. Tom is the REAL DEAL!!!
Another FWC person🥰
“ If you fuck with it I guarantee it will bite you.” Point blank truth
This music is so trippy…& it’s in your other video haha…that one even has crazy visual effects. Y’all are getting better with the clip transitions.
It is common sense actually, but sadly too few people follow it. A guy was bitten by his monocled Cobra in Greece this spring, as an accident of hand-feeding. Everyone rushed to help him, but no hospital had the correct antivenom. Finally they found some from another keeper in Cyprus and his family paid for its air transfer here. Not only he did everything you mentioned wrong, but he was preparing to have a breeding project with those animals. He bred them in the past too. He was too sure of his abilities and even mentioned to his doctors that he felt invincible until then. Probably he is still keeping them.
i love it if your scared of snakes leave it the hell alone ! I guarntee if you fuck with it you WILL get bit .... thanks for being you ! straight to the point .....
Gotta love Tom. Seriously people, dude gives solid advice. Especially the bit about always open with a tool.
Tom crutchfield is a legend. So glad he’s making educational videos!
I love the hardcore advocacy for misunderstood reptiles. So glad you’re back
I’ve worked on the swamps of south east tx for years. The only snake that has ever chased me has been cottons. I’ve had a few not get crazy with me, but man, they have straight up chased my buggy down striking the air.
Damn right. I threw a couple of rocks at a cottonmouth years ago in the Brazos river in South Texas. It hissed, swam as fast as it could and came up on the bank at me. I took off. They have nasty attitudes. Will never forget that.
Absolutely fascinating. I handle snakes with a really long set of tongs. LoL Watching someone so confidently and smoothly handling these snakes with bare hands is better than any movie on TV.
Thanks for this video it’s people like you who make the community safer and all around better! Thanks sir
Tom is back baby!!! So glad to see you back on here my man, every single point you made on this video is exactly what people need to know and understand when keeping hots… but I must say in your intro I know those blue tree monitors I might need to give you a call 😂😂😂
The Man, The Myth, The LEGEND!!! Back again with another video i love it!! audio much better this time around thanks for listening to the feedback and critique and improving quickly on it. sending all my love and support to you!! cant wait for more videos you provide a unique perspective and voice i think reptile lovers or any animal advocates need to hear!! words coming from you in some instances carry more weight with some people just based on your experience knowledge and wisdom compared to other reptile youtubers. keep up the content god bless. by the way i watched an older video you posted a while back about the kid letting a snake near his private parts haha.. i have to say that's a crazy funny story i cant tell if it was even real or not. if so i think an update video or just new video on that situation would be pretty funny and unique and interesting to hear about or at the very least entertaining
Been knowing about this man for years..great to see him here giving great advice on the protocol needed to be in this dangerous game. Great to see you Mr Tom Crutchfield sir!
1:00 pure skill and experience🔥🔥
In the past year I’ve owned a Canebrake rattlesnake, a copperhead, and a Mangrove snake. I started off with working with non venomous and practiced safety tips and responsible ownership with them. I watched and studied information from venomous keepers on TH-cam as well as online forums of venomous keepers. I’m 100% self taught and have yet had a snake even strike at me. You show the animal respect and it will return respect.
Whats it like having a canebrake?
Living in a state that doesn't allow anyone to keep venomous and rear fanged snakes I still love learning about them. Thank you the great content Tom!
Crazy because rear fanged are "safe" snakes unless allergic. There's one exception to rear fanged which is a boomslang.
what state are you in? I'm in FL and it won't be long before they take away all our no fuzzy friends😢
Wild specimens of the rear-fanged Japanese Keelback / Japanese Garter Snake have serious amounts of toxins from their prey in their venom. They have killed people, and then are one of the few snakes which not only have both venom and poison but which have venom that is also poison.
Doesn't allow rear-fanged? Gotta arrest those kids who catch Garter snakes I guess.
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I'm so glad you finally have a TH-cam channel sir!! Can't tell ya in words how much I respect & revere you & all your knowledge in the herpotology field!! Definitely in my top 5 people I'd like to meet lol!! Anyway cant wait to see all your content & learn as much as I can!!
I’m new to your channel Tom, and I think you’re doing an awesome job. You deserve much respect
Absolute excellent advice from a well respected breeder and handler of reptiles. And I must add I am so excited to see that you are active once again on TH-cam Mr. Crutchfield. :)
This is the 1st video of yours I’ve seen. I appreciate your realistic take, as low while not patronizing the subject to appeal to a younger audience for views. Actual information presented very well. I’ve been considering getting into the business. I don’t know anyone who is, though I’d rather intern somewhere reputable so I may learn. Before making any regrettable purchases.
Out of comedy I ask, is it truly regrettable if your deceased?
The one who should be regretting it is dead!
Tom, if you have a tech person tell them to get you a nice wireless MIC that you can clip to your collar so the audio is not so low if you are a few feet away from the camera and will improve the quality greatly. The reason I suggest this is that any information you are given is priceless and deserves great quality! We have to turn it up to 100% to hear you and it was still low and then when the music kicks in at the end it blows our ears out! lol. Also I dont know if you can tell from the comments but if you ever wanted to pump content out on youtube on a consistent basis which is a lot of work but your channel would explode and do very well money wise down the road as everyone wants to hear what you have to say in the reptile community. Thanks again for this video the information is great.. I actually would have made a mistake by not going to the local hospitals and "training" them on a bite protocol ahead of time I think I would have just brought the anti-venom with me and expected them to use it right away so even someone who thinks they are carefully thinking through things can still learn so much from someone who has already seen it all!
I genuinely consider Tom to be the David Attenborough of reptiles. The man is a true asset to the hobby.
I hope more people will tune in. The wealth of knowledge in this one channel is astounding. This man has been doing this a very, very long time and is well known in the reptile community. If you want CORRECT information, this is where you’ll get it. 🐍❤️🐍
Thank you!!
@@TomCrutchfield1 My pleasure! I live close to your area and have been a fan for years. (I’m 60 and lived here my whole life. 😃)
Man, I was wondering if you were done with youtube or what...good to see new videos man.
I kept various venomous snakes when I was giving talks with reptiles in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. I applaud your leading with the responsibilities of the keeper.
Very nicely done.
Thanks, Ray!!!
You remind me of Bill Haast the way you grab the Cobras behind the head like that. It's impressive.
He was one of Ray's mentors.
ill never have an exotic pet, ill just be admiring them from a distance watching you brave people looking after them.
Anything an everything reptile, truly a living legend!! Thank you for years of knowledge
Love you man. Thank you for all you've done and do! #Legend
First of all, I join the rest of the fans by saying that I appreciate you're back doing videos. Not only are you a wealth of knowledge you're also legitimately interesting to listen to.
Something that occurred me watching another channel: if you own a venomous snake, you'd better be damn good at keeping and have some vet skills. The video in that channel that prompted this was a guy having to treat an infection in his cobra. It's not like if your venomous snake gets ill you're going to be able to take it to just about any vet. I'm assuming that if there's a problem, you're on your own.
We are lucky in that we actually do have a veterinarian that will treat our venomous, but most do not, that is correct.
@@TomCrutchfield1 wow...you are lucky!
8:42 fuck with it and it'll bite you this should be common sense.
That man at the beginning video has some balls of steel! Love the video Mr. Crutchfield.
The best venomous keepers never have a need to handle their snakes.
Thanks Kayla Cox and Rick Cox’s keep up the good job.
When snakes "chase" you, 99.9% of the time, they are trying to find the nearest form of cover where they can hide from you. If the nearest form of cover is right behind you, then that's where they'll go.
There are snakes that will do mock strikes, or mock charges, but chances are, you've never encountered the types of snakes that do that.
Lol ur like the Bob Ross of venomous reptiles lol, so relaxing watching u handle them. Its not about the actions being done, as much as it's about the mindset. Reptiles can tell your true intentions better then any other animal, the 3rd eye is very active. You can tell u play in on that too. Some1 actually paying attention, can really learn alot from u. I would love to have u as a mentor, but I know that won't ever happen. All gud though, I like watching how you are with all ur babies lol. Be safe brother sendn some gud vibes ur way.
Agree ,I appreciate his respect,knowledge and calmness around his animals
Can you please do a vid on your mangshan viper s please would love to see how ther doing
Great video, you are the only venomous handler I have ever heard attempt to explain these things without playing the gatekeeper roll.
Don't worry little cotton mouth.. my pythons also lay next to me while measuring when when they'll be big enough to eat me.. But shhh I'll keep your secret about chasing people for no reason if I'm ever asked 😉🤣 Love you Tom!!! I admire EVERYTHING you do 💯
The way he grabbed that albino cobra while it was holding up was super cool but dangerous af
Sounds like common sense. So glad your making videos. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing another interesting and informative video. I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. I learnt a lot of new facts about handling venomous snakes. Excellent job. Keep up the good work.
Enjoyed your conversation very much,,, words of wisdom, RULE...
The only downside to the advice of dont mess with it and it will leave you alone. Is that sometimes its a surprise for both yourself and the snake. Im mostly referring to walking outdoors in the wild and snakes are hiding under rocks. Though in captive setting, perhaps if a cage was left open by accident as you walked by.
Great video! Lots of good information. I hope people heed your advice. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. You are the master.
Best advise @8:31!
Good advice man. I'm interested in working with these venomous snakes, and I do agree that keeping antivenom for non-native species, such as Cobras and and Mambas, is EXTREMELY important because hospitals here in the US won't have Cobra and Mamba antivenom. They'll have Rattlesnake, Copperhead, and Cottonmouth antivenom, but not anti venom for non-native venomous.
Glad you back Tom.. now you can show these youngsters how it's done.. much respect
Fuck with them, they're gonna bite you... true of most things. Great video. So glad you are making some. I only have a ball python but I just love learning and watching these kinds of things. :D
Just saw this video. good to see Tom is alive and well, at least I assume so. Bought a lot of "hots" from Tom in the early and mid 90's when he was in Bushnell FL. Living in California, I had to "hoodwink" Delta Air Freight to get them to ship my "items" to LAX.....but no harm no foul....
I was preparing some jokes for the comment section but this guy explained it so well and so earnestly that... I just gotta sit here and appreciate it
save to say I would never get a venomous snake ever, but it's just so interesting listening to you guys
I had good mentor growing up he actually a friend of yours here in Texas I remember you sending him a monocled cobra when I seen it I was hooked he educated me for years now I have my own private collection
My buddy is selling me his black mamba tomorrow, I don't have any official training but I've been watching TH-cam videos so I'm sure it will be OK. I'm a smart guy what can possibly go wrong
Hard to get bit by a snake if you're not messing with it. Fuck with it and I guarantee he'll bite ya🤣
Solid advise, I would never own a snake of any kind but if I was considering I would follow the advise in this video
i will never get a venomous snake, i own plenty non venomous species but it’s always nice reviewing this video, getting to understand more about this opportunity and caring for these animals.
Common sense with years of experience to back it up. Always enjoy learning from "Mr. C!!!"
😂😂😂😂 Tom keeps it real. Awesome!
Great video! Tom dishing out some common sense that too many people don't have.
Thank you for posting this helpful video!
Absolute legend, I'm in the process of getting my DWA in the uk. Solid advice from a master in the trade !
When I was a little girl my grandpa and father took me and my sister fishing under the Sam Rayburn dam in Texas. They were about 30 feet away fishing while my sister and I were playing with a minnow on a hook teasing a snake we saw down in the rocks. Oooops the snake bit the minnow and started to eat it and we were afraid it would get the hook so we pulled it up and while holding it behind the head were trying to work the minnow out of it's mouth. (I should say here that where I was growing up we had Gopher Snakes and King snakes so I had handled some and wasn't afraid of them) The snake kept trying to gobble and we kept trying to wiggle when my grandpa looked over and, I have to give him props because he didn't scare us, he just came over and quickly cut the minnow in half and told me to throw the snake in the water. I did and it swam off. I think my grandpa said it was a cotton mouth. True story =))
The famous fuckaroundandfindout-noodles lol
Just talking right now about the speed and power of these snakes is making me shake with respect and awe
I dont want no fuckin venomous snake , still gonna watch this tho. I fucking love snakes on video, no desire to be around venomous outside of a cage.
To be clear, I absolutely DO NOT want a venomous snake or any snake. I just find these videos fascinating despite my phobia.
Wow, thank you Tom and Vanessa and anyone else involved in making these videos! (Please call out I want to send positive vibes to you as well)☮️💜
We need more n more videos from you sir, be healthy n keep posting🙏
Tom was careful/quick about it and did that very well especially the second grab with the cobra well it was hooded up 👏
That was not Tom. That was Ray Hunter.
"So you think you want a danger noodle?"
Great video Tom!
I've always had the personal belief that animals give out the same energy you give to them. If you're calm, then the animal is generally going to be calmer too. Venomous snakes are no exception to this rule. As long as you've been trained, are responsibly handling it, and have a calm demeanor, then you'll have a wonderful experience!
They might not chase you but they don't show fear of a human. I love to fish so I have seen lots of water snakes and several monster size water moccasins. Many years ago my Dad and I had been fishing a certain spot where one creek flowed into another. We saw the huge water moccasin laying on a brush pile across the creek from us for two days and just kept an eye on it. The third day we caught several good fish and had them on a stringer. All of a sudden the fish erupt splashing and trying to jump out of the water. Dad said look the snake isn't on it's spot. I will fight anyone over a stringer full of good fish. Especially after two days not catching much and finally a great third day. That snake was not getting my fish. Let it catch it's own supper. I stepped back a few feet and picked up a nice club about the size of my arm off the ground. I pulled the stringer of fish with one hand and beat the snake on it's head a couple times before it let go of the fish's tail it was hanging on too. The snake swam away quickly. Dad and I gave the fishies a good once over and they all seemed to escape any major damage. A couple had some tail pieces missing. Dad and I took our big catch home for Mom to fry up agreeing we would not tell her about the snake. Daddy and Mom are together in Heaven and I don't know how many years I have left down here. But while I am waiting for the Lord to call me home I have a million great memories. I hope you don't mind me sharing just this one with you. P.S. My thirteen grandchildren love to fish with their Papa and Nana. ❤
Awesome to see you back on YT! You gave some great advice, but nothing was as good as how you handled that CM! It was like she knew that you weren't going to hurt her. Nice demo for people to see how they REALLY act. Looking forward to seeing you more on here (and maybe Stacey too!) Thanks and hopefully I'll get to meet you sooner than later! PS: Joe Pittman is a treasure, too!
You are the best Tom.
tom i would totally aprechate if ud make a video on blue tail monitor ,, not often talked about ,, just a thought thx and ur awsome man
great to see you on the youtubes...
I have tremendous respect for people like Dingo, Tom and others who have been properly trained. I on the other hand have no desire to own one of these awesome animals. These guys must have bite protocols for each species of snake and also have to have antivenom. I believe WNCVenom states that there's a lot of red tape to procure the necessary antivenom. You have to go through the fda.
RIP Dingo.
“If you fuck with it, I guaranty he’ll bite you.” Sound advice sir 😂
His closing remarks were great. Lol