Missed the one year anniversary, but better late than never. Thanks for all the views and comments (even from so-called haters). Just wanted to say a few things from my perspective. For the record, the video was shot as is, without special effects, manipulation and absolutely no (other than the camera) influence on the animals. I understand that it may not be easy to watch video, but this activity is 100% natural and could teach a thing or two about nature. Look at it from an educational objective point-of view and refrain from judgement. Thank you for your viewership and enthusiasm.
Thank you Jeremy, your observation of the event is exactly correct, this is life in the wild. And regarding the nice people who have negative judgment, what you see in the video takes place every day in the rabbit and rattlesnake environment. Rattlesnakes have their own predation to deal with in the wild. They are preyed upon by; eagles, hawks, crow/raven, wolf, coyote, fox, wild boar, mountain lion, bobcat, skunk, raccoon, weasel, other snakes -- all of which dine on the rattlesnake for survival... it's life in the wild. And there is one more predator, and is by far the *most* destructive to the rattlesnake of all... it's no secret... the worst predator of the rattlesnake is man. Rattlesnakes die at the hand of evil men day in and day out for no reason and complete abandonment and respect of nature.
All of you guys saying he could've helped the rabbit are wrong. It's obvious the rabbit was already envenomated prior to the video since it was abnormally slow and spasming. In the description the uploader posted it clearly states that the rabbit was already acting like it was bitten prior. Even if he did rescue the rabbit it would've succumbed to the venom regardless. Sad but true. Also you guys are assholes for wanting to deny the snake his hard earned meal, it doesn't matter how cute the rabbit is. The snake still worked hard to kill the rabbit so it could eat it.
Derp Fish Where did I say or indicate that I did not want to watch something that occurs in nature? Seriously, like Pedris, you need to take a course in reading comprehension because there is nothing that I've written that could possibly translate into me not wanting to watch this video.
Derp Fish Sorry, but that still won't sell. There is nothing in my question to Kylezaking that would indicate that I am upset with his comment or this video. You're simply drawing conclusions based on your own subjective speculation and thinking. “A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.” Bertrand Russell
***** You wrote, "Why would help a snakes dinner it worked for that." and you're telling me to go back to school. LMAO! Seriously, are you being deliberately stupid or are you just missing a chromosome?
I live in texas and have been an outdoorsman my entire life. I can validate for everyone watching this video that is a massive rattlesnake. I've come across probably 100 + and have seen maybe 2 or 3 at this caliber. awesome video, thanks for posting. and for who ever is reading this comment there's a species of snake in texas that actually kills and eats rattlesnakes. They are called blue indigo and they are much bigger than this snake. check it out on TH-cam it's pretty dam cool.
Clay Gillespie , The blue indego & the Texas blacksnakes are actually KINGSNAKES. Which come in a multitude of colors & sub species. ALL are designed to hunt down & kill/eat rattlers. They have a natural immunity to venom & are the counter balance to the vipers. Really pissed me off while living in Texas to see the morons killing EVERY snake they saw. They were killing the very snakes that were PROTECTING them from the venomous ones.
Good tip Clay, thanks, I'll look. I was pretty impressed that the snake in the video was going to eat that whole entire damned rabbit in one gulp, wow, thanksgiving and Christmas dinner combined. Should last it a long time. I learned, like you, that if one is going to claim to appreciate nature, it makes no sense to pass judgement on animal behaviors based on a human moral code. However it does seem to make more sense to interpret it terms of the lack of morality of some people. NO morals, ethics, hesitation, just survival. Sobering considerations. I'm likewise an outdoorsman, and its my privilege and pleasure to live out in the open beautiful Sonoran desert. Noting edible goes to waste, ever, and by that I do include things that most humans would never consider edible. I've been surprised a few times.
@@JesusMusic1988agreed! Like yes, it’s sad that it has to be a cute little animal, but what can we do? We (not just us humans, but all animals) have different taste of food and what helps us survive!
@@Aurora666_yt what do you mean "love snakes"? Snake is cold, soulless and dangerous reptile. Of course, snakes are beautiful and weird, but how one can love them? P.S. Rabbits are stupid fuckers, agree
@@Vadim_Ozheredov snakes are not "cold soulless" reptiles. They're just animals. Nothing wrong with them. They eat, reproduce, and survive, as do all other animals. Being reptiles doesn't disqualify them from being "loved" by people. I know it sounds strange, but snakes are among my favorite animals, after crocodiles
@@Aurora666_yt So, you love snakes and crocodiles. Would you dare to approach them, hug them? Do snakes and crocodiles love you too, do you think so? And if this love is not mutual, do this love contradict common sense?
Ok for those of you saying he should have saved the rabbit, not only was the rabbit ALREADY bitten beforehand, and not only is it just wrong to deny the snake of its kill just cuz the rabbit is cute, but, if you’d use your brain for a second, who in their right mind is going to try to go take an already dead rabbit from a (might I add, notably venomous) RATTLESNAKE??
They will then go on to say some crap about morals or something knowing if it were a bird, reptile, squid, obscure mammal or insect they would not care. They also don't care for the eater.
When i saw this vid i thought it was cruel but after reading your comment....u do have a point...but chicken already looks prepared in the store....i dont get to see the killing....thats what makes it easy to deal with
Yep. Plus this appears to be a diamond back, which are becoming rare further south in Florida due to habitat loss and invasive species. Let it eat and keep the rabbit population in check.
The worst thing in this video is you walking up to that snake halfway through his meal for survival. Other than that you captured an incredible moment. BTW, people, they don't call it a food chain for nothing.
viewer discression? the snake OBVIOUSLY gave the rabbit a kiss, and tried to give it cuddles while it was trying to sleep. then the snake was defending the rabbit. gosh, people today are so quick to judge.
The real sad thing about this is that there are people who think the snake deserves to die just because it was hungry, like I know yeah sad to see animals die, but there's nothing wrong about a snake surviving on food consumption like the rest of us
Absolutely beautiful snake! Definitely looks like the rabbit had already been bitten. People always seem to be quick to kill a rattlesnake when they come across one. If you ever see one in the wild, they're usually trying to get out of your way. Just give them their space. I worked with a survey crew for 2 years in college. We would see them a lot. If we surprised one and it coiled, we would just take a few steps back, it would calm down, and it would haul butt to get out of there. Watermoccasin on the other hand.....
Seeing so many dislikes on this video represents the intelligence of average viewers. Spectacular to have caught this event on camera. Even if the snake crawled away at the beginning of the video -- the rabbit was still dead. I suppose the dislikers do not eat.
From the very beginning of this video the Rabbit had already been bitten and injected with venom by the snake. His slow movements and then collapsing and kicking shows this. People are asking, "why didn't you save the rabbit?" It was already too late. Plus, nature shall take its course my friends.
Everyone is throwing a fit and being babies and saying that this is cruel, but think about it for a moment: how many chicken nuggets have you eaten before
You seriously lucked out to find this happening. Well done. These snakes are amazing. I hope he got to finish his meal. Often they will flee when disturbed and the rabbit dies for nothing, and the snakes doesn't get a meal.
I would have liked if he continued filming because I wanted to see if the snake could have swallowed something that big. Very beautiful rattlesnake. Eastern Diamondback?
Seems like the rabbit had been bitten by rattle snake , that why he couldn't run far and finally he fell down and end this way..? himm,, what a cycle of life.
that is 100% what happend. Are you that stupid kid? The rabbit was bitten and the diamondback waited until it was completely incapacitated like we see here. That's how Diamondbacks eat. Dumbass.
This snake has restored my trust that snakes really have big hearts !! I mean look at the way after the rabbit faints , that the snake gives it mouth to mouth to revive it ...I hope they hooked up and live happily ever after !!!
Snakes really love rabbits. Some snakes wrap around them very tight because they just want to cuddle. I swear, snakes are so misunderstood. You can always trust a snake.
You should've recorded the whole encounter up and till it was completely swallowed. Super cool to run across that. Thanks for not killing God's beautiful but deadly creature
No more disturbing then a butterfly taking a sip of nectar ,, all part of Gods plan.. For anyone who thought he should help the rabbit welcome to planet earth
To answer a recurring question I'm seeing. A snakes venom can be just as deadly to itself as it is to its prey. All venom is simply a mix of proteins, enzymes and polypeptides. During the digestion process the venom is broken down and rendered harmless. As long as there are no cuts or sores in the digestive tract for the venom to enter the blood before it is broken down, there is no harm at all. There are a few species known to produce their own antivenom, to an extent, to help in case they ever accidentally bite themselves. Even a human can drink snake venom. If you have no cuts in your mouth or ulcers in your stomach / esophagus you'll be fine. Please don't actually try this, as it would be a horrific way to die (especially if the venom is hemolitic) if you did have an ulcer or cut for the venom to get into.
The rabbit has already been envenomated that's why it can't move. At 1:22 the neurotoxin is causing the legs to spasm. Snake doesn't hit it again because it knows it doesn't have to.
That rabbit wasn't weak or injured. They're not fucking scavengers. He was in the prime of his life until he got smoked by a rattle snake, tracked down and eaten. He deserves more credit than that.
Jim Reinknecht He was biten prior to filming. He ran away the poison slowly started to work and the snake followed the scent. But it wasn't necessarily a sick rabbit although it may have been
I don't think the poster is aware of the condition of the rabbit. The rabbit is behaving as if poisoned (snake venom). The condition the rabbit is in, anyone could walk right up to the rabbit and picked it up by it's ears. I don't think the poster is aware of how wild rabbits behave in open spaces. Rabbits are constantly on alert for danger with their heads held high in the normal sitting position. This rabbit is behaving sluggish and not too aware of the surroundings. The poster mentions he has walked the trail before and this is the first time he came across a snake. Oh, yes, not to mention a six foot rattle snake. Redundant, mentioned at the beginning: Eastern Diamondback rattle snake. But he goes ahead and mentions it! Yes, if this is the first time you came across any snake in your walks, why would you mention, not to mention, the length? Why not say, for the first time on my many walks, I saw a "six foot diamondback rattle snake" attacking a brown rabbit? There is no feeding time between the rabbit and the snake. Think about it; would there be feeding time between you and a lion in the same situation? I think not! I think you're suffering the after effects of a venomous snake bite. I know it's been some time, Go see a doctor!
Leave the damn snake alone to eat, if you stress it out by simply being there it will vomit up it's food which will probably kill the snake and then the rabbit would have died for nothing.
It never ceases to amaze me that an animal could evolve in this way, with no limbs, venom, fangs, etc. And yet they have been here far longer than we have....
It is a politically incorrect video. Life is politically incorrect and the universe is politically incorrect. Let's hope that humanity will learn it before they become the rabbit.
PS: 3 million plus views, is a few thousand dollars value with a monetized video. Video should have been continued 2nd part as snake swallows rabbit. Few more thousand in the video owner's pocket. Sorry, that would have been way too logical. ...who cares about an extra $5,000-$6,000 .
lmao at everyone who says "oh I would kill that snake if I saw that" or "who would let it kill the rabbit?". Smdh you guys just advertise your ignorance, it is called the food chain and for the moron who brought up burmese pythons damaging endangered animal populations, well pythons are not native, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes are genius. If you are one of the people who say this snake should have been killed let me ask you this, if you see a bunch of ants swarming a grasshopper are you going to try and brush all the ants off to spare the grasshopper? I doubt it
Even though I love animals and I hate to see anything die I want to study animals someday so seeing nature happen so up close is really interesting. For everyone saying you would kill the snake and saying the guy recording is a bad person. I find it would be worse to interfere with it. Just think if that snake has others to feed if he would have stopped the snake all the other snakes would have gone hungry. I mean seriously do you only think about the cuter animals. I find all animals have their own beauty.
Most reptiles don't feed other reptiles, I think there may be one lizard species that brings food to its babies. There's at least one species of rattlesnake, the arizona black rattlesnake, that cares for her young after they're born. The babies stay with their mother for up to two weeks after they're born and the mother snakes will babysit each others babies, there's pictures of a pregnant arizona black rattler guarding her nestmate's babies
Did you see him eat the whole rabbit ?I see rabbits on trails all the time and they only move a few feet out of the way until they really feel threaten that poison that snake has works fast. nice video
To y'all who disliked this video/thought this guy was a cruel bastard: -Let nature take it's course, us humans have already fucked with it enough -Snakes need to survive too -The rabbit was clearly already bitten at some point, no point in trying to save it. This guy was on a hike and by the time he could've carried that poor rabbit back to the car it'd be dead. This isn't even accounting for the time it would take to see some sort of vet -For christ's sake it's a *rattlesnake*, you really wanna get bit and die like that rabbit? -If you wanted to protect a rabbit, go to the local pet store and get one. Pets don't always get treated nicely in a pet store
This is a rattlesnake in its habitat getting food and u guys r still bitching, him stoping the rattlesnake would be cruel because unlike us the snake doesn't know when hes gonna get his next meal, could be weeks
I got bite by one of these snakes when I was 14 and it fucking hurt, luckily I administered antivenom but it made me really sick for atleast a good 3 days after words.
rabbit was definately bit beforehand rattlesnakes will bite once quick and leave the animal to die which is why you dont see it bite again until the rabbit is down and twitching thats the snakes sign to move in
Its difficult to be dispassionate about the death of a "cute" animal being preyed upon by a "scary" one. You need to learn to accept you are not yet prepared to accept reality and the world as it is. You need to grow up.
People don't realise, that Rabbits are free Lunchboxes if something manages to get them, which is easy for Stealth/Speed Builds.
Tierzoo?
@@sm69animations34 I came here because of him
@@cutman3931 Same
Actually even a strenght build can catch it with some techniques
Cant forget the camping build as well
Amazing footage! Funny how people see some sort of negativity in this. The snake is simply having it's meal. Simple, honest, natural...
Yeah I mean the snake is a 100% carnivore so what else shoult it eat are those people actually thinking a snake can go vegan or what?
The Snowflakes Are So Easily Upset! Perfectly Natural 100%
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Let's take a minute to recognise the number of rats, mice and vermin snakes take out of the system. They do a great job.
ye id say they are a pretty good pest killer
thank you for not interfering in nature's life cycle!!
Billy Hill I appreciate the kind and intelligent response. That’s exactly what I tell people. Thank you!
Jeremy DeWit Intelligent folks stand with ya, Jeremy!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that way nature has been doing this hundreds of years natural balance of the ecosystem
Well just would not film that and even let do there thing alone
Lol yeah I hate when people say 'omg that's so cruel why don't you just save the cute little bunny' like bro.. humans are too human sometimes 😂
By observation it appears the rabbit has already been bitten by the snake and the snake is just following it until the rabbit gives up the ghost.
Yep!
Venom or bled out
@@him.mp4 no it’s venom 100% you can see it spasm and it’s a pit viper, they strike once then follow the prey
@@hotshotroom964 This is a Easter diamondback the western diamondback venom is way more potent.
2:41 Snake starts to swallow, rabbit kicks and goes "Hey! Not dead yet!"
Missed the one year anniversary, but better late than never.
Thanks for all the views and comments (even from so-called haters). Just wanted to say a few things from my perspective. For the record, the video was shot as is, without special effects, manipulation and absolutely no (other than the camera) influence on the animals. I understand that it may not be easy to watch video, but this activity is 100% natural and could teach a thing or two about nature. Look at it from an educational objective point-of view and refrain from judgement. Thank you for your viewership and enthusiasm.
Thank you Jeremy, your observation of the event is exactly correct, this is life in the wild. And regarding the nice people who have negative judgment, what you see in the video takes place every day in the rabbit and rattlesnake environment.
Rattlesnakes have their own predation to deal with in the wild. They are preyed upon by; eagles, hawks, crow/raven, wolf, coyote, fox, wild boar, mountain lion, bobcat, skunk, raccoon, weasel, other snakes -- all of which dine on the rattlesnake for survival... it's life in the wild.
And there is one more predator, and is by far the *most* destructive to the rattlesnake of all... it's no secret... the worst predator of the rattlesnake is man. Rattlesnakes die at the hand of evil men day in and day out for no reason and complete abandonment and respect of nature.
Jeremy I have a python it's kinda like that but it's 12 foot long
That moment when you start shaking and feeling eager to see what happens next
+Jeremy DeWit I'm with you bro. you do realize that rabbit was already invenomated and followed by a trail right?
You're lucky that you could see that
All of you guys saying he could've helped the rabbit are wrong. It's obvious the rabbit was already envenomated prior to the video since it was abnormally slow and spasming. In the description the uploader posted it clearly states that the rabbit was already acting like it was bitten prior. Even if he did rescue the rabbit it would've succumbed to the venom regardless. Sad but true. Also you guys are assholes for wanting to deny the snake his hard earned meal, it doesn't matter how cute the rabbit is. The snake still worked hard to kill the rabbit so it could eat it.
Wow, did Marcif just draw an equivalence between human life and the life of a rabbit? Or is that the "all life is sacred" BS you learned at PC school.
Derp Fish Where did I say or indicate that I did not want to watch something that occurs in nature? Seriously, like Pedris, you need to take a course in reading comprehension because there is nothing that I've written that could possibly translate into me not wanting to watch this video.
Derp Fish Sorry, but that still won't sell. There is nothing in my question to Kylezaking that would indicate that I am upset with his comment or this video. You're simply drawing conclusions based on your own subjective speculation and thinking. “A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.” Bertrand Russell
***** I'm sorry but I haven't got a clue what you're trying to say.
***** You wrote, "Why would help a snakes dinner it worked for that." and you're telling me to go back to school. LMAO! Seriously, are you being deliberately stupid or are you just missing a chromosome?
"Susie.... this is what happened to Fluffy" "He didn't go to live on a farm".
Kinda seems it may have already been bit. Acting kinda slow & weird.
I'm no snake lover either.
Razor sharp today Thomas!
Agreed cause the rabbit was reacting weirdly but when it collapsed i figured it out that it may have been bitten already
That's exactly what I was thinking. Rabbit's already been bitten or is sick and the snake was just waiting for it to fall.
R.J. Bama ROLLDAMNTIDE!!
A Beautiful Eastern Diamondback Rattler doing what they do. Awesome footage!!!
Traktörler
looks like it was already bitten prior to this video.
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True ...it clearly had already been bitten.
It says in the description that it might have been bitten prior to the recording. It surely looks semi-paralyzed.
Or drugged by the guys making the video.
T BXTWO you are one dumb fool aren't you?
She’s not a beast. She’s a predator and she’s hungry. Both beautiful creatures
How do you know it is a she?
@@danielbence9562 colour most likely, don’t have rattle snakes where I am tho so I wouldn’t really know
I live in texas and have been an outdoorsman my entire life. I can validate for everyone watching this video that is a massive rattlesnake. I've come across probably 100 + and have seen maybe 2 or 3 at this caliber. awesome video, thanks for posting. and for who ever is reading this comment there's a species of snake in texas that actually kills and eats rattlesnakes. They are called blue indigo and they are much bigger than this snake. check it out on TH-cam it's pretty dam cool.
Clay Gillespie , The blue indego & the Texas blacksnakes are actually KINGSNAKES. Which come in a multitude of colors & sub species. ALL are designed to hunt down & kill/eat rattlers. They have a natural immunity to venom & are the counter balance to the vipers. Really pissed me off while living in Texas to see the morons killing EVERY snake they saw. They were killing the very snakes that were PROTECTING them from the venomous ones.
Good tip Clay, thanks, I'll look. I was pretty impressed that the snake in the video was going to eat that whole entire damned rabbit in one gulp, wow, thanksgiving and Christmas dinner combined. Should last it a long time. I learned, like you, that if one is going to claim to appreciate nature, it makes no sense to pass judgement on animal behaviors based on a human moral code. However it does seem to make more sense to interpret it terms of the lack of morality of some people. NO morals, ethics, hesitation, just survival. Sobering considerations. I'm likewise an outdoorsman, and its my privilege and pleasure to live out in the open beautiful Sonoran desert. Noting edible goes to waste, ever, and by that I do include things that most humans would never consider edible. I've been surprised a few times.
Why are people getting so mad about this? This would've happen despite if anyone had filmed it or not, this is nature's way
Because people are emotional snowflakes that can't handle reality.
@@JesusMusic1988agreed! Like yes, it’s sad that it has to be a cute little animal, but what can we do? We (not just us humans, but all animals) have different taste of food and what helps us survive!
Crikey!!! Did you see the rattles on that boy (or girl)?
Commentors: Poor bunny :'( I love all wildlife!
Also commenters: Kill the snake D:<
Most confused, violent animal on Earth: man
People love rabbits and hate snakes. I hate both snakes and rabbits. So I think one must kill a snake and cook rabbit.
@@Vadim_Ozheredov Not everyone hates snakes and loves rabbits, you know. I like snakes and dislike rabbits.
@@Aurora666_yt what do you mean "love snakes"? Snake is cold, soulless and dangerous reptile. Of course, snakes are beautiful and weird, but how one can love them?
P.S. Rabbits are stupid fuckers, agree
@@Vadim_Ozheredov snakes are not "cold soulless" reptiles. They're just animals. Nothing wrong with them. They eat, reproduce, and survive, as do all other animals. Being reptiles doesn't disqualify them from being "loved" by people. I know it sounds strange, but snakes are among my favorite animals, after crocodiles
@@Aurora666_yt So, you love snakes and crocodiles. Would you dare to approach them, hug them? Do snakes and crocodiles love you too, do you think so? And if this love is not mutual, do this love contradict common sense?
Ok for those of you saying he should have saved the rabbit, not only was the rabbit ALREADY bitten beforehand, and not only is it just wrong to deny the snake of its kill just cuz the rabbit is cute, but, if you’d use your brain for a second, who in their right mind is going to try to go take an already dead rabbit from a (might I add, notably venomous) RATTLESNAKE??
They will then go on to say some crap about morals or something knowing if it were a bird, reptile, squid, obscure mammal or insect they would not care. They also don't care for the eater.
Beautiful video, thanks for sharing. Were did this take place?
Buddy it's in the damn title ffs!!!
Thank you, they had just showed me after the rabbit, began hopping.
yes I think rabbit was already bitten and dying before you started filming.
this is nature , those people who said cruel or should kill the snake , please think a bit how many chicken you had eaten ?
When i saw this vid i thought it was cruel but after reading your comment....u do have a point...but chicken already looks prepared in the store....i dont get to see the killing....thats what makes it easy to deal with
(Yoshimi porshe) you right cause i love bake chicken
Yep. Plus this appears to be a diamond back, which are becoming rare further south in Florida due to habitat loss and invasive species. Let it eat and keep the rabbit population in check.
*It's fucking nature! No need to explain with the eating chicken example*
Yes but killingvand eating a rattler would bring sooooo much pleasure 😉
The worst thing in this video is you walking up to that snake halfway through his meal for survival. Other than that you captured an incredible moment. BTW, people, they don't call it a food chain for nothing.
Pyrotrons lo
You got that right.
Yeah. The snake was like “do you mind? I’m eating, do not disturb”
viewer discression? the snake OBVIOUSLY gave the rabbit a kiss, and tried to give it cuddles while it was trying to sleep. then the snake was defending the rabbit. gosh, people today are so quick to judge.
Mahlon Hathorn lol
Luis Fonsi
Mahlon Hathorn no it was attacking it
@@imugly7980 r/wooosh
@@imugly7980 hey bud. We have jokes where I come from. How about you?
This was absolutely incredible and great footage!! Nice job 👍
Thanks a lot!
so.....where is the attack? looks to me it was already bitten before this video started.
John Douglas
Nature at its finest... that's a rare treat to have seen that up close and personal. Cool vid!
The real sad thing about this is that there are people who think the snake deserves to die just because it was hungry, like I know yeah sad to see animals die, but there's nothing wrong about a snake surviving on food consumption like the rest of us
Absolutely beautiful snake! Definitely looks like the rabbit had already been bitten.
People always seem to be quick to kill a rattlesnake when they come across one. If you ever see one in the wild, they're usually trying to get out of your way. Just give them their space. I worked with a survey crew for 2 years in college. We would see them a lot. If we surprised one and it coiled, we would just take a few steps back, it would calm down, and it would haul butt to get out of there.
Watermoccasin on the other hand.....
Snake:ready to attack
Bunny:nah im out of here
Rabbit: Hops a few feet away from a snake
Also Rabbit: Yeets the fuck away from a human
Me:*visible confusion*
@@GeorgeVasilescu-ct6my So, it must've been bitten before the recording started.
Seeing so many dislikes on this video represents the intelligence of average viewers. Spectacular to have caught this event on camera. Even if the snake crawled away at the beginning of the video -- the rabbit was still dead. I suppose the dislikers do not eat.
From the very beginning of this video the Rabbit had already been bitten and injected with venom by the snake. His slow movements and then collapsing and kicking shows this. People are asking, "why didn't you save the rabbit?" It was already too late. Plus, nature shall take its course my friends.
At 1st i said w.t.f when i saw the rabbit reacting like this
but at 1:23 when i saw it collapsing everything became clear !
Thank you for recording this amazing video
No problem
Seems like it was already bite prior to the guy recording
wow that bite was so fast not even a human eye can see it coming, these species are no joke
It was'nt bitten on video, snakes are fast, but not that fast.
It wasnt bitten in the video, it had already been bitten before filming started
Everyone is throwing a fit and being babies and saying that this is cruel, but think about it for a moment:
how many chicken nuggets have you eaten before
I like eating human please feed me
You seriously lucked out to find this happening. Well done. These snakes are amazing. I hope he got to finish his meal. Often they will flee when disturbed and the rabbit dies for nothing, and the snakes doesn't get a meal.
Only The Real why did you call yourself only the real when you can't handle the real world
Only The Real It's the circle of life. Maybe pay attention in your 4th grade class tomorrow and you'll learn something about the food chain.
cobra emperor 107 Savage AF xD
willzuh what are you even talking about
Or hawks eat the dead rabbit
I would have liked if he continued filming because I wanted to see if the snake could have swallowed something that big. Very beautiful rattlesnake. Eastern Diamondback?
I know snakes can unhinge their jaws to consume larger prey, but how big does the kill have to be for the snake to say "nuh-uh!"?
With pet snakes it's said not to feed prey that's more than 1 1/2 times the width of the snake but they can eat prey that's wider than that.
When did the snake strike the rabbit, i must have missed it after watching it four times.
Pretty sure the snake had already bitten the rabbit before he started filming them
Seems like the rabbit had been bitten by rattle snake , that why he couldn't run far and finally he fell down and end this way..? himm,, what a cycle of life.
Do you really think thats what happened...smh
that is 100% what happend. Are you that stupid kid? The rabbit was bitten and the diamondback waited until it was completely incapacitated like we see here. That's how Diamondbacks eat. Dumbass.
This snake has restored my trust that snakes really have big hearts !! I mean look at the way after the rabbit faints , that the snake gives it mouth to mouth to revive it ...I hope they hooked up and live happily ever after !!!
AAHHHHAHAHAHA finally some wit!!
Yep they currently hang out and drink together the rabbit has had 300 kids and they chill in there yard grilling burgers
@@theberet4119 snakes with rabbit heads lol or rabbits with snake heads photoshop irl
Snakes really love rabbits. Some snakes wrap around them very tight because they just want to cuddle. I swear, snakes are so misunderstood. You can always trust a snake.
Why so many dislikes?? This is nature. People are crazy my friend
Rattle is just his way of saying "hey I''m scared of you, I don't want to bite but I will, please leave me alone"
You should've recorded the whole encounter up and till it was completely swallowed. Super cool to run across that. Thanks for not killing God's beautiful but deadly creature
Idiot.
@@JM-yx1lm dumbass
Disgusting pig. Thats cruel. Take your ignorance somewhere else
@@i.z.mich.6075 Cruel For Having It's Meal?
@@i.z.mich.6075 the snake or the commenter? Because in both cases your wrong
They eat rabbits but that one was just too big . I wonder if it kept it down or died . Thats a nice size rattle too 6-7 ft in good girth .
I wasn't able to stick around and see. This would have taken into the night to complete- it was getting pretty dark already!
No more disturbing then a butterfly taking a sip of nectar ,, all part of Gods plan.. For anyone who thought he should help the rabbit welcome to planet earth
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To answer a recurring question I'm seeing.
A snakes venom can be just as deadly to itself as it is to its prey. All venom is simply a mix of proteins, enzymes and polypeptides. During the digestion process the venom is broken down and rendered harmless. As long as there are no cuts or sores in the digestive tract for the venom to enter the blood before it is broken down, there is no harm at all.
There are a few species known to produce their own antivenom, to an extent, to help in case they ever accidentally bite themselves.
Even a human can drink snake venom. If you have no cuts in your mouth or ulcers in your stomach / esophagus you'll be fine. Please don't actually try this, as it would be a horrific way to die (especially if the venom is hemolitic) if you did have an ulcer or cut for the venom to get into.
Is it normal for a snake to strike and then wait for the rabbit to become incapacitated?
Yes it is because viper venom works a little slower than other snakes so to reduce the risk of injury they let go.
The haters are like don't eat the food
Leave it alone
Save the food
Mother Nature has one rule for all living creatures........."No Mercy"
"It's the circle of liiiiiiiife!"
It is not a beast, it's just another living being hunting for food just like you go to work to earn a living...
The rabbit has already been envenomated that's why it can't move. At 1:22 the neurotoxin is causing the legs to spasm. Snake doesn't hit it again because it knows it doesn't have to.
Looks like Eastern Diamond Back Rattlesnake.
Absolutely gorgeous.
That rabbit had already been bit and the snake was just waiting him out!
Do any of you people read any of the other comments? If you did you might just save yourself having comment!
@@markhepworth1396 some people just like to be indifferent
lol i thought it was a python and i was sat here wondering what was wrong with the rabbit lol. i have never seen a rattle snake that big
I've seen a picture of another species of large viper eating a cat
Eyeroll.. Not defenseless ... The rattlesnake was doing his job on the food chain by picking off the weak and injured
Yes. maintaining the balance of nature which many of the people here in youtube don't understand.
That rabbit wasn't weak or injured. They're not fucking scavengers. He was in the prime of his life until he got smoked by a rattle snake, tracked down and eaten. He deserves more credit than that.
Dougy If humans did that, half of these comments in the comment section wouldn't be here.
Jim Reinknecht He was biten prior to filming. He ran away the poison slowly started to work and the snake followed the scent. But it wasn't necessarily a sick rabbit although it may have been
PSYCHO BUNNYウサギ Good comeback did your mother make it? YEAH I THOUGHT SO SO STFU
I don't think the poster is aware of the condition of the rabbit. The rabbit is behaving as if poisoned (snake venom). The condition the rabbit is in, anyone could walk right up to the rabbit and picked it up by it's ears. I don't think the poster is aware of how wild rabbits behave in open spaces. Rabbits are constantly on alert for danger with their heads held high in the normal sitting position. This rabbit is behaving sluggish and not too aware of the surroundings. The poster mentions he has walked the trail before and this is the first time he came across a snake. Oh, yes, not to mention a six foot rattle snake. Redundant, mentioned at the beginning: Eastern Diamondback rattle snake. But he goes ahead and mentions it! Yes, if this is the first time you came across any snake in your walks, why would you mention, not to mention, the length? Why not say, for the first time on my many walks, I saw a "six foot diamondback rattle snake" attacking a brown rabbit? There is no feeding time between the rabbit and the snake. Think about it; would there be feeding time between you and a lion in the same situation? I think not! I think you're suffering the after effects of a venomous snake bite. I know it's been some time, Go see a doctor!
You're braver than me. When I see a rattlesnake, I get the hell out of there.
Leave the damn snake alone to eat, if you stress it out by simply being there it will vomit up it's food which will probably kill the snake and then the rabbit would have died for nothing.
This is why I avoid scrub areas. Too many rattlesnakes are around
shit NY could use about 10,000 rattlesnakes to free it of all the rat and cat problems?
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this is the aftermath of the actual hunt
where the rabbit had gotten bitten by the sanke earlier
It never ceases to amaze me that an animal could evolve in this way, with no limbs, venom, fangs, etc. And yet they have been here far longer than we have....
Snake's like "fuck off mate I'm trying to eat"
Yea, looks like it was bitten and the snake was just waiting on the poison to set in.
Notthefather venom not poison
Wonderful footage!
It is a politically incorrect video. Life is politically incorrect and the universe is politically incorrect.
Let's hope that humanity will learn it before they become the rabbit.
PS: 3 million plus views, is a few thousand dollars value with a monetized video. Video should have been continued 2nd part as snake swallows rabbit. Few more thousand in the video owner's pocket. Sorry, that would have been way too logical. ...who cares about an extra $5,000-$6,000 .
Agree and I doubt they will. In fact I know they WILL NOT learn. Good comment, I'll bet you follow Q.
Tucson Ron Are you talking about the plan Q?
That’s a large rattlesnake, where was this filmed?
Dude, it literally says it in the title. Myakka, Florida
I've been camping in Myakka State Park and the place is like a zoo. Deer and Hogs everywhere. The lake is full of giant bass. Amazing place
The behind the scenes look at Planet Earth
I played Elton John's circle of life after watching this
lmao at everyone who says "oh I would kill that snake if I saw that" or "who would let it kill the rabbit?". Smdh you guys just advertise your ignorance, it is called the food chain and for the moron who brought up burmese pythons damaging endangered animal populations, well pythons are not native, eastern diamondback rattlesnakes are genius. If you are one of the people who say this snake should have been killed let me ask you this, if you see a bunch of ants swarming a grasshopper are you going to try and brush all the ants off to spare the grasshopper? I doubt it
finally someone that is educated.
Ants wont later bite a child....harp all you want on "Natures Way"..if it doesnt have shoulders/feet, Im killing it..thats My Natures Way...'nuff said
Is that an Eastern Diamondback? It’s huge.
Yes, it's an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. The videographer said they were in Florida. They do grow 'em big there......
Yes eastern diamondback largest rattlesnakes species
Did I miss the strike? Did it happen prior to the start of the pix?
Even though I love animals and I hate to see anything die I want to study animals someday so seeing nature happen so up close is really interesting. For everyone saying you would kill the snake and saying the guy recording is a bad person. I find it would be worse to interfere with it. Just think if that snake has others to feed if he would have stopped the snake all the other snakes would have gone hungry. I mean seriously do you only think about the cuter animals. I find all animals have their own beauty.
You are wise young grasshopper. You will go far.
Most reptiles don't feed other reptiles, I think there may be one lizard species that brings food to its babies. There's at least one species of rattlesnake, the arizona black rattlesnake, that cares for her young after they're born. The babies stay with their mother for up to two weeks after they're born and the mother snakes will babysit each others babies, there's pictures of a pregnant arizona black rattler guarding her nestmate's babies
Yes, must have bitten the rabbit before the video.
Move back to NY.
I’m from Texas but New York is a lovely place. Both parts
you could not pay me enough to live in Florida ! This is one reason why..
Arizona is worse you should move there
Try Australia buddy, North-West QLD or along the East coast in NSW. We have Eastern Browns and Funnel Web spiders. Both will kill ya in minutes.
Did you see him eat the whole rabbit ?I see rabbits on trails all the time and they only move a few feet out of the way until they really feel threaten that poison that snake has works fast. nice video
To y'all who disliked this video/thought this guy was a cruel bastard:
-Let nature take it's course, us humans have already fucked with it enough
-Snakes need to survive too
-The rabbit was clearly already bitten at some point, no point in trying to save it. This guy was on a hike and by the time he could've carried that poor rabbit back to the car it'd be dead. This isn't even accounting for the time it would take to see some sort of vet
-For christ's sake it's a *rattlesnake*, you really wanna get bit and die like that rabbit?
-If you wanted to protect a rabbit, go to the local pet store and get one. Pets don't always get treated nicely in a pet store
The bunnies get intoxicated from eating the fermented fruit of the prickly pear cactus that grow wild. The drunken bunnies become easy prey.
Nice theory! I wasn’t aware of that.
(Port Saint Lucie, FL) My cat catches these stupid rabbits all the time. They're a dime a dozen.
If rattle is going... That means go away
This is a rattlesnake in its habitat getting food and u guys r still bitching, him stoping the rattlesnake would be cruel because unlike us the snake doesn't know when hes gonna get his next meal, could be weeks
I got bite by one of these snakes when I was 14 and it fucking hurt, luckily I administered antivenom but it made me really sick for atleast a good 3 days after words.
Well I'm glad you survived that experience
Rabbits are the worst pests ever
But they're tasty
Good thing snakes eat them
Especially in Australia. I want the damn things eradicated.
Poor rabbit but hey it's called survival and life
I wish I had that rabbit on my bbq grill cooking low and slow.
*_y e s_*
Tasty 😋
This comment section is proof that vegans should NEVER be left in charge of a nature reserve.
well done on the footage this is nature at its purest form this aint a disney show theres no friendship between hunter and prey its eat or die
and every one hwo is crying about it the rabbit got bit so it was dying no mater what
I like snakes
Me too
I have 13 snakes at the moment
They came from behind... Aaaaaah
Pull up!
It follows.......haha
kinda odd that you are able to see a rattle snake in the winter months. I thought that they were in hibernation at that time of the year
rabbit was definately bit beforehand rattlesnakes will bite once quick and leave the animal to die which is why you dont see it bite again until the rabbit is down and twitching thats the snakes sign to move in
Hahahahahahahahahaha stupid rabbit snakes rule!
The rabbit had been listening to a Hillary Clinton speech before...I know how it feels! :-)
Poor rabbit
Its difficult to be dispassionate about the death of a "cute" animal being preyed upon by a "scary" one. You need to learn to accept you are not yet prepared to accept reality and the world as it is. You need to grow up.
Leo Silva...How do you know, rabbit might have had a mattress stuffed with 100 dollar bills!!
what kind of snake was it
A rattlesnake.
That venom kick in like you're high on meds but the rabbit gonna die