I find vipers look more like they are sooo done with the world. Except the gaboon viper, it lacks that one protective scale over the eye that gives them this look. Pretty fitting for a snake that lazes about for most of its life.
House cats have been known to kill. Elderly & the very young mostly. My late ginger kept German Shepherds at bay. In fact they scurried off in abject terror. An attempted homicide by a Ginger Felis domesticus can be fended off by cupped hands on the two occasions that happened to me.😺 Milder attacks with a water bottle squirter (should one be available) He was a very wild stray when obtained as a kitten. All major attacks took place in the garden. If you want something calmer keep a death adder. Also, this is important- never let a kitten playfully pounce on your feet or lower legs. They'll learn to keep doing it when they are larger and if they get speed up in the garden it will bloody well hurt. That momentum is what allows them to catch & kill Rabbits etc.
Apart from all the things you mentioned, death adders are the *only* elapids that use caudal luring (using the tail to mimic the movement of larvae or worms to attract prey) in order to hunt. This is very common among vipers and pythons and boas and even colubrids, but not at all found in elapids, except in these guys. Death adders are truly one of my favorite examples of convergent evolution
Except, Elapidae is not a valid taxon anymore, this is because the original type genus Elaps has been invalidated, it was now renamed Homoroselaps and belongs to the family Atractaspididae, due to this, Elapidae is no longer recognized and is now replaced with five mostly unrelated families being Bungaridae (Land Kraits and African Garter Snakes), Najidae (Cobras and Mambas), Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes), Acanthophiidae (Oceanian False Vipers), and Micruridae (Coral Snakes).
@@indyreno2933 Wow, you just very confidently said a lot of patently incorrect and misleading stuff there. Homoroselaps is a single genus with two extant species. This genus falls under the family atractaspididae, which is a different family altogether from elapidae. Elaps was reassigned to atractaspididae (not "invalidated"), which has nothing to do with elapidae not being valid anymore (it very much is). In botany, when the type genus of a family becomes reassigned to a different family, the family it was previously part of is renamed (importantly, renaming does not mean that the family is no longer valid, as that would make no sense). In zoology, the type genus being reassigned does not even lead to the family being renamed. The so called "families" you mentioned at the end are not families, and are no longer even considered subfamilies under elapidae (which they previously were). I'm not sure where you got the idea that elapidae is not a valid taxon anymore and I'd ask you to cite your source, but since none exist it would be futile. All snakes under the family called elapidae are more closely related to each other than they are to snakes from any other family, which makes elapidae a valid taxon and "elapids" a meaningful way to categorise a group of snakes.
@Dibyajyoti Lahiri, actually, Elapidae is now a wastebasket taxon, therefore it is now invalid, this is because its original type genus Elaps is now considered invalid as it is now renamed Homoroselaps and officially belongs to the family Atractaspididae, which therefore now disbands the family Elapidae and replaces it with five mostly unrelated families, which are Bungaridae (Land Kraits and African Garter Snakes), Najidae (Cobras and Mambas), Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes), Acanthophiidae (Oceanian Asps), and Micruridae (Coral Snakes), this is similar to the disbandment of the placental mammal order Insectivora, which is now invalidated because small insectivorous placental mammals like shrews, moles, desmans, solenodons, hedgehogs, gymnures, tenrecs, otter shrews, golden moles, colugos, treeshrews, and elephant shrews are all not as primitive compared to all other placental mammals as previously thought and therefore do not constitute one monophyletic group, which is why Insectivora is now outdated and replaced with six mostly unrelated orders, which are Macroscelidea for the elephant shrews or sengis, Afrosoricida for the tenrecs, otter shrews, and golden moles, Soricomorpha for the shrews, moles, desmans, and solenodons, Erinaceomorpha for the hedgehogs and gymnures, Scandentia for the treeshrews or banxrings, and Dermoptera for the colugos, while the orders Macroscelidea and Afrosoricida are officially sister taxa, the orders Soricomorpha and Erinaceomorpha are not closely related to each other at all, neither are Scandentia and Dermoptera, the colugos are more closely related to primates, whereas treeshrews are basal to both and shrews, moles, desmans, and solenodons are all more closely related to bats, while hedgehogs and gymnures are both more closely related to both pangolins and carnivorans, elephant shrews, tenrecs, otter shrews, and golden moles are indeed more closely related to elephants, sirenians, hyraxes, and aardvarks than they are to the other small insectivorous placental mammals that originated from the northern hemisphere.
@@indyreno2933 I as an uneducated person in zoology and animals has it easier to leave my trust in Clint, an actual zoologist. Also in Dibyajyoti since they actually uses paragraph divison so the text looks much more professional. I would strongly suggest you clean up your paragraphs and put spaces in there as it makes it easier to read and get your points. It also makes you seem more "professional" and "educated" so people will take your arguments and information more seroiously. Have a good day!
As an Aussie im honestly amazed at how many of our animals were either smuggled out and put into breeding programs or just happened to be out there before we tightened the laws. Check out a red belly black if you can they are beautiful
Chandler has one of them already. So i'm sure clint has seen it. I think he really wants a king brown and a coastal taipan too lol He's already got an inland taipan
Clint: *Talking about how dangerous the death adder is* Me: *transfixed by the very active gila monster in the enclosure behind him* Clint: *Starts up with Mom's Spaghetti* Me: *suddenly transfixed by Clint now*
Komodos are easily the best pet monitor lizard if you want a monitor lizard that can eat your family dog and your family and still be ready for more, and who's bite alone will give you sepsis, gangrene, and probably death or a life time subscription to antibiotics.
@ianallen738 The infectious bite thing is a myth. If a Komodo dragon tries to kill you, you'd be dead from having your body sliced open and disembowelled by those teeth before that even becomes an issue.
I remember seeing Steve Irwin finding one in the wild one time "Death adder by name, not by nature". Now I see why. They're like a very chill relaxed venomous ball python lol
@@SawyersHerpetology yes, you are right.. I kept some Acantophis in the past, what I meant to say is that they do suddenly strikes when they feel threatened or just to thermal spots, which can be a human hand, for example.
@@michaelphilipoliver2466 they actually tend to thrive in captivity. I think this is because they are actually fairly intelligent. So they figure out that in captivity they're fed regularly and kept safe from predators. This leads them to actually be very outgoing and friendly when kept in captivity in a way they aren't in the wild.
When I saw him just chillin on the table doing nothing my first thought was: "I wish I could pet it" Immediately followed by: "I'm not the type of person who should get venomous snakes" 😂
Most laid back ball python that could actually kill you. Seems accurate. This guy is just chilling on the table! Thanks for another great video, Clint! I think I’ll take a hard pass on the death adder as a pet. I’m quite content with our basic bearded dragon, purchased after your video on them. 😊
I know someone that picked one up in his garden, thinking it was a bluetongue. He only twigged as he put it down out of the way because a bluetongue would have tried to bite him but the death adder didn't mind being moved out of the way..... it's actually remarkable how docile they are, ironically their relaxed temperment is actually the cause of most bites as unlike most other snakes these guys don't move away when people are around and it's easy to accidentally step on one. It might have some of the most potent venom in the world but they sure are disinclined to use it.
I genuinely enjoy how thoughtfully and genuinely these videos are carried out. On the face of it, a question like "Is a death adder a good pet reptile?" is just a bit ludicrous, but these videos go a long way towards demonstrating to people that even if these animals are absolutely not suitable as pets for nearly anyone, and should only be handled by professionals with good cause, they are not some demonic monsters that should just be feared and hated. It's just an animal, simply an animal that does not mesh well with humans.
These guys are locally famous for being almost impossible to see when hiking, but also for pretty much only biting when you step directly on them. There’s a lot of folks who will tell you about either looking down at their feet or back at the trail and realising they were less than a handspan away from one of these snakes.
If you ever come to Europe, could you do a video on the Common European Adder (Vipera berus) and/or the European Grasssnake (Natrix natrix)? The former is the viper with the largest distribution in the wild (and the only snake to live this far north), the latter is a distant cousin of the garter snakes and the species after which the subfamily Natricinae was named.
Natricinae is a subfamily, they’re still colubrids like garter snakes. I don’t think they’ll ever raise the group to family level, unless I misunderstand how well-supported Colubridae is as it is currently formed.
I knew I'd be in for a treat when I heard ppl were losing it over what happens around the 8 minute mark.. but I was not prepared for that absolute genius. Legit had me rolling on my bed laughing. Love that chill danger noodle and the jealous gila potato, too ❤
This is such a wonderful channel that I watch every episode, even though I have no plans to adopt a reptile. I now no longer fear snakes like I once did, although I respect them more. Also, I now see that Magic Spoon may be the best pet cereal for me. Thank you so much, Clint!
@@danm8004 Really? I had no idea. I'm human. Born in 19-none-of-your-business, raised in California, escaped to Texas and am owned by two very spoiled horses and an equally spoiled cat. I also have a speckled king snake that moved into my barn's feed room, where mice like to hang out. I nicknamed him or her Udon, because he or she is a noodle with a head and is welcome at my place. Enough human credentials for ya? I hope so. God bless you, and have a great weekend and holiday!
@@danm8004 🤣 Fair enough! Thank you for responding kindly to my diatribe. Hope I wasn't too in-your-face about it. I'm going to take my big bot energy and start feeding animals. Take care!
Yeah, I have no plans to keep reptiles either, I just stumbled across one of Clint's videos one day and was captivated by his enthusiasm and knowledge. I've since subbed a number of other related channels thanks to collabs (Chandler, Dave, Snake Discovery).
The slam poetry was great, but don't miss some of the other great lines around it! "Black mamba Lite" and "These may not be true adders, the probability of death from a bite is additive." 😂 I love this channel so much!!
Ok, of all the things happening I'd have never expected for Clint doing a Death Adder Bite version of Lose Yourself. It's always nice to get validation for why you're subscribed to a channel. 😁💚
Love the rhyming and clever wordplay, saying the effects of their venom may be "additive" etc. It was fun learning about the death adder. Every time you said, "If you'd like..." my answer is yes. I wasn't familiar with Chandler or his channel so I'm going to go check them out. Thanks for another excellent video!
I almost think Clint needs two separate scores for measuring the pet-ability of animals. His regular care, handleability, hardiness, etc score, and a danger score, or a danger metre or something. One that represents if the animal can hurt you (and how severely), is likely to try; or can reasonably kill you, and whether it's likely to try that too. It just seems like too important a consideration to be folded into handleability, when there's such a big difference between 'this animals is squirmy and fragile' vs 'this animal might murder you'.
The correct english name for Tomistoma schlegelii is now "southeast asian gharial" since it is actually a gharial after all, gharials constitute the family Gavialidae with only two extant species within two genera being the Southeast Asian Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) and the Ganges Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), gharials are the sole extant family of the superfamily Gavialoidea.
@@Corvus_Clemmons Another example if this would be Sea Stars as a whole as the general public seem to recognise them as "Star Fish" which is a poor representation of them as they aren't fish.
Idea for new video... Rubber boas! I recently found a northern rubber boa in the wild for the first time and was absolutely entranced by how well behaved it was. I started reading up on them and their biology is actually really interesting.
I would LOVE to keep one as they're native here, but I would need special permit at the least. But they're SO COOL... but I will be lawful for their sake
Aww you guys forgot to mention the coolest thing about death adders….. their caudal lure! In my opinion death adders have the most realistic caudal lure because of the way it moves (with the exception of the spider tailed horned viper) Their caudal lure wriggles in a very intricate way that makes it look more like a maggot or worm than most other caudal lures.
I adore Clint's channel. I often use his episodes to show my nieces and nephews cool stuff about critters when I babysit them. They love him! My niece wants to be a "harpy-talla-gist" 😂❤ She's still learning that word. Lmao.
Honestly I'm kind of surprised they aren't more available. With how you're describing them I'd have expected them to be the ball python of hots with dozens of morphs and tables full of them at every expo.
@Sam Pagano Australia has a very strict no export import wildlife laws, so getting access to any wildlife from them is pretty hard. It’s one of the reasons people get upset with hybrid Blue tongues in the states, it’s not easy to get fresh bloodlines from the source anymore.
If I had to guess... probably because most people who are into hots are in it partly because of the thrill and ball python temperament doesn't really give you the same kinda feel? But that's just my speculation. The name though certainly delivers on the badass department. 😁
It's because as chandler said, hots are NOT PETS. A ball python is a pet, a boa is a pet, a snake that could, however unlikely, kill you, is not. The only reason you should have one is for education. And most people at expos don't have venomous licenses anyway, so mass producing them probably isn't lucrative.
Clint just described half the symptoms of fibromyalgia there, so if I ever visit Australia (and I swear my cat, Shakti, is trying to dig her way there, straight through!) and I'm bitten by a Death Adder, there's every chance I may not realise it! 🤣 Excellent video again. I'm glad you discourage people from getting venomous snakes, it's such a stupid idea people who get them should put themselves forward for a Darwin Award immediately.
Lol, right? Fibromyalgia and ME, I guess the good part is I very rarely will have any contact with any snakes so odds are it'll never be a mix up problem. Also agree about venomous snakes not being pets. I dated someone when I was ~20 who wanted venomous snakes as pets. I tried to tell him how utterly senseless that was, especially considering he lived out in the boonies with no phone service. Ffs, he couldn't have even called for help if he got bit, let alone driven to the hospital. Don't be that careless with your own life, or the life of the snakes.
I subscribed to Chandlers channel, he's a touch hyper for me but he really knows his stuff. I particularly like that he helps animals (I really want a reptile but, I can't deal with KussKuss, my Bengal, bringing in mice to torture. I suppose reptiles eat them and they don't do it for 'fun' but I know I have problems seeing animals die. You're braver than I am. I have become totally addicted to Chandler, you have just got to love people who love animals this much!
It’s been interesting to learn about venomous snake-keeping from this corner of TH-cam. Similar principles were instilled in my firearms classes as well - like not being too comfortable to the point of negligence. Another parallel I’ve experienced is the fear of snakes in relation to a lack of knowledge about them. Perhaps these parallels could be extracted and generalized into good life advice to encourage further education.
When I was a teen my friend was an actual herpetologist or maybe he just collected snakes. We used to get them out... cobras, gaboon, sawtooth just a really nice collection but to this day (I'm 70) I have nightmares. For my friend it was perfectly fine. For me it was an intense war between real fear and driving curiosity. I'm fascinated by them but dang... they will kill a fellow
@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 I'm not sure. We live in different hemispheres now but lets assume the best. He grew to be a man and stopped doing shows. We'll meet again and I hope I'll be able to lend him a harp :)
Good Magic Spoon spotlight. If I hadn't already tried it, you'd have convinced me to try it. Turns out I don't like it, but you almost convinced me to try it again. 😊
I've always had an affinity for Adders, being the only species of snake found in my Country Scotland, the Vipera Berus or common European Adder is quite a striking snake with a black and white zig zag pattern down their back, a stunning solitary specimen! 😂 I've always thought it strange that they are the only snake to be found here!
They are the species that range the furthest North. They have been found in the Arctic circle. The melanistic European adder might take the cake for my favourite snake.
We have these in the national park near where I live. They often hang out partially hidden under leaf litter or rocks on the edges of trails. Their reddish brown colouring blends very well with the earth and rocks, so I have very nearly stepped on them a couple of times. They are very placid compared to our other snakes, but I don't really want to test them by stepping on them, hence sturdy boots are a must.
Just the fact the snake was free to move around and you didn't worry when it moved closer to your side of the table indicates how relatively easy they are to handle. I could easily see somebody getting comfortable and just starting to free handle one and that one day they misread the snake's mood will be a very bad day for them.
So glad I discovered this channel.. it’s one of the big reasons why I got my boa and it’s cool to live vicariously through you with some of the animals I know I’ll never own as a pet. I also loved the 8 mile reference.
Best pet snake? No, but there's no denying that they are possibly the coolest of the Australian elapids and possibly one of the most adorable venomous snakes in existence.
Except, Elapidae is not a valid taxon anymore, this is because the original type genus Elaps has been invalidated, it was now renamed Homoroselaps and belongs to the family Atractaspididae, due to this, Elapidae is no longer recognized and is now replaced with five mostly unrelated families being Bungaridae (Land Kraits and African Garter Snakes), Najidae (Cobras and Mambas), Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes), Acanthophiidae (Oceanian False Vipers), and Micruridae (Coral Snakes).
@DaKat76, Elapidae is now a wastebasket taxon, therefore it is now invalid, this is because its original type genus Elaps is now considered invalid as it is now renamed Homoroselaps and officially belongs to the family Atractaspididae, which therefore now disbands the family Elapidae and replaces it with five mostly unrelated families, which are Bungaridae (Land Kraits and African Garter Snakes), Najidae (Cobras and Mambas), Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes), Acanthophiidae (Oceanian Asps), and Micruridae (Coral Snakes), this is similar to the disbandment of the placental mammal order Insectivora, which is now invalidated because small insectivorous placental mammals like shrews, moles, desmans, solenodons, hedgehogs, gymnures, tenrecs, otter shrews, golden moles, colugos, treeshrews, and elephant shrews are all not as primitive compared to all other placental mammals as previously thought and therefore do not constitute one monophyletic group, which is why Insectivora is now outdated and replaced with six mostly unrelated orders, which are Macroscelidea for the elephant shrews or sengis, Afrosoricida for the tenrecs, otter shrews, and golden moles, Soricomorpha for the shrews, moles, desmans, and solenodons, Erinaceomorpha for the hedgehogs and gymnures, Scandentia for the treeshrews or banxrings, and Dermoptera for the colugos, while the orders Macroscelidea and Afrosoricida are officially sister taxa, the orders Soricomorpha and Erinaceomorpha are not closely related to each other at all, neither are Scandentia and Dermoptera, the colugos are more closely related to primates, whereas treeshrews are basal to both and shrews, moles, desmans, and solenodons are all more closely related to bats, while hedgehogs and gymnures are both more closely related to both pangolins and carnivorans, elephant shrews, tenrecs, otter shrews, and golden moles are indeed more closely related to elephants, sirenians, hyraxes, and aardvarks than they are to the other small insectivorous placental mammals that originated from the northern hemisphere.
I've heard the claim many times that death adders are the world's fastest striking snake, but haven't ever seen any research to back this up. I don't even know if there's proof it's Australia's fastest striker (although I wouldn't be surprised). It's weird that this keeps getting perpetuated, and I would be interested to see some better research on the topic. Anyway great video as usual Clint (and Chandler)!
After all the buildup and talking about why you should never ever be complacent around this snake... Chandler just goes and grabs it with his bare hands. How did I know that would happen?
Hi Clint, great video always enjoy your best pet ones they’re always really informative and really entertaining. How about doing one on the most cuddly use of snakes, the eastern brown from Australia keep the good work going and I always look to look forward to your videos. 15:16
Hey Clint. What about an “Best pet Snake” episode for Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin. I think we both know the answer but I have seen them fairly commonly in the hobby, and it would be a great chance to maybe peel back the layers on their nasty, and undeserved, reputation.
Clint. You are such a treat to listen to on any given day but Rhyming off some Eminem??? This has got to be my favourite video of yours and I'd even go so far as to say that it's my favourite sound of 2023 so far. I love it and have watched/listened more than once. Lol. It makes me giggle every time I hear it. I love your enthusiasm and your genuine lust for life. Thank you for always making me laugh. Much love from Canada Rock on! 🤘🏻😎
6:54 I feel like the skinks mimicry of the adder is plausible but could be hard to actually prove other than those misidentifications. It's prob just a coincidence due to similar environments (if they actually occupy similar areas) if the camo works for one, it'll work for another!
For me it is all about the Gila Monster in the back going "what's going on out there? Why are you guys making all that noise? Who are all these people in my house? Oh you're from the TV? I WANNA BE ON TV" *Starts waving vigorously to get our attention*
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You should do a video on aquatic snails! They are amazing pets in my opinion!
can we go back to reptiles people can actually keep? 😭
@@-oldhope- Probably next week or the week after. May was specifically dedicated to venomous species
Your videos are so addicting that I was entertained watching your Magic Spoon ad, forgot you were talking about death adders. Lol
All snakes look like that. It's because they have no eye lids or lips.
I love the faces of venomous snakes. They all have a look of mild contempt for everyone and everything mixed with varying levels of disappointment.
You should get one
Get two
hognoses being a very lovely exception
You mean two black mombas and two king cobras
I find vipers look more like they are sooo done with the world. Except the gaboon viper, it lacks that one protective scale over the eye that gives them this look. Pretty fitting for a snake that lazes about for most of its life.
Clint: this snake could literally kill you
Also Clint: *rates handleability the same as a house cat*
You do know a pissed off house cat can do serious damage to you*
Have you ever tried picking up a house cat with a hook?
@@vando6679 I pick up my house cat with my bare hands 🤫
@@Pigeonfox try picking it up with a hook. I bet it will freak out.
House cats have been known to kill. Elderly & the very young mostly. My late ginger kept German Shepherds at bay. In fact they scurried off in abject terror.
An attempted homicide by a Ginger Felis domesticus can be fended off by cupped hands on the two occasions that happened to me.😺 Milder attacks with a water bottle squirter (should one be available)
He was a very wild stray when obtained as a kitten. All major attacks took place in the garden. If you want something calmer keep a death adder.
Also, this is important- never let a kitten playfully pounce on your feet or lower legs. They'll learn to keep doing it when they are larger and if they get speed up in the garden it will bloody well hurt. That momentum is what allows them to catch & kill Rabbits etc.
That sudden slam poetry whilst talking about the extent of the snake's danger was brilliant xD
He was spitting bars Eminem style.
Lose yourself
7:45
Apart from all the things you mentioned, death adders are the *only* elapids that use caudal luring (using the tail to mimic the movement of larvae or worms to attract prey) in order to hunt. This is very common among vipers and pythons and boas and even colubrids, but not at all found in elapids, except in these guys.
Death adders are truly one of my favorite examples of convergent evolution
Except, Elapidae is not a valid taxon anymore, this is because the original type genus Elaps has been invalidated, it was now renamed Homoroselaps and belongs to the family Atractaspididae, due to this, Elapidae is no longer recognized and is now replaced with five mostly unrelated families being Bungaridae (Land Kraits and African Garter Snakes), Najidae (Cobras and Mambas), Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes), Acanthophiidae (Oceanian False Vipers), and Micruridae (Coral Snakes).
@@indyreno2933 Wow, you just very confidently said a lot of patently incorrect and misleading stuff there.
Homoroselaps is a single genus with two extant species. This genus falls under the family atractaspididae, which is a different family altogether from elapidae.
Elaps was reassigned to atractaspididae (not "invalidated"), which has nothing to do with elapidae not being valid anymore (it very much is). In botany, when the type genus of a family becomes reassigned to a different family, the family it was previously part of is renamed (importantly, renaming does not mean that the family is no longer valid, as that would make no sense). In zoology, the type genus being reassigned does not even lead to the family being renamed.
The so called "families" you mentioned at the end are not families, and are no longer even considered subfamilies under elapidae (which they previously were).
I'm not sure where you got the idea that elapidae is not a valid taxon anymore and I'd ask you to cite your source, but since none exist it would be futile.
All snakes under the family called elapidae are more closely related to each other than they are to snakes from any other family, which makes elapidae a valid taxon and "elapids" a meaningful way to categorise a group of snakes.
@Dibyajyoti Lahiri, actually, Elapidae is now a wastebasket taxon, therefore it is now invalid, this is because its original type genus Elaps is now considered invalid as it is now renamed Homoroselaps and officially belongs to the family Atractaspididae, which therefore now disbands the family Elapidae and replaces it with five mostly unrelated families, which are Bungaridae (Land Kraits and African Garter Snakes), Najidae (Cobras and Mambas), Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes), Acanthophiidae (Oceanian Asps), and Micruridae (Coral Snakes), this is similar to the disbandment of the placental mammal order Insectivora, which is now invalidated because small insectivorous placental mammals like shrews, moles, desmans, solenodons, hedgehogs, gymnures, tenrecs, otter shrews, golden moles, colugos, treeshrews, and elephant shrews are all not as primitive compared to all other placental mammals as previously thought and therefore do not constitute one monophyletic group, which is why Insectivora is now outdated and replaced with six mostly unrelated orders, which are Macroscelidea for the elephant shrews or sengis, Afrosoricida for the tenrecs, otter shrews, and golden moles, Soricomorpha for the shrews, moles, desmans, and solenodons, Erinaceomorpha for the hedgehogs and gymnures, Scandentia for the treeshrews or banxrings, and Dermoptera for the colugos, while the orders Macroscelidea and Afrosoricida are officially sister taxa, the orders Soricomorpha and Erinaceomorpha are not closely related to each other at all, neither are Scandentia and Dermoptera, the colugos are more closely related to primates, whereas treeshrews are basal to both and shrews, moles, desmans, and solenodons are all more closely related to bats, while hedgehogs and gymnures are both more closely related to both pangolins and carnivorans, elephant shrews, tenrecs, otter shrews, and golden moles are indeed more closely related to elephants, sirenians, hyraxes, and aardvarks than they are to the other small insectivorous placental mammals that originated from the northern hemisphere.
I'm surprised the video didn't mention caudal luring.
@@indyreno2933 I as an uneducated person in zoology and animals has it easier to leave my trust in Clint, an actual zoologist. Also in Dibyajyoti since they actually uses paragraph divison so the text looks much more professional. I would strongly suggest you clean up your paragraphs and put spaces in there as it makes it easier to read and get your points. It also makes you seem more "professional" and "educated" so people will take your arguments and information more seroiously. Have a good day!
Clint was nervous, but on the surface he looked calm and ready
To drop... death adders? Omg.😅
There's venom in his fangs already
Adder spaghetti
As an Aussie im honestly amazed at how many of our animals were either smuggled out and put into breeding programs or just happened to be out there before we tightened the laws. Check out a red belly black if you can they are beautiful
Chandler has one of them already. So i'm sure clint has seen it. I think he really wants a king brown and a coastal taipan too lol He's already got an inland taipan
@@ExarchGaming I don't think Chandler has a red bellied black snake. He does have a Papuan black snake though which is also in the genus Pseudechis.
@@ExarchGaming He had a photo of one in the video.
Really glad Carpet Pythons were exported before the laws were tightened. Beautiful snakes
Angry buggers though
You know they're bad when you reverse the name and it's LIFE SUBTRACTOR. There's truly no winning.
omg now i see it i thought you meant a palindrome 😂
Good one!
Cmon man, you can't just butcher Casually Explained's joke like that
@@ActualCatfish Casually Explained didn't invent that joke
A rare case when you take the opposite of a word and it has the same meaning.
8:00 ive never been as proud of you as I am at this very moment. God Bless you, Clint.
With such poetry flowing I feel like I've missed a song reference.
@@1TakoyakiStore lose yourself -eminem
Love this channel. No hyperbole, no overdramatic nonsense, just a knowledgeable guy who knows his business and clearly loves his animals.
Clint: *Talking about how dangerous the death adder is*
Me: *transfixed by the very active gila monster in the enclosure behind him*
Clint: *Starts up with Mom's Spaghetti*
Me: *suddenly transfixed by Clint now*
The photobombing gila... my eyes kept going to that direction half the time 😅
I am generally convinced that if Clint met a personable Komodo dragon, he would convince me that it too can make the best pet reptile
Komodos are easily the best pet monitor lizard if you want a monitor lizard that can eat your family dog and your family and still be ready for more, and who's bite alone will give you sepsis, gangrene, and probably death or a life time subscription to antibiotics.
NEW VIDEO IDEA PLEASE CLINT LET THIS BE A THING
the australian reptile park has a komodo dragon they walk around in the open on a lead to show the visiting public.
@@6226superhurricane Funny you mention that; Clint actually has a video where he visits the Australian reptile park!
@ianallen738 The infectious bite thing is a myth. If a Komodo dragon tries to kill you, you'd be dead from having your body sliced open and disembowelled by those teeth before that even becomes an issue.
I remember seeing Steve Irwin finding one in the wild one time
"Death adder by name, not by nature". Now I see why. They're like a very chill relaxed venomous ball python lol
No, definitely not. They suddenly strikes out of the blue sometimes…
@@murilopommer666 Snakes don't strike "out of the blue" for no reason.
@@SawyersHerpetology yes, you are right.. I kept some Acantophis in the past, what I meant to say is that they do suddenly strikes when they feel threatened or just to thermal spots, which can be a human hand, for example.
7:55
I desperately hoped Clint would go for it, and boy did my man deliver
I almost spit out my food. Amazing
The gilla monster in the background just begging to come out and be the center of attention is really making the video for me.
@@michaelphilipoliver2466 they actually tend to thrive in captivity. I think this is because they are actually fairly intelligent. So they figure out that in captivity they're fed regularly and kept safe from predators. This leads them to actually be very outgoing and friendly when kept in captivity in a way they aren't in the wild.
Eminem references and a magic spoon sponsorship in a snake review video truly has made my morning. I love your videos Clint, keep up the good work 💕 💫
Dang it Clint, stop making me fall in love with venomous snakes 😂😂
Between the Death Adder and the Bushmaster, Murderous May has been INCREDIBLE
Loving these collabs with Chandler. Also, Clint going to town on cereal is the wholesome overdose i needed.
12:22 All I got from that is "DEATH ADDERS MAKE EXCELLENT PETS! GET ONE IMMEDIATELY!"
The Eminem reference was one of the most unexpected things I've seen on your channel. It was fantastic.
7:59 MY GOD CLINT YOU ARE MY HERO FOR SLIDING THIS IN
7:56 Clint is a national treasure
When I saw him just chillin on the table doing nothing my first thought was:
"I wish I could pet it"
Immediately followed by:
"I'm not the type of person who should get venomous snakes"
😂
Most laid back ball python that could actually kill you. Seems accurate. This guy is just chilling on the table! Thanks for another great video, Clint! I think I’ll take a hard pass on the death adder as a pet. I’m quite content with our basic bearded dragon, purchased after your video on them. 😊
I know someone that picked one up in his garden, thinking it was a bluetongue. He only twigged as he put it down out of the way because a bluetongue would have tried to bite him but the death adder didn't mind being moved out of the way..... it's actually remarkable how docile they are, ironically their relaxed temperment is actually the cause of most bites as unlike most other snakes these guys don't move away when people are around and it's easy to accidentally step on one. It might have some of the most potent venom in the world but they sure are disinclined to use it.
Enjoyed that Lose Yourself remix. Lol. Clint’s a real one.
I genuinely enjoy how thoughtfully and genuinely these videos are carried out. On the face of it, a question like "Is a death adder a good pet reptile?" is just a bit ludicrous, but these videos go a long way towards demonstrating to people that even if these animals are absolutely not suitable as pets for nearly anyone, and should only be handled by professionals with good cause, they are not some demonic monsters that should just be feared and hated. It's just an animal, simply an animal that does not mesh well with humans.
Exactly.
" The probability of Death is... Additive. " - Clint, about " Adders ", 2023
Man, I really lost myself in that bite description. Excellent video for an even more excellent snake.
This channel never fails to make me happy, really truly genuinely happy
These guys are locally famous for being almost impossible to see when hiking, but also for pretty much only biting when you step directly on them. There’s a lot of folks who will tell you about either looking down at their feet or back at the trail and realising they were less than a handspan away from one of these snakes.
If you ever come to Europe, could you do a video on the Common European Adder (Vipera berus) and/or the European Grasssnake (Natrix natrix)? The former is the viper with the largest distribution in the wild (and the only snake to live this far north), the latter is a distant cousin of the garter snakes and the species after which the subfamily Natricinae was named.
Natricinae is a subfamily, they’re still colubrids like garter snakes. I don’t think they’ll ever raise the group to family level, unless I misunderstand how well-supported Colubridae is as it is currently formed.
@@elderyear Changed that
I knew I'd be in for a treat when I heard ppl were losing it over what happens around the 8 minute mark.. but I was not prepared for that absolute genius. Legit had me rolling on my bed laughing. Love that chill danger noodle and the jealous gila potato, too ❤
Next, "Is the cone snail the best snuggle buddy?"
This is such a wonderful channel that I watch every episode, even though I have no plans to adopt a reptile. I now no longer fear snakes like I once did, although I respect them more. Also, I now see that Magic Spoon may be the best pet cereal for me. Thank you so much, Clint!
Big bot energy from this one.
@@danm8004 Really? I had no idea. I'm human. Born in 19-none-of-your-business, raised in California, escaped to Texas and am owned by two very spoiled horses and an equally spoiled cat. I also have a speckled king snake that moved into my barn's feed room, where mice like to hang out. I nicknamed him or her Udon, because he or she is a noodle with a head and is welcome at my place. Enough human credentials for ya? I hope so. God bless you, and have a great weekend and holiday!
@@p.l.g3190 I'm convinced you're a human, but you still have big bot energy.
@@danm8004 🤣 Fair enough! Thank you for responding kindly to my diatribe. Hope I wasn't too in-your-face about it. I'm going to take my big bot energy and start feeding animals. Take care!
Yeah, I have no plans to keep reptiles either, I just stumbled across one of Clint's videos one day and was captivated by his enthusiasm and knowledge. I've since subbed a number of other related channels thanks to collabs (Chandler, Dave, Snake Discovery).
The Gila Monster in the back keeps waving its hands to say hello :))
The slam poetry was great, but don't miss some of the other great lines around it! "Black mamba Lite" and
"These may not be true adders, the probability of death from a bite is additive." 😂 I love this channel so much!!
It wasn't just poetry. That was from a rap song (Lose Yourself by Eminem). Totally caught me off guard, but it was fantastic.
Ok, of all the things happening I'd have never expected for Clint doing a Death Adder Bite version of Lose Yourself. It's always nice to get validation for why you're subscribed to a channel. 😁💚
Wasn't expecting a spoken word cover of Lose Yourself.
Bravo sir. 👏
I recommend a life adder or death subtracter as a safer alternative.
LIFE ADDERS are the best , i have 2 of them
Love the rhyming and clever wordplay, saying the effects of their venom may be "additive" etc. It was fun learning about the death adder. Every time you said, "If you'd like..." my answer is yes.
I wasn't familiar with Chandler or his channel so I'm going to go check them out.
Thanks for another excellent video!
That rhyme was Eminem. I posted it below.
@@mdedes9891 Can't find your comment, but I trust you: Clint is such a nerd I'm not surprised.
Starting at 7:45 and moving into Eminem just killed me 🤣🤣🤣
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I like how calm this death sosig is
Omg the adder rap though
I can't believe we didn't get ratings on Chandler's Handleability, Care, Hardiness, Availability and Upfront Costs.
Yes, Clint did say he was going to rate *them*, not just the snake.
I almost think Clint needs two separate scores for measuring the pet-ability of animals. His regular care, handleability, hardiness, etc score, and a danger score, or a danger metre or something. One that represents if the animal can hurt you (and how severely), is likely to try; or can reasonably kill you, and whether it's likely to try that too. It just seems like too important a consideration to be folded into handleability, when there's such a big difference between 'this animals is squirmy and fragile' vs 'this animal might murder you'.
Thanks!
"Are you into that kind of thing?"...
Be still my heart.
This is honestly one of the most gloriously weird and eclectic videos I have ever seen on TH-cam. Well done.
Now before the video let's just recognise that this snake literally has "death" in it's name
Names can be misleading, for example the false gharial not being false at all.
The correct english name for Tomistoma schlegelii is now "southeast asian gharial" since it is actually a gharial after all, gharials constitute the family Gavialidae with only two extant species within two genera being the Southeast Asian Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) and the Ganges Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), gharials are the sole extant family of the superfamily Gavialoidea.
@@indyreno2933 but that isn't the common name,it's just the correct one,the general public is scientifically illiterate.
@@Corvus_Clemmons Another example if this would be Sea Stars as a whole as the general public seem to recognise them as "Star Fish" which is a poor representation of them as they aren't fish.
@@trooper332 nothing is a fish. There’s also no such thing as trees.
Idea for new video... Rubber boas! I recently found a northern rubber boa in the wild for the first time and was absolutely entranced by how well behaved it was. I started reading up on them and their biology is actually really interesting.
I would LOVE to keep one as they're native here, but I would need special permit at the least. But they're SO COOL... but I will be lawful for their sake
that little guy is just chillin on the table like "i could totally just kill you but i dont feel like it rn"
Nice to see you are doing Australian venomous snakes, hope to see more of them.
Aww you guys forgot to mention the coolest thing about death adders….. their caudal lure! In my opinion death adders have the most realistic caudal lure because of the way it moves (with the exception of the spider tailed horned viper)
Their caudal lure wriggles in a very intricate way that makes it look more like a maggot or worm than most other caudal lures.
I love how you hold your spoon.. you are a serious cereal slammer!! I am ordering a couple boxes of this cereal today
I adore Clint's channel. I often use his episodes to show my nieces and nephews cool stuff about critters when I babysit them. They love him! My niece wants to be a "harpy-talla-gist" 😂❤ She's still learning that word. Lmao.
Love that your collabing with chandler, great content from both of y’all’s channels! ✌️💯
Honestly I'm kind of surprised they aren't more available. With how you're describing them I'd have expected them to be the ball python of hots with dozens of morphs and tables full of them at every expo.
I would imagine Australia's Biosecurity laws have something to do with that
@Sam Pagano Australia has a very strict no export import wildlife laws, so getting access to any wildlife from them is pretty hard. It’s one of the reasons people get upset with hybrid Blue tongues in the states, it’s not easy to get fresh bloodlines from the source anymore.
@@darkwurm8784 I'm aware but the Papuan death adder does also exist.
If I had to guess... probably because most people who are into hots are in it partly because of the thrill and ball python temperament doesn't really give you the same kinda feel? But that's just my speculation. The name though certainly delivers on the badass department. 😁
It's because as chandler said, hots are NOT PETS. A ball python is a pet, a boa is a pet, a snake that could, however unlikely, kill you, is not. The only reason you should have one is for education. And most people at expos don't have venomous licenses anyway, so mass producing them probably isn't lucrative.
Love seeing the crossovers between reptile legends ❤
Clint just described half the symptoms of fibromyalgia there, so if I ever visit Australia (and I swear my cat, Shakti, is trying to dig her way there, straight through!) and I'm bitten by a Death Adder, there's every chance I may not realise it! 🤣
Excellent video again. I'm glad you discourage people from getting venomous snakes, it's such a stupid idea people who get them should put themselves forward for a Darwin Award immediately.
Lol, right? Fibromyalgia and ME, I guess the good part is I very rarely will have any contact with any snakes so odds are it'll never be a mix up problem.
Also agree about venomous snakes not being pets. I dated someone when I was ~20 who wanted venomous snakes as pets. I tried to tell him how utterly senseless that was, especially considering he lived out in the boonies with no phone service. Ffs, he couldn't have even called for help if he got bit, let alone driven to the hospital. Don't be that careless with your own life, or the life of the snakes.
Wow I wasn't expecting a good at all review on this, love what you do and Chandler too
A Viper Boa vid as a follow up would be interesting, especially as it's been suggested that Viper Boas mimic Death Adders.
I subscribed to Chandlers channel, he's a touch hyper for me but he really knows his stuff. I particularly like that he helps animals (I really want a reptile but, I can't deal with KussKuss, my Bengal, bringing in mice to torture. I suppose reptiles eat them and they don't do it for 'fun' but I know I have problems seeing animals die. You're braver than I am. I have become totally addicted to Chandler, you have just got to love people who love animals this much!
Death adders are adorable slugs that can kill you. They just lie around and when you move them they go "oh ok I lie here now" ❤😂
Interesting spoon grip, sir! Love your collaborations with Chandler
It’s been interesting to learn about venomous snake-keeping from this corner of TH-cam. Similar principles were instilled in my firearms classes as well - like not being too comfortable to the point of negligence. Another parallel I’ve experienced is the fear of snakes in relation to a lack of knowledge about them.
Perhaps these parallels could be extracted and generalized into good life advice to encourage further education.
oh wow Chandlers wildlife, cool to see him outside of Urban Rescue Ranch videos
I’m stuck on the genuinely childlike excitement and surprise from that cereal.
Clint you are a treasure, the internet and world does not deserve you ❤
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS COLLAB
When I was a teen my friend was an actual herpetologist or maybe he just collected snakes. We used to get them out... cobras, gaboon, sawtooth just a really nice collection but to this day (I'm 70) I have nightmares. For my friend it was perfectly fine. For me it was an intense war between real fear and driving curiosity. I'm fascinated by them but dang... they will kill a fellow
Is he still alive?
@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 I'm not sure. We live in different hemispheres now but lets assume the best. He grew to be a man and stopped doing shows. We'll meet again and I hope I'll be able to lend him a harp :)
Good Magic Spoon spotlight. If I hadn't already tried it, you'd have convinced me to try it. Turns out I don't like it, but you almost convinced me to try it again. 😊
I've always had an affinity for Adders, being the only species of snake found in my Country Scotland, the Vipera Berus or common European Adder is quite a striking snake with a black and white zig zag pattern down their back, a stunning solitary specimen! 😂 I've always thought it strange that they are the only snake to be found here!
They are the species that range the furthest North. They have been found in the Arctic circle.
The melanistic European adder might take the cake for my favourite snake.
I gotta say though, seeing them in the wild, they gotta be one of the meanest looking snakes due to their eyes.
We have these in the national park near where I live. They often hang out partially hidden under leaf litter or rocks on the edges of trails. Their reddish brown colouring blends very well with the earth and rocks, so I have very nearly stepped on them a couple of times. They are very placid compared to our other snakes, but I don't really want to test them by stepping on them, hence sturdy boots are a must.
I'm pretty sure Viper Keeper on TH-cam keeps the Papua New Guinea version of death adders. He has both the rough and smooth versions.
love the Gila Monster watching the show from over Clint's shoulder
Just the fact the snake was free to move around and you didn't worry when it moved closer to your side of the table indicates how relatively easy they are to handle. I could easily see somebody getting comfortable and just starting to free handle one and that one day they misread the snake's mood will be a very bad day for them.
i love this series… so entertaining . please do fierce snake next… do all the top venomous snakes in the world…. but fierce snake next pretty please
An Aussie legend.
So glad I discovered this channel.. it’s one of the big reasons why I got my boa and it’s cool to live vicariously through you with some of the animals I know I’ll never own as a pet. I also loved the 8 mile reference.
Best pet snake? No, but there's no denying that they are possibly the coolest of the Australian elapids and possibly one of the most adorable venomous snakes in existence.
Except, Elapidae is not a valid taxon anymore, this is because the original type genus Elaps has been invalidated, it was now renamed Homoroselaps and belongs to the family Atractaspididae, due to this, Elapidae is no longer recognized and is now replaced with five mostly unrelated families being Bungaridae (Land Kraits and African Garter Snakes), Najidae (Cobras and Mambas), Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes), Acanthophiidae (Oceanian False Vipers), and Micruridae (Coral Snakes).
@@indyreno2933 good looking out, the more you know. I guess I need to read more into venomous snakes.
Ignore this guy. He was disproven earlier and is literally copy-pasting the same comment.
@DaKat76, Elapidae is now a wastebasket taxon, therefore it is now invalid, this is because its original type genus Elaps is now considered invalid as it is now renamed Homoroselaps and officially belongs to the family Atractaspididae, which therefore now disbands the family Elapidae and replaces it with five mostly unrelated families, which are Bungaridae (Land Kraits and African Garter Snakes), Najidae (Cobras and Mambas), Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes), Acanthophiidae (Oceanian Asps), and Micruridae (Coral Snakes), this is similar to the disbandment of the placental mammal order Insectivora, which is now invalidated because small insectivorous placental mammals like shrews, moles, desmans, solenodons, hedgehogs, gymnures, tenrecs, otter shrews, golden moles, colugos, treeshrews, and elephant shrews are all not as primitive compared to all other placental mammals as previously thought and therefore do not constitute one monophyletic group, which is why Insectivora is now outdated and replaced with six mostly unrelated orders, which are Macroscelidea for the elephant shrews or sengis, Afrosoricida for the tenrecs, otter shrews, and golden moles, Soricomorpha for the shrews, moles, desmans, and solenodons, Erinaceomorpha for the hedgehogs and gymnures, Scandentia for the treeshrews or banxrings, and Dermoptera for the colugos, while the orders Macroscelidea and Afrosoricida are officially sister taxa, the orders Soricomorpha and Erinaceomorpha are not closely related to each other at all, neither are Scandentia and Dermoptera, the colugos are more closely related to primates, whereas treeshrews are basal to both and shrews, moles, desmans, and solenodons are all more closely related to bats, while hedgehogs and gymnures are both more closely related to both pangolins and carnivorans, elephant shrews, tenrecs, otter shrews, and golden moles are indeed more closely related to elephants, sirenians, hyraxes, and aardvarks than they are to the other small insectivorous placental mammals that originated from the northern hemisphere.
That was very funny wasn’t expecting such a hard hitting section of the video! Well done.
Any chance we can get a video on Copperheads or Cottonmouths? Both 2 incredibly misunderstood snakes?
I'd like that!
Copperheads are such beautiful snakes. I'd definitely keep one if they weren't venomous.
Don’t forget the Australian Copperhead!
I've heard the claim many times that death adders are the world's fastest striking snake, but haven't ever seen any research to back this up. I don't even know if there's proof it's Australia's fastest striker (although I wouldn't be surprised). It's weird that this keeps getting perpetuated, and I would be interested to see some better research on the topic.
Anyway great video as usual Clint (and Chandler)!
Hi clint, this video could not have come at a better time, im currently writing a report about these snakes and their similarities to vipers at school
I love how clearly obvious it is that Chandler grew up watching Steve Irwin
After all the buildup and talking about why you should never ever be complacent around this snake... Chandler just goes and grabs it with his bare hands. How did I know that would happen?
Excited for the viper boa video! Candoia boas could use the love!
Mom's spaghetti 😂🙌
Yessss!! Coming home from a busy day of a work to a new Clint's Reptiles video is the best!
Chandler makes me nervous with how much he talks with his hands
The Gila monster behind Clint was adorable 😂😂
Death-Adder? More like Life-Subtracter
Hi Clint, great video always enjoy your best pet ones they’re always really informative and really entertaining. How about doing one on the most cuddly use of snakes, the eastern brown from Australia keep the good work going and I always look to look forward to your videos. 15:16
Hey Clint. What about an “Best pet Snake” episode for Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin. I think we both know the answer but I have seen them fairly commonly in the hobby, and it would be a great chance to maybe peel back the layers on their nasty, and undeserved, reputation.
Clint. You are such a treat to listen to on any given day but Rhyming off some Eminem??? This has got to be my favourite video of yours and I'd even go so far as to say that it's my favourite sound of 2023 so far. I love it and have watched/listened more than once. Lol. It makes me giggle every time I hear it. I love your enthusiasm and your genuine lust for life. Thank you for always making me laugh. Much love from Canada Rock on! 🤘🏻😎
Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.
6:54 I feel like the skinks mimicry of the adder is plausible but could be hard to actually prove other than those misidentifications. It's prob just a coincidence due to similar environments (if they actually occupy similar areas) if the camo works for one, it'll work for another!
Death Adder, or the Life Subtracter?
Touché. Lol
viper or bird, lizard or adder, if it's name starts with "Death..." that doesn't matter.
For me it is all about the Gila Monster in the back going "what's going on out there? Why are you guys making all that noise? Who are all these people in my house? Oh you're from the TV? I WANNA BE ON TV" *Starts waving vigorously to get our attention*
Well since it has "Death" in its name, I'm gonna go with no.
These collabs are great very informative ,thank you bolth 😊