One of your best videos to date. Very interesting how the packrats and others work benefit each other instead of becoming a buffet. It reminds me of the clownfish and sea anenome. And with Marissa's rattlesnake in the pool was just adorable.
So packrat nests are basically (rattle)snake/wildlife hotels with full housekeeping and occasionally half board. :) And thousands of years old, wow, that's some historic packrat property! Marissa, the swimming rattler could be "Johnny W" for his Olympic swimming abilities. It was cool to see it using the pool robot to drink from and how easily it got out.
Great question, great answer! I’m ashamed to admit I’ve lived right there for 35 yrs and didn’t know about that cool relationship. Maybe some long time lapse camera work may very well prove your hypothesis!!
As always Marissa you did a great rescue , but a swimming rattlesnake that's a new one I didn't even know that they could swim as always great rescue thank you for rescuing the swimming snake .
Very informative! I would love to see more. A timelapse type of video would be awesome, although probably a lot of extra work unrelated to your actual work.
Interesting stuff. Would you consider pack rats a keystone species? What you’re describing sounds a lot like the same setup as gopher tortoises and burrowing owls.
So what makes good packrat habitat? We live trap pack rats from our barn loft and just release them in the gullies far away from the barn, here in SW Montana. Is there a place that would meet the needs of the packrat better?
Finally I understand the packrat connection! I thought RS just had a weird vendetta against the little guys... :) Imagine coming home one evening to find someone had let in a bunch of homicidal manics and they'd made themselves at home in your La-Z-Boy and had eaten all your snacks. Then they expected you to take out their trash and keep the placed heated to their liking. Also they'll kill you if they run into you on the street one day. Roommates from hell. Wait...maybe RS DOES hate packrats...
Thank you for excellent, informative video. Bryan, you describe rattlesnakes cohabitating with pack rats and the rattlesnake not eating the rat. Swiss biologist, Heini Hediger, wrote nearly 60 years ago* that animals have a “protected zone” around their homes where predators refrain from hunting and herbivores refrain from grazing. They only feed beyond a certain distance, outside the protected zone. Hediger cites a common marten that left birds unmolested when they were near his home, and an aardvark who had his burrow under a termite nest, which it did not disrupt. So, a predator not attacking prey near its home appears to be the rule, not the exception. Cohabiting? Hediger does not address this. If you have pictures or videos of a rattlesnake with a pack rat, post them. I would love to see them. Keep up the good work! *Hediger, Heini (1964). Wild Animals in Captivity. (NY: Dover Publications, Inc.) p. 14, 15.
When I first saw they all can swim it freaked me out a tad. But I keep watching and learn more. And how rad pack rats are roomies. As humans can learn so much from animals.
It is surprising how two diametrically opposed species can live with each other in the same nest, but this video shows how that occurs more often that people know. Great video and excellent explanation. The last two rattlesnakes that i caught when i relocated them i found a pack rat nest and the snakes went right on in. Have learned quite a bit on how to deal with a snake and how to handle them, now i just need to replace my catch gear.
More and more people who live in these states need to use the 0.25 inch fencing all around there property and high enough so that no snakes get in the property in the first place. Also keeping your water spigots so that don't drink and keep your outside as minimum so there is no place for the snakes to hide in.
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One of your best videos to date. Very interesting how the packrats and others work benefit each other instead of becoming a buffet. It reminds me of the clownfish and sea anenome. And with Marissa's rattlesnake in the pool was just adorable.
Thank you very much for the packrat nest explanation. Very instructive!
Marissa's getting all the pool party snakes, huh? :P
This is why I like & follow this channel , I have leaned so much about rattle snakes on here.
So packrat nests are basically (rattle)snake/wildlife hotels with full housekeeping and occasionally half board. :) And thousands of years old, wow, that's some historic packrat property! Marissa, the swimming rattler could be "Johnny W" for his Olympic swimming abilities. It was cool to see it using the pool robot to drink from and how easily it got out.
The info on the rattlesnake/pack rat interaction was very interesting. Thanks.
Great question, great answer! I’m ashamed to admit I’ve lived right there for 35 yrs and didn’t know about that cool relationship. Maybe some long time lapse camera work may very well prove your hypothesis!!
As always Marissa you did a great rescue , but a swimming rattlesnake that's a new one I didn't even know that they could swim as always great rescue thank you for rescuing the swimming snake .
The packrat info was cool. Thanks
That snake in the pool was awesome! Love it!
Watching the rattlesnake swim was amazing. Impressive how quick it was in the water. Is chlorinated water bad for it though?
Wow. The Pack Rat nest is far more interesting than expected.
Very informative!! Another awesome video!!
I didn’t know rattlesnakes coexist with packrats. Interesting.
Dude was like "...scared my, ummmm...babysitter..." anytime a man stutters when referring to his babysitter, something is up.
An education in snakeolgy and PACKRAT viability. Very informative.
nice of the home owner letting the rattlesnake swim in the pool 🙂
I had no idea that packrat nests can be that old! Wow!
I often wondered what a pack rat nest was. Thank you for taking the time cause I’m sure I’m not the only one. Thank you.
Very cool information and videos. Much enjoyed & appreciated.
Very informative!
I would love to see more. A timelapse type of video would be awesome, although probably a lot of extra work unrelated to your actual work.
That's really interesting about them not eating the pack rat. I always assumed that they would eat the babies, at least.
Snakes swim VERY well.
Thank you for educating us on these beautiful creatures!!!
Interesting stuff. Would you consider pack rats a keystone species? What you’re describing sounds a lot like the same setup as gopher tortoises and burrowing owls.
So what makes good packrat habitat? We live trap pack rats from our barn loft and just release them in the gullies far away from the barn, here in SW Montana. Is there a place that would meet the needs of the packrat better?
I have been watching this channel they are based out of Phoenix . Beautiful country I love it
Very, Very Excellent video!!! Thank you for the details on pack rat dens!!!
Love your natural history lessons.
Finally I understand the packrat connection! I thought RS just had a weird vendetta against the little guys... :) Imagine coming home one evening to find someone had let in a bunch of homicidal manics and they'd made themselves at home in your La-Z-Boy and had eaten all your snacks. Then they expected you to take out their trash and keep the placed heated to their liking. Also they'll kill you if they run into you on the street one day. Roommates from hell. Wait...maybe RS DOES hate packrats...
Always stay hydrated...
His pool party was spoiled haha
Thank you for excellent, informative video. Bryan, you describe rattlesnakes cohabitating with pack rats and the rattlesnake not eating the rat. Swiss biologist, Heini Hediger, wrote nearly 60 years ago* that animals have a “protected zone” around their homes where predators refrain from hunting and herbivores refrain from grazing. They only feed beyond a certain distance, outside the protected zone. Hediger cites a common marten that left birds unmolested when they were near his home, and an aardvark who had his burrow under a termite nest, which it did not disrupt. So, a predator not attacking prey near its home appears to be the rule, not the exception. Cohabiting? Hediger does not address this. If you have pictures or videos of a rattlesnake with a pack rat, post them. I would love to see them. Keep up the good work!
*Hediger, Heini (1964). Wild Animals in Captivity. (NY: Dover Publications, Inc.) p. 14, 15.
WOW that's incredible, all this time I thought the snakes were either eating or running off the packrats, I didn't know they would share real estate!!
You are fascinating.Thank you for the information about the pack rat nest.
What a consternation! Have always heard and thought it was common knowledge that snakes eat packrats! No?!
I grew up in Fresno...no kids use the slides during late spring thru the fall! Its a great way to burn thighs and butts in the summertime!
Oh now I see! They live in those nests even once the rat may be gone. It’s absolutely why I hate being near a rats nest
Do they swim well because of desert flash floods and such? Perhaps over millennia better swimming abilities conferred an advantage.
One time I was swimming in the Merced River by El Portal, Ca and I saw a huge rattlesnake swimming…..about 3+ feet long !
When I first saw they all can swim it freaked me out a tad. But I keep watching and learn more. And how rad pack rats are roomies. As humans can learn so much from animals.
It is surprising how two diametrically opposed species can live with each other in the same nest, but this video shows how that occurs more often that people know. Great video and excellent explanation. The last two rattlesnakes that i caught when i relocated them i found a pack rat nest and the snakes went right on in. Have learned quite a bit on how to deal with a snake and how to handle them, now i just need to replace my catch gear.
Wow WTF.... Didn't know rattlers could swim like that!!! Crazy!
I ❤❤❤❤ gopher snakes!!!
Thank you for the information and catching and releasing the snakes 🐍
Great video.
Bryan's new nickname, Packrat.
I can see that
More like pack rat king
We have Rattlesnake removers also in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan Canada 🇨🇦
Very cool 👍
Fascinating info!
Are pack rats immune to the venom like California ground squirrels?
Snakel Phelps
More and more people who live in these states need to use the 0.25 inch fencing all around there property and high enough so that no snakes get in the property in the first place. Also keeping your water spigots so that don't drink and keep your outside as minimum so there is no place for the snakes to hide in.
That's cute
King Cobras make nests, Rattlesnakes don't mainly because they're livebearers so don't need to find places to safely deposit eggs.
you need to turn your phone for a landscape photo. all we see now is a narrow vertical strip.
If it's a nest, must be a king cobra
Were the people are living there practically in the desert, were moving in on them...
The rattlers love yo hide within planets good hiders
HellO
Rattlers are tasty.
Do not a rattle snake be safe than sorry
Think it would be awesome if you all had a camera plumbers use to check drains, confirm the habitat is used by rattlesnakes.