We Found a HUGE BURMESE PYTHON!! (Herping in Florida Part 2)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2023
- We found so many amazing species of snake in Florida! From a tiny DeKay's brown snake, to a BIG burmese python, watch to see what we found!
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As a Florida native, I can say that random people wrangling a Burmese python at night on the side of a road is pretty normal. And yes, everyone here drives like a crackhead.
My dad used to drive a semi truck when I was younger and he always said Florida was one of his least favourite states, not because of the weather or nature, but because the people there "didn't know how to drive" 😂
LOL omggg
Love seeing and hearing about these wild snakes. Emily know so much of the top of her head about snakes.❤❤❤
As a brazilian, that phrase was exactly what I expected to hear about Florida.
that's because everyone there IS a crackhead XD
I lost it when Emily just said 'Stop it' to the massive snake like it was just an unruly child.
same
'Noooo I dont wanna go!!'
@@just5fornowI heard this in Ed's voice lol
@@just5fornow Ed mood 😂
All snakes are her children, lol
It's crazy to me that Ed took one look at that musk turtle and was like hm, there's something wrong with that turtle, are you okay? and then it turned out he was 3-legged. Just goes to show how attentive to these animals he is!!!!
You just need a keen eye I knew that he/she wasn’t perfect since it wasn’t elevated on the areas it should have been
I'm pretty sure I saw a bone poking out from the turtle's leg. It was either a bone or a piece of grass haha.
@@SoraShadowdancerI'd assume bone then, but I didn't see anything. 😊
@@Canadian_happy_manthat’s hilarious Im gonna start doing that now
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Even though I hate the idea of an animal being "disposed of" I completely understand why. It's about more than one animal. It's about an entire ecosystem that's in danger.
As always love your videos and how educational they are!
This! It definitely sucks but you're totally right, it's important to save the ecosystem there before it's completely destroyed. So many ppl get mad at the ppl that hunt them but they don't think about the devastation theses invasive snakes are causing the everglades.
I feel so bad for that snake. It's not its fault that it's invasive, but I understand why it can't stay in the Everglades. Unfortunate but necessary. 😮💨
It sucks that it has to be "disposed of" because of how the laws are written. Because they can no longer be kept in captivity they have to be killed.
I know there are people who catch wild tegus (another invasive species) and sell them to people outside of the state as pets
@beccaroo1990 I'm happy there are others who get it. I've had people react very negatively over this exact issue.
@oceanbreezeyy764 I do too. I LOVE animals, and I have a soft spot for the ones that are misunderstood and underappreciated. I do understand why this is necessary. I just wish there was a way to make each deayh count for something more. I know they can't be released in the wild in Chile, and they are endangered there because they are hunted for meat. I almost wish they could ship what is caught over there. Though I will be the first to admit I don't know anything about snake meat, how long it lasts, if it can be frozen or if there are even resources that would make such a thing possible...
As an Australian seeing you guys chase random snakes and just go picking them up raises my blood pressure. But it's very cool to see reptiles from the other side of the world
must be nice for them to not have most of the top ten most venomous snakes in their country 😂
Do you have many venomous snakes in Australia?
@@karyannfontaine8757 Everything is venomous in Australia.
@@azuradawn5683 I have an Anteresia Children's Python. I know there are many species one must avoid, as they could kill a person with their venom. My little female, Beatrice, is an exception as are Carpet Pythons. Do you dislike snakes since your country has many who can potentially harm or kill humans?
I can certainly understand how you'd feel that way. Even with them being in Florida, there's lots of lethal wildlife there. (That's why I like Iowa. The weather sucks but the wildlife is much safer to be around. Lol)
That Burm hissing menacingly and Emily just going 'Stop it...' made me laugh.
the way emily just absolutely YANKS a snake that weighs at least as much as her out of the bushes will never not make me laugh ( 14:20 )
Ikr! Like that snake be like "I'm just gonna go in here- ay! Wait! Lady lemme gooooo!!"
"I just wanted to find a snack ;-;"
By the end it was hyper focused on her like “you know what will happen, and you still yanked me”
It's a big snake but it doesn't weigh as much as she does lol
@@pod6679 ye but it's still funny how she just draged it out the bush tho 🤣
That snake doesn't weigh half of what she does, whatcha talkin' 'bout?
Man that Burmese Python was HUGE what an impressive find, though seeing Emily drag it out of the bushes looked like something out of the Looney Tunes 😆
it did! lol
Sadly, it's not that impressive of a find in Florida - you could absolutely find one this size without much effort. There are like a hundred licensed python hunters in Florida who would have been pretty disappointed with it.
Loved in Florida for over a year after coming from the Midwest. Florida drivers are something else. Seemed like a majority of drivers would race around ambulances and other emergency vehicles rather then getting over to let them pass. And anytime there was bad traffic loads of people would just start driving the curbs rather than waiting in the lanes. It was such a shock to me.
Florida is full of bad people in general, awesome wildlife, but not-so-awesome residents. I speak from living there for a few years. But I've also met very cool people there so I guess its like anywhere else.
Loved in Florida?
@@rulingmoss5599 I hope you don't live there as you are not a nice person.
for me it only goy bad from the past 4 years from everyone moving here
Florida drivers are another breed 😂
Thank you so much for educating others about Florida's native (and invasive) wildlife. We have such an amazing variety of creatures here, and it warms my heart to see you sharing their beauty with your followers, while also helping to protect our native critters.
But very sad to hear that the burmese has almost eradicated the bobcat.
@@teijaflink2226 It really is. Bobcats are so important (and very adorable).
NOT THE BOBCATS
So! Cool thing about that Dekay's Brown Snake:
Florida's species used to be classified as a subspecies of Dekay's, but they've been given their full species status, and now they're called the Florida Brown Snake (Storeria victa).
Also the southern ringneck snake I've found have a broken ring compared to their northern species. It's their top most dorsal scale row, and only the one scale row.
Dunno if Ed and Emily will see this comment, but it's just an FYI
yup, many subspecies are getting elevated to species level or just dropped entirely, because the concept of subspecies, at least in snakes is pretty obsolete and they don't track with evolution.
What strikes me is the HUGE difference in temperament between a captive bred burm and a 'wild' burm. Captive bred ones are relatively docile, but this lady was NOT going down without a fight. Amazing.
as an entomology major those lubbers absolutely made my day!! the way they just perched on your shoulder like a parrot and chilled there, i am SO jealous!
Having lived down there for 50ish years, I can tell you that your assessment of Floridian driving skills is spot on.
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Wow that burm is gorgeous! Sucks they're so terrible for the wildlife there but they are amazing creatures
Those grasshoppers were so pretty! I love the way Emily and Edd explain about each animal they find. This channel is so great and has taught me so much.
They have beautiful wings too. I don't think they can fly, but the wings are bright pink with black border. They probably use them to startle predators.
We kill them because they wreck plants. We may not have to kill them if birds and animals would eat them, but they are apparently inedible to everything!!!
It’s actually what made me love snakes at 7 yrs old. I probably would’ve been like everyone else, hating snakes. But this channel showed me how much snakes are misunderstood.
I don't even know anything about bugs and was still blown away. They were gorgeous
I loved the grass hoppers just chillin with Emily's energy
I know the big Burmese python is more impressive, but there's something about the tiny little noodles that just warms my heart. That little bitty ringneck especially was so cute!!
that burmese python is indeed huge dam, the fact that you found it hidden in the bushes is crazy, at least for me.
You’re right about the drivers in Florida lol it’s a nightmare!
But thank you for not letting the Burm go. I know it’s sad but it’s very needed in Florida. The native wildlife is suffering and I appreciate the fact that even though you’re snake people you can look at the greater good.
You're thanking them for killing it 😭😭😭😭😭 There are so many other options then murder
TBH, I doubt they'd actually get a wild example of an invasive species killed unless there were laws surrounding it that they were afraid of running afoul of. Or, at least, anything with more personality than a fish.
I love Emily baby talking an unhappy snake that's actively trying to scare her off
Absolutely gorgeous Burm, really a bummer they're so invasive. Obviously we all know y'all did what you had to do, and for a really good reason, but it still sucks a whole lot.
I have two friends who python hunt in Florida! I believe they track males to females because either the state of Florida or research centers will pay more for female Burmese.
They sell snakes to research centers?
They pay more because those females are normally filled with eggs. Take out 1 female and you stop the development of potentially 20-40 more pythons.
That's awful, killing animals for money. That's why Florida people are the worst.
as far as i know, when it comes to hunting them, you get paid more/extra if you hunt a female and her entire nest of eggs
You can't call yourself a snake lover if you kill any snek...
Thanks for doing the responsible thing. It definitely sucks. My favorite was the ring neck. They're just so stinking cute.
I was having total anxiety with Emily waving her hands around whole the Burmese stared her down! Never been afraid of Emily betting bit before! Lol Asp shout out to “because of the way it is” 😂
I have loved these Herping videos. Especially the educational information Emily gives. Please do more of these
I do appreciate that you are so responsible in your interactions with the python, because it hurts, but it is the best for the environment there.
"we've seen how people drive" you say as you casually linger in the middle of a stretch of road teaching us all about the cute turtle.... 😅 living on the edge Ed and Emily!! Please don't get run over herping!!.... ❤❤
I have a phobia of grasshoppers, I cannot believe how calm you where even in there presence.
I had my Apple Watch on and my heart rate app alert me my heart rate when up to over 120bpm while watching the grasshopper section. 😅
I was able to catch and get my first lifer. A decays brown snake. I wasn't even trying to herp at the time! I was making a bonfire with family and I found the little guy by the fire pit right before we were about to start the fire.
I was able to catch him and move him to safety. It was really cool being able to hold him in my hands and watch him move.
I can confirm, having learned to drive in Florida, that much of the bad driving comes from tourists and you just learn to drive around them and avoid getting hit by them. It's very odd to me when I drive in an area with good drivers! Heaven forbid someone use a turn signal and no one slams on the breaks 😂
Yes tourists and also transplants. And don't get me started on how everyone freaks out on the road when it's raining lol
those grasshoppers are extremely interesting. they're just so large and you can really clearly see all the small features your eyes would gloss over on a smaller species. fascinating creatures
16:48 another interesting thing is that they catchers have one female that they use rn, she's been the best at finding other burms because whenever people go to collect her, she's usually covered in like 6-8 males in a ball.
That Burmese python is so beautiful, it's so sad that they have to be dealt with in such a radical manner
I'm just thinking of it as: the more that are 'disposed of' now, the less descendants they will have that would have to meet the same fate.
It's sad but necessary.
I remember catching those large grasshoppers as a kid living in Florida.
It sucks what had to happen to the Burmese Python you found. But it's best for the native wildlife in the area.
They've almost made extinct a rare species of small deer only found in the Flordia Keys. Not to mention many, many other animals down there.
Not their fault they're in Florida, but they also can't stay there either.
Like Emily said, a necessary evil
As upsetting as it is, I'm glad Ed and Emily did the right thing by "disposing" of the burm. I was hoping they wouldn't let it go back into the wild for the sake of the rest of the ecosystem in FL. I've heard that they're found not only in the Everglades now but also near Lake Okeechobee.
How is that the right thing?? It's not
@@remixedcatyes it is, they are an invasive species
@@remixedcat maintaining an ecosystem sometimes means culling invasive species so that the rest of the animals there can thrive. Conservation is not all planting trees.
@@remixedcatDo some research
@@remixedcat Yes it is. Burmese Pythons are an invasive species destroying the ecosystem because selfish people decided to keep them as pets then abandon them in the wild.
It is ALSO selfish to proclaim Burmese Pythons should be allowed to live simply because you like snakes, when they are ravaging the food sources of other animals and don't have proper predators to keep their population in check.
It is a human caused problem for the ecosystem that means selfless people have to rectify the mistakes of the selfish ones by performing the necessary evils of culling to control the population, and possibly either remove it entirely, or give the ecosystem valuable time to adapt. Either of which is preferred to Burmese Pythons eating everything, having to move to other areas, then eating everything there, in which there would not only be a trail of devastation left in their path, but they would eventually all die much worse deaths.
None of the deaths would be better than being culled and we can't let large swathes of the ecosystem die, just so they can die in these more horrible natural ways instead of being culled. Culling is more humane to the snakes and to the ecosystem in the end, than letting the snakes run rampant and devastate parts of the ecosystem, then die in fights with wolves or bears or getting shot or run over or killed in brutal ways by people that hate snakes or dying of dehydration or starvation because they ran out of food sources.
Burms are one of my absolute dream snakes, and the one you found is such a beauty. RIP.
That Burmese python was around the same length as mine when I had one. They’re super strong at that age even though they don’t look like they would be. Mine kept breaking open her cage at night(which was in mine and my bf’s room) so we decided it was time to give her away. I was sad bc she was very sweet and never tried to hurt us, but it was eerie waking up and seeing her staring at us while we were sleeping. 😂
Are y’all seeing those tiny snakes while driving? If so, You two must have incredible eye sight.
They've shown something close to their 'method' in other videos, and they absolutely are just driving around with their headlights on and stopping for everything that Might be a snake, most of which are sticks.
I'm so happy you featured the Lubbers! Brought back many great memories. They make amazing pets, and when raised from babies, become EXTREMELY tame!
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The largest burmese python caught in Florida was apparently 19 feet and 125 lbs - so about twice the length as this one!
That sounds like it might have been a misidentified reticulated python instead.
Always look forward to new videos coming out. Thank you for everything you guys do for the reptile community!
I love when you both do these herping vids! And I don't comment much but I just wanted to say I love how much work you and your team all do to provide so many wonderful videos to all of us who can't make it out to Snake Discovery in-person.
Emily is such a bad a$$ I love how she's not afraid to grab the snakes!Of course no mention of the bite on her hand, lol. Emily, you inspire me! You are an awesome role model.💙💙💙
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Barefoot and yoinks anything 😂
Loved that Emily just snatched a Berm out of the bushes and shushed it like a friggin child 😂😂
Omg Yaya part 2
Great job catching that python. A couple of comments...
I thought the whole beagle thing didn't work out mainly because the dogs just got too hot down there.
We got a lot of Dekays near me (northern Illinois). We find a lot flipping rocks, but also see them out and about quite often. A couple of years in the early fall the babies were so thick you had to be careful walking, they pretty much look like little sticks. Also, although most are tiny, we've found a few that were massive, way bigger and thicker than the one you found.
Still can't believe you found that Burmese. A lot of people have paid big money to go on guided hunts and come up empty.
I know they don’t just let the dogs run loose, handlers are always with them.
Long time viewer here! After having a bad experience with a cornsnake when I was younger, I recently got back into watching your videos and just got myself a sassy little Hognose 😂 he's so chill after you pick him up though!
hognoses are the BEST PETS! they're cute, with their little noses, they dig with those wittle noses, they hide in sand with their wittle noses, they're so sweet and cute! and over time i bet that snake will be so used to you, he will not budge when you pick him up
@@cattabyss When I purchased him, the store wouldn't even pick him up to bag him, they made me do it 😂 he was completely harmless and they warned me that he bites, he's just a little hissy but that's what I love about him 😊
And pretty soon you'll have multiple like me hahaha! I have 3 hognose, 2 ball pythons, a garter that I rescued, and a rainbow boa!
I went from 1 to 7 real quick hahaha
@@ReevyMotovlogs hahaha they had a bad experience with him i guess! but he knew he was gonna get out of there if he went with you, so he just stayed hissy and didn't bite you :) now he's in a great home, and soon enough you'll be soooo close!
@@JodiLeaSnakeQueen wow! that's a lot of snakies! i love it!
As a florida native you are absolutely right about the drivers, no one here can drive properly and it drives us nuts.
Florida resident here! Most drivers are terrible but all the snow birds and tourists make it a lot worse too.
Lots of inattentive driving and road rage it’s very overwhelming. (I was taught to drive like no one else on the road knows how to and it’s saved my life a couple times)
The heat does things to us 😅
Hearing them talk about the water snake being a live-bearing species and telling him not to get hit on the road after the ending of the previous video,,, got me crying in the club
Maybe it would be a worthwhile practice to carry a couple pillow cases/the bags they use to ship these snakes and zip ties when herping for possible invasives? It's probably gonna be _fun_ trying to get something big and bitey into one, but being able to safely contain something while waiting for proper authorities come could be quite helpful. Even one or two bites spared by bagging the snake is worth keeping a pillow case on your belt loop.
Love when you guys do these! I also love how caring you both are! So much respect!
I used to live in Maryland, and we had ringneck snakes all over. My dad took me out to the garage one time and we rescued one that was so tiny it was stuck in a spider web! Super cool find
Yay when snake discovery post u know it’s gotta be a good day!
Well, congratulations on finding and catching a Burmese python.
Some cool finds there. Well done to Emily for wrestling that HUGE burm!
Seeing Emily yank that berm out of the bushes was wild! She's such a badass!
As a florida native,people drive insanely. They arent shy to grab and wrangle things if theyre bored too. yet ive seen full blown car bumpers on the side of the road,people completely swerving or driving through the pass thats thats in the middle /separates roads (forgot the name). i dont herp as much anymore cause there isnt a lot wildlife in my area yet i love the work you all do!
A median strip divides roads.
Aww the lil DeKay's snake and ringneck snake! I've caught those lil guys before! A bunch of young ones up in Michigan. Adorable little snakes
Something I'm always wondering in herping videos: do you disinfect your hands after each encounter so as not to infect the next reptile with whatever diseases the last catch may potentially have had?
I think they do. They’ve discussed their helping process a bit in some of their other vids about it. Plus with how vigilant these two are about proper animal care, i’m sure they do.
They have mentioned so specifically after seeing a fungus infected snake, so I'd imagine so
Such an angry burmese python! Very pretty! Shame it's become such a nuisance down south!
Hi snake discovery! Ive been watching your videos for 3 years now and im a huge fan. Yesterday i got my first snake! His name is ramen and hes a baby mojave royal/ball python! Id just like to say thank you for helping me get so far.
Ok, I get that finding a Burm is a pretty big deal. But I absolutely love that Ring Neck you found! It’s so tiny and cute, and that bright belly is so stunning!
My favorite video of yours that I've seen is when someone shipped you some baby dekays in a little tupperware container. They really liked the little worm pieces you fed them and they were adorable in their teeny portable habitat. I'm one of those people who are terrified of snakes, yet I'm fascinated by them and like learning about them. So that being said, I think I may be able to handle a baby dekay sometime in the future. Possibly a "dead" baby hognose, the one you found in Wisconsin (Michigan maybe?) was so cute. 😉
Cheyenne and Rex update, PLEASE!!!!! The OG's!!!!
I like how squirmy the tiny ring snake was 😂 like a mini propeller
The grasshoppers were huge!
That Burm was so mad at Emily!
Emily sounded so disappointed when the cornsnake didn't bite Ed. hahaha! 😊
All that neatness in one location! And no biting goats, great trip!
Sometimes i like watching your herping videos or other wildlife centric videos while procrastinating homework bc it reminds me why i wanna study so hard.
The DeKay’s could also be a Florida Brown Snake, especially considering the location !
Brown snakes are one of my favorites, so I really hope you feature your dekay’s in another video! maybe even the breeding and raising of the babies?
They have a video of feeding pieces of earthworm to the ones they got a few years ago when they were little.
That’s what I was thinking, should be a Florida Brown and not a Dekays unless they are on the Panhandle.
Im obsessed with your channel :) you and Ed are amazing
I wish i could visit her zoo too but i'm in germany😢
I'm in the UK too. Hopefully one day we will all be able to pop over for a visit at their zoo! It's now on my bucket list
I'm not in the UK but well over like 18hrs away. It sucks! 😭
Yes same here but i'm from the Netherlands
@@JodiLeaSnakeQueen26 hours of driving from CA for me 😢 i forget how huge the US is sometimes
STOP, Emily yanking the python out of the bushes all by herself was my favorite part of this video kjkjkjjkk this woman is STRONG strong.
The Burmese is stunning, one of my favourite snakes
DeKay snek: i is stick
Emily: *picks up snake*
DeKay snek: Human like stick.. *squirms* ah ha! I is not stick!
So glad you got another python out of the Florida Ecosystem. My favorite of the video was the Dekay's Brown. These are very common and rather bland looking but I think they are a cool snake. They are excellent to find if you are herping with kids because they are not scary to the kids and very docile.
That Burm is gorgeous! Didn’t know those giant grasshoppers had a specific name.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks water snakes have the derpiest faces EVER! I always tell people that they look like a dog with something in its mouth that KNOWS shouldn't be in its mouth.
the lil ringed neck snake reminded me that you guys have DeKay's (and had me wondering how they were doing), and then you found one! So exciting to hear you'd bred them in the zoo!
Sad the beautiful burmise had to lose her life but thank you for caring for the environment, makes me sad to hear that they have almost eradicated the bobcat. This shows why it's so extremely important to not reliesed pets, they will either suffer or become invasive. Interesting how one animal can be nessesary for one environment but invasive in another.
2:29 she really just pick that snake up like it was nothing loll
The way this video is set up feels like a video game and I love it so much 😂
Edit: The ringneck was my favorite to see 🥹 They're so so cute and teeny tiny
I always watch till the end because of the little facts or jokes 😊
I live really close to the home of one of my favorite lizards! I’m really tempted to go herping sometime!
Ed and Emily are like kids in a candy store. Cool video God bless u both and stay safe 🙏❤️❤️
HI ED AND EMILY!!! just wanted to let you guys know, I love your videos! Give some pats and food to rex and co!
Yeaayyy....❤❤
Just seen a baby banded water snake recently. It was this beautiful shade of red w an amazing pattern.
I love that you visited my state and went herping!! I've lived here all my life, but have never gone herping due to health limitations. I love these videos!!❤
Florida drivers are absolutely crazy, in and outside of Florida. About an hour ago I almost got hit by a flordia driver while driving on the interstate. Also I live in an area with a lot of mountains and you can definitely tell just by the way someone drives if they are from Florida and it can be terrifying when going up a narrow winding road at a 30 degree angle and there’s a flordia driver. Although any drivers that aren’t local don’t seem to know how the heck to drive on a mountainous road but Florida is the worst.
I also love y’all showed off a southern ringneck snake, it makes me so nostalgic because it was the first snake I ever caught
I love how it starts with a turtle :))
I'm sad that the Burmese has to be put down, but then again, Nature can be cruel. All we can do is just thank her for educational purposes. ❤
Can't wait to see you guys in white plains this weekend! We usually don't go to this one but decided to make the special trip to see you guys, then we have the Albany expo next weekend which is always a great time!
A beautiful Berm. Thank you for sharing this trip with us.
You guys are amazing!
i love your herping vids!!! i wish i could go!!
Emily really channeled her inner Steve Irwin with that Burm.
As a Floridian, I hate that burms can’t be kept anymore here. I would love an albino or a hypo burm! The snake breeding facility I work at used to breed them before they were banned (not the facility destroyed in hurricane Andrew).
I think it's unfortunate that a lot of species, not just burms, are banned in a variety of places. But then I look at it from a 'potential contamination' kind of mindset. There are a lot of really incredible, law-abiding animal owners in the world, but it only takes one person: one person releasing a breeding pair into a habitat they're not native to, where they gain a foothold and out-compete all the local species. It would be cool if there were licensing programs to own potentially invasive species-- but then again it only takes one person acting in bad faith to woopsie daisy an entire ecosystem. Personally I'd like to see tougher laws on what plants you can have as well. Not everything non-native to an area will become invasive, but I do feel we're often like "Well there's a market for it/well it's cute/well it prooobably fiiiine" xD for both animals and plants.