So You think You Want A Venomous Snake?
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Are you prepared to own a venomous snake? Are you prepared if you get bitten? Do you have a bite protocol? Here, Tom discusses responsible venomous snake ownership. Please like and subscribe for more content! @CobramanRayHunter thanks for the handling demos!
"Fuck with it and it's guaranteed to bite you". - Tom Crutchfield 2021 LOL Facts!
This.
Tom crutchfield is a legend. So glad he’s making educational videos!
It’s incredible & amazing to see him grab them the way he does. It takes a special person to own one in my humble opinion. Not for me. Respect.
On her way to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman saw a poor half frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been all frosted with the dew
"Poor thing, " she cried, "I'll take you in and I'll take care of you"
"Take me in tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman, " sighed the snake
She wrapped him up all cozy in a comforter of silk
And laid him by her fireside with some honey and some milk
She hurried home from work that night and soon as she arrived
She found that pretty snake she'd taken to had been revived
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman, " sighed the snake
She clutched him to her bosom, "You're so beautiful, " she cried
"But if I hadn't brought you in by now you might have died"
She stroked his pretty skin again and kissed and held him tight
Instead of saying thanks, the snake gave her a vicious bite
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman, " sighed the snake
"I saved you, " cried the woman
"And you've bitten me, but why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I'm going to die"
"Oh shut up, silly woman, " said the reptile with a grin
"You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in
"Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, tender woman, " sighed the snake
Songwriters: Robert S. Kelly / Darian Morgan
"The life you save might be your own!"- Tom Crutchjfield
this a holy grail fact sir
my situation is i live in Texas. but i personal dont want a venomous snake as s first snake reptile. i like the like reptile that looks alot like a dragon and i know as a first time owner its very uncommon to have however im finally at place to own one @TomCrutchfield . I believe they are called Borneo Earless Monitor. From mynunderstanding they are very aquatic in nature but i like to know if you can own them in texas or florida. and if so what type of license or permit would i need to aquire?
You don't need a license to own one, but I would highly recommend researching care prior to purchase.
@@TomCrutchfield1 im doing right now. but ive been researching on them for mote than a two years now. i just didnt have the space to have one or two. but i do now. thank you for your insightful knowledge cause i am truly grateful. stay blessed sir 🙏💚
LEGEND.
Hold to hear
Lesson of the day don’t fuck with snakes and they won’t fuck with you!!!!!
"There's a lot of people that shouldn't have a driver's license, let alone a venomous snake." You could replace Venomous Snake with a lot of other things.
Some people should make a license for handling information on the internet. Yes, conspiracy freakos, I talk about you 😂
*Truer words have never been spoken* 😂
Yes especially children, s0o0o0o many people should not have children
Where you should a mil in likes👍
@@mmaximum4259I'm addicted to the pigger nussy 😻
The chances of me ever owning venomous is completely Zero but i love the education from you anyway! Don't get me wrong, i love reptiles & other "exotics" but I'd rather not take the risk. I think I'll just stick with owning Tarantulas & pythons & watch the experts do their thing!
My thoughts exactly.
@@A_Final_Hit mine too!
I listed to slash from guns and roses. He was going to get venomous snakes. And I guy with knurled up fingers said yeah I’ll sell you one. But how much do you like playing guitar🤯
@@FATTONYKAUAI Hah!
Facts 😂
The living legend, national treasure, icon Tom Crutchfield has awaken from his 6 year RUclips hiatus!
you know whats funny? im from europe, i dont even own a single snake or reptile, and even i know hes a living legend in the reptile space :)
@@Sushimii Wow. Living legend for sure!
Yes... I am so excited! Glad he is back. :)
A guy here in Michigan was bitten by his pet cobra. He did not have any anti-venom. His family was shocked to learn that local hospitals, as well as the DMC didn’t have anti-venom for him (how shocking)
I think the advice you gave on having the anti-venom for your snake is absolutely necessary; for some reason people do not think of this.
Great content!
My advice would be dont fuck around with venomous snakes. Problem solved.
@@Dirge4july unless you’re trained to handle HOTs this is 100% true. Also unless you’re stocking anti venom for your exotic snakes owning a foreign snake is playing with fire.
Did he die, how fast?
@@NoTengoDinero69 But some snakes have zero anti venom for tho.
@@andrewmp6 yes, and you would be a looney toon to own one unless you were doing research or ran a zoo or something.
By far the best venomous video I have seen. Very educational and real!!!! Cotton mouths are very common in Savannah, Ga., just like most other common venomous snake, unless it’s provoked, 95% of the time will leave you alone. Please keep the knowledge coming!!!
Thank you Heather. We are working hard to educate people.
Yes there are, Heather and I got bit by a young cotton mouth in Beaufort - not far from Savannah - I stepped in front of him playing baseball and he nailed me above the ankle. I thought I'd been stung by a wasp or similar b/c I didn't even see him. A Gullah man saw this and knew what to do, the next day I felt sick most of the day. It was likely a dry strike.
The only thing I know about cotton mouths is they will stand their ground. It's funny I am not especially afraid of snakes so consequently I never seem to encounter them, but people who are afraid of them seem to find them like they're born to it LOL. Spiders now..... NO THANK YOU, I'd sooner encounter ten snakes then spiders LOL
I love that you started uploading again Tom it's awesome what you have done for are hobby is amazing
I currently have 6 venomous snakes: A male and female copperhead, water moccasin/cottonmouth, a prairie rattlesnake, a timber rattlesnake, and my newest, a West African Bush Viper. These snakes don’t live in my regular reptile room, I bought an entirely different building to house them in the event that they did escape. If they do escape, the defense system is triggered by me or one of my helpers and the whole building will drop down to 64 degrees (cold enough to halt the activity of snakes but not kill them) then we all spilt up and look for the snake and no one leaves until it’s found. I was thinking of getting an elapid as my 7th venomous but I don’t feel confident yet with them so my 7th will be a gaboon viper
Do you milk venom from them?
@@victormugabe4742this is a month late but no I don’t lol
It’s always awesome listening to this man talk, because he’s a lifetime of experience, knows his business and speaks reality. I had the unduly pleasure of knowing a kid, I say kid but we were the same age, from Austin Texas who was an avid reptile fan. When he went to venomous, he went big. He could not be talked into starting with snakes that are local (Austin- there’s more than a few), but he was infatuated with African ones. His first was a monocled cobra, and a again against ALL advice by everyone because of the temperament and just plain speed of that snake, he wouldn’t listen. It would take the fear of a bite, the reality that Matt wasn’y ready to control that reptile, for him to learn he made a mistake. The bite he took was dry, talk about lucky. Still bought him many hours in the ER, costly hours esp since he had no insurance. He now lectures to anyone listening to learn from his mistakes because albeit he was lucky, he needed that bite to happen to grow up a bit when it comes to venomous snakes. Even proficient owners will tell you they aren’t prepared for some snakes- I.e. any of the mambas, a class in its own. Yet seems like the black mamba is every young reptile snake enthusiast dream snake to own. Please, don’t do it. Appreciate them in others collections and from a safe distance because that is a snake not meant for any novice.
Follow Toms advice because he’ll never steer you wrong.!!!
Dry bite means no poison? How does that happen?
@@actionjksn Their venom is precious, maybe the snake just wanted to issue a warning
@@actionjksn I know a guy who breeds inland taipans and one day he was sexing his hatchlings and he got a dry bite (first known from that species). The bite is not involuntary, the snake has control of injection and bday55 is correct, their venom helps with digestion and subdue prey items, so they try not to waste it. btw our Aussie inland taipan is the deadliest land snake in the world. But I would rather get a bite from one of those than a Malaysian pit viper because it is mostly neurotoxic, not cytotoxic venom.
You are Tyler Nolan s friend and you were with him when he got bit by the cobra. Just by you being there in your expertise and probably having anti-venom that was probably The best place he could’ve been with you And pretty much saved his life or helped. I love all your videos all you guys nothing I would ever do but it is very interesting and educational. Thank you.
I fully believe Tyler would not have made if without Tom!!🫤
@@turtlejeepjen314 he wouldnt of got tagged that day if it wasnt for Tom
He didn't have anti venom in hand for Tyler he almost died he has a video detailing tht evening
Great advice! I’m especially all for not holding them behind the head, I know of too many people who have been tagged that way
I love it Tom hopefully people take in this message and info. I always love when u get on here and educate alot of us with your knowledge of reptiles its always an honor to listen and soak up all i can. Hopefully are paths will cross one day and I'll get to shake your hand brother
Thanks for the recent uploads Tom!!! .... A real reptile legend right here people!
I'm loving this too.
Reptile legend? IS that a nice way to say snake in the grass?
@@katrinarobertson7173 don't like him don't comment
i love it if your scared of snakes leave it the hell alone ! I guarntee if you fuck with it you WILL get bit .... thanks for being you ! straight to the point .....
Fuck with them, they're gonna bite you... true of most things. Great video. So glad you are making some. I only have a ball python but I just love learning and watching these kinds of things. :D
Perfectly put, no-one gets bitten by not going near them. Your comment "If you fuck with it, I guarantee it will bite you..." has won the internet for 2021 🤣
All it takes is one mistake
It is common sense actually, but sadly too few people follow it. A guy was bitten by his monocled Cobra in Greece this spring, as an accident of hand-feeding. Everyone rushed to help him, but no hospital had the correct antivenom. Finally they found some from another keeper in Cyprus and his family paid for its air transfer here. Not only he did everything you mentioned wrong, but he was preparing to have a breeding project with those animals. He bred them in the past too. He was too sure of his abilities and even mentioned to his doctors that he felt invincible until then. Probably he is still keeping them.
The best venomous keepers never have a need to handle their snakes.
Don't worry little cotton mouth.. my pythons also lay next to me while measuring when when they'll be big enough to eat me.. But shhh I'll keep your secret about chasing people for no reason if I'm ever asked 😉🤣 Love you Tom!!! I admire EVERYTHING you do 💯
No one should have a venomous snake unless you’re selling the venom. Too many idiots.
“ If you fuck with it I guarantee it will bite you.” Point blank truth
8:42 fuck with it and it'll bite you this should be common sense.
This is fascinating, but I can't imagine anyone wanting to do this...
I enjoy playing guitar too much, I’m just gonna watch you guys and live vicariously. It’s great that you put informative videos out like this!
Very nicely done.
Thanks, Ray!!!
You remind me of Bill Haast the way you grab the Cobras behind the head like that. It's impressive.
He was one of Ray's mentors.
If you're an actual herpetologist or zoologist et al someone who does this professionally, milking for venom and medical research etc etc and no, tik tok would not be in this category. That said, I don't know why anyone with half the sense God gave a gnat would WANT a venomous snake in THEIR HOME.
It's just a shame there are so many snake handlers on YT who are - basically - idiots! If they all were like you and Viperkeeper, snake keeping wouldn't get the bad rep it seems to suffer from at times.
There's actually one "expert" snake keeper on this site, who deliberately provokes a spitting cobra, to fire into his eyes?? That guy shouldn't be allowed to keep earthworms let alone venomous reptiles.
Great video! I'll never, ever own a venomous snake, but I do enjoy videos like this, learning a little about them and how proper and sane keepers care for them.
When snakes "chase" you, 99.9% of the time, they are trying to find the nearest form of cover where they can hide from you. If the nearest form of cover is right behind you, then that's where they'll go.
There are snakes that will do mock strikes, or mock charges, but chances are, you've never encountered the types of snakes that do that.
The Man, The Myth, The LEGEND!!! Back again with another video i love it!! audio much better this time around thanks for listening to the feedback and critique and improving quickly on it. sending all my love and support to you!! cant wait for more videos you provide a unique perspective and voice i think reptile lovers or any animal advocates need to hear!! words coming from you in some instances carry more weight with some people just based on your experience knowledge and wisdom compared to other reptile youtubers. keep up the content god bless. by the way i watched an older video you posted a while back about the kid letting a snake near his private parts haha.. i have to say that's a crazy funny story i cant tell if it was even real or not. if so i think an update video or just new video on that situation would be pretty funny and unique and interesting to hear about or at the very least entertaining
First of all, I join the rest of the fans by saying that I appreciate you're back doing videos. Not only are you a wealth of knowledge you're also legitimately interesting to listen to.
Something that occurred me watching another channel: if you own a venomous snake, you'd better be damn good at keeping and have some vet skills. The video in that channel that prompted this was a guy having to treat an infection in his cobra. It's not like if your venomous snake gets ill you're going to be able to take it to just about any vet. I'm assuming that if there's a problem, you're on your own.
We are lucky in that we actually do have a veterinarian that will treat our venomous, but most do not, that is correct.
@@TomCrutchfield1 wow...you are lucky!
Gotta love Tom. Seriously people, dude gives solid advice. Especially the bit about always open with a tool.
I think venomous snakes are some of the most beautiful and absolutely fascinating snakes that being said all most likely stick too keeping & breeding non-venomous snakes! I definitely want too purchase a non-venomous snake from Tom Crutchfield...
Common sense with years of experience to back it up. Always enjoy learning from "Mr. C!!!"
Man, I was wondering if you were done with youtube or what...good to see new videos man.
I will never own a venomous snake, (besides a FWC, MAYBE), but these videos are packed with so much amazing info that I will keep coming back for more. Tom is the REAL DEAL!!!
Another FWC person🥰
Best first venomous snake? Easy! Hognose! 😂
In seriousness...mad respect for those who safely care for venomous snakes. It's not for me, but to each their own.
I was preparing some jokes for the comment section but this guy explained it so well and so earnestly that... I just gotta sit here and appreciate it
My buddy is selling me his black mamba tomorrow, I don't have any official training but I've been watching RUclips videos so I'm sure it will be OK. I'm a smart guy what can possibly go wrong
Holly shit! the man, the myth, the legend has a RUclips? Hell yeah, fuckin hitting subscribe to that shit for sure. Awesome education! Hell yes this is great!
Even if you are well educated in venomous snakes it's only a matter of time before you are bitten. Don't speed up the process of death by playing with a deadly animals, see if you can help it that you die from a good old age. Back in Colorado in 2018 a person I knew was taking out the trash at night and as he was opening the trash can he felt a sting on his hand, about 15 to 20 minutes later he was feeling real sick that he ended up in the hospital. The emergency room found two little red marks on his hand and concluded that it was a snake bite. Long story short, he spend weeks in the hospital and they used dozens of anti-venom, then slowly he started to come out of it, he said that he almost died. Up until now they don't know what kind of snake it was which made it very stressful to find the right anti-venom. The total bill for his stay was several hundred thousand dollars, I think, if I'm not mistaken the bill was roughly $375K.
Something ive always wondered is if when you milk them for the venom i wonder if it actually feels good to release all of that pressure out of the glands??.. Until they obv fill back up. Kind of like when we have to pee really bad and finally go obv we fill back up but you get what i mean..
I guess we really don't have a way of truly knowing but just something I've always wondered. The most venomous ill get is my little hog nose who is the biggest asshole at like 9 inches long acts like hes a rattlesnake. Hes a fkn prick call him mean bean cause his name is bean... Have a great day everyone and love seeing Tom Crutchfield in my notifications again. 💙
Absolutely fascinating. I handle snakes with a really long set of tongs. LoL Watching someone so confidently and smoothly handling these snakes with bare hands is better than any movie on TV.
Fuck with it I guarantee it’ll bite you. That should go on a t-shirt or coffee mug.
Hard to get bit by a snake if you're not messing with it. Fuck with it and I guarantee he'll bite ya🤣
As I’ve always said…don’t fuk with snakes..period.
I dont want no fuckin venomous snake , still gonna watch this tho. I fucking love snakes on video, no desire to be around venomous outside of a cage.
Never getting a venomous snake. I'll stick to pythons and king snakes.
I’m happy to see you back on the Tubes sir! I finished your book Giant Snakes over last winter, and it was excellent. I wish you well.
Thanks, you too!
Why even have them . Let me go get a great white shark and make my pool a salt water pool
This is the 1st video of yours I’ve seen. I appreciate your realistic take, as low while not patronizing the subject to appeal to a younger audience for views. Actual information presented very well. I’ve been considering getting into the business. I don’t know anyone who is, though I’d rather intern somewhere reputable so I may learn. Before making any regrettable purchases.
Out of comedy I ask, is it truly regrettable if your deceased?
The one who should be regretting it is dead!
I thought he was having snake 🐍 head 4 dinner 4 a minute... 😆🤣😂😹
"So you think you want a danger noodle?"
If I had a venomous snake I'd go to all the hospitals in the area and see If I can get a record annotated of what type it is
Living in a state that doesn't allow anyone to keep venomous and rear fanged snakes I still love learning about them. Thank you the great content Tom!
Crazy because rear fanged are "safe" snakes unless allergic. There's one exception to rear fanged which is a boomslang.
what state are you in? I'm in FL and it won't be long before they take away all our no fuzzy friends😢
Wild specimens of the rear-fanged Japanese Keelback / Japanese Garter Snake have serious amounts of toxins from their prey in their venom. They have killed people, and then are one of the few snakes which not only have both venom and poison but which have venom that is also poison.
Doesn't allow rear-fanged? Gotta arrest those kids who catch Garter snakes I guess.
@@kimmiek0 KS
I am content with getting a dog I think. I'll leave venomous snakes to others. Preferably those with lots of experience.
Can you please do a vid on your mangshan viper s please would love to see how ther doing
I think keeping venomous snakes is crazy, unless you know and understand the risk, treat the animal right, like these men do, and you're doing it because you love the animal.
I thought he said " your gonna need a hurse". Lmao he said nurse.
it should be against the law to own and keep venomous snakes in tenaments
A cottonmouth? A cottonmouth-water-rattler? LOL
At my level of handling venomous snakes, I keep them in the woods lol.
Get Tyler and Chandler and all the ones you helped and who got big over the years, to help you kickstart this channel for real
Heard this name so much, but seen so little of him yet 🐍❤
I will happily leave themthe hell alone thankyou!
Lol ur like the Bob Ross of venomous reptiles lol, so relaxing watching u handle them. Its not about the actions being done, as much as it's about the mindset. Reptiles can tell your true intentions better then any other animal, the 3rd eye is very active. You can tell u play in on that too. Some1 actually paying attention, can really learn alot from u. I would love to have u as a mentor, but I know that won't ever happen. All gud though, I like watching how you are with all ur babies lol. Be safe brother sendn some gud vibes ur way.
Agree ,I appreciate his respect,knowledge and calmness around his animals
Sounds like common sense. So glad your making videos. Thank you.
I genuinely consider Tom to be the David Attenborough of reptiles. The man is a true asset to the hobby.
The only downside to the advice of dont mess with it and it will leave you alone. Is that sometimes its a surprise for both yourself and the snake. Im mostly referring to walking outdoors in the wild and snakes are hiding under rocks. Though in captive setting, perhaps if a cage was left open by accident as you walked by.
Like you said NEVER try to take out poo or the waterbowl with the snake in it. Even if it's a big enclosure and the snake is far in the back. I did that with a juvenile Naja kaouthia and i didn't have time to react and it got my hand. Lucky for me it was a juvenile and not much venom was injected. I got a swollen arm but that's about it,so i was lucky. I have kept venomous snakes for almost 10 years and i was so stupid to do such a thing. I know better than that. Never again. So listen to Tom. He knows exactly what he's talking about.
What does it being a juvenile have to do with how much venom it will secrete? Snakes don’t really control their venom release like that. That’s a myth.
@@Just.A.T-Rex no. They can control how much venom they put out. That is a myth. A juvenile is less toxic because it doesn't have much venom unlike an adult who has alot. More venom is more dangerous. It's pretty simple, you can ask any great herper about that myth you just tried to pull. They can control the venom,adults and juveniles can.
@@Just.A.T-Rex and you do realise its called a dry bite when they decide not to inject venom. So they have full control over it.
@@sploofygaming5446 completely different than a juvenile decided to use less venom as you were conceptualizing it in the way you worded it.
@@Just.A.T-Rex you said snakes don't control their venom,which is 100% false. And that's what i answered you about. All snakes are able to control it.
LYFA…. So true!!😂😂
Nope. I Dont think I need one at all. 😂
Still don't understand how the master of reptiles don't even have 10,000 subs when all the ones that look up to him have 100's of 1,000's
I'm working on it ;)
Add 1 more (sub)
You fuck with it it will bite you😂🐍
Been knowing about this man for years..great to see him here giving great advice on the protocol needed to be in this dangerous game. Great to see you Mr Tom Crutchfield sir!
No, I don't want a poisonous snake. I don't want a non poisonous one either.
I mean venomous. You know what I mean.
Great video, I don’t have the balls to keep an animal that could kill me in my home. It was interesting to learn though!
I think I'm happy with my kitteh.
I would never own,touch, or play with ANY snake but I sure love watching them from my phone 😂
Nope. No. Fucking. Way.
I currently own 2 western diamondback rattlesnakes I've asked every hospital around here what's your bite protocols, one hospital actually told me a bite what? Really reassuring to know I know more then they do, don't want to go to that hospital if I ever take a hit from one of my snakes. Oh and I'm in Modesto California
I don't really know California but Loma Linda is probably your best option for that. I think you're much further north.
@grdn02100 Hey thanks for the information I asked a hospital in Oakdale what's your snakebite protocols, now mind you they're less then 10 to 15 miles from Knights Ferry and Orange Blossom ( rattlesnake central) and the nurse said a bite what? Well I certainly don't want to go there if I get bit when I seem to know more then they do about a snake bite situation that really shakes my faith on their abilities to help me should I take a hit from one of my rattlers
I hope more people will tune in. The wealth of knowledge in this one channel is astounding. This man has been doing this a very, very long time and is well known in the reptile community. If you want CORRECT information, this is where you’ll get it. 🐍❤️🐍
Thank you!!
@@TomCrutchfield1 My pleasure! I live close to your area and have been a fan for years. (I’m 60 and lived here my whole life. 😃)
I have tremendous respect for people like Dingo, Tom and others who have been properly trained. I on the other hand have no desire to own one of these awesome animals. These guys must have bite protocols for each species of snake and also have to have antivenom. I believe WNCVenom states that there's a lot of red tape to procure the necessary antivenom. You have to go through the fda.
Best advice ever: Be the tree 😄
I had good mentor growing up he actually a friend of yours here in Texas I remember you sending him a monocled cobra when I seen it I was hooked he educated me for years now I have my own private collection
This music is so trippy…& it’s in your other video haha…that one even has crazy visual effects. Y’all are getting better with the clip transitions.
ill never have an exotic pet, ill just be admiring them from a distance watching you brave people looking after them.
Thanks Kayla Cox and Rick Cox’s keep up the good job.
My spice level is The Mexican beaded lizard that I keep but I have great respect for anyone who keeps venomous snakes properly and gives them the respect they deserve. One thing that should be mentioned about keeping venomous and especially if you like to share with people on social media is that you should always represent the hobby in the right way. There are too many daredevils online these days that are boasting about being one with the reptile one week and in The ICU the next. They think it only affects them but what it really does is bring the entire hobby down and give ammunition to these state lawmakers that want to take away our right to keep ANY reptile.
Great vid ,,,,,, Hands Down ,,,
The way he grabbed that albino cobra while it was holding up was super cool but dangerous af
Best advise @8:31!
For someone with no venom experie
nce local anitvenom or mild rear fang venomous is a must for a starter species. But how would you suggest someone like that get involved with the venom community and find a mentor? The only times I see venom gatherings is at venom expos and I feel like people are more likely to pick up a gaboon than ask around and find a good mentor.
There are a number of venomous groups on FB with good information. You could also ask around in your area for someone with venomous experience - start by finding out who relocates venomous in your area for animal services. Good luck in your search!
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My old and dear friend Ray Hunter :) Tom you and Ray have always had my utmost respect when it comes to working with venomous snakes !!