UNBOXING LIVE SEA SNAKES (Yes, FOR REAL!)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
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Director's note: this species, as well as elephant trunk snakes (same genus) are still cared for improperly by the vast majority of people who acquire them. Getting into trunk and file snakes without knowledge of their diverse and advanced husbandry requirements unilaterally ends in failure. Please DON'T watch this and go look for some to buy - they will die without prior preparation. That said I've had these guys for three or four weeks now. I think they're on the up and up right now, but I like so many others have had my share of trouble. As I mentioned in the vid, I've spent a LOT in my efforts to get it right! So, fingers crossed they all continue to do ok. You will see the first vid on their setup and my attempts to manage this species as soon as I get it edited and released. If you'd like to see the setup now it’s proudly displayed on my Instagram. Also, if you like so many want a Saturn update - it's on Insta! Go look! Thanks as always for watching
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I always get so nervous with high-maintenance herps! I just don't trust myself, I could never forgive myself if I let one of these adorable paddlebois die in my care! Best to leave them in your capable hands and live vicariously through you. They're just so cute. 💜
@@WobblesandBean I've been dying these last few weeks constantly monitoring them and trying to improve the setup. I'm treating two of them for a fungal infection that commonly flares up in most aquatic snakes during times of stress (like being shipped for 38 hours). Believe me if I lose any of them it'll cut me really deep. Especially given the nature of RUclips comments. Absolutely terrible for my self esteem
@@AfroHerpkeeper something I remember even when I am shopping on Amazon (but it applies to comments also): people are ALWAYS more motivated to leave comments of negativity than comments of love. It sucks, but it is the truth in my experience.
Something which ties into it, in my opinion, is that when someone is edgelording a keyboard telling someone else how they should kill themselves, the commenter doesn't deal with that normal interpersonal consequence of seeing the pained reaction on the recipient's face. Normally if we say something cruel, we have to deal with the hurt we cause in some manner - but lashing out online rarely has any consequences at all.
I work for a progressive organization with a heavy online presence, I've been blasted on a pretty grand scale myself. It sucks. It hurts. It does shake your foundation at times. But the nature of the relationship creators have with subscribers is such that those commenting nasty things will never ever ever have the full story. Remember that when they are ripping you apart. It is *easy* for them to blast you and walk away because it doesn't cost them anything....but it does make them feel powerful.
Cool looking snakes, never heard of them before. They seem a bit wrinkly, would that b from a bit of dehydration?
They're adorbs! I love their pajamas! I'm glad they all survived. They seem so curious! I hope they are good company.
Here's a note for all the kiddies and PETAbots that will likely be triggered about these reptiles. Also a bit of experience i had keeping one.
1) While these are a marine snake, they are not a true sea snake (Elapid), in fact they are neither a colurbrid or constricter! They belong to the small family of file snakes (3 species). These are non venomous and subdue their prey by biting and constriction.
2) They have a naturally loose/baggy skin ( they are not dehydrated/malnourished/diseased.)
While this would be a concern for all other pet snake species, it is a sign of very good health for these.
3) While they are not endangered, their species is on the decline in SE Asia (they are still abundant in Australia).
4) Habitat loss and pollution is the leading cause of decline, however....
5) Thousand are taken annually for the fashion industry and Chinese medicine. The skins are sought for watch bands and also tourist trinkets while the flesh is made into "snake wine". Science has shown the benefits of this concoction are nonexistent.
5) Daniel's trio are wild caught and he obtained them from a reputable dealer. These 3 snakes are incredibly lucky as 99.99% of little file snakes are destined for slaughter. The collectors that capture these get far more money from consumer trade ( $ for the skins and $ for the flesh ) than from live animal export. They also don't need to keep the animals alive and healthy for export.
6) They can be bred if captive conditions are right, however the demand for them is relatively low, owing to their high maintenance, expense and temperament. They are not a handlable snake and aren't that visually attractive to the typical snake buyer. ( Why buy a dull, hard to keep, untouchable aquatic snake when there are so many easy to keep, pretty and tamable snakes on the market?). For this reason captive born specimens are non existent at the moment in North America. ( They are being bred in Australia and Europe, in limited quantities.)
6a) I've kept one! In Australia you need an advanced wildlife license and all specimens must be captive bred. Conditions were -
Temp 28C day 26C night.( 2 heaters on timers , I don't know if the temp variation was important but I did it anyway to replicate natural conditions)
Water Salinity 1.005 - 1.007, pH 7.4 (they can take wide variation but like neutral to alkaline water). Salinity maintained with marine mix.
Tank size 640 liter ( bigger the better! ) with driftwood (floating, submerged) indian almond leaves, very fine sand and slate slabs for hides.
Tankmates were mollys, swordtails and pacific blue eyes which the snake hunted and ate. Also some brackish shrimp and crab species.
UV lamps provided above semi submerged driftwood.
One end of the tank had subdued lighting so she could choose.
Water quality was the biggest issue, even low nitrate caused skin problems and behavioral issues (trying consistently to leave the water and no appetite) Over filtration and bi weekly water changes (15% or 30% weekly) kept her happy, burrowing under the leaves, actively hunting ( they flicker their tongues underwater!!) and generally being a delightful pet. Eventually I gave her to an enthusiast for a breeding project. Below standard husbandry from this project meant she died soon after. Biggest regret ever
7) So.. let's give Daniel as much support as possible in maintaining his amazing trio of snakes! They survived harvesting for consumption, export/transport, acclimation to captivity and FedEx to arrive at his home. Hopefully he can breed these incredible animals and increase the captive population in North America.
Thank you for this comment! So much great information ❤
Thanks a lot for the information! Do you know any other source of information about this species? I couldn't find anything in German abute them but English would be fine!
Tanks a lot!
Whoa thanks for all the info man! Also, sorry to hear about what happened to your marine file; may she rest in peace.
@@moritzlaszlo3115 This is pretty much all the relevant information I have.
I'm a patron of the WWF and we get access to a lot of conservation reports ( depressing reading) and the information I shared about little file snake status was also linked to the other two species and part of a distressing report on marine reptiles in the Indo-Pacific.
As for my file snake (Sock), she was part of a university study to see if temperature variation affected the sex ratio outcome of marine snakes.
(As it does with sea turtles)
Unfortunately it was inconclusive as they had limited funding and trouble breeding them.
Sock was one of the progeny from the control group that bred.
When it was time to break down the project, I was offered Sock and 4 others but at the time I really wasn't interested, I had only a 15 gal tank spare plus I also didn't have the advanced wildlife license. As she was the smallest, I said I'd take her when my application was approved. That came to pass and after much paperwork I set Sock up in the tank. She was very small when I got her and very shy. I never saw her eat for ages but she was growing. I had some blue eyes and smelt fish in the tank with her. The population would slowly decline each week. Then I'd add more.
At about 350mm she became quite fearless and started to come out in my presence.
At this point I realised how interesting she was and decided to set up my 640 l as a giant brackish biotope . I had high hopes for a spectacular display : file snake, Monodactylus, gobies, and other brackish fish. Within 3 months she had killed most of the fish. And these weren't cheap! (she ate a $39 butis goby !!!) So I removed all of the fish and added cheap sailfin mollies, swordtails, and pacific blue eyes. My dreams were dashed, it looked like a bad high school aquarium. Anyway
these fish can take many different salinities. Though she caught quite a few fish, all the species bred well and the population was maintained. She never bothered the blueeyes after she grew too big to constrict them. She also got fresh sardines, small mullet and tiger prawns as her main diet.
The most important thing, I found, was water quality. She would try to escape if it was below standard. I needed a tight fitting aquarium lid for this reason: anytime she felt uncomfortable with her environment, her solution was to leave.
I don't think it was from extreme discomfort, more that water with nitrate/ammonia affected her taste receptors and she just instinctively wanted move to an area where she could "taste" better. Sort of like if you are in a noisy room and you want to hear a conversation so you move to a quieter area. I had two external canister filters to keep her water as pristine as possible plus water changes every week. Every time she acted restless, a water test would reveal a raise in nitrate. As you cannot be continually checking water parameters and addressing the issue immediately, an escape proof lid is essential!!!!!!
I found here on the floor more than once, how she managed to leave her tank, I have no idea... teleportation maybe.
Salinity is very important too. Because she was in a large tank, marine mix was so expensive for the upkeep. Too low a salinity, she would get small white patches, so through trail and error, I found the optimum minimal salinity was 1.005 . So I kept her just above at 1.007.
Please remember that depending on where they are collected, each population may have different tolerance to waters. I have read some museum collection point data showing some of these snakes have been collected in fresh, brackish and full marine environments. Sock was raised in full marine water. There may be populations out there that are fully freshwater and may not be able to adapt properly to any form of salinity, I don't know.
Decor is also important. Sock liked to ambush from under the Indian almond leaves (katappa leaves). These i prepared by soaking/ boiling to release the tannins and had a thick 80mm layer covering the base of the tank.( To simulate mangrove backwaters)
The leaves would last for about 2 months before breaking down so I bought them wholesale. I also had a bunch of longnosed shrimp that ate the algae off the leaves. They were quite entertaining.
Sock was also fond of basking under a UV/heat lamp in the early morning. I had a mass of semi submerged driftwood directly under it and she would tangle herself into the pile. I also had another pile at the other dimly lit end. Occasionally she would leave the water entirely and rest on this raft. ( There was a noticeable difference between wanting to escape and sleepy - just - chillin - out - of- the- water Sock)
Sometimes she would ambush fish from there too.
I had her for 3 years, sometimes I wondered why I bothered ( the amount of times I frantically searched for her under leaves and decor, stressing that she's probably escaped because I hadn't seen her for a few days.....only to find her squeezed into some tiny crevice in a piece of driftwood or buried under a sand drift.... Or her playing dead for 24 hours until I'm so stressed i had to poke her to see if she's still alive, only to have her get upset and hide for the rest of the week...sheesh). Although she had her "OMG I love this delightful noodle" moments, she was a stressful captive to keep. You could not let your maintenance regime lapse for even a second and if you like to travel ( like i do) be prepared for shorter vacations. Unfortunately I found it impossible to find a petsitter that I trusted with her wellbeing, no one was experienced enough in both snakes and marine tanks.
If you decide to obtain these creatures my advice would be don't. Not unless you are prepared to keep a pristine aquarium, spend lots of money on electricity, marine salt, decor, etc and time maintaining what is essentially a marine tank. But a marine tank with only one species of an often cryptic, stationary reptile that can be a fussy to feed, temperamental, shy, highly strung, escape artist that is prone to health problems. (I've kept moray eels with less drama!).
I'd just follow Daniel's trio and see how they fare. He may have a great deal more advice on effective husbandry on how to keep these creatures, more than i do. Also being far more experienced keeping snakes than i was, ( at the time i had only kept childrens python species plus watersnakes and white lipped snakes) he may have better solutions to the problems that i encountered.
@@graphite2786 thank you for the detailed information! I took a screen shot and I will read it after I get home from work. Thanks again!
Have a great day!
Woohoo you made my crappy day better with this upload!
Aquatic snakes are tough to care for. Water makes everything harder.
The Water Temple from Ocarina of Time proves this theory.
WE NEED SEA SNAKES AND SATURN THROW US A BONE
They're on Instagram
They’re amazing! Can’t wait to see them in their setup.
Oh my gosh! Those are soo cool! I can't wait to see more on them!
Absolutely stunning. Can't wait for updates x
F***ing sick I love this channel way too much dude.
Can't wait for that next banger
REALLY ENJOYING THE SNAKES...AMAZING CRITTERS...CANT WAIT TO SEE THEM IN THE FUTURE...LEARNED A LOT TODAY...THANKS1
Wow the sea snakes are beautiful can't wait to see them all set up.
this is so cool & exciting, im happy they were all alive and well! looking forward to seeing the set up & updates :)
Awsome! Finally a video on em.
One of my top 3 fav reptile channels. Super excited for your videos.
Excited to see the setup video!!!
Those snakes are so cool! Was really surprised at how they were packed, and sent to you! Can’t wait to see them in their new home!
they're sooo stunning😍
AWESOME! They're really beautiful!
dawww so cute.so can't wait to see more on them
This makes me so happy to see😍
Two of the best things in the world, reptiles and marine.😂
They're sooo beautiful. 😍😍😍
Nice unboxing video friend. I enjoy your videos all the time. You have so much knowledge in reptiles. 👍
These are so awesome! I came across an elephant trunk at an expo back in the fall and fell in love with it! But their care requirements aren’t quite up my alley, so I passed on it. Can’t wait to see how these guys do for you! 😄
4:07 that afro photobomb though👌🏻❤️
Not about to share ALL the spotlight 😂
They look very nice, can't wait for the setup video I'll be looking forward to it!
Congratulations Daniel. Those are truly beautiful.
Beautifullll
They’re so beautiful! From my POV they seem more flexible than land snakes. As if they have more muscle. Or maybe they have less muscle but their “baggy” skin makes them seem more flexible. Idk but very cool, interesting snakes
wow tfs looking forward to seeing them in their set-up
Nice looking forward to see them in their enclosure!
I've been looking forward to this video. Not disappointed! Keep it up, and good luck my dude.
hey kerjiffles
@@steakneggs8010 ;)
Nice, the Afro is back! #freethefro
Feels like the bullfrog be judging me and all my life’s decisions
Look at that bull frog chillin 😂
Im excited to see the setup
They're so pretty! Hope they all do great! 😊
How freakin cool!!!!
I like your passion. I hit the thumbs way up button!
Amazing work daniel
Congratulations! I look forward to the next video on them :)
Beautiful
Damn. Thats awesome man!
Those snakes look so cool!!
Was the video of their setup never put out? I wanna see!!
That's what I'm saying :(
They are adorable.
Please do an update video on Saturn!! Please and thank you for all your content lover your videos!
Holy craaap
How cool
Beautiful animals for an amazing caretaker! Good luck with them
Loooove that shirt! Parasaurolophus is my absolute favourite of dinosaurs! Looking forward to seeing the setup you have for your new water noodles.
Wow awesome I love snakes
They’re so pretty!
Just so happy for you that they survived the trip. 🐍🐍🐍
Dang they're cool, I remember wanting to buy one at my local reptile store years ago ! Can't wait for the follow up video ;)
I’m new to your channel (first video ever) but after your intro I subbed right away! You’re awesome dude! Keep it up! (I also know what I’ll be binging for the next few days😂)
So relieved they are safe.
The intro is so inspiring! :) I have no idea why, but I like it :3
Absolutely beautiful snakes
Cool these are the kind of videos I subscribed for
I just found your channel and I love it and you!! Hope you post some more at some point you are just wonderful!!
where the update!?!
Awesome
just finished your food unboxing video and came to see this upload, oh you spoil us too much
I can’t wait to see the follow up on the sweet babies!
THEYRE SO CUTE
Uh! They are so cute! Can't wait for the next video :D Pretty new to the channel but i really admire your work and ethics :)
Diggin the shirt 😎🤙 peeping the nanocube 👀
Ok- ive seen,(on RUclips)the elephant trunk SPECIES- PUT THEM IN THE WATER!!
Very beautiful!
Aww they're adorable! Not gonna go get one obviously but what a cool type of snek.
Looking forward to the next video. Wasn’t aware there were constricting sea snakes.
Awesome pickups. I have 5 elephant trunk snakes. They are an amazing species to keep
VERY COOL YOUNG MAN 🙏🏻
Cool
OMG I LOVE THE PIXIE FROG!!!! LOL
I didn't know there was a marine species of file snake, that's so cool, they're in good hands with you, I hope they do well.
Dude! Cant wait a week! Lol
AWWWWWWWWSOME!!!!!!!!!
Omg your so lucky!!
“You’ll see a setup in about a week”😂😂
Oh I can’t wait to see your set up video on this lil lovelies! I’m soooooo curious!
Just found your channel and just want to say love your hair
COOL VIDEO 😎👍
I love how this used the royalty free youtube intro music but was subtle about it
That was lucky that they were fine even with the delay . Neat animals and great video . Thanks
I’m glad your snakes survived the trip to you. I myself owned one and it’s pretty cool to have and own
I love these danger noodles they're so beautiful n so fascinating. Really love how they move in water.
Also Ik the whole deal with your work is not to fear nature, and I agree, but I am shit - scared of your bullfrog. He lurks too well. Love him tho.
Good luck, n have a rad week.
I have a scar on my knuckle from him. His eyes are black holes which yield no mercy.
They are so cute
Keep up the educational videos you have potential
Me: *scared they'll bite*
The snakes: *chill as heck* 😎✨
These snakes don't bite.
Damn so adorable
I love your hair it’s so beautiful and big
They're so cute :) don't want one, but adorable!
Aweee
Man, you are crazy.
These are very cool and I'm excited for the setup video, but I really want to see Saturn!
Go check my Instagram!
awesome though
can you do a vlog or update on anything if you have the time? miss your content, been awhile.
I live your bullfrog. Please Do another video in him. Keep up the good work
I didn't know you can live bullfrogs
That's a Pixie frog
@@LissiKinz actually it's a African bullfrog
*love
@@piercebingham6721 a pixie frog is another name. It is an African pixie bullfrog. Same thing
That's so cool, I'm excited to see more on how they've been doing with you. I'm so glad they came to you ok, there really should be a new delivery company strictly for animal transport so animals dont have to sit around and wait so much.
I love lrr watching