What a wild experience...I made my own snake leather
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Man, the no waste mindset is full on with Laura. Impressive. I love the "I ate the snake" mindset
To me, the phrase “I ate the snake” means “I did something most people wouldn’t do”. You took the road less travelled and you do so every day. Thank you for sharing your unconventional travels. This is exactly why I watch your channel.
Turning it into "snake mate" Tape Mate is the ultimate real life Red Dead Redemption 2 collectible side quest.
My god your face when you said "I kinda wanna eat it 🤷♀️" 😂 absolute gold!
You can also dig the skull back out in a few months and you'll have a cool sculptural object to put on your shelf!
Oh yes, definitely save the skull!
Laura, as a woodworker, conservationist and hunter/fisherman, this video couldn’t be more well positioned for me. Also, the description of your thought process, and your really ethical approach to your art is further exemplified in this discussion. I knew there was a reason you were one of my favorite RUclipsrs.😊
Save the rattle! I run a violin shop and fiddle players love to put them in their violins to help with the tone!
WHO KNEW?!! :::)))
Music and thousands years of evolution vibrating together... 😲
See if Xyla would use the rattle she just posted an electric violin build. I’m sure she’d resonate with the idea bwahaha
It's a very honorable act to eat the snake and create something both useful and beautiful from its skin. I feel you've set something in motion and started down an amazing new path in your life.
Oh yes! I am sure the snake feels the same way. I would definitely feel honoured if someone did it to myself and created something beautiful out of my skin.
Yeah yeah you’re would be tough. Bit of a little kid bragging.
@@KM-hn8ce Huh?
"I barbecued the snake" 😂 love it ! Of course you did. You're the 100 barbecues girl.
I love your journey so much, Laura. From junkyard creations to inventions to house builds to the newest and arguably most exciting chapter, it's been a privilege to ride along with you and your enthusiasm for new experiences. Thanks for being an inspiration!
A brief anecdote: when my friend was young he was in a similar situation-- very venomous snake killed for the safety of the neighborhood (could have been a rattler, could have been a copperhead, I don't remember exactly). My friend tried to preserve the head, but it went missing. Shortly after that, the neighbor's cat died unexpectedly (he's sure that it found and ate the head). If you ever come across another snake, be very very sure the head is far out of reach of your pets!
An afterthought, you might want to get a rattlesnake vaccine for Smudo. If he would unfortunately get bit, it will at least ease his suffering and help him recover. ❤
I'm from Texas. Several years ago, my great uncle killed a rattlesnake with a wrench. After the snake was dead, he reached down to pick up the wrench, and the dead snake lunged at him and bit his hand. He was elderly and lucky to survive.
When life throws you snakes, make snake lemonade.
😂
When life throws you snakes, make tacos!
Snemonade
Ate the snake reminds me of 2 sayings: Eat the frog first (do the biggest, most difficult task first) and how to eat an elephant: one bite at a time (every huge task is accomplished by doing one little step after each other...) and both fit so well to this channel I think!
I love the whole integration/embrace of our Wild West Americana....tumble weed, rattle snake barbeque, snake skin leather. I said to my class once, when they ask you to pick who you would want to be stranded with on a desert island, I would pick Laura Kampf because she would figure out how to make whatever we needed AND provide excellent barbeque. For the rattler's tail, perhaps a baby's rattle?
She moves to America and is already turning into a Savage 😂
But seriously, I love the thought process that leads someone to use their resources wisely. 🤘
Remember, the Germans are O.G., or rather O.B., Original Barbarians.
@@bobweiram6321 😂 the 1/16th German in me totally agreed with you
I’m a Southerner and the Rattle is popular for Bluegrass guitar players to drop into the body of the instrument for a little sizzle when playing rhythm 😀
LOL!😂😂😂
As someone who grew up poor and with hunters/fishers, I adore this video. I lived this way out of necessity and now out of morals.
Hi Laura, Your eating the snake reminded me of someone I met recently. She had trouble in school. Reading was her issue. As a now 50-plus year old she said that she couldn't make sense of forms, sets of instructions etc. It was a non-starter. Complete fear is what I sensed from her as a former teacher. You've said you had a problem with school and yet you are a natural learner and love learning! Kudos to you for moving forward with your passions and loving to learn. You should teach, and yes, with your videos, you are. I hope that you will be involved somehow with a school system to help generate more natural learning programs, or something like that. You are a wonderful teacher and you generate passion in others. Thank you for sharing that passion and for helping others to trust their instincts through your example. You are encouraging me to be more brave with my art work. Yay! If we all have the same respect for all living things only good things can happen. I love your videos!!!!!
In the spirit of eating the snake, I hope you get to go on some road trips around California with your family. It is one of the most beautify and diverse natural places on the planet, you can see so much on 2 or 3 day relaxed trips from home. From Death Valley to Mountains to natural bridges to awe inspiring trees that are taller than sky scrapers.
Excellent story. I'm glad you did the appropriate research! And made snake leather, how cool is that?!!!
You can order snake in some southern restaurants.
The name of your art exhibition! I Ate The Snake.
Hugs from 🇨🇦
Yep make sure you have Smudo trained to stay away from snakes!!!!!!
Very important!
Yep! Our dog was bitten by a poisonous snake and we were a 100km from civilization, so we almost lost her. Luckily, after an injection and about a week of just lying with minimal movement she managed to recover. It was a really frightening experience!
"Eat the snake" it my new motto. I love how this story summarises your new project, keep it lit!!
'I ate the snake' will hang beside my other motto of your creation, 'Let glue dry'. One to remind us all to slow down and enjoy the process, the other to prompt us to remain curious and as you said, be courageous. The commonalities are what link us as creatives, your enthusiasm enhances my curiosity and love for and wonder at the world we share with all living things. Thanks Laura for sharing a sense of friendship and collaboration in all you do, from Ballarat, Australia
I am a 64 year-old gray hair and you always inspire me to step outside of my comfort zone! “I ate the snake” is my new mantra!
Snake mate - omg this is awesome. We are gonna miss you in Germany but it's so exciting to see you live your best life
Dear Laura I love your reaction, your way of thinking. I call it "the why not ?" . The first question of a child is "why ?" The second one of a healthy brain should be "why not?" 😊 I understand !!! I think that it is the main reason why I really appreciate you.
I think there is one point missing… why ask yourself why or why not, just try…❤
😊 you get it ! That''s what I mean😉
Seeing you smiling so much while you tell the snake story made my day. I am happy that there are no rattle snakes in the wild in the Netherlands but if like to believe that I would be as brave as you neighbour and I would for sure gift you the snake.. I am loving the new content and cannot wait what you eill do eithe the rattle next week 💗
Don‘t mess with Laura and her neighbours or you become a snake mate!
What a story!
Snake rattles are often dropped inside fiddles to give them extra mojo!
Glad everyone was safe in the end. Now you'll be prepared for all the snakes!
After recently coming across a rattlesnake on a hiking trail, i came across some volunteers waking the trails to help tell people about avoiding snakes taking the same trail but in the opposite direction. Turns out, if you aren't trying to kill the snake, there is a 30-30 rule that can be used most places, but it takes patience. Stay 30 feet away for 30 seconds and the snake is likely to calm down from strike mode, then stomping on the ground as much and as hard as possible will encourage it to go anywhere else. There are plenty of reasons letting a dangerous snake go would not be the option someone will want or need to take, but that was very helpful for me to learn for when it is.
thanks for the trigger warning. snakes are a huge AAAAAACCCCCKKKKK for me. had a panic attack when one was found in my house stuck on the packing tape of a moving box. but i got through this. you handled the subject matter very well. thanks
For a variety of reasons, this project makes me think of Jimmy DiResta. A snake leather Tape Mate just seems like his kind of thing.
My brother’s dog faced off with a copper head🐍 and my bro killed the snake. Bro picked up the snake and tossed it in the bushes. The dead snake swung back and bit him. Bro went to the hospital where they proceeded to give him the antivenom. He went into anaphylactic shock, lost all bodily fluids and flat lined. They were able to bring him back. The next day he came to waking up connected to an IV. They had to tell him what happened as he had no recollection. Laura, so glad that you warned people that snakes 🐍 can still bite hours later.
You planted the head!? Oh no! Now you're going to have a rattlesnake tree😆😆😆😆 very cool story. And yes, waste not, want not. I live in the southern AZ desert and we get rattlesnakes a lot this time of year.
Please make the Illustration of the Snake as a shirt!!! 0:07
Brilliant!
😂 Was Du tötest , grille ich 😊
I saw the title and was grossed out but you brought me around. I'm so glad you didn't kill the snake, but that you ate it and made leather of its skin. You're awesome.
I have been watching your channel for years now. I have noticed a theme. There is nothing that goes to waste with you.
Make sure you treat the snake skin regularly or it will dry out and scales will flake off
When I was young, a neighbor showed me some rattles. They were very cool. After seeing my enjoyment, he asked if I wanted to taste some rattle snake meat he had smoked. It was delicious. Tastes like chicken. Juicy and tender.
You used the snake leather exactly the way i envisioned you would! 😊
I, too, have gone down the creative tunnel holes from unlikely events. The likelihood of my ADHD hyperfocus to kick in is higher. My happy place.
Here's to the unexpected.
May the event bring out the creativity within you.
Nuture the creative energy as you would a plant.
The energy is deeply rooted.
With the roots as the foundation, the stem breaks through the seeds outer shell.
It grows stonger. Ultimately branching out, insearch for the next dopamine hit.
A beautifully tree displays the manifestations of your creative mind.
Taking recycling to a new level! I love Laura's energy!
Your curiosity is what makes your experiences attractive. Using the resource available is the right thing to do.
Yes, when filleted and cooked like chicken over medium coals, it tastes like chicken. Yes the dried skins are lovely lil things. Texas city type cowgirl
It was so nice to see the creative spark in your eyes again! I think you’re on the right track!
Here in Georgia USA we have 'rattlesnake roundups'. You spend the morning catching 'em, you spend the afternoon cooking 'em.
I'm amazed that we had such a similar experience! Was in the desert in California, one of the individuals killed a snake, with a rock. They took the tail. I cooked the meat over a mesquite fire and two of us ate it. I used the salt process to preserve the skin and still have it! Looks very much like yours!
Well, the beauty of nature is that nothing gets wasted. So if you didn't eat it, some other creature(s) would have. But it's still a good story 😎👍🏻
What a good story and a good idea for using the snake skin. Never thought of eating the snake meat though. But glad you liked it.
What a great way of looking at life. Thanks Laura!
The Snake Mate is SO COOL. Awesome story!
This is amazing! Totaly would have had the same thoughts. And I finaly got hold of a tape measure clip. Yay!!
So great to see you having fun adventures and doing cool projects!
Next time in Austin you need to explore the food truck scene. Lots sell rattlesnake on their regular menu plus other interesting tastes.
I'm a displaced Austinite and came here to comment that everything here is SUPER common, killing to protect, tanning the skin and eating it. LOL
Many, many years ago I had bbq rattlesnake for dinner. It was prepared by cutting it into 4 - 5" sections, then parbroiling the meat. Sauce was put on it, then very briefly grilled. It was delicious! Getting the meat off the ribs was a bit of a task, but very much worth the effort.
Save up two rattles and have a creation competition with Simone, celebrating with snake dinners.
What a beautiful human you are Laura ... and what a lovely way to honour & respect the snake. 🎉 ❤
I don't think I've commented before but Laura I loved this video, I found myself smiling widely as you said "I hope you enjoyed this video". I've been watching since before Liselotte and I love this direction for you. I love the house content as well anyways but I'm so glad you're finding new energy in this direction ^_^
"I ate the snake" -- well that's a dozy of a saying for merch!
What a cool experience with a perfect result.
I love your mindset! So inspiring.
non the less it is a spiritual journey , your workshop sanctuary and you being inlightened just by your thankx and grace in each process... rock on !
That was a 4 year old snake. Count the rattles, divide by two, and that's the age.
Thats not true, rattle snakes often break their rattles. its just an old myth.
Nice Diamond Back Rattler.
The Diamond Backs are the worst, aren't they??🥺
@@AnnieWarbux The most venomous, you mean? In the entire world, no. The Inland taipan holds that distinction, and they're not in the Americas. It's not that the Western Diamondback is the most toxic of rattlesnakes. It's not. But they are able to deliver more venom when they envenomate.
@@celestine1964 ya... that's not good. Idk about all the worst venomous critters in the world but, I've heard that a diamond back is pretty bad. That's why I live where the Winter winds are the only thing biting at ya... (except mosquitos, of course)
Hi Laura, indians used to make babies toys with the rattles. They tied it in a little stick of wood and when they swang it, it makes noise.😉
We used to have a rattlesnake feast every year when I lived in Wyoming. It was a very small town. The proceeds went to our volunteer fire dept. And, Waste Not, Want Not.
I'm impressed. I am glad that RUclips once recommended your channel to me.
Australia: everything wants to kill you.
Laura: om nom nom
😂❤🎉
I'm loving where your channel is heading, Laura!
I am speechless. This is wild and beautiful and meaningful!
Moving to California is slowly Van Neistat-ifying your channel - and I mean that as a compliment. Really love where you are going. Bravo!
Thank you for not wasting the snake and congratulations on your new skills 👏
Did you gift it back to the neighbour? That would be such a rad full circle moment and they would surely remember that moment forever. What a fun project, loving that you are getting back to these!
I love that you used all the parts of the snake. It didn't die for nothing.
„I bbqed the snake“ is my new favourite sentence this year. 😂
If only we all had neighbors like Laura ❤
Great story and build. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Laura, your practical and adventurous spirit really brings a lot of joy into my life.
Stay curious and creative! We just love it.
I spent a summer doing field studies on prairie birds in western Canada. One morning we came upon a pheasant that had just been hit by a car. It ended up as dinner that night and I still have the tail. I never made anything with the tail, but I ate the pheasant!
Ok Laura, here are a few things to consider. 1. Ask your veterinarian about giving Smudo benadryl if he is bitten by a rattlesnake. I understood our veterinarian friends kept benadryl for their dogs. But you need to know how much and whether it will work with rattlesnake venom. 2. Grill the snake until done, not jerked, think chicken. Then, debone and make Snake tacos. 3. Fried Rattlesnake is reported to be better than fried chicken. 4. Check out Hamilton, Texas, and their Rattlesnake Roundup. They grow them big in the Hamilton area.
I LOVE how rogue your videos are becoming! :D
really excited to be along for the ride
When I was a kid growing up in Texas, lots of people had rattle snake rattles on their key chains.
Waste not want not !! Well done Laura Welcome to SoCal 😊
I ate the snake (colloquialism): When an unfortunate circumstance provides an opportunity for creative exploration that was seized upon by the speaker, often resulting in something surprising and awesome.
Example-
A: a car crashed into the side of my house leaving a gaping hole, which I then turned into a hobbit-door entrance for my kids
B: wow, you really ate the snake!
I ate the snake (colloquialism): When an unfortunate circumcision provides an opportunity for creative exploration...
I live in KC, watching you tell that story while wearing that hat tickled me in the best way possible.
The glycerin method does not make leather it just preserves the skin keeping it soft but it can't be used in the same ways that leather is used because the glycerin will leach out
When I lived in Topanga Canyon in 1970, we were across the street from what later became a State Park and each evening after dinner, we'd walk our little circuit of perhaps two or three miles around it on trails passing through various terrain, past diverse dilapidated metal works of some kind indicating that both mining and storage had once gone on there before the lamentable human practice of simply abandoning everything in place with no regard for the natural environment whatsoever. We'd hear the rattles during our treks, but never saw any of the rattlers themselves. The most adventurous thing I ever ate was probably Bambi, in a restaurant in Hamburg when I was nine, but only the once.
Thanks!
Incredible, and it turned out so beautiful
So many people have so many wonderful ideas and don’t follow through with them
And then there’s you, my dear Laura. You make dreams come true. 😘
I really wished you had a cam that shows your audience, while realizing what went on (eating a snake ). 🤣 But big THX for charing all of your ideas with us, not only the "normal" ones.
Cooked an 8 Small rattler in girl scouts backpacking in 60s. Some were too creeped out to eat it. Not much flavor. Loved camping.
I love your work! This is possibly the most German video you’ve ever made!
I love this. I love how your mind works.
You're GENIUS!!! Can't say more... A BIG THUMBS UP!!!
Usually, I'll watch your videos as I'm having breakfast on Sunday. When I saw the title I said, "OK, I'll pass for now."
But it's later in the day and I was just too curious to see what it meant.
I'm really glad I came back to it. "I ate the snake" is a fantastic encapsulation of the mindset you've been describing and I think it's the perfect guiding principle going forward.
My favorite video so far from you Laura!
great story and video, as always. i wonder wthat are you listening to while working?
As you (potentially) continue with projects like these with animal/plant parts, I'd recommend looking into local species at risk lists where you are to prevent harvesting anything rare. Same would go for species that are invasive/non-native
Fascinating tale! Thank you.
You are savage!...."I ate the snake!" love it.
Good for you for not wasting it
Clever lady you! Loved the music, thank you.