Field Herping in Japan: Finding the MAMUSHI!
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- A great day of herping, despite the minor hiccups, in a new region of Japan! We find two more beautiful Tiger Keelbacks, and our first Japanese Pit Viper!
Side note: we finally reached enough species for the year I can no longer fit the list in the video description! Attached below is a Google Doc that I will keep updated going forwards.
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You should look for the Japanese giant salamander.That would be an amazing video!
I keeping hoping for the same. It would be very cool if Noah could find one and film it.
Spoilers he finds a couple
I just got back from Japan. I would have loved to go herping for giant salamanders, unfortunately my trip was extremely busy already. I did see turtles and frogs. But sadly no lizards nor snakes.
The Mamushi reminds me more of a Cottonmouth than anything. I'm always enjoy this channel but the Japan videos have been especially enjoyable.
I came on here to say the same thing. Definitely looks like a cotton mouth
You are one of the best channel in the world!
Wow the tank is an interesting looking vehicle. Also nice to see other species of herps.
The shikansen was such a cool experience. I took it from Tokyo to Kyoto and back when i visited in 2017. One of the many cool things i got to experience. I hope to get back there one day. Looks like you guys had a lot of fun, I'm enjoying these videos a lot!
Your passion always shines. And the food looks great too!
Great finds as always, Noah!
I look forward to these videos. This the most wholesome thing I watch on RUclips.
Congrats on the mamushi! Really liking that yellow on the smaller tiger keelbacks.
Awesome video as usual Noah! I am so so glad that you/we are getting to see some of your lifers! I am enjoying these videos so much. I just can’t wait for the next! Happy herping!!! 😄💙🐬🐊🐍🫶🏼
Mamushis are gorgeous! I love their wildcat-like markings!
I keep being reminded of how places look like other places. I love the frogs you are finding.
Bingo we got a Mamushi! Heck yeah! Nice finds today. I actually really appreciate the travel footage. Its special given that you are abroad and all. Were the Japanese McDonalds fries the same the USA fries?
Yep, the fries are indistinguishable!
I just got back from Japan. Basic burger, chicken nuggets and fries taste exactly the same. but the ebi burger is delicious! Its shrimp in a ?chicken patty, w lettuce and big mac sauce.
Nice, that's awesome that you found that Pit Viper, it's so difficult to go somewhere new and actually find stuff without help. Great job Noah, I'm excited for you.
You gotta take me Herping when I come to Georgia if your available, my son is now at Fort Gordon in Augusta so I know I'll be down there at some point.
wonderful serie of videos thanks !
I'm glad you're alright! awesome herping, Noah!
Fantastic find on the Mamushi. That thing looks like a Cottonmouth. Smart to hit the rice paddies. I always have good results herping agricultural areas.
You know, I absolutely love this channel and is my favorite herping channels, it has such a small uhhh hometown? Vibe to it if you can call it that, like you don't go on exotic ventures or anything, it's all just backyard stuff and I love it, ik this is kinda exotic but it's still backyard stuff, anyone in that neighborhood can walk that mountain, idk I just love something about it, yea people herping in the desert and like far off places where not just anyone can go, and idk if I'm forgetting a time where you did, but that'd be fine because both is fine it's just the backyard feel, feels so homey ig, I've been watching for awhile now
Also I'm from Georgia so that helps to lmao
The black turtle was very cool. Thanks for showing it.
A little late with this comment but I wanted to weigh in with a comment as a subscriber to the channel.
I've been to Japan on three occassions for trips totalling about a year and a half in duration. I enjoyed your coverage of your recent trip there.
I would highly encourage a return trip there as you barely scratched the surface of that amazing country. It is just so lush with so nuch biodiversity as you could see even in tiny little pockets in major cities. I'd encourage you to visit Shikoku, reasonably easy to get to but still remote and a stunning amount of flora and fauna. But there is really not a bad destination you could choose for making stunning videos of local herping.
Can’t wait for the next one Noah - rat snake incoming
Awesome finds!
Beautiful snakes man great video just watch out for those jumping poles😂
man i wanna go to japan so bad!! so awesome to see these japan videos!! what a delight! Are you guys into cars? I know the jdm car scene there is huge. That toyota tank was awesome lol i want one. its like a scion xb but way more modern and better
The cars and trucks I saw last month in Japan, they are all so tiny and compact!! very square, boxy shaped too. I dont like how boxy most are.
This Tiger keelback I saw in Viet Nam in the late '60's. Never knew what it was and had no idea it was venomous. Neurotoxic venom? Encountered a lot of other snakes many of them were found the hard way by the Marines I was with. Cool video.
My uncle had some incredible experiences with all kinds of wildlife in Vietnam as a fellow vet. Sounds like one hell of a jungle out there. Thank you for your service.
Wow! I knew nothing about any herps from Japan prior to your videos, but it's incredible how similar looking the Mamushi is to a Cottonmouth!
Thanks again 👍
Tiger keelbacks look like kirklands/garter/brown snakes!
Kinda crazy!
Super cool!!!
Wonderful animals 😍!
Nice video!
Had a texas longnose right at my feet last night! Super cool coloring!
It kind reminds me of...a Scion XB...which it probably essentially is.
Great finds!
Honestly, if I saw that tiger keel back I would have thought that was Japan’s version of our garter snakes. They look so similar. At least to me….. love the content Noah.
yeah, if you ignore the yellow ring, the color & pattern is very similar to a redsided garter
@@michaelnewell9662 I assume your comment was meant to insult me which is fine. My point was, if a person from the US came across one of these in Japan I don’t think they would think “hey, there’s a venomous poisonous snake” because the head and body shape are similar to that of a garter snake which they may know are harmless. Also, garter snakes’ colors and patterns vary widely from location to location so you can’t even use color and pattern alone to determine what they are.
I understand that this is a herping channel, not a food channel, but so far you've teased me with 7/11 spicy chicken and the samurai mac and did not give your review of either! I'm dying out here with curiosity
Neither were fantastic to be honest, but they weren’t bad either.
7/11 spicy chicken is tasty, but not spicy.
Samurai Mac was too rich, but not bad either. The roasted soy sauce dominates the flavor, it would probably be much better if applied a bit more conservatively.
@@NKFherping thank you! My soul can rest easy now haha
The mamushi looks somewhat like our cottonmouth. Cool!
💚 #Protecttheunloved
That little keel looked a garter, great coloration. 7-8 hrs on trains and fast ones, that's the grind. Worth it though for what you saw, esp the Gloyd. Bummer on the vehicle, seems like an isolated incident as I've never messed up a vehicle herping.
The turtle looked like it had fingerprints on its shell. Great video
You've got to do the saw-scaled viper. Great great video. 👍
You shared a lot of details and created a great content 16:07
LETS GOOOOO! MAMUSHI!!!!
The Mamushi was extremely cottonmouth-esque. It's head surprisingly so.
The reevesii was really cool. I believe Japan's Reeves locale are bigger and much darker than mainland locales.
You stay there ? Guys have a nice holliday and find much much Snakes. This Train is next to the German ICE it goes 300km /h very fast.
Reminds me of a cantil. Seems very Agkistrodon like
For real! looks like cottonhead hybrid, but the face structure is different...
you should go to the Florida everglades
welcome to Japan！！！！
Okane kasegu, orera wa star,Okane kasegu, watashi wa Star, star, star,
Some nice finds...do you know if Mamushi are found anywhere closer to Tokyo?
They are, but I wasn’t able to find them in any of the places in went in the Tokyo area.
Make à video of the habu pit viper in Okinawa if possible
Cool video! Just curious, what about the language barrier?
im Japanese people
1:54 tonosamafrog
2:26 harabiromantis
3:08 yamakagasi
4:10 tsuchifrog
8:23 kusatutor
10:00 hibakari
10:30 mamushi
The mamushi looks a lot like a cottonmouth!!!
If you ever come back to the US please visit Oregon and find some native Oregon herps.
The mamushis use to be so available in the US....I use to get them at the venomous shows for $35-$55. Now you don't see them at all!!!
That viper looks very similar to a cottonmouth
There should be enough kudzu to keep you from getting homesick.
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If you go to Okinawa look for Habu.
That Mamushi has a head that looks like a Cottonmouth.
People rarely get a look at the calm Japanese countryside.
It’s always billions of people flitting around between whizzing neons in Tokyo….
Thanks 👍
Okinawa has some reptiles
Is this a viper they call the Japanese Water moccasin?
Yep, I believe that’s another one of the common names for it.
So, I know a sh!t ton of American snakes, some African and some Australian, so my dumba$$ would pick up that keelback thinking it was a ringneck or checkered garter
(The baby keelback)
Pretty sure it's a Japanese water moccasin or that's what it's called.
aka the mamushi
@jacobdanner5800 yeah I know that's the name but it's also called Japanese cotton mouth
You found Mothra pupa, find Godzilla
Keelbacks inflating the neck is warning behavior, like cobras or mambas hooding. It's advertising its toxicity, not "flexing the poison gland".
Otherwise cool to see snakes not normally seen on herping videos.
Yeah, except that isn’t at all the behavior I was referencing. It’s the neck arching behavior where the nose is pointed into the ground, with the neck bent at an uncomfortable angle to present the exact location of the poison glands to a would-be predator. It isn’t a coincidence that cobras and mambas *don’t* do that, but the snake that stores sequestered toxins in the neck does.
@@NKFherping Right. That's a warning behavior. I realize cobras and mambas don't do this exact thing. But i said like, as in similar, as they are all using the neck to convey a message. I thought flexing, as you said, wasn't quite making the point. However, your explanation above is much clearer.
Have you ever been bit by a venomous snakes before?
Nope, at least I’ve never been envenomated by a dangerously venomous species. Depends on what you consider a venomous snake.
Cool!
500 yen for ur information is equivalent to 5 dollars
5 Trains?? Are you in Okinawa? Waiting patiently…………will “The Bite” happen here????
Good idea! Let him lose in the Rice Paddies where he can bite someone else!
people kill more people per year than snakes. do you think people should be killed if you run into them?
Look for a Japanese rat snake their beautiful
Huh.. I thought keelbacks were natricines and that all of them give live birth.
Japan is about 93.5% the size of the State of CA. The USA is much bigger. It's more efficient to fly around the USA than to take a train.
It’s almost as if we don’t have a high speed rail system!
@NKFherping Poor planning and voter apathy in CA. But on the East Coast, there's SEPTA around Philly, and Amtrak in the Bos-Wash corridor. NYC and Chicago have their own systems. For the most part, flying suits a nation that's about 3000 miles east/west and about 2000 miles north/south.
Plz - NEVER hit a pole with car. From experience.
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The viper was mad at y'all because y'all interrupted his dinner. You saved the life of that frog, you know that viper was bout to nail that frog for a snack