Swamp Hiking for Snakes in Georgia! Kingsnakes, Cottonmouths, Canebrake, and More!
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- A great couple of outings in search of early spring snake activity in Georgia!
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Back in November I found 4 really young five lined skinks and brought them inside for the winter. They are already about half grown and I can already tell that I have 2 males and 2 females. My males are already getting the red heads and they are starting to spar with each other sometimes. I also have 3 adult females and 1 adult male in hibernation in a bin on my porch. I can't wait until April to get everyone outside in their 100 gallon bioactive enclosure. I never leave them in the enclosure to hibernate because they can't dig down below the frost line in the enclosure and will freeze to death. I brought the babies inside to feed them over the winter and give them a headstart. I breed red runner cockroaches for them and I have thousands of red runners. Five lined skinks are great pets and can actually live to 12 years old. I personally think that they do much better when they are kept outside and can get natural sunlight. Mine actually do a legit job for me by protecting my strawberry plants that I have planted in their enclosure and they are very good at it. I used to have 3 DeKays brown snakes in the enclosure but they all passed away without reproducing which leads me to believe that they were all the same sex.
That sounds like a neat setup that you have! My brother had a nice bioactive terrarium set up a LONG time ago, and he had a pair of Ground skinks actually lay eggs that hatched..They are unbelievable small as hatchlings...
It's Awesome to find snakes in the wild
Hi NKF! i had a suggestion, you should do a video on reptile photography! i love your photos and im sure we could all appreciate some photography tips for herps! especially since there are not many videos for herp photography on YT
I second this.
same@@Isaac-The-Colubrid
As always, I was delighted to see a green snake.
Amazing what you find at the dump.
do a video on where and what to look for. TY
TOP KNOTCH AS ALWAYS! Thanks Noah for all the work you put into these videos. They are amazing to watch. Stay fly my guy and I'll catch you on the flip-side.
Richard from Arkansas
Beautiful!
Things are picking up. The more snakes the better. Lol
Thanks again 👍
The junk makes good habitat and grows more like the it, nice green snake
More beautiful specimens.
So many junks in the woods in the 1st leg of the video, it was a little depressing tbh. People have no respect for their environment 😢
It’ll be alright, just try and enjoy the video.
Like me, Noah is an avid naturalist who loves the environment. I bet like me he often cleans up some of this trash when he finds it too.
Don’t get too depressed over it, often times this “trash” also forms usable habitat for the animal too.
Humans are the only species on the planet known to completely destroy our environment to live in it.
This area is a floodplain where a lot of trash from the cities upstream accumulates. Hence the tires and wood, things that can float into the forest when it floods.
@@NKFherping
Oh ! OK. I didn’t thought about flooding. Thanks for the feedback.
Trash isfrustratingbut nature usually finds a way of using it. People dumping truckloads depresses me when I’m out and about.
Some weird and wonderful down there in the Deep South, Noah. Thanks as always ❤
It's time to introduce us to the King finder Kaitlen.
My guess is that she doesn’t want to be on screen.
I'm always wanting to learn more about snakes since I'm terrified of them! Thank you both for showing us the sweet toads and newts :) I didn't know herpers were a thing! Subscribed~
I enjoyed the video! I especially enjoyed the newer identification content on the five-lined skinks and the toad.
If you’re interested, the sundews are drosera brevifolia or dwarf sundew. They typically like slightly drier areas than drosera capillaris, the pink sundew
You’ve got the tires. Just need the hoods 😎
Did you figure out what the weird water snake was? He was unusual.
Great video - thanks.
I am a subscriber and greatly enjoy your content. Your knowledge is vast. One bit of advice if I may offer it, explain the types of prey and feeding behaviours of the many snakes you find on your channel. Keep up the good work
Ribbon snakes are ALWAYS feisty lil shoelaces
Great video !!! Congratulations by Brazil !!!! 🐍🐍🐍
Great video as always Noah! I hope the rest of the trip goes well!!! 😄💙🐬🐊🐍🫶🏼
Such a variety of species down there in Georgia especially for winter time. Wish it was like that here in Vermont.
Funny how much the tiny Narrowmouth toads resemble the aquatic “African frogs” from above; fat and squat with pointy heads.
Yet another great video.
great!💪
Those white wall tires were a witch to keep clean. Thought that newt was John Cleese at first.
The birds do be birding out there
I'm lichen what i'm seein'. 😆
I'm glad I'm not the only one that caught that😂😂
Those narrow-mouthed toads are inoffensive, slightly toxic and go with anything. They may protect the green snake eggs from ants and green snakes may stay with their eggs. Microhylids function as a cleanup crew in tarantula burrows already. Also nice kingsnakes and great number of water snakes.
Kaitlyn or Caitlyn- I’m just gonna call her Eagle Eye - lol love the kings
Great stuff. I have seen a bit of herpetofauna, but the temperature fluctuates a lot before winter really ends out here.
I noticed that when you showed the pig frog, the scientific name in the caption was _Rana grylio_ . I am curious, why did you use _Rana_ instead of _Lithobates_ ?
We just started watching you and have enjoyed your programs. Have you ever been bit? And if so by what kind of snake?
For whatever reason, the herping in Florida this month has been dry. Probably because it is dry. Need more rain
11:20 i believe that is a florida banded water snake, i could be wrong.
Do you ever run into feral hogs when you're out there? And if yes is it an "oh cool" moment or an "oh shit" moment?
Hey bro I have a BOMB A$$ spot in Warren county ga for rough greens. They. Are. Huge. It would be awesome to drive you around on the property and just learn stuff. Last year in September I caught a 4 ft rough green (no exaggeration) man she was massive!!!! Been feeding on those HUGE 2 1/2 inch grasshoppers I reckon… It would be an honor to have ya
Think that hotel slug was a new species
I wonder if the green snake eats animals that are drawn by the scent of her hatched eggs? That might explain why she winters at the nest site.
I want to say Green Snakes will communally nest.
You're just trying to get me out to GA with all these critters. I see what you're doing. 👀
Is the ribbon snake going to eat the newts?
I'm further north near Atlanta. We are just dipping into the 60s a bit on good days but haven't had much sun. Any idea if I could see snakes coming out of brumation up here yet, or should I look for more consistently sunny weather?
Yup, they’re poking out around Atlanta already. Look in spots that get a lot of sunlight and you could see some early baskers.
@@NKFherping Thanks! That rules out my otherwise perfect property; we have too many trees. It's nicely wooded along the stream which is where we have a big brush pile. Maybe later in the year when it gets warmer we'll see them back there. I fussed at my husband for mowing down the blackberries!
do you mostly go to WMAS?
Are you at Jesup Georgia ?
How come we never get to see Caitlin?😢
anyone know any good apps for herping ?
Could you please talk real quick about what sorts of insect protection products you use?
Many of the insect repellants are toxic to amphibians. I would be curious to hear if Noah knows of anything that works and still allows handling of the herps.
@@tkreitler right but I hear the ticks in Florida are murderous, so I imagine that's the case in Georgia too.
I don’t use anything to repel insects, I don’t want to expose the animals or environment to unnecessary chemicals and they don’t work for me anyways. I wear shorts and sandals often during tick season so I feel them when they hit my skin and crawl, so I can remove as many as possible before they get a chance to attach.
@@NKFherping thanks for the response reptibro.
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If it were me, I’d have big construction bags and pick up all of the garbage! I hate that people are so disrespectful of our planet, STOP LITTERING!!! 🤬🤬🤬
T
So much trash.