Incredible Black Rattlesnake Found in Alabama! Rare Rattlesnake and Creek Full of Cottonmouths!
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- After a slow start to the trip, things pick up in Alabama in a big way with one of the best finds of the year!
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Finding rare color morphs in the wild has got to be the pinnacle of field herping!! Congrats sir!! Very nice!!
Reminds me of the white garter that was found recently. An IMG rattlesnake is a new one to find in the wild.
“Why is it black?!”
When herping it’s exciting, when you’re in a delivery room, mama’s in trouble.
What a stunner! A melanistic timber! WOW!!!
God, Noah, you can't just ask a rattlesnake why it's black.
No kidding! Geez. You didn't even ask it's pronouns!
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if youre from north alabama, why are you black
Underrated comment! Lol
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Congratulations on your spectacular find. That Timber was truly magnificent no matter where you would see it. Great Fun!!
That’s one of the coolest vipers I’ve ever seen. Hope he loves a long life with lots of babies
I just love how excited you get when you find a snake like this because your excitement is contagious!!! It definitely was gorgeous and it would be awesome to see something like that in person! I’m glad your trip got better and you got to see some snakes as well as other herps. I am looking forward to seeing what comes next and I hope we get to see more salamander eggs......or any eggs, or babies! Happy herping and take care Noah! I always click on your videos right away!!! 😄💙🐬🐊🐍
The Timbers in WV are pretty evenly split between yellow and deep black. It’s an old wives tale around here that the black ones are males and the yellow ones are female lol. I have always been blown away at how the ones you find look with the bronze stripe down the top of the back.
First the albino corn, now a melanistic rattler! That’s absolutely phenomenal, I could only dream of seeing either of them in the wild.
In Pennsylvania and adjacent states, about 50% of the timber rattlesnakes are "melanistic" / black phase, so not a big deal.
@@Steevee14 oh I had no idea. Still a really cool find, and interesting that natural selection is favoring this mutation so much.
I'll just keep saying it again and again; this is my favorite moment in all of your videos so far. Your reaction was priceless, and the best part is the fact that the reaction is100% warranted! That is the most beautiful rattlesnake I've ever seen, and the most unreal looking natural morph of anything as well! Just a spectacular example of nature at its finest.
Have you considered going back to that location in hopes of seeing him/her again?
Keep up the amazing work, Noah, and cheers from Western Oregon!
Is this a melanistic timber rattlesnake? This is so cool. I’m so jealous. What an amazing find!
It's a dark phase timber rattlesnake, they come in yellow phase and dark phase, and different shades in between.
I beIieve the darker ones are usually found in higher elevations and lighter ones in lower elevations.
We have dark and yellow phase timber rattlesnakes here in PA. Love the dark ones, but you can still see the pattern underneath.
This video reminds me of all my backpacking days were I walked through all kinds of brush, in mountains, coastal areas, etc., and how I never knew then how many vipers are common to certain habitats. It's amazing I was never bitten, likely walking right by and over some really dangerous, concealed venomous snakes!
I was thinking the same thing ...
Omg that rattlesnack was BEAUTIFUL!!! I didn't even know that rattlesnakes could be black! So cool!!! 😍😍🐍🐍
Also I love your videos! Thank u so much! Hope ur doing well! 👍❤
That's very racist of you to assume....
Lmao
I tried fishing at a river in Georgia! (Years ago when I was a teenager?!) Cottonmouth were falling outta trees into the water & crawling all over the place! Never went back there! Lol!
Enjoyed your post! The water cascading down at the end made me thirsty!
Amazing. Very lucky to find a wild melanistic like that.
I just love the black cranebrake. So beautiful.
I remember about 12 years ago I was doing some cell tower work down in Homerville Ga which is way down south near the Okeefenokee and saw a pure black Canebrake rattler. It looked just like the one here. I was amazed too but an old guy that was on the job site that lived in that area said he had seen a few over his lifetime in that area. Not common but he said that they are around and it was def a black Canebrake!😎🤘
I live in Douglas ga which is right by homerville. Seen a ton of rattlesnakes but never a solid black one
@@modest1989 Yea man that was a first for me. Like you I have seen plenty of the regular orange/pink ones but this was pure black and def a Canebrake and it wasnt small either!😎
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This has to be the coolest snake I have seen someone find on these kind of channels. Amazing find!
That is RARE’S A MAJESTIC BLACK CANEBRAKE RATTLESNAKE WOW🔥🔥🔥👌🏾‼️
Wow, the black rattlesnake is so beautiful ❤️
I once caught a white northern pacific rattlesnake. It wasn’t an albino with pink eyes, just white. I kept it in a terrarium for a few months and it gradually changed to grey then brown and finally olive green. I never have figured that one out.
ahh, so it was leucistic. Nice.
Most of my snake encounters in South Alabama have been pretty common except the other week. Most snakes will run from you when you walk upon them. This snake didn't run, He stood his ground and rattled his tail at me. I realized it might have been a rattle snake but it's color was black. When new people clear their land, our snakes go running. I decided not to mess with him, I yielded the path went around. Didn't realize it was rare though.
Amazing black rattlesnake! Super🎩
Our Timbers up here in New Hampshire are all black like that. I always assumed it was because in our cooler climate it helps them absorb more heat.
Probably it is for this. But those are not exactly like that. They are called the black phase.
This is melanistic.
This beautiful scenery of rocks, cliffs and creeks reminds me of my home state of southern Indiana-we have cotton mouths there too. We also have copperheads and timber rattlesnakes.
You make complex topics so easy to understand. 📚 Thank you for being an incredible educator!
Rattle Snakes that hang out in dark granite rocks in S. California have appeared very dark Black with a blue hue and get upwards of 5 to 6 feet long as well.
That black beauty was amazing.
Definitely my favorite! Awesome melanistic canebreak...!!! And ,, the moccasins in that terrain also,,, my favorite vlog of yours because of the surprises..
God damn that rattlesnake is bloody beautiful
I once found a melanistic Pygmy Rattlesnake, it was amazing. Black on black. Wish i would have got more footage and photos of it
What a spectacular snake! Beautiful.
Wow, awesome capture on that Black Timber Rattle Snake! Thanks for sharing that!
Noah freaking out is one of the best parts of his channels content!
Was in Greece and found myself a juvenile Balkan whipsnake... was amazing, such animated eyes!
I’m glad you loved that black rattlesnake, it took me a very long time to paint it and truthfully it was a little scary
Next time use spray paint-acrylic.
Did you really paint it?
I live in NE Alabama and I live up against the foot of a mountain with a creek and mini waterfalls so there are Timber Rattlesnakes or Canebrakes al over my property and several of them are pretty dark... especially the larger ones I've noticed... but I have never seen one this dark. Not even close! What an excellent find! 👏
This dude is brave
That area of Alabama reminded me very much of parts of Arkansas and Southern Missouri.
Great seeing some video of that awesome
snake, but what a day with the cool observations of unusual herps/ herps in unusual conditions.
The aesthetic of a cottonmouth sitting on the surface of a small pool or next to it in the rocks and leaf litter is really nice. Neat to see such a concentration of animals. It seems like those cracks are pretty important for the pickerel frogs too, at least during those conditions.
Twenty years ago found a solid black timber on the Kentucky indiana border. Cool video
Hahahaha! So cool to hear you chatter excitedly for two minutes before proclaiming that you are speechless:) Fourth day of spring here in Australia. Been wet for months and haven't seen a snake out since April. Really looking forward to some warm weather. My neck of the woods has you beat hands down for most venomous, but you leave us for dead as far as variety and colour- would love to do some herping over there. I mostly find eastern browns around my farm- the biggest was seven foot three. I like them a lot- apparently I'm weird:) Take care mate. Love your videos- and we need to see more of your lady than the occasional sneaker! Jay.
Amazing black canebrake!
Timbers have a certain propensity to be darker as you go into higher mountainous areas. It's speculated that it allows them to absorb the sun better on cooler days. I would agree. About 2 years ago a laterally striped copperhead was found and photographed in Natchez, Mississippi . Strange things pop up some times . I'm happy Yall got to see it in person and thanks for sharing .
I live in Alabama but I’ve only ever seen one rattlesnake, and that was on Dauphin island so I’m not a good person to consult what rattlesnakes normally look like unfortunately, but I’d love to find more! Great videos!
Lots of rattlesnakes in Stevenson Al
You probably walked by 100 of them and you just didn't notice
That black rattlesnake is 🔥 I love how black it's head is, it almost looks velvety 😍😍. And it's tongue is black too.
I’ve seen a couple of black Timbers, although one was closer to very dark brown. The black one was far more aggressive than just about any rattler I’ve ever seen. He did not try to escape, he went straight to strike pose.
I live in the South Mountains of North Carolina and I've seen 4 or 5 all black timber rattlers over the years. It's definitely rare treat to find one like that and what's interesting is the woods where you are look identical to the woods in the south mountains. Do you think it's possible it's a hybrid where a canebrake and timber mated?
I knew that black phase timbers exist, but I didn’t know of melanistic ones at all. This is darker than the typical blank phase. He is still keeping his pattern and rattles profusely as a self-respecting timber rattlesnake does.
Even in dry months during breeding season we used to find them in their normal territory despite the normal areas being dry. Also back in the 80’s I believe a research project followed and studied the cottonmouths in the mountainous areas of the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas. I believe it was done by the US Forest Service.
Watching your video brought back so many memories snake hunting with my Dad. He tought us girls all about them & reptiles. This summer my sister saw a black rattle snake at Arbuckle Lake in Oklahoma. She was like you, amazed. She called me to ask me. I told her timber rattler. Still in disbelief she had to Google it. Lol 🤣 Nice find! Thanks for the memories. I'm glad I stumbled onto your channel. Will be watching more.
That melanistic Cane Break was absolutely amazing!!
Once in a lifetime snake. fantastic. Silver eyes are beyond awesome looking. Great find!!
That is a unique color for a rattlesnake.
Several years ago in San Diego I came upon a black rattlesnake stretched out across a trail. It was over 5 feet and the only black rattlesnake I've ever seen. There were many brown to greenish rattlesnakes in the area, but this was the only one I ever saw. Really cool!
I live in north Alabama and I've seen thousands of snakes but not a black rattlesnake good catch
You may not believe me and I wouldn't blame you if you didn't but I saw a eastern Diamondback in Cave Springs Georgia near the state line of Alabama that's the craziest thing I've ever seen but what you found us the holy grail man!
What a beautiful snake. 😮
That's a beautiful Timber Rattler...
Beautiful Canebrake.
That timber rattler is wild looking. I've seen some darker than usual but never anything like that
Seen one of these before only once in my life fishing a pond with my dad in central Alabama when I was around 16-17. Was standing on the bank fishing when I looked to my right and there was a black rattlesnake about two feet to the right of me. Didn’t rattle didn’t even care was just soaking up some sun, amazing animals didn’t even know they could be black till that day.
Awesome show btw,… I am learning so much! And I love it,..it’s so much fun
That’s a beautiful melanistic timber. Can’t lie, I’d have collected that one lol. It’s darker than some of the Arizona Black Rattlesnake localities. That’s awesome.
“I just can’t describe this snake” snake:bunched up rattling. Me: I’d describe it as pissed off!
Noah, I just looked and you have 219k subs...Holy crap! That's awesome.
He got a ride down there 👍
I find in the last six months or so, I 've become fascinated by cottonmouths. My all time favorite is a big, fat eastern diamondback. Stay sharp sir!
Crazy question. I know Cottons and Coppers can mate. The second or third cotton you found sure had a hourglass pattern to it. Just curious if this might have been a hybrid? The open mouth tells the story but that pattern....the Timber was stunning, beautiful!
What we have here is a magnificent specimen of pure Alabama Blacksnake.... and it is quite Beucoup.. lol
Wow, very awesome timber! Very cool video!
that was awesome the rattlesnake was absolutely gorgeous congratulations on the find.
I'm glad they got rain
The black rattler is beautiful
Okay the first 10 seconds got me😂😂
Noah you are finding rare morphs time and time again in the wild. It's time to buy lottery tickets.
Haha, if I spent as much money on lottery tickets as I do on gas money I’d probably win a few bucks here and there.
@@NKFherping well here's to your geat success on this channel I go out herping too. I know there are days where you can't find a glimpse of anything. I'm glad these wild snakes keep making cameos for you. Love the content and I respect your messages of conservation.
Noah is actually a pretty cool dude .
A black rattle snake? That's very weird I've never heard of that. Awesome.
I found a Black one in Virginia maybe 20 years ago. Might have been about 4 foot and was as big around as a soda can. Wild looking rattler
Thank you I have never seen such a beautiful Timber rattler, around here in Southern Indiana they are bleached out Grey color
What an amazing find, that rattler looks so bad ass!
And it is
He warms up quickly in the morning
Lots of black rattlesnakes up here near Lake George, NY. Crazy to find one like that down south. Very cool find
Wow. Incredible find. Very cool
You’re right about the black phase ones, much more common about 100 miles north of my location (I live on Long Island, NY. No venomous (except rear fanged Hognose and garter snakes) here.). There is an area off the Hudson River near Bear Mountain State Park that has black phase, “canebrake” pattern, and melanistic. The melanistic ones stand out from the local black phase due to the latent patterning. We even had some that are a combination of the patterned and black phase, really interesting to see. I used to see them all the time near Silvermine Lake, but haven’t seen one there in decades. The zoo at the park also used to have one, but in haven’t been there in a few years either. Most of the snakes that I see upstate (that’s what metro NYers refer to everything north of Yonkers) are of the harmless variety now. Been quite a few years since the last time I saw any Copperheads as well. It’s difficult when it comes to snakes anywhere, people are so misunderstanding of the animals in general. I’m just happy to see any snake from time to time.
There is no rear fanged venomous garter snake in the us an as for the hog nose there venom isn’t even effective on a lot of humans must be allergic that’s if there tiny fangs can even get to you funny how people seem to think they know stuff.. big nose and garter snakes would never be classified as a deadly snake as if a cane break would.
Thanks for sharing your incredible find with us. We have a lot of Timber rattlers in our area and it's always a treat when we spot one on the farm.
We have a lot of Timber Rattlesnakes in the mountains of PA and the yellow phase is beautiful
so beautiful
I live in north Georgia, too, and I used to go walking in the woods all the time when the weather was warm. I never saw any snakes, but now I can't help but wonder how often a snake was _there,_ and I just never noticed it.
dang that black rattler is nice, maybe a hybrid of some kind
exactly what I thought and posted about 10 minutes ago...
As much as I'm afraid of snakes, that black rattlesnake was beautiful...
Every time I see a cotton mouth my thoughts are “Demon Demon!”
I've seen 1 all black Timber Rattlesnake here in Southern Ohio over the years. Most of the ones you see here are yellow with the tail section black
It looks like an Arizona black rattlesnake… in Alabama?!?!?
No
Thats what i said i have seen dens of black rattlers up high over 10,000 feet in arizona
Nice herpin! 👍
You think that black horridus was wild. You should go to Baldwin Co. AL and search for the black/florida intergrade pine snake.
I road cruised one summer of 92. It was half black, half Florida. Cheers!
Those cottonmouths had bright colors... Down south here in Alabama at the bottom, they only look like that when they are young. And gradually they get darker
Best reaction ever. Awesome find. That is one timber for the books for sure. Love your videos and keep doing what you love my man. I became a sub the first time I came across one of your videos.....
LOL, at first its thinking "well, its making so much noise so its not trying to sneak up on me, so I guess not dangerous" but later its thinking "dude won't leave me a lone. help! stranger danger!"
Awesome thanks so much for all your videos!!!!
Congrats on your awesome find! I live in NY about 45 miles NW of NYC and I sometimes see black phase timbers, but not as black as the one you found.