Encountering a Monster Mamba | Snake City

It’s the thickest black mamba Simon or Siouxsie have ever caught, and it nearly bites them both!
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  • @conniecrawford6429
    @conniecrawford64295 жыл бұрын

    It takes really special people to do this job. You guys put yourselves on the line every time you have a call to come get the snakes. God bless you both..

  • @earthyjendral
    @earthyjendral5 жыл бұрын

    The kitten 😭

  • @hotfood947

    @hotfood947

    4 жыл бұрын

    Poor kitten

  • @karimanning9232
    @karimanning92325 жыл бұрын

    So sad for the poor little kitten!

  • @cheekynham2411
    @cheekynham24116 жыл бұрын

    What is a Black Mamba doing at a university? Getting a PhD in Criminal Justice?

  • @msg4deworld

    @msg4deworld

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha, Am sure there is joke in there somewhere....

  • @madalitsogadama3904

    @madalitsogadama3904

    5 жыл бұрын

    kkkkk

  • @asunavillaflor5771

    @asunavillaflor5771

    5 жыл бұрын

    psabonhoko pic of

  • @yanitzaruiz5739

    @yanitzaruiz5739

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂😂

  • @johancoetzee1602

    @johancoetzee1602

    5 жыл бұрын

    Chemical engineering

  • @abiolasulaiman4714
    @abiolasulaiman47146 жыл бұрын

    Damn, I feel sorry for Kobe. Even in retirement, he still has people bugging him.

  • @fatdepressed3071

    @fatdepressed3071

    6 жыл бұрын

    .That's a gold comment right here

  • @odinponzi9224

    @odinponzi9224

    6 жыл бұрын

    Abiola Sulaiman hahahahahahahahahha

  • @LGjosh_YT

    @LGjosh_YT

    6 жыл бұрын

    Josh love you we want you to do more videos

  • @zaxby1017

    @zaxby1017

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lmao thats why i click it. Kobe has yet invaded someones space

  • @KN-ko8ez

    @KN-ko8ez

    5 жыл бұрын

    Abiola Sulaiman LMAO, you ma’am win the internet. 🤣🤣

  • @ducati10985
    @ducati109856 жыл бұрын

    Ants: bet you can't take a bite out of the humans Mamba: hold my rat *spits out*

  • @SAJEDMUNIR
    @SAJEDMUNIR6 жыл бұрын

    Mamba fascinates me it's such a dangerous snake

  • @Ronin4614
    @Ronin46145 жыл бұрын

    This is the first time I've seen any snake vomit up anything. Trying to relocate a Black Mamba is akin to dancing with the Grim Reaper, scary animal.

  • @taurauross9576
    @taurauross95765 жыл бұрын

    Snake city you guys are my best in the snake business.. I like how well you know your snakes..I also love snakes..👍👍from Botswana

  • @BLUEOHIO
    @BLUEOHIO5 жыл бұрын

    I started watching Snake City and love it!!!

  • @zzz_0777

    @zzz_0777

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wanna become a snake catcher like them 🔥

  • @sarbeswardash2

    @sarbeswardash2

    3 жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @sarbeswardash2

    @sarbeswardash2

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zzz_0777 you should take training for this...tnx from india

  • @ishajaspa7558

    @ishajaspa7558

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @scottzvidzo5564
    @scottzvidzo55644 жыл бұрын

    Suzie is so brave & really calm , she must be an exceptional pro , love U Suzie !

  • @Navillea

    @Navillea

    4 жыл бұрын

    Siouxsie is how you spell her name NOT Suzie look it up

  • @TheModernDespot
    @TheModernDespot6 жыл бұрын

    The guy is like a combo between Steve Irwin and Chris "Birdman" Andersen.

  • @deadpool6072

    @deadpool6072

    4 жыл бұрын

    HAHAHA

  • @Xierrafanny4826
    @Xierrafanny48266 жыл бұрын

    Poor kitten. 😢

  • @bluecouchpodcast24
    @bluecouchpodcast246 жыл бұрын

    It's mating season for Black Mambas and I happen to live next to this university in Durban,South Africa 🇿🇦 ... It does get a little uncomfortable as we near a nature reserve and black Mambas love this area

  • @rjm5080

    @rjm5080

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mondli Msomi I hope people just don’t kill these innocent creatures for no reason, it’s best to call animal control or someone who would remove the snake from such places. They deserve the right to live just as any person.

  • @carrie8541

    @carrie8541

    4 жыл бұрын

    They love Durban...true.

  • @chunquanhuang621

    @chunquanhuang621

    Жыл бұрын

    True

  • @chunquanhuang621

    @chunquanhuang621

    Жыл бұрын

    Poor fing

  • @jeffrey5125
    @jeffrey51256 жыл бұрын

    I never get why they were shorts/skirts while... ya know... going after a snake. Why would you ever leave so much bare skin?

  • @csabeekov5767

    @csabeekov5767

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jeffrey they will bite thru clothes duhhh

  • @Synbronze

    @Synbronze

    6 жыл бұрын

    cause its more comfy and you can move freely, plus if you get bitten by a snake your body feels hot which makes your heart beats faster as well as pumping of the blood, the faster the heart beats the quicker the venom/poison spreads to your body

  • @davidmellish3295

    @davidmellish3295

    6 жыл бұрын

    They can move more freely and the clothes won’t protect them unless they are wearing some sort of protective gear the snake will go through their clothes like a knife through butter

  • @lxr0913

    @lxr0913

    6 жыл бұрын

    but there has to be some type of professional suits that can protect them better..

  • @tobyonekenobe

    @tobyonekenobe

    5 жыл бұрын

    But these two are not professional herpers or reptile handlers, but amateur You tubers trying to do an Irwin and are probably going to get themselves bitten one day.

  • @66shotseveryday15
    @66shotseveryday156 жыл бұрын

    WOW I luv this

  • @oracle-fx
    @oracle-fxАй бұрын

    Motivational speaker: It's in you. If they can do it, you can do it too. Yes you can! Me: No I can't... This can never be me.

  • @stefanod8360
    @stefanod83606 жыл бұрын

    More snakes, more tattoos!!

  • @abdulb2815

    @abdulb2815

    6 жыл бұрын

    Stefano D looool

  • @EpitomeRi
    @EpitomeRi6 жыл бұрын

    I can't wait to watch this episode

  • @nunopit7439
    @nunopit74392 жыл бұрын

    Jacob Arnold makes them look like amateurs. I believe that all the drama is just for show. Search for Jacob's channel to see how relaxed he is catching mambas

  • @Leopardmeister
    @Leopardmeister5 жыл бұрын

    Such Brave Guys

  • @lillianm.munyao7793
    @lillianm.munyao77933 жыл бұрын

    ....am addicted to "snakes in the city"

  • @nadirrabah6756
    @nadirrabah67564 жыл бұрын

    Fair Game (Gregg Henry 😂😂)

  • @naturaferox9201
    @naturaferox92013 жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful snake.

  • @18618madeinamerica
    @18618madeinamerica5 жыл бұрын

    That snake would've been choking had I been there, I'd tried to secure it without killing it. But no way am I allowing it to ready it's self for battle. Simply too dangerous IMO but of course I'm an armature and they seem pretty comfortable dealing with it. I couldn't actually see how close it came to biting his foot, no way I'm chancing an ordeal like a bite from a Black Momba. It's not as if there aren't plenty of them around. Very well done though it's always good when no one is harmed including the snake.

  • @nicholasrambaran5771
    @nicholasrambaran57715 жыл бұрын

    Now this is a titanoboa.

  • @kevinchadler469
    @kevinchadler4693 жыл бұрын

    Mamba by far is the most dangerous snake in world!!! Toxicity, speed, and aggressive nature no other snake even compares? Also, 3rd most venomous land snake, good luck dealing with one of them bad boys? Lol

  • @visharadrawat977
    @visharadrawat9775 жыл бұрын

    "Buckle up for Kobe Bryant!!! Kobe Bryant just sucked the gravity out of the Target's Center".

  • @manuelcheung2917

    @manuelcheung2917

    4 жыл бұрын

    RIP Kobe Bryant

  • @shaungovender1433
    @shaungovender14336 жыл бұрын

    If I see a snake in durbun I definitely call you guys

  • @parshiwal887
    @parshiwal8875 жыл бұрын

    2:22 , what a beauty

  • @ANGGIPENJELAJAHALAM
    @ANGGIPENJELAJAHALAM2 жыл бұрын

    Great video

  • @eliastaveras7824
    @eliastaveras78246 жыл бұрын

    Where was that filmed

  • @rickjason215
    @rickjason2152 жыл бұрын

    Jason Arnold calmly captures the snake. None of all this brouhaha.

  • @michaelyoung6818
    @michaelyoung68186 жыл бұрын

    Viper Keeper is not plastered head to toe with tattoos. Especially on the friggn neck. WTF????

  • @TotalMishap
    @TotalMishap4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for NOT showing us the large Monster mamba.

  • @pushkarnakil8424
    @pushkarnakil84247 ай бұрын

    Where is full video?

  • @kudamakoni6832
    @kudamakoni68326 жыл бұрын

    Looks like im not going to Durban for a looooooong time!

  • @jasposaurusclip
    @jasposaurusclip8 ай бұрын

    When the Black Mamba trying to spit out, I thought it was like a rat or mice or something but until they say They spit out kitten, I went Ayo what!? and going confessed for a moment.

  • @genixreaction6865
    @genixreaction68653 жыл бұрын

    Black mamba I saw it in tv so much of episodes

  • @bustarogers9990
    @bustarogers99905 жыл бұрын

    I reckon he should get a couple more tats so his cool factor will go through the roof.

  • @kierontemnov2452
    @kierontemnov24526 жыл бұрын

    What a beauty

  • @globe255
    @globe2556 жыл бұрын

    The tattooed pair with a snake.

  • @sethryals705
    @sethryals7055 жыл бұрын

    I don't know how this guy wears shorts because his balls are so big. This is a real legend

  • @kushalsingha2412
    @kushalsingha24126 жыл бұрын

    His tattoo made him look like a snake

  • @lbo6050
    @lbo60506 жыл бұрын

    They feel bad for the snake.. But not the kitten? 🤔😑

  • @caracasboogie
    @caracasboogie6 жыл бұрын

    Ladies and gentlemen, introducing KOBE BRYANT of the snake world.

  • @kujojotaro3821
    @kujojotaro38215 жыл бұрын

    I like snakes, but they always kept you waiting for something.

  • @levonthedon
    @levonthedon5 жыл бұрын

    They are definitely over doing it! Poor snake

  • @donaldtrump233
    @donaldtrump2336 жыл бұрын

    They need a Snakesearchincam

  • @blackkitti405
    @blackkitti4056 жыл бұрын

    I always watch this on my TV but dont say ‘you need shotguns,riffles,and fire things’ because they can caught snakes with non fire stuff,you liked use fire things bc you push,and fire.but they use their energy to catch snake for FREE them

  • @AntonyRastaboy
    @AntonyRastaboy5 ай бұрын

    Poor lil kitty

  • @Meownold
    @Meownold6 жыл бұрын

    You made him spit out his kitten sandwich.

  • @TheMick200
    @TheMick2006 жыл бұрын

    Is that...did that snake vomit?

  • @juliaheuken7134
    @juliaheuken71346 жыл бұрын

    Sehr gefährlich sich mit so etwas abzugeben.

  • @elihernandez800
    @elihernandez8005 жыл бұрын

    Where's Scalabrine?

  • @shaungovender1433
    @shaungovender14336 жыл бұрын

    Have you gotten bitten before

  • @amazingnz5988
    @amazingnz59886 жыл бұрын

    why are you not wearing safety boot

  • @dylanb3734
    @dylanb37346 жыл бұрын

    I dunno I watch a lot of videos of Nick Evans catching black mambas and he doesn't make nearly as big a scene as these two do. Now respect to anyone who catches these snakes for us but I get the feeling they pump these snakes up for TV cause a lot of the mamba vids you see the snake does not hiss as much. I'm definitely no expert - just what I notice. And if they agitate these snakes intentionally or even unintentionally then think these two should call it a day ...

  • @Boomslang1

    @Boomslang1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dylan B Jason Arnold also from Durban has caught over 700 mambas and does it so calmly ahd without the drama too but I guess this show is for the American market and they have an appetite for melodrama

  • @skhumbuzocele1330

    @skhumbuzocele1330

    6 жыл бұрын

    I have two certificates in catching snakes.....these videos is for intertainment trill as well😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @TheJacksnipe

    @TheJacksnipe

    6 жыл бұрын

    They do it for the audience. I don't like it, but for many people a calmly working snake catcher would not be of interest at all.

  • @francoisvanwageningen8698

    @francoisvanwageningen8698

    6 жыл бұрын

    I could not agree more!!

  • @brimwithadreamofclutchin5285

    @brimwithadreamofclutchin5285

    6 жыл бұрын

    Steve Irwin does this kind of stuff with a stick and so much ez pz, well this todays media

  • @fred8835
    @fred88356 жыл бұрын

    I wonder how would have the viperkeeper handled this

  • @ska2dt

    @ska2dt

    6 жыл бұрын

    Snake hockey

  • @wendys6732

    @wendys6732

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ferid Sedik you wack thing you

  • @aliensraided1621
    @aliensraided16215 жыл бұрын

    BEST

  • @niamelandri741
    @niamelandri7415 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, i'll run so far

  • @mikipedia5278
    @mikipedia52786 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @DrCrabfingers
    @DrCrabfingers3 жыл бұрын

    Aww it ate a kitten!

  • @cuddytv6377
    @cuddytv63774 жыл бұрын

    Rip Kobe....

  • @manuelcheung2917

    @manuelcheung2917

    4 жыл бұрын

    RIP

  • @donaldtrump233
    @donaldtrump2336 жыл бұрын

    Brave brave

  • @michaelshanereynolds3458
    @michaelshanereynolds34585 жыл бұрын

    WAIT UNTIL IT COMES DOWN TO FARM AND VISITS THE BULL GOD

  • @lenlooni
    @lenlooni6 жыл бұрын

    Poor kitten

  • @solitudeguard5688
    @solitudeguard56884 жыл бұрын

    Terry Crews has entered the chat.

  • @kittupathak9930
    @kittupathak99306 жыл бұрын

    Get a slender mongoose game over!!

  • @jkl799
    @jkl7996 жыл бұрын

    Those people at the beginning have balls of steel

  • @Downbythesee
    @Downbythesee5 жыл бұрын

    Not as fast as the mongoose

  • @Chris-vq5vr
    @Chris-vq5vr5 жыл бұрын

    Fark that!

  • @samtastisch86
    @samtastisch864 жыл бұрын

    Tony Ferguson the type of guy to regurtarate a black mamba

  • @Kevo7979
    @Kevo79795 жыл бұрын

    Oh... i don't know where the snake's head is. So the only way to find out is to walk into the bush in my shorts.

  • @mahijatt1012
    @mahijatt10126 жыл бұрын

    dangrous

  • @emilychasic3015
    @emilychasic30156 жыл бұрын

    No offense but that whole time I wasn’t worried about them I was sad for the kitten

  • @vaibhavsingh9823
    @vaibhavsingh98235 жыл бұрын

    The camera men knows where is the head but he didn't informed those guys shame on you cameraman

  • @VijayVijay-tx5bp
    @VijayVijay-tx5bp4 жыл бұрын

    If snakes don't do any harm it can be left in the dense forest

  • @richardhurr31
    @richardhurr316 жыл бұрын

    No not a kitten! 😭

  • @aldoovelar2460
    @aldoovelar24606 жыл бұрын

    este tipo esta lleno de tatuajes

  • @nexelg
    @nexelg6 жыл бұрын

    Snake city? ......... Golden State? 😊

  • @ganjabobby

    @ganjabobby

    5 жыл бұрын

    nexelg Nah. Durban, South Africa

  • @cahaldoherty2444
    @cahaldoherty24446 жыл бұрын

    Snakes r beutifuly terryfying

  • @toobalkain
    @toobalkain5 жыл бұрын

    Can one learn Mamba catching by himself, I mean it looks easy enough, you figure out where the head is, avoid that end, bag it, milk it and sell the milk, it's more expensive than diamonds, pound for pound, a relatively small Mamba farm can make you rich in a couple of years.

  • @toiletrat6892

    @toiletrat6892

    4 жыл бұрын

    Looks easy until you get killed

  • @vagoisagrios7820
    @vagoisagrios78206 жыл бұрын

    Nobody comments on those girls that were make facial expressions

  • @ruchisingh2273
    @ruchisingh22735 жыл бұрын

    My favourite is also Mamba

  • @Kitsune1989

    @Kitsune1989

    27 күн бұрын

    My favourite is the red-headed krait (B. flaviceps) stunning animal. And the Komodo Pit Viper (T. insularis) blue morph. Though I think my next purchase will be the Rinkahls (H. Hemachatus) because their also stunning...

  • @abhiabhi491
    @abhiabhi4913 жыл бұрын

    Siouxie is so pretty

  • @gonufc
    @gonufc5 жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure I trust an English snake handler/ rescuer. I'm English but we just don't grow up living near such animals- seems strange.

  • @bighardman33
    @bighardman336 жыл бұрын

    Wot university was this at?

  • @bluecouchpodcast24

    @bluecouchpodcast24

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jonathan Day University of Kwazulu-Natal in Durban,South Africa 🇿🇦

  • @alexo989
    @alexo9896 жыл бұрын

    what is the deal with the cloth ? why legs and hands are exposed ? is not a safety violation ?

  • @Kitsune1989

    @Kitsune1989

    27 күн бұрын

    As someone who keeps hots here's the biggest reasons. ● Cloth is not going to stop a snakebite. And if it's a front fanged venomous species there's a high chance that the snake might catch its fangs on the cloth and be unable to retract itself. Leaving a panicked venomous reptile to lash about with its fangs still exposed right in your pant leg. Not a good place to be. ● Movement. You would not believe how fast these snakes are. Anything in the viperae or elapidae family are going to be fast. They can easily strike, hit, recoil, and be ready for a second strike before you have the ability to even flinch let alone try to move out of the way. It's much safer not to restrict one's movement. Especially I scenarios like this where there's bushes and trees that will happily snag clothing. ● which brings me to the third thing that's not really relevant to private keepers but is to people who catch these snakes in the wild. And that is snagged clothing will move the bushes and tree you are trying to maneuver around. Imagine getting that perfect grab lined up only for you clothes to catch and the whole bush rattles, spooking the snake into a potential strike as it feels unable to escape.

  • @teamender5986
    @teamender59866 жыл бұрын

    Poor kitten and snake

  • @simphiwemkhize9475

    @simphiwemkhize9475

    6 жыл бұрын

    What about humans it would have bitten?

  • @teamender5986

    @teamender5986

    6 жыл бұрын

    I am sure they would have been fine and one of the reasons I didn't say poor people is because they know whats going on the poor snake has no clue and that poor kitten didn't know it would die that soon!

  • @egallou2215

    @egallou2215

    6 жыл бұрын

    Team Ender they would be fine??? Lmao of course

  • @kittupathak9930

    @kittupathak9930

    6 жыл бұрын

    Team Ender where is kitten

  • @zsidontknowwhattoname4395

    @zsidontknowwhattoname4395

    6 жыл бұрын

    Team Ender they definitely would have been fine because black mamaba bite is definitely not almost 100% leathel

  • @rps3182
    @rps31822 жыл бұрын

    He looks dangerous with tattoos than Momba

  • @bobbertee5945
    @bobbertee59452 жыл бұрын

    Go watch Jason Arnold handle mamba's, nothing like these 2, all by himself, he catches them like its too easy

  • @steffieboy19
    @steffieboy196 жыл бұрын

    I feel sorry for the snake

  • @712Menzies
    @712Menzies2 жыл бұрын

    These people have got no idea how catch snakes...they’re too afraid

  • @simonev97

    @simonev97

    2 жыл бұрын

    You have no idea how catch a snake. A black mamba can easily kill you.

  • @712Menzies

    @712Menzies

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@simonev97 go watch a KZreadr called Tony Harrison

  • @jevyoung8885
    @jevyoung88856 жыл бұрын

    I want to see you put a black mamba and a king cobra into one cageand then see who will kill who???

  • @gavinsandal8370

    @gavinsandal8370

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jev Young King Cobras specialize in killing and eating other snakes

  • @Boomslang1

    @Boomslang1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jev Young Like I also wonder what would win between a Spanish fighting bull and a cape buffalo.

  • @jakebellinger8496

    @jakebellinger8496

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jev Young The King Cobra would eat the Black Mamba like it were a harmless Garter Snake.

  • @Boomslang1

    @Boomslang1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jake Bellinger It would depend on whether the King was immune to mamba venom. If it wasn't, and depending on how quickly it disabled the King, you're likely to end up with 2 dead snakes.

  • @Boomslang1

    @Boomslang1

    6 жыл бұрын

    Rahul Mathew It's not about size but potency of venom. The inland taipan, although smaller than a King, is more lethal - pound for pound, than both the mamba and King.

  • @hippocreation
    @hippocreation2 жыл бұрын

    Why not give the mamba a hug and kiss and show some LOVE! If killing it is so hard.

  • @simthe3006
    @simthe30066 жыл бұрын

    Well I'd be damned! This is University of KwaZulu Natal.

  • @bluecouchpodcast24

    @bluecouchpodcast24

    6 жыл бұрын

    Simthe Sibhayi Yes it is

  • @shaungovender1433
    @shaungovender14336 жыл бұрын

    Shame poor kitten that's huge mamaba

  • @izziek.7923
    @izziek.79236 жыл бұрын

    poor snake... and i dunno why these people make such a fuss....all for the drama i guess e.e

  • @soniasardar2878
    @soniasardar28783 жыл бұрын

    I feel sorry for the kitten not for snake