I've met several of these - one I discovered right next to my foot just lying there but did not seem bothered by me being there at all. As stated in the video, they are not aggressive towards humans - which is a good thing 😊. I think the last one I saw was in the Royal National Park just south of Sydney.

@ozymike1047

Ай бұрын

Their ability to not be noticed is incredible, because of their camouflage and the fact that they simply don't move unless disturbed. Thanks for sharing your experience. :)

@Fomites

Ай бұрын

@@ozymike1047 Cheers 🙂

@sabishiihito

Ай бұрын

Meanwhile nonvenomous North American snakes like Black Racers "I KEEL U!!!"

That snake is bizarre. Looks like a Viper in EVERY respect, yet, somehow, like all the gnarly Australian venomous snakes, is an Elapid (same family as Cobra, Mamba, Taipan, Krait, Sea Snake, Australian Tigersnakes, Australian Brown Snakes, Corals, etc.). How it evolved so, and why? Who can say. For whatever reason it wants to mimic a viper, and survives by doing so.

@ozymike1047

2 ай бұрын

Good point!

@martineaton425

Ай бұрын

I saw on Inet somewhere .. they will dry strike .. just to frighten predators away !!!

@ozymike1047

Ай бұрын

They do dry strike as producing venom consumes a lot of energy for the snake.

@andreasbauerreis5669

Ай бұрын

Thats convergence for you. There are many examples throughout the worms

@Rajj854

Ай бұрын

because Australia is upside down.

One took up residence in some rubble near my letterbox. " Be careful collecting the mail" I told my partner. First time I've ever encountered the species.

@user-zy1ft4bk3e

Ай бұрын

Omg, Thats scary to the bone😊

The name was once "deaf adder" because they didn't react much when a human approached.

I never know snake this kind, thanks for the info.

Why was there a diamond python and another different snake in this?

I have the same question 😅

Looks kin to the Gaboon Viper, fat body, large head, extremely fast strike.

@ozymike1047

Ай бұрын

True it is similar the Gaboon viper is also called the Gaboon Adder and has the longest fangs of any venomous snake up to 2 inches in length.

@FischerFan

Ай бұрын

The Gaboon viper is a member of the puff adder family, which tends to have the fastest strike next to the death adder.

Maybe Im wrong but the face of the snake in the thumbnail is adorable :)

@ozymike1047

Ай бұрын

I have no idea how to reply to that but I am glad you like it, Thanks for watching our videos :)

Uncle mike is me win i like your vids

@ozymike1047

3 сағат бұрын

Hello Win I am glad you like my videos

Omg ! Watch out people of australia!

Scary deadly one.

South African Puff Adder and the Gaboon Adder strike at 30ft per second.

Great name. Wonder what it does? Oh yeah, death.

@kenwilson6160

11 күн бұрын

Originally deaf adder.

Thank you god for me not living in Australia everything there is deadly 😮

@martineaton425

Ай бұрын

I've lived here 50 years a lot in country areas seen about 10 snakes. They are not usually aggressive . The last one about 2 1/2 years back did u turn when it realized where I was !

@timjohnun4297

Ай бұрын

Grizly bears, black widows, rattle snakes, mountain lions...oh, wait that's America, not Australia, my bad lol

@FischerFan

Ай бұрын

For all their 'big guns' of the venomous snake world, Australia sees only about five people per year die from snakebite. Contrast that with a country a ways Northwest of Australia, called India, where 50-100 thousand a year die from snake bite. This is the difference between a balanced, educated population with immediate access to anti-venin compared to an over-inflated, uneducated and ignorant one.

@FischerFan

Ай бұрын

@@martineaton425 They are much more sedentary than the smaller saw-scaled viper. That's a snake that's always looking for a fight!

@kenwilson6160

11 күн бұрын

Homo sapiens. Truly dangerous. They are everywhere.

Why did God make so many venomous snakes

Is common death adder also known as blue death adder?

@ozymike1047

14 күн бұрын

I am not sure about that one, will have to ask Google 🤔

Thought it was the Gaboon viper

@ozymike1047

2 ай бұрын

I looked up the Gaboon Viper, that is one nasty snake.

@doglover31418

2 ай бұрын

Gaboon viper has longest fangs in the world, Death Adder longest fangs in Australia. They forgot to say that the 'Death Adder' is not really an adder at all; it's an elapid. Fixed fangs, not hinged like a true adder.

@ozymike1047

2 ай бұрын

I guess that all comes back to the people that named them and the naming conventions that they used, Adder/Viper/Death Adder

@markcassel3392

2 ай бұрын

It sure is a chonk.

@Ducatirati

Ай бұрын

@doglover31418 as far as I know , the Adder does have a hinged fang , only they are at the front , and they sort of overbite if you know what I mean , yeah they do fold back into its mouth , and It seem Elapids are not any more , they have put them into 5 different families, which evolved differently together at the same time , I was pillioried by a few people when I last used the term , so , as my mysterious friend said , they put the too hard basket on the table and sorted them into a more comprehensive Phylogenetic order , can you expand on this , I notice the term Elapid common , but there no more , gone , fin , curled up it's tootsies as a clade , back to Hadronyche Formidabillis, and the 35 other Attracids, oh well !! Cheers , smile it's good for the soul. R

Forgot to mention, its not an actual adder .

@ozymike1047

Ай бұрын

You are correct Despite its name, the death adder is not actually an adder Unlike the common or European adder (Vipera berus), the common death adder is a member of the snake family Elapidae, rather than the family Viperidae, which are not found in Australia.

Resembles that spider mimicking adder from Afghanistan.

@ozymike1047

29 күн бұрын

yes it does

Reminds me of a Puff adder .

@ozymike1047

Ай бұрын

Same kind of triangular head

@FischerFan

Ай бұрын

The death adder's appearance gives the impression that it should be found in Africa with the puff adders, night adders, etc. instead of Australia.