Eye-lash viper - Serpent - BBC Animals

[chelseapensioner]

Four hummingbirds have watched the video!

[Chuckalakala]

Lol I thought it was going to have long, lush eyelashes ^.^

[poopongi]

Is this narrator David Attenborough?

[fuzzyzombielove]

@poopongi Yeah. It's gotta be.

[NicoB7700]

My hummingbird senses are tingling.

[realmadridzidane5]

I love the eyelash viper! Vipers are my favorite snake family, and eyelash vipers are my favorite vipers!

[679mid]

1:45 the attack looks fake

[PuffSmelly]

man i love snakes not because it kills so much but because its such a beautiful and genius animal

[stuchly1]

@PuffSmelly it doesn't kill any more than any other predator. it only strikes to feed itself and defend itself. it is us who kill for joy. i have quite mixed feelings after reading your comment. i agree with you on the second part, but i don't agree with the first part.

[Fenhawk11]

wow, Sir David attenborough mucked up, thats very dissapointing

[DirkAustin]

Looks like Randy Orton learned from the best. :)

[ilovetogofast88]

With all these senses and skills animals have, they'd probably consider us humans a JOKE with all the things we lack

[Fenhawk11]

@ilovetogofast88 what, aeroplanes, guns, knives, houses, atom bombs the list goes on...

[ilovetogofast88]

@Fenhawk11

Oh, PLEASE! How are ATOM BOMBS a GOOD thing??

[Fenhawk11]

@ilovetogofast88 I never said they were a good thing, you just said that we lack alot, when really we don't

[ilovetogofast88]

@Fenhawk11

Well I guess you're right, there are certain things we humans don't lack, like stupidity and laziness

[Fenhawk11]

@ilovetogofast88 Haha, yes that certainly is true.

[dopeyoak]

whats with all the digital crap?

[geonerd]

This pseudo-computer vision kick the BBC went off on is a bit of a disaster.

[shesyen]

if you have youtube...then you are a attention whore?

[Gilber5463]

Lol the snake is like ahh WTF is this stuff going up my nose

[hippiejohngray]

badass

[Subzerothecold]

wow thats sam fisher snake with the goggles xD

[Dcrubins]

awesome

[santotrafficantee88]

coplimenti

[otep3241]

why does the vipers senses sound like a robot processing information?!

[1980NewWave]

For all who hate venomous snakes - note that the hummingbird is dead WITHIN A MINUTE. Probably one of the quickest and most humane ways to die in the animal kingdom. Awesome snake.

[snaredrums123]

the elash palm viper is the most beautiful animal in my opinion. I saw one at my zoo (I volunteer there) it was in a glass enclosure, and they sprayed water on the walls. The eyelash viper, being a snake that drinks a lot of water, was sipping the dew of the glass walls. Just my favorite animal, right up there with the tapir!

[stopfederalism08]

i love this topic :) these snakes defensive strikes were being measured right? what about predatory stikes? also what was the temperature in the room? was it more suited for a sawscale viper or a puff adder? what time of day was it? are they both nocternal? ok lemme go bio engineer some remote control pit vipers!!yeah some borg snakes will solve this debate. lol sry guys theres too many variables we will never know for sure

[stopfederalism08]

all ambush style snakes strike fast. strike speed varies from individual to indivitual not just species. snakes tire out fast so repeated strikes would theoretically be slower each time also sawscales gabons and puff adders are very closely related

[Braydnrox]

That sense that tell it when your in striking range would be handy in boxing xP

[masterfun40]

there wrong the gaboon viper has the fastest strike along with the longest fangs

[stopfederalism08]

i heard puff adder. it prolly varies from individual to individual though

[masterfun40]

yeah prolly but i watch viperkeeper if anybody ekse watches him you know hes as expirienced as they get he keeps both gaboons and puffs and he himself said gaboons have the fastest strike and longest fangs

[stopfederalism08]

ya those fangs are huge ive seen a 4 footer with its mouth preid open i belive the snake's strike he saw measured was fastest but theres too many variables in the expiriment for me were talking about fractions of a second and also assuming that the same snake will strike the exact same way and speed which would be impossible in the wild. its like trying to determine the most dangerous snake in the world. arguments for that prize would be endless. measuring by deaths? bites? toxicity? temperment?

[masterfun40]

very right you are

[xxxHERPERxxx]

And Al does not say that,

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Puff Adder is faster abd is proven. Gaboon just has long fangs

[stonedgroovemama]

What a pretty snake.

Wouldn't like to meet it in a dark alley though.

[PiMpSt3r619]

No The Black Mamba Has the fastest Strike

[ilikemyexoticpets]

i thought gaboons had the fastest strike, not sawscale's.

[TheBigCheezeIt]

actually puff adders hold that record :) gaboons are a close second though

[MattCoop13]

how the hell do u find out tht snakes can see heat?

[XxXGermanMartinMBXxX]

Hmm...my ex  who just broke up with me. Serpent. Serpent. Serpent!!!!!!!!!!

[blightedangel]

The venom probably works even faster, as the hummingbird's system probably has nature's quickest heartbeat.

[ThEgUrLtHeYcAlLbItCh]

the poor lil bird its so cute bad snake bad bad snake lol

[swikmasta]

satan ! lol

[hatchlingcopperhead]

Puff adder is fastest striking snake...

[thegiant1]

Humans need heat vision.

[Licmycat]

OMG!

[DempizRock]

Very cool. I had no idea humming birds could fall victim to a snake, thanks for the video.

[J0Boa]

trust me it's not sped up. It's amazing how fast these guys are and when the video is slowed down you notice how many different movements the snake actually performs while stiking that you can't see in real time

[EliteQ80]

wasn't that "real time" ?

[db1987db]

Yes