Closeup of Snake trying to bite me-Director's Cut-9 min

[HawgtiedXX]

simple water snake....he knew it or he would have NEVER picked it up with his hand.....copperheads are NOT, and I REPEAT NEVER found in a stream.....Copperheads like dried out wood, tree tops that have fallen and have rotted and barnes that have mice in them....what a joke

[brandon5pennies]

Water snake.

[oldtrucker63]

Yeah teach the kids what is a bad snake and what is not, Every kid should know about can kill then and what will not. I teach my kid here in east Kentucky, Everyone should do the same.

[AtarahDerek]

If you find a snake that close to the water, it's likely not a copperhead. However, if you even suspect it's venomous, your best course of action is to do the exact opposite of what you did here. Better to leave a harmless snake alone than to find out the hard way it wasn't so harmless.

What you have there is nonvenomous, but he's definitely trying to intimidate you by imitating a venomous snake. Remember that any snakebite can get infected, venomous or otherwise.

[christopherturkleton]

That's a cold snake... Northern Water Snakes are normally super-quick!

[bowlingplyr]

humans are apart of nature to so..

[DzuckCZ]

You are such a idiots .... poor snake must be frightened !!

[redneckcracker1]

wtf is up with all the snake pitty

[Anon5K]

Sweetie Pie is the Crankiest Copperhead around. Usually s/he makes me walk around her, if I happen to use the stone stairways by her den. This time she got annoyed and started hissing after took photo's sitting next to her.

[Bamabarrett]

@Anon5K wow you have taken a LOTTTTTTTT of acid!!!!

[schwedisseus]

bite him



[snakestrike8]

I wouldn't harrass snakes, but I'm glad you didn't kill it. It is a non-venomous northern water snake. Don't EVER mess with a snake that you are not sure of the exact species. Oh and never kill snakes, they are very helpful. Oh and Black Rat Snakes and Black Racer (Black Snakes) do bite.

[HaloFreak0444]

U annoyed the shit out of it

[taxona100]

nice snake. i hade one in my ex. girl ass

[Bclassfilms]

nice snake. i have one like that in a jar.

[DallasBoy585]

yall r STUPID

[mightydollarbeats]

no niggas..

[boardingpass04]

why are the peole like poor snake? who gives a fuck its a snake kill it

[musuroialex]

@boardingpass04 fuck U ..

we luv reptiles

[kayhdo]

OMG! Stop poking at it, crap I'd be pissed too! They can still bite.

[tweeetme]

That looks like a northern water snake to me, too. As I live on a lake and see them all the time. If it was a copperhead or any snake you should teach your kids to stay away

[tweeetme]

That looks like a northern water snake to me, too. As I live on a lake and see them all the time

[18greens18fairways]

Observe nature, don't interact with it. Obviously you guys have no clue about nature. Copper head??? Videos of idiots acting like Steve Irwin really make me sick.

[MISHA1119]

This snake is a harmless Northern Water Snake (nerodia sipedon) but to misidentify it as a copperhead is a very forgivable mistake. I do not agree with the self-righteous asshole (to use his own polite term) that they committed a grave offense against nature by briefly interacting with it. Five minutes later the snake will have lost all memory of the encounter. "Asshole" and all you other politically correct morons, I think Tom's rationale as stated below is sufficient to justify the event.

[TomChair]

@MISHA1119 Go Misha!

[mrchuck2364]

This jack wagon ,don't know a copprehead from the northern watersnake ,witch is not a poisonous snake. the northern water snake does look much like the copper head . but this is no copperhead.

[palehorseridder]

How do you tell your children to leave snakes alone and you act so reckless? Why do you feel you have to hold it??

[galoon]

You've got a nonvenomous banded watersnake there. Looks enough like the cottonmouth to scare people; it even has a triangular head! I've seen a few of these while out walking during the summer/early fall--the ones where I live are rust-colored with greyish bands; I've never seen this variety before.

[momo4064]

okay if you find a snake in the wild leave it alone thats how people get bit, the snake is in its home and wouldnt wanna be bothered so just leave it alone and walk away next time....

[gwar10]

that would be funny shit if he fell backwards and the snake bit him

[originaldriver]

The snake must be thinking, "dammit dammit dammit... I want you to die, but I cant bite you!"

[typodest]

yer the biggest dum ass ever dont poke it to get it to lunge u dum fuck

[ethrellik88]

don't touch, respect the animal and LEAVE IT ALONE...

[TAearrroinMRoelied]

at 2:19 this is true!

[zoltorrrr]

Crazy you didn't get bit...that was definitely a cottonmouth NOT a watersnake. And good on you for letting your kids mess around with a venomous snake...great parenting buddy.

[TAearrroinMRoelied]

@zoltorrrr lol thats not a cottonmouth

[zoltorrrr]

@TAearrroinMRoelied what's hilarious is you saying 'poisonous', obviously you know nothing about snakes. 

[TAearrroinMRoelied]

@zoltorrrr huh? i dont know what your getting at... someone rides the short bus ^-^

[TAearrroinMRoelied]

@zoltorrrr ohhh now i see, i said poisonious not venomous. Eh you know what i ment dont be a fucking tool

[ladybloodrose]

i wish people would actualy learn alil about snakes in their area... if they did then they wouldn;t be calling a water snake a copperhead etc. it is good that you just took pics n did alil interaction though an let it go. lot better then what many would do. looks like a pretty good size water snake though. i have to admit this is the first time i have seen/heard a water snake confused for a copperhead, usually they are mistaken for cottonmouths.

these guys are not venomous at all. <

[ladybloodrose]

i wish people would actualy learn alil about snakes in their area... if they did then they wouldn;t be calling a water snake a copperhead etc. it is good that you just took pics n did alil interaction though an let it go. lot better then what many would do. looks like a pretty good size water snake though. i have to admit this is the first time i have seen/heard a water snake confused for a copperhead, usually they are mistaken for cottonmouths.

these guys are not venomous at all.

[MintyModF1]

Why the hell are you messing around with the poor animal? Just leave it alone! It was neither a Copperhead, nor a Cottonmouth. It was indeed a harmless Water Snake. If that was a Cottonmouth, you would have deffinately been bitten, they are a tad faster than their non-venomous lookalikes, and they have infared pits. Stop teaching your kids to fool with snakes like this around the water, they could very well mistake another one of these as a water snake, and it was actually a Cottonmouth....

[TheNotoriousMoody]

it looks like a water moccasin and i wish that shit woulda bit you

[valoguy]

That is DEFINITELY a Cottonmouth. 1.) hanging out by the water 2.) short fat body 3.) arrowhead 4.) white lining in the mouth

[AALEVK]

wow

[redneckcracker1]

thats a mocosin not a copperhead

[superwhiz88]

crazy papa .. hahhahahhahahahhahahhaha

[whiteknight4879]

yeah this snake isent poisonous, its a regular water snake, but its not wise to have your little girl mess with one, because next time she could come up on a real poisonous snake and mess it with like your doing here, and get bit.

[jparment1]

ps just because its mouth is white does not make it a cotten mouth and its not bright enough to be a copper head

[jparment1]

so let me get this streight not only are you messing with a snake you "think" is a venimouse species but you move it from its basking spot and teach your kids that its ok to mess with snakes because you show her how to

[Snakeman418]

Good thing you guys did not kill it but i though I would let you know that it is a northern watersnake, not a copperhead or cottonmouth at all, and completely harmless besides a little blood if you get bit. nevermind.... in the middle of my comment you say you know its not venomous, haha hope you got some good pics.

[kennethyeung129]

get snow out fits and rock and roll it this is a dumb comment give it thumbs down

[synyster215]

dumbass it's a cottonmouth

[BowToMySkill]

wow u guys are assholes, leave the poor snake alone

[bbjw56]

This why most people should not go out in the wilderness. The snake is developing learned behavior from these folks. What is this snake going to do the next time a person walks by.

I would like to invite these people to my place in Idaho, and perhaps they can have an educational discourse with one of our Bears.

[kphilljr]

yea these parents are smart teaching their kids to play with snakes. this is why so many kids die from snake bites! leave the poor thing along and stop pissin it off. would u like someone pokin u with a stick and slappin you around. if ur gunna look at it be a little nicer and respectful.

[TAearrroinMRoelied]

@kphilljr its not poisonious, nothing is wrong with snakes in the first place he is just teaching them, and by the sounds of him he is really smartt soo yea ;p

[kphilljr]

@TAearrroinMRoelied ok watch the video again he said is was a copper head. copper heads are very poisonious. which in fact, it is not actually a copper head. A simple google searh will show you what a copper head is. but still yet if you thought it was a copper head u should have left it up to the experts. :)

[TAearrroinMRoelied]

@kphilljr i know its not. i got copper head and cotten mouth mixed up, haha.. but yeaa i knowss this one wasnt venomious

[kjandkat]

oohh look a poisinuse snake lets poke it

[etinto21]

yeah! n lets wear slippers n short to make sure we get bite then it will b really fun :)

[2dazed]

Also look at the snakes eyes they arent like a cat eye its a round black one another way to identify it. Except for coral snakes but they are red on yellow not red on black like a king snake

[2dazed]

that is a North American water snake!!!!!!!!!! Look at the pattern and it flattens its head when threatend to deter things

[Ridgebackdown]

Sorry guys its not a cottonmouth. Ive caught over 100 and sold em to Gatorland in Kissimmee Fla. Diamond back rattlers as well. I funneled em outta tortise holes. Gatorland milked em for anti-venom. Depending on where this vid is shot this snake has many names. Brown water snake, Common water snake...etc. Cottonmouths are the most aggressive snakes in this country. A Moccasin is fearless, it would have lit this party up.

[damian13531]

This is the reason people get bitten and die. The video encourages children to play with what in this case is OBVIOUSLY a WATERMOCCASIN. Unlike a copperhead, the cottonmouth venom IS deadly to children under 80 pounds (depending on snake size) -this must be the most incredible display of stupidity and irresponsible interaction with nature I have seen on youtube to date.

[larsjake]

you are an idiot :)

[roverT98]

Totally harmless Northern Water Snake. Ignore the retards that said it was "Poisonous". First off there is not such thing as a poisonous snake. Venomous is the correct term. Venom is totally different than poison. RICKOBEAR Is correct, and very educational. :)

[RICKOBEAR]

definitely a Northern Water Snake. not venomous, but they will bite! the bigger females like this one are particularly ill-tempered. they will also musk you, and it smells really bad!! there is an anti-coagulant in their saliva, so when they bite you, it will bleed for a little while.

[18volcom2]

damm it didnt bite u u r the dumbest fuk i have evr seen have u evr heard NEVR GRAB A SNAKE BY ITS TAIL if that were 2 bite u in less than 15 mins ur flesh would be rotting away u fukin dumbass mofo dont piss it off i want that thing 2 bite u it is a copperhead frum were u hiks live there is not a hospital near u dumbfuk hiks

[Powerules]

Glad to see that you properly identified the snake toward the end of the video.

[redrider187x]

That is a Northern Water Snake.

[eliqka]

i think it is a sexsnake

[met66]

The snake tried to bite you. Gee, moron, I wonder why it did that? Here you are scaring the crap out of a poor snake.DONT TOUCH SNAKES IN WILD unless you are very experienced. FYI. You wont often find c-heads in streams or near water. They are found in rocky , hilly areas often in leaf cover. I hope next time you get bitten you stupid man.

[D60433]

this is a great way to get your kids bit by a poisonous snake since even the adults here had trouble knowing the difference,

The song should be redone to still stupid....

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[meatcleaver123]

That is definately a water snake.Non venomous but rotten tempered.Copperheads usually behave calmer than that,but still not trustworthy.I got bit by one I had handled hundreds of times before and it was wild caught.They will totally lure you in

[rockyandspok]

dude that's a northern water snake. not poisoness but very aggressive

[harminoff1]

fucking amateurs

[Pommit]

Shame it didn't bite you. Like watching of family of goofs who have nothing better to do than poke something they don't understand.

[xsnakemandougx]

copper heads are calmer than that. i know from experience. that is a northeren water snake.

[adamrosio08]

so the bald guy goes poking it with a stick like a little kid whos trying to just intaganise something. what a fag. I hope it woulda bit you, then youd learn some respect for wild snakes. get a corn snake next time you go POKING things in the woods, I hope somethin pokes you, a cock to be exact.,

[Bobina20]

lololololoololol a copperhead! hahahahahahahaha srry but thats not a copper head its a northern water snake not like a cottonmouth a northern watersnake

[jackplaysbaseball]

northern water snake

[roushracing1]

Looks like a northern water snake...not venomous

[CuRRuPt3d]

NO IT ISNT POISONESS IT A WATER SNAKE

[leonardoboy2]

I wish it had of bit you on your weener!

[kingolaf99]

It's best to just leave snakes alone, poinonous or not. But really it isn't smart to be doing this. And regardless what kind of snake it was, it was poisonous. The general rule still taught in the scouts is short/fat=poisonous. Also check the head shape. (Not always true but good as a general rule.)

[nitroslayer2]

how does it look like a copperhead it a water snake u were holding it and a copperhead arnt calm like that

[Torch3r]

could tell straight away it was a water snake. way too docile. I caught, and was bitten by, a lot of these back when I was in my snake-catching phase :)

[whtpwr01]

Binochy77 is a fag!! "Oh, personally I think" Nobody gives a fuck what you think!!! "I think it is a cotton mouth, not a copperhead." A cotton mouth will fuck you up just as bad as a copperhead, dumbass! Kill them all, and learn how to use rat traps!!!

[whtpwr01]

great shit to teach kids!! Oh look at me I am playing with a snake, ain't I cool!! Fucking dumbass!! Kill all the snakes!!!

[Binochy77]

why kill them you dumbass do you want a rodent over population and the black plague to come back fucker?

[BallPython628]

y do people always mess with snakes, just leave it alone.

[lukedowling556]

This is a northern water snake.

[Anon5K]

My post is a Copperhead, not the water snake you have.

[GagaMan214]

it wasnt a copperhead,it could havebeen a cottonmout/water moccasin but to me it looks like a pigmy rattler without a rattler,although it's not

[TomChair]

Alwayswishing - True, I could have left the snake alone, but interaction is how we learn. I picked the snake up and annoyed it and maybe scared it for a few minutes, then put it back. Better than killing it, which a lot of people do. I do eat meat though, so I kill things indirectly - I bet the snake would not change places with a cow that gets slaughtered for meat or leather. Do you ever eat meat alwayswishing? Or vegtables? Did some por brocolli plant give its life for your salad?

[Binochy77]

its not a copperhead that is either a watersnake or a cottonmouth, not a copperhead, copperheads are copper/orange type color with a flatter top of the head I personally think thats a cotton mouth cause of the inside color of his mouth and i saw two fangs when it struck s o yeah its a cottonmouth

[MintyModF1]

...and don't give me the crap that you were "trying to learn!".....You were being a pratt, plain and simple....

[AlwaysWishing1983]

Ah leave em alone. Don't you have it when someone is annoying the heck out of you? Snakes do too. Leave them be. I wouldn't want someone taking me from a place I was enjoying and take me away someplace else surround me with odd huge things [odd huge things meaning people] and then poking me and touching me.Nah. I wouldn't like it so much myself. But only my opinion.

Oh and at 2:09 the girl says she once caught a black snake but they don't bite..ummm...THEY DO! May not be venomous but they bite.

[dancergirl621]

omg i live in rockingham county that is so wierd may i be hit if i am lying

[beardedboy303]

HAHAHA it is a water snake the have no venome onec so ever oh and what did he say something about thats how you know its venomouse HAAA

[syckness999]

lmao , no thats not a copperhead its a broad banded water snake i have one for a pet , it struck like that alot at first too but now , i hold it regularly .

[chamsnake401]

watersnake

[rstotlercf]

at 7:16 into the video he said it wasnt a copperhead it was a water snake. the douche bag prolly doesnt hav the balls to play with a copperhead.

[4Tracer]

if you actually play with a copperhead you need to grow some balls cause thats just childish and stupid.

[SBha30]

It is a water moccosin (i.e., cotton mouth). It looks like a fairly young snake. Yes it is very poisonous. They like to hang around branches in streams. They are much more bouyant than other water snakes.

[wildboy132]

well its not a copperhead, and its not poisenus that much i can tell you its a type of water snake, you can usually tell if its venomes if it has pupil similer to cats eyes

[fishermanSGR]

your an IDIOT!!!!!! thats exactly how you get bit DUMB ASS!!!!

[TomChair]

I didn't know the pupil sahpe worked - I thought there were exceptions.

One sure way to check to see if a snake is poisonous is to have it bite you - check 60 minutes later, and if you are in the hospital, the snake is poisonous so you should be very careful.

[drdrfaulkner]

Identifying them using body patterns can also be misleading, as I have on several occasions almost picked up cottonmouths thinking (when I couldn't see the head) they were diamondback or green water snakes. Fortunately, the snake moved and I saw its head.

Also, the way the guy handled the snake seems to indicate he has some inkling of what the snake was. But be warned about trying to handle them like Steve Irwin. My friend was and was bitten by a cottonmouth we had when he tried to steady it.

[drdrfaulkner]

Using the "diamond head" and/or the "triangular head" method of identifying snakes is not a good method of distinguishing poisonous from nonpoisonous snakes. Nonpoisonous ones will take on this characteristic and fool you. In the U.S., look for the rounded pupil (nonpoisonous) or eliptical pupil (pit vipers) as well as the heat-sensing organ between the nostril and eye.

[dkylesheets]

thats not even a copperhead you dumb ass its a banded water snake

[paulbunions]

Thanks for not killing it, but you did it no good poking at it, teasing, handling, and in general iterrupting it's existence for your own amusement.

[NexusRebellion]

WATERSNAKE

[Powerules]

This certainly appears to be a watersnake. Nature provides them with the ability to flatten their head when provoked, so that they appear to look similar to a cottonmouth.

[soulstealer9y0l]

This pisses me off. If you can't properly identify the snake, DON'T TOUCH IT! Also, people calling and mistaking these northern water snakes for copperheads and cottonmouths and just thinking that they are venomous at all is one of my biggest annoyances. Then to see an ignorant man like this telling people that they are copperheads (joke or not) makes me want to let my REAL copperhead tag him right in the jugular. You think it makes you look macho but in fact you look like an ass.

[badbadman28]

I'm all for grabbing wild snakes but I do like to identify it first.

[gbcranford]

man im from the south im around swamps all the time, that is def. a copperhead ... there is no northern water snake they are all the same,by the way water snakes are called cottonmouths or water moccasins, plus they are a lot darker and more aggressive and copperheads have a light brown color and that exact same pattern yall dont know wut yall are talkin bout

[dureyj28]

"Director's cut"! LMAO!

[ralphrasham1]

No one can replace crc hunter!!! )+ lol jk

[gringa501]

yeah its not a copper head but dude is deffinitly brave

[07broly]

it is a northern water snake.

[tganubis]

definitely a watersnake

[tganubis]

you guys are retarded and should have left the snake where it was. BTW, its definitely not a copperhead

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Definatly not a copperhead. A northern watersnake most likely.

[Crotalushorriddus]

its a northern watersnake for sure

[XxcbaileyxX]

dont thank its a copper head

looks like northern water snake

i may be wrong thow

[idigghx]

WTF... Why do people have to mess with snakes? If you leave them along, chances are, you'll be fine. If you mess with them, you deserve an envenomation.

[Deeprealm]

He is the most damn person i have ever seen...rolf

[maudeo22]

What a jackass! messing with a snake and you dont even know if it is deadly. SMART!

[Carlination]

Yall should just have leave it alone...Did he say Copperhead???

[SalineSnakeGuy85]

Northern Water Snake

[DeSmetownescbc]

northern water snakes are ALWAYS pissy, and surprisingly copperheads and cottonmouths arnt usually, so i think its a northern watersnake but i might be wrong

[TomChair]

Mightyjoy - any time a creature with free will - man - interacts with anything - nature, the environment, their children, each other, their food - there will be room for criticism. While it is true that this snake was annoyed and scared, at the end of the day he went back where we found him. It becomes a matter of degree - I hope you left a note on every hunting video here on YouTube before you left this note. Also every video where a person was mistreated.

[mightyjoy]

Leave the snake alone, for Christ's sake!

[wildmanbarrett]

And how many times has DEFACS been to your house? Nice parenting skills idiot!!

[TomChair]

For those who might not know, DEFACS is child protection services in Georgia. And they have never been to my house.

Seriously, for those who care, of course my children were safe around this non-poisonous snake.

[JOM123456]

That's actually a Water Snake not a copperhead. While those are not venomous they do give a pretty painful bite.

[Mexakin619]

WHAT KIND OF SNAKE WAS IT?

[TomChair]

Well, the guy who found it kept saying it was a copperhead, but I didn't see any fangs when it struck. My guess is: northern water snake. They are very bad-tempered.

[jcshanks]

Thats all well and good ... but my point was ... when adults arent around ... you know how we were as kids ... if mom and dad said dont do it ..before i came back home i had to do it atleast once ... peace man

[jcshanks]

I have never seen anyone try to tempt a poisenous snake to bite like this in my life around children ... what do you think they are going to do now when they find one??? do exactly what the adults did ... but they will get bit especially if its a rattlesnake

[TomChair]

The child was told repeatedly to keep her distance. Besides, she said "Boys do more like weird things than girls."