Georgia Fall Herping! Roadcruising for Snakes and a Brief Encounter with an Eastern Hellbender!

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3 жыл бұрын

A few days of roadcruising content followed by an awesome day in the mountains. I finally got to see my first Eastern Hellbender in Georgia, but unfortunately turbid water and encroaching nightfall made getting video almost impossible. I plan to return to this area eventually when water quality is better, and get some better video of these awesome animals.
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@fallen_leaves1674 3 жыл бұрын

Ooh! Hellbenders are really rare, an awesome find!

@courtney3025 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are amazing! I watch them everyday all day and all night

@NCHerpers 3 жыл бұрын

That’s epic that you caught a hellbeneder

@fly_speck_cafe 3 жыл бұрын

Called water dogs here in the Ozarks.

@benjamonoakes173 3 жыл бұрын

@@fly_speck_cafeI've heard them been called snot otters too

@fly_speck_cafe 3 жыл бұрын

@@benjamonoakes173 that's a new one to me. Thanks.

@dreeew141 3 жыл бұрын

@@benjamonoakes173 I've heard that too... "snotters"

@Bothrops54 3 жыл бұрын

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@ssdpqd2531 3 жыл бұрын

You live in such a spectacularly beautiful area. With so many different kind of snakes. Awesome. Keep the great vids coming.

@tobywonkinoby8916 3 жыл бұрын

Hellbender! That’s such a rare find! Thanks for sharing!

@leaf742 3 жыл бұрын

Helped out the Georgia DNR sampling Hellbenders a few years ago. Really cool animals. Had an insane amount of abundance at the location we were at.

@jonathanbenson84 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Bud. I found 1 dor Western Pigmy last night and 3 Lifer Western Pigmies!! Twas a good night.

@petergray1162 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I had never heard of a hellbender - amazing salamander!

@kennethclaar922 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job buddy.l watch your shoes getting better and gaining people .nice job

@wakefieldwildlife 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Hellbender, man!

@cameronconnelly485 3 жыл бұрын

Love the vids keep up the good work

@julieb3996 3 жыл бұрын

Amphibians are my favorites. The grashopper was awesome too. I like the random wildlife

@Xandra02051970 3 жыл бұрын

You made me happy filming the Hellbender, hahaha!

@funnytiktokvideos8154 3 жыл бұрын

Love your vid

@annakofron7059 3 жыл бұрын

My dream is to find an eastern hellbender, so kudos to you! Hopefully you can find one again soon!!

@smetlogik 3 жыл бұрын

What the heck? No dislikes, no haters? I think they came to my channel. That timber was ridiculous looking. Hellbender is on the list which is getting longer.

@smetlogik 3 жыл бұрын

I sent one of my haters over here.

@aurora_dawn123 3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome that you found a hellbender! They are such an amazing species, unfortunately they are endangered though.

@iliketoast7804 3 жыл бұрын

uggg hellbenders are so amazing, I wish I could go herping down south.

@murder13love 3 жыл бұрын

So jealous! All i find in the uk are common frogs and toads, slow worms and newts maybe the odd lizard (1 a year) and very rarely an adder or two.. in fact i rescued 5 baby newts that i am about to release! (I work for the waterboard and they often get stuck in fittings, i see it as my duty to release every animal i find, and i find hundreds!)

@lindsaynestor6209 3 жыл бұрын

you have the best vids you have helped me with my death of my bearded dragon

@theyarddogs4100 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to do some fly fishing in that stream cool video. Carl

@racheyroy 3 жыл бұрын

the grader snake is like look at me I am cute

@IceTee0 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see you start a fishing series

@ThatAnimalGuy 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. I highly recommend suptig video lights for underwater lighting.

@leggie1126 3 жыл бұрын

I just love hellbenders! I always chuckle when I remember that the scary name like *hellbender* is the name of a big goofy lookin salamander lmao

@zefrankenberg1475 2 жыл бұрын

Rattlesnakes are both the most exciting and most terrifying snakes to come across depending on if you are looking for them.

@davidstrickland1412 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a Georgia Thumper. When they hatch, there will be hundreds of small babies coming from the ground. They get a lot bigger than the one you saw.

@Tygor3533 3 жыл бұрын

That hellbender was awesome. I’ve only seen 3 in 30 years of herping Pennsylvania. One unfortunately had its head bashed in by an ignorant fisherman.

@lynndora5046 3 жыл бұрын

Holy cow look at that grass hopper

@dreeew141 3 жыл бұрын

You should try herping in michigan, it's full of amphibians and an insane amount of water snakes

@jdstudwell9853 3 жыл бұрын

Those hellbenders are a lighter color than the ones I see here in the western NC mountains. I do a lot of trout fishing and usually see 4 or 5 hellbenders a year. Or water dogs as we call them. Most of the ones I see are almost completely black but I did see a orange one once

@hudsonnichols1942 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been bit by 24 different rattle snakes and I’m only 46 lol. God has blessed me! Just wanted to let you know if you even see this that it REALLY sucks. BE CARFUL!!!

@jacobdanner5800 3 жыл бұрын

how so many?

@jdstudwell9853 3 жыл бұрын

Hudson Nichols what the hell. 24. You need to move to Alaska..no snakes. But with your luck a grizzly would probably eat you

@julieb3996 3 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid to get bitten, I heard where I live in SoCal that the antivenom treatment runs about $40,000

@smetlogik 3 жыл бұрын

🤣 Noah should be reading these comments. That's a good one.

@smetlogik 3 жыл бұрын

Hudson? You need your own TV show.

@alternatrivpets 3 жыл бұрын

Great find and reasonably good video. You are not National Geographic, for Pete's sake. That Timber was really nice. I have only seen two road killed Timbers in my very limited time in the south.

@javier8733 3 жыл бұрын

Preciosa salamandra!!!

@swimssnakeyadventures9127 3 жыл бұрын

I've been watching your channel for awhile now and I gotta ask, how in the hell do you see those itty bitty earth snakes and worm snakes and things on the road while you're driving!? Lol keep up the killer content dude. By the way, are you aware of a magical place called Snake Road in Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois? If not I'd be happy to tell you all about it but I'll give you a teaser first, I seen 17 cottonmouths there the other day with minimal effort, among other species lol.

@stevencartlidge6574 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always. But I just wanted to ask. Do you have a personal snake collection? And is so what do you have.

@reptibro9751 3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah

@clinthill30 3 жыл бұрын

We used to catch big 12plus inch mud dogs in the Maumee River in toledo ohio and ive seen some closer to 2feet on lake Erie beaches in vermilion ohio ....such adaptive creatures

@lynndora5046 3 жыл бұрын

You need to come to robbinsville nc to the snowbird mountain and hike up to the water falls there hellbender up there to all in snowbird creek

@misteriguana2748 3 жыл бұрын

One of the very few creatures that have eluded me.... The hellbender and spotted turtle are the only two on the list.

@fayemartin465 3 жыл бұрын

we used to call them georgia hoppers

@lilkittymeow3089 3 жыл бұрын

All I can find in my State is mostly baby garder snakes and copperheads Oh and this red and white striped Snake 🐍

@MrRubiksCube657 3 жыл бұрын

If you want to be able to see into water easily, I recommend polarized glasses

@NothingSuitsMeLikeASuit 3 жыл бұрын

The pattern on that rattlesnake makes my skin crawl for some reason.... its disgusting but somehow beautiful at the same time lol.

@MarkWilliams-rp7nb 3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful creek , I wish you would give the name , I'd like to fish there .

@jayhayes5924 3 жыл бұрын

I live one state over in Alabama. Do you know if we have hell benders here?

@watthefuck41 3 жыл бұрын

Consider this!

@Scharfster 3 жыл бұрын

Hellbenders... with Chris... and Zack...

@coloraturaElise 3 жыл бұрын

Noah, do your lubbers get light yellow/orange with pink after that large black stage? Ours here in central FL do, and so are even bigger!

@jayjohnson9668 3 жыл бұрын

Why is this vid just now being released when it was from Aug and it is now Oct 7th? A little late but better than never😎

@davidsorensen7438 3 жыл бұрын

Hey r rattlesnakes in shed still dead on striking with heat pits or does it mess them up a little

@rochellenilson-huntley6687 3 жыл бұрын

I didnt know they get that big

@sabishiihito 3 жыл бұрын

2:16 King Ghidorah scales!

@catbirdherping9857 3 жыл бұрын

Curious - why are they called Hellbenders?

@TristanClark-him 3 жыл бұрын

Where do you find them

@michaelparrinello8026 3 жыл бұрын

What road are you on?

@funnytiktokvideos8154 3 жыл бұрын

Omg

@babyfacebowers01 3 жыл бұрын

for what its worth I thought the underwater footage was pretty good

@loyaltyisroyalty5616 3 жыл бұрын

Hellbender is one of the largest salamanders in the US? What is the biggest?

@psy2orange 3 жыл бұрын

Greater siren

@aaron3009 3 жыл бұрын

Say hi to Bo and Luke while you're out that way

@lilkittymeow3089 3 жыл бұрын

A hell bender it bends hell It gets up to 5 feet If treated well

@beckettschannel2003 3 жыл бұрын

Hi can you please try to find a cornsnake

@StaleyTraining 3 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if you (or any of your viewers) have a theory on why these snakes bite so INfrequently when handled? After all, even if you handle hem gently, you MUST be viewed as a threat. Have. you thought about this?

@NKFherping 3 жыл бұрын

The short answer is snakes aren’t as evil or prone to bite as other KZfaqrs or people in the public light make them out to be for the sake of views/attention. I try to portray the snakes as accurately as possible, but with that being said I have plenty of videos where I find temperamental snakes and get torn to shreds! Another factor is many harmless snake species, such as Ringnecks, are incredibly docile and almost never bite. Other species, such as Watersnakes, will almost always bite and sometimes I refrain from handling them on camera if they’re temperamental.

@StaleyTraining 3 жыл бұрын

@@NKFherping Yes you do a great job regarding accurate portrayal ... it's actually good that you show the occasional bite, not only because it's honest, but also because it's not as big a deal as many people imagine. Great job with the channel!