As someone that lives in North Georgia - seeing river otters is like seeing a unicorn- that was awesome
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
I see them fairly often, but never this close or in a creek this small. Usually at a distance in a larger river like the Chattahoochee.
@fly_speck_cafe Жыл бұрын
Otters have recently returned to the James here in the Ozarks.
@typicalshenaniganz Жыл бұрын
"Island of anger" 😂 Random, but I cruised my lifer scarlet snake this week!
@lucasgarriga7868 Жыл бұрын
Me too! lol
@typicalshenaniganz Жыл бұрын
Lets gooooooo, Team scarlet snake all the way!@@lucasgarriga7868
@TheIndigoEclipse Жыл бұрын
I love Cottonmouths. So full of rage. "Stop looking at me, Reeeee!"
@chadatkins905311 ай бұрын
I agree they are my favorite kind of snake. They have a bad rep but they are gorgeous I think
@TheIndigoEclipse11 ай бұрын
@@chadatkins9053 Growing up here in the south, I was constantly told that they would chase you and were very aggressive. I love videos like these proving it was false info. I've learned to love these watersnakes.
@joetheagent Жыл бұрын
Cottonmouths are such funny snakes. chubby angry danger noodle. extra thicc noodle. I also love the loggerheads. Their face is just too much. I have to say the non herp wildlife in this one was outstanding. The otter sighting was something else! crazy! The butterflies, damselfly and caterpillar were really cool too. Glad you included them.
@cherylb2008 Жыл бұрын
3:37 What a beautiful area. Really looks undisturbed. Very clean and natural looking. This is interesting, I never realized how FAST these snakes are.
@chadatkins905311 ай бұрын
You are definitely a good person. They way u respect nature is awesome. Mad respect for you my friend. Stay safe out there
@charleschi843 Жыл бұрын
On of my favorite quotes from My Octopus Teacher is, "Those who spend time in nature are the most gentle." Sir, we can tell you spend a lot of time in nature.
@charleschi843 Жыл бұрын
@@user-xb4ev2oi8b Wasn't referring to cats.
@franklinj480 Жыл бұрын
I think the cottonmouth smell is totally a thing. Its like how when you start to know what deer or elk smell like when they've moved through an area. I don't think its crazy to think that you could smell some residual scent in an area where they hang out. Especially if its a unique scent that you've become familiar with.
@dextermorgan1 Жыл бұрын
Roaches have a smell, too. It's horrible. I unfortunately know. I used to be a Pest Control Technician. It's a pharamone they put off. I have no trouble believing a Cottonmouth has a smell of its own.
@cicada0007 Жыл бұрын
I swear snails have a smell. Like I thought it was just rain or wet dirt but I only smell it when snails are out.
@richardhincemon11 ай бұрын
Cottonmouths have three defensive behaviors they will open their mouth wide open exposing the white interior, vibrate their tails and emit a foul smelly musk when trying to escape from being captured or killed by any predators or persons who are near them.
@RackerHarpo Жыл бұрын
Otters! What an awesome discovery.
@deblewis8374 Жыл бұрын
We watched 6 river otters playing along our snowy riverbank. It was like something out of National Geographic. The same river here in WA has lots of northern pacific rattlesnakes.
@sharonkaczorowski8690 Жыл бұрын
There’s a family story involving my Chickasaw great grandmother who once chased a cougar off her dugout in Oklahoma with a broom. She was fishing with my grandfather in Texas. He who looked up to see a large cottonmouth above her. He told they needed to move and she responded “nope, I’ve gotta bite!”
@ThePollaton Жыл бұрын
That was definitely a copperhead 😂😂😂 sorry couldn’t resist. ❤
@deb_ellen9733 Жыл бұрын
The cottonmouth is just teasing you - musking, then hiding and watching you searching for it! 🐍
@joshuat6698 Жыл бұрын
You should put a trail cam by those Otters it would be cool to get some footage of them
@D4wGhosty Жыл бұрын
Today on my way home from work in Northeast Georgia I had to help a Snapping Turtle across the road. That little jerk was about a foot and a half from the front to back of his shell, and boy was he feisty. I had to nudge him with my umbrella, because every time I got near the back of his shell he would lunge at me.
@ronnieharrison2143 Жыл бұрын
Enjoy your videos and comments.
@zoenightshade2332 Жыл бұрын
Love me an ebony jewelwing, another great video! Looking forward to your trip, travel safe 👍
@chriscannon5822 Жыл бұрын
New subscriber! You videos are so informative they definitely got me pay way more attention fishing the creeks.
@hdlxst180911 ай бұрын
I've been stung by a Saddleback caterpillar before incredibly painful actually made me nauseous don't touch 😂😂
@greghardy94765 ай бұрын
Been there, done that!
@jameskim62 Жыл бұрын
NICE EXPLORATION !!!!!!!
@aaronmarques5481 Жыл бұрын
Love the little angry cottonmouth :D
@geneyarnall3736 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos. I love the sounds of the bugs. I find that relaxing. I am curious what a “Butt-holy Cow” is 😆
@wilcomayn111 ай бұрын
Very cool video!
@birdie1585 Жыл бұрын
Great video - as ever - the no-legged herp's are always great, but so are the more than zero-legged, and the non-herp's, mammalian or otherwise. It is just so cool to see wildlife local to you, of any kind, that you happen across.
@ryanthompson964011 ай бұрын
If you're ever in eastern NC herping I would enjoy tagging along.
@tylerashworth521710 ай бұрын
Nice Tuttle my guy
@nickievans3008 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful Loggerhead. Thanks for your videos.
@PaintedTurtle001 Жыл бұрын
Nice herpin day! 👍
@jenn1234 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video no matter what you find Noah! I am always thrilled when I see that you have posted! To me it doesn’t matter what you see, it’s always a nice walk in the creek or hike on a path! I hope your trip goes a bit better than Chandler’s…..but he had a wonderful time in India, and it was a dream come true to capture and relocate snakes out there. Have a wonderful trip and be as safe as possible (I know you will). 😄💙🐬🐊🐍🫶🏼
@barryrahn5957 Жыл бұрын
I've really come to appreciate cottonmouths on the last year or so. I love how they float on the water, their triangular crest on their back and the flat top of their head that drops down in an almost 90 degree angle. A very American snake.
@mattottie6410 Жыл бұрын
Nice vid and thanks for treating snakes with respect. We have king snakes black and white banded, and big gopher snakes that steal our chicken eggs.
@teresalavoie-ry6mi7 ай бұрын
I live on Amelia Island, and we have just black racers during the spring.
@KristosMenfes Жыл бұрын
i keep Nerodia Sipedon var. fasciata, water snakes are my favorite they have the boss mentality hehehhe
@pixel6576 Жыл бұрын
There are otters in a lot of streams, you just never see them.
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
Yep. I see their poop and tracks all the time.
@carltoncarnivores Жыл бұрын
Love the iridescence on the bigger musk turtle shell...and I've only ever seen wild otters once when I was very young, high in the mountains on the Yampa River here in Colorado, a brief sighting of a family. Also the interaction with the caterpillar at the end felt a lot like the interactions I have with young gopher and kingsnakes, they prefer climbing back onto me rather than leaving into the brush for some reason.
@ClassicPass_ Жыл бұрын
Always love the snarky "Cottonmouth always chasing me" comments.
@Sushi273511 ай бұрын
Three weeks to blast off! Hope you do some grooming! Woo Hoo! I lived in Atlanta 50 yrs. But I guess in Newnan, it’s not really important??? Such a cute guy, it’s a shame you don’t see it!
@jerryhamer Жыл бұрын
I was weedeating around my pond years ago and a water moccasin was there so I threw a rock at it. Didn't want to do that but I'm severely scared of snakes. Well that just pissed it off because this thing stalked me the whole time I was down there. I still believe he is still there waiting for me. Lol
@fly_speck_cafe Жыл бұрын
Remember the cottonmouths in Lonesome Dove? 😳
@jerryhamer Жыл бұрын
@@fly_speck_cafe OMG I can't believe you brought that up! Haha hell yeah I do. That is one of the best series I've ever watched. Yeay he was scared of the water and Newt is like come on now it's not that bad. Oh yes it was!
@billhillify4924 Жыл бұрын
Are river otters making a comeback?
@charleslewis3045 Жыл бұрын
great vid… and man…. you brought back a bad memory for me i hadn’t thought about in many many years…. i was going through a corn field in indiana when i was about 12…. and the corn was infested with saddlebacks…. i got stung a ton of times as i was running out breaking through the stalks in full panic mode…and can attest that their stings are very painful….😢
@rcurrie88 Жыл бұрын
I've only seen one otter here in North Georgia. I had pretty much the same reaction lol.
@sharonkaczorowski8690 Жыл бұрын
Not anger, fear and defense. All snakes in the US are also prey. Gorgeous snakes and turtles…love the snappers! Beavers have returned to the river in a park across from in DE. I keep hoping for otters. Thanks for posting.
@USNAVY8492 Жыл бұрын
What an amazing video.
@gordondalrymple76445 ай бұрын
He’s got an affinity for herping so it’s totally believable he can smell the moccasins
@murphyr31 Жыл бұрын
Great video
@kelly9094 Жыл бұрын
You tinkle on one of them things, you're in trouble, bo
@lapurta22 Жыл бұрын
Wow not one but two river otters. How cool is that?😃
@bigdaddytrips619711 ай бұрын
They move pretty fast
@shane508 Жыл бұрын
"Island of anger" lol
@daveward1484 Жыл бұрын
I missed what was sick about the otter.
@markusruttgers2044 Жыл бұрын
Nice Country look's like some places here but in the near of the Neatherlands we have no Snakes at all. Flatland , maby some Ringelnattern or black watersnakes but 100% no vennemouse snakes at all. We only have one vennemouse snake in Alps of Germany, it is the Kreuzotter cross adder and they want to put out in a Programm the Horn adder back in nature but from both you would not dieing maby a bit 😅. There are no deadlist Animals in the middle of Europe at all "as Austin Stevens said so nice 20 times in 1 Show" Maby in the east Croatia Greece you find some but Germany "No". Stay safe !
@scottuzarowski3629 Жыл бұрын
Luvn the creek walking videos!! Doin any West Texas cut shining this year?? And when we gonna hear a destination for the international trip?? I'm still guessing Thailand with Rupert!! 🤞🤞
@gordondalrymple76445 ай бұрын
Noah, did that caterpillar sting you or not ? I guess you’d drop the key first ?!
@jacobsaintlilypiroblox92864 ай бұрын
(4:28) You didn’t that snake in the branches above the creek?
@Sushi273511 ай бұрын
WOW! That is a BIG FAT snake! 😱😱😱😱😱😱 oh great. Another frog sacrificed! 😡
@richardhincemon9 ай бұрын
I was chased by a nest 🪹 of caterpillars 🐛 very poisonous and dangerous 😂
@kennyhuskisson26849 ай бұрын
You are lucky to be alive! 😂👍✌️
@johnphillips1699 Жыл бұрын
GREAT videos...your commentary, passion and delivery are all awesome. I just moved down from Michigan to Charlotte, NC. Do you know of any areas for me to check out in my neck of the woods?
@brianhuber5050 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been meaning to ask what your feelings are on some people who free hand venomous snakes. Without naming names.
@Binx345me11 ай бұрын
Just curious where do you live? You have videos of Georgia, Louisiana, Japan, etc.
@BeyondOurSolarSystem Жыл бұрын
1:50 - Nice gang stalking sunglasses
@kingtut8381 Жыл бұрын
GRA 8 TUTORIAL !!!!
@wildhareonthegulfofmexico3539 Жыл бұрын
Bruh, I enjoy tf out of all these. I'd enjoy just anoles and box turtles.
@Blackdog4818 Жыл бұрын
As a guy who runs on a cement trail in deep woods, I've seen about 10 snakes over the years. Are they "warming up" or just crossing? I've almost stepped over them a number of times. Brown water snakes are nearly impossible to see on a trail post storm with leaves and sticks on the trail.
@gobigorange10 ай бұрын
Most likely there warming up
@ComaLies225 Жыл бұрын
Turtle: 👁️ 👄 👁️
@JayAreDoubleYou139 Жыл бұрын
I’m from Chickamauga Walker Co. in north Georgia, you ever want a good video on painted turtles I can hook you up. My son and I caught 56 in 3 and a half hours lol
@glendaroberts5965 Жыл бұрын
I'm from the southeast. Lived here all my life and I'm wondering how the heck you mistake a cottonmouth for a copperhead? 🤔 And yes cottonmouths definitely have a smell.
@fly_speck_cafe Жыл бұрын
So do copperheads.
@chadatkins905311 ай бұрын
Copperheads are also very gorgeous creatures I love their color patterns very unique
@robertnewman407211 ай бұрын
Sure you can smell them
@LCEVIDS Жыл бұрын
Do cottonmouths always have that…uneven movement? Onland vs water?
@dukhntr21 Жыл бұрын
Where is this in N AL? I want to stay away!!
@shanemiller6982 Жыл бұрын
You have to watch out for those milk snakes. Once me and my girl were skinny dipping , she said something was on her. When she got out the water there was milk snakes all over her tryna get to her ta ta's. And get this, she wasn't even preggo.
@wild1595 Жыл бұрын
Do those shoes absorb sweat and start to smell bad?
@dcfl2147 Жыл бұрын
Have you ever walked into a nest
@ghostwriter1415 Жыл бұрын
You are not crazy! Snakes have a smell. My cousin from West Virginia (he's part Indian) can smell a snake before he even lay's on it. Well after I saw the shoes you are wearing, I must reavluate the crazy accusation (LOL! Joking.) I personally would wear knee-high jack-boot's made of bullet resistant kevlar if I was out there! A snake can easily reach you're ankles. Fact's!
@brendamoore44711 ай бұрын
So i have a question please. We live south of Birmingham. We are outdoors alot and horseback ride this area, as well as North Al. Where are you when you say in North Al? Most if the streams we cross are rock bottom, clear and swift running. Just wondering.
@richardhincemon11 ай бұрын
It's never a good idea for herpetologist to reveal Herping locations on the internet you can guess why. 🤔
@brendamoore44711 ай бұрын
Gotcha! I was just thinking about areas to AVOID when we trail ride and horse camp! Lol
@richardhincemon11 ай бұрын
@brendamoore447 Cottonmouths are normally found in the Southeastern quarter of the United States in the Coastal plains long leaf pine forest Swamps, young pinelands ,tributaries, rivers and pocosins. They rarely bite humans only if you step on or handle them will they bite. Cottonmouths are responsible for less than 1% of fatal snake bites.
@youngnico1234 Жыл бұрын
Curious why you never pick up Garter snakes . Any reason why ?
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
Really, really bad musk usually. Although I do pick up almost every one I find off camera to move them off the road.
@user-xz3ep1yj1l6 ай бұрын
Baby cottonmouths look like copperheads because of the fact that it is just their natural camouflage to keep safe from predators
@Laughinghawg Жыл бұрын
@NKFherping Just curious to know, how far north in the ATL metro area would you say you have actually seen Cottonmouths? Alpharetta? North end of Lanier? South side of ATL? My buddy thinks the water is too cold inside the perimeter for them to be hanging out, I'm arguing with him that probably isn't feasible till ya get up into Dahlonega and north of there.
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
There likely isn’t anywhere within the perimeter with enough intact habitat to support Cottonmouths. Outside the perimeter, they’re mostly found in the southern and western suburbs. But they do exist in the montane regions of northwest Georgia outside the Atlanta metro, so cold water probably isn’t the limiting factor. Honestly, I don’t think anyone knows why they’re distributed how they are. They’re strange snakes.
@Laughinghawg Жыл бұрын
@@NKFherping Thanks man. The cold water was his 'theory' which I hadn't ever really thought about. So, since they are cold blooded, it made sense at the time. Even though we have high heat and somewhat high humidity (ours isn't anything like LA, AR, E. TX) at times the water (see the hooch) can be pretty cold, relatively speaking coming out of the lake. Growing up in the south, cottonmouths and copperheads were pretty common. Copperheads in the metro are pretty prevalent and I don't want to get nailed by one (stealthy little bas***).
@unclebigbeard6757 Жыл бұрын
Baby cottonmouths are why people think they see copperheads in Orlando?
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
They’re certainly seeing juvenile Cottonmouths.
@fkbuki Жыл бұрын
Why not just wear hip waders?
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
Because they’re bulky and you can’t walk 6-10 miles in a day wearing them.
@fkbuki Жыл бұрын
@NKFherping maybe in your heat down there yea lol. I've definitely worn them all day while stream fishing up here in NY
@jbernard911 Жыл бұрын
Is that a snake I see hiding in the brush in the direction that you released that red bellied snake? 12:51 marker into the video.
@jenn1234 Жыл бұрын
Could you be more specific? I looked, but didn’t see anything……🙂
@jbernard911 Жыл бұрын
@@jenn1234 I would, but can’t see an option to attach a photo.
@jenn1234 Жыл бұрын
Thanks….I have looked and looked, but I don’t see it. I see things that might be snakes, but I guess I don’t know for sure. No biggie 😁@@jbernard911
@Arrowshotfive Жыл бұрын
How do you not get obliterated by bugs like ticks and mosquitoes and whatnot
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
I do.
@andyparstino7280 Жыл бұрын
Any alligators 🐊 in that area
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
Doubtful, but not impossible. They occur nearby in better habitat.
@ianlauhon8760 Жыл бұрын
How could you get tired of cotton mouths
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
I certainly don’t!
@ianlauhon8760 Жыл бұрын
@@NKFherping me either I love em
@TedSallisakaManThing Жыл бұрын
Do you have an email to be contacted at?
@coltsjason Жыл бұрын
Cotton mouths have always gotten a bad rap and i have never had one chase me ive chased a bunch
@Sushi2735 Жыл бұрын
I think it’s time to let your loyal subscribers know where you going and with who???? We are all going to watch whether we know or not. It would be the mature thing to do. We are adults and don’t need games……do we?????
@stefanostokatlidis4861 Жыл бұрын
Nice wild corn, loggerheads and cottonmouths, especially the third one. Those raccoons and otters are probably reducing the snake and turtle population. They probably killed the turtle too. Someone must regulate them.
@Tkidddd Жыл бұрын
In order to get a cottonmouth to come at you, you need a BB gun
@dartmart9263 Жыл бұрын
Definitely otters. So, if you ever do get chased by a water moccasin, can we trust you to post the video? Or would you try to keep the “myth” a myth?
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
If it hasn’t happened to myself or any other herper/herpetologist yet, it isn’t going to. There’s a reason we have video proof of so many incredibly rare things since the invention of the smartphones everyone carries now, yet there still isn’t a video of a Cottonmouth chasing someone.
@dartmart9263 Жыл бұрын
@@NKFherping I know two people with impeccable records of honesty who say they were chased for a short distance. I believe them over a herpetologist I’ve never met. The question I have is … are there any possible scenarios whereby a cottonmouth would react aggressively without being harassed? Disease perhaps?
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
Many people truly do believe they were chased by a Cottonmouth. Your mistake is trusting someone that doesn’t necessarily know how to identify snakes or understand snake behavior over the many herpetologists that do so for a living. The vast majority of people who claim to have been chased by a Cottonmouth couldn’t even tell you the difference between a Cottonmouth and a Watersnake. Watersnakes are much more flighty, and likely to jump off of branches into boats while trying to flee into the water below. This is what many people claim is “chasing”, and the snakes doing it most often aren’t even Cottonmouths. Cottonmouths can also be quick to flee, and if you stand between them and the water they will come in your direction quickly. But you’re not being chased, the snake is just trying to reach the safety of the water where it can move more quickly and escape. I have this happen semi-regularly, and while I wouldn’t recommend anyone else let them do it, Cottonmouths will quite literally crawl right over your foot to get where they want to go without attempting to bite. Regardless, they don’t pose any real threat of chasing you down and inflicting a bite. Bites occur when people are trying to catch or kill them, and occasionally when they’re accidentally stepped on or grabbed by people not paying attention. And for diseases, there are no known pathogens that would cause heightened aggressiveness (like rabies) in snakes.
@dartmart9263 Жыл бұрын
@@NKFherping Thanks for the reply. You are assuming that the two gentlemen, one in Louisiana and one in East Texas are 1) incapable of identifying a cottonmouth or 2) are unsafe around them. Well, I made sure to get the facts on those two points before venturing to ask my question here. The truth is they live and make a living in the bayous and rivers, and they can tell the difference between all the local snakes and wildlife. Of all the people I’ve heard claim an “attack” by a cottonmouth, these two are absolutely honest about their incidents. Plus these two men would never risk getting close to a venomous snake. They have seen many accidental bites from careless people and those trying to show off. Anyway, both of them say that the incidents were uncharacteristic of cottonmouths’ usual mellow behavior. I’m old enough to remember when the weather “experts” were adamant in their belief that there was no such thing as ball lightning. In all the years, and countless specialists, it had never been caught on tape, or the videos were called fake. Then things changed. Someone finally stopped calling the witnesses hacks and took the matter seriously.
@NKFherping Жыл бұрын
@dartmart9263 I wasn’t referring to your friends specifically, just generalizing based on the majority of people I’ve talked to who claim to have been “chased”. I don’t know them, but I also don’t personally know a single person who claims to have been chased by a Cottonmouth that can actually identify them. And I’m from Georgia, so where they live doesn’t mean much to me. You could pick any 5 dudes from my neck of the woods too, and maybe one of them could identify all the local venomous snakes. I also never claimed they were being dishonest. Just that they may not necessarily be interpreting what actually happened correctly. If they never risk getting anywhere close to a venomous snake, they’ve likely never had an opportunity to observe and learn from their behavior over an extended period of time like myself and other herpers/herpetologists have. Anyone who has been incorrectly taught that Cottonmouths will chase people growing up is going to see a snake moving slightly fast in their general direction and naturally just assume they’re being chased. That doesn’t make them a liar, but it also doesn’t mean their word carries the same weight as the entire scientific/herpetological community. Like I said earlier, everyone has a smart phone in their pocket, and every other person from the south has been “chased by a cottonmouth”. So why isn’t there a single video of it happening?