This is honestly one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. You guys stuck to the facts and didn't make reptiles seem bloodthirsty or vicious, unlike other "documentaries". Great job!

I consume your stuff like my dog consumes my meat leftovers. As an Arizona resident for 35 years, I share the appreciation of this state. Your photography is unparalleled. The Sonoran Desert is the best Desert in the world for unique biodiversity and geology. Thank you for sharing your expertise. ❤️🇺🇸

This is by far the best rattlesnakes documentary film I've had the pleasure of watching my favourite rattlesnakes are the red rock

I am a snake-o-phile; I admire them, thought I knew a bit, but this video was superior. I had no idea there were so many unique and beautiful species in the desert Southwest. Bravo and so well done!

This is the best snake documentary I've ever seen. Most of these are just 2 minutes of snake footage and 50 minutes of people talking about snakes in some jeep.

His video should win an award!👍

Bravo ! This is the best rattlesnake documentary I have ever seen. Absolutely amazing color and outstanding footage of an animal many have found difficult to film. Thank you for your patience and hard work !

Without question your video presentations on the diversity of the snake species is right at the top level. The quality of your videos plus the outstanding commentary is second to none! Thank you for your dedication to one of mother nature`s most fascinating creatures.

Great video! I retired to AZ and have been finding and catching rattlesnakes for a few years now. I hate to see them killed, but that's almost instinctive for people. I just like to catch them and then relocate them to the wild somewhere. Great creatures.

The Speckled Rattlesnake shown is amazing - the colors are just ridiculously beautiful.

I never thought I would tear up watching a badly hurt rattlesnake move across the road. This is so well done, brave to you and Zuzana! Well done

Wow. This was an amazing documentary. This really reminds me of when I was a little 8 year old glued to the tv watching documentaries on animal planet, discovery or nat geo wild. All those documentaries I watched inspired me to go to school to become a wildlife biologist. Great stuff!

Superb presentation. I have been to Arizona and did some hiking there. Before traveling there I read about aboriginals and their folklores ... while seeing this video and beautiful music composed here, it is like I myself is present in such magnificent landscape with those ancient tribes. ❤️ From India

This is the best documentary I’ve seen,I love Your Native American Sound track❣️

This cinematic gem was so interesting and so well presented by LZ. It is so fascinating how these venomous and non-venomous snakes blend perfectly into their surroundings. The narration from the Irishman was spot on. Snakes are without thumbs but I'm not...2 thumbs up.

Best snake documentary I’ve seen in a long time, including the short one I did. Gorgeous cinematography!

Excellent camera angles ... Mind-blowing intro to documentary ... I am in love with this channel 💙💙❤️❤️

I'm a fan. This is a well-put-together documentary. I will visit often.

The camerawork on this documentary is incredible. Some of the most impressive I have ever seen not just on YT but on commercial TV too. Thank you!

This is one of the most phenomenal nature videos I have ever seen. Gives every big studio out there a run for their money with gorgeous footage and education. Each snake is nature’s design at its best, the contours and patterns and scale structure mesmerize. Look forward to many more of your wonderful work, your channel needs to be viewed by much wider audience. Will spread the word

This whole time I was getting creative with my imagination thinking that you were using some kind of remote control device to get so uncomfortable close to the snakes and it turns out you guys were right there nose to nose with these creatures. Absolutely amazing. Congrats for a well prepared and performed feature.

I've been attuned to wildlife documentaries for more than 30 years, and I can say this really is an exceptional piece of work that would rival or exceed, in terms of subject intimacy and camerawork, anything put out by the "bigger" producers. Fantastic job...

Very nice jobs you all. I was not aware there were so many species of rattlesnake. Loved hearing a bit about your team and the making of this film. Thank you .

Thats great news that there are still healthy populations of rattlesnake in Arizona. In the UK the adder population have gone down by at least ninety percent since 1970. I thought this documentary was really informative and enjoyable.

I live in central Arizona near the New Mexico border, the high desert. Local snake population have been pretty much wiped out, indicational gopher snake and some water snakes. These beauties of nature need to be preserved.

A stunningly beautiful documentary. Well done!

Just found this and Limited Zoology on KZfaq and was immediately captivated by the video! I’ve read many comments and can’t surpass their wonderful praises but I very much agree. Am 75 years old, have lived in TN my last 70, and have experienced and even played with certain snakes such as the harmless skinny green snakes that loved our back yard and many oak trees. Many black racers frequented the roads and the very abundant blackberry bushes. My only rattlesnake on our suburban lot was found under some leaves in our front road ditch. The ditch was shallow and the grass was groomed by a mower, which we as children often took turns doing. Luckily, I found the little 6” guy before the mower did and my brothers and I set him free on the still wooded lot across the street. Felt good!! Have come accidentally close to 2 adult rattlers, one in the Fall Creek Falls State Park, sunning on an rocky overlook provided for park visitors. One man frieked and removed the snake’s head with a shovel. So sad!! Another time, I almost put my hand on a rattler sleeping on a rock jutting from the cliff’s side as we were hiking a trail in the mountains around Sewanee, TN. A smaller tributary of the Harpeth River ran along the common area and jogging trail behind our yard at our next house. The HOA had removed several old hackberry trees along the jogging trail but left stumps 3’ tall. There I saw my first water moccasin, coiled and sunning on top of the stump. I was told others had been seen in the same way. I did not disturb mine! Recently, someone at our local lake marina pointed out to me a very well camouflaged snake in the water, near the edge, under a tree branch submerged, trying to hide from us as we were viewing him from above on the gangplank. It was a copperhead, not a water snake so often seen in lakes!! Unlike desert creatures, local groups of birds will become agitated, flying erratically and screaming, undoubtedly having spotted a snake slithering in grass or ground-cover beneath their nests full of baby birds or eggs and were panicked. And then, quiet peace would resume. Such was my growing up with nature! No phone, no internet, no chat rooms!! Classrooms were where we were taught important things, real things occurring in our beautiful real world! That is why I remember every snake in my world that by chance I would meet. I felt in awe and privileged, still do when I am able to adventure! So many young people don’t know and aren’t interested in knowing our planet. Your site, your videos are so important, invaluable really! As nature dies, so do we 😢. The natural world must take precedence, something long forgotten by humans. We are too busy and determined in getting what we want. Uninformed, shortsighted, and possibly extinct?!! Please continue your work. I have subscribed and will share. Thank you sincerely!

Thanks for this huge effort on this film. Also thanks to the biologists who have exposed the behaviors and ecological interactions of the more specialized species that are more difficult to observe. There is always more to learn.

I am seriously fearful of all snakes, but they have their own beauty and they deserve to be respected and unharmed. Their habitat should not be changed, either through urbanization or for agriculture. Great video thanks.

Cinematic gold! Proud Arizona here in north central az see rattlers everywhere in the warm months especially after monsoon season!

An awesome documentary and thank you for posting it!

Rattlesnakes are also one of my top favorite snakes in the world. Thanks Living Zoology!

Matej and Zuzana ❤ if I had million dollars to donate to you I would...videography, editing and music and background sounds are par excellence !!! Oh the effort and patience it must take to make these out of the world films 👋👋👋👌👌👌❤️

The music the whole experience. Navajo, Arapaho and Apache indians. You almost expect to see them on the mountains and hilltops. Amazing photography, thank you.

The young lady is well-spoken and her project reminds me of the work I did as an undergraduate student. I was working for Dr. Hatch at Chadron State College in Nebraska and building habitat for wild turnkeys. We were reintroducing them to the Pine Ridge region of NE and were doing research on the exact foods that they ate, planting those seeds, and creating water holes for them and the other creatures of that area. I was chosen mainly because I worked construction each summer and was handy with explosives to "blow in" water holes in appropriate spots. Habitat creation was verified by collecting turkey 'crops' during hunting season, putting them on dry ice, and then vacuum drying the crops to do seed counts with a viewer. Even then it was hard on the eyes to look thru the viewer for lengthy periods of time. The work she is doing is very important in order that we can share this world with other species in a productive manner. This was a great upload and since I grew up in the Dakotas and Wyoming, I understand the workings of the ecosystems quite well. One of the degrees that I obtained was biology with emphasis on ecosystems. On the ranch the primary rattlesnake we encountered was a prairie rattlesnake and then, when I was a ranger in the Black Hills, it was the timber rattler. Both are quite large snakes because food is plentiful in their habitat.

Unbelievable camera work and crew. Even better than documentary that is shown on TV.I could watch those type documentary all day.I mean i do watch your videos during class instead of focusing on math.This channel deserves a million subs I also subscribed to this channel too Good Job

Fantastic works as always you spoil us with all this amazing footage. There is no way I’d sleep in a tent in the rattlesnake desert. 😫 great job saving all the snakes in the roads

The way they stand so high in the strike position looks as its intended, very threatening! I am fascinated by Rattlesnake. The blacktail rattler is beautiful! First time I ever heard of it today! 😁👍🐍

Such outstanding work!!! I hope you all get as much enjoyment out of making this, as we do watching it. The narrators voice reminds me of a guy named Chris Sweet. Thank you for all your awesome effort!

Beautifully shot and made, fascinating insight into these fantastic animals, lovely production!

Great stuff. I especially liked the speckled rattlesnake...so beautiful. I hope the best for their future.

I have an innate fear of all things snakes, especially if the ones with venom, but they are truly magnificent creatures who are a key to a healthy ecosystem. This was very informative.

Beautiful documentary. The cinematography and narration are excellent! My admiration for rattle snakes grew after watching this beautiful video. Kudos.

Stunning images of these incredible beings and their habitats! Thanks for providing this content!

You reply to each and every comment unlike any other KZfaq channels,thank you very much.

Absolutely beautiful rattlesnakes and wildlife and what a awesome documentary and lots of information big thumbs up 👍 and it’s amazing what the rattlesnakes do for the ecosystem too

Fantastic video on rattlesnakes, and other wildlife and plants of the Southwest. One of my favorite areas in the world that I’ve been fortunate to spend a lot of time in camping, and exploring. If I were to pick a favorite rattlesnake in Arizona it would be the Tiger, or Ridge Nosed. Glad they talked about all the careless drivers that run over rattle snakes, even harmless ones are targeted. I’ve never understood that mindset, it’s like they’re completely uneducated or something. That might be the case as one day I overheard a conversation in the small town of Wickenburg Arizona, a group of people were talking about how many rattlesnakes they killed on their property in the previous summer. I’d like to believe rattlesnake populations are increasing or at least remaining stable, but at least in northern Arizona that’s not what I’ve been seeing. Everybody kills them, from ATV drivers to horse riders. But at lest there’re safe in the more remote mountainous regions free from cattle and people. Except with incredibly hot burning wildfires, that are undoubtably climate change influenced. Thank you for the video I’m sure you spent thousands of hours doing this but it sounded like fun.

Well presented. Love the Native American background music. The only fault I find is the lack of featuring the beautiful Arizona Black Rattlesnake that inhabits the higher elevations living out its life in the rocky tree-shaded canyons of the mountains that rise high above the floor of the Sonoran Desert. I consider the Arizona Black to be the most beautiful rattlesnake on the planet.

Absolutely great work.... stunning footages kudos to the entire team😊

what a superb documentary .. well presented and very informative. Thank you for taking the time to share with us. 👍

Best ever camera work! Enjoyable experience to watch! Kudos to the whole team!! All the best for your future projects!!

Thanks for coming and doing your wonderful documentaries on our snakes.

Extremely high quality video as always; excellent work. N.B. Gila Monster is pronounced "Hila monster"

I grew up on a cattle ranch at the base of the Huachuca mountains. I've encountered every kind of snake on your list except the speckled rattlesnake and the Gila Monster. I actually sat on a diamond back when I was a kid as I sat at the base of a tree. I felt something moving under my butt and knew immediately what it was. I don't know why it never bit me but I got lucky. Found a rock rattler in the barn inside a grain bin for the horses one time. More recently my kids were playing hopscotch inside the rungs of a ladder laying down in my garage. I guess parents intuition took over cause I just randomly decided to check it and there was a Mojave resting between the wall and the ladder. Probably would've killed my toddlers if they'd been bitten. Arizona is truly a very amazing place with such incredible diversity. I especially love Southern AZ as it's home and it's just awesome!!! This is a great video!!!!!!

You must endure some hot days to share with us. Thank you

Thank you for giving me this link awesome documentary its a shame some people dont respect this important species of the animal kingdom. You dont have to love them believe me im the last person that would love them but i also know we need them in our fragile ecosystem. Without them the delicate balance would be in turmoil. They are just as important as any other species.

Beautiful videography You have captured the most magical colours of nature and completely non damaged beauty of environment Feeling lucky to watch this Tysm 😇💫🖤

I love nature. So Owesome native sound! So real.

I live in Yuma, AZ and I'd love to see these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat. I can't wait to see more video's from ya. Keep up the GREAT work. You have a new subscriber. 👍👍

I subscribed big bro, love your teams beautiful cinematic photography!

This is sooo underrated!! You should have over 1M views on this! Great job, guys!!👍😁👍

Thank you for sharing your Awesome video's.

Beautiful photography. The speckled rattlesnakes are amazing looking.

So excited to see TV like this again

What a superb video that does. Justice to these beautiful creatures

Another superb video. Beautifully done.

Informative and interesting but most of all the photography is spectacular. The landscapes are breath-taking and the close-ups of the snakes remarkable. I have a deep phobia of all snakes but I know this is my problem and not theirs and came to be their advocate when I learned of the rattlesnake round-up. I had to leave the room when the photos of dead and wounded snakes were shown; I could have done without that but the point is well made.

Outstanding! Great colorful specimens! Beautiful!

Love this video. I'm new to Arizona, & this is a great way to identify these Beautiful dangerous snakes. Thank You for making this informitive video. Btw, I hate seeing them run over too. 😊🐍❤

This was the best presentation regarding the great southwestern deserts and it's non human inhabitants , bar none. Excellent content, narration as well as editing. I've always enjoyed snakes , their colors , the way they survive and their mystic. I hope children all over not just Arizona and New Mexico but the entire country are able to view this . The ignorance of the general population regarding these reptiles is the biggest threat to them. I congratulate you on this fine piece of work and thank you all.

@LivingZoology A coral snake looks like a kingsnake except for the color sequence. There's a saying to help ID them: "If red touches yellow, it kills a fellow. If red touches black, it's a friend of Jack". This documentary of yours, and it's shorter version, are the best films I've ever seen about snakes and rare lizards in the Sonoran Desert where I have lived for almost 60 years. For example, the Gila Monster footage was both illuminating and rare. The information about rattlesnakes particularly caught my eye as I encounter, on average, about one rattlesnake every two years or so. As I mentioned in the comments section on the short version of this film, we encountered a teeny tiny species of snake called the "Chiricahua Rattlesnake" in the Chiricahua Mountains where it snows every Winter. I love your work. Even the desert birdsong was spot on.

Excellent work, guys!

Oh, my God, I just came across your channel today and I was amazed by your videos! I love snakes with all my heart, I want to work with them in the future and this film is just amazing! Such a beautiful shooting, a lot of interesting information. Very high-quality work. Despite some difficulties with translation (I don't know English very well, I'm Russian :D) I like this movie. There are very few documentaries about reptiles, mostly old ones, translated a long time ago. Unfortunately, in my country most people hate snakes and kill everything that crawls and moves, even legless lizards and absolutely harmless Grass snakes, Dice snakes and disappearing Smooth snakes And people do not think about the fact that snakes are also an important part of the ecosystem. Anyway, thank you for this wonderful film, and I will be happy and interested to watch your other videos

such a soothing video. Thanks living zoology

The constructive comments are wonderful to read, thank you one and all!

This was Great !! The dialogue, the filming, the snakes themselves, everything about this was so well done.

Your photography is as beautiful as the place you were in.

Beautiful,what an awesome documentary.. the best ever seen.

Man I’ve been looking for a good rattlesnake documentary for years. How come I’ve never seen this. Only documentary i could find is the old one that’s starts by talking about the cowboys. Seen that damn thing uploaded like 5 different times

Incredible documentary!

What a fabulous program! The rattlesnakes with their earthy colours are exquisite. It reminds me how evolution is one of the most amazing things about being alive, and how the different species can thrive only in specific habitats, unless they are able to adapt. If only humans were willing to embrace the timescales that evolution entails, we could learn to live in harmony with nature. Those of us who do needn't be reminded of how instead as a species "we" destroy.

Amazing documentary, great photography and a very apt soundtrack.

Great footage. Excellent documentary on Arizona rattlesnakes. I'm a rattlesnake nut so I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you

Badass video. 10/10

You're doing a really good job. I am waiting impatiently for more films.

what a documentary ❤️

Beautifully done ❣

Thank you for creating such stunning and quality work. I’m spreading your videos to friends and family. I’m from the Mojave desert of Southern Utah and love finding wildlife in the red rock. Next state for a future video.....Utah?!

Amazing graphics ❤

A great job , and an amazing channel ! Best regards from France

I really hope people will be more careful on those desert roads at night and learn to appreciate these beautiful creatures.

magnificent, one of your most beautiful films, a perfect soundtrack, great balance between nature sounds, ethnic music and commentary. Even if I know them for the most part, it just lacks the scientific names in the subtitles.

What a amazing channel Gorgeous quality And excellent zoology Felt connected with the alchemy of nature while watching superb keep going🖤👍💫😇

By far the greatest snake documentary I have ever watched! Incredible cinematography on such amazing creatures! What camera setup did you guys use to document this stunning footage?

An outstandingly good presentation. Thank you.

Beautiful. Many thanks.

I come back to this one, it’s a favorite! Great use of background music and nature too, and especially thanks for using our tribal music. Excellent. Dobros too. It’s all good -~~~~>

I used to look for these when i was a bit younger.... I used to catch them and look at em... Then let em go.... Thank god i never got bit😬.... Still love em... They have such pretty patterns!

Great film! thank you! Beautiful snakes, lets hope people can stop killing them on the roads.

Another great video. Keep up the amazing work! 👍