Venomous bush vipers from Africa, 3 species of Atheris snakes in the wild!
2020 ж. 16 Мам.
136 813 Рет қаралды
Venomous bush vipers are small snakes from Africa from genus Atheris. In this video you will see 3 species of bush vipers in the wild - Green bush viper (Atheris squamigera), Hairy bush viper or Rough-scaled bush viper (Atheris hispida) and Great lakes bush viper (Atheris nitschei). All these venomous snakes are beautiful and endangered from habitat destruction and collecting for pet trade. Watch this video to see them in the nature habitat and learn about importance of protecting them. There is also footage of Gaboon viper, Rhinoceros viper, Jameson's mamba and Large-eyed green tree snake, Johnston's chameleon and Strange-horned chameleon.
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I absolutely love they way y’all capture the beauty of these misunderstood creatures. I always enjoy these videos
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Beautiful footage, beautiful sounds, and beautiful snakes ! Congrats on finding and filming these incredible creatures.
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I'm just noticing how beautiful these snakes are just amazing and breathtaking; from their scales to the colors and shapes.
Thank you for watching!!! Yes, they are amazing!
Again, the cinematography is gorgeous and the subject matter addressed with respect (vs sensationalism) and just the right amount of education. Thank you for this video.
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Have loved and respected snakes since I was a little boy. You're videos and the way you approach education and conservation have only increased my respect and awe for these beautiful animals and also for you. I watch your videos over and over again, they're so pretty and calming. Thank you Living Zoology.
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Absolutely incredible specimens of otherwise demonized and imperiled squamates. You have truly captured the gorgeously innocent and mundane lifestyles of these amazing creatures. There is so much on this planet we can learn and appreciate especially from such beautiful extant organisms as these if we can just respect the consequences of wild encounters and poaching/exportation. We must conserve and preserve as we protect to connect.
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You have no idea how much I love this video- African Bush Vipers have been my favorite kind of snake for a looooonnnnng time, it’s amazing how you catch the beauty of these creatures and also provide information to guide you through the video, and I also like how you didn’t only focus on the African Bush Vipers, you also showed us some other animals and provided information about them as well!
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It's easy, Atheris hispidus is easily my favourite.have loved them since the first time I saw them. Stunning,little snakes
Many species prefer hispida!!! Thank you for watching!!!
I love how you are trying to protect the snakes and I would hate to see them go extinct
Thank you very much!!! Yes, that is the purpose of this channel.
My favorite Bush viper is squamigera since there the only ones I’ve seen in person. But all the Atheris look fantastic. Nice film once again.
Thank you!!! Even though squmigera is the most common one, it is also amazing and beautiful species.
Your cinematography continues to astonish me. Also, thank you for reminding us of the need to preserve these species.
Thank you so much, great to hear that! 🙏
Love all your videos. I'm passionate about reptiles especially snakes, the environment & climate. 🐍🙏🐍
We are glad you like them! Many thanks for watching!
Amazing footage! LOVE SNAKES!
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We need people like you on earth! Please keep posting more videos. I'm sure it will reach lots of people and create a ripple one day.
Thank you, we will continue! :)
The footage and colors your cameras achieve are absolutely stunning, the sounds and everything are just amazing. If there's ever any KZhead awards of some kind you guys would sweep the competition without a doubt!!
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Congratulations on finding these in the wild, they’re certainly tough snakes to locate. Next you should try to find A. desaixi!
Thank you so much!!! Hopefully, we will get the chance to look for more species in the future!
what an incredibly beautiful snake. Its like a miniature dragon. of all the venomous snakes, I think this is the most beautiful one.
We agree that bush vipers are super awesome and beautiful!
Wonderful work as usual. Gotta go with the Rough-scaled bush viper, but it's more like a 1a, 1b, and 1c. They're all beautiful snakes.
Thanks!!! Your are right, they are all absolutely stunning! We were curious if the viewers think the same :)
Wow , That was incredible and sad at the same time . My new favorite is the Great Lakes Bush Viper. I'd never seen one before . I hope someone does something to help them soon .
Thank you!!! Well, the situation is not ideal in Africa and many other tropical regions. Forests are disappearing with incredible speed. We hope to help spread awareness with our videos.
Oh these are definitely one of my favorites of the vipers!
Yes, bush vipers are awesome!
Stunning work! Another brilliant piece of art!
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What a beautiful video, admiring these species is truly a privilege, they are like small dragons, instead of fear they make me feel awe and respect
Thank you! We agree that these snakes are really amazing 🙂
Hey im from uganda i love nature so much i wish i had capabilty of joining you in the fight for saving nature.i hate to see natural habitats of animals being destructed every other day.
Hello to Uganda! The thing everybody can do is educate and inform. We started this filming studio just because of that. We want to show what is happening. Thanks to social media we can show animals and their habitats and what threatens them to everybody around the world.
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Such beautiful photography of these amazing snakes. I love Bush Vipers with the heavily keeled scales. Let us protect them for as long as we can. Thank you for this superb video. 🙏
Thank you for watching!!!! We hope that this video will help to spread information about beautiful bush vipers and help to protect them.
Absolutely gorgeous snakes!! Thank you for that incredible footage!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!
Awesome footage, love it!
Thank you!!!!
I love this! The snakes are so beautiful! I love watching these type of videos :)
Glad you like them! Great that you like to watch our videos!
Amazing video!! But...how many hours did you actually spend looking for them?? I went to Uganda a few months ago and spent about 2 weeks there (Kibale, Bwindi impenetrable, etc)... saw chimps, mountain gorillas but did not spot a SINGLE snake by myself! :/ only snake I saw was a rhino viper that a local farmer had found on his tea plantation. My dream is still to find gabonica, nasicornis and A. hispida in the wild!
We went to Uganda 3 times and together spent there together about 2 months. It is very difficult to find snakes in Africa (especially in the forests) and it takes time!!! Thank you for watching!!! :)
Im from uganda thank you for the vist to u all
@@paulraysam Thank you!! We like Uganda very much!
One day I will own some of these snakes to be able to help protect them from going extinct, and teach people about these beautiful animals. Amazing video, thanks!
Thank you for watching! 🙏Great that you love our video!
Absolute artwork here. Im happy that breeders have learned to keep these snakes in captivity for long life. That will help stop the demand for wild caught snakes being poached. They are such amazing and beautiful little snakes. Thanks for your work.
Thank you very much for watching and nice words! Unfortunately, bush vipers are still exported from some countries, luckily less and less.
As always, amazing photography ❤️❤️
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Team,awesome work .Beautiful frames,sounds made by crickets were good enough for the music.Though venomous, beautiful snakes, its that look in their eyes which make them look like cruel guys. Habitat loss is the most pressing concern for many wildlife species increasing man-animal conflicts.We have to give these animals enough space for our mutual benefit. I actually liked Rough scaled bushviper,but when knew that their is no antivenom its quiet frightening if somebody crosses them. Kudos for the efforts put for making this video..
Thank you so much for watching and we are very happy to read such a positive comment! We hope that spreading awareness can help to protect these amazing snakes.
This video is absolutely beautiful. Just sounds of nature and the most beautiful snake ever. Great job.
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Thank you for the awesome footage, those are incredibly gorgeous creatures! What is the reason behind the shape of scales of the genus Atheris and especially in the extreme version of A. hispida?
Thank you so much for watching!!! The reason why bush vipers have extremely keeled scales is not known according to our knowledge. Probably it does not have any purpose. Sometimes we find strange features on animals without an evident evolutionary advantage behind it.
@@LivingZoology it does have a purpose and its simply a camouflage against enemies to be undetected and on the other hand for hunting purposes as well.
@@saltwaterfly1 Are there any studies about that? Why it is not present in any other arboreal vipers from rainforests? You may have a point with the camouflage, we just don't know any sources showing that it is true. These snakes live in dense forests and their color alone is a great camouflage.
@@LivingZoology I guess the rough-scaled viper can make extremely loud noise by rubbing their scales in a defense mode. I presume that pressing their rough scales a bit upward would make it very hard for a predator especially another snake to swallow them. What do you think of that?
That was awesome my favourite is the saw scaled viper 🐛
Thank you very much!!!! We want to film Saw-scaled viper soon!
Atheris hispida is my favourite! So beautiful
The answer of many people! Gorgeous snakes!
The scales are so beautiful, especially on the rough-scaled bush vipers. Everybody really looks a lot more brilliant on my big screen when I mirror. Absolutely stunning, guys! PS: I’m really attached to the ‘hairy’ guy!
Many thanks! On the big screen it always looks great that on the phone :) The Hairy bush viper is a stunning species! :)
Fantastic video, and stunning snakes. Thanks for sharing.
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Just Amazing and beautyfull snakes !!!
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What an amazing video with the sounds of the habitat!
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Bush vipers are so amazing. All the variable colors. They look like little dragons 💚
They are awesome! Thanks for watching!
Really good to see footage of wild Atheris, thank you.
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this is an amazing video. i watched and noticed some very rare snakes here. thanks for sharing.
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I love the way you how u capture these footages of these snakes and inform us about it so u can change people’s mind about these misunderstood animals
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The rainforests: *Lots of pretty insect sounds, chirping and leaves blowing.* Also the rainforests: "Huuhuuhuuhuuuhuhuuhuhuuuhuu hooo hoo huuu huu!" Amazing photography and video work though!
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Thanks for another wonderful video. These snakes are beautiful!
Many thanks for watching!!! Bush vipers are our favorite!!! We came to Africa 3 times to find and film them!
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Fabulous just fabulous.
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Best quality shots of snakes out there, no question about it.
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Absolutely gorgeous snakes....
Thank you very much! Bush vipers are super cool!
This is the best series on snakes. I'm always excited to see new episodes. Thank you for advocating for the snakes.
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Another brilliant work, Living Zoology! Absolutely 😍 your channel. Pls keep up the amazing work, stay safe & thank you 🤙🏼
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These species are unique and seldom to be exposed yet. I like Atheris hispida.It's cool.It looks like a dragon I think.Great footage.
Yes, the most dragon-like is hispida!!! Thank you for watching!!!
Amazing animals!!! The Great Lakes viper is so rare
Yes they are! Thanks for watching!
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This documentary was one of the most amazing I have seen, my favourite of the 3 was the green bush viper even tho is the least at risk how can I help this species survive?
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This channel is a pure joy! Filming professionaly makes it look so easy and natural. Instant subscriber!
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I love to travel. When it comes to vipers, I like that you do that traveling for me :-) Thanks for the video!
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Creation at its best! What beautiful creatures...even though it makes the hair on my back stand up!
Wow, thank you! We agree, these snakes are beautiful!
Beautiful sounds and footage!!! What a heartbreak,,, land, creatures, no respect. Spikey one, so just wanted to touch...
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Nature is amazing😍
It is, we totally agree! :)
Excellently picturized
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Fantastic video, it would be great if you come to Colombia to do a video to promote conservation of the snakes here. Thank you.
Thank you!!! We would like to come to many countries, just time and money is a limit!
Instant Sub\ Loved the footage with sound.Truly lovely planet..
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I’m always impressed by the photography and audio in your videos. I could actually hear the snake 🐍 moving on the branch! I miss a narrator because I don’t want to take my attention from watching the critters going about their business. 🥰👍🐍🎥
Awesome, thank you! We are very happy that you watch our videos and you like them! Unfortunately, we cannot afford to pay the narrator for each video.
@@LivingZoology All things in good time. In the meantime I will continue watching faithfully. Thanks for all your hard work.
Thank you for this great Video.
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Great video
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Crazy good footage man, I’m glad I subbed. Thanks for the content keep it coming!!! 💪🏾💪🏾
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Living Zoology wildlife in general! I got my major this year in zoo and wildlife biology. So all wildlife really interest me.
@@MandoraExplorer242 Perfect! Just wanted to know so we can focus on certain topics. Wildlife in general is great for us, each video can be interesting for you! :)
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Great footage!!!
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Beautiful Snakes 🐍
Yes, bush vipers are super cool snakes!
Amazing animals! The hairy Bush Viper looks like a baby dragon.
Thank you very much!!! It looks like a dragon indeed, also the other species but hispida the most!
@@LivingZoology Indeed they do.
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Purple variable bush vipers are def my fav species of viper
Bush vipers in general are awesome!
Do these vipers you showed have front fixed fangs where hinged fangs
All viper have long front fangs :) They are hidden in a muscle pocket when not needed and up in the mouth and when they are needed then they go straigh.
Awesome video, as always. And my answer is A. hispida....hands down :-)
Thank you so much!!! Many people say hispida is the best! :)
Superb!!
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Nice, looking forward to it.
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Amazing
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Fantastic video.
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How does this video only have 1,152 views???? These are exceptional !!!!!
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so beautiful
Thank you!
Just out of curiosity (and as a possible future career option), love videography and and all things reptiles. To get onto a team like this to do national geographic type work (not necessarily that company though) what type of studies and qualifications would you need? Also what would you be looking for in a person to be considered to be hired for this type of work? Last, how long were you all in africa to get this sort of footage? Weeks? Months? Your work is absolutely amazing and I am glad you are raising awareness to the fact that this amazing creatures could disappear from this planet completely if serious action is not taken. You have gained my respect. PS I am super impressed how just about every single comment here is replied to by you guys. I understand how difficult that must be with such a large channel, but it is really cool to see that you are so involved with your viewers.
Hello! Thank you for your comment! :) It is a tricky question, because we have never worked in a team like National Geographic. We both studied zoology in the Czech Republic (Matej is still finishing his PhD.) and during that we started our film studio. It all started with a passion and for long time it was just a hobby. For Matej it is now his main job and the journey to it took almost 10 years. We usually go to the field for a month and Matej spent more than one year of his life in Africa already. So our advice would be to do it because of passion from the start and maybe it might become a job. Thank you very much for your kind words, we appreciate them a lot! Also, part of education and spreading awareness is to be in contact with our fans and anybody who is interested in snakes. We are happy to answer every comment with some reasonable topic :)
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Woooow this was a nice one
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The best, never seen such pictures.
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To get these king of footage and information you guys are totally into snakes. Willing to go to level of photography and videography which undoubtedly is appreciated by whoever see's it... Keep it up guys.. BIG FAN
Yes, we put a lot of effort and time to our work!!! We are happy that we can contribute to education about snakes and the better quality we get, the easier to show the beauty of these animals! :) Thank you so much for being a fan!
@@LivingZoology the number of pics I see on instagram of Bush Vipers I certainly feel there are tons of them in captivity then out in the wild. What do you think?
Amazing video.
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Amazing Videos
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It was worth the wait. One question, the first snake at the beginning, do the not get affected by the ants? All the best.
Thank you very much!!! It started to move away soon after ants arrived.
Woah finally 💚
Hopefully, you will enjoy it! :)
Amazing photography! I just love it when there's no voice-overs. We hear the Congo just like u guys do! Fave species?? All those vipers look pretty damn aggressive and we notice their hot tempers. I'd say all of 'em!
Thank you so much!!!! We are happy that we can give people the right feeling of the rainforest :) Most Bush vipers are quite defensive. Many small venomous snakes are like that, they simply need to be due to their size. But we like the mouth opening in Atheris, it is cool behavior! Our favourite is probably Great Lakes and Rough-scaled!
@@LivingZoology Yeah there's a You Tube channel in South Africa where the guys so bold that he literally picks up a 10 ft. cobra and carries it! Love all snakes!
@@curlymyhero You mean Dingo Dinkelman? Or somebody else?
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I think your coolest video so far! All three shown species of bush vipers are absolutely adorable :) Hopefully the remainig african rainforests can be saved so these beauties have a chance to survive...
Thank you very much!!! We thought that comparing these 3 species in one video can be interesting for viewers :)
@@LivingZoology Yes, it certainly is! I've planned a trip to Mt. Kenya, amongst others, this year and maybe find also bushvipers there (although I know the chance is not too high). But unfortunatey it's not possible due to the corona crisis :(
@@Alterofmadness Oh, yes, corona crisis stopped everything. We were supposed to go to Keny for Saw-scaled vipers and Red spitting cobras, but we had to cancel.
@@LivingZoology Very sad. But hopefully it will be possible again next year :)
The really cool 🐍
Yes, they are!
The cinematography is just exquisite.
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Great work!
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Awesome video as always! Beautiful snakes! Love the bushvipers. Really great creatures! COLLET & TRAPE described a new species this year (2020): Atheris mongoensis ("Mongo Hairy Bush Viper" )from the Mbandaka region (Katanga; Democratic Republic of Kongo). 17 Atheris species are listed now in the Reptile Database.
Hello!!! Thank you so much for watching!!! Yes, I have also checked Reptile Database. The taxonomy of animals in Central Africa was done with many mistakes in the past, so who knows what is the correct number. I have heard about mongoensis!
@@LivingZoology COLLET & TRAPE 2020 also described a new Cobra: the Dwarf Water Cobra (Naja nana; Katanga Region)
@@MrGert1960 I also saw this paper!!! Very interesting snake!!!
This channel is AMAZING!
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Some creatures are so beautiful that it is hard to believe that they are real. These bush vipers are among them. They looks like fantasy creatures.....! 🐍
We completely agree!!! Amazing snakes!!!