Deadly venomous snakes of Africa - Mambas, wild Black mamba, Green mamba, venom extraction
2022 ж. 18 Ақп.
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Mambas are the most feared snakes of Africa. People think that they can chase people and try to bite them. Yes, mambas are deadly venomous and can kill humans with their bite, but always choose to go away if they can. Black mamba and green mambas are beautiful and shy snakes.
We worked with East African Venom Supplies in Kenya to bring you species profiles of some of the most dangerous snakes of Africa!
In this episode you will see 3 species of mambas:
Black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)
Eastern green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps)
Jameson's mamba (Dendroaspis jamesoni)
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Gorgeous cinematography, as usual. Love the subtitles instead of voice-over narration. Wonderful, just wonderful 💚
Thank you very much! Perfect that you like the subtitles!
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Much Respect for those doing that Job.
Thank you!
The color of the eastern green mamba is truly beautiful. Amazing work!
Thank you! Cheers! Green mambas are beautiful!
The green mambas are gorgeous but I love the colors of the Jameson's the best. Of course I love them all, and would love someday to be able to visit Africa and see some of their amazing snakes. Boomslangs, Puff adders, Bush vipers with all the variable colors, Cape cobras, Rinkhals, Gaboon and Rhino vipers, so many fascinating snakes to see 😍💯 Seeing those iconic animals too would just be extra awesome. 😃 Beautiful video, as always.
I agree completely with this. Count me in on this. To see a Red Spitting Cobra or a Black Mamba sunning itself somewhere in its native habit would be fantastic.
We agree, Jameson's mamba is kind of special! We will make species profiles of Boomslang and some other snakes you are mentioning :) Thank you for watching and we wish you a chance to visit Africa in the future!
The Black Mambas look sooo tough and cool~👍 Thank you for sharing this informative video~🤗
Very welcome!!! Black mambas are really cool, they have strong personalities!
Ready to go!!!💪💪🔝
Happy that you watched!
this is a great video, thank you
You're very welcome! We will make more species profile videos :)
I'm so excited for this! ♡
We hope that you loved it!
Oooooo now this i cant wait for. Let me think. Black, Western, Eastern and Jamesons.
There will be 3 species, one is still missing :) But we are already thinking about a trip with aim to find it maybe next year!
One can never really see too many beautiful mambas 😄😉🐍
@@metalmamasue3680 That is very true! 😄
I have to wonder how hard it would be for modern science to develop antivenins for all of these snakes in a lab. We have so many enzymes and hormones made in labs today that have replaced animal extracted versions. I think of insulin for example that is now produced in labs. No longer are we using beef and pork extracted insulin. I cannot believe that some grad student somewhere could not, in the course of his or her research for a doctorate, could not come up with a way to make, synthesize, or replicate an antivenin that would make milking these snakes obsolete. Well, enough of that rant. Great video. That Eastern Green Mamba is gorgeous. If I had a car that colour, I would be racing around Milwaukee right now at a high rate of speed showing that car off. It is hard to find videos of any kind on KZhead that beat the videography in your videos. The clearness, colours, and vibrancy are all unmatched. I cannot wait to see the next video. By the way, the information contained is better than a lot of videos I have seen as well. These videos are fantastic on some many levels. More people need to subscribe to this channel. Thank you for this video. I loved it.
We also hope that in the future somebody will invest in the development of synthetic antivenoms. Until that we think that it is important to inform about this topic, how antivenom is produced, that there is a big shortage of it in Africa, etc. The production is very expensive, hundreds of snakes need to be milked, big farm with many horses is needed so these animals can create antibodies, and so on. We agree that those green mambas are absolutely gorgeous! It sounds really great when you say that our cinematography is awesome, thank you! We also try to provide high information value and we try to find new ways, like in this video. Thank you for your amazing support!
@@LivingZoology I think two grad students in some program could do it, get their doctorate in the process, and leave the school with their dissertation, degree, and enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives. I cannot imagine it would take much money to do compared to other replacement enzymes and the like that have been manufactured over the years. I will bet Bill Gates could fund the whole project with the money he keeps in his wallet. I know that these are complex liquids, but they are basically digestive juices and if we can calm acid reflux in a 65 year old obese male while giving him an erection, this should be easy.
@@LivingZoology I heard camel anti- bodies do not need refrigeration but horse does. Power flux in electric system in Africa makes tough, and reason expensive as well. Camel adjusted to heat of desert is reason, wonder if truth? Camel eat snake and mouth protects them. Camel making best ant-bodies..(they say) ( unless what I read is bunk)because can be stored without cold.
Another great Video. You make many friends out there. That's a good thing.
Yes we do! We try to promote work of people who do great job with snakes!
Beautiful snakes! Still, I'm glad we don't have them here in Europe. Thank you for the informative video. 👍👍
Thanks for watching! Yes, mambas are beautiful, but we understand that it might be scary to have them in the house!
wow they are beautiful. But I rather watch them on youtube.
You can easily watch them on KZhead! :) Another video here: kzhead.info/sun/m6tth9qoZ4dna3k/bejne.html
Always amazing video, Mamba Snakes a piece of our planet Earth! Thank you a lot for your fantastic work! I’m will waiting for more videos! Ciao!
Thank you very much! More videos will be coming regularly, don't miss any of them! :)
YOUR VIDEO IS SO NICE
Thank you very much!
Great stuff. Love these guys
Glad you like them!
Striking video as usual from living zoology. This is my favorite channel!
Wow, thank you so much!!! We are happy that you watch our videos!
I love your channel, is awesome!
Thank you so much! :)
I'm from southern Region(Western Ghats) of india, our land is the home for world's largest snake king cobra,, but i have special love for these mamba species,, I really appreciate ur brilliant work guys , keep it up we are here to support u😊
Thank you for watching! Here is our video explaining the connection between mambas and the King cobra: kzhead.info/sun/oaiik96hemiLlJ8/bejne.html
Absolutely love this channel
That is awesome, thank you!
The Jameson almost looks like a hybrid between black and green mambas.
Yes, they look a bit like that!
Mambas are my favorite snakes
We also love them! Beautiful and charismatic!
@@LivingZoology in the corner of West Africa where I'm staying, most people have this stereotype that green snakes are not dangerous, they're surprised when I tell them that it's not true, citing examples like the green mambas and boomslangs
@@judenjilah7996 Interesting! We are planning a trip to West Africa with the aim of filming the last mamba species which we haven't seen. In East and Southern Africa many people call every green arboreal snake a green mamba and are afraid of it.
@@LivingZoology wow that's cool. I never knew they were mambas in West Africa, thought it's usually east and southern Africa. I live in Cameroon, our most famous snake here is the gaboon viper
Blak.mambas.great Video.super.respekt.
Many thanks for this!
great video (y)
Thank you so much!
Fantastic footage as always but what about the West African green mamba?
Thank you! We did not have time and finances yet to go look for it to West Africa. Hopefully in the future.
@Living Zoology i understand. Id love to see WA episode with the WA green mamba, WA forest cobra and gaboon and maybe a Jameson again for good measure!
@@Mark13091961 We hope to go to West Africa and those species will be definitely on our list :)
awesome
Thank you so much!!!
To me, the most fascinating part is how much trust these people are able to instill in one another. You HAVE to be confident that your partner is competent, experienced, and able to make appropriate split-second decisions under pressure, because any little misstep could endanger both of their lives & the life of the animal. It’s amazing to watch how well they work together, and how they seem to be able to communicate without words, but by being able to anticipate their partner’s next move…and by knowing the worst possible move the snake could make, & being prepared for it, in the event that it happens. It’s almost like a dance.
Yes, working with trained professionals is very important. Handling deadly venomous snakes every day requires lot of focus and cooperation. Thank you for watching!
Nice vid! I wish you guys had viridis too!
Thank you very much!!! We want to go to look for viridis in the future :)
The Black Mamba is a snake that needs to be respected!
Yes, we absolutely agree with you!
I like snakes , have kept them in the past ( all be it harmless Rat snakes and corn snakes ) but something about the Black Mamba terrifies me . That coffin shaped head and gaping black mouth fills me with dread in a way no other snake on this planet does . Really don’t know why I fear them so much as I live in the UK and am hardly likely to encounter one … much respect to these guys ✊🏻
The Black mamba is a snake that needs respect for sure. But its bad reputation is not deserved. Thank you for watching!
I don't like seeing snakes being milked, though it is necessary. Green mambas are stunningly beautiful.
We agree, it is not nice to see it, but it is necessary. We hope another way of producing antivenom will be invented in the future. Thank you for watching!
I know what you mean. It seems to me that there is a lot of physical pressure placed on the snakes that could be harmful. I never get nervous and worried for the people handling the snake, but for the health and safety of the snakes. They seem a bit more delicate than they way that they are handled during the milking process.
@@jazzbariman It is obviously not nice for a snake to live on a snake farm rather than in the wild. It is how it is unfortunately, but these snakes are saving lives of people who get bitten. East African Venom Supplies have great plans, they are building new big enclosures for snakes and they have very good intentions! We hope that the welfare of snakes and other reptiles will slowly get bigger importance.
@@LivingZoology I understand Donaathat it is not good for the snake to live on a farm. My concern was more for the actual process of pinning the snake down, holding it, and forcing the venom out seems to me to be a it harsh. I do not, though, advocate stopping this practice. I completely understand the medical necessity for doing this. Which brings me to a question I have been wondering. Is it possible to "adopt" a mamba or other venomous snake that is held in captivity for its venom? How uch in American dollars does it cost to care for a snake? How much for food, shelter, cleaning, health care, and all of the costs of keeping a snake like a mamba in captivity for a year? A month? A day? Have you ever thought of partnering with one of these snake farms and putting that cost on your website? Donate $XX.XX and you will feed a Red Spitting Cobra for a month. I am not sure that I would trust anyone other than you two to make sure the money went to the snake. I think I would rather get a small sticker from you with a picture of "my" snake on it with some goofy thing saying that I bought it a meal or a clean cage or a . . . . Just a thought I am throwing your way. Thank you for responding. You channel is my favorite on KZhead.
I like you both and think you're doing a fantastic job educating people not to be frightened or harm snakes because they play a key role in our environment. If you ever want to visit Northern California to study our native reptilian friends, you have an open invitation and free place to stay for a few months.
Thank you so much!!! We really appreciate your offer and we would love to return to the USA when there will be a chance :)
See u guys
Thanks for watching!
Additionally, mambas get that long ? Wow😮
Yes, mambas are big snakes!
I ❤️ snakes 🐍
We love them too! Thank you for watching our videos! :)
I dont know why, that twig snake terrifies me 😂😂
Why, twig snakes are very nice and cool! :)
We call them vine snakes down in South Africa. They are quite venomous, but not dangerous, 'ços they are quite "chilled". I was on a bush walk once and we were listening to the guide explaining something when one of the ladies in the group noticed the snake in the tree above us watching us. The group were experienced bush people, so we just carried on with the talk and moved away slowly when finished, no problem.
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Thank you!
I once spotted a green mamba but now am not so sure whether it was a green mamba cz you guys have said its found on the coastal region. Spotted in eastern kenya, climate is semi arid
You will get all the info you need to recognize a green mamba in another video we created! :) kzhead.info/sun/Y7Zth9mHe5Sopa8/bejne.html
OMG I hate snakes. I'm just curious to learn about these venomous reptiles.
It is great that you are curious to learn more about these animals! The more you know about them, the more you start to understand and respect them :)
I got a pet black mamba... 🤥 OK, actually it's an black african house snake 😅
Oh, very close to Black mamba 😅 But house snakes are also cool!
@@LivingZoology I am not 100 percent sure, but I heard that house snakes are actually more related to the family of true cobras than to other coubrits..
@@cechvalek1886 Lamprophiidae, where house snakes belong, are indeed more closely related to elapids than colubrids :)
@@LivingZoology Dyk, ale myslím, že tomu budu rozumět lépe, když mi to napíšete v češtině
@@cechvalek1886 Čeleď Lamprophiidae je blíže příbuzná korálovcovitým (Elapidae) než užovkovitým (Colubridae) :)
You two has to ware your glasses all times, coz snakes you like, notorious in comoflouge..
Thanks for watching, we are careful, don't worry.
All snakes are shy & not aggressive to humans unless cornered!!! Why do you do that, suggesting that some snakes are aggressive when all the are is defensive!!!
Where are we suggesting that some snakes are aggressive???
Bro if you would’ve extract venom from all 4 species then it would’ve been great but hope you’ll do soon
Thank you for watching.
I am scared of snakes. even though I always look at them whenever I go to the zoo.
It is good that you are interested in them! Slowly you will overcome your fear :)
Muito interessante pena que não tem tradução em português.
Thank you!
Black mambas invade many home's in Durban. Pietermartizburg KZN South Africa 🌍
Black mambas were there first, people invaded their land.
Repetition Creates Retention: They have operation down to a "T"...Efficient..
Thank you for watching.
This all looks extremely stressful on the snake! I’d be pissed off too, and love to take a chunk out of you!
It would be awesome if someone invented a synthetic antivenom. Snakes which are milked are of course stressed, but they are saving lives of people who get bitten. We hope in the future all these snakes could be released back in the wilderness!
@@LivingZoologyit would be wonderful if they could rotate them in for awhile and then set free, with new ones coming in. Yes I know, but it would be great.
@@Sushi2735 They try, if they have a rescue of a certain species, they keep the recently rescued one and release another one.
@@LivingZoology I hate to see anything suffer, not that they are suffering getting milked, but it would be nice to know they had a possibility of parole. 😊
@@LivingZoology hi again. I just saw the most horrible thing. Did you know they catch and kill the pythons in the Everglades in Fla.? I watched part of a show where they got a beautiful 16ft male and 12ft female and they kill them! OMG my heart is just pounding in my chest. I never heard this before and they were so beautiful. I quickly turned it off. Does this happen all over the world?
The mamba on the video picture is could the cobra mamba the most venomous cobra species in the world
Black mambas spread a narrow hood, it is a typical behavior of this species.
Hi I’m back I did some stuff and I realised that all the belly black snakes tiger snakes collet snakes black mambas maybe more that’s all I know do that so much are australian
Why South african Black Mambas tend to be darker than those found in Zambia, Tanzania? etc
It probably has something to do with the environment, in more open habitats with light soil Black mambas tend to be lighter.
@@LivingZoology it makes sense thank you👍
@@sabelogumede4769 Very welcome!
All, I need is to see it first and my 12ga ,end of story.
Thanks for watching.
They....sort of look like they enjoy being 'milked'
Not really.
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Thank you very much, greetings to Canada!