Western Diamondback Rattlesnake wakes up suddenly!
2017 ж. 21 Мау.
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"Rattlesnakes use their rattle to warn others. They may rattle to indicate they are present so they won’t be stepped on, or they may rattle if cornered or harassed to warn that they may be about to strike." "Tail-rattling is mainly a defensive gesture; something they do when frightened."
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Gotta love these guys. They're one of the few predators that do you a favor and make it very well known that they are there and don't want to be messed with
@Twiddly Stosh some snakes wiggle their tails rapidly and make noise with the leaves since they don't have a rattle. A fer de lance was doing that in my hands once during a processing thing
The sad part is that you'll often still get bit if you don't see them right away and accidentally hop around while trying to escape...Maybe you accidentally step too close or step on them, and they get scared
Chris, My dog was walking a few feet in front of me and a snake about 4’ in length came out of a small bush about 20’ feet away. No rattling! It moved rapidly and it bit my dog on its hind leg. The snake went rapidly back to the bush. I looked at my dog and sure enough to puncture wounds. I went closer a few feet away from the bush and saw 2 snakes intertwined. I first thought they were mating, but they were very aggressive. I drew my hand gun and fired a round into the bush. They separated and both went down different gopher holes. The one that attacked my dog was half way down the hole as I shot it in the middle of its back. About 12 rattles and an evenly spaced black and white tail. Indicating it was a Western Diamondback. The other snake was longer with no rattles and probably what’s referred to as a Bull Snake. I rushed my dog to the vet and he recovered. A $2000 expense. They don’t always rattle.
@@glynnellis6519 I don't claim to know what every animal does. Hope your dog is okay!
@@cpresto2 Thanks Chris. Just a heads up that’s all. I’ve had many encounters and every time they were defensive. So the one that got my dog was an exception.
I knew it was coming and it still scared the shit out of me
Poo say
Me Too
Same
yeeeeesssss
Yea right lol
That dull roar is awesome, and not even a real roar, that's just the sound of it pulling air into its lungs to make itself look bigger and stabilize its stance! Snakes are fascinating.
Thank you so much for explaining the whoosh of air. That was more terrifying to me than the rattle!
It's really cool, it uses practically every tool it has at its disposal to intimidate a potential threat
Such a noble serpent. He warns others about the danger he poses before striking.
Ah yes he does it because he cares
Honor? In a snake. Inconceivable.
I mean yes and no. Snakes are just smart enough to know that if they tangle with larger creatures, they are probably getting killed like most of the time so they prefer not to fight things they have basically no chance of eating. They also have to save up the venom for their actual prey so they don't starve, so the warning has a bit a double purpose. It is way of saying "I have a gun, don't make me use it, I got other problems to worry about."
Rattlesnake won’t bite unless provoked. Their venom is very expensive and taxing to produce. They rather use it for hunting food then for self defense
@@karlkrump6634😂😂😂
Just like waking up my wife! Bless her heart ❤️
I am married to her twin.😂
haha..awww just give her a kiss and a cuddle bro…🥰
🤣
Birds of a feather. Don't trust mine with a knife in the kitchen. Something says she'll gut me.
Lololo
This really shows a rattlesnake's true nature and is why I appreciate them so much. Although completely startled by something very close to it, it still went into warning mode. They're just great snakes.
Not if you get bit.
A good snake is a dead snake. Nough said
@@smitty_1 That's your fear speaking. Take some time to learn a little more about them, and then maybe you'll learn to appreciate nature as a whole more
@@dontask2421 No fear. 46 yrs on a farm, Avid outdoorsman. Been snake bit a doz times. Snakes have their place. Dysfunctional Acres isn't that place. They kill poultry.
@@smitty_1 snakes are essential.
Rattlesnakes are a true sight to behold. I've always loved and appreciated their appearance and their tendency to not just attack without warning. Truly a beast that deserves it's respect
They are an ambush predator and one of the leading causes of snakebite deaths of humans is from the diamond back rattlesnake .
Causes the most death of humans in the USA.
Man, you can just feel the sheer power of its body. The muscle force to stand this way, at this angle, even though it’s just a long noodle. There’s something so pure about predator animals.
As someone who isn't a morning person and does not like to be woken up, this snake is incredibly relatable. I feel you, little dude.
Bet you felt alot of things with that fish trap between your legs harlot. Come at me white knights with the incel slurs.
Must have been a Monday Morning
True i feel you
But you're a woman. At least this thing isn't trying to put me out on the streets.
@@danishdutchdeadly1198 I'm positive that rattlesnake would put you in the streets if it could
Snake: "It's not safe to sleep anywhere these days."
Yep, always someone wanting to prank you.
TexasDog3 Big howdy from CenTex
@@historyhunter5215 Hello from East Texas!
😆😆😆
I love how everything is so calm and serene at first then…🤯 🐍
I absolutely love snakes. They're so misunderstood, feared, and wrongfully reviled. My dad used to have a 13.5 foot female red-tailed boa constrictor named Cleo (I think after Cleopatra). The only word he ever used to describe her (even as she got older and more aggressive due to being handled so much) was sweetheart. He loved that snake. Unfortunately he left her with a friend to watch her while he was gone and the friend sold her. This was 21 years ago when I was 2. Cleo used to sneak out of her cage at night and curl up in bed between my mom and dad for warmth. Strangely my mom was never afraid of her, although she does have pretty bad arachnophobia.
Sorry what there is more to the story then that his friend just sold her? Did your dad seek reimbursement i wud have just beat the guy so please wats the rest of the story
@@samrowe2889 I don't remember. My dad is in prison so I can't ask him.
@@samrowe2889No, they're RIGHTLY misunderstood. If not, how do u explain this? m.kzhead.info/sun/Z7Bpe5pliZyXh58/bejne.html
@@Tar-Numendil You know prisoners can receive mail
And or visitation
0:47 Good thing I was sitting on the toilet, this really helped my constipation
Andrew thank you good sir for putting numbers so we can expect jumpscare
@@predragalvirevic9330 no problem
You too?!?!
Ugh sorry i had to come back and say i scrolled the comments to see other toilet talk.. i thought we were the only ones :C
Me 2 hhhhhh😂😂
Very cool how the snake will give non-prey a "leave me alone" warning before they decide to bite. Cool animals.
They're like the badass gunslingers of the animal kingdom. Can definitely kill you but just wants to be left alone and will give you a good warning
They look cool too
Producing venom is often exhausting for their system.
Asked the person, YO... Whatchu doing here?
"When you're a noodle with a head the world is a scary place." Yeah, as if the elaborate camo wasn't enough of a "leave me alone", they also usually give fair warning. The thing is, though, that in any fight between something like a human and a snake, the human is going to win. Yes, said human may or may not die later if the snake is venomous and managed to bite you but that is the last resort of the snake to save it's own life. Despite what folklore or religious symbolism might suggest snakes are not malevolent or even angry creatures, they're afraid of you and don't want to die.
Im realizing more and more that the sound of that rattle isn’t a bad thing. They are basically telling you to “backup homeboy!”
"Don't tread on me"
It's a two way street in the animal kingdom. Mine is "piss off hippy snake" followed by a shovel to the head. The snake can then choose. If he wants a war, I'll win.
@@matt9c1or, yknow… just leave the snake alone ☠️
@@Spawn117 Denied
Gotta love Rattlesnakes they’re magnificent creatures
You got him all rattled up
Ha!!
BUDM TSS
Welp he hissed it off
Epic response.🤣
I see what you did there 😂
I never saw a snake sleeping. That was really cool
Joey Hoffman they sleep in my classes everyday
Prophet :))
I also do not,, don't think so friends.
Iraq Lobsta!! 45 ah I got you now. Never knew that
He was playing possum. He knew he was there.
Every Arizonan (and the rest of the Southwest) knows that sound, no matter what.
The natural camouflage in action was amazing to see. Blends in so well!
I have the same reaction when my kid is standing by the bed staring at me at 4am because of a nightmare.
Thanks for a good laugh
Scary kid you got
I'm glad my kids aren't the only ones who pull that stunt!!
I did laugh out loud 😂
🐟🐟🐟
The very definition of "that escalated quickly"...
E-scale-lated… X)
Very Very Quickly! 😎😎 Got My Attention!!!!😎😎
you don't think of rattle snakes needing a middle of the day kip!
From a 1 to a 10 in under a second.
I’m a little grumpy too when someone wakes me up…this snake was ready for a fight in just the blink of an eye I’m amazed how fast he went from sleep mode to fight mode in under 1 second….WOW 😳 you were lucky you got a warning he was ready to take you out
Totally defensive and not offensive. Such a beautiful animal.
Man it's such a beautiful creature. And love the fact that it still went into warning mode first. It was so damn quick.
Beautiful? Ok.
@@CalebePriester Yes.
is your mom butifull too
@@CalebePriester Yes, very beautiful. Love snakes.
Don't be mistaken. Strike mode and warning mode are no different.
First time ever seeing a rattlesnake pop that particular stance Awesome video
Jonathan Howington I think it was Chuck Norris incarnate
Jonathan Howington sometimes they'll get so tall they fall over on themselves
It's kind of hard to spot but you can tell the snake is inserted in the video and this is fake
Austin Cearlock no bro, YOU are fake
@@coinmagnetjr No this is not fake! Just some knucklehead teasing the poor sleeping snake..and the snake looked like he was having a nice seista and probably a good dream to..don't you ever wake up grouchy like that though?
I love wildlife. I just started to see these regularly after living in AZ for 11 years. I now see them almost weekly on one of the trails I run. They are just beautiful creatures.
From a sound sleep to a striking position in a blink of an eye! Damn that snake wasn’t playing!
Ikr that snake said "I'm giving you one last chance to leave me alone and let me sleep OR ELSE!"
Angry rattlesnake wakes up. Dude steps in closer.
@@echojuliet8642 stupidness
Then when they attack they yell... snakes are evil ahhhhh
Think about the content tho..
Probably a selfie stick or something like that dipshit
Ten bucks hes white.
It's about to shed/molt, too. Clouded eye scale/cap. It's called being in the blue. A snake in that phase can't see well and that condition usually increases their aggression (for self-defense).
But the reason it knew he was there right away was because of its heat pits, they rely heavily on them when in shed.
We call that here in tn dog days of summer! They shedding skin go blind as you say strike at anything.
@@Rryan8065 That's true, but the clouded eyecap is known to make them generally more aggressive w/ less provocation. Stands to reason. They can still thermally view prey/aggressors, but they're less secure in their overall safety by two eyecaps on top of it. Not always, either. They're all individuals, but in a general sense, a lot of snake people find it to be true.
@@Rryan8065 You said it knew he was there right away. Do you think it was aware of him the whole time and played dead when he was close? Or possibly just kept still? Or was it genuinely just asleep the whole time?
@@brad144k was most likely asleep. it would be against evolutionary instinct to let a predator get so close.
Everything's adorable when it's vulnerable! Super cute snake
he is SO blended in with his surroundings. his skin camouflages him perfectly with the surroundings.
Snake like "back yo creepin ass up"😂
Snake be like; come at me bro.
YaYa luh Bitxh 😂😂
Lame
@@RealFlighttz you is a lame
Lmao I died of laughter from this comment hahaha
Makes me curious of how many snakes I have actually walked passed without noticing in the woods.
All of them
Probably don't wanna know.
Usually,most people do walk by Rattlers, especially Timber Rattlesnakes without even seeing them and knowing it.
They look like dead wood are poisonous and noisy... You might look at them for a few minutes but then they get boring and you move on to real animals
You'll be surprised
Scary or not, kinda cute when they're sleeping.. ☺️
Snakes do look kinda cute when they're sleeping. But still don't touch them
Damn he woke up and immediately straight hit you with the crouching tiger hidden dragon stance lol
“I scare the living shit out of a DiamondBack Rattle Snake”
Diamondback Rattlesnake
Thx for the correction.. veeeery important
Congratulations!! Your *rattlesnake* has evolved into a *lowercase g* !!
Roobyboobytuesdays You win
Highly underrated comment.
dumbest pokemon joke ... reee reee reeeeeeeeeee.
That’s awesome hahahaha
Lol
Beautiful animal.
When the rattlesnake woke up so did I...I'm wide awake now! 👀
:-D
Scared the shit out that poor rattler lmao
MannyFresh1x: I know. Poor thing.
@Ava Walker were*
Serves him right. They scare the shit out of me from time to time when I'm hunting white tail.
@@John-ir4id me too
@@ChrisRedfieldsbloodline you got a gun shoot them.i would
But the question is Who jumpscared who?
No doubt the snake was much more surprised lol he was asleep my god.
I almost did LOL
Me no lie
Me
@@temphill4527 its eyes were open the whole time. he wasnt asleep
Down here in South Texas they have evolved and don't rattle, because the hogs were killing them when they rattled. I have a video on my channel of one that was within 10 feet of me for about 15 minutes and never made a sound. Pretty scary.
That noise just brought me back to my time in the Marines at twenty nine palms in the Mojave
-Steve Irwin would be proud 🥺 “Oh look at the lil bugger.... he’s an angry one 🤠”
“Feisty one ain’t he!” 😢
I heard that lol
Oh cranky!
"I'm gonna sneak up on it and jam my thumb in it's butthole"
"I'm gonna go touch it" lol
I have never seen a sleeping snake and that just scared the total shit out of me at 5 am. Omg. My heart is pounding. No need for coffee. I’m awake !!
I agree! No coffee needed....Scared the piss out of me literally...😯😬🤯😱
I live in a desert and I love raddle snakes those raddles have helped me avoid getting bitten on walks and runs many times.
That's how it works. Watching animal cognitive behavioural procedures can help you understand reality around you. -come closer!!!. Said rattlesnake . Very beautiful 😍 🤩 👌 ❣️ ❤️ 💖 😍
That was freaky scary. I never saw a snake sleeping. Wow amazing video capture work. Good job!
I would be very annoyed if someone is filming me in my sleep. When will humans learn?
I made a bad choice to watch this at night before going to sleep
Agreed!
@@words007 You are so right I would be so annoyed...Yes when will humans learn??? I agree. 💯
@@WhiteManGodzillaFan Yea me to
0:48 Dude got pissed REAL QUICK The sound of it sucking in all that air to make itself larger is incredible
The most courteous sneks of all the sneks. None of the other ones warn you.
That’s about how I feel when someone wakes me up in the middle of a good nap!
It went from a boop noodle to a nope rope in the span of a second.
Went from a soil coil to a dire wire
Do not step on snek, or you will get the hurt juice
That the sum of that one my friend
It’s a danger noodle
Murder spaghurdher.
The sight of this snake waking up will haunt my dreams forever.
Gorgeous creature ❤
I will be pissed too if someone put a camera in front of my face while I am sleeping
It's not passed its defensive thinks Human gonna eat jt
@@Aidancordell sorry bro I am not animal behavior specialist😂
That scared the living shit out of me LOL
Dee Devlin me fuckin too
As it should...
Bruh 😂😂
Same
Lmfao me to
That was a clear "F*ck off!" from the snake.
That hiss is even more intimidating than the rattle.
Haha, i love how they curl up to use their own bodies as pillows, so cute
I hope it gets severed into seven different pieces
The Joker that makes two of you
@Rollo Lawson basically a warm pillow XP
That's to conserve heat.
That's also why it's not completely hidden. (Sunlight.)
The sudden loud hiss sound before the rattle though. A scared snake is a terrifying snake. They're so quiet until you get close to one and every sound you hear next spells out 'suspense action movie scene' soundtrack.
His commitment to filming is unmatched. That thing transformed into sumn TERRIFYING
Use to see these at work when I worked in the mountains. Beautiful creatures. Never killed them, only relocated them.
That sleep to defense stance was beautiful
thats how my mother in law wakes up everyday 😂🤣
😂
With hisses not kisses.
Idk how it would be done but I just Wish she could read this comment and watch the video to appreciate the greatness of this comment. Who knows, might even inspire change in her heart lol
He’s terrifying to look at even when he’s asleep. I’ve never regretted tapping on a KZhead video more than this. Thanks for doing it, but I was not nearly as prepared as I thought I was. I’ve watched videos about other kinds of snakes and haven’t been bothered. But the Diamondback rattlesnake definitely triggers my “flight” response. (Not the “fight” part, just the “flight.”)
she’s communicating with her tongue and was saying, “come on let’s see what u got! sneaking up on me like that….have u no shame!”
0:48 sounds like a dragon roaring when he wakes up.
Fake sound added.
Mijagi1976 fake comment added ^
Sounds more like a crowd of bees 🐝
@youtube mods are nazis I sleep in a cave kiddo.
@@nebojsa1976 Thats not fake, snakes, especially large venomous ones let out what sounds kinda like a hiss as a warning.
Must be an older one to be sleeping so soundly like that. Never imagined snakes sleeping.
He was about to molt.
“The best part of waking up is Folger’s in your cup.” This guy is real ornery until he has a cup of coffee.
This is the most gorgeous thing I’ve ever seen
Is it just me or does that rattle sound like bacon frying???
Ummmmm, bacon
I'm real life it's so loud it drowns out all other noise.
I always say it sounds like droppin chicken in hot grease!
Yummmm, chicken
😂😂😂😂
I've walked up near one by accident. There isn't a more heart stopping sound or site to witness. Nature is kind when it warns you.
Rattlesnakes have saved my life many times, by letting me know I need to back off. Fun Fact: Rattlesnakes never chase you, this is a story from guys that wet themselves while running away. Really, you can stand there & look at them for as long as you want. Don't get close, don't try to pick them up. You're safe.
How I feel when someone knocks on my door while I'm asleep.
From sleepingBeauty to Serial killer real quick
I'm glad we got through this without a strike because I don't think my heart could've took it.
First time I’ve ever seen someone approach a rattlesnake rather than walk away from it
First time I've seen a rattle snake do that. Made it self look as big as possible. So cool how it actually was asleep and was ready to go immediately 😮 amazing
Literally 0-100
I'll admit I've watched KZhead videos on my phone while sitting on the toilet, I wish this was one of those videos
That's literally me rn
Same
I am doing it right now
Lilprince Savvage saame here hahaha
I’m in the guy section
I knew it was coming and it still scared the sh*t 💩 out of me!
I hope that was a really, really long selfie stick you were using. Amazing shot. :)
Hell I would be pissed too if i was minding my own taking a nap and someone woke me up for no particular reason!
Hell yea I'm with ya if I was that snake I would have popped dude for waking me.
Damn straight! In boot camp one of my Drill Instructors who did 3 tours in Nam slept with a loaded a cocked 45 under his pillow. Needless to say if you.needed him to wake it was not by entering his room.
Damn rt!!!😂😂😂
But all we did was stare at him and presence alone would wake him
Lmao all he did was stare at him. You acting like he kept poking the damn snake
The West Diamond is a sleeping beauty when asleep, and a beast when awaken!
The snake wasn't a sleep, it was awake the whole time.
chuimon slp then why it just sat there and did nothing in the first place?🤔🤔
@Bj Blanks it did. The rattler has pits located near their nostrils that pick up thermal heat from predators or preys in close proximity of it. All pit vipers have them including this rattler . That"s one early detection, the second thing that I noticed from this rattler that it was alert was it's tongue flicking in and out. Check it closely. When a snake sticks it's tongue out it's grabbing what's emitted in the air molecules around it and sending the info back from it's tongue to what is a jacob's organ located in it's mouth for smell of a prey or predator. Rattlers don't have keen vision therefore rely on smell and thermal heat signatures from prey or predator. Also note that most pit vipers like rattlers,puff adders and Gabon Vipers are ambush predators. Which means they don't chase after prey they wait for prey to come to them, envenomate them (inject venom in to their prey to neutralize them for pursuing and swallowing). Rattlers are bad asses, they give a lot of time and noise before they strike in most cases. Believe me it knew the threat and fired off a warning stance (the last one before biting).
chuimon slp I can only see the tongue after it going into its defensive stance, do you see it before that?
@@xxscootalooxx4431I fucked up on two things. I looked at it again and didn't see it, I thought I did, nope, tongue didn't flicker. Secondly the puff adder is not a pit viper. The other stuff I wrote is on point but the tongue I thought I saw flicker didn't actually flicker until after. Good point.
It's amazing how this thing went from just peacefully sleeping to "back the fuck off or I will fuck you up" just in the blink of an eye. I'm quite impressed.
So glad this wasn't clickbait. Nice! Very impressive and interesting!
What an amazing display of it's strength and power. Such a beautiful animal.
@@betterdeadthanred4196 No.
@@betterdeadthanred4196 snakes are very misunderstood creatures notice how it didn't even try to go for a bite even tho its venomous if he tried this on a lion,wolf or tiger animals people think are cute and cuddly he would have his face shredded
Meanwhile In Science If we killed them all, mice population would rise high. And I don’t think you’d like a mice infestation throughout your house because of it. Snakes are beautiful - yet deadly - creatures, and never aggressive. It is when you provoke that snake that it bites, and it bites if *really* needed to, seeing that a human being such as me and you are too big to swallow. Thus, it doesn’t label you as prey. So, it doesn’t want to waste its venom unless absolutely necessary which is, to a snake, a human being such as you provoking it. Many snakes are also harmless, such as milk snakes, corn snakes, ball pythons (they’re known to be the most docile snake), garter snakes (friendly and curious little sneks), water snakes, and more. You may want to kill them all, but in reality, these snakes are a massive part of the ecosystem, each serving a purpose to their ecosystems. Like wild snakes catching and killing mice, keeping the mouse population under control. Moral of the story? Don’t wish death upon a species.
@@CrotchRocketeer oh shut up!
@@thatswhatsup3276 snakes are very misunderstood creatures
I don't think ive ever heard a snake rattle so frantically before lol.
Dude i Have Ran into One Bigger than that in Person!!! And it takes Your Level Of Fright 2 A Whole Another Level,,, I Ran and that Big Motherfucker didn't Wanna Stop Rattling😨😵!!!
Carl Manuel I must have a special scent or something. I walk by rattlesnakes all the time at my parents house and they don’t even give me a second look.
@@foolspeedahead do you live somewhere where there's a lot of people? Overtime those snakes might've gotten used to humans. Where I used to live you saw them before you ever heard them, and with rattlers it's supposed to be the opposite. I think they got used to the previous owners who had kids that played in the creak all the time because those kids were taught how to handle a snake without having to downright run away. Our snakes only rattled if you got right up on their den or if you were about to step on one on the rocks. Otherwise they learned that seeing humans didn't mean humans were going to hurt them.
Plasma Snow 2nd account I only encounter them at my parents house. It’s a very remote part of California, so not too many people or homes.
you'd be scared too if a sudden giant's face was in leaning towards you as soon as you woke up.
That is the derpest threat stance I've ever seen a diamondback do. You really caught it off guard
Its actually scarier when youre around rattlesnakes that are accustomed to people because they are harder to agitate which means they take more annoyance to rattle, meaning you step right in strike range before they freak out. And dont get me started on speckled rattlesnakes- those guys dont even rattle lol.
Thought I wake up pissed off. Dude needs coffee.
Or a snickers bar
Or a Red Bull so it can have its wings
I’d say a Snicker. I don’t wanna see this danger noodle on caffeine
coffee spelled backwards is eeffoc because he don't give eeffoc until he's had his coffee!
Diamondback Rattlesnakes are always angry. And always ready to defend or attack. They only live to survive, eat , reproduce and attack. No emotion or bonding at all. Really an interesting species of snake. And if they get the chance to sink their fangs into and deliver a good dose of venom your gonna lose a limb. Or maybe die. Just leave them alone. They want no interactions with humans. They hate us.
Lol that jump scare tho, jumped back REAL QUICK.
Same here
Young turnip 🤣🤣
Fr 🤣😭😭
Man, she blends in so well with the terrain.
The snake was having a good dream, now its having a hissy fit.
He went straight from, "You don't see me, I'm just a rock sitting here" to that awesome threat display. 👍
0:48 That wind sound effect it did as it stood up made this shit even more terrifying
Why you don't piss off or scare dangerous wild animals that know they can easily fuck you up.
Yeah, that was horrid!
I'm pretty sure that's the snake inflating itself to look bigger. They do that in addition to rattling.
Holy shit! I think I'm as startled by it's reaction, as it is about the surprise!
He's beautiful!
Idk why, but I imagined him saying “en garde!” when he woke up