Deadly venomous Puff adder (Bitis arietans) from Kenya, huge viper species, dangerous snake, Africa
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Deadly venomous Puff adder (Bitis arietans) is one of the biggest vipers in the world. This snake species lives in savannas and semi-deserts of Africa. Puff adders are well camouflaged in the leaf litter or in the dry grass. This species is responsible for many bites and deaths, in fact it is the second most dangerous snake of Africa, after Saw-scaled vipers. Puff adders are locally very common. Watch the video to see this amazing wild venomous snake in its natural habitat! You will also see, how we rescued the Puff adder from a village and relocated it!
really enjoy how you guys don´t add music, big talking and just leave the natural sounds... quite enjoyable... keep up the good work...
Thank you very much!
I agree! Very relaxing and focused, which allows the viewer to learn rather than be inundated with ads and nonsense. Excellent!
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same here, fantastic work Living Zoology!
@@syvfiqrahman Wow, thank you!!!
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That Red Spitting Cobra, wow what a stunner
Yes, that was one of the most beautiful snakes we have seen! kzhead.info/sun/q8qxcaigo2mdla8/bejne.html
I love the bitis family because of their beauty especially the rhino viper
Yes, they are beautiful! Have you seen our video about Rhino viper? kzhead.info/sun/p8OemZxxe5iipqc/bejne.html
Again, Absolutely bloody fantastic. I just love the Photography, the Audio and just how you put it all together. Much love from the UK. X. X. X
Thank you so much!!! We appreciate your comment and greetings from the Czech Republic! :)
I second this comment Cheers, my boy!👌🏻🙏🏻💛
You guys are documenting some of the most beautiful animals with the most beautiful videos. What a wonderful service you are providing to the snakes and viewers.
Thank you very much! Great that you love our videos!
Beside the education I've received about so many different snakes around the world, these videos also allow us to see the real geography of the areas where these snakes live and also the people who share a landscape with the snakes. That red cobra was amazing the way its coloration matched the soil environment. I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for bringing them to us.
Thank you very much for watching our videos!! :) If you want to see more about the Red spitting cobra, check this one: kzhead.info/sun/q8qxcaigo2mdla8/bejne.html
I love so much how you all don’t play loud music throughout the video. It helps us to feel like we are really there too......along side you all. Thank you so much for your amazing videos. EDIT: You all need to visit Dingo Dinkleman while u are in South Africa. When we r able to travel again, I cannot wait for him to take us on a true African Safari. Then when he and his family can come here to the USA, we will take them herping here.
Thank you for watching!!! :) It is great that our videos help you to feel as you are there with us.
The sounds of nature in this video are amazing. And beautiful snakes!
Thank you very much!!! :)
Beautiful what? I meet a snake I die.
@@cosmasmutungi8017 yea! They're beautiful ON screen😂!
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Proud to be Kenyan, the puff adders are so many in my village especially during rainy season . I wonder how we survived without the bites, the red spitting Cobra is common in homes too
Kenya is awesome, you can be proud! Not many people would love Kenya because it has many snakes, but we do!
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Letisia, where is your village, so that I can avoid the general area :)
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣It sounds funny af
omg I would truly have a panic attack and pass out coming upon a cobra in my home. How? How do you do it??
Yeah, all bitis have a very powerful charisma, but puff adder especially look like "I'm a bad guy, stay away"
You are right, Puff adders are a bit unpredictable and even they look like being a bit upset!
Thank you for this amazing video. The simplicity of its presentation and production is superb. I loved the red earth and the cryptic colouring of both the Cobra and the Puff Adder. Respect to you for the capture and release somewhere safe. Im looking forward to any future videos.
Thank you very much! We are very happy that our style of filmmaking is enjoyable to watch :)
I love all the snakes in the Bitis family!
We agree, they are very cool! Have you seen other videos about Bitis genus on our channel? kzhead.info/sun/p8OemZxxe5iipqc/bejne.html kzhead.info/sun/aLKIfqlqo4OtZqs/bejne.html kzhead.info/sun/rbJ7aNxsnadreI0/bejne.html
Top quality footage !! Thank u !
Many thanks! :)
I can’t see anything about the Tsavo region without thinking of the lions of Tsavo. The snakes are beautiful; feared, with perfect reason, but still beautiful. Thank you so much for your videos. They’re the very best, top of the line. I’ve watched a few others and some are pretty good but none ever reach your level of editing, sound, the visuals and information. Take care and I hope you guys get to relax and enjoy the regions that you visit, little mini working vacations 🐍🐍🐍 , wheeee!
You are right, the lions of Tsavo are very much what made this region famous. When we were driving along the railway, we were thinking about the past and what happened there. Thank you very much for watching our videos and we are super happy that you like the visuals, the information given and also the sounds! Yes, our trips are hard job, looking for snakes and filming them, not a vacation for most people, but we love our work!
I am Kenyan. I live close to one of the largest mangroove forests in the world known as Arabuko Sokoke. There are a lot of endemic animal species in the area. I regularly admire snakes on technology platforms such as yt. However, meeting with such fellas as the ones shown above loosens your stool trust me. Ive got a pal who got bit in the foot, he was rotting before his demise. I respect and fear these danger noodles
You are right that snakebites are scary. Even for people who love snakes, like us, getting bitten is scary! That is why we try to educate people about snakes, we try to make them understand these animals better. Also, it is important to do things which will minimize the risk of getting bitten.
@@LivingZoology thank you for the good work your doing. Maybe also highlight the work you do making anti-venoms
@@osimano1 Thank you very much! Antivenom is made by accredited and specialized facilities.
Africa is full of beautiful wildlife, beautiful people as well , generally respectful of the wild animals
We agree! We love Africa!
Love you guys, great work ! All is really great !!!
Thanks so much! We appreciate it!
Great work, beautiful puffy!
Thank you! 😊
The girth on that puff adder is amazing.
Thank you for watching!
What a beauty! Thanks for another great video.
Thanks for watching! :)
Great content & footage folks, thanks! Nice to see that fine specimen released safely; where I grew up in Africa we had many close encounters - as a young boy I stepped on one when not wearing shoes and the strike just went under my foot. On another occasion while climbing a very steep bank and using my hands to pull myself up I came within inches of grabbing a sleeping puff adder- due to the angle it was only a foot or two from my face; I was lucky. One thing I thought you could have mentioned is that they are back-fanged and sort of strike backwards - not sure I’ve described it precisely but it’s not far off. They are also slow and cumbersome hence folk step on them and in that way get bitten.
Many many thanks!!! Happy that you enjoyed watching this video :) Many surprising situations with snakes happen in Africa, that is for sure! Great that you were lucky! We will post a video about Puff adder as a species with footage from different countries in the future, so we will provide more info there :)
Wonderful!! These snakes are so nice !
Thank you very much! Wait for this one, it was huge and beautiful!
Get bit by one, nice.
@@CharlesWilson-zs3vd sure... they’re nice, not harmless!!😂
This is phenomenal! The quality, camera work, information, and audio is mind boggling. And that puff adder is an incredible looking snake species, and that pattern is very cool.
Wow, thank you! Many thanks and we hope that you will enjoy watching also other videos on our channel! Check this snake, it is from the same area as this Puff adder: kzhead.info/sun/q8qxcaigo2mdla8/bejne.html
Yes Indeed, I definitely will, thank you and Oh snap! That’s incredible! I’m for sure going to watch it, and all of your documentaries and vids. I’m still perplexed that this channel doesn’t have millions of subscribers yet, but anyhow thanks again.
I am morbidly afraid of snakes. lots of videos are hard to watch but this was such a wonderful experience. I have a *completely* different perception of the puff adder now. Your video was an incredibly refreshing view and even to someone terrified of snakes, I came away having a positive (so excited to say that) view of this species. She wasn’t trying to hurt anyone, she was fairly docile, when you released her she just wanted to go do her thing. I was surprised she didn’t try to strike at you, she just hurried away. it wasn’t at all what I expected and now I can appreciate their beauty.
Thank you so much for your comment, it made our day! Our goal is to show people that snakes are so peaceful, they always try to escape, they don’t want to hurt people. Please watch some more videos on our channel!
A very interesting and wonderful teaching experience, I just am amazed with their beauty and natural traits. Just luv watching the input Dingo Dingleman presents! Appreciate these gifted naturalists and their specialty.
Glad you enjoyed it!!! Thank you!!
Lovely film!! The best part about your films is, they are sans any loud music and commentry. The video shooting is super fantastic !! You guys are a great team!! Looking forward to more from you!! May the Good Lord bless you and protect you!!
Thank you very much!!! We are happy that you like this video and hopefully you will watch more on our channel! :) Many greetings from the Czech Republic, Matej and Zuzana
Puff Adder, one of the Most drangerus Snakebites in Africa, very good pictures in the documentaryfilm, You are the best crew**super* I love your videos*
Thank you very much for watching and compliments! Happy to read your nice comment!
Hello, very nice video and keep doing these! A like from me.
Thank you very much! 🙂
I call the caterpillar movement 'inchworming' when any of my snakes do it. They usually do it when up to something they don't want you to see lol. Amazing female Puff Adder, built like the Rhino & Gaboon vipers, gorgeous. Your filming of them is spectacular, thank you so much for these video's : )
Thank you very much for watching!!! You are right, these are gorgeous snakes!
Your crew Rocks
Thank you so much!!
I appreciate your hard work👍
Thank you very much!! :)
Very nice... learned things that are not known especially the final message about the rescue place of snakes
Thank you! Great that you learned something new!
Nice to see all people helping nature for a change, for the folks in the village most be tuff dealing with dangerous snakes . So to see them make the effort to have the snake moved and not just killing the snake is good to see thanx to all in this vid.
Yes, it is difficult for villagers to deal with venomous snakes. But if there is a solution other than killing snakes, they are happy to use it! It was great to help there and educate! :)
I love the nature sounds of the natural environment...that bird is fascinating lol
Thank you!!! Nature sounds are the best!
What camera do you guys use, as always amazing footage!
Thank you! We use Canon GX10.
Great informative video!
Thank you very much!!!
What terrifies me about puff adders is that unlike other snakes, they tend not to flee or try to get away upon noticing human presence, you could obliviously be standing right next to it but it won't strike, problem is when you get into contact with it, it will immediately bite!
Yes, they are perfectly camouflaged and usually stand their ground when they are encountered!
@@LivingZoology I think they are just lazy 😆
The puffy is so well camouflaged
It was greatly camouflaged!
Another 'greatest hits' from LZ. An unusual looking snake.
Thank you very much for watching! It is great that you like this video :)
Superb.. keep Rocking
Thank you so much!!
WoW Guys! I Love your videos so much, they’re Super interesting. The Puff Adder is such a beautiful snake 🐍 😍Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing this video!🙏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🫶🏻🙋🏼♀️🇨🇦😉
Thanks so much! Great that you love our videos! 🙂❤️🙏 Greetings from the Czech Republic!
@@LivingZoology ,Greetings from Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦 🍁 🙋🏼♀️😀
Very amazing work, well done guys, beautiful documentary(greetings from Morocco).
Thank you very much!! 🙂
great video , of my favorit viper species :)
Thank you very much!! 🙂
Strikingly beautiful snake and a great video. I love the fact that there is no irritating music in your videos, and instead the pure sounds of nature. However missing from this video, is the awesome speed of a puff adder’s strike, and it’s behaviour of puffing up it’s body as a warning to anyone getting close or threatening the snake, which is how it gets its name.
Thank you for watching!!! :) The Puff adder did not puff its body and did not strike and we were not pushing her to do so :)
@@LivingZoology That’s fine, it’s dangerous to get a puff adder to strike, so I wasn’t expecting to see that. Still a great video though :-) 👍👍
@@RG-ja34sep Thanks! :) We have experience with striking Puff adders, but so far none of them was really angry. The angriest snake we worked with in Kenya was the Carpet viper :)
@@LivingZoology I read that it’s believed that the carpet viper is responsible for more human deaths than all other snake species combined. That’s really something! Glad you guy’s didn’t have to get rounds of antivenin from your encounter with this angry, aggressive species.
Nice.... really appreciated
Thank you!
Wow. Amazing.
Thanks!
Oh yes.. bring it on!!
It is coming soon! 🙂
"pufyna" - úžasná přezdívka :)
Z toho anglického názvu nám to tak nějak vyplynulo :D
this is it thank you
Thank you for watching! :)
the sound and color in this video is beautiful
Thank you very much!!!
So good💙💙💙
Thank you for watching!
I love your videos, and the crazy thing is that even if u are only showin one snake per episode i still wud watch longer episodes this is good stuff in the wild real
Thank you so much!!! We are happy that even with one snake it is interesting :)
Mko na mchezo 😂😂😂 ati beautiful
Thanks!
Another great one LZ! Thanks much for the awesome photography/videos. Curious question: Is the toxicity of the puffy stronger or equally strong as the Russell's? I understand that the bite from either one causes necrosis?
Thank you!!! :) Puff adders have mostly cytotoxic venom, Russell's vipers have also strong hemotoxic components. Necrosis is typical for bites from both.
Russells are worst their bite causes kidney damage as well. If your bit by a Russell’s it is almost a death sentence even if the Antivenom stops the spread .
Curious, what kind of drone did you use ? the video quality is excellent.
Thank you! We use Mavic Air.
Amazing! and it moves like a slug? :D
Yes, it moves like a caterpillar sort of! It is so heavy that other movement would be almost impossible :D
@@LivingZoology WOW!
They strike very fast though, it's amazing how quick their strike is because they look so heavy and sluggish.
Excellent
Thank you!
He sounds mad in that hole. Your still the heros out there.
Thank you! It was great to save this snake!
The Puff Adder is very beautiful. Amazing how you get so many beautiful pictures, both video and sound, of these amazing creatures and the surroundings. The entire family of poisonous snakes are so fascinating and many are more powerful than many imagine. Thank you for the amazing work you do.
Thank you so much for watching! We put all our possible effort, money and time to travel and search for snakes. We hope that our videos can educate people and spread awareness about these animals 🙂This Puff adder was awesome!
Very Good.
Many many thanks!
Yeah one of my favorite specie , wow waiting here behind the street.
This was a big and beautiful individual!
@@LivingZoology Yeah, hopefully I will enjoy it's caterpillar movement, I mean the perches on its body looks just amazing.
Not at all trying to be nit picky, but the singular of species is species, you may be talking about 1 of a certain animal or 20 and it is still species. I know a lot of folks who English is not their primary language, that don't know, so I'm just trying to be helpful. I always want to be corrected if I write or say the wrong thing. Lol, I'm much harder on my own sons 😃 have a nice day.
@@metalmamasue3680 Thank you so much for your correction, but at some point am not interested in English too much, some times mistakes are common in our lives, I hope you will enjoy this video and let us chat together live tommorow, thank you so much my friend am really happy to see some people out there really care about others, have nice day.
I like the background those birdcalls sound so cool I feel like I'm in Laurel Canyon
Thank you! The sounds are recorded in Kenya.
Awesome
Thanks for watching! :)
That's a monster puff adder. One of the biggest I have seen.
Yes, it was a beast! Very heavy and strong.
Your permanent viewer...😍😃
Thank you so much 😀Happy that you wrote a comment! 😍
That puffy is huge! Much like here in western cape
It was the biggest we saw in Africa! In Western Cape we saw 2 and there were smaller.
@@LivingZoology gorgeous
I think you need a squad of Honey Badgers to help patrol the perimeters
Honey badger would kill this snake quickly, probably not waiting for us to relocate it :D
Yes or some kingsnakes
Thank you Puff Adders Rule
Thank you for watching!!!
Greetings from the BIG SKY.
Greetings from the Czech Republic!
Wonder how much efforts and time it took to have a perfect shot for these type of videos...hatsoff to the team behind this 👍
Thank you so much!!! It takes a lot of time and effort, but we love this job 🙂🐍
"This snake is a threat and it's heading to the village!" Well can you get it please! !!
We got it and released at another place :) Happy end!
I remember I was 11 or 12 in a place called Kakamega (western province of kenya not far from Lake Victoria). I used to read a weekly magazine for the area and I happened to look at the obituary section and I saw a small section made out to an 18 year old Italian teenager. His mom and dad said he loved snakes and his favourites were puff adders. He died from a puff adder bite. Beautiful tribute to their son and his love for the snakes. This was in early 80's. I will never forget how sad I felt for his mom and dad. Any snake that can strike at a prey in a split second, miss the prey, make the correction striking the prey a second time (all in a split second) and remain motionless afterwards is bad news. Also this is the one of the rare snakes that you cannot ever grab by it's tail, it literally can spin around and tag you and you won't see it (just feel the bite). My hats off to your staff and crew filming this beautiful and deadly snake.
We know where Kakamega is. In those forest you can find other big vipers from the same genus as Puff adder: kzhead.info/sun/p8OemZxxe5iipqc/bejne.html and kzhead.info/sun/aLKIfqlqo4OtZqs/bejne.html You are right that Puff adder strikes very fast! It is probably the second fastest striking snake in the world. You will enjoy the upcoming video, we rescued a huge Puff adder from the field near a village.
@@LivingZoology awesome, thank you!
stunning filming i always had that the snake u film r those captive or u guy really find them ? one view = 1 like
Thank you! Haha, here you saw that we had to work hard to get that snake! All our snakes are wild and found by us with help of local people or recently rescued by us or locals :)
That's a really good sized puff adder
It was really big!
Excellent video, also shows how a snake will try to avoid confrontation. that's most important to teach that a snake won't bite unless provoked, if you leave it be it will not attack.
Thank you very much!! Great that you love this video!
Some of those birds sound cool.
Thank you!! We recorded some nice sound in Kenya :)
Such a cool group of conservationists - great work! Next stage is to get local communities to call you so you can help them by removing the snake and relocating it to a safer place, while dissuading the locals to kill on sight! Good job guys and keep up the great work!
Thank you so much!!! We appreciate it! Yes, we try to inspire local people to see snakes differently!
@@LivingZoology So much is about education - some people don't like spiders but they're very cool, do so much unnoticed good and should be protected, just like snakes. And every other living critter
@@markjordan262 We agree, education makes a difference!!!
Video looks good on my new big screen
That is great to know! :) Thanks!
every village needs a snake specialist.
Yes, it would be great if every village had someone trained in catching snakes.
Africa ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Africa is amazing :)
Terryfiying beauty.
It is a beautiful snake, but it is better to keep a distance :)
Just incredible camera work. Even the domestic animals are not bothered by your presence? The chickens weren't even scared of the snake!
Thank you! We are always trying to capture the natural behavior and don't disturb the animals :)
2:15 - Perfect camouflage among the reddish brown soil
The camouflage of this species is amazing!
Exactly! Thank you for watching!
Mean fast Snakes 🐍, You people stay safe. We need your teaching
We try to stay safe :) We still want to find and film many snakes!
Appreciate the chore you fulfill.
it was nice to hear czech language in the middle of Kenya
Do you understand Czech language? :)
@@LivingZoology no, jakoze kazdy cizinec v Cechach mel by! A dekuju vam mnohokrat za vasi praci. What's actually interesting and related to the topic is how often here we have issues with snakes. A couple of years ago black mamba was caught in Prague, killing the owner, then a herpetologist was biten and nearly died, then a python was found in a hotel - seems that snakes are almost as popular here as dogs are
@@andreymaslov1641 Skvělé! Děkujeme moc za sledování našich videí :) Yes, that Green mamba became very famous in Prague :D
What a beautiful but deadly snake
Thanks for watching!
It is a snake or a caterpillar 🤣🤣 very cute 🐛🐛🐛
A hybrid of snake and caterpillar 😀🐍🐛
You have such a lovely voice. I prefer narration over captions but I don't make the videos.
Thank you very much! We also make long narrated documentaries, but it takes time to produce them.
I like the way your videos are presented, the animals being the focus mostly. I forget is it the short tail that denotes male? You sure do find some big snakes,. Eh? Stay safe 🙏 and healthy 🐍 thank you!
In general in snakes, males tend to have longer tails and it is also in Puff adder. You are right, in last few years we are quite lucky to find big individuals of many species! Stay safe too and thanks for watching! :) We appreciate your support!
Always waiting for my night off every Monday here in the north east coast of the US. As usual , you take me all the way back home in 🇰🇪 Kenya. Yes this is a snake I saw in athi river. He was thick and hissed like huge balloon. I honestly can’t remember what became of him. This was probably back in 1999. Back to the video....the amount of work you put in hunting this snake, this nervous defense snake,is beyond impressive. You need to be discovered.. by BBC or somebody!!! I hope puffy bites on nothing but rats. Happy life
Thank you very much for watching our videos and we are happy that you like our work! :) It is also great to know that it brings memories of your time spent in Kenya!
Beautiful to see dangerous to touch
Of course, very dangerous to touch!
Bites just a few people a year.....YIKES still, I dont want to be one of those very few people either🤔🤔...this is my first time seeing your clips and they are so nice when it comes to the background sounds of being completely free....boy ol boy do I love nature and all it has to offer us
Thank you very much for watching our videos!! You are right that nature is a great inspiration and venomous snakes are amazing animals!
@@LivingZoology thank you for acknowledging my comment, MORE MORE CLIPS PLEASE, I subscribed on my first view❤👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏽👍🏾
Puff adders are known as the landmines of Africa, they are super awesome at camouflage and they are one of the biggest killers of people in Africa. I watch this amazing channel 'Dingo Dinkleman' he lives there and does fantastic conservaton work for all animals but he really loves his snakes and had loads of them. This is a great video by the way thankyou.
Thank you very much for watching!!! You are right, Puff adders are big killers in Africa. We found more of them in South Africa of different colors.
They sure are beautiful! Since they are chunky, are they hunted for bushmeat frequently?
Yes, stunning snakes! We saw them killed and being sold for meat in some countries!
Jinak arientas do 1 m beru i za ocas... Bez háčků aspol díky s pozdravem Petr
V chovu je vše takové klidnější. Navíc člověk zná povahu jedince a tuší, co čekat.
(BIGG) puff, 1st one I seen that big, age? Odd looking, gets to movin... 💚💙
It is very difficult to estimate age in adult snakes. It might be 5 to 10 years old, maybe even more!
4:03 - Unluckily for the snake, this kitten IS on the hunt!
@@LivingZoology In our neighbourhood, the greatest anthropogenic threats snakes seem to face are: 1. Roadkills 2. Cats (small - medium-sized snakes) 3. Fear-based killings by people In about that order of magnitude. Landscape change too, but I don't know where on the list that goes.
@@ChayantGonsalves You are right, the threats you mentioned are the most important!
This puff adder looks so large, until you find out gaboons can grow to nearly 6 feet. Woah
Yes, Gaboon vipers grow to huge size, check out this one! kzhead.info/sun/aLKIfqlqo4OtZqs/bejne.html
@@LivingZoology Do you know what's the average length for an adult puff adder and gaboon viper?
@@cicadafun For Puff adder it is around 1 meter and for the Gaboon viper a bit more.
@@LivingZoology I see. This individual puff adder must've been quite large then, especially since it's so girthy. Did you guys ever measure it?
When are you returning to Kenya? Did you do Kakamega Forest last time out?
We don't know now, nothing is planned. But yes, last time we visited Kakamega!