Copperhead vs. Copperhead, two venomous snakes from the USA and Australia!

If you live in the USA or in Australia, you have probably heard about a snake called the copperhead. But are copperheads in both countries the same? Or are they a different snake species? In this video you will learn that in the USA you can find the Eastern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a venomous pit viper. On the other hand, Australia is home to the Highland copperhead (Austrelaps ramsayi), an extremely venomous elapid snake. We will show you both of them in their natural habitat and tell you many interesting facts about them!

[overthehillandoverthemount]

The copperhead from America is my favorite. I have seen quite a few of these while I’ve been out hiking, and they are such a beautiful snake.

[bruceu]

Your video and audio quality is always so good! This was really nice, and I'm excited about what other species you found in Florida and Australia.

[guido]

Great video. In 1995 I caught a newborn Osage Copperhead (now Eastern I think). I kept her for 21 years. She was wonderful. A stand out among a wide variety of other snakes I kept. At age 9 she delivered a parthenogenetic baby, followed by 18 more over the next few years. This was tremendously exciting as it predated documentation of the phenomenon in snakes in the literature.

[wendywendt]

I've been walking on trails and have come across copperheads. I've encountered them in Florida and Indiana. They are beautiful, and I admire them from a distance. I love seeing them warming on the rocks. I love both species, so it's hard to pick one.

[renesagahon]

Superbly photographed, you captured their true beauty

[southnc]

Copperheads also have heat sensors, as typical with pit vipers. Excellent video of the snakes, including the close-ups.

[chrisfox]

They are both beautiful and need to be preserved in their native environment. Love the channel thnx guys!

[VanirSavage]

I greatly enjoy watching Agkistrodon contortrix. I live in the USA, and I do safe relocation of the species in my area, to help avoid bites and unnecessary deaths.
This one is truly a beautiful species and deserves to be admired from safe distance.

[cdizzle]

I’ve lived on a farm in north central Kansas for most of my life and the Copperhead is one of the most common snake species I see regularly. This being said I can tell about so many experiences I’ve encountered/discovered with them. Most of these involve oddly enough that they seem curious, and will even approach people. This could be a factor of the amount of bites, and the unfortunate stigma they get of being aggressive. Great video nonetheless, and great content as
always!!

[jaimeortega]

As usual the best camera work and audio!

[SobektheSpinosaurus]

Beautiful footages of the two different copperheads in USA and Australia!

[nassunarhania]

Woow, this is amazing, thank you for coming back.

[skeeta]

Love your content and the way you do your videos, everything about is spot on thankyou from Australia I subscribed.

[barry]

Thanks you have, at least in my eyes the premium snake channel!! I live in the red belly black snake capital of Australia, or so it seems and I love it as they are beautiful snakes. Very sadly I lost one of my pure desert dingoes less than a year ago to a red belly. This really broke my heart but I have no animosity to these essential animals. Of these 2 I think I’ll choose the Australian Copper head as the markings are beautiful. In all my time in the bush I have yet to see one. Please please keep your format and never add music, much more pleasant listening to the native wildlife and bush sounds.

[alannohlgren]

As always, love your work. I didn't even know that a copperhead existed outside of the Americas--but as you show, it's a very different snake over there in Austrailia...barely a cousin. On the other hand, I had a run in with a different type of copperhead, which I didn't recognise at the time but confirmed later at the ranger station: it was the trans-pecos copperhead, encountered in the Ozarks of northern Arkansas. I was advised by friends, in the heat of the encounter, that it was a "fox snake". However, something about the snake's posture & demeanor told me that it could be dangerous, (whereas fox snakes are totally non vevemous). I'm glad I listened to my intuition, as attempting to pick up any species of pit viper, free hand & without any type of snake hook, could have ended with a very unpleasant hospital visit. Your videos have helped change my perspective. Rather than "catching" whatever snake I may come across, why not catch it instead on video or in photographs?

[davidbelton]

I like the one who is shy and doesn't bite much.

[reptiledysfunction]

These videos are so well done! Beautiful photography!

[reptilesrodents]

You two have an absolute dream job. Plus you get to help and learn at different rescues as you go. I would love it thank you. And it might seem weird being from America and the copperhead is everywhere but I like the American one better. There color and patterns are striking lol. Who doesn't love that Hershey kiss look down their side. Plus a viper can't beat em.

[najamossambica]

Very nice Idea to make a Dokumentation about two Snakes. I only heard from Agkistrodon contortrix (im german). Wonderful Footage from Wonderful Snakes!
Which species i like more? I don't know...

[tommyworles]

My favorite copperhead is the one I'm not close to. They are a great pest control they work for free. Also thank you for using inches also makes it lot easier not to good with the metric system so again thank you for putting in the time to do that.