The Big Four: The Snakes With The Biggest Kill Count

These four snakes bite the most people in the world, but they’re not nearly as well known as the Australian hyper venomous snakes. While Australia’s snakes are deservedly recognized for their venom, these snakes are responsible for far more bites globally, making them deadlier in terms of actual impact on humans.

So why are these beautiful snakes so little known, and what can we do to understand them better to protect them and ourselves? These are the big four snakes of India.

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Examining the nature of the beast.

#animalogic #snake #snakebite

[bluelagoon]

Thank you for emphasizing that these snakes are just using their natural behaviors to defend and feed themselves, and also for clarifying that snake charming shows often involve animal abuse.

[jackmarston]

"Bleeding out of every orifice" Thanks. I was just thinking I needed a new nightmare

[balpreetsingh]

The fact that my country is derisively called the land of the snake charmers but still the indigenous snakes are not well known wild

[generaljimmies]

I remember one time bird hunting at pre-dawn out in Arizona my dad told me to quietly look below my seat, there was a rattlesnake napping below me.

I don't think I ever felt my blood run so cold before. But the poor guy was staying warm for the night and with some gentle prodding with a veeeerrry long stick eventually got the hint and buggered off.

[kitsuanuma]

Saw scaled vipers are so beautiful and the noise they make is so soothing! A great non venomous alternative as a pet is the African egg eating snake who copies the saw scaled viper

[ossifiedprophet]

The name Russell's viper alone strikes fear in people. In my native language it's called চন্দ্রবোরা, চন্দ্র meaning moon বোরা meaning viper. Just looking at it in this video gave me a panic attack and the worst part is I'm a zoologist 😅

[alungiggs]

The reason Kraits bite people at night in India is because most people sleep on the floor and the krait ‘snuggles up’ to them for warmth. Then when the person rolls over the krait bites them. A lot of people don’t know they’ve been bitten, and some never wake up again.
It’s the Russell viper that bites barefoot people at night. Many deaths could be prevented by people carrying a torch 🔦.

[tedrex]

I do believe that it is the first time I have seen a common krait, most English people of my, (rather advanced age) have read how dangerous they are in the "Riki tiki tavi" story in Kipling's "The Jungle Book" where it makes a memorable appearance. I am not sure how popular Kipling's work is now, but I remember reading it when I was 5 and enjoying the tale of the feisty mongoose.

[pencilpauli]

As of October 24, 2024, India's population density is 488 people per square kilometer (1, 264 people per square mile).
As of October 24, 2024, Australia's population density is 3 people per square kilometer (9 people per square mile).

[spiralpython]

There are lots of venomous snakes right around Australia, and frequently river walks are signed to alert walkers (and their dogs) to their presence, but mostly the snakes want to avoid us. Most people haven’t even seen one in the wild, because the snakes stay out of our way, and have great camouflage. It is actually wonderful to see one just going about their business when on a bush walk or an urban park stroll. Just keep your doggo on a short leash!

[slickmechanical]

I have an uncle in NSW who has been bitten by brown snakes twice and lived due to timely medical intervention.

[Ze_Austin]

Congrats on your book launch, Danielle! 🎉

[drimachuck]

I can see how the Aussie snakes would be known better than the Russell's or saw-scaled vipers maybe but them being more popular than the Indian cobra? No way. That is /the/ cobra.

[BornHandy]

King cobra is not a real cobra? Who decides this stuff? Next, you'll be telling me that Pluto isn't a planet....

[YodaBSith]

Please do a video on slythy toves.
i love how they gyre and gymble in the wabe.

[comfortablynumb]

Central and South America have a lot of venomous snakes too. I lived in Costa Rica and I saw what a fer de lance bite does. I helped load an indigenous man into a boat to go to the hospital because he was bitten. His leg was incredibly swollen and his pain was awful. I remember him yelling from the pain when we put him in the boat in the surf. It was rough. He didn't lose his leg but his nephew was bitten the night before by the same snake and he lost his leg from the hip. At night there wasn't a boat to take him across the water and driving takes hours. My point is that snake bites are absolutely terrible. The scars are awful. If you live.

[nixdapogs]

I’m such a fan of those illustrations in the background. Nicely done, DD👍👊🏼

[chansey]

I'd like a video on the newt species endemic to Montseny, a mountainous region near Barcelona, I've heard of them my whole life and I'd love for the conservation efforts that are being made to be made more known. Awesome video!

[ltheeagle]

I always enjoy listening to your informative videos and watching you draw congratulations on your new book Danielle😁❤️🎉

[HameFall_]

I would love to see an episode about the Spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides)!