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Some field herping footage from 2011 summer. Snakes, salamanders, turtles, frogs, toads, crazy drivers, and loads of fun.

Prairie Rattlesnake tagged a rabbit. Doubt he was thinking it was a
meal.

Kid picks up a wild hissing bullsnake. Most wild snakes will act defensive when they feel threatened. We've come across 1,000's of snakes in the wild. The only ones that act defensive are the ones that feel threatened. This bullsnake was in the middle of a busy dirt road, so we stopped to move him off. Even with all the hissing and bluffing, my son was able to pick him up and move him off the road with no aggression or bites from the snake.

The truth of the matter is that all snakes will bite if they feel threatened enough, you would too if you were a snake. More often than not, if you're calm around a snake, they don't feel threatened. This guy felt threatened because we were taking video and I was standing behind the camera.

Check out my facebook for unseen footage:
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Here's a playlist of several of our field herping videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Music:
Peppy Pepe Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Filming a snake when it strikes, knocking the GoPro right out of my
hand. Nice shot Mr. Snake, Nice Shot.

Link to my poll:
https://www.youtube.com/user/smetlogi...

When you're in an area known to have venomous snakes do you use snake hooks to flip smaller boards and tin? How comfortable do you feel in that same area without wearing some type of boot?

Personally, I try to use a hook when dealing with smaller boards and tin -- a potato rake for heavier stuff. Bottom-line is I try not to put my fingers under the object I'm looking under in an area where there could be a venomous snake.

Wearing some kind of boot (snake boots for me) just makes me feel less on edge when I'm out in the field. Had a few experiences where I didn't have them on and we had to navigate back through a minefield of rattlesnakes.

Drop some comments below with your take on flipping for snakes and wearing boots in the field.

Herping West Texas teaser. More to come, stay tuned. Herping, it's an adventure.

Hooked up with the Colorado crew for a few hours. Be sure to check out these new channels:
http://www.youtube.com/user/shelbyp24
http://www.youtube.com/user/t3chn01r

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Tiger Salamander headed back to his burrow.

My friends in India danced in crocodile invested waters to let you know about my new Facebook page. The page will have bootleg herping vidss, rare herping photos, herping tips, herping humor and stuff you won't see on my YT channel.

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Took Nicholas to the symphony for school. I know, what a neat dad I am for taking him to the symphony...stop it.

Moved a big angry bullsnake off the dirt road in KS. We were on a herping road trip from CO through KS to OK and back. This guy didn't want to be moved, but we've seen a lot of smashed snakes on dirt roads.