Snakes on the Brain

This is the Great Basin Rattlesnake. Sorry it's been a while since my last post. However, I'm back with one of the most informative videos I've ever made on this channel. This is a long overdue video because it's one of the most common snakes that I never featured from the first season. However, overtime I accumulated a lot of nice shots of this species that you'll see here. I wanted to feature Dave Jensen of Wasatch Snake Removal on this video because WSR deserves its credit for all the snakes that have been saved throughout the state of Utah and his experience with this species is a big part of what made this video possible.

This is the Desert Nightsnake! I think this episode would've made more sense for a season about snakes of Arizona where they're much more common. However I couldn't resist making an episode about finding one so close to my home where they're a rare sight! This snake has some amazing adaptations and it's also mildly venomous! I always think it's cool knowing there's venomous snakes out there that are completely safe to handle like this one! Apologies for the intermittent uploads. I've been recovering from knee surgery but I have a few more videos to come!

The Utah Milksnake is likely the rarest snake I have found at the time of posting this video. Many hours were spent into finding one and it was an honor to have seen my work take effect in the form of one of the most beautiful snakes I've ever seen in the wild. They are protected under state law from being collected without a permit. However their populations are declining still not just from poaching but largely from habitat destruction and declining populations of their underground dwelling prey items. All of these factors on top of their elusive nature makes them a very difficult species to find in Utah. I hope this video can contribute to their conservation somehow as they are a very special animal. Thanks to those of you who watched through the whole thing. Creating this video also took a lot of work compared to most of my previous videos on this channel.