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Documentary, The Ten Deadliest Snakes In The World with Steve Irwin
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00:00Whoa!
00:05Okay.
00:10That's good.
00:15They don't call me the Crocodile Manny though!
00:20You think this guy's dangerous? You should see what I've got in me shed!
00:25One of the things I do...
00:30is get venomous snakes out of tight corners, in people's houses or like here...
00:35in someone's car. Snakes in weird places like this can be scared and...
00:40cranky. And since this is the only time people usually see them, they get the wrong idea.
00:45But a snake's real character is completely different.
00:50Out where they belong, snakes are gentle and beautiful...
00:55creatures. I'll show you. I'm gonna take you on a journey across Australia to see...
01:00the 10 most venomous snakes in the world. Every one...
01:05potential killer.
01:10Which is a fire of mojo.
01:15But a never blooms If you look into the
01:28because my mind rocks is showing the place in one place or is....
01:32It is so scary I ended up in numéro serum laps.
01:37Fortunately, they all live here in Australia.
01:42This country has such lethal snakes. Nobody's sure. It could even be an evolutionary act.
01:47But by crikey, it sure makes my life interesting.
01:52This trip's gonna be great. I've always wanted a chance to show people what a major...
01:57Amazing snakes we have in this country. And not in a zoo or in someone's house, but out...
02:02...where the snakes live. In the bush, they're not biting anyone or scaring anyone...
02:07...they're just living peacefully with all this power stored in their venom.
02:12I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
02:17We've still got a long way to go before we find our first venomous snake, but I've gotta show you this.
02:22Thank you so much.
02:27it's quite common to find whoa it's quite common
02:32snakes sunning themselves or absorbing the heat out of the tarmac here in South
02:37eastern Queensland now this isn't one of the venomous snakes we're after this is
02:40actually a carpet python
02:42now although it doesn't possess any venom it's still got quite oh
02:47still got quite a hefty bite now when I try and touch it it's retaliating
02:52by trying to bite I think it's very important that I just shift him off the
02:56road
02:57because snakes get clobbered all the time
03:00he's
03:02this python doesn't know how lucky it is to me
03:07meet a snake lover like myself a lot of drivers out here will swerve to run
03:12over a snake
03:17back on the road I'm leaving central Queensland behind and heading north
03:22to the great dividing right and that's just the star
03:27I've got thousands of miles of hard traveling ahead of me
03:32to the great
03:37The first stops Darwin in the Northern Territory.
03:42This tropical city is home to number 10 on my list, the 10th...
03:47...most venomous snake in the world, it's the Western Brown.
03:52Right in the city...
03:57In the centre, there's very little habitat for snakes.
04:00But just out of town in the suburbs...
04:02Where city meets country, snakes are a part of everyday life.
04:07Western Browns have been living in this area for a lot longer than...
04:12...humans.
04:13They're not about to move just because someone built a suburb here.
04:17I'm told a brown snake...
04:22...has made itself at home under this house.
04:24Let's see if it's the one I'm looking for.
04:27It's amazing to think with children playing...
04:32...so close that we have the chance of finding a Western Brown snake.
04:37It's the 10th most venomous snake in the world.
04:42Up here in the...
04:47...what tropical north...
04:49...the sun is very intense.
04:51And of course...
04:52...these buildings create the perfect shaded areas...
04:55...nice and cool.
04:57...for a myriad of dangerous animals.
05:00Mice and rats...
05:01...off...
05:02...offen dwelling amongst the rubbish.
05:04And of course...
05:05...your venomous snakes come searching for them.
05:07And this top is a great place for snakes.
05:12Well, this is the first...
05:16Well, this is the first...
05:17...snake on our list.
05:18And I never expected to have such a close encounter.
05:20Very important.
05:21I don't breathe...
05:22...but I don't breathe on it...
05:23...well, it moves suddenly...
05:24...because this is a Western Brown.
05:26Real healthy looking...
05:27...and one too.
05:28They're quite a volatile...
05:29...dangerous snake.
05:30And in this confined area...
05:31...underneath...
05:32...a house...
05:33...let alone in close proximity...
05:35...he's best left alone.
05:37So, keep in mind.
05:38And once...
05:39...and he hiding it...
05:40... clean...
05:41...do you have thatublic...
05:42...over.
05:43But you've got...
05:44Have some quiet...
05:45So...
05:46Have some quiet zn Success...
05:47...luck.
05:48And often...
05:49... distress...
05:50...do you realize...
05:51...last bowl with мн sinners.
05:52And my body...
05:53...does Lord has come to help...
05:54...do you see...
05:55...do you enjoy it someone from trying sony...
05:57...à...
05:58...you love you...
06:00... safety...
06:03...sas...
06:04... Logs do you like...
06:05...den it in ...
06:06The seed that the...
06:11When a parrot kicks out of its cage attracts mice.
06:14And mice are what the snake's here for.
06:16Try a different kind of cage and hey, no mice and no snake.
06:21With me out of the way, the snake comes out to...
06:26Look for breakfast.
06:27Mice find their...
06:31Their food by sniffing the air.
06:36Snakes use scent too, but they don't use their nostrils.
06:39They taste the air with their...
06:41Tongue to locate their prey.
06:46No feet means no footsteps.
06:51Mice can hear very well, but they still won't know about the snake until it...
06:56It's too late.
06:57The tongue flicks, tracking them out.
07:01And the mouse is as good as dead already.
07:06But, you know about...
07:07No runs through the animal send it to your BMW some couples.
07:09But...
07:11I saw this American Pastreki...
07:13He's also able to sand all around...
07:14So he doesn't even know how much you can...
07:16White bear with a minute is he's.
07:17I realized they their only did even know aventions Paper!
07:19So, I guess, when he puts麻 accidents...
07:21… they could always force them...
07:22They also work with정 ekstremya.
07:24So...
07:25He's so very,.
07:29I literally wear it, but...
07:31You got them in the face to show them all comes to me.
07:32You're quite familiar theī body...
07:33You were a big man.
07:34Yeah, there's a big man.
07:35This piece of wilderness is known as Robinson's Gorge.
07:40It's made up of forests and steep cliffs.
07:45Over millions of years, wind and water have carved the sea.
07:50Sandstone into caves and overhangs.
07:55Perfect for animals such as rock wallabies.
08:00Out here, it's a very long way from...
08:05I've got my radio in case I get bitten and I need to call in the flying doctor.
08:10I'm also carrying pressure bandages, the best first aid for snake bite.
08:15This place is so...
08:20If you go remote, the rock wallabies haven't learned to be afraid of humans.
08:24Even me!
08:25Creep.
08:29Creep.
08:30Creeping around these cliffs takes a fair amount of skill.
08:35It's not quite as easy as crawling under houses.
08:38Death adders usually live on the most...
08:40Inaccessible ledges.
08:41Inaccessible ledges.
08:45Keep at the reader from Rhode Island.
08:46I'm using acid such as案 as a rock.
08:48Go to 90% of this queen!
08:51...slide.
08:52Our fingers passing through the roller is flat.
08:55After this bowl, we have ==
08:57It's been so many.
08:59platforms of rock, looking for tracks and other obvious signs that get that is.
09:04The good thing to do is to look for other reptiles as you go.
09:09The sun's...
09:14It's pretty hot right now and there's probably some around here cooling off in the shade.
09:19Here we go, this is it. You can see here...
09:24These are very distinct. Death out of tracks, pushing the sand down.
09:28This is...
09:29Now we're going to have to be a bit careful because we're close.
09:34These snakes won't move out of your way. They're waiting to sustain them.
09:39He's come along here, flattened out.
09:44Down towards this liquid.
09:49Here I go, these squares, you may get them louder and then normally 30 minutes or 10-10 minutes or?
09:55Now I'm going to go in a bit of a bit of a bit.
09:57This was a tough ones, help Actually appreciate the driving intensity over here.
10:04I'm going to expose this, Death Adder.
10:06I'm in no danger at all.
10:08They're a very...
10:09shy, timid, placid snake
10:11and this is what causes them most of their problems.
10:14In that they won't retreat and run out of people's way.
10:17They'll sit relying on their...
10:19They're camouflaged, thinking they're safe.
10:21People stand on them.
10:22Whack!
10:23They bite.
10:24They're blowing hard.
10:26This looks dangerous, I know.
10:27But the secret...
10:29is being as slow and smooth as the snake is.
10:34Now this is a potentially dangerous situation.
10:38We've got...
10:39nothing worse than a Death Adder three shoelace.
10:44You know, makes me feel like...
11:05I'm not ever going to die.
10:49You
10:54Have a look at this little beauty. Aren't they glory?
10:59This is the death adder. Very short stout body
11:04A large boofy head, triangular shaped head
11:07Now death adder by name
11:09Death by nature
11:10As you can see the death adder is very placid
11:12Very quiet
11:14And timid
11:15And very
11:16Uninclined to bite
11:19Or strike
11:23Just got to keep my finger
11:24Is out of the white
11:29Now the death adder has also got a very good set of fangs
11:34A lot larger than any of the others
11:36That we're going to take a look at
11:39Because I tell a lot more
11:41Just got to keep my finger
11:42And they're going to take a look at
11:43Because she's got a little cut
11:45But at all the times
11:46It's the end of the other
11:47In the middle of the summer
11:49The other year
11:51Who had to believe
11:52Padre and the other
11:53Should have to believe
11:54Or maybe
11:55Could prove
11:56The other one
11:57Is out of the middle
11:58To be able
12:00The last one
12:02What do you think
12:03Is out of the middle
12:05Is out of the middle
12:07¿That?
12:08Cold-blooded animals
12:13tend to slow down at night unless they're like the Death Adder and hunt other cold-blooded
12:18animals in that case dust can be the start of the working day
12:23but the Death Adder doesn't exert itself
12:28too much it's an ambush predator it uses the end of its tail as a
12:33lure the rest of the snake stays completely
12:38still while the tail sticks up and wriggles like a worm
12:43along comes a skink
12:48sees the worm
12:50sneaks up on it
12:53so
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13:34found on Mount Chapel Island just off the coast of Tasmania
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14:13This island is absolutely riddled with burrows.
14:16Now here's a relatively fresh one.
14:18Just have a little look down in here.
14:20Oh!
14:23The holes are actually dug by birds.
14:26Mutton birds.
14:27They were...
14:28They were named by local people for the way they taste.
14:31Masses of them breed here every...
14:33And their chicks provide enough food for the snakes.
14:36The chicks take a couple of...
14:38To grow their feathers and fly away.
14:40After that, the snakes don't eat for...
14:43Ten months until the next mutton bird season.
14:48Okay.
14:52Bye.
14:52Bye.
14:53Now this is a juvenile and he's still got...
14:58these bands, very typical of the tiger snake, which you'll lose...
15:03as he reaches adulthood.
15:05And you can see how nippy he is.
15:08A little bit naughty.
15:10Whoa!
15:12Now, check this out.
15:13Here we go.
15:14Here we go.
15:16Here we go.
15:18Here's the difference.
15:19This place crawls with snakes.
15:23Let's have a look at this one.
15:24This is an adult.
15:28He's got a large, probably got a mutton bird in his belly there.
15:31And he's lost all those bands.
15:33And he's solid black colour.
15:35And he's a beauty.
15:37Now, unlike...
15:38that smaller one, he'd have no natural predators.
15:42And he's...
15:43he's very quiet.
15:44When I'm handling snakes, I try to be...
15:48as gentle as possible.
15:50I don't grab them behind the head the way...
15:53that everybody thinks you should.
15:54That can hurt the snake, and it'll make it want to bite.
15:58Snakes have very delicate backbones.
16:00Easily damaged.
16:01I always try to...
16:03support the body with my hands,
16:05and make sure a part of it's resting on the ground at all times.
16:08Just let him go back down this mutton hole.
16:13And...
16:14He's got one of those parts.
16:15Decent up because he tries to...
16:16The queen starts over.
16:17He's in his grave.
16:18He's Corbett, 66!
16:19He's got tworants!
16:20I'm thinking about the�� �andissa's house' containers.
16:22I'm thinking the one is going to contribute.
16:23So, when he responds to the lockdown...
16:25He has...
16:26From the ice cream, he's also a company.
16:28I know he's not a industrial athlete.
16:30And I think he will На stood and no小時.
16:32I'm thinking of that.
16:35He went over here,
16:36and then there's another little sun that upside down...
16:38He's got a niceufen runдиlockингARE
16:40and I've given a nice prevalence.
16:42birds will fly north, but the burrows won't be left empty.
16:47They'll be used as nurseries by female tiger snakes.
16:52Unlike most snakes, these...
16:57ones are born without an egg.
17:02I'm going to put it in a bowl and put it in a bowl.
17:07The babies come out fully formed.
17:12They're completely independent and armed with the world's 8th strongest
17:17venom.
17:22My number 7 is another kind of tiger snake.
17:27This one's back on the mainland in Western Australia.
17:30It's a swamp dweller.
17:32.
17:47Have a look at this stuff.
17:50Primeval ooze.
17:52It doesn't smell real crash hot, but it's absolutely chock-a-block with nutrients.
17:57And of course, the insect life that lives in it and on it is prolific.
18:02And as far as the snakes are concerned, insects are good for one thing.
18:07Keeping the frogs fed, fat and ready for eating.
18:12As a general rule...
18:17If you use good, solid footsteps, snakes are quick to get out of your way.
18:21Now, I've been very...
18:22Very stealthy, very tender with my feet.
18:25And the reason being, there's a snake in here.
18:27They have no ears.
18:29They sense vibration.
18:31Footsteps pounding away.
18:33Snake will scatter.
18:34So if I get over the top of this snake and shout at it...
18:37Hey, snake!
18:38It won't react.
18:39It can't hear me.
18:42The scent sounds.
18:48If I get over the top of this snake...
18:50Stweekly in the sky.
18:54If I take over the top of this snake...
18:55I call it podía or I'll give it this up.
18:58because we can deal with him.
19:02He's done.
19:03Don't move away there.
19:04All right.
19:06Now, it's very important that I'm very...
19:08Very gentle with him because you can see how flattened out he is when they flatten out like that.
19:13That's like a cobra.
19:14And he's saying, look how big I am.
19:16I'm a venomous snag.
19:18Let's go, Mike.
19:23Yeah.
19:24Yeah.
19:25Oop.
19:26Let's go.
19:28Let's go.
19:28Great.
19:29Just...
19:30Be careful.
19:32Try and get in and...
19:33Get his tail.
19:37Back here, Mike.
19:38Hey.
19:39He keeps covering his tail up nicely.
19:41Very hard to get him when they're like that.
19:43Let's go.
19:44Let's go.
19:45Hoop.
19:48You're a grumpy snake.
19:49He's a little bit cranky.
19:51Now wait...
19:54Wow.
19:55Too close.
19:56That was too close.
19:57Nearly picked me up on the no...
19:58Getting bitten on the face is really hard because you can't get a pressure bandage on it.
20:02This snake is...
20:03Particularly aggressive.
20:04The reason being is I've got him cornered.
20:07He feels confronted.
20:08He thinks I'm going to hurt him.
20:09Perhaps even eat him.
20:10His only...
20:11His only form of defence...
20:13His aggression.
20:14To retaliate.
20:15And it's very important that I get him by the tail...
20:18Otherwise, I'm not able to manipulate him.
20:20And what happens is every time I try...
20:22Get him by the tail.
20:23He swings at me.
20:28He swings at me.
20:29That's it.
20:30Right.
20:33I'm getting as tired of him as he is of me.
20:38I...
20:39I was so excited to be able to enjoy this experience.
20:42Otherwise, I used to go back to my car.
20:43Everyone yourself...
20:44I crazy about your...
20:45MASTER
20:45For a lot of hardly draw the很有 background to my car.
20:47I'm going to be on the mech bit.
20:49You've changed it all right now.
20:50I'm so sorry I'm sorry I've entrusted.
20:52Actually, if I was out and off...
20:54I love the camera.
20:57Yeah, here you go.
20:58You получ爆 me.
21:00Nice button...
21:01I'm so mean.
21:03I want to show you...
21:05I wanted to scream this...
21:06And I was so investors.
21:07You..
21:07Frogs
21:12climb using sticky pads on their toes.
21:17Snakes have to do without toes. They climb by rippling their belly.
21:22Scales, rather like steps on an escalator.
21:27Snakes ancestors were lizards, burrowing lizards.
21:32They lost their limbs in the process of becoming better burrowers.
21:36So snakes were a
21:37originally designed for narrow holes, but in fact, they can go almost anywhere.
21:42Other animals can go.
21:46But that doesn't mean
21:47they always get what they're after.
21:52So it's all around.
21:53It's just a little bit of a
22:02For Snake Number 6, I'm at the Great Barrier Reef.
22:12The beaked sea snake is the most venerable
22:17Seasnake of them all
22:19Seasnakes need to be highly venomous
22:22In order to immobilize their prey quickly
22:27Venom is also a great defense system
22:31And so is...
22:32Hiding in the coral
22:33Which is where all the snakes must be at the moment
22:37How long does the snake take care of?
22:42Well, here's one at last, but it's not a beat, it's an...
22:47All of sea snake, it's tail is sensitive to light, it senses potential predators...
22:52like me, by detecting their shadow.
22:57It's not a beat, it's not a beat.
23:02It's not a beat, it's not a beat, it's not a beat.
23:07It's not a beat, it's not a beat.
23:12It's not a beat, it's not a beat, it's not a beat.
23:17Here's another olive, and it seems a bit more friendly.
23:20Either that, or it's just admiring...
23:22...its reflection in my goggles.
23:24It flicks its tongue to suss out what this...
23:27strange object might be.
23:32But it soon loses interest when it realises I'm not another CC.
23:37But it's not a beat.
23:38It's a beat.
23:39It's a beat.
23:40It's a beat.
23:41It's a beat.
23:42Sea snakes breathe air like other snakes, but one lungful...
23:47can last several hours, longer than my scuba tanks can...
23:52can anyway.
23:56On my way back to...
23:57the boat to dump the empties, I've spotted what looks like our target snake.
24:01No time to...
24:02to change tanks, I'll just go for it with me snorkel gear.
24:07In my way...
24:08to� of of...
24:10And bird sounds higher...
24:14I've got three and a half years ago, and a lot of those had runnenacons too high.
24:18I've got six years long, so...
24:21I've got a nine-week tagosure to the top of the wolf in the tank,
24:26and the moratorium truthanoags I've got five days long now
24:29and two years after I've transferred into a biennale 보니까
24:33and my mate babyvestones is an absolutely immortal.
24:12Nah, it's not a beaked, it's a near relative.
24:17The Stokes's Sea Snake, it's a real big one too, especially this close up.
24:22The Stokes's Sea Snake, it's a real big one too.
24:27The Stokes's Sea Snake, it's a real big one too.
24:32The Stokes's Sea Snake, it's a real big one too.
24:37The Stokes's Sea Snake is the end.
24:42Glorious sea snake, absolutely glorious.
24:47They've got some incredible body structure, you can-
24:52see how their belly scales have come down and divided to make a keel.
24:57They need to aid in swimming.
24:59Cute head.
25:01And they feel just like-
25:02They're like a snake, not slimy like an eel or a fish.
25:05And if we have a look down at the tail-
25:07you can see it's very flattened, almost paddle-like.
25:12And this propels them through the water quite quickly,
25:14and they can even go in reverse.
25:17You can see, like all sea snakes, they-
25:22they aren't aggressive, they breathe air, just like we do.
25:25So bringing it to the surface is no-
25:27calm, she's quite placid.
25:31And take a look at-
25:32Look at those nostrils.
25:33See how she opens and closes them?
25:36They're totally-
25:37watertight.
25:38Let's just let her go and see what she does.
25:40Let's just let her go and see what she does.
25:42Whatever she doesn't just get here
25:44� wife, she wants a huge-
25:48Let me get warn me.
25:49Let me pair with her toenails.
25:51How many times do people call me?
25:53How many times do you call me?
25:56Ch你就จะ me.
25:57Dear couple times
25:58By all time, we'll keep my two o'clock hit and say Аh.
26:02The second time before I remember I was back and Konsph統 and Michael Barr 미래,
26:04that's okay, everyone.
26:06We just opened up the tor씩.
26:09Yeah, like I don't know.
26:11Oh, I don't know.
26:12When I sit
26:17foot on Reesby, I'll be its entire human population.
26:22I'll be right back.
26:27There's plenty of wildlife here though, including lots and lots of deadly snakes.
26:32I'll be right back.
26:38The weather changes on this island are quite rapid.
26:41One minute's sunny.
26:42The next minute it's cloudy.
26:43But I actually think that this cloud cover is going to work for me.
26:46Perhaps there'll be a few...
26:47Tiger's out.
26:52The term cold-blooded can be a bit misleading.
26:55What it means is you don't have your own...
26:57internal heating system.
26:58You're more or less the same temperature as everything around you.
27:02If you're cold, you go out in the sun to warm up.
27:05If you get too hot, you...
27:07go to somewhere cool.
27:09A cloudy day here is about right for snakes to be...
27:12out and about without boiling over.
27:18Whoa, what a little ripper.
27:20Have a look at this one, isn't it?
27:22She's gorgeous.
27:23Now I can tell this is a female and she's in really good condition.
27:27Now she's also gravid which is a pregnant state in a snake.
27:31You can see...
27:32She's got a lump that starts about here and goes all the way up her tummy.
27:35And she's gorgeous.
27:36Very...
27:37Very placid.
27:38Have a look on her body underneath the scales.
27:40Those little jiggers there.
27:42They're ticks.
27:43They're an external parasite and they feed on blood in the snake.
27:47A lot of Australian animals carry ticks and they don't present too much of a problem.
27:51She's so...
27:52She's so gorgeous and given that she's pregnant, I'll just let her go.
27:56When I leave to...
27:57catch my boat, the snakes are left with just their everyday irritations.
28:01The ticks...
28:02Snakes, for instance.
28:03Normally snakes just have to put up with these tiny bloodsuckers.
28:06But...
28:07several times a year, they offload them along with their own skin.
28:12First, they loosen the bit around the head.
28:17And the rest follows.
28:20And the rest follows.
28:22Now, they're pitching.
28:23They're
28:37One totally tick-free snake, for a while at least.
28:51To find Snake Number 4, we move from Desert Island to a completely different environment.
28:56But the snake we're after isn't so different from the last.
29:01It's yet another kind of tiger snake, the Eastern Tiger, the deadliest tiger.
29:06The tiger of all.
30:54It feels well camouflaged amongst the leaves.
31:04Snakes aren't so confident though.
31:06When they sense the vibration.
31:08of my footsteps.
31:09They take cover.
31:10I'll have to check out some of their hiding places.
31:13sehr Low ale quietly and fasts.
31:14They will do blue.
31:15Yeah.
31:16Mm-hm.
31:17So you can see theы're Lara is still there.
31:18In between and we'll try again.
31:19a little kind of crankiness.
31:20You can see his head earlier then let me count in it.
31:22Let me check in and see if we get my pee on those ears.
31:24Okay.
31:26Second anything.
31:27I know why you oh look.
31:28And see your ears.
31:29Ha t Uhh Tate.
31:35He's one here.
31:57That's the most amount of tiger snakes I've ever seen in one place at one time in my life.
32:02No one really knows why Easter...
32:07If the birds and tiger snakes huddle together like this, maybe they just like the company.
32:22Beautiful.
32:24Beautiful.
32:25Beautiful.
32:31Well, we're down to snake number three.
32:36We're leaving the wilderness and heading for eastern Queensland's sugar cane fields.
32:46Taipan country.
32:47Yeah.
33:07This cane field is littered with rat burrows just like this one.
33:12And given how prevalent the rats are, I would assume there'd be loads of type...
33:17But I'd say they're either down inside the rat burrows or somewhere where it's cool.
33:22Despite the fact the sun's gone down, it's still stinking hot.
33:26So, I'll come...
33:27I'll come back a little bit later on.
33:29I'll come back a little bit later on.
33:34Night isn't necessarily the best time...
33:39...to find taipans.
33:40But when it's so hot during the day, it's probably a better bet.
33:43It's certainly when the rats are most active.
33:46I'll come back a little bit later on.
33:47I'll come back a little bit later on.
33:49I'll come back a little bit later on.
33:51It's gonna be more risky for me though, simply because it's harder to see what's going on around...
33:56...my feet.
34:01I'll come back a little bit later on.
34:06Ooh, tie-pant.
34:11The thing with the taipan is they're one of the stealthiest snakes in the Australian
34:16bush and would be the most dangerous snake that I'm going to be dealing with on this entire
34:21journey.
34:22Beautiful specimen.
34:23They've got a habit of coming straight.
34:26Straight back up over their own body and whistling past your ear.
34:29So let's have a look at him.
34:31And then I'll just release him on his way.
34:36Bye, mate.
34:37Good hunting.
34:41I work with snakes every day, but taipans really rattle me.
34:46Bye.
34:47Bye.
34:48Bye.
34:51Bye.
34:52Bye.
34:56Bye.
34:57Bye.
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37:03up in here this sheds been here since the 1970s now terry my wife tells me
37:08somewhere in here is a common brown snake and a large one at that she estimates it to be
37:13two meters six feet ideally what they'll do is they'll stay low
37:18they're a terrestrial site not venturing very high and they're no good
37:23climbing now this is the perfect scenario for a brown snake
37:28because where you've got rats and mice of course that's where you'll find
37:33your brown snakes they come in and around through here searching looking for food
37:38oh there goes a little mouse now
37:43european house
37:48you
37:58And there's the little beauty.
38:03Thank you so much for watching.
38:08Snip.
38:13snakes quite often find their way up into the car's engine box, now comes the...
38:18the tough part of trying to get this highly venomous snake out of quite a tight area.
38:23The common brown likes places where people are common too.
38:28It gets into houses a lot, and when Australians are bitten, it's usually by this...
38:33snake.
38:34I'm quite used to rescuing these snakes from frightened humans.
38:38It's a little bit of a cat that's the first of all.
38:42It's so delicious.
38:45It's a little bit of a bag of water.
38:49It's so nice to have a water.
38:53It's so nice to have a bag of water.
38:57It's so nice to have a water.
39:01I like to think that there's a little water.
39:04There's a little water.
39:05Oh
39:10Wow
39:15What an epic common brown in that kind of environment is certainly very dangerous
39:20I've had to use a catch bag. I don't muck with him. It's tail into a catch bag and now I'll get him back
39:25Out into the bush where he can never run into a confrontation with people again
39:30You
39:35You
39:40This is one of the greatest rewards for me being able to release
39:45A potentially dangerous animal back out in the wilderness where he belongs
39:50You have to be a little careful
39:55Because they normally come out of this bag very cranky
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