What did I learn while researching snakes in the United States what myths do most of us wrongfully
believe I'm going to explain those things and more in this video after our insect video we did like
last week I got a ton of questions and suggestions about making a snake video people wanted to know
which state had the most types of snakes which one had the most venomous snakes and which
state has the most deaths caused by snake bites that last one is where I learned the first myth
about snakes not a lot of people die from snake bites every year as a matter of fact normally
less than 10 people get croaked by snakes in the U.S every year like five six seven maybe
in today's video we're gonna list states that have the most types of snakes and some stories
about people that have been bitten and died in those States got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 California this one isn't a surprise especially for a guy like myself who grew up
in this state and spent a lot of weekends in the desert riding motorcycles and sand rails
California is a large state with many different ecosystems they have more than 33 Snake species
in this state and many of them are found just in California California has six venomous
snakes one native the saw scaled Viper may be responsible for more deaths than all the other
snake species combined now it's not just because the snake is active or it's more aggressive or
anything like that it is but California is a big state and it's got a lot of people so
the opportunities there but probably the most impressive and most well-known California snake
is the western diamondback rattlesnake this snake can grow up to six feet long and has a
venomous bite that can be fatal to humans however despite its reputation the western diamondback is
an important part of California's ecosystem now here's the death in California from snake bites
William Price 67. this happened in 2010. Price was Bitten above the ankle while waiting across
a stream in Southern California east of San Diego he was taking part in a study of steelhead trout
that was funded by a grant from the Department of Fish and Game, but California has 33 Snake species
Number nine Alabama now a lot of people just think about rattlesnakes and they think they're only in
the desert and this whole list is going to be about desert States definitely not the South
shows up pretty strong on this list Alabama is just the first of many Alabama has 43 species of
snake which include the copperhead the cottonmouth Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake timber rattlesnake
pygmy rattlesnake and Eastern coral snake when I was in basic training uh the cycle before us
they were the drill sergeants were telling us a story about a guy who at the firing range jumped
in a foxhole they have set up so you can practice shooting well he didn't look and there was a coral
snake in there that had gotten in there overnight and he got bit a couple times he survived but he
got bit a few times as drill sergeant said they always tell you to identify the snake so he got
bit tried to grab it so he could identify it and got bit two more times and finally they got him
to the hospital he came up the drill sergeants holding a coral snake in his hand but Alabama
is home to a variety of snakes including the copperhead this venomous snake is known for
its distinct copper colored bad hey how'd it get the name I don't know it is often found in wooded
areas but it is rarely seen by humans because it is a very reclusive animal Oliver Chum Baker was
52. Baker was at his home near Lewis Smith Lake when he was bitten by a copperhead snake and lost
Consciousness within two minutes CPR was performed but he was taken to a local hospital in critical
condition Baker was later airlifted to Huntsville Hospital where he died on May 27 2019. Alabama has
43 species of snake number eight Oklahoma Oklahoma is considered a Southern state and some people
considered a western state so you know it's going to have some snakes Oklahoma is home to a variety
of snake species including the western diamondback the copperhead and the timber rattlesnake in the
wooded areas of Eastern Oklahoma the timber rattlesnake is a common sight this snake
has very distinct sounding Rattle and it's often encountered by hikers and Hunters things like that
but it does play a big role it keeps the uh rodent population down side note to that if you want me
to do a rodent or Vermin version of this video series let me know in the comment section below
Barry Lester was 57 years old on April 29 2018. he was in Osage County Oklahoma Lester was driving
down the road when he spotted the rattlesnake he tried to move it to safety but Was Bitten on both
hands Lester collapsed shortly thereafter and was pronounced dead Oklahoma has 46 species of snake
number seven Georgia The Peach State's got some snakes just like all Southern States I guess
Georgia has a large diverse snake population its snakes live all over the state including
brown Water Queen common Gardener and ringneck snakes Georgia is home to a variety of snakes
but one of the most impressive is the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake yeah they got them
here too this snake can actually get up to eight feet long but this is another one that's really
reclusive so it's rarely seen in Waverly Georgia we hear the sad tale of Priscilla Meredith she was
62 years old Meredith was bitten by a timber rattlesnake when she went to sit down in her
friend's Garden on May 17th she was put into a medically induced coma for several weeks until
her death on June 12th Meredith was not able to receive anti-venom due to her allergies which her
doctor said would have put her life at risk you know I'm sure there's a lot more that goes into
that one but I think being bitten by a venomous snake kind of puts your life at risk already
I think I'd roll the dice with the Anti-Venom myself there are 46 types of snake in Georgia
number six Florida just like Georgia Florida has 46 types of snake Florida's wild areas have more
snakes than any state on the East Coast its native snakes include Florida brown snake the
ringneck snake Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake the coral snake and the cottonmouth Florida's
known for its alligators but it's also home to a variety of snakes Eastern coral snake is
the big one it's a brightly colored snake that has distinctive red yellow and black bands and
is highly venomous despite its venom the Eastern coral snake is not aggressive towards humans and
is rarely seen sadly Braden Bullard age four in 2014 saw one he was bitten while planting
watermelons in his backyard in Bryceville Florida he was rushed to the hospital but
died two weeks later according to witness price stopped breathing within minutes of being bitten
price was airlifted to a medical center but he did die later Florida has 46 species of snake
number five New Mexico back out west we go to New Mexico you kind of gotta expect New Mexico
to have a bunch of rattlesnakes and if you're expecting it guess what they got them New Mexico
has almost 50 species of snake now I've seen two different reports and all of them were the same
they all said you know if it was 33 the other one said 33. New Mexico's the only one that had
different reports one said they had 46 and another one said they had 50 species of snake some of the
snakes found in New Mexico include the western diamondback the Mojave rattlesnake the Sonora
coral snake and the prairie rattlesnake in the grassy plains of New Mexico a group of
researchers recently discovered a new species of snake the snake was named the muscularo it's a
black-headed snake and only found in small regions of the state and is unique due to its distinctive
black head I couldn't find any stories on New Mexico of anyone dying from a snake bite and I
searched so I thought I'd give one that I found amazing from Kentucky before I get into this one
I will tell you out this scenario has played out several times in Kentucky Missouri tennis
see in a few other places but this one happened in Kentucky I don't know what the deal is with people
including snakes in their church services but it happened James Coots 42 this happened on February
15 2014. Coots Was Bitten on the right hand during a service at his Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus's
name Church in Middleboro Kentucky God that church is even a mouthful after the bite Coots dropped
the two snakes that he had and picked them back up to continue the ceremony later he was driven home
when paramedics arrived his relatives refused medical treatment for him saying that it was
inconsistent with his religion he died at home I was just kind of looking at the different deaths
that they had mentioned I would say in the last 20 years the most common places you will get bit by a
snake is your garden or somebody else's garden and at a church service when I went to church the only
thing I was afraid of was getting beat by a nun with a ruler not being bitten by a venomous snake
and yes that whole thing about nuns hitting you with a ruler it happens I've been clubbed with the
yardstick before sister Aurelia Joseph but New Mexico has 46 species of snake
number four Missouri the United States has more than 50 Snake species and 47 of them live in
Missouri here you'll find Eastern yellow bellied Racers Northern Scarlets Prairie ringnecks and
Western worms they also got several subspecies like the Hognose when you're looking at hognose
they got the eastern and the plains version you'll also find a few venomous species like
the Western cottonmouth and the masasaga which is a rattlesnake in July of 2014 Timothy Levins who
was 52 at the time was camping at Sam a baker State Park in Missouri Levin's walked outside
saw a snake and brought it to the attention of his sons he decided to show it to his sons
I guess and he picked it up and the snake bit him Levin's walked back into the cabin washed
his hands at the kitchen sink and sat down on the couch when he became sick someone from a
neighboring cabin came over to help perform CPR Levin's was later pronounced dead at an
area Hospital there are 47 species of snake in Missouri number three Louisiana back to
the South we go Louisiana is home to a variety of snake species including the copperhead cotton
mouth and Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake in the swamps and bayous of Louisiana the cottonmouth
is a common sight this is venomous snake known for its aggressive behavior and it's sometimes
called the water moccasin Ryan L Bristow was 28 in 1971 and he had been collecting snakes in
a bag when one of them bit him on the hand and it was a water moccasin this was in garysville
Louisiana on December 29 1971 he did not survive there are 48 species of snake in Louisiana
number two Arizona here we go this is a place that just screams snake when I think about being bitten
by a rattlesnake it's gonna happen in Arizona because I was brought up on cowboy movies and
that's always where you found the rattlesnakes and Quick's hand I really used to think people
were gonna die of quicksand all the time matter of fact when kids would disappear when I was younger
I always thought maybe it was the quicksand has anyone ever thought of that there are 52
species of snake living in Arizona 13 of those are rattlesnake species more than one-third of
the world's rattlesnake species are believed to live in Arizona not all rattlesnakes are the same
the desert region the Mojave rattlesnake is known to have venom that is much more potent than other
species of rattlesnakes in fact it's venom is so potent that it can cause significant damage
to human tissue and organs even if you get the anti-venom in October of 2007 Jackie ledwell 63
years old was bitten by one while she was just taking a walk in Paulding Arizona just out for
her walk and got bit by rattlesnake and that was it Arizona's got 52 types of snake [Music]
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one [Music] and number one Texas yes Texas is Big Texas is a western state so yeah it's gonna have
some snakes it's not just the Western desert part you got the whole area over there by Houston all
the way to the Louisiana border that gets kind of Swampy and you're gonna have some wonderful
species of venomous snake in the swamps when you're looking for the state with the most
species of snakes Texas wins handily with 68. some of the snakes found in Texas include the
western diamondback rattlesnake the coral snake Copperhead and cottonmouth in the remote desert
regions of West Texas a group of researchers once discovered a rare species of snake that had never
been seen before the snake had unique markings and was eventually named the trans-pecos rat snake
it was a significant Discovery for the area and still studied to this day Grant Thompson was 18
on July 14, 2015. Thompson was found unresponsive in his car in a low store parking lot in Austin,
Texas he was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead a monocled cobra that he was
known to own was missing, and was later found dead nearby, having been run over by a car an autopsy
was performed, and they figure Thompson pushed his own off button letting his snake be a snake
Texas has 68 snakes to choose from all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed
I hope you got some information of it now go out don't get bit by a snake and be nice to each other