Hunting The Worlds Most VENOMOUS Snake! (Inland Taipan)
Hunting The Worlds Most VENOMOUS Snake! (Inland Taipan)
Transcript
00:00 Alright so I'm currently surviving three days in the most dangerous environment here in
00:09 Australia, the outback.
00:11 I chose this area in particular because it houses some of the deadliest animals in Australia
00:17 and even better, the most venomous snake on earth, the fierce snake, more commonly known
00:22 as the inland taipan.
00:24 One drop of this snakes venom can kill 150 millers real quick.
00:29 Now in part one of this series we explored rocky escarpments, searching for animals,
00:35 caught my own food, trekked through a red sand desert and slept in a remote cave.
00:40 It's currently early morning day two and we're going to be amping it up a level, putting
00:44 in the hours to try and find one of these inland taipans.
00:48 But getting bitten in a place like this by one of these snakes is certain death, so let's
00:54 not do that.
00:55 Outback survival part two, let's get into it.
00:58 Day two at the moment of this three day outback survival video.
01:02 We slept in this cave last night, it was actually really good.
01:05 You can see the sun's coming up at the moment.
01:07 Right now is the perfect time to go searching for the world's most venomous snake, these
01:12 inland taipans, because this is when they'll come out of the ground to heat up for the
01:16 day before it gets up to those really high temperatures.
01:19 So I woke up about 20 minutes ago and I've just been prepping myself because you can't
01:23 make any mistakes out here with this snake or it is going to cost you your life.
01:29 Saying that, I'm not going to put myself in any positions where I can get bitten today.
01:33 So I am really keen to go down and hopefully try to find this snake.
01:36 If we can pull it off it'll be really cool.
01:38 I've never found one on foot before.
01:40 So what we're going to do, the paddock's just down that way which holds these inland taipans.
01:45 We're going to start walking down there while the sun starts coming up and hopefully we
01:49 can find one.
01:51 Part two of this Outback Survival video, I think that's it for this cave as well.
01:55 Tonight we're going to go sleep in the red sand desert that we found while exploring
02:00 yesterday.
02:01 But yeah, served its purpose.
02:03 Pretty cool sleeping in a cave up in these rocky escarpments.
02:07 Let's go find a taipan.
02:14 So this is the perfect habitat for these inland taipans to live in.
02:20 And it's a crazy thought, like where I'm putting my feet right now would be half a meter away
02:26 from the most venomous snake in the world but they're below the surface.
02:30 We're just waiting for one to come out, warm itself up for the day in the sun and hopefully
02:36 we can spot it, get some good footage of it.
02:38 So that right there was a little inland taipan, the snake we wanted to find out here in these
02:59 black soil plains.
03:01 And we did it.
03:02 Now it went straight back down a hole which it no doubt came out of earlier this morning
03:06 as the sun was coming up.
03:08 But we've got a couple more days here, I think we'll be able to find more of these snakes.
03:11 This is the first time we've actually gone down and looked for them and we've seen a
03:15 little one.
03:16 But the sun's pretty high up in the sky at the moment, I reckon soon it's going to be
03:19 getting too hot for these snakes so we're going to walk around for a bit longer.
03:23 And tonight the plan is to go to those red sand dunes that I explored in part one and
03:28 actually sleep there tonight.
03:50 Now actually on the way out to the outback I stopped in at this remote section of bushland
04:07 to look for snakes.
04:09 And I camped there overnight, woke up the next morning and take a look at what I found
04:13 not far from my camp.
04:15 Take a look at the size of this death adder right here.
04:20 That thing is massive!
04:22 That is a big female snake and the biggest death adder I have ever seen.
04:26 If I put my hand down next to it you can get a gauge at the size of this thing.
04:31 But yeah this right here, pretty magical experience to share with such an epic snake.
04:37 And you know I don't know if I'll ever see a death adder this big in my life again so
04:42 just enjoying this moment with such an awesome animal.
04:46 Now this one right here is a big female snake, the males don't get this big.
04:51 And even for this female to get to this size is very impressive because of the impact that
04:56 cane toads have had.
04:58 I know for a fact that there's a lot of cane toads in this area and to survive up until
05:03 this size it means that she would have had to never eat one in her life and there probably
05:07 would have been a lot of opportunities to do so.
05:10 Look at her!
05:12 Absolutely awesome snake.
05:14 Good girl.
05:16 Could even be gravid at this time of year.
05:18 So this is the fastest striking snake on earth and one of the most venomous snakes in the
05:24 world.
05:25 Especially a death adder of this size, it's a big female and it would have a massive venom
05:29 yield so you wouldn't want to get tagged by one this size.
05:32 And you can see that little tail on the back there, it's actually a different colour from
05:36 the whole body of the snake.
05:38 Now what that is, is they use it when they're hunting.
05:40 They'll bury themselves in leaves and put that little tail right next to their face
05:44 and just do this over and over until a little lizard mistakes it for a worm or until a little
05:50 mouse thinks it's its prey, strike out and venomate it and swallow it whole.
05:55 And you know the reason that everyone loves this species of snake here in Australia is
06:00 because they're so different to all of the other snakes that we have here.
06:04 Now they're in the same family as most of the venomous ones, they're allapids, but throughout
06:09 the years of evolving, they've evolved into a snake with a completely different appearance
06:16 to any other snake.
06:17 They look more similar to the vipers and the adders that are overseas, but they're not
06:22 in that family at all, which is pretty cool.
06:25 Yeah, we're going to keep road tripping out west and see what other animals we can find
06:29 along the way.
06:30 [Music]
06:47 See this big tail drag right here?
06:50 That's perentetrax, the biggest lizard here in Australia.
06:56 This one would be a big individual and he's up there somewhere.
07:00 [Music]
07:30 You know coming into this survival video yesterday I had a lot of energy and was really
07:34 excited to get through it.
07:36 Woke up this morning with absolutely none.
07:38 Being out here in the heat, probably not drinking enough water because I have to go boil it
07:43 myself.
07:44 Yeah, it really takes it out of you.
07:45 I've been going down to the dam, collecting water, boiling it up, drinking about two of
07:51 those pots full, but still as soon as I go for a big walk like this up through the escarpments,
07:56 I need to drink more.
07:57 But that's alright.
07:58 If we find a perentie I won't care.
08:00 So I was just crawling along this little section of cave and take a look at what I found.
08:06 Just up in the corner there.
08:08 Whoa, he's gone.
08:11 Bearded dragon.
08:13 Really cool species to find out here.
08:14 And he's just chilling up in this cave, hiding from the heat of the day and hiding from the
08:19 big lizard that we're looking for, the perentie.
08:21 Yeah, and the little fellas found a pretty good cave up here.
08:24 I wouldn't even mind sleeping in here for the night.
08:26 If I hadn't already planned on going to those red sand dunes, I would probably stay in this
08:32 little cave up here because take a look at it.
08:35 Looks out over this massive flat plain.
08:40 Pretty nice place to sleep as well.
08:41 I have a fire up here.
08:42 But it's your home, isn't it mate?
08:45 He wouldn't like it if I stayed here tonight.
08:48 Pretty cool lizard though.
08:49 Pretty cool to come out here and explore these rocky caves and find these animals.
08:54 Not the species we were looking for, but a good start.
08:57 That's what the perenties will be eating.
09:01 Using a lot of energy, but we've only got three days out here.
09:04 I don't come out to this area too often, so I'm going to make the most of it.
09:08 Even if I'm absolutely wrecked by the end of this challenge, I want to find as many
09:12 species as possible.
09:13 So we're going to let you go, mate.
09:16 Enjoy the rest of your day.
09:17 All right, let's go.
09:18 I'm going to go and find some more animals.
09:46 All right, let's go.
10:16 And this guy, just climbing up this tree right here, is not a species that I think is known
10:22 for climbing, but I think he's just trying to get a bit of cover.
10:25 There's not too much leaf litter around this area.
10:28 But that right there is the red-naped snake, a species that I've never found before.
10:34 What are you doing, mate?
10:36 You are such a funny little snake.
10:40 Take a look at him.
10:41 I'm pretty sure that they're nocturnal.
10:44 So we might have just woken him up, whoa, while I was walking past him earlier.
10:49 What are you doing, buddy?
10:51 You are a cool little snake.
10:53 Are you going to go back up the tree?
11:02 So we've just made it up to the big rock.
11:32 Red sand dunes that we're going to be sleeping at tonight.
11:39 Now the cool thing about this is, since it's so windy today, it's blown over all the tracks
11:45 that we were seeing yesterday in the sand.
11:48 So when we wake up tomorrow morning, we'll be able to see what animals and how many animals
11:53 came out and we're running around.
11:54 There's a fresh track right here from some sort of goanna.
12:03 Take a look at that.
12:04 Underground, the place to be right now.
12:07 I wish I could dig a hole and lay in it.
12:10 I wish I had a tail.
12:11 But yeah, we're just going to walk around and see if we can find a place to camp tonight.
12:17 Just to show you how bad these flies are.
12:19 I don't know if you can see them all over my back.
12:25 Literally everywhere.
12:26 You can't get away from them out here.
12:28 And the more trees you walk past, more and more just keep joining you.
12:36 All right, sun's just setting.
12:45 Just over there.
12:47 Day two out in the outback.
12:49 Now we did find two inland taipans this morning, but tomorrow we're going to get up early again
12:54 and try to have a really cool experience with one.
12:57 Hopefully get a bit more time with the taipan actually on the surface because they go straight
13:03 back down into their holes.
13:04 Maybe I'll try sneak up on it this time.
13:06 But yeah, where would you rather be mate?
13:10 All of the outback by myself, surviving, catching my own food and living out here with all these
13:18 amazing and deadly animals.
13:21 Now after it gets dark, I'm going to go for a bit of a walk around here.
13:24 I'm not sure if I'll be able to find any of the animals that are living around here, but
13:29 we'll give it a go.
13:30 See if we can find anything.
13:31 Oh yeah, I need to find a place to sleep.
13:33 I forgot about that.
13:36 Not too worried honestly.
13:37 I'd have a fire tonight, but I don't think I'd be able to get to sleep.
13:39 The one in the cave last night was so hot.
13:41 So the plan after this outback trip is I'm actually going up to North Queensland and
13:46 going back to the place where I filmed those big crocodiles a few episodes ago.
13:50 My two mates are meeting me up there.
13:52 They're flying up.
13:53 I'm picking them up in my car and yeah, we're going out there doing some fishing, survival
13:58 and living out there with those big crocodiles.
14:00 So stay tuned.
14:01 If you like these episodes, I'm going to be trying to post weekly videos throughout the
14:05 year, but yeah, still got a bit of a mission ahead of us.
14:08 Hopefully we can film the world's most venomous snake tomorrow and yeah, very blessed that
14:13 I can come out onto these lands and do this sort of stuff.
14:17 So many cool animals today.
14:18 All right.
14:33 Day three.
14:46 The sun's just coming up at the moment over these red sand dunes.
14:50 Final day of the survival video here in the outback.
14:53 It was really windy last night, so it was so much sand blowing in my face.
14:58 Took me ages to get to sleep, but I just went for a little walk around this area right here
15:02 and it's crazy to see how many animal tracks are in the ground.
15:06 Feral cat tracks, little marsupial tracks.
15:09 But yeah, the sun's just coming up at the moment.
15:11 We're going to go back down to that spot where we found the inland type ends and try to find
15:16 another one.
15:17 So we'll walk down there now.
15:22 All right.
15:29 Take a look at this right here.
15:31 Look at that snake.
15:33 That is an inland type end, a fierce snake, the most venomous snake on earth.
15:39 And what's amazing to me is actually finding this snake on foot.
15:43 Now I'm out here by myself filming this three day survival video, so there is no chance
15:49 that I'm getting anywhere near this snake.
15:51 So these snakes right here live within the cracks in the ground and they only come out
15:56 early mornings and late afternoons, sometimes throughout the night because it's so hot out
16:01 here in the desert.
16:02 Now being the most venomous snake in the world, you'd think that a lot of people would have
16:06 died from getting bitten by this species.
16:09 But since they're actually considered a rare snake and they're so hard to find, generally
16:15 they're not aggressive.
16:16 They won't go and attack people.
16:17 There's been no deaths recorded from this snake species.
16:21 Now over the years and even last year, there was a couple bites that happened out in this
16:26 area, but generally the only people who get bitten by these snakes are people who go looking
16:32 for them.
16:33 So generally those people know the risks in coming out here.
16:36 But yeah, just the patterns on this snake and that jet black head, they actually change
16:42 colours seasonally.
16:43 In winter they're a much darker colour.
16:46 At the moment as it's coming into summer, they lighten up.
16:49 And if there's one thing I've learnt over the years dealing with the deadliest animals
16:53 in the world is you can't get complacent.
16:56 Complacency kills, especially in a place like this.
16:59 You know, it's one thing coming out here when you've got other people who can treat you
17:03 with first aid, but if I was bitten by this inland taipan out here, there's almost no
17:08 chance that I'm surviving.
17:09 It's a scary thing to think.
17:12 Even if I got back to the car after applying first aid, you know, driving hours back into
17:16 the closest town, you'd probably end up feeling real dizzy, pass out behind the wheel and
17:21 that would be it.
17:22 Now a lot of the time, certain species of snakes will do something called a dry bite
17:28 where they'll bite you, but they won't actually inject any venom.
17:32 Taipans are not known for that.
17:33 Taipans are known, most of their bites will actually inject venom.
17:37 So you know, you might be really lucky, but I wouldn't be relying on that if you're bitten
17:40 by this snake out here.
17:43 Okay.
17:44 [Music]
17:49 [Music]
17:53 [Music]
18:21 I think this is really special, hey?
18:24 Like just this moment, walking with such an amazing animal.
18:28 He's out here doing his own thing, trying to find food, living in the cracks, warming
18:32 himself up for the day.
18:33 I feel very blessed that I'm able to hang with him for just a short amount of time.
18:39 To have this kind of experience for this long with this snake is amazing because generally
18:45 when you see them, they'll shoot right back down the cracks that they came up.
18:48 But the weird thing about this guy is there's cracks all through this area, but he's choosing
18:53 to go over this way.
18:54 The inland Taipan, the fierce snake, the most venomous snake in the world.
18:59 And we've got one sitting right in front of us here.
19:01 See you later, mate.
19:04 He just shot down a hole on the edge of this big grassland right here.
19:09 And yeah, we found one.
19:10 We got to film it.
19:11 Oh my God.
19:12 I'm going to move away from that hole a bit because I don't want him to come back out.
19:17 But I got to sit down and think about what just happened.
19:21 Now, I think as humans, we can learn a lot from these animals.
19:26 Not in the sense that we should start eating rats and biting people, but knowing that in
19:32 its rawest form, we are animals just like this built to survive.
19:37 And it's not all meant to be easy.
19:39 And you can see that, especially while surviving in a place as harsh as the outback.
19:45 And connecting to the land that we're on definitely helps.
19:51 And it's what we need as humans.
19:53 Now, I still got to survive one more night out here.
19:56 So I'll see you all next week in the next adventure.
19:59 Bye.