He's not winging it though. This approach is based in some solid knowledge.
He's perhaps a bit fidgety and would have been successful at the very first attempt if he didn't panic. But, he's also dealing with the world's largest venomous snake, in the field, in a cramped space in less than ideal conditions and the sped up video does him absolutely no favours.
Didn't know this, thanks for sharing. TIL that split was proposed in 1864 (Günther) and finalized in 1945 (Bogert). Before that, King Cobra was in genus Naja (true cobras); was moved to its own genus, Ophiophagus ("snake-eater", as mentioned). In 2024, genetic studies revealed that Ophiophagus hannah represented 4 distinct species, so O. bungarus, O. kaalinga, and O. salvatana were added to the genus
Ophiophagus (literally snake eater) hannah of the elapidae family. There's an exotic pet store not far from me, the owner had one, aptly named Elvis. Snake passed away a few years ago but he was a sight to see. He would roar instead of hiss, and I was like "do they all do that?" and the owner was like "King Cobras? Yeah, they roar instead of hissing."
I'm glad you pointed it out that king cobras aren't true cobras, people think all snakes kinda look the same and thus are all the same, when, for a creature with no facial expression, limited to no eyelids, no limbs with which to express themselves with, they are soooo diverse. Sorry, I had to nerd out, I appreciated your comment so much.
I am sure you're a nice fellow, but I am just imagining a neck beard who hasn't touched grass in a year sipping Mountain Dew saying is he the best? No. Is he good? Debatable.
Lmao just curious but do you have like snake handling experience or something that qualifies you to debate this good sir?
But how? The video starts with the snake going into the smaller tube then it cuts to the end with a longer tube. You can’t just swap out a pipe that’s halfway down a snake. He’d have to do all that over again w a longer tube.
My guess is that most of the tube is hidden in the bag during the first part of the video. As the snakes goes in, it pushes the bag revealing more tube length.
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u/Short-Horse-1069 4d ago
He's not winging it though. This approach is based in some solid knowledge.
He's perhaps a bit fidgety and would have been successful at the very first attempt if he didn't panic. But, he's also dealing with the world's largest venomous snake, in the field, in a cramped space in less than ideal conditions and the sped up video does him absolutely no favours.
Is he the best? No.
Is he good? Debatable.
But does he know what he's doing? Yes.