I have recently made a number of videos of my young puff adders (bred by Al Hyde) striking. The hope is to get a good idea of how far and fast they can go. Here are a few of the videos I have made.



And the same video slowed.


And another. The grid is marked with 5mm squares and my hand is not in the glove.


Slowed down.


And a feeding video.


Slowed.


Thanks,
David.

Nice videos! Good coloured snake

Fantastic work David. I especially like the second video where you showed strength, range and speed of attack Bitis arietans. The strength to which this snake attacks is impressive.

Great job mate

very nice videos! its impressive speed and range!

thanks David,

It will be helpfull for beginers like me, surprising by the range of the attack for such a "fat" snake

Awesome speed. Very impressive

We now have the parents of the juvenile snakes in those clips in Bangor. Having just cleaned them out, I can verify that the adults are just as sweet-tempered as the juveniles, and with the body weight involved, it's quite an impressive display.

Wolfgang do you have any pics or videos with the parents? this youngsters looks very nice so it would be cool to see the parents how they look

We only acquired the parents very recently, so I don't have any pictures yet. They are amazing!

It is really amazing that fast strike and the range that is achieved. For me is it already quite fast on the slowed video That is truly impressive.
Now I can easier imagine why the most fatal bites from venomous snakes in South Africa comes from this snake.
Thanks for the informative videos.

extreme fast and powerful snakes, and what a beautys, congratulations

Thanks for the kind words. If I am able to capture any better footage I will update this topic. I also look forward to seeing some photos of the parents!

Thanks,
David.

I have a couple of "Lake - Nakuru" Bitis arietans CB 09 (End), and while they were young, were also very aggressive...
However, with one year of age are starting to calm down, and are now very peaceful, and generally never not respond
to harassment with blowing or biting attempt...

Thanks for that Predrag. It seems that the ones I have are from angry stock! Time will tell if they calm down. Here is a video from last night of a very hungry puff adder.



Thanks,
David.