Current:Home > MyAustralia reptile catcher finds 6-foot-long, highly venomous snake "lying in bed looking at me" -Elevate Profit Vision
Australia reptile catcher finds 6-foot-long, highly venomous snake "lying in bed looking at me"
View
Date:2025-04-15 05:57:51
One of the most venomous serpents in the world — an Eastern Brown snake — was found sleeping inside an Australian woman's bed on Monday. Images of the massive reptile, about six feet long, spread quickly on social media after professional snake catcher Zachary Richards, of Zachery's Snake and Reptile Relocation, posted them following the call-out.
He told CBS News he was called to the scene in the tiny rural town of Maroon, in Queensland, to safely remove the snake.
"When I arrived, she [the resident] was waiting outside for me, and I went inside to the bedroom that the snake was in, and she had the door shut with a towel underneath, so it couldn't get out," he said. "I pushed the door open, and it was lying in bed looking at me."
Check the bed carefully tonight! This eastern brown snake safely relocated!#snakecatcher #brownsnake #bedtime #boonah #kalbar #scenicrim
Posted by Zachery's Snake and Reptile Relocation on Monday, March 20, 2023
"The snake would have probably come in through an open door to seek shelter as it was quite warm outside that day, or it just wanted a nice comfortable bed to sleep in," he suggested.
The homeowner took the right steps to safely contain the snake before she called him, according to the veteran snake catcher.
"If you see a snake, you want to leave it alone, back away from it and where possible and safe to do so, confine it to the one room as it makes it easier for us to find," he said.
Richards said he brought the snake to some nearby bushland and left it a safe distance from other residences.
Eastern Brown snakes are widespread in eastern Australia, hence their name. The species has the unique distinction of causing more deaths from snake bites than any other species of snake in Australia, according to the Australian museum.
The snake's venom contains powerful neurotoxins, and if a human is bitten and not treated, it can cause progressive paralysis and uncontrolled bleeding. The neurotoxin can shut down the victim's heart, diaphragm and lungs, causing them to suffocate.
Richards posted images showing the snake sleeping on the bed on his Facebook page, with a caption urging people to "check the bed carefully tonight!"
One of the hundreds of comments was from someone saying they'd be "sleeping on the couch tonight," while another said they'd move out of the area "immediately" if it had happened to them.
Richards told CBS News his company routinely deals with calls from residents near Queensland's Gold Coast, and that Monday's Eastern Brown snake encounter wasn't even the largest he'd seen, having once "relocated an eight-foot Eastern Brown from Lake Moogerah."
- In:
- Australia
- snake
veryGood! (153)
Related
- Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
- Taylor Swift's private jet tracker claps back, saying he's done 'nothing unlawful'
- Boeing ousts the head of its troubled 737 Max program after quality control concerns
- Maine would become 27th state to ban paramilitary training under bill passed by House
- Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
- Hiker describes 11-hour ordeal after falling on Mount Washington, admits he was ‘underprepared’
- Beyoncé's 'Texas Hold 'Em' debuts at No. 1 on the country chart
- Amy Grant says 5-hour surgery to remove throat cyst forced her to relearn singing
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- E-bike head trauma soars as helmet use falls, study finds
Ranking
- Sam Taylor
- Red states that have resisted Medicaid expansion are feeling pressure to give up.
- Married at First Sight's Jamie Otis Is Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 3 With Doug Hehner
- MLB jersey controversy: MLBPA says players are 'frustrated' and want it fixed before season
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- Police investigate traffic stop after West Virginia official seen driving erratically wasn’t cited
- Wind Power Is Taking Over A West Virginia Coal Town. Will The Residents Embrace It?
- RHOBH Reunion Rocked By Terrifying Medical Emergency in Dramatic Trailer
Recommendation
'No Good Deed': Who's the killer in the Netflix comedy? And will there be a Season 2?
Former NFL player Marshawn Lynch resolves Vegas DUI case without a trial or conviction
Reviewers drag 'Madame Web,' as social media reacts to Dakota Johnson's odd press run
It’s an election year, and Biden’s team is signaling a more aggressive posture toward the press
Sam Taylor
White House wades into debate on ‘open’ versus ‘closed’ artificial intelligence systems
Financially struggling Met Opera to present 18 productions next season, the fewest since 1980-81
What to know about the death of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham in Texas
Like
- The FBI should have done more to collect intelligence before the Capitol riot, watchdog finds
- Fear for California woman Ksenia Karelina after arrest in Russia on suspicion of treason over Ukraine donation
- Seattle police officer who struck and killed graduate student from India won’t face felony charges