Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers rescue a snake from a home in Queensland, Australia.Photo:Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers
Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers
An Australian resident’snew housemate was a snakethat had slithered behind a picture frame hanging in their living room.
Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers' snake handler Dan lifts the picture away from the wall to reveal the snake.Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers
“Alright so, behind [the artwork] — oh there it is,” Rumsey told the resident, who gasped as they filmed him lifting up the picture frame. “It’s decided to come out that way.”
In the footage, the snake can be seen poking its head out from behind the picture frame as it glided its way out the side closest to the camera and away from Rumsey when he carefully maneuvered the painting from the wall.
Dan’s next maneuver was to remove the art from the wall to rescue the snake.Dan’s next maneuver was to remove the art from the wall to rescue the snake.
Dan’s next maneuver was to remove the art from the wall to rescue the snake.
“Maybe if I just give it a bit of a tickle, I just don’t want the painting to drop,” Rumsey said as he placed the frame on the back of the couch before slowly moving it down to the floor, with the reptile wrapping itself around the picture.
“There we go. that makes my life a bit easier,” the professional snake handler said as he managed to gently grab the snake in a secure manner.
As Rumsey placed his hands around the snake’s body and unwrapped it from the artwork, he explained to the resident that this “was what was hanging down, pulling your painting down. Nice little carpet python.”
Carpet pythons are a breed of non-venomous snakes found in Australia,Indonesiaand New Guinea. According to theSnake Catchers' website, they do not have fangs, but they “have numerous sharp recurved teeth designed for holding onto prey. A bite from a Python is painful and can inflict deep lacerations.”
As Rumsey held the snake with both hands, the zookeeper showed theserpentto the residents. “Sorry it took a while,” he said.
Dan informs the residents that the snake is a carpet python.Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers
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The Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers invited their followers to share how they would react if they stumbled upon a snake in their home.
“😮I’d probably 💩my pants. 😁,” wrote one follower, while another responded, “I’d be so excited! I love snakes!”
Another Instagram user wrote, “I’m starting to thinkFloridaand Australia in competition with these snakes popping up everywhere.”
source: people.com
