1 of 1 In Australia, a man finds a huge snake on his kitchen counter
In Australia, a man finds a huge snake on his kitchen counter. Reproduced on social media
Imagine walking into your kitchen and coming across a huge snake. That's what happened to a resident of North Queensland, Australia, where there are about 170 species of land snakes, about 100 of which are venomous. But he was not afraid of the encounter.
“I love snakes, so I was really excited to see this. And honestly, I was a little hungover when I saw it, so it took me a while to process it,” he reported, adding that he had to call a snake catcher to help him remove it and return it to its natural state to release living space.
The intruder, a python, was hanging on the counter, part of its body lying on the toaster and the rest wrapped in cleaning supplies. Pythons, scientifically known as Morelia amethistina, are native to the north of the country and are considered one of the largest and longest snakes in the world they can reach up to 6 to 7 meters in length.
They are arboreal, meaning they live and hunt in trees, are excellent climbers, and feed on small mammals, birds, and reptiles, using constriction to control their prey before devouring it whole.
More invasive
More stories of snakes entering homes were recorded in Australia in early December, both in Hervey Bay. In the first case, a teenager was awakened by a twometerlong python slithering across his body.
In the other, a child found the world's second most poisonous snake, an eastern brown snake, crawling under the Christmas tree.
Most recently, Tasmania is collecting rare fish to protect itself from the expected summer heatwave