Summary of the news
- A father saved his daughter’s life when she faced a brown snake.
- The animal ended up in the garage where the twoyearold was playing.
- Jake threw himself in front of the snake, grabbed his daughter and finally got a bite on her foot.
- Luckily for him, the snake didn’t release the extremely deadly venom when it bit.
Jake was called a hero after saving his twoyearold daughter from a brown snake Montage/R7 (Reproduction/Jake Coombe and Peter Woodard/Public Domain)
A father ended up in the hospital after an act of heroism and courage. Jake Coombe says his twoyearold daughter was playing in the garage when a brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) — thought to be the second deadliest venomous snake in the world — entered the room and prepared to bite her.
Jake pulled the child away from the attack, but he couldn’t avoid stabbing his foot.
The father, who lives in Adelaide, Australia, told The Messenger website how he “felt something wrong” and began searching the house for his daughter after taking family walks in the immediate area.
There he found the predator in front of Alba, the couple’s daughter. “Maybe it would have been a different story if Alba had taken [a cobra]. I’m definitely better than them,” Jake told The Messenger.
Luckily for Jake, the snake took a nonvenomous bite that saved his life. As a precaution, he spent the night under observation in a hospital.
For the act of courage, Jake was dubbed a “hero” on Facebook, where he posted the story and a photo of him in the hospital.
Studies show that the brown snake is responsible for about 60% of human deaths from snake venom in Australia.
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An eastern brown snake, believed to be Australia’s deadliest snake, was spotted emerging from the drain of a busy road near a beach south of Adelaide in less than five minutes
The recording was written by a woman identified only as Nicole and was shared on the Snake Catchers Adelaide Facebook page
In the comments to the post, one netizen said the highly venomous snake has been living in the site for at least two years.
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“It’s been there for the last two summers,” he wrote.
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“Escaped by all snake catchers so far”
The eastern brown snake can grow up to 2.5 m long
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And it is responsible for the majority of snakebite deaths in Australia.
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One of the world’s most venomous snakes has been caught in a foster home in central Canberra, the capital of Australia. As if the toxicity wasn’t enough, the animal also weighed three times the expected weight.
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The snake in question is Pseudonaja textilis, also known as the eastern brown snake. In addition to Australia, this reptile can also be found in New Guinea.
The big guy from the nursing home a man’s castle was rescued by catcher Gavin Smith. In an interview with The Canberra Times newspaper, Smith said he was expecting a normal adult snake: “Usually four feet,” he explained.
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“I approached it ready to grab the tail and put it in my pocket when I noticed the size”
In addition to a length of 1.8 m, the snake weighed exactly 1.830 kg.
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Almost three times the average in adult individuals of the species, which usually weigh around 650 g
Smith believes that despite its advanced age, this eastern brown snake has managed to prey on many rabbits and water rats (a rodent common in Australia) in the region.
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After capture, the giant snake was safely returned to the wild.
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An Australian snake catcher has issued a warning at the nets after being surprised by the size of the “red belly” above
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In a Facebook post, Stuart McKenzie said he caught the giant snake at a Sunshine Coast school.
It is a redbellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus), a venomous species endemic to Australia.
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In an interview with the Chron tabloid, McKenzie was amazed at the animal’s size.
“He was too big for a red belly,” he estimated, “between 1.37 m and 1.5 m, thick and robust.”
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The catcher explains that this is the breeding season for snakes in the region and many leave the habitat to mate: “Everyone comes to play,” he pointed out.
However, the size of the critters really caught McKenzie’s attention. In another post about catching a python, he said, “The snakes are getting bigger”
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In the event of contact with these reptiles, the specialist recommends keeping your distance, not losing eye contact and immediately calling a professional catcher.
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