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Eastern Brown snake found in couch at Sunshine Coast home

Rachel Clark
October 4 2023 - 2:51pm

A snake wrangler has found the world's second-deadliest snake curled up in the couch of a Sunshine Coast home.

The video shows the catcher's shock discovery, as he lifts up the couch to find that his slithery friend is a highly venomous Eastern Brown snake.

"F*** me! You are kidding," he said. "No way, look at that!"

Eastern Browns are common in the bushland and sand dunes throughout most of the Sunshine Coast but were not regularly found in peoples' couches.

The Eastern Brown is the world's second most deadliest snake. Picture by Stuart McKenzie
The Eastern Brown is the world's second most deadliest snake. Picture by Stuart McKenzie

The wrangler holds it by the tail as he proceeds to coax it out from a safe distance with the help of a snake hook.

He shows the snake to the camera and says: "No way, that is just unbelievable! That was in a couch, we almost gave up thinking it's moved on or something," he said.

He then released the snake into the wild.

"That is one of the craziest catches I've definitely been involved with," he said.

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Rachel Clark

Rachel Clark

Westerns group content performance producer

Rachel is a former Northern Daily Leader reporter who covered education, Liverpool Plains and Gunnedah council, renewable energy, and country music. Now, she spends her days playing in the digital space as a content performance producer for the Westerns' group. Be sure to say g'day: rachel.clark@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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