Unreasonably large pythons are on the move in Queensland thanks to the oncoming wet season, and they’d prefer to move into your house, please.
The state’s far north is copping a bunch of rain at the moment, which it turns out our slithery friends aren’t too jazzed on. Problem is, the nicest places for snakes to shelter from the inclement weather are the places we have built to shelter ourselves, and many of us feel less than positive about sharing our living quarters with 5 metre serpents trying to eat our pets.
Cairns snake catcher Matt Hagan was recently called to deal with that very situation – a 5.2 metre scrub python attempting to make itself comfortable in a suburban family home, and doing its best to grab a snack while it was at it. Having trouble imagining what 5.2 metres of snake looks like? Have a gander:
Monster Scrub PythonReleasing a 5.2M Scrub Python caught at Speewah
Posted by Cairns Snake Catcher on Sunday, 5 February 2017
In a post on his Cairns Snake Catcher Facebook page, Hagan explained:
“This gentle giant was caught earlier in the week from Speewah and was desperately trying to find the entrance to the all you can eat duck buffet. Meticulous snake proofing of the duck enclosure was all that stopped this massive 5.2m scrub python from finding his seat at the table.“
According to Hagan – who, it’s gotta be said, does appear to be an expert in naughty noodle-wrangling – snakes like to move indoors en mass during wet weather, so if you live in a snek-prone area and it’s pissing down, keep your door and window screens shut against the oncoming tide of scaly constrictors. Precautions are particularly important at night, lest you want to end up like our friend with the serial bed-intruder, or a veritable limbless menagerie going on if you’re to believe Hagan:
“Brown tree snakes, slaty-grey snakes, spotted pythons, common tree snakes, and scrub pythons have been the most common species relocated from inside people’s houses.“
In case you were wondering, scrub pythons can grow up to 8 metres long, because the world wasn’t already horrifying enough.
Source: Cairns Post.
Image: Facebook / Cairns Snake Catcher.
