Horrified dad finds deadly red-bellied black snake hiding among toys in his baby daughter’s COT
A dad in Queensland was horrified to discover a deadly snake had slithered into his young daughter's cot
AN Aussie dad was horrified when he found one of the country’s most lethal snakes hiding in his baby daughter’s cot.
The dad from Queensland made the disturbing discovery and found the red-bellied black snake curled up at the bottom of the cot, underneath a pile of teddy bears and dolls.
He quickly called in a snake catcher to deal with the deadly serpent, and caught the event on video.
Andrew Smedley was called out to the property in Peak Crossing on Tuesday afternoon.
He said: “'We have ourselves a red belly. A healthy looking snake.”
Andrew told Nine News: “(The dad's) noticed it (the snake) up on the window sill and it’s dropped down into the toy area.
“I think he (the dad) moved a couple of toys out of there and then stopped.”
The video shows him trying to grab the snake but it manages to slither into the corner of the cot.
Red-bellied black snake
The snake is native to eastern Australia and is common in forests and swamps as well as more urban areas.
It ideally likes to be near shallow water that have logs or debris.
It usually grows up to 2meters long although ones have been found that are 2.5m – over 8ft.
As its name suggests its upper half is black but its lower sides are either red, crimson or pink with its snout usually a light brown colour.
The species is considered not to be generally aggressive but will strike if threatened.
Its main diet is frogs and reptiles and small mammals as well as fish.
The snake was responsible for 16 per cent of all snakebites in Australia between 2005 and 2015 although none were fatal.
He eventually manages to grab the snake by the tail and pulls it out of the bed, describing it as “a bit agitated”.
Luckily the man’s daughter wasn’t at home at the time and wasn’t in any danger.
Red-bellied black snakes are said to be Australia’s tenth most lethal snake and a single bite can be fatal.
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