Check your sssspeedometer! Motorist gets the shock of a lifetime after finding a 2.5 metre SNAKE in his car curled up behind the steering wheel
- Motorist found a coastal carpet python tanning on his car dashboard in Brisbane
- He called snake catcher Brendan Dyer to come and collect 2.5-metre python
- Snake handler believes the man was driving around with the snake in his car
A coastal carpet python has been found sleeping behind a car steering wheel prompting snake catchers to warn motorist to properly lock their vehicles overnight.
Snake catcher Brendan Dyer shared the picture of the 2.5-metre python to his Facebook on Thursday.
The snake was curled up next to the speedometer of the Great Wall ute in Capalaba, south-west of Brisbane.
The vehicle owner discovered the reptile when he left home to do his shopping.
The car was parked on grass next to the man’s property, which backed onto rugged bushland.
Snake catcher Brendan Dyer shared a picture of the 2.5-metre python to his Facebook on Thursday. The snake was curled up next to the speedometer
Mr Dyer said he received the call out about midday on Thursday and sprung into action as the owner anxiously awaited by the vehicle until the snake catcher arrived.
‘The man said the snake was on the dashboard and by the time I had gotten there he had finished sunbathing and curled up for a nap,’ Mr Dyer told Daily Mail Australia.
Mr Dyer said the reptile must have slithered into the vehicle through a door overnight.
‘I don’t believe a snake that big can fit in the vents of a car, so the man might have left his windows down when he parked the car before he drove to it’s final destination,’ he said.
This could suggest the man had been driving around in his car with the coastal carpet python in his car unknowingly.
Mr Dyer said the catch and release went exactly to plan allowing the man to continue with his shopping trip.
He used a hook to wake up the snake before using his hands to grab the snake behind the head and lift it up.
He said his five-year-old daughter, Tara, who has been assisting him on call outs and knows not to touch snakes unless he approves it, released the snake into protected bushland. Pictured: Tara releasing another carpet python
Mr Dyer then supported the weight of the snake before putting it in the bag.
He said his five-year-old daughter, Tara, who has been assisting him on call outs and knows not to touch snakes unless he approves it, released the snake into protected bushland.
Social media users were shocked at the discovery.
‘Snake wanted to go for a morning coffee, drive-thru,’ one person joked.
Another said: ‘I’ve said it to you before I’ll say it again… keep those snakes away.’