Leila McKinnon was trying to enjoy a relaxing walk on Sunday when she came across a dangerous predator.
The Channel Nine star spotted a black snake slithering in the grass, sharing an image of the reptile to Instagram Stories.
Her visit to the beach shortly after was also disrupted, with the 51-year-old spotting a stinging bluebottle on the shore.
‘Speaking of snakes… and also this,’ she captioned the two images, adding a frightened face emoji.
The television personality has a tendency to cross paths with some of the more troublesome critters in nature’s menagerie.
Leila McKinnon (pictured) was trying to enjoy a relaxing walk on Sunday when she came across a dangerous predator
Earlier this year, she made another shocking discovery after hearing noises in her kitchen at 4am.
The presenter revealed on Instagram that she’d she found two brushtail possums hiding behind her fridge – with one appearing to be injured.
She then called the wildlife rescue to capture the marsupials and release them back into the wild.
However, later in the day, Leila revealed one of the possums had passed away.
The Channel Nine star spotted a black snake slithering in the grass, sharing an image of the reptile to Instagram Stories
Her visit to the beach shortly after was also disrupted, with the 51-year-old spotting a stinging bluebottle on the shore
‘Update, one of the two female possums has died. The other is happy and healthy and so is the joey in her pouch,’ she wrote.
It comes after Leila recently shared details about the accident that caused her shattered knee.
The Channel Nine presenter confirmed she’d injured herself skiing in 2021, posting a photo on Instagram of herself laid out on a stretcher on the snow with her right leg in a temporary brace.
‘Mountain 1 McKinnon 0,’ the Australian Ninja Warrior host wrote in the caption, suggesting she’d suffered a mishap on the slopes.
Earlier this year, she made another shocking discovery after hearing noises in her kitchen at 4am. The presenter revealed on Instagram that she’d she found two brushtail possums hiding behind her fridge
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