An accomplished snake catcher had to perform one of the most difficult removals in his career after a deadly brown snake became coiled underneath a car.
Tony Harrison has successfully caught over 17,000 snakes during his 23-year vocation – but it took the veteran reptile wrangler over three hours to extract a eastern brown snake from a car in Queensland.
He was called to Labrador, a suburb on the Gold Coast, after the snake was spotted slithering underneath a family car, Seven News reports.
Tony Harrison has successfully caught over 17,000 snakes during his 23-year vocation – but it took the veteran reptile wrangler over three hours to extract a eastern brown snake (pictured) from a car in Queensland
He was called to Labrador, a suburb on the Gold Coast, after the snake was spotted slithering underneath a family car (pictured) , Seven News reports
Mr Harrison struggled for several hours to seize the deadly reptile and even called in a tow truck to lift the car off the ground.
In a last minute Hail Mary, the snake catcher decided to have the tow truck bounce the vehicle in the hopes the snake would fall out of the bottom.
The snake-wrangling spectacle drew crowds as Mr Harrison finally removed the creature and trapped it in his bag.
It was found the brown snake had slithered into the fuel tank, making the delicate removal operation all the more tricky.
In a last minute Hail Mary, the snake catcher decided to have the tow truck (Pictured) bounce the vehicle in the hopes the snake would fall out of the bottom
The gruelling process tested the patience of the master snake catcher, but he refused to give up knowing a deadly reptile was at large in a highly populated suburban street.
‘This is the second most venomous land animal on the planet,’ he said.
Mr Harrison also warns this time of year is a breeding ground for deadly snakes and other reptiles.
‘All snakes… all reptiles are every active whilst it’s warmer weather, let’s hope they don’t all crawl up into fuel tanks and be this difficult to catch,’ he added.