A snake catcher has filmed himself snatching a 1.7 metre eastern brown snake from its backyard hiding place and wrestling it into a bag.
After the aggressive reptile – the second most poisonous land snake species in the world – was spotted, the homeowners from Ormeau on the Gold Coast called Tony Harrison of Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catchers.
Mr Harrison soon identified the reptile and told the caller her husband was lucky not to be in hospital being treated for a nasty bite.
A snake catcher (pictured) has filmed himself snatching a 1.7 metre eastern brown state out of a backyard and wrestling it into a bag
Mr Harrison (pictured) soon identified the reptile and told the caller her husband was lucky not to be in hospital being treated for a nasty bite
The professional snake wrangler says the serpent was 1.7 metres long and weighed about 3.5 kilograms.
‘Bloody oath. It tried to eat me,’ he wrote on Facebook but said it didn’t come close to the largest eastern brown he has captured, a 2.2 metre four kilogram monster.
The harrowing footage shows Mr Harrison gripping the venomous reptile by the tail and swinging it into the air.
As the snake, sluggish from the morning cold, warmed up it began to whip around, trying to attack its captor.
Mr Harrison allowed the snake to lunge at him a couple of times before expertly catching it in his bag (pictured) and twisting it shut around the writhing reptile
‘Bloody oath. It tried to eat me,’ he wrote on Facebook (pictured) but said it didn’t come close to the largest eastern brown he has captured, a 2.2 metre four kilogram monster
Mr Harrison allowed the snake to lunge at him a couple of times before expertly catching it in his bag and twisting it shut around the writhing reptile.
‘It was ready to roll by the time I got home, 15 minutes at 7:30 this morning in a black car,’ he said when asked how long a snake that size takes to warm up.
Depending on the weather and the time of day it could vary, however, and Mr Harrison recommends exercising extreme caution around eastern browns.
He said the warm weather coincides with the breeding season for snakes, and it is common for the reptiles to come out into the open at this time.
The snake has been sent to Gosford Reptile Park where it’s venom will be extracted for use in antivenin.
‘It was ready to roll by the time I got home, 15 minutes at 7:30 this morning in a black car,’ Mr Harrison (pictured) said when asked how long a snake that size takes to warm up
The snake (pictured) has been sent to Gosford Reptile Park where it’s venom will be extracted for use in antivenin