Love is a battlefield: Incredible moment two deadly eastern brown snakes are filmed tangled up in a backyard as they fight over a female
- The eastern browns became entangled as they attempted to strangle each other
- They were filmed fighting over a female on the concrete of a family backyard
- A woman living in the home had initially reported seeing the single female snake
- But when the snake catchers arrived, they were surprised to see two males
Two deadly male brown snakes have been filmed fighting over a female in a family backyard.
A panicked woman called Luke Huntley from Noosa Snake Catchers to her Eumundi home in the Sunshine Coast at about 10.30am on Tuesday.
Footage shows the eastern browns becoming entangled as they attempted to strangle each other.
When the woman called Mr Huntley, she had just initially reported her sighting of the single female snake.
But when he arrived with snake catcher Jack Hogan, they did not expect to see two male eastern browns wrestling over the female.
Eumundi – the area where the snakes were caught fighting – is the ‘brown snake hotspot’, according to Mr Huntley.
Mr Huntley told Daily Mail Australia there was no time to ‘muck around’ and managed to capture the two males in 20 seconds flat.
The female was captured afterwards.
Mr Huntley said it was common to see eastern browns fighting over a female during the September to November breeding season.
Two deadly male brown snakes have been filmed fighting over a female in a family backyard
He said he had caught nearly 10 eastern browns in the past two weeks, which is also common during warmer weather.
Mr Huntley has advised anyone who comes across an eastern brown to avoid panicking.
‘Just give it the space it deserves and just stand still,’ he said.
‘Do not try and catch it yourself. 90 per cent of bites occur when you try to catch them.’
Mr Huntley told Daily Mail Australia there was no time to ‘muck around’ and managed to capture the two males in 20 seconds flat