An Australian mans recent discovery of snakes in his backyard turned out to be more than he bargained for.
Local animal wranglers reported retrieving over 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes from the mans premises.
It proved to be a vast underestimate.
A large red-bellied black snake enjoying some sun in the Awabakal Nature Reserve, located in New South Wales.Oliver Neuman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Thankfully, the reptiles were safely removed and relocated with no issue.
But while they are commonly encountered by people, this particular sighting was still plenty unusual.
The team recovered five adults and a whooping 97 babies, making for 102 snakes in total.
The team’s unexpected snake discovery seen in full. © Reptile Relocation Sydney via Facebook
Kerewaroposteda video on Facebook showing all the snakes gathered together.
The quantity is a shock.
Red-bellied black snakes are venomous, and Steins dog was unfortunately bitten by a juvenile snake in December.
Their bites arepainful and can often cause other systematic symptomslike nausea, vomiting, and headache.
But they generally shy away from humans and are unlikely to bite unless provoked.
And Kerewaro has already gotten in touch with snake researchers interested in their discovery.
Kerewaro has also promised to release more high quality images and videos of the snakes.
Were contributing to helping people understand these animalsits pretty rewarding, he told the Guardian.
Frightening as this find may have been at first, it could have been worse.
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