A snake catcher relocated a big red-bellied black snake from a home on the Sunshine Coast, Australia, after a brief stand-off with the reptile.
Video supplied by Stuart McKenzie of the Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers exhibits the “massive” snake repeatedly lunge at McKenzie earlier than the wrangler hoists it up by its tail.
“Look at the size of this snake. Huge! I’m six foot tall, and it’s nearly up to my shoulders, so that would make it a five foot chunky red-belly,” McKenzie is heard saying within the video. Credit: Stuart McKenzie through Storyful
Video transcript
STUART MCKENZIE: See him proper.
– Well, he did not [INAUDIBLE].
STUART MCKENZIE: Where’s your [INAUDIBLE]?
– In right here.
STUART MCKENZIE: Oh, the little ones?
– Yeah.
STUART MCKENZIE: OK.
– He’s in right here, as effectively.
– We’ve tried. I can not see him.
STUART MCKENZIE: That’s all proper. I’ll come round this facet, as a result of I’d favor him to come back out right here than– But he may very well be anyplace, I assume. Because it– it is simply arduous to maintain monitor of them typically.
Just everyone have your wits about you. I can not see him but, however. Then you’ll have to move this to me.
– Easy.
– He’s popping out this manner.
STUART MCKENZIE: All good. All good.
– He’s proper there. You see him, mate?
STUART MCKENZIE: Oh! It’s all proper, keep again. It’s all good. All good. [INAUDIBLE]
Hey, you are all proper. Not a contented red-belly. I’m simply going to take me time.
Wow, take a look at the scale of him. I’m simply going to carry him again onto the grass. That proper there’s a large red-bellied black snake. But you simply see how fast they are often. And in the event that they wish to get defensive, they’ll. Hey.
Look on the dimension of him. You have been actually proper about how large he was. Wow. That’s one of many greatest red-bellies I’ve caught in a very long time.
Get down, buddy. All proper, time to be bagged up. As you may see, very motion oriented. Hopefully he’ll simply go for the darkish spot within the bag.
Hey. Get within the bag, come on. You are an absolute. And my cellphone’s ringing, I really feel like. But–
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
In you go. OK, if you happen to’re not going to play the sport.
[LAUGHS]
How good is that?
[CELLPHONES RINGING]
That is a giant snake. My goodness, cellphone’s going off in every single place.
[CELLPHONE RINGING] [LAUGHS]
Look on the dimension of this snake. It is large. So I’m 6 foot tall, and it is practically as much as my shoulders.
Get down. So that will make it a couple of 5-foot chunky red-belly, practically the thickness of a can within the center. All proper, we’ll let him go.
[LAUGHS]
See you, buddy. [INAUDIBLE]
