It was her barking dogs that alerted Sky Hunt to the hazard lurking behind the sofa.
Had it been an unreliable Wi-Fi connection, the result might have been a lot worse.
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“Our dogs were barking incessantly. I asked my son to go downstairs and see what’s going on,” Hunt instructed 7NEWS.com.au.
What was later recognized as an jap brown snake was curled up subsequent to the modem behind the sofa within the home in Corinda in Brisbane’s west.
“It looked like it was quite comfortable. It must have been there for a while,” Hunt mentioned.
How lengthy the snake had been there’s unknown, however her son had spent the morning on the sofa with out noticing the intruder, she mentioned.
The mum took up a position on the security of a stool till a snake catcher arrived.
Reptile removalist Nat from SEQ Snake Catchers famous how uncommon it’s for snakes to take up residence inside houses, significantly suburban areas akin to Corinda.
“He is an eastern brown, too,” he might be heard to say in Hunt’s footage of the elimination.
“That’s incredible. Don’t see them here too often.
“Not a snake that likes to get inside all that often, either.”
