By Freddy Pawle For Daily Mail Australia
07:09 01 Jun 2023, updated 07:09 01 Jun 2023
- Family shocked to find python outside home
- Called snake catchers but it escaped before they arrived
A family has been left shocked after finding a massive snake slithering its way down their front screen door.
The family noticed the snake, believed to be a carpet python, just outside of their Bonogin home, south west of the Gold Coast, on Wednesday night.
Footage taken by one of the family members shows the family dog investigating the more than two metre long python.
Although being on the other side of a glass door, the animal keeps its distance from the massive reptile.
The python is seen leisurely sliding down the door without appearing to give any attention to the dog as it slowly makes its way down to the ground.
The family’s mother screamed when first confronted with the python.
‘Mum had just finished a meeting when she saw it and screamed,’ the woman told 9News.
The scream attracted the attention of her family who quickly ran to see the commotion.
‘Then the kids rushed to see it,’ the woman said.
The family quickly called snake catchers to remove the reptile from the house, however they ‘couldn’t find it as it had gone into the bushes in the meantime’.
The snake is believed to be a carpet python, a non-venomous snake that usually eat smaller prey at night.
Instead of venom, Carpet Pythons kill prey such as rabbits, possums and small birds by constricting them with their large bodies.
They’re believed to be one of the largest known species of python, growing up to about three metres in length.
They inhabit the far north-coast of the New South Wales to the far north coast of Queensland, however they are most common in south east Queensland.
They’re mostly harmless towards humans, but on occasion have been known to hunt small children or attempt to attack those they perceive as a threat.
