An eastern brown snake got close and personal with a Gold Coast snake catcher on Friday, wriggling in between her legs as she rested on the ground enjoying her smoko.
The 24-year-old showed precisely what to do if approached by a snake in the wild, assisting to unmask the “aggressive stigma” connected to these animals.
VIEW IN THE VIDEO ABOVE: Gold Coast snake catcher’s amazing encounter with brown snake.
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The snake had actually simply been caught in a basic catch-and-release after being discovered beneath a refrigerator in Mount Tamborine in south east Queensland.
It was launched into the wild, however reversed and headed directly for Ayla Manson – who is 5 months brand-new to the task at Harrison’s Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catchers.
Using her current training, Manson stayed exceptionally calm as the snake – among the most lethal on the planet – started moving around her legs and groin.
“Is this the snake chasing you Ayla?” fellow snake catcher Tony Harrison can be heard asking in a video published to Facebook.
“Yeah I think he’s onto me,” Manson responds as the snake approaches her.
“He’s onto you all right. It’s all good, you’re all right,” Harrison says.
As the snake loiters in between her legs, Manson begins to voice some pain however continues to stay calm.
“He’s up my pants,” she says. “I don’t like that.
“I can’t see his head, Brooke, you watch that.”
“He’s OK, he was sniffing your butt,” fellow snake catcher Brooke says.
“I felt that,” Manson says.
As the snake continues through her legs and leaves into the wild, Manson moves from her mime-like stillness to offer the reptile a smile and thumbs up.
She explained the snake’s character to 7NEWS as “quite chill”.
The snake-catching group said they launched the video to raise awareness about the real nature of snakes, and to show how individuals must respond if they ever see one.
“The stigma around snakes being aggressive or violent has sadly taken over most peoples’ perceptions,” they composed.
“This is a fantastic example that (snakes) don’t want to hurt us and the only reason they do attack is (because) they’re scared of something significantly larger than them – the bite is only to say back off!
“They are innocent animals that just want to go along … without interference.”
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