A construction worker had the surprise of his life this week after finding a 1.3 metre venomous snake curled in his work boot. 9News
The incident occurred Wednesday, in Hodgson Vale south of Toowoomba, and caused the tradie to "just about jump through the roof".
handler Gunter Glasser, from Darling Downs Snake Catchers, was called to the home to remove the snake.Gunter Glasser said the tradie was lucky to have seen the scales, which almost blended into the interior of the shoe. In video supplied to 9news.com.au Glasser is seen grabbing the snake's tail and pulling, revealing centimetre after centimetre of the snake's scaly body."He's lucky he saw it, sometimes it's a little one and you don't see it until you put your foot in and feel it," he said.
"He had left his work boots outside and the next morning he went to put on the boots and that's when he found it.Glasser carefully removed the eastern brown from the shoe.If left untreated a bite from an eastern brown is extremely dangerous, for if envenomation occurs it's capable of killing in as little as 30 minutes.
The incident comes as snake season, which traditionally runs from September to April, draws to a close.
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