Snakes on a plate: Australian man shocked after massive serpents crash through kitchen ceiling

[Judi Lynn]

Snake catcher says two male snakes ‘some of the biggest and fattest’ he had seen, and appeared to be fighting over a female

Mostafa Rachwani
@Rachwani91
Mon 31 Aug 2020 23.29 EDTLast modified on Mon 31 Aug 2020 23.33 EDT

It’s every Australian’s worst nightmare – well, probably everyone’s worst: making a cup of tea in the kitchen, only to have two massive snakes fall through your kitchen ceiling.

Retiree David Tait received a bit of a shock on Monday when he found two carpet snakes had tumbled on to the kitchen floor at his home north of Brisbane, before slithering away to the bedroom and living room.

Snake catcher Steven Brown told the Today show the two snakes were male, and appeared to be fighting over a third, female snake.

Measuring 2.8m and 2.5m long, and reportedly weighing 22kg between them, Brown said the snakes were “some of the biggest and fattest” he’d ever seen.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/01/snakes-on-a-plate-australian-man-shocked-after-massive-serpents-crash-through-kitchen-ceiling

[Skittles]

1. Australia is so freaking badass

[abqtommy]

2. In his book The Last Continent, (a parody of Australia) Terry Pratchett writes that

"There are no poisonous snakes(there) because the spiders killed them." Of course the book is fiction...or is it?

[dewsgirl]

3. Australia is so beautiful, but sounds like a terrifying place

to live.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. My heart would have instantly stopped beating.