'Monster' python invades Queensland home in middle of the night
8 years, 9 months ago

'Monster' python invades Queensland home in middle of the night

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’ve got a visitor…and he’s f***ing huge,” Ms Hibberd said in a video of the reptile, posted to Facebook. Ms Hibberd said Monty may have “gone a bit senile” in visiting the house. “He used to slither down into the pool area for a feed and a drink then slither back up just before sunrise unless he had a tummy full of food & got stuck.” The scrub python, or morelia amethistina, are found throughout Queensland and other Australian scrubland, as well as in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

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17ft snake among dozens dumped at roadside
1 year ago

17ft snake among dozens dumped at roadside

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than two dozen snakes, including one which is 17ft …

Monstrous python 'waits' for woman at her front door. Watch how it was rescued
1 year, 4 months ago

Monstrous python 'waits' for woman at her front door. Watch how it was rescued

Hindustan Times  

Imagine this, you wake up, and walk out to your veranda only to find a massive python waiting for you. Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7, a snake-catching organisation in Queensland, shared about the incident on Facebook. The page wrote, "This lady got a scare this morning when she walked out and realised that a large carpet python was on her …

Massive Python Caught Crawling Across A Roof In Australia. Watch
1 year, 7 months ago

Massive Python Caught Crawling Across A Roof In Australia. Watch

ABP News  

A video from Australia’s Queensland has gone viral in which a large python can be seen slithering across the roof of a home onto a tree. The video opens to show a 16-foot python slithering across the roof of a home onto a tree. Normal things in Australia pic.twitter.com/KW3oN8zIwO — Levandov August 27, 2023 The clip ends with the python …

Five-year-old boy rescued from giant python that dragged him into swimming pool
2 years, 4 months ago

Five-year-old boy rescued from giant python that dragged him into swimming pool

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Beau Blake was playing by the pool at his …

Venomous snake attacks rising in the UK
2 years, 6 months ago

Venomous snake attacks rising in the UK

The Independent  

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Urbanised Bengaluru: The New Habitat for Snakes
3 years, 2 months ago

Urbanised Bengaluru: The New Habitat for Snakes

The Quint  

“Sun’s out, snakes out!” exclaimed Shuayb Ahmed, and Yatin Kalki as they jumped to action. Ahmed, an independent snake rescuer, had received a frantic call from a woman who spotted a snake—claimed to be a juvenile spectacled cobra—in her house in Bengaluru. The team quickly geared up for the ‘rescue’—an empty pillow case, a snake hook, a hollow pipe, and …

Woman captures moment venomous snake ransacks her living room
3 years, 6 months ago

Woman captures moment venomous snake ransacks her living room

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A woman has captured the …

Can you sssspot the snake? Deadly coastal carpet python is hiding in this Australian garage
4 years ago

Can you sssspot the snake? Deadly coastal carpet python is hiding in this Australian garage

Daily Mail  

Social media users have been baffled after Australian snake catchers challenged them to spot the serpent hiding among the tools in a Sunnybank garage. Snake Catchers Brisbane & Gold Coast shared a picture of the scene to Facebook after being called out to the home. Snake Catchers Brisbane & Gold Coast shared a picture of the scene to Facebook after …

Three-metre python that slithered onto Townsville, Queensland bonnet clung to car for 50km
4 years, 1 month ago

Three-metre python that slithered onto Townsville, Queensland bonnet clung to car for 50km

Daily Mail  

An Australian couple who used their windscreen wipers to fend off a huge carpet python have revealed the snake travelled with them for 50km - and survived the ordeal. The three-metre long snake slithered onto the bonnet of Melissa Hudson and her partner Rodney Griggs' car as they drove along the Bruce Highway between Giru and Alligator Creek in northern …

14ft python found curled up outside Scottish pub
4 years, 1 month ago

14ft python found curled up outside Scottish pub

The Independent  

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2.5-metre python ‘trashes family’s bathroom’
4 years, 4 months ago

2.5-metre python ‘trashes family’s bathroom’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A 2.5 metre carpet python …

WATCH: 10-foot Python Removed from Under Car Hood in Florida, Spooky Video Goes Viral
4 years, 5 months ago

WATCH: 10-foot Python Removed from Under Car Hood in Florida, Spooky Video Goes Viral

News 18  

Authorities say a 10-foot Burmese python was removed from under the hood of a car in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a tweet Thursday that the snake was coiled up inside the engine compartment of a Ford Mustang in Dania Beach, which is adjacent to Fort Lauderdale. “Our officers responded and safely captured and removed …

WATCH: Man in England Takes a 12-feet Python Out for a Walk, Baffles Shoppers and Cops
4 years, 5 months ago

WATCH: Man in England Takes a 12-feet Python Out for a Walk, Baffles Shoppers and Cops

News 18  

Shoppers were in for a shock of a lifetime after they spotted a young man with a huge pet snake. The reptile owner, who turned out to be a professional snake handler, was seen strolling with his 12-feet python and a friend in the busy town centre. Concerned citizens contacted local police, who confronted the man and asked him to …

Man wakes up to find 4ft-snake slithering on bedside table in Leeds
4 years, 7 months ago

Man wakes up to find 4ft-snake slithering on bedside table in Leeds

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It was the stuff of nightmares for a Leeds man …

Snake in a cereal box among RSPCA’s most unusual rescues of 2018
6 years, 2 months ago

Snake in a cereal box among RSPCA’s most unusual rescues of 2018

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The poor chap was absolutely terrified, I think it was …

Sleeping woman, 25, wakes up to find a four foot SNAKE in her bed
6 years, 3 months ago

Sleeping woman, 25, wakes up to find a four foot SNAKE in her bed

Daily Mail  

A fearless Australian who woke up next to a giant snake in her bed believes the reptile was sizing her up for a meal. After feeling something 'super cold' press against her back, Katjana Shoyer awoke to discover a four metre snake slithering next to her in the sheets. But while most would be quick to call a snake catcher, …

Snake wrangler is attacked by a 'possessed' python hiding behind a fridge
6 years, 3 months ago

Snake wrangler is attacked by a 'possessed' python hiding behind a fridge

Daily Mail  

One experienced snake wrangler got more than he bargained for when he turned up to find a 'psychotic' carpet snake 'having a bad day' lurking behind a family's fridge. After inspecting the back deck, he found a 'psychotic coastal carpet python' hiding under a fridge - but the encounter left him with a bloodied, punctured hand. Steve Brown from Brisbane …

Snake catcher survives python strangulation in 'freak accident'
6 years, 5 months ago

Snake catcher survives python strangulation in 'freak accident'

ABC  

A professional snake catcher in far north Queensland says she is lucky to be alive after an enormous python attempted to strangle her during a job. "I grabbed the snake out of the tree and it landed around my neck and before I could unwind it, it tightened around my neck and face, " Ms Ambler posted to Facebook. "This …

Snake catcher finds python in Queensland family's garage
7 years, 6 months ago

Snake catcher finds python in Queensland family's garage

Daily Mail  

A snake catcher who was called after a family found a python in their garage was stunned to find it was part of a breeding pair. Dan shared a picture of the scene after one of the snakes had been removed on the Sunshine Snake Catchers 24/7 Facebook page. A snake catcher arrived at a Queensland home after a resident …

Darwin River couple find 3.5m python in bedroom after it wrapped around their dog
8 years, 10 months ago

Darwin River couple find 3.5m python in bedroom after it wrapped around their dog

Daily Mail  

the serpent into a pillow case and released it into the wild A woman who woke to her dog's blood-curdling yelps found the Bull Arab cross crawling from under her bed with a 3.5m python wrapped around its leg. Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow and her husband, Michael, were sleeping in their room in the Northern Territory’s Darwin River when their dog, …

Python caught in Malaysia could be the largest ever recorded
8 years, 11 months ago

Python caught in Malaysia could be the largest ever recorded

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A huge python found in …

Video shows python swallowing a pet cat in a Brisbane backyard
9 years ago

Video shows python swallowing a pet cat in a Brisbane backyard

Daily Mail  

After several minutes, the large snake A python, which appears to be at least two metres long, has been captured on camera swallowing a pet cat whole. Scroll down for video Brisbane snake catcher Janne Torkkola was called to a home this week to wrangle the massive python who was in the middle of eating an entire pet cat The …

Snake grounds jet with 370 passengers in Sydney
11 years, 6 months ago

Snake grounds jet with 370 passengers in Sydney

India TV News  

Canberra: A tiny snake found on a Qantas Boeing 747 airliner led to 370 passengers being grounded in Sydney overnight, the airline said Monday. Staff found the 20-centimeter, unidentified snake in the passenger cabin near the door before passengers were due to board late Sunday at Sydney International Airport for a flight to Tokyo, Qantas said in a statement.Australia's flagship …

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