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13th Jan 2016

PIC: Look at the size of the pregnant snake an Australian woman found under her fridge

Conor Heneghan

Not for the squeamish, this.

We haven’t had snakes in Ireland since St. Patrick, ahem, drove them out centuries ago, but they’re accustomed to them in Australia.

Still, whether you’re used to seeing them or not, you’re still going to get a bit of a fright if you catch one under your fridge and even more of a shock when you find out that the snake is massive and heavily pregnant too.

Snake Catchers Adelaide posted a picture of the eastern brown snake that was found under the fridge in a house in Moana, a short spin south of Adelaide, earlier this week and also reported that the snake in question has laid 14 eggs since she was recovered from the house.

This is not something you see everyday – An eastern brown snake with her eggs. This snake was removed from under a…

Posted by Snake Catchers Adelaide on Monday, 11 January 2016

They also posted a video of the snake being recovered from under the fridge and we should warn you, if you have any fear of snakes at all, then this is not for you.

Luckily the lady actually saw the snakes’ head pop out from under the fridge so she called a snake catcher straight away…

Posted by Snake Catchers Adelaide on Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Think we might delay lunch for another hour or so after seeing that.

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Australia,Snake