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Snakes Alive in Suburban Kingscliff!

Snakes Alive in Suburban Kingscliff!
By MARGARET DEKKER
Two days .. or 48 very nervous hours.
That’s how long this young Eastern Brown snake held a terrified Kingscliff family to ransom as it ‘disappeared’ (as snakes do ..) somewhere in the Hart family home in Salt Village last week.
Imagine the stress!
“Snakes are active, about .. and sneaky little buggers. This young Eastern Brown snuck into our house in Salt. Made the dog growl and bark before going under a door into a bedroom,” Cam Hart posted online.
It then took the family two sleepless nights and days “to pull everything out of the room and check inside everything.”
Fortunately, no one had to gift-wrap a present during this time as this untouchable intruder would have certainly been an unwelcome present to find in the parcel ..
“Found it (fortunately) in the very back of a sliding door built in wardrobe, inside an unused birthday gift bag,” Cam Hart posted.
“HIP HIP HOORAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY” the gift bag reads; it could’ve been indeed a ‘killer present!’
Advice on Eastern Brown Snakes from WIRES Northern Rivers:
“The name “Brown Snake” is misleading. Brown snakes (Pseudonaja texilis) range in colour from cream to rustic reds and black and can be patterned from bands to spots. In fact, there are as many combinations as imaginable. Juveniles often go through several colours until they reach their adult colouring. They often have a black band around the nape of their necks.
This diurnal snake is fast, quick acting, and may be active during hot nights. Averaging around 1.5 meters in length, they have been recorded up to 2.4 meters
When threatened or provoked, this snake will adopt the famous “S” pose and will strike rapidly and repeatedly. They have a slender body and are surprisingly fast.
Although the Eastern Brown snake is known as a temperamental and dangerous snake, they will almost always avoid contact with humans. There is no benefit for them to attack a large prey item as a human, and given the chance, they will flee a confrontation and only strike as a last resort.”
WIRES can be contacted on 1300 094 737 or wiresnr@wiresnr.org
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