Watch: 'Highly venomous' snake found hiding in pizza box wrangled
Australian snake catcher Dan Busstra says this red-bellied black snake is not one you want hiding in your home.
Highly venomous snake hides in pizza box
Australia-based Snake Catcher Dan was called out to a home in Sippy Downs, Queensland for a red-bellied black snake hiding in a pizza box. Dan said the snake is "highly venomous" and not one you want to find hiding in your home.
SIPPY DOWNS, Australia – An unwelcome, and highly venomous snake was found hiding in an Australian home, requiring a specialized snake-catcher to come get the slithery visitor.
Video by Daniel Busstra, who is known as Snake Catcher Dan, shows the red-bellied black snake hiding inside a discarded pizza box in a Sippy Downs, Queensland, home.
"It's a good looking snake," Busstra said.
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The red-bellied black snake in the pizza box, on the left, and Snake Catcher Dan with the snake on the right.
(Daniel Busstra via Storyful / FOX Weather)
After successfully capturing the red-bellied black snake, Busstra said it was not the biggest snake for its species, but "sure is healthy."
"Obviously, a highly venomous snake," Busstra said. "Doesn't matter how shy they are, you definitely don't want them inside your house."
According to the Australian Museum, red-bellied black snakes are known for their black body and brown-red belly. The lower scales of the snake can range from bright crimson to a duller red or pink toward the middle of the belly.
The Museum said these snakes are primarily associated with streams, swamps and lagoons but also inhabit drainage canals and farm dams.
Red-bellied black snakes are native to northern and central eastern Queensland.