‘It will take her a while to get over this experience’
A poisonous snake wrapped around a woman’s leg in her backyard in Australia.
The incident was recorded on video; This is a reminder to be aware of snake activity wherever you live.
As 9 News reportedA woman living in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, encountered a snake moving under a wall in her backyard. The snake was over a meter long and was hugging his leg as he walked barefoot.
Snake Catcher Geelong, the local licensed snake controller, posted the video on its Facebook page.
The snake expert identified the snake as a male copperhead and confirmed that although the snake was wrapped around his leg, it did not bite him.
Snake Catcher Geelong: ‘He was shaking when I caught up to him’ wrote. “It’s going to take some time for him to get over this experience.”
Luckily, the woman was not injured in the snake incident. But he was lucky because Australian copperhead snakes are venomous and can cause fatal bites.
Others captured videos of terrifying interactions between snakes and humans at boat ramps and other public spaces.
Although the woman in this video from Australia did not provoke the snake to attack, human activities can affect the snake’s behavior. New developments and community expansions around the world are encroaching on snakes’ natural habitats and bringing snakes and humans closer together than ever before.
If you encounter a snake in your backyard or in the wild, stay calm, remain still, and slowly move at least six feet away. Never attempt to hold, threaten or kill a wild snake, as this is when most human bites occur.
If a snake appears in your yard, contact a local professional or animal control for safe and humane removal.
“He did so much better than me!” a Facebook user commented In the video of the Australian woman.
“How did this not affect him?” another Facebook user I was curious. “He’s lucky.”
“Great example of how snakes aren’t there to hurt us, they’re only there when they’re threatened,” another said wrote.
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