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Deadly brown snake found in school lunchbox

Posted on July 27, 2020

A mother in Australia discovered one of the world’s deadliest snakes in her child’s lunchbox when she was packing food for school.

The woman had already placed an apple and two snacks in the lunchbox when she spotted the baby eastern brown snake hidden in the lid.

At the time, she was standing in her larder at her home in Hahndorf, a town near Adelaide in South Australia. She quickly closed the box and contacted Rolly Burrell, a local snake catcher, who removed it.

“[The mother] was pretty frightened,” Mr Burrell told The Adelaide Advertiser. “It could have been bad if the snake bit the kid, there would have been some big problems… They [eastern brown snakes] have venom within the first couple of weeks when they come out of the egg and this one was maybe two weeks old.”

Suburban and residential sightings of deadly snakes are surprisingly common in Australia. 

Eastern brown snake are considered the second most deadly in the world

In September, a couple found an eastern brown snake in their bed. In January, dozens of eggs – believed to be from an eastern brown snake – were found buried in a sandpit at a school.

According to the Australian Museum, the eastern brown snake can survive in areas disturbed by humans and “is probably encountered more than any other type of snake”.

“This species has the unfortunate distinction of causing more deaths from snake bite than any other species of snake in Australia,” the museum’s website says. “Many bites have been a direct result of people trying to kill these snakes and could obviously have been avoided.”

Mr Burrell said he was receiving up to 60 calls a day – and “they’re all baby brown snakes”. 

“We see it all the time,” he said.

“Adult snakes have up to 40 babies and they have got to go out and have their first feed. If they don’t get their first feed before they hibernate they usually die. They’re all roaming around now and they’ve got about two and a half months before hibernation.”

The Eastern brown snake ranks as the second most venomous land snake on the planet, behind the more reclusive Inland Taipan – which is also found in Australia. The eastern brown and western brown cause about two-thirds of snake-bite deaths in Australia.

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