Family Finds 'Quite Defensive' Python Lurking in Their Living Room and Calls an Expert for Help

Family Finds 'Quite Defensive' Python Lurking in Their Living Room and Calls an Expert for Help https://ift.tt/6Nsq2Yt

The lengthy coastal carpet python was found hiding behind a coffee table at home in Queensland, Australia.

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Sake Catcher David Busstra with a carpet python in Australia

Family Discovers a 'Quite Defensive' Python Hiding in Their Living Room and Calls an Expert for Help

A snake tried to slip in some family time by sneaking into a home's living room. According to Storyful, a family in Queensland, Australia, found an uninvited guest in their living room on Aug. 24. The intruder was a lengthy carpet python who lived up to their name by hiding behind a coffee table on top of the carpet.

A snake tried to slip in some family time by sneaking into a home's living room.

According to Storyful, a family in Queensland, Australia, found an uninvited guest in their living room on Aug. 24. The intruder was a lengthy carpet python who lived up to their name by hiding behind a coffee table on top of the carpet.

After finding the reptile, the family called Snake Catcher Dan, a licensed snake catcher in Queensland, for help.

Daniel Busstra of Snake Catcher Dan responded to the call and arrived at the home shortly after to remove the creature. Busstra told Storyful that the family had left their windows and doors open during nice weather, which allowed the python to slither into the house and behind the coffee table.

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Busstra's snake removal was caught on camera. In the clip, Busstra first tries to pull the python out from behind the coffee table with a hook. After the hook fails to secure the snake, Busstra reaches his hand behind the coffee table with his bare hands and slowly pulls the reptile out from behind the furniture.

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Snake catcher David Busstra with carpet python

The snake makes several attempts to bite Busstra before the man holds up the reptile and calls it "beautiful." The snake catcher also notes that having a carpet python in your home is "not ideal."

The clip ends with Busstra quickly putting the large snake into a bag to prevent the python from becoming too stressed.

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"I picked up the snake, who was quite defensive, and safely captured it in the snake bag," Busstra told Storyful about how the rescue went.

After Busstra removed the carpet python from the home, it was relocated to a less developed area and released.

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Snakes, particularly coastal carpet pythons like the snake in the video, have kept Snake Catcher Dan busy.

The snake-catching business noted in an Aug. 27 post that it has removed coastal carpet pythons from homes for the past four days. Snake Catcher Dan added in a Facebook post dated Aug. 26 that the pythons are in the midst of their breeding season, which has increased snake encounters.

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