You'll never believe the strange place this snake popped up in the Queensland floods
A snake catcher in Cairns is urging people about the peculiar places the slithery snakes are turning up after heavy rain that has flooded north Queensland over the last month.
Matt Hagan says he has been busy removing snakes from all sorts of strange places – from gyms and schools, to houses and shopping centres after 300mm of rainfall in Cairns during the first week of February, reports Yahoo 7 News.
“Wet conditions in Cairns have resulted in many snakes seeing a reprieve from the weather in dryer areas in and around buildings, homes and shops,” the expert reptile removalist wrote in a post to Facebook.
Mr Hagan says he was called to a supermarket at Trinity Beach on Wednesday morning after employees found a small brown tree snake trying to get away from the intense rain.
“They are nocturnal animals so they search for food, sometimes near buildings, during the night and crawl up into wall cavities for sleep during the day,” he explained to Yahoo7.
“But this one was probably spooked when the neon lights got flicked on. It was upset and ready to go to bed.”
Mr Hagan confirmed all staff were OK after the ordeal, explaining it only took five minutes to remove the snake from the supply store shelf.
This is not the first time a snake has turned up in an odd place, as just a few days ago a slithery reptile was found chilling out in the back of a fridge in an Adelaide home. Another was found on Sunday after its head peaked out of a kitchen sink drain.
The snake catcher says it's best to keep all screens tightly shut on homes and buildings to avoid running into “cranky” serpents.
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