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Nov 07, 2024

Man Finds Python Curled up in Toilet—for the Second Time in a Week - Newsweek

Help was called to remove a python from a house's toilet days after a different snake had already been taken away. Snake handler Drew Godfrey, who works for Hervey Bay Snake Catchers in the Australian

Help was called to remove a python from a house's toilet days after a different snake had already been taken away.

Snake handler Drew Godfrey, who works for Hervey Bay Snake Catchers in the Australian territory of Queensland, had the task of removing two coastal carpet pythons, also known as Morelia spilota mcdowelli, from a customer's toilet bowl.

"The homeowner contacted us as he found the snake when he went to use the toilet," Godfrey told Newsweek. "It was a female that was likely in there to soak its skin before shedding.

"Two days later, we were called back to the same house to remove a male from the same toilet. The male most likely entered looking for the female as that was the last place she would have left a scent trail," he continued.

On Facebook, Hervey Bay Snake Catchers shared a series of images of the snake, showing it in the toilet and being held by Godfrey.

"Another coastal carpet python in the same toilet as a few days ago," the company wrote in the caption. "Not the snake you want to crawl all over you."

"Coastal carpet pythons are nonvenomous and serve as an asset around the home, as they keep down rodent and other pest species," Godfrey told Newsweek.

"They grow to over 3 meters but are placid animals that are friendly toward humans. They only ever bite in self-defense," he continued.

"We've had to do this several times before," the snake handler added. "Getting snakes from toilets is not unusual but thankfully not that common. It's something we may have to do once or twice per year."

According to Australian Geographic, there are more than 190 snake species in the country, about 25 of which are venomous and dangerous to humans.

A University of Melbourne study found that most fatal snake bites in Australia happened to men during the warmer months of the year in or close to their homes. The brown snake caused 23 of the 35 deaths recorded by the National Coronial Information System between 2000 and 2016.

Facebook users commented on the photos of the snake, with one writing, "I never sit on a toilet unless I have a look first."

Another added, "That's why I put the light on in the bathroom through the night."

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