Sydney Homeowner Discovers 102 Venomous Snakes in Backyard Mulch Pile

Over 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were found in a man's compost heap in a Sydney garden. Several of the snakes were even born during the process of capturing them.

A team of Australian reptiles hunters found a nest with 102 poisonous snakes in the backyard of a house.In the beginning, the team of Cory Kerewaro received a call from a neighbor of Sydney, Australia, who had seen two red-bellied black snakes in a pile of garden mulch. They hoped to capture “four or five” adult specimens at most,” Kerewaro explained to the AFP, but found themselves with “a huge amount” of offspring. In the first batch they pull…

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More than 100 venomous snakes removed from Australian man’s garden

An Australian man has described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney garden.

More than 100 venomous snakes removed from man's backyard

By the end of the day, a Sydney snake catcher bagged a total of 102 snakes, including both pregnant females and their newborns.

Over 100 venomous snakes found in Australian man’s backyard

Pregnant red-bellied black snakes tend to pile on top of each other; two of the adults gave birth to 29 babies as they were being rounded up.