'Please get out, please!' Woman discovers something unbelievably dangerous inside her car
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When you're driving through the Australian outback, you can expect to encounter wildlife.
But one Queensland woman got more than she bargained for when she discovered what awaited her in her ute.
The woman, who was driving through a paddock in Diglum, Queensland, was shocked when a highly venomous eastern brown snake appeared next to her gear stick.
In the video she shared online, she can be heard pleading with the snake to leave her vehicle.
'Please get out, please,' she implored as the snake poked its head out the driver's side door.
Keeping a safe distance, she filmed the eastern brown snake slithering on the car floor before it turned around and headed over to the passenger's side.
'Don't go back in there,' she urged the reptile.
'Please, please, please don't do that. Where are you going? Please don't go up in there you f***er.'
To identify her unexpected passenger, she posted the video and images of the large snake on a Facebook page dedicated to snakes.
'ID on this fella? Assuming eastern brown?' she asked.
A group expert confirmed her suspicions, stating, 'Yes it’s an eastern brown snake, capable of causing a dangerously venomous bite.'
The woman explained that she had been fencing on her property the previous week and had left her ute parked in the paddock with the windows down.
'Assuming that’s when he got in. Poor bugger would’ve been locked in there over the weekend,' she said.
Eastern brown snakes are known to be potentially dangerous, and as Gary Pattison, an Australian Wildlife Rescue Organisation (WIRES) volunteer, said: 'The last place you want to be is in a confined space with them.'
However, he also reassured that these snakes are more interested in escaping than attacking.
'It doesn’t want to be there any more than you want it to be there,' he explained.
He said these snakes are not interested in biting something as big as a human being.
'The only reason would be a last-minute attempt to save their own life—we can take the threat away by just removing ourselves.'
If you find yourself in a similar situation, Pattison advised not to panic.
'Just pull the car to the side of the road, hazard flashes on, get out and call a professional to come and get the snake out of the car,' he said.
Pattison, who has been studying snakes for the past 25 years, also emphasised the importance of releasing the snake in its area of origin once it is rescued.
'They don’t do well out of their comfort zone with threats they’re unfamiliar with,' he added.
So, next time you leave your vehicle parked in the great outdoors, remember to roll up your windows. You never know what kind of unexpected passenger you might pick up!
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But one Queensland woman got more than she bargained for when she discovered what awaited her in her ute.
The woman, who was driving through a paddock in Diglum, Queensland, was shocked when a highly venomous eastern brown snake appeared next to her gear stick.
In the video she shared online, she can be heard pleading with the snake to leave her vehicle.
A woman found a venomous eastern brown snake inside her vehicle. Image source: Facebook.
'Please get out, please,' she implored as the snake poked its head out the driver's side door.
Keeping a safe distance, she filmed the eastern brown snake slithering on the car floor before it turned around and headed over to the passenger's side.
'Don't go back in there,' she urged the reptile.
'Please, please, please don't do that. Where are you going? Please don't go up in there you f***er.'
To identify her unexpected passenger, she posted the video and images of the large snake on a Facebook page dedicated to snakes.
'ID on this fella? Assuming eastern brown?' she asked.
A group expert confirmed her suspicions, stating, 'Yes it’s an eastern brown snake, capable of causing a dangerously venomous bite.'
The woman explained that she had been fencing on her property the previous week and had left her ute parked in the paddock with the windows down.
'Assuming that’s when he got in. Poor bugger would’ve been locked in there over the weekend,' she said.
Eastern brown snakes are known to be potentially dangerous, and as Gary Pattison, an Australian Wildlife Rescue Organisation (WIRES) volunteer, said: 'The last place you want to be is in a confined space with them.'
However, he also reassured that these snakes are more interested in escaping than attacking.
'It doesn’t want to be there any more than you want it to be there,' he explained.
He said these snakes are not interested in biting something as big as a human being.
'The only reason would be a last-minute attempt to save their own life—we can take the threat away by just removing ourselves.'
If you find yourself in a similar situation, Pattison advised not to panic.
'Just pull the car to the side of the road, hazard flashes on, get out and call a professional to come and get the snake out of the car,' he said.
Pattison, who has been studying snakes for the past 25 years, also emphasised the importance of releasing the snake in its area of origin once it is rescued.
'They don’t do well out of their comfort zone with threats they’re unfamiliar with,' he added.
So, next time you leave your vehicle parked in the great outdoors, remember to roll up your windows. You never know what kind of unexpected passenger you might pick up!
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