Expert Pulls 'Snake After Snake' — 102 in Total — from Property After Homeowners Notice Something 'Unusual'

Mar. 15, 2025

Stock image of a red-bellied black snake (left) and of a bucket containing several live snakes.Photo:Ken Griffiths/Getty Stock Image; Cheyenne Montgomery/Getty Stock Image

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A couple in Sydney, Australia, learned they were sharing their backyard with over 100 venomous snakes on Feb. 4.

According toa Facebook post from Reptile Relocation Sydney, a licensed snake-catching service, the couple contacted the company for a visit after noticing a few small snakes in their yard.

“Over the last two weeks, the homeowners had sighted a couple of redbellies disappearing into and out of the mulch pile,” Reptile Relocation Sydney wrote in the post. The “redbellies” the company is referring to are red-bellied black snakes, medium-sized venomous snakes found throughout the eastern coast of Australia, according tothe Australian Museum.

The homeowners told the snake-catching service that they had spotted four snakes over two weeks, so the experts arrived at the home expecting “to remove the four redbellies that had been seen.” However, once the snake catcher started examining the mulch pile the homeowners had pointed out, they soon realized they were leaving with way more than four reptiles.

“Dylan was the man for the job and got straight to work going through the mulch. Within a few minutes, we knew this was going to be unusual,” Reptile Relocation Sydney’s post recounted.

Snake catcher Dylan uncovered “snake after snake” digging through the mulch and soon had a bucket filled with over 100 snakes.

“Long story short, we went for four adults and came out with 102 snakes in total — 97 newborn redbellies and five adults,” the post concluded. Reptile Relocation Sydney also included a video with its shocking social media announcement. In the clip, dozens of red-bellied black snakes wriggle over each other in a white bucket.

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A stock image of a red-bellied black snake.

Reptile Relocation Sydney will relocate all of the snakes to an undisclosed area away from the heavily populated Syndey suburbs where the animals were found.

source: people.com