'Craziest Job of the Season': Australian Snake Catcher Removes Snake From Car on Highway
An Australian snake catcher was called out for a challenging job after a red-bellied black snake startled a couple when it slithered across their feet as they were driving along a Queensland highway.
Footage posted to Facebook shows Stuart McKenzie from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 driving to the scene on Bruce Highway, where he carefully removed the “3.5-foot-long snake” from the couple’s car.
“This is hands-down one of the craziest jobs we have had this season,” McKenzie wrote in the video caption on Facebook. “It was lucky they didn’t crash,” he added.
The footage shows McKenzie removing the snake from the car while encountering some “close calls” before releasing it into the bush. Credit: Stuart McKenzie via Storyful
Video transcript
STUART MCKENZIE: OK, this is hectic. We just had a frantic call for a couple with their four-wheel driving caravan driving along, and they had a bloody red-bellied black snake in their car. Not in the engine bay, not on the front of the windscreen, in their car while they're driving, so this should be interesting.
- Do you want me to bring the net?
- Yeah, he's trying to get out that side.
[HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE]
- [INAUDIBLE]
STUART MCKENZIE: OK.
- [INAUDIBLE]
[HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE]
STUART MCKENZIE: All right, you just want to stand back here.
- [INAUDIBLE]
[HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE]
STUART MCKENZIE: Ah, there it is under there.
- [INAUDIBLE]
STUART MCKENZIE: No, on the-- he's on the back. Can you get a zoom in?
- That is crazy.
[LAUGHING]
[HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE]
STUART MCKENZIE: Which way is his head pointed? That's his tail there.
[HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE]
STUART MCKENZIE: Got the hook?
- Yep, here.
STUART MCKENZIE: He's going st-- oh, here we go, get back, get back.
- [INAUDIBLE]
[HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE]
[SIGHING]
[INAUDIBLE]
STUART MCKENZIE: Oh, [INAUDIBLE]. Oh man.
- [INAUDIBLE]
[HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE]
- You about to signal that [? bermy, ?] mate?
STUART MCKENZIE: He's trying to bite me.
[WOMAN SQUEALING]
- Sorry.
[HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE]
- All right.
[HIGHWAY TRAFFIC NOISE]
STUART MCKENZIE: Gorgeous red-bellied black snake, what are you going to do, buddy, going to head out? You're not happy, I know. You're in a car, you don't belong in a car. Off you go, come on. Ooh, there he goes.
