Male snakes go head-to-head to win mating rights
A Queensland snake catcher walked in on a 'reptile romp' while inspecting the roof of a Cairns property recently.
David Walton was called to a house at The Beaches after residents reported hearing loud thumping and thrashing noises coming from their ceiling.
When he climbed into the roof, Mr Walton found two four-meter scrub pythons doing battle while two female snakes watched from the sidelines.
“It is not uncommon to see multiple snakes like this up in roof spaces this time of year,” he wrote on Facebook.
“During breeding season, which is now, male Scrub pythons can get quite aggressive towards each other over breeding rights.
“You can imagine the sounds coming from your roof space with all of this going on!”
After breaking up the love feud, Mr Walton removed the snakes and released them into the wild.
While this particular species is harmless, Queensland snake catchers often come up against many of the deadliest snakes on earth.
Yahoo7 has found some of their best call outs, that will probably leave you checking under your bed and behind the fridge more often.
You know it's time to call a snake catcher...
1. When a two-metre eastern brown snake decides to chase a rat under the house:
2. When a carpet python nicknamed ‘Mike Tyson’ tries to bite your face off because it’s eaten a ten-year-old galah and doesn’t want to be touched because it’s feeling full:
3. When a brown snake decides to go for a quick dip in the pool and gets stuck:
4. When some kids try to remove a red bellied black snake with a broom and make it super angry:
5. When a goanna keeps stealing your chicken eggs:
6. When a keelback snake decides to hangout under the fridge because it’s scared of a big storm:
7. When a tree snake eats a water dragon whole and decides to loiter outside the local shops:
8. When an eastern brown wants to hangout at the local pharmacy but isn’t invited:
9. When a nine-foot python decides to eat your 30-year-old bird named Bundy:
10. When a snake decides to pretend to be a fire hose:
11. When you lift up your car bonnet to find a huge snake coiled around the engine
12. Hungry snake makes meal of helpless bat
