We spoke to expert Chris Hay, the director of the Australian Reptile Academy, to find out the most distinguishing features of 10 of the most common snakes living among us.

I wasn't real good – I wasn't feeling real flash. I started to get a bit light-headed.' Mr Brighton said he was well aware that brown snakes inhabited the area after one bit him in 2021.

Hudson Snake Catching in Gold Coast, Australia, was tasked with removing the eastern brown snake hatchling Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

A Queensland contractor was bitten by a deadly brown snake while cutting thick grass ... "I started to get light-headed." Mr Brighton said he usually kept a first aid kit under his car seat ...

snake catchers said. Screengrab from Reptile Relocation Sydney's Facebook video When you live in Australia, possibly crossing paths with any matter of venomous creatures comes with the territory.

A team of Australian reptile catchers says it has topped the beloved children's tale "The Hundred and One Dalmatians", stumbling across a nest of 102 venomous snakes in a suburban backyard. Cory ...