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.

The 3-year-old’s mother discovered the five-foot long eastern brown snake inside a drawer at their home earlier this year Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE.

Seventeen eastern brown snake hatchlings just prior to being released in the Murwillumbah area in February 2025. The eggs were kept in an incubator for two months and the hatchlings released late ...