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The eastern brown snake inside the printer. Australian Snake Catchers. Eastern browns measure around 5 feet long on average, with the longest specimen recorded being over 6.5 feet.
By some measures, eastern brown snakes are believed to have the second most toxic venom of any land snake in the world, data from the University of Melbourne's Australian Venom Research Unit shows.
Tony Harrison, 52, was hired to deal with one of the world's most venomous reptiles - an eastern brown snake - on Saturday in Pimpama, a suburb of the City of Gold Coast in Australia.
CLARENCE TOWN, Australia, Feb. 10 (UPI) --An Australian pest management worker shared video of a deadly eastern brown snake trying unsuccessfully to sink its teeth into the lens of a camera.
The snake species is "highly venomous," according to Snake Catchers Brisbane & Gold Coast, a 24/7 snake removal service, who responded to the call about the eastern brown snake hiding in the car.
"You may feel completely well, they have very small fangs, ... "The eastern brown snake itself can be highly variable in its colouration, that's what confuses people a lot," Mr Rumsey said.
After gaining the upper hand, the larger Eastern Brown snake uses its fangs to aggressively bite the skull of if its opponent, leaving its victim stunned and unable to fight back.
Jerromy Brookes, 47, was fatally bitten by an eastern brown snake while trying to remove it from a childcare centre in Townsville, Queensland, at 3pm on Tuesday.
Nature lover Robyn McLennan stumbled upon a frightening sight while taking pictures at a winery in Victoria, Australia, last week: a highly venomous redback spider taking on a deadly eastern brown ...