Australian woman finds snake hiding in cabinet 01:06. A family in Australia received an unwelcome home visitor last week: an eastern brown snake, one of the most dangerous serpents in the world.

The World Health Organization has estimated that between approximately 81,000 and 138,000 people die from snake bites each year worldwide. In the U.S., a 2020 study in the Cureus peer-reviewed ...

Kingaroy Snake Catcher, Darryl Robinson with Eastern Brown snake. Picture: Contributed. In our snake map below, ...

Narellan Snake Catchers in Australia relocated the eastern brown snake from the Sydney home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

The victim was bitten three times by the second most venomous snake in the world, the Eastern Brown Snake Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...

An Australian snake hunter discovered the second-most venomous snake in the world in a toddler’s underwear drawer. Mark Pelley , based in Melbourne, was asked to remove a 5-foot Eastern brown ...

Eastern brown snakes can live to 10-plus years in the wild but are generally more likely to have longer lifespans in captivity. They mainly eat off rodents, lizards, birds and frogs, making a golf ...

"Anyone suspected of receiving a bite from an Eastern Brown Snake should call for medical attention without delay," the museum cautioned. More in U.S. Vance Boelter, Suspect In Minnesota Shootings ...

Eastern brown snakes are among the most venomous snakes in the world, and video recorded by an Australian snake catcher proves they also have a deserved reputation for irritability.

Eastern brown snakes are among the most venomous snakes in the world, and video recorded by an Australian snake catcher proves they also have a deserved reputation for irritability.

Newsweek's Brown Recluse spider map also illustrates the habitats of this venomous arachnid. Correction, 7/12/24, 5:07 a.m. ET: The map in this article was updated to include North Carolina as a ...