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A massive eastern brown snake tried to fight off a snake catcher trying to capture it after it was spotted lurking in a home in South Australia.
Rolly Burrell, of Snake Catchers Adelaide, said he had never seen a brown as big as the one he caught at Myponga, an hour from the South Australian capital.
'It was a bit of a fight to get it into the bag, it had so much strength,' Mr Burrell told the ABC.
'I think I s*** in my pants,' he joked.
Rolly Burrell, of Snake Catchers Adelaide, said he had never seen a brown as big as the one he caught at Myponga, an hour from the South Australian capital
Mr Burrell estimated the snake could be older than 20, far older than that species snakes usually live to
Aussies were confounded by the snake's massive size.
'Biggest snake I've seen, and I've seen heaps over the years,' said one man who grew up on a farm and caught snakes there.
'Biggest I've ever seen what a beauty,' agreed another woman.
'Did it take steroids?' another woman joked.
'Where was it safely released, so I can safely stay a million kilometres away from it!' was another response.
Eastern brown snakes are widely considered one of the most venomous snakes in the world and cause more deaths in Australia than any other species.
Several sightings of big snakes have happened recently, with experts warning they are in 'escape mode' and entering people's yards and even homes to escape flooded habitats.
Professor Richard Kingsford, a river
