4: Monster Snakes Found in Homes Spur Urgent Safety Warnings GUEST NAME: Jeremy Zachis Snakes in Australia are increasing in quantity and size, with professional catchers noting they are getting bigger. A monsterized 5-foot Red-bellied Black Snake was found
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🗓️ 12 October 2025
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Monster Snakes Found in Homes Spur Urgent Safety Warnings
Snakes in Australia are increasing in quantity and size, with professional catchers noting they are getting bigger. A monsterized 5-foot Red-bellied Black Snake was found lying out in the open in a Queensland home. Due to the heightened threat and recent fatalities, Public Service Announcements (PSAs) are coming out thick and fast, urging people to stay still if they encounter a snake and seek immediate medical attention if bitten.
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| 0:21.6 | Debating Society. I'm John Batchel at New England. Jeremy Zackas, my colleague joins from New South Wales. |
| 0:28.0 | This used to be the part of the program where I reminded people we're about to talk about scary things |
| 0:33.1 | and you can turn us off. But no more, I've gotten used to it. I'm not saying I'm as used to it as Jeremy in Australia is, |
| 0:40.8 | but a mere red-belly-black snake. |
| 0:43.6 | What else you got for me? |
| 0:44.6 | All right, Jeremy, it's snake time. |
| 0:47.6 | Where was the red-belly black snake hiding in the home? |
| 0:53.5 | Well, John, I can say this red-belly black snake was actually hiding in one of the main |
| 0:58.1 | living areas of the home. |
| 0:59.5 | And this is, let's go for another journey to just north of Brisbane, the home I guess you |
| 1:03.5 | could say of most red-belly black snake stories, the Sunshine Coast. |
| 1:07.7 | And what happened this week was a family was going about their daily business. |
| 1:11.7 | They were just enjoying the relatively hot weather in Queensland. It was pretty stormy, a lot of |
| 1:16.9 | rain, and they decided to go inside. Unfortunately, when they did, they noticed down along |
| 1:22.7 | the skirting board, along one of their, I believe it was in their lounge room, was what looked |
| 1:26.9 | like this black figure of something. They weren't sure whether it was in their lounge room, was what looked like this black figure |
| 1:27.9 | of something? They weren't sure whether it was a child's toy at first or whether maybe it was |
| 1:32.1 | somebody had left some clothing there, but then sure enough, upon having a closer look, |
| 1:36.8 | guess what it was? It was a red-belly black snake. The red-belly black snake had decided to make |
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