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The John Batchelor Show

#OzWatch: Koala watch. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Photo: 1958 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother cuddling a koala, Brisbane, 1958
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#OzWatch: Koala watch. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

https://www.9news.com.au/national/koala-walks-into-adelaide-hills-bottle-shop-grays-inn/9e51946c-bd4b-4613-b2e3-9e27d7155840

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0:00.0

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0:16.0

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0:20.0

This is the Friends Vista Debating Society. I'm John Bachelorette, Jeremy Zackers in New South Wales.

0:26.0

All the exotic creatures in Australia trying to kill you. The snakes we've talked about.

0:30.0

And we, in fact, we discovered a new snake last week that's venomous.

0:35.0

They didn't even know it existed. They've got so many snakes they don't have them all cataloged.

0:40.0

Now we go to a large hissing sound. Jeremy, what is this?

0:48.0

Oh, John, this is an unusual story to say at least. This happened in Queensland just north of our capital city of Brisbane.

0:54.0

And then it was a regular Queensland day this weekend. A family had returned home.

0:59.0

And they heard as they came in the door, what they thought was this loud, loud hissing sound.

1:05.0

And being from Queensland, they know what a snake sounds like.

1:08.0

So instantly it was, oh no, there's a snake somewhere in the house.

1:11.0

There's a relatively large snake because the sound was quite loud this time.

1:16.0

And immediately called the snake catcher, which is exactly the right thing to do.

1:20.0

So the snake catcher came along relatively quickly within the hour because, of course, if it's not a python,

1:25.0

it's going to be a venomous snake which could close a lot of threats of life to anybody in the house.

1:30.0

The snake catcher turns up looking through the garden, looking through the house.

1:34.0

The snake catcher can hear this hissing sound too. That almost 100% certain that there is a snake in the house.

1:40.0

But after a long period of time cannot find the thing.

1:44.0

Anyway, it continues the investigation. And eventually John, what the snake catcher finds is

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