Before reading the article imma guess because it laid eggs in it.
Why won't 'Fluffy' the red-bellied black snake leave Lisa's car?
Submitted 5 months ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to australia@aussie.zone
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 months ago
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Wow new nightmare unlocked, thanks for that.
Taleya@aussie.zone 5 months ago
Fluffy’s gonna live the way fluffy wants
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 months ago
He got sick of paying rent/likes van life/it’s cold
MossyFeathers@pawb.social 5 months ago
I was like, “just grab it and toss it out, why is this news?”
Then I realized the article is about Australia, and said article confirms that it’s highly venomous.
This is why it is that, even though Australia’s climate would probably agree with me, their wildlife would not. I’d just be like, “well, it’s not rattling (rattlesnake), isn’t giving me a open-mouthed threat display or around water (cottonmouth) and doesn’t have colored bands (potentially coral snake), I’ll just grab it and toss it out.” Same thing with spiders and insects.
Note: apparently the mnemonic device, “red on black, friendly jack, red on yellow, kill a fellow” isn’t universal, even in areas where coral snakes live. That’s why I specified banded instead of “red on yellow bands”. At the same time though, you could probably put on some work gloves and be fine. Iirc they have small mouths, small fangs, and a weak bite strength so supposedly it’s very hard to get envenomed by one, even with bare hands.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 5 months ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Newcastle woman Lisa Kournelis has been driving her car around for more than a month even though she knows a red-bellied black snake is living inside.
Since discovering the reptile on the back seat of her ute last month, Ms Kournelis has called in five different snake catchers.
Ms Kournelis has taken the advice of a snake catcher and has been wearing woollen pants and other protective gear when driving.
Mr Collett said red-bellied black snakes were a highly venomous species, although they have never been responsible for a fatality in Australia.
Garry van Dijk manages a car repair business in the Hunter and is no stranger to pulling vehicles apart to locate unwelcome critters.
Ms Kournelis said she was looking at removing the seats and other parts of her car to locate and capture the snake.
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dumbass@leminal.space 5 months ago
Because its a cunt!