Family finds 1.3m snake wrapped around mirror
Image: Brisbane North Snake Catcher/Facebook
Checking your rear-view mirrors is essential before driving off. However, one Queensland family has discovered another big reason to perform this important safety check.
The family had been off enjoying a picnic north of Brisbane on Sunday. Upon returning to the car – much to their shock – have discovered a large snake wrapped around the rear view mirror.
According to Brisbane North Snake Catcher director Josh Castle, this was an unusual place to find a snake. “I’ve never seen it,” he told 7News.
“I have pulled them out of car bonnets and stuff like that, which is more to be expected because they can into a bonnet from underneath.
“The fact it was actually in the car and soaking in the sun through the window on the mirror is quite weird.”
The snake has been identified as a coastal carpet python approximately 1.3.m.
“We’ve pretty much found them everywhere now. That pretty much tickets every box on where we’ve found them,” he said.
Naturally, the internet absolutely lost its collective mind when photos of the car invader emerged.
“Sell the damn car, it belongs to the snake now,” wrote another.