'The whole year I've had more than I normally have.' 9News
Over the past few months, a Queensland snake catcher has removed eastern brown and spotted black snake hatchlings from a child's bedroom, someone's wardrobe, his own home - multiple times - a wall cavity, and as of this week, a retirement home.
He claimed a colleague in Lockyer Valley, "where it's slightly warmer", is seeing more hatchlings than him. Snakes have two different ways of producing young: either by laying eggs, which eastern brown snakes do, or live birth, which tiger snakes and red-bellied blacks do. He expressed concern about the number of hatchling callouts, explaining wild snakes would "have to feed up well if they're going to survive the winter"."You just hope they get enough food and find a hiding spot.Unusually-coloured snake is actually one of country's most dangerousBilly Collett, operations manager at the Australian Reptile Park on NSW's Central Coast, explains snake species do not eat during winter as it could prove fatal.
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