Lisa Kournelis wears protective gear while driving after four failed attempts to remove a venomous red-bellied black snake from inside her car.
Newcastle woman continues to drive with a red-bellied black snake in her car after four failed attempts to remove itWhat's next?A Newcastle woman has opted to wear protective gear while driving after four failed attempts to remove a venomous red-bellied black snake from inside her car."Yeah, I was putting a box in my car and it was sitting on the back seat," she said.
She said drove off, knowing the snake was in her ute, as she did not want to leave the vehicle there in case it got vandalised at the worksite and had limited transport options available to get to and from work.In the weeks since the failed removal attempts, Ms Kournelis has opted to name the snake "Fluffy" and continued to drive her car.
"I'm very lucky actually that I haven't been bitten, but if it does bite these woollen work pants that I wear will take most of the venom.""So just random times from about 11 o'clock in the morning, my car alarm will go off. I wasn't sure what it was at first, but then I clued on," she said.Mr Stopford said snakes becoming trapped in cars was a rare occurrence, which he himself had experienced.
"The dash is a big one, it's a big job. Generally you want a technician to do that, especially in the newer cars, and the technicians don't want to go in there while there is a snake in there, so it is a bit tricky," he said. The Australian Museum said red-bellied black snakes were one of the most frequently encountered snakes on the east coast of Australia, and were responsible for a number of bites every year.
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