Family Discovers 'Deadly' Snake Hiding Under Child's Toy on Christmas

Mar. 15, 2025

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A creature was stirring on Christmas night for one Australian family: a venomous tiger snake.

‘It’s Christmas night, and all is quiet in this house — except for a tiger snake, which was sitting underneath a child’s bouncer!" he narrates in the video.

“Even though it’s small, it’s still incredibly deadly because they hide in the most unique places inside the home,” said the video’s narrator.

According toYahoo News Australia, reptile catcher Mark Pelley responded to the call about the scaly intruder, which came in at 11:30 p.m. on Christmas night.

Last week, another Australian family had a close call with the dangerous snake breed when a tiger snake was curled up in the wardrobe of a home in Tasmania,according to Yahoo News Australia. A snake catcher also responded to that call, and nobody was injured.

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Despite the recent run-ins, the University of Melbourne’s report notes that the number of tiger snakes — which used to be the species responsible for the most human snakebite injuries in Australia — has dropped throughout the country in recent years because of human modification of the environment. Now, eastern brown snakes are responsible for the most bites of any snake species.

source: people.com