A red belly black snake has been removed from a Queensland home after it was discovered under a pile of toys in a child’s cot.
Professional snake handler Andrew Smedley was called out to a property in Peak Crossing, near Ipswich, where he sized up the cot before sifting through the contents in search for the snake with his bare hands.
Mr Smedley said the little girl wasn’t home at the time the snake was spotted and it was lucky her father noticed it when he did.
After making sure the snake was safely in his netted bag, he released the reptile in a suitable habitat.