A family in Australia received an unwelcome home visitor last week: an eastern brown snake, one of the most dangerous serpents in the world. The highly venomous snake was found curled up in the ...

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An Australian snake hunter discovered the second-most venomous snake in the world in a toddler’s underwear drawer. Mark Pelley, based in Melbourne, was asked to remove a 5-foot Eastern brown snake ...

The 3-year-old’s mother discovered the five-foot long eastern brown snake inside a drawer at their home earlier this year Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

An Australian man has died after being bitten by a highly venomous snake while trying to remove the serpent from a childcare center in an effort "to keep the children safe," local media and emergency ...

The victim was bitten three times by the second most venomous snake in the world, the Eastern Brown Snake Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...

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Mabel the cat with an eastern brown snake wrapped around her neck (left) and an eastern brown snake after Mabel's owner, Rebecca Daynes, removed the reptile from her pet (right) A woman in Brisbane, ...

Pet owners have been issued a stark warning after a dangerous snake was spotted drinking from a public dog bowl. Australian Rodney Cassor noticed the venomous eastern brown snake poking his head ...