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Catcher rescues venomous snake from wheel well of car

By Ben Hooper
A snake catcher works to remove a red-bellied black snake from the wheel well of a car. Screenshot: Storyful
A snake catcher works to remove a red-bellied black snake from the wheel well of a car. Screenshot: Storyful

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BRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- An Australian snake catcher shared video of his rescue of a venomous and "very gorgeous" red-bellied black snake found hiding in a car's wheel well.

Peter Brabrook, the owner and operator of Snake Catcher Morton Bay, posted a video to YouTube showing his rescue of the snake discovered hiding behind the front left tire of a Queensland resident's car.

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The video shows Brabrook get a hold of the snake's tail and carefully using his hands and a reaching tool work it out of its hiding place in the wheel well.

Brabrook managed to capture the snake, which is venomous but rarely deadly, without being bitten.

He described the red-bellied black snake as a "very gorgeous animal."

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