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“Biggest thing she’d ever seen,” Sunshine Coast’s massive Red-bellied Black Snake.

A Queensland snake catcher has been called in to deal with a huge red-bellied black. SEE THE FOOTAGE

Monster red bellied black snake found at QLD home

A “five-foot” red-bellied black snake, described as one of the biggest that snake catchers have seen, has been removed from a Sunshine Coast property.

A Palmview woman spotted the snake on her property and called in Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 who safely bagged the venomous reptile.

The snake catcher grabs the snake.
The snake catcher grabs the snake.
The massive red-bellied black.
The massive red-bellied black.

“That is about as big as a red-belly gets,” the handler says in the footage.

“That there, that’s the biggest red-belly I’ve caught in a couple of years.”

The catcher could not contain his excitement as he released the snake back into the wild - and well away from the property on which it was found.

“How good was that, just look how thick his body is,” the handler said.

Red-bellied black snakes are common in Queensland and while its venom can cause significant illness, deaths are uncommon.

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