Deadly eastern brown snake interrupts woman’s smoko

One of the world’s deadliest snakes slithered under a woman’s body during her smoko - and we could all learn from her ice cold reaction.

One of the world’s deadliest snakes has been filmed slithering under a woman’s body during her smoko.

However, the woman didn’t seem overly bothered as the eastern brown snake slid underneath, because she’s a snake catcher. Ayla Manson has been working for Harrison’s Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher for about five months.

Ms Manson, 24, had removed the snake from a home in Tamborine, Queensland, on Friday, where it was hiding underneath a fridge.

It was relocated into the bush, and she sat down for a break. However, soon she saw the eastern brown slithering back.

She remained calm as it moved closer, though she wasn’t totally thrilled by the encounter.

“Yeah I think it’s onto me, it’s moving onto my pants,” she can be heard saying to another snake catcher in the video, continuing to smoke.

“I don’t like that,” she said at one point.

“He was sniffing your butt,” someone else joked.

“I felt that,” she quipped.

Ms Manson said she wanted to share the video to educate others what to do if approached by a snake.

“We already knew the personality of the snake was chill that day,” she said.

“I knew in that moment, the safest thing was to stay still. Had I panicked and gotten up, it would have tried to defend itself and I would have been at risk of a bite.

“Being the second most venomous snake on the planet, you do worry in the moment that you’re facing a bite. But knowing the snake was having a good day and the release went well, I was relatively more confident with that snake.”

She said it was a learning lesson for others. Picture: Harrison’s Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher/Facebook

She felt confident with the snake. Picture: Harrison’s Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher/Facebook

Her co-worker Brooke Harrison said they were criticised for posting the video online, with some believing it could inspire children to look for snakes. However, it won’t make them take the video down.

“We posted it because we want people to learn from this,” she said.

“The reality is, people in Australia will come across a snake in their life and if they don’t know how to handle it, things will go wrong.

“Here in Queensland, we do have a lot more species of snakes, and we do snake releases every single day.

“We want everyone, kids and adults, to see this so they know how to handle a situation like this.

“The approach should always be don’t move and stay calm, because if we move too fast, we might scare it and face a bite.”