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A video of a snake doing what most people didn’t know it could do, jumping several meters through the air from a roof to the ground, has left many Australians joking that they will never leave their home again.
The video is only five seconds long, but it was enough to scare almost anyone who saw it.
However, it’s not new information for snake hunters like Liza Van Gelder of Lockyer Valley in Queensland, who used the video to again warn of the dangers, saying “the hatchlings are coming out.”
The snake in the video first appears on the edge of a roof before slowly tilting its body to the point where it looks like it’s about to fall twenty feet or so.
But then he does something extraordinary: he arches his body, coils it up like a spring, and leaps forward.
A video of a snake (pictured) doing what most people didn’t know it could do, jumping several feet through the air from a roof to the ground, is lighting up the internet.
It then rose into the air and landed far away from the house it jumped from before making its way through the bushes.
Councilor brand booth of the Moreton Bay Regional Council spoke for many when he commented: ‘Well, I could easily have spent the rest of my life not knowing they can do that…’
Mrs Van Gelder he also posted the clip, under the more subdued headline of “Here’s an interesting video for everyone to see what snakes can do.”
Ms Van Gelder, who resides in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley, explained that “the snake may have been trying to seek shade or escape into hiding.”
They don’t like to be seen much. Birds sometimes try to attack them so it could have been trying to get away from a bird,” he told Daily Mail Australia.
It also answered the question on most people’s minds: how did you get on the roof in the first place?
Snakes really do climb. I have come across some eastern browns, very venomous snakes, that climb,” said Ms Van Gelder.
The snake (pictured) arched its body, coiled it like a spring, and sprang to the ground.
“Everyone thinks that Eastern Browns don’t climb, but they actually use their bodies to move from side to side and climb things.
I’ve seen oriental browns on rooftops, on window sills, and other things.
The good news for anyone in close proximity to the snake starring in its own terrifying video is that it probably isn’t venomous.
“It’s not a clear image, but it looks like a common tree snake to me,” said Ms Van Gelder.
They also like to climb high. I can’t say 100 percent of the video.
Common tree snakes are not venomous, brown tree snakes are mildly venomous.
Summer is a busy time for snake catchers like Liza Van Gelder (pictured)
Business has been busy of late for those in the snake catching business.
‘During the summer we have a few calls. Some snake catchers are so busy that we actually have to route calls to each other to keep the community safe.
“If we can’t take a call because we’re already on a call, we refer someone else,” said Ms. Van Gelder.
He also expressed his condolences over the snakebite death of a Lockyer Valley man on Saturday.
“I would like to send my condolences to the family of the elderly man who was bitten this morning and passed away,” he wrote on Facebook.
“That’s why we’re asking you to call a snake catcher and stay away and be very careful what you’re picking up or where you walk.”
‘Now we are starting to have pups coming out. Please Be Careful.’
For some, however, video has provided some entertainment.
One commenter said: “My three-year-old and I watched this about 30 times and she made a new sound effect every time her tummy hit the ground.”
We have been absolutely hysterical.
Others, however, echoed his fears.
“You should see one go straight up a vertical brick wall and disappear into the eaves of a house through the smallest hole you wouldn’t think they would go through,” said one commenter.
‘I spent much of my life with the motto of safety, look up and live. Shit, that has given it a new bias,” said another.