Overview
- Rachel Bloor in Brisbane awoke to a roughly 2.5-metre carpet python on her chest late Monday and helped guide it back out through an open upstairs window.
- Her husband removed their dogs from the room before she slid out from under the covers and calmly directed the snake outside without injury.
- On an Ipswich property, 16 carpet python eggs were recovered by snake catchers for incubation after the mother was severely injured by a whipper snipper and later euthanised.
- Local catchers report more sightings as eggs begin to hatch in hot weather, with visibility heightened by new housing replacing bushland even as overall numbers are unchanged.
- Experts advise keeping eyes on the animal and calling licensed catchers rather than attempting to move snakes, noting many recent bites occur when people interfere.