A venomous snake has been found hiding in the back of a store among unsuspecting Christmas shoppers.
In footage filmed by a reptile handler at the scene, the creature can be seen stowed away behind some packages.
After the handler removes some boxes from the back of the shop, the curled up snake can be spotted in the corner by a wall, as reported by What’s The Jam.
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The wrangler then gets out his tools and carefully lifts the reptile, taking it out of the shop and putting it into his snake handling bag outside.
The snake is then set free in a much more suitable environment.
The snake was removed on 15 December in a DFO Perth shopping centre in Australia.
Perth Hills Reptile Removal posted the video to its Facebook page.
The caption read: “Well it isn’t just humans that need to finish up their Xmas shopping!
“A call came from our snake catchers network for a snake that had somehow managed to get inside the food court of the DFO this morning.
“Being only 20 minutes or so away, I headed down.
“Luckily the staff had done a great job of keeping an eye on the snake, and it was taking refuge behind some boxes behind the counter of Mumbai Rocks.
“An easy catch, and then came the tricky part of finding a suitable release spot.
“There are quite a few patches of bush surrounding the airport areas, including some narrow bush corridors where these creatures can travel through.
“I found the best spot I could given the location, and our little dude gave us a cool little behaviour show before heading back where he belongs.
“Don’t despair however! A snake inside this shopping centre is a very rare occurrence, and is a huge surprised it even happened in the first place!”
The wrangler, Mr Furstenberg, also described the snake in the video as “highly venomous,” and “just over a metre long.”
Since, the post has gathered over 14,000 views and plenty of comments.
Aaron said: “Nice work.”
Krissi added: “Aww poor thing.”
Diane commented: “Thank you, for showing they are pretty and amazing.”
Cody wrote: “This has me wondering, if I was a snake, how should I avoid getting caught like this.”
James added: “I had to watch with sound off so forgive me if you talked about it but it looked cold when you picked it up, sluggish.
“Glad it’s off and about. Good job.”
