{"id":364810,"date":"2025-12-22T16:08:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/364810\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:08:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T16:08:28","slug":"reptile-catcher-shares-bizarre-photos-from-snake-call-out-still-cant-believe-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/364810\/","title":{"rendered":"Reptile catcher shares \u2018bizarre\u2019 photos from snake call out: \u2018still can\u2019t believe it\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reptile catcher who was called out to help paramedics with a possible snake bite was left stunned when faced with a Eastern Brown Snake that ended up in a place he \u201cstill can\u2019t quite believe\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sharing the pictures and story to Facebook, Cory Kerewaro of Reptile Relocation Sydney detailed how he received an urgent call from NSW Ambulance for assistance removing a snake that had possibly bitten someone.<\/p>\n

When they sent him a photo the reptile catcher \u201cconfirmed 100 per cent that it was an Eastern Brown Snake\u201d, however he was left puzzled by the next picture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I saw next was something I still can\u2019t quite believe,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

The snake had slithered through the back loop on the victims shoe and was wedged in a situation that Kerewaro described the odds as \u201calmost nil\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"TheCamera IconThe Brown Snake managed to get tangled up in the shoes loop. Credit: Facebook\/Reptile Relocation Sydney\"TheCamera IconThe Brown Snake managed to get tangled up in the shoes loop. Credit: Facebook\/Reptile Relocation Sydney<\/p>\n

The snake had tangled itself up in a bizarre circumstance, however the snake being in a precarious situation spelt trouble for patient.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis lady was standing in the middle of the road on a 36\u201338C day, with an Eastern Brown Snake stuck in her shoe,\u201d Kerewaro wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrown snakes are highly reactive when stressed, and there was nowhere to take cover, nowhere to approach from safely, and no room for error.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny sudden movement could cause the snake to react. If it reacted, it could bite her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it bit her, the consequences could be fatal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faced with the daunting and delicate task, Kerewaro had no margin for error.<\/p>\n

\"TheCamera IconThe Brown Snake managed to get tangled up in the shoes loop. Credit: Facebook\/Reptile Relocation Sydney\"TheCamera IconThe Brown Snake managed to get tangled up in the shoes loop. Credit: Facebook \/ Reptile Relocation Sydney\/Reptile Relocation Sydney<\/p>\n

Thanks to the heat beating down on the highly venomous snake, the experienced reptile relocater knew that the Brown Snake\u2019s reactions would be off a beat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI carefully pinned the snake, and worked to free the lady from this terrifying situation,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe snake was wedged so tightly that it couldn\u2019t be moved forward or backward, the only option was to cut the heel loop open to release it.<\/p>\n

Sacrificing the shoe to save the woman was decision that required little thinking, and once the reptile was free Kerewaro called the relief \u201coverwhelming\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A reptile catcher who was called out to help paramedics with a possible snake bite was left stunned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1313,64,63,44,5070],"class_list":["post-364810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-animals","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-offbeat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}