More than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes, including pregnant and newborn snakes, were captured from a suburban Sydney backyard. The snake catcher, Dylan Cooper, removed the snakes after the homeowner, David Stein, noticed several slithering into a pile of mulch. Experts are unsure why so many snakes gave birth in such a short time frame.
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David Stein called Reptile Relocation Sydney last week after watching around six snakes slither into the mulch. He learned from an internet search that pregnant, known as gravid, red-belly blacks pile on top of each other before they give birth.Snake catcher Dylan Cooper arrived that afternoon. Stein helped rake away mulch as Cooper bagged 102 pregnant and newborn snakes.
Eipper, who spoke to Kerewaro on the day the snakes were being caught, said it was possible that extraordinarily hot weather in Sydney had triggered birthing.Red-belly blacks have litters of between 4 and 35 young. Some of the captured snakes may be the offspring of adults that already left the nest, Eipper said.
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