"The first thing I lifted was the child's baby bouncer, and I found the tiger ... human modification of the environment. Now, eastern brown snakes are responsible for the most bites of any snake ...

To some, this may look like the nursery from hell. But a Tweed snake catcher who found a deadly mama brown and 17 of her highly venomous bubs in a suburban home was on a rescue mission.

Seventeen eastern brown snake hatchlings just prior to being released in the Murwillumbah area in February 2025. The eggs were kept in an incubator for two months and the hatchlings released late ...