Terrifying moment mum finds venomous snake 'coiled up' in her daughter's shoe

05 May 2023 , 22:02
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Terrifying moment mum finds venomous snake
Terrifying moment mum finds venomous snake 'coiled up' in her daughter's shoe

A mum has filmed the moment she found a highly poisonous snake "coiled" in her daughter's shoe in Australia.

Kym Beechey, from Jilliby, New South Wales, had gone outside to retrieve a lunchbox that had been left when she got a surprise.

There, with its head sticking out of one of her daughter's shoes, was a red-bellied black snake - a species infamous for its agonising bite.

She said: "I headed to the front porch to collect an abandoned lunch box that was in danger of becoming the subject of a science experiment.

"I leaned down to pick up the lonely lunchbox and nearly headbutted my snakey friend, so although in a shoe it was my face that was in greatest danger.

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Terrifying moment mum finds venomous snake 'coiled up' in her daughter's shoeThe snake coiled inside a shoe (Credit: Kym Beechey/Pen News)
Terrifying moment mum finds venomous snake 'coiled up' in her daughter's shoeKym identified it as a red bellied black snake (Credit: Kym Beechey/Pen News)

"He was snuggled, coiled in the shoe.

"The shoe it was in is actually my daughter's mountain bike riding shoe and she was very pleased I found it and not her!"

Kym, 56, recognised the danger straight away.

She said: "I was pretty certain it was a red belly black snake as we have had them here before.

"In fact, when I was in labor with my first child there was one in the house - and when I brought my child home from hospital, there was one in our bedroom.

"We know they can be about, so we do take care, however it is always a surprise to find them so close to you. In this case, so close to my face."

The bite of the red-bellied black snake is characterised by severe pain - causing swelling, prolonged bleeding, and localised necrosis or skin death, sometimes leading to amputation.

Terrifying moment mum finds venomous snake 'coiled up' in her daughter's shoeKym said she knew that the snake was capable of giving a highly poisonous bite (Credit: Kym Beechey/Pen News)

The venom of the red-bellied black snake contains neurotoxins, myotoxins, and coagulants, and has haemolytic properties.

Its symptoms include nausea, vomiting, headache, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, or excessive sweating.

But it has not caused any recorded deaths down under and Ms Beechey knew it was unlikely to attack.

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She said: "As you may have read, the species is capable of causing a dangerous venomous bite. I am aware of that but also know they are rarely aggressive.

"When I find them I like to just watch and wait for them to move on - and this one did move on.

"I was more concerned my silly dog would get bitten rather than me."

As for why the shoes were outside in the first place, Kym said: "Eight adults live in our house on a semi-rural property.

"Four are elite athletes and have many pairs of training shoes, work boots and outdoor shoes.

"As we have had rain recently, all stay outside."

Tim Hanlon

Snakes

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