🐍 Boa Constrictor On The Loose In Sydney's South

Footage shared to a Facebook page has shown an exotic snake on the loose in Sydney's south.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda Gama.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
We wake up this morning. The snake hasn't been found.
It was reported on the news last night.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
This red tail bowl constrictor was last seen here slithering
down the pavement at the boat ramp here beneath the
tom Ugly Bridge. Now where this snake is now is
a mystery, and that is cause for concern considering the
snake is native to Brazil and that poses a threat
to Australia's biosecurity. Now, typically these snakes are not aggressive.

(00:30):
They are in fact quote docile, but they do have
that ability to constrict, which can be deadly for small animals.
They can also swim. So where this same is tonight,
I send.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
It back to Brazil.

Speaker 4 (00:43):
So it's obviously someone's pit.

Speaker 5 (00:45):
Yeah what do you mean?

Speaker 4 (00:48):
Who could it have come from? A zoo? A private zoo,
private zoo, someone.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
Which their private zoo, those places around there. Yeah, there's
all sorts of dudes just hanging around.

Speaker 4 (01:00):
So, I mean, we have a lot of deadly snakes
in Australia, but that one seems to capture our imagination
because it's going to kill small animals. What's about the
what about the the brown snakes that kill US, and
yet this one makes the news.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
Brown Snakes.

Speaker 5 (01:14):
Hello Taipan.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
Hello.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
I know Se and Fraser missed this, but we've got
our minister for snakes. What are you going to do
with this snake? Minister?

Speaker 6 (01:28):
Enough is enough. I have had it with these monoful snakes.

Speaker 5 (01:33):
Okay is just round the thing up, Get Peter Dunton
on the case. He'll send it back.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
Anyway.

Speaker 5 (01:40):
Keep your posted, please do