There’s a snake in a cell. Within a few hours, snakes have also been spotted at a school, beneath a piano stored in a private garage and near a lagoon-like swimming pool at a retirement home. On the busiest days, he can receive more than 35 calls about troublesome snakes. Queensland is home to the largest number of snake species in Australia — about 120. Throughout Australia, fatalities from snake bites remain extremely rare — about two a year — and in Queensland, the reptiles are simply a part of life.

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Persons: Stuart McKenzie Organizations: Customers, Business, Australia — Locations: Sunshine, Queensland, Australia