A terrified man who discovered a giant snake and large spider together in his Australian home has sparked a stream of hilarious reactions, as internet users pleaded with him to evacuate and “burn his home down” immediately.
The photo, which was originally posted on Facebook, was shared on social forum Reddit and showed a carpet python curled up on the floor – with a huntsman spider perched on the wall directly above it.
The photo was reportedly taken in a home in Brisbane, and the Reddit user captioned it: “The house is lost, evacuate immediately and burn it to the ground.”
It sparked several more funny reactions from other users, with one writing: “It’s their house now,” while another added: “Holy s***. I’m moving here in a month from Canada. How common is this? Do people recommend living in a apartment ?”
And one wrote: “Where’s the cane toad?” While another wrote: “I only noticed the spider and thought it was a bit of an over reaction. F***** burn the house to the ground.”
It comes just days after a family in the Brisbane suburb of Chermside West found a huge python in their toilet. Queensland Urban Utilities took to Facebook at the time with photographs of the huge snake being removed from the toilet.
“Only in Australia!” the post teased. “A family in Chermside West found a surprising 4th ‘P’ in their loo on the weekend, when this python plopped by for a visit.”
They joked that python was the fourth ‘P’ after pee, poo and paper.
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With the warmer weather here for another year, snakes are coming out of seclusion and hibernation in search of a mate. Snake catcher Tony Harrison previously told 7 News that “snakes go crazy” when the weather gets above 23 degrees.
“During this time of year, the males, their common sense goes out the window and they will cross peoples’ backyards, schools, shopping centres and whatnot and therefore humans and dogs interact with the snakes and that’s when the problems happen.”
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