Victoria Police needed to perform a “weird” welfare examine after a venomous tiger snake crawled up a motorist’s leg as she drove on a serious freeway at speeds of 80km/h.
Police mentioned they have been contacted and known as to the Monash Freeway, close to the Toorak Street exit in Melbourne’s jap suburbs, on Saturday morning, in keeping with The Guardian.
They acquired reviews of a lady, barefoot, attempting to flag down passing vehicles.
The girl instructed police she was driving when she felt one thing on her foot and when she seemed to see what it was, she discovered a snake “sliding down her leg.”
The snake was later recognized as a tiger, one of the crucial venomous and lethal snakes on the planet, which had coiled itself beneath the steering wheel of the girl’s automobile.
“Remarkably, she was capable of fend off the snake and weave round site visitors earlier than stopping and leaping out of the automobile to security,” Victoria Police mentioned.
Paramedics have been known as to the scene to make sure the girl had not been bitten by the snake and fortunately a spokesperson for Ambulance Victoria mentioned she was unhurt and no accidents could possibly be discovered on her physique.
“Tim from Melbourne Snake Management was contacted, rapidly recognized the tiger snake (the fourth most venomous snake on the planet) and supplied his providers,” police mentioned.
“Passing motorists have been surprised when the massive snake was safely faraway from the automobile,” a police spokesperson mentioned.
“And so ended one of the crucial weird welfare checks you’ve ever heard of,” the spokesperson added.
The snake catcher mentioned the girl traveled from south-west Victoria, the place the snake is believed to have snuck into her automobile and coiled itself beneath the steering wheel.
The snake was taken to a reptile veterinarian to be checked for parasites and was cleared to be launched into a neighborhood catchment space, which the catcher mentioned was a “secure place away from individuals and pets.”
