Monster scrub python spotted at Holloways Beach, Queensland

A monster scrub python that took up the entire width of a road has stopped traffic as it slowly slithered into the bush.

The reptile, believed to be about five metres in length, was spotted at Holloways Beach, Queensland, about 6.10am on Friday.

Amber Campbell uploaded the footage to Facebook captioned, ‘Baronia Crescent had a big visitor heading into ‘mosquito park’ this morning, what a beauty!!’ 

The reptile, believed to be about five metres in length, was spotted at Holloways Beach

Amber Campbell uploaded the footage to Facebook after her husband filmed it

SCRUB PYTHON  

• Scrub Pythons are Australia’s longest snake. 
• They can grow up to seven metres in length.
• They spend most of their time in trees waiting for prey. 
• Have a large head in comparison to its narrow body.
• They have yellow-brown or purple-brown crossbars and blotches of cream to brown on their body.

Source: Australia Zoo 

Ms Campbell told Seven News that her husband Adam filmed the serpent.  

‘That is gigantic…I’ve never seen one that big…Easy five metres,’ Adam is heard saying. 

‘I go out looking for snakes all the time and I’ve seen them close to that, but that is monster,’ an onlooker said. 

‘It was as thick as my leg,’ Ms Campbell said.

She told the publication that the snake was going into a children’s playground that is surrounded by bushland.

‘That is gigantic…I’ve never seen one that big…Easy five meters,’ Adam is heard saying

Social media users reacted to the extraordinary footage of the ‘absolute whopper’.

‘Lucky you don’t live there anymore,’ one commented.

‘What a beautiful serpent,’ another commented. 

‘Was just around the corner .. so glad I never came across it .. bloody hell look at the size of it,’ another wrote. 

‘What magnificence though,’ another commented. 

‘Was just around the corner .. so glad I never came across it .. bloody hell look at the size of it,’ one user commented

 

 

 

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