A teenage girl found a venomous snake curled up inside her asthma inhaler.
The youngster was horrified to discover a red-bellied black snake hiding in her blue inhaler last week.
She first spotted the dangerous reptile when it slithered out of her washing at her home in Bli Bli, Queensland, Australia, but quickly last sight of it.
However, she was shocked to find it nestling in an empty inhaler.
Snake experts were able to safely remove the juvenlie critter from its hiding place and rehomed it.
Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers wrote on Facebook: "You would not believe this. This is crazy and we’re super lucky we were able to find the snake."
Meanwhile, team member Stuart McKenzie told 9News: "It's one of the most incredible places we have ever found a snake before. I couldn’t imagine what it would be like picking it up and discovering it in there.’"
A bite by the serpents, which can grow up to a terrifying 8ft 4in (2.55meters) long, can cause severe bleeding, vomiting, abdominal pain, headaches, diarrhoea and muscle weakness or pain.
Native to the east coast of Australia, they are believed to be responsible for several bites on humans each year. There is no record of attacks killing humans.
Despite its young age, Mr McKenzie added that the snake was still capable of inflicting a serious bite if provoked.
"They are just exploring, seeking food this time of year before it gets cold again," he said.
"We’ve found them in all sorts of places. Just recently we had a snake become stuck inside the tubing of a screen door."
The snake species typically lives in forests, swamps and some urban areas. Averaging at about 2ms long, their main diet consists of frogs, other reptiles, small mammals and fish.
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