Deadly Snake Found Curled Up Inside Coke Can, Photos Go Viral

When it comes to choosing hiding places, it seems snakes are getting more creative of late — toilet bowls, car hoods, toys, you name it! In the most recent incident, a snake catcher encountered a red-bellied black snake inside a coke can.

Corey Kerewaro from Reptile Relocation Sydney arrived at a home in New South Wales on Saturday morning after receiving information that a snake was spotted behind a pile of timber in the backyard.

When Kerewaro arrived, he couldn't find the reptile anywhere.

"After arriving and moving the pile of timber the snake was nowhere to be seen," he wrote in a Facebook post.

He then found a Coca-Cola can on the ground and the venomous reptile was curled up inside it.

"I picked up a can of a Coca-Cola that was on the ground and it felt heavy for an empty can, I turned the can around to look inside and there is the redbelly curled up in the can!" he wrote.

The snake was removed from the can and relocated to a nearby national park.

Speaking to Yahoo News Australia, Kerewaro said removing the reptile from the can was a bit tricky.

"We decided the safest way for the snake to come out uninjured was to play the waiting game and let it come out all on its own," he said, adding that the reptile slithered out of the can only four hours later. "Amazing what these guys can fit into," Kerewaro said.

Kerewaro also posted two photos of the reptile on Facebook. While in one photo the snake was seen curled up inside the can, the other showed the snake catcher holding the reptile with his bare hands.

The photos have since gone viral with people praising Kerewaro for carefully removing and relocating the snake.

Last week, Kerewaro posted a video in which he was seen pulling out a snake from "some bird netting left lying around."

Calling the nets dangerous, he wrote, "Not only is it cruel to animals but now you have a snake that is trapped, injured and fearing for its life."

"This snake here was attacked by some dogs whilst stuck and the outcome for both snake and dog was not good," he wrote.

Last month, a 20-month-old girl was bitten by a Copperhead snake that was hiding in her toys. The girl was rushed to a hospital and is recovering.