Deadly Snake Removed From Home Air Conditioner Unit, Rescue Caught On Camera

Warm weather forces snakes to move around and find cool spots. Now, what could be better than chilling inside an air conditioner unit.

A red-bellied black snake was recently found in an air conditioner unit at an Australian home.

In a Facebook post, Stuart McKenzie from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 wrote that it "took ages" for them to remove the snake from the unit.

"What’s the go with venomous snakes in aircon units lately haha. This took ages to get the snake out but we got there eventually," he wrote.

McKenzie added he had switched off the power before removing the reptile.

"Before any aircon guys or sparkies have a heart attack I had all of the power off to the aircon before poking around," he said.

A video of rescue was also posted on Facebook, which showed the snake catcher using a torch to find the exact hiding spot. He then removed parts of the air conditioner unit and captured the reptile using an equipment. After that, McKenzie placed the snake in a bag using his bare hands before releasing it in a grassy area.

"It was a very healthy Red Belly and I am sure he appreciated being relocated to a more appropriate location," he wrote in the post.

The post has since gone viral with people congratulating the snake catcher for his "good work." Some even took to the comments section to share stories of their snake encounters.

"Our system blew up from a snake that had gotten in and got electrocuted," one wrote.

The incident comes two months after McKenzie captured a carpet python that was found on top of an air conditioner.

A couple had woken up in the morning at their home in Mudjimba, a coastal suburb in Australia, to find the snake atop the air conditioner. The snake was captured and released into the wild.

"People often ask can snakes get inside even if the doors and windows are closed and have no gaps. Well the answer is yes snakes have other ways they can get in but it doesn’t happen very often," McKenzie had written in a Facebook post that had a video showing the snake on top of the air conditioner.