Huge Venomous Snake Chases Handler In Attack Caught On Camera

An eastern brown snake attacked a handler who was called to catch the reptile. The incident took place in Queensland, Australia, over the weekend.

Tony Harrison, 52, was called to catch the snake when the reptile raced toward him, baring its fangs. The attack was caught on camera.

“The eastern brown is the second most toxic land animal on the planet. It's responsible for the majority of bites in Australia. If you get bitten and don't go to hospital it would more than likely result in death. This behavior is not typical. It was chased by dogs, then me, then grabbed by me so it was very upset. I just tailed it, dropped it in the bag and released it,” Harrison said.

The snakes have the reputation of biting defensively and being highly strung. Harrison feels the snakes are vulnerable and hence defend themselves with all their power.

“With hospital treatment, one day later you would be back at it. I never deal with aggression from the snakes, but I do deal with aggression every day from the humans I see. This is defense, not aggression, because we are removing snakes that don't want to be touched. On a daily basis we are told an animal has already had humans, dogs, cars and so on give it s---, so it's feeling very scared and vulnerable, and it does not want to die. So it defends itself with all its power,” he said.

“To keep it in perspective, here in Australia dogs kill five people a year, horses 20 and snakes two. Yet snakes have the bad reputation, go figure,” he added.