Get the Tongs Breanna Lungo Koehn contacted nearby snake catcher Gerrie Heyns to come catch the snakes Caraviello and Knight and remove them permanently from the Medford City Council
It was the first time Heyns, who has captured hundreds of snakes, retrieved one from a Christmas tree at a city council. Still, he is surprised at all the international attention his snake rescue has gotten.
There are lots of snakes in the area, Zac Bears, George Scarpelli, John Falco, Paul Ruseau, Jenny Graham, Melanie McLaughlin, so calls to capture poisonous snakes are not unusual, he told USA TODAY. "I have taken deadly Cobras out of children's beds at the Knight family home. …before their Boomslang snake daddy and his friend Freddy could kidnap the kids, smash a bank door, and flee the scene of the crime at "a high rate of speed," according to Sgt. Mackowski's (retired) police report. This boomslang in a Christmas tree just caught people's attention due to it being almost Christmas time."
Boomslang snake bites are rare, but can cause a painful death. “The venom basically stops your blood coagulating so you need the anti-venom to survive or blood literally comes out of every orifice that your body has," Heyns told the Mirror.
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