Man Hospitalized After Stepping on 'Secretive' Deadly Snake in His Own Home

A man has been hospitalized after stepping on a highly venomous snake in his own home in Australia.
Before going to hospital, the man caught the snake in a jar so that he could show his doctors what had bitten him.
Snake-catcher Drew Godfrey was called to the scene in Hervey Bay, in Queensland, to remove the reptile, which he described as "very gentle and placid."
"We were told over the phone that it was a juvenile red bellied black," Godfrey said in a Facebook post. "Being late at night, our suspicions were that it wasn't a small red belly, but a smaller and much more venomous species, the eastern small eyed snake. Upon arrival our suspicions were confirmed."
Man Hospitalized After Stepping on 'Secretive' Deadly Snake in His Own Home