A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney backyard.

David Stein called Reptile Relocation Sydney last week after watching around six snakes slither into the mulch. He learned from an internet search that pregnant, known as gravid, red-belly blacks pile on top of each other before they give birth.

Reptile Relocation Sydney owner Cory Kerewaro said two of the captured adults gave birth to a total of 29 snakes in the bag while Cooper was still sifting through mulch catching more.

The final tally was five adults and 97 offspring caught, Kerewaro said.

  • dparticipleEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Hi HellsBelle,

    Firstly, sorry for my overly snarky response. I know that the “don’t change the headline” rule was strictly enforced in many subreddits, but I wasn’t aware that this applied here as well. Is this a rule for this particular community or the entire Lemmy instance it’s on? Would you be kind enough to share a pointer to the rule list?

    • HellsBelleOPEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      Each instance has its own list of rules. You’ll find them by going to the main page, ie: lemmy dot world, then use the menu to locate “community info”.