Deadly Snake Found Inside Child Care Center: 'Extremely Worried'

A snake with potentially fatal venom was found and captured inside a day care center in Australia.

The serpent—an eastern brown snake—was found by educators in the hallway of a child care center in Narangba, in Brisbane, after it somehow managed to enter the building on October 9.

According to a November 9 Brisbane North Snake Catchers Facebook post: "All rooms were quickly blocked off and the snake managed to slither into the office area at reception."

Snake handler Steven Brown told Newsweek that the eastern brown snake is one of the most venomous snakes on the planet.

He added: "A bite from one of these snakes can cause your blood to clot and thin out, which can lead to a cardiac arrest, stroke, a shut down of internal body organs, and even neurological issues."

According to ABC News Australia, about 3,000 people are bitten by snakes in the country each year, with about two attacks proving fatal.

Brown added of the situation at the child care center: "I was extremely worried knowing the species of snake it was and the place it was found in. It could have turned badly very quickly.

"But praise goes to the staff who stayed calm secured the doors to each room where the kids were and cordoned off that area [the] snake went and kept an eye on it until I arrived.

"The catch took no longer than two minutes from the time I sited it to catching and putting it in the bag."

He said the snake was "no longer than 70 centimeters" (27.5 inches) and was taken and relocated to a nearby bushland away from homes and roads.

Brown continued: "The children had no idea what was going on as the staff were amazing with handling the situation."

The snake handler said the reptiles will try to sneak into cooler buildings and homes on hot days in order to find "the perfect spot."

In his five years dealing with snakes, Brown said he had never had an actual bite, but that he did receive a scratch to his finger from an eastern brown while it was inside a bag.

He added: "This put me in intensive care and almost killed me. The precautions I take is to treat every snake differently. No snake will act the same and also carry snake bite first aid kit with compression bandages in case of a bite."

Snakebites can be deadly in certain circumstances and antivenom is needed to save people from death.

In September, a 4-year-old boy in Oklahoma needed five bags of antivenom after a rattlesnake attacked him while he played outside.

Jesse Teel was bitten by a venomous pygmy rattlesnake on his foot as he played at his home in Okemah.

Fortunately, medical staff was able to treat Teel and he was kept in the hospital before being released.