Strange!!! Snake Bit Itself To Death

The1.5 metre Brown Tree snake was first seen by a woman on her doorstep in at Earville, south-west of Cairns, Australia.
The woman called Matt Hagan from Cairns Snake Catchers who later took the snake to a vet to see if he could shed light on how it died.

Mr Hagan says, “When I see the snake it was still wriggling after half an hour so I went over to move it elsewhere. I could immediately see something wasn’t quite right with the snake. When I picked it up I noticed it was still biting down firmly on its neck. I thought what on earth – it looked like it had bitten its own neck and died.”

The veterinarian who examined the dead reptile also suggested that the snake had not been run over and must have been stung by something and died.

Matt Hagan from Cairns Snake Catchers said he found the snake still biting its neck 

“Apparently when they do have a trauma they do try and bite around the area. I suspect the snake didn’t end its own life on purpose, but was possibly in severe pain and ended up in this unfortunate position.”  

In his 10 years as a snake catcher, Mr Hagan said he hasn’t come across a dead snake still latched onto itself. 

The brown tree snake is a nocturnal, rear-fanged colubrid, possessing two small, grooved fangs at the rear of the mouth. The venom appears to be weakly neurotoxic with localized effects that are trivial for adult humans.  

The snake has been reported as aggressive, but is not considered dangerous to an adult human. The brown tree snake preys upon birds, lizards, bats, rats, and small rodents in its native range.