MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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. Snake catcher Dylan Cooper arrived that afternoon. Stein helped rake away mulch as Cooper bagged 102 pregnant and newborn snakes.

An Australian man’s recent discovery of snakes in his backyard turned out to be more than he bargained for. Local animal wranglers reported retrieving over 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes from the man’s premises.

Pregnant red-bellied black snakes tend to pile on top of each other; two of the adults gave birth to 29 babies as they were being rounded up An Australian 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.