Snake slithers into Glenashley Library

BOOKWORMS got more than they bargained for when a snake slithered across the children’s books at Glenashley Library on Monday morning.

Snake expert, Jason Arnold swooped in to identify the snake at around 9.30am.

“When a snake finds its way into a public library, it can cause quite a stir. Fortunately it turned out to be a totally harmless Eastern Natal Green Snake,” he said.

Arnold thinks the snake found its way inside through a small hole in the wall at ground level where the air conditioning pipes come through the wall.

“There were no windows open, I realised it must have had another way to get in,” he said.

He filled the hole with a piece of newspaper as a temporary solution.

“Apparently it’s not first snake they’ve had in the library, but I think their problem is solved now with the whole being blocked,” he said.

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Arnold said reports of snake sightings have flooded in over the festive period.

“I’ve been getting a lot of queries, there have been lots of snakes around. A few dogs were bitten and lots of people sent pictures for snake identification,” he said.

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Of the snakes he identified, most were Stiletto snakes, which deliver a “nasty bite.”

Glenashley library did not send their comment at the time this article was published.

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