Meanwhile in Australia: This snake got its head trapped in a beer can

He's got a deadly hangover.
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Elise Cooper
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Snakes have it tough. They don't have legs and sometimes their body is just the right size to get stuck in weird places.

Reptile handlers Tania Dowsett and Craig Bergman were called to an incident in rural Victoria, Australia, to help a snake whose head got trapped inside a beer can.

A member of the public called the professionals in upon finding the insanely-venomous red belly black snake.


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Even when cloaked in a beer can, these snakes have a decidedly fatal bite.

Heavy rain across the southern state of Victoria has seen an increase in slithery reptile sightings.

Snake handler Craig Bergman, who was called in to help this boozey fella, told The Riverina Herald, "The threat is pretty big this year as the rain has chased a lot of them out."

The snake was rescued from its beer prison and released back into the wild to party responsibly another day.

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