Australia: 102 snakes found in backyard

The captured snakes. Pic/AP

More than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in David Stein's Sydney backyard. As many as 102 pregnant and newborn snakes were found. "Just seeing that amount in one group, it gives you a bit of the shudders," Stein said on Friday. Experts have no idea why so many snakes gave birth in such a short time frame at Stein's 3.5-acre property in suburban Horsley Park on Sydney's western outskirts.

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