Driver saves snake that was in the middle of the street with his bare hands

Human kindness can save animals and prevent accidents, as happened in Australia when a driver interrupted the bus trip he was taking to save the life of a snake that was in the middle of road. The episode was recorded on video and went viral on social media, receiving many positive comments about the man's attitude.

Snake in the middle of the street transits between cars, motorcycles and buses on a busy avenue

The Tugun region of Queensland, Australia is located in the coastal region of the country. Because of this, it is common for residents of the locality to live with different animals, characteristic of the country.

Among the species that eventually coexist with humans is the snake. From a wild habitat, it is possible that some of these reptiles transit through urban environments, especially when there are changes in their habitat.

In the act recorded by video cameras, one of these situations of interaction between man and animal shows a traffic driver who removes the snake from the middle of the street after grabbing the reptile by its tail.

Photo: Twitter.

As snakes can have venom with the power to cause negative consequences for humans, the gentleman who did the good deed kept the animal away from his body by leaving his arm outstretched after he had saved the snake and run to the edge of the road.

After publishing the video on Twitter, several users leave their comments and impressions about the scene.

In true Queensland spirit, a heroic Gold Coast bus driver has halted traffic on a busy road to save a huge snake from being squashed. 🐍#9Newspic.twitter.com/foayzQZenK

— 9News Gold Coast (@9NewsGoldCoast) March 8, 2023

One netizen says that "there's still a bit of the Australian spirit left", others call the driver champion and hoped that someone had called the services specialized in rescuing snakes.

However, the man's attitude was also the subject of criticism, as the user who reported "He is probably not a hero for those who are bitten by the snake".

Another claims that he left the snake in a park, where children play and could be bitten by the animal.

In Australia, killing snakes and snakes is illegal, except in cases of direct threat to human life.