Flakes or snakes: python provides cereal surprise for Australian

Tuesday 10 March 2015 at 8:19am

Jarred Smith's unexpected visitor Credit: Jarred Smith

An Australian man had to make a quick exit from his kitchen when he discovered what was hiding in his cereal box.

Jarred Smith, 22, was making lunch in his Sydney apartment when he found a large diamond python coiled up in a cereal box right next to him.

“It was super weird,” Mr Smith told the Daily Telegraph, adding he didn't hang around after finding the 2m snake.

“I peaked in the box, saw its head pop out and that’s when I dropped my food on the counter and bolted for the door.”

Mr Smith alerted the New South Wales Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) who sent Chris McGreal to retrieve the snakle and returned it to the wild.

“I couldn’t believe it was jammed into this small cereal box,” Mr McGreal said. “When I got there I actually had to tear the box to get it out, that’s how tightly squeezed in it was.

“It’s likely it was hiding in there to feel secure.”