<p>A tennis match in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/australia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australia</a> got delayed this weekend as one of the most venomous snakes in the world made a surprise appearance on the court.</p>
<p>Tennis player Dominic Thiem, who won the U.S. Open in 2020, was facing off against Australian rival James McCabe in a qualifying round at the Brisbane International 0n Saturday when the serpent intruder showed up.</p>
<p>Officials suspended the match when spectators caught a glimpse of the uninvited guest, identified as an eastern brown snake, and called in a local expert to scoop it up, according to 9 News Australia.</p>
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<p>Lucas Perrett, the snake catcher who answered the call, said officials put down a tarp and the snake slithered underneath in an apparent bid to get away from the crowd.</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s an eastern brown,&#8221; Perrett said of the little critter. &#8220;He is the second-most venomous snake in the world.&#8221;</p>
<p>The newscast showed images of Perrett walking court-side with the snake bagged at the end of a short stick. He received a round of applause once the reptile was squared away, and he took a video to show to his family.</p>
<p>&#8220;My wife is a massive tennis fan. We actually have tickets for next Saturday and Sunday and when I texted [to say] I&#8217;m going to pick up a snake from the Brisbane International, she went, &#8216;No way, get me an autograph,'&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Thiem had just lost a set to McCabe when the snake disrupted the game, but he made a comeback and clinched victory after the match got back underway.</p>
<p>“I really love animals, especially exotic ones,” Thiem said, <a href="https://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/2023/12/thiem-saves-multiple-match-points-to-slither-into-final-qualifying-round/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the Brisbane International website</a>. “But they said it was a really poisonous snake and it was close to the ballkids, so it was a really dangerous situation.</p>
<p>He added, &#8220;It’s something that has never happened to me and is something I’ll definitely never forget.&#8221;</p>
<p>As <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/30/sport/dominic-thiem-snake-brisbane-international-spt-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported by CNN</a>, the Australian Museum <a href="https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/eastern-brown-snake/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says the eastern brown snake</a> — one of <a href="https://australian.museum/learn/animals/dangerous-animals/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">many dangerous animals</a> in the land Down Under — &#8220;has the unfortunate distinction of causing more deaths from snake bite than any other species of snake in Australia&#8221; with a cocktail of toxins that can lead to &#8220;progressive paralysis and uncontrollable bleeding.&#8221;</p>

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