Kyle
Cummings, three, found the eggs near his home in Townsville, Queensland,
several days ago and put them in a plastic container before tucking them away.
On
Monday his mother found seven newly hatched eastern brown snakes in the
container.
The
snakes, which are highly venomous, have since been released into the wild.
The
reptiles were only 12-15cm long, according to Trish Prendergast of North
Queensland Wildlife Care, who released the snakes.
"Their
fangs are only a few millimetres long at that age, so they probably couldn't
break the skin, but they're just as venomous as full-grown snakes," she
told the Associated Press news agency.
The
eastern brown snake is second only to the Inland Taipan when it comes to venom.
In
September a Sydney teenager survived a bite on the hand from an Inland Taipan.
He was rushed to hospital and given anti-venom.
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