Tamworth snake expert warns that mice-fed snakes are bigger, more venomous than ever

Andrew Messenger
Updated September 27 2021 - 7:53am, first published 5:00am
BE CAREFUL: snake expert David McKinnon warned snakes are bigger and more venomous than usual this year, after the mouse plague. Photo: Gareth Gardner
BE CAREFUL: snake expert David McKinnon warned snakes are bigger and more venomous than usual this year, after the mouse plague. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Snakes are already waking up and they're more venomous than ever, according to a local conservationist.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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