Some of the red-belly black snakes, which have litters between 4 and 35 offspring, were giving birth while being captured.

Reptile handlers recovered 102 venomous red-bellied black snakes from a mulch pile at a property in Sydney, a discovery that has baffled experts. View on euronews

Pregnant red-bellied black snakes tend to pile on top of each other; two of the adults gave birth to 29 babies as they were being rounded up.

An Australian man has described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney garden. David Stein called Reptile Relocation Sydney after watching around six snakes slither into the mulch.

A man described feeling “the shudders” as more than 100 venomous red-bellied black snakes were removed from a pile of mulch in his Sydney backyard