For decades, Raymond Hoser, better known as The Snake Man, has been the Snake Catcher Melbourne.
In Victoria, the snake catcher near me has been keeping people safe from venomous snakes for more than 40 years.
Before that, he kept Sydney people safe from snakes.
Of course it is not possible for Raymond Hoser to catch and relocate snakes in all parts of Australia, so he has trained thousands of other people to also be able to handle the world's venomous snakes safely.
Raymond Hoser is the idiot who will answer the phone at 3AM in the morning to go across a city to rescue a snake from a bedroom.
In fact at 2 AM on 20 April 2021, Raymond Hoser caught a snake in a bedroom on the 13th floor of an apartment building at 250 Elizebth Street, Melbourne, CBD.
It turned out that the snake was an escaped pet from a firl who lived on floor 14 of the same building.
In the same week, the Melbourne Snake Catcher, Raymond Hoser also caught a white python, being another escaped pet in Toorak and this was followed by another escaped pet python in the outer suburb of East Ringwood.
Normally when doing snake removal work, Raymond Hoser catches deadly Tiger Snakes, Copperheads and Brown Snakes, which as a trio of species account for the vast majority of snakes found in and around Melbourne, based on outright number caught.
In the 1980's Raymond Hoser would catch more Tiger Snakes than all other species combined.
But over the decades since, the balance has steadily shifted away from Tiger Snakes, with Copperheads now being more commonly caught than Tiger Snakes.
Numbers of Brown Snakes are on the rise, especially in the north eastern suburbs, while Black Snakes are turning up with increasing frequency.
Not native to Melbourne proper, the Black Snakes frequently hitch rides in cars into the city environs.
Added to this is the fact that in at least two Melbourne suburbs (Seaford and Langwarrin) Black Snakes are now established in feral breeding populations which are slowly expanding.
It is also reasonable to expect a similar situation to emerge in the inner suburbs where bushland occurs in coming years.
Working as a snake catcher doing snake removal work is not dangerous when one is properly trained and follows correct procedures.
Raymond Hoser says that being a snake catcher is also a great way to learn more about snakes while being paid to do snake removal work.
He also does snake handler reptile shows for schools and events, teaching others about snakes, snake awareness and wildlife conservation.
Of course an important part of almost every Australian ecosystem are the venomous snakes.