Toddler has lucky escape from snake collection

An Australian toddler has had a lucky escape after collecting eggs from one of the world’s most deadly snakes and watching them hatch in his wardrobe.

Kyle Cumming, 3, found the eggs from the eastern brown snake in the backyard of his Townsville home in Queensland state several weeks ago and took them inside, reportedly with the help of his mother.

But when the slithering mass of baby snakes — second only to the inland taipan as the most venomous on Earth — emerged inside a sealed takeaway container his mum decided enough was enough and called in the experts.