A snake covered in more than 500 paralysis ticks was found in someone's pool in Queensland, Australia, but it's expected to survive

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• A carpet python was found in the pool of a home in Coolangatta on the Gold Coast on Thursday.
• The snake was covered in more than 500 paralysis ticks.
• Tony Harrison from Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher posted a Facebook Live video of the recovery of the reptile.
• “What happens is, in Mother Nature animals can live in harmony with parasites both internal and external,” Harrison says.
• “If something happens to them the parasites get the better of them. He’s got hundreds of paralysis ticks on him. That’s why he’s in the water, he’s trying to drown them.”

A carpet python was found in the pool of a home in Coolangatta on the Gold Coast on Thursday afternoon.

What made the discovery unique, however, was that the snake was covered in more than 500 paralysis ticks.

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