MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — 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. Snake catcher Dylan Cooper arrived that afternoon. Stein helped rake away mulch as Cooper bagged 102 pregnant and newborn snakes.

A homeowner in Australia received quite the horrific shock when he called reptile experts after spotting a few snakes in his backyard. However, a search of the property turned up over 100 of the slithery creatures, which turned out to be venomous red-bellied black snakes.

An animal rescue service in Australia expected to remove four red-bellied snakes from the backyard of a Sydney home. Instead, they uncovered more than 100.