"Gavin Fletcher of Bonython got quite a surprise when the “ball of rope rolling around” on a walking track turned out to be two of Australia's most venomous snakes locked in a deadly duel."
To learn more about snakes, and reptiles generally, be sure to head over to Snakes Alive! at the Australian National Botanic Gardens which is running from 20 - 26 January 2014. Learn more about Snakes Live! here.