“I’d Be Running”: KZN 2-Year-Old Capturing a Snake in a Plastic Container Spooks Mzansi

• A KZN content creator shared a video of a 2-year-old calmly putting a snake into a plastic container
• The child handled a non-venomous brown egg-eater snake under adult supervision
• South Africans were stunned by the toddler's bravery, with many saying they would need 10 minutes, 15 stones and a stick to do what the child did so easily

KZN content creator @Samukelo_Shabane shared a video of a 2-year-old boy handling a snake like it was the most normal thing in the world, leaving South Africans completely spooked. The video was posted on 14 November 2025 with the caption:

"He made it look easy! Have you ever wondered how hard it is to put a snake in a container like that? See how a 2-year-old is calmly doing it. For those who are worried about the kid's safety, yes, the snake in the video is non-venomous (brown egg-eater)."

In the clip, the young child is seen using a 5-litre ice cream container with holes punched into it to keep the snake inside. The toddler opens the lid, takes the snake out, and then puts it back into the container after a bit of a struggle because the snake kept moving around. Once he finally got the snake's whole body inside, he put the lid back on and handed the container to the man recording.

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The funny part is that the child keeps talking to the snake the whole time, telling it to get into the container as if it could hear him. From other videos, it's clear that the man who recorded this owns snakes, which is probably why the child isn't scared of them at all.

Mzansi reacts to the snake skills

Netizens who watched Facebook user @Samukelo_Shabane's video had a lot of questions about the toddler handling the snake:

@tazzansolungu wrote:

"But it has teeth? No way am I touching a snake, venomous or not."

@lesmalles joked:

"And all you adults here would need 10 minutes coupled with 15 stones and a stick."

@nthabisengfelicia asked:

"How does he know he had to catch it through the neck so that the head doesn't turn to bite?"

@hazelmclong said:

"Yhooo, the way I'd be running and screaming, calling my grandmother."

@highnssnonkululeko shared:

"Is this baby not scared of the snake?"

@mashiloanelefa gushed:

"Youngest snake catcher in the world."

More on the pet brown snake

According to TyronePing, the Southern Brown Egg Eater snake is one of three specialist egg-eating snakes found in South Africa. These snakes are around 60-70 cm but can reach up to 1.1 m in length.

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They come in shades of straw yellow, orange, brown and brick red. The brown egg eater is found in Mpumalanga, Limpopo, parts of the Eastern Free State, KZN and into the Eastern Cape. These snakes are non-venomous and practically toothless, feeding only on eggs, which they swallow whole before regurgitating the shell. They can be found in suburban gardens and are completely harmless to humans, making them safe pets when handled properly under adult supervision.

Watch the Facebook clip below:

More snake encounters in SA

• Briefly News recently reported on a man who brought his bakkie to a garage in Windhoek after suspecting something was wrong, only to find a resting reptile underneath the vehicle.
• A Cape Town snake expert left Mzansi stunned after sharing a photo of himself watching rugby with one of the country's most venomous snakes.
• A reshared video showed a massive python that slithered into a man's house while he was working at his computer.

Source: Briefly News