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Australian man finds 2 huge pythons in home after they crash through kitchen ceiling

It is believed the pythons were 2 males fighting over a mate

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A man in Australia discovered two massive pythons slithering in his home Monday after the snakes crashed through his kitchen ceiling under their combined weight.

David Tait, who lives in Laceys Creek in Queensland state, came home to find a large chunk of his ceiling had collapsed onto his kitchen table.

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"I knew we hadn’t had rain, so I looked around to find what had caused it,” Tait told Australia’s Nine Network television on Tuesday.

He didn’t have to look far. Tait found the culprits – a pair of nonvenomous carpet pythons – slithering through his bedroom and living room.

Tait found the snakes in his bedroom and living room before calling snake catcher Steven Brown.

Tait found the snakes in his bedroom and living room before calling snake catcher Steven Brown. (Steven Brown/Brisbane North Snake Catchers and Relocation via AP)

The snakes measured 9 feet and 8 feet long, respectively, and had an estimated combined weight of 100 pounds.

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Snake catcher Steven Brown, who was called to remove the two snakes, believes they were having a fight leading up to the ceiling collapse.

Steven Brown handles two python snakes at a home in Laceys Creek, Australia, Monday after they crashed through the homeowners' kitchen ceiling.

Steven Brown handles two python snakes at a home in Laceys Creek, Australia, Monday after they crashed through the homeowners' kitchen ceiling. (Steven Brown/Brisbane North Snake Catchers and Relocation via AP)

“I would assume that it was two males fighting over a female that was nearby in the roof,” Brown said.

The males were returned to the wild, but Brown said the suspected third snake could still be in Tait’s ceiling or nearby.

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Brown told the BBC the two pythons were of “exceptional size” compared to others he commonly finds and warned that snakes will become more active as breeding season gets underway and temperatures rise during Australia’s summer.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.