Snakes on Film

This is not the Fierce Snake (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), the most venomous snake in the world; the late great Steve Irwin would never have been so foolish as to use a real one for a mere FedEx advert. It does, however, look like he’s using a Black-headed Python (Aspidites melanocephalus), a harmless snake from northern Australia, as a stand-in.