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'Big mother of a snake' photobombs mum's snap of two-year-old daughter

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A mum got the shock of her life when taking a photo of her daughter this week.

Bianca Dickinson, from Kaniva, in the Wimmera, took a picture of her two-year-old daughter Molly as they waited for Molly's older siblings to get off the school bus on Wednesday afternoon.

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Mother relives deadly snake photobomb

Bianca Dickinson relives the frightening moment she realised that her two-year-old daughter, Molly, was just centimeters away from a two-metre long brown snake.

Two-year-old Molly poses for a picture as she and her mother wait for the school bus.

Two-year-old Molly poses for a picture as she and her mother wait for the school bus. Photo: Bianca Dickinson 2017/Wimmera Mail Times

At first, nothing seemed out of place.

But then Ms Dickinson looked closer and saw a two-metre long brown snake just centimetres away from her daughter.

Ms Dickinson thought she noticed a bit of bark flying off a nearby tree out the corner of her eye.

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"It was really windy," she said.

"Then I looked up out of the camera to see where the bark went and saw a big mother of a snake."

Luckily, Molly didn't even notice the snake behind her.

On closer inspection the brown snake becomes obvious.

On closer inspection the brown snake becomes obvious. Photo: Bianca Dickinson 2017/Wimmera Mail Times

"I'm surprised it didn't touch her, it was so close," Mrs Dickinson said.

"I checked her for bite marks still."

Mrs Dickinson said it was a good reminder that snakes are still active, even when it was not a hot day.

The eastern brown snake is considered the second deadliest land snake in the world.

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