The artist, Jordan Lucky, was putting the final touches on his latest sprawling mural at Mayfield on Saturday as he mused about an encounter with a red-bellied black snake.
"I just gently picked up its tail and put a hand under its belly," he said, "And it didn't mind at all; it was so relaxed and chill and then I let it go, and it curled up, and we just stood for a second making some solid eye contact.
