It was a surreal start to the day for a bleary-eyed night shift worker, after he got a lot more than he bargained from his morning cereal. Jarred Smith, 22, woke up at about 3pm last Tuesday and headed into the kitchen at his home in Davidson in Sydney's northern beaches. He took some food out of the fridge and walked over to the kitchen counter when he saw something strange and scaly sticking out of a Corn Flakes box. Scroll down for video . Jarred Smith, from Sydney's northern beaches, got a lot more than he bargained for inside a Corn Flakes box . Jarred said he stared at the box for about 15 seconds before he realised that contained a diamond python snake. 'I thought mum had bought some strange door stopper at first but then I saw the tail end of what looked like a snake and thought "no way its a snake",' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'Then I peeked in the top of the cereal box and its head popped out,' he said. 'I dropped my food and ran out of the kitchen and screamed out to my dad downstairs "dad, there's a snake in the kitchen!".' His father also took a while to comprehend the situation thinking his son meant there was a snake on TV. 'When dad walked in it maneuvered even further into the box that's when I took the video.' Jarred then called the NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) and explained to the lady on the other end of the phone where the slithery reptile was hiding. 'She burst out laughing and said "are you serious? ", he said. The diamond python retreated into the box when Jarred's dad came to see the unexpected surprise . The snake handler turned up minutes later and was surprised to see the size of the python, which he estimated at about one and a half metres long. 'He asked if we minded if put the snake back in our garden which we didn't,'Jarred said. 'The snake wouldn't fall out of the box so he had to rip it and the whole snake dropped out.' 'He was more surprised when he saw it properly because he said it actually looked about two metres long.' Diamond pythons are known for being quite timid and the snake handler told Jarred that the species is harmless and only attacked when aggravated. Although Jarred has never seen a snake before - let alone up so close and personal - he was impressed with how attractive the reptile was. 'He's a good looking snake so if he comes back it's fine - I just didn't expect to find it in my cereal.' The snake handler had to rip open the cereal box to release the snake which was two metres long . Although Jarred has never seen a snake before - let alone up so close and personal - he described the diamond python as 'good looking'
Jarred Smith, 22 had started to prepare his breakfast when he noticed something unusual about his Corn Flakes cereal box . After a few seconds of disbelief, the night shift worker realised that there was a snake in the box . He called NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service for advice on how to remove the slithery reptile . Says the good looking reptile is welcome to return to his house .