Exotic snake bites in the United Kingdom have "soared" over the last decade as the exotic pet's popularity grows, according to a peer-reviewed study published in Clinical Toxicology.
Apr 16, 2021 04:18 PM EDT
A Sydney couple was very frightened when they found an uncommon venomous snake in a bag of supermarket lettuce - but they recovered and then used the fresh produce in a salad wrap.
After discovering the baby pale-headed snake, Alexander White had so many thoughts that were troubling: What if the snake came from something else?
(Photo : Mark Broadhurst)
The young pale-headed snake (
Hoplocephalus bitorquatus), was folded into a two-pack of cos lettuce which Alexander White and Amelie Neate - his wife, bought from an Aldi supermarket in Sydney on Monday.
Alexander White said: It was moving all over and pulling its tiny tongue out. It was the tongue of the snake that allowed me to know it was not a giant worm. I would have been more relaxed with a worm, to be sincere.
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