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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 Wh...