Shopper buys bunch of broccoli – then sees something moving close to the stem
As per Sky News, the ladder snake is native to south west Europe, including countries such as Portugal, Spain, and France. The species is not venomous, though it can deliver a serious bite.
When Neville realized what he’d found was too big to be a caterpillar or some other sort of insect, he placed it in a container and returned it to the store.
“The guy in the shop was pretty frightened too,” he recalled.
Neville was reportedly offered compensation by Aldi, though he was dissatisfied with the figure on the table.
“It’s just not good enough,” he said. “The implications for us if it had got out in the house are huge. Plus, I’m phobic of snakes so there’s the emotional impact of that too.”
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