If you find the weekly shop a mindless task you might want to consider moving to South Africa where even picking up a carton of milk is fraught with danger.

A shopper in Komatipoort discovered exactly that last week when instead of the yoghurt she had been intending to pick out a Spar fridge she found a 12ft snake instead.

Shop staff believe the African Rock Python had snuck into the shop through the roof or drains before ending up in the dairy section.

Fortunately, for the shopper it was fast asleep having almost gone into a state of hibernation in the cold section of the fridge.

It was safely recovered by a snake catcher and will be released in Kruger National Park.

Manageress Martie Esnouf told the Mail Online: ‘I don’t know it got in there but it could have come in through the roof or the drains and it ended up in the shop fridge.

‘We have a lot of bush behind the shops and there are lots of snakes in there. We were telling people not to panic and reassuring them that it was safe.

‘The last thing we wanted to do is hurt it and it will be released safely in the wild’.

The African Rock python is non venomous and crushes its victims in its coils.

Source:
courtesy of METRO

by Toby Meyjes

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