An employee at Market Basket in Manchester found the ornate cat-eyed snake inside a shipment. The snake is now being handled by rescue organizations.

An "unwanted hitchhiker" was found in a box of bananas at a New Hampshire grocery store on Friday, according to Rainforest Reptile Shows. A store employee at Market Basket in Manchester ...

An employee at Market Basket in Manchester, New Hampshire found a snake inside the package, according to Mack Ralbovsky, the Vice President of Rainforest Reptile Shows. Rainforest Reptile Shows ...

The snake was safely recovered and rehoused with the Rainforest Reptile Shows in Massachusetts. Ecuador, where the hitchhiking snake is native to, is the largest exporter of bananas in the world.

Unharmed, the snake has since found a new home with Beverly-based Rainforest Reptile Shows. “In general, these situations are uncommon, but they do happen,” explained Mack Ralbovsky ...