British woman finds snake in broccoli

by Joe DiStefano, Posted Apr 7th 2006 @ 10:02AM

Tina Cosby got quite a surprise when she took the broccoli she bought the day before at Tesco out of her refrigerator. Nestled amid the florets was a footlong snake.

Cosby, who has a fear of spiders, was hysterical when she saw the European smooth snake. While the snakes are not poisonous, she's lucky it was only a baby. They're known to grow up to three feet long. Tesco has apologized to the family, and has assurances from its suppliers in Spain that this will not happen again.

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Filed Under: Food Oddities, Ingredients
Tags: british isles, broccoli, europe, European smooth snake, EuropeanSmoothSnake, groceries, oddities, snake, snakes, supermarkets, Tesco, vegetables

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4-10-2006 @11:06AM Cassie said... I was shucking an ear of corn bought from a grocery store last summer and there was a snake inside, it about scared me to death. I threw it in the bag and ran outside dumping it in the woods. It really grossed me out!!!
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4-10-2006 @5:04PM Rob Leslie said... MORE WANTS MORE. Don't you think that the money the Sun Newspaper gave to this lady is adequate? I do. Let's face it, we're not talking about �50 here! I'm sure that Tesco will compensate. But let's not go over the top folks, no real damage here!
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