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.

Employees at a New Hampshire grocery store had to call in authorities after discovering a venomous snake in a container of bananas on Feb. 15. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Law Enforcement Division said that the reptile was an ornate cat-eyed snake,

An 18-inch Ornate Cat-eyed snake was found in a box of bananas at a New Hampshire grocery store on Friday, according to Rainforest Reptile Shows.

We’re learning new details about how a venomous snake might have wound up in a banana shipment at a New Hampshire Market Basket store last week. The snake slithered its way into a shipment of bananas from South America several days ago and was discovered on Saturday at a Market Basket in Manchester.