Sydney man finds snake in lettuce bought at supermarket

A pale-headed snake is photographed in Sydney (Gary Pattinson/WIRES via AP)

A shopper thought he was watching a huge worm writhing in a plastic-wrapped lettuce he had just brought home from a supermarket in Australia – until a snake tongue flicked.

“I kind of completely freaked out when I saw this little tongue come out of its mouth and start flicking around and realised it was a snake because worms don’t have tongues,” Alex White said on Thursday.