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Venomous snake found inside shipment of bananas at New Hampshire grocery store

A venomous ornate cat-eye snake from Ecuador was found in a shipment of bananas at a New Hampshire grocery store on Saturday, according to state wildlife officials.
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department responded to a call about a reptile sighting in the banana shipment.
The snake was safely recovered and rehoused with the Rainforest Reptile Shows in Massachusetts.
Ecuador is the largest exporter of bananas in the world, exporting $4.51 billion worth of bananas in 2023, according to the Observatory for Economic Complexity.

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