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A grocery run turned into a snake rescue for an Australian woman when she was greeted by a python poking out from a supermarket shelf. Helaina Alati, 25, was at a Sydney store on Monday when the 3m non-venomous snake slithered out. The Woolworths supermarket lies on the edge of a large expanse of bushland on the city's north- west outskirts. But encountering a snake in the spice aisle is not what Ms Alati expected. Fortunately for both parties, Ms Alati is a wildlife rescuer and familiar with snakes. "I just turned my head and he was about 20cm from my face, just looking straight at me," she told the BBC. She did a double-take but remained calm. No one else was around. Recognising it instantly as a diamond python, Ms Alati knew it wasn't venomous as it protruded and flicked its tongue. "He was looking straight at me the whole time, almost like he was saying: 'Can you take me outside please?'" she said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-58253378

Apparently the pythons like to shelter in the ceiling of the store—the warmth from the lights etc I guess—but this one somehow slithered out of the ceiling onto the spice racks.

I'm switching to coles :D

A Woolworths outlet had a Kookaburra the other night as well. Took a while but they finally got it coming down to take bits of meat and took longer to cover it and take it outside.

I was eating lunch in a Chinese restaurant in town when a pigeon walked in, walked past our table and later walked out again.

Restaurant staff told me that a pigeon does that most days—the front door is usually open.

I joked to a niece that the staff were relaxed about the pigeon eating in the restaurant because it had left a deposit.