Snake found among cutlery
A SNAKE has been rescued after a woman found it in her cutlery drawer as she made a cup of tea.
The woman encountered the reptile when she reached in to find a teaspoon at her home in Coningham Terrace, Aberdeen.
She initially rang police, who called in the Scottish SPCA, which is now caring for the red, black and brown striped milk snake at its Aberdeenshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Drumoak. It is thought that the harmless, non-poisonous reptile is a pet that has escaped from a home nearby.
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Hide AdAnimal rescue officer Lynne Craib said: “We’ve rescued snakes from all sorts of unusual places in recent months , including behind a washing machine and around a lamppost, but this is the first one found in a cutlery drawer.”