A woman got the biggest scare when she opened a lettuce. When she opened the vegetable garden she found a snake hidden among the leaves. The case took place in Catalão, in the interior of Goiás.
As published on the G1 website, Guiomar Pereira was preparing lettuce to make a lunchtime salad at the house where she works. The boss, Uilton Cezar, said he bought the vegetable and left it on top of the kitchen counter.
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Soon after, Guiomar picked up the food to prepare lunch and noticed that there was something moving between the leaves. It was then that she noticed the presence of the snake and became desperate.
“I separated the lettuce that had the snake trapped between the leaves of the others. So, I called the fire department and waited at the door”, Uilton told G1.
According to the publication, the snake that was in the lettuce was a nightjar. The name may even scare, but this snake only took the colors of the scales and the shape of the head of its dangerous cousin.
In fact, the nightjar is super peaceful. They rarely attack humans and prefer to stay hidden, in them, waiting for their prey: slugs and small molluscs. And besides, they don't have venom. In other words, they are not poisonous.
As a defense mechanism, they curl up on themselves, protecting the head and flattening it, giving it a triangular shape.
Incredibly, yes. This specific species loves to stay in vegetable gardens and plantations. This is because the pit viper feeds on small slugs, which are pests in these places.
Also, the leaves are a perfect hiding place for these little critters.
They are mostly found in the southeast and northeast of Brazil. However, it is also common to see them in some regions of the south and center-west of the country – as was the case of this little girl who was in the lettuce in Catalão (GO).
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