Employees at a southern New Hampshire grocery store uncovered an unexpected passenger in a banana shipment over the weekend: a venomous snake native to South America.

An employee at Market Basket in Manchester found the ornate cat-eyed snake inside a shipment. The snake is now being handled by rescue organizations.

Employees at a local grocery store in southern New Hampshire had an unexpected visitor when unloading a shipment at their store. While unpacking a shipment of bananas Saturday, employees found a venomous Ornate Cat-Eyed Snake, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game .

We’re learning new details about how a venomous snake might have wound up in a banana shipment at a New Hampshire Market Basket store last week. The snake slithered its way into a shipment of bananas from South America several days ago and was discovered on Saturday at a Market Basket in Manchester.