Fresh vegetables at Edeka?
No problem.
In Berlin, however, an article had a very special supplement that caused sheer horror - and raised questions.
Berlin - Whether at Edeka or other supermarkets: Food from the vegetable shelf should be fresh and healthy - and this expectation is fulfilled in the vast majority of cases.
What a consumer experienced in Berlin on May 16, however, is curious.
Because you are usually only confronted with queues at the supermarket checkout.
After reaching for a broccoli, the customer discovered an elongated side dish in the shrink-wrapped product that was certainly not on the packaging description: a snake.
As
Bild.de
describes, the store management moved in and notified the fire brigade.
She had arrived with six emergency services and took care of the fortunately still living find.
Edeka offers vegetables with reptile - shrink-wrapped broccoli with a snake
According to the information, the police who were called then brought the reptile, which had been left in the packaging as a precaution, to a Berlin animal shelter.
Upon request, a spokeswoman told the portal: “The adder was sitting between the florets and the trunk.
The vets have made a species identification, it is a non-poisonous viper snake. "
By the way, their relatives from Italy also take a liking to Germany.
Scientists have now determined that they are crossing the Alps to enter Bavaria:
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Edeka: The customer uses broccoli - an exceptional side dish from Spain
The origin of the broccoli offered by Edeka and thus also the snake could already be clarified beforehand.
They are imported vegetables from Spain.
The little adder, who was still young and about 15 centimeters long, also went on the journey unnoticed.
Adult creatures of this type can be reported to be almost 90 centimeters.
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Unpacked and not at Edeka: a viper snake in the wild.
© Jean E. Roche / imago-images
The specimen belonging to the genus of European water snakes can now recover from the exertions in the quarantine station of the exotic house in the Berlin animal shelter.
(PF)