The three-metre long reptile was seen slinking through a spice section of a Woolworths in Sydney this week. Shopper Helaina Alati was looking for spices when she turned her head and saw the diamond python "just 20cm from my face". She said it was initially curled up behind the spices and that dozens of people "must have walked past it". Woolworths staff "reacted quickly and calmly" to cordon off the area to keep customers safer, a supermarket spokesperson said. Image: Facebook/Hilary Leigh) Facebook/Hilary Leigh)Helaina said: "It’s lucky I was the one it popped out too.

Source: Daily Mirror August 17, 2021 19:14 UTC