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Snake on a bus startles passengers
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-01-22 10:15

Passengers riding in an express bus became horrified when a green bamboo snake suddenly emerged from a bag.

The poisonous snake crawled out of a passenger's bag as the bus traveled on the Huanghuang expressway in Hubei province on Tuesday.

The coach eventually pulled over on the expressway's service road and police were called in to capture it.

The snake went into hibernation when it was taken on board by a passenger surnamed Chen but woke up when the temperature increased.