Forklift driver finds deadly saw-scaled viper in Salford brickyard
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent from on (#5T9RY)
Highly venomous snake apparently survived 4,000-mile journey from Pakistan in shipment of bricks
When Ryan King was called about reports of a saw-scaled viper found in a brickyard he was doubtful. They are among the world's deadliest snakes and they don't tend to live in Salford.
The RSPCA inspector, however, quickly realised he was wrong. It was indeed a saw-scaled viper, and it had apparently survived a 4,000-mile trip from Pakistan in a shipment of bricks.
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