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Snakes parcel at South African post office

Clerks at a South African post office fled for safety when they emptied a mail bag and a white python came slithering out.

The one metre long non-venomous snake was one of four sent this week in an express parcel that arrived at the Sabie Post Office, about 300 km northeast of Johannesburg, postal officials said on Wednesday.

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