A BABY brown snake has shocked shoppers today when it slithered into Muswellbrook's IGA store on Brook Street.
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Local police and a ranger were called to the scene as the offender attempted to make its escape from the supermarket.
It eventually tried to cross the road but didn't wait for the lights to change, bringing about a fatal end to its journey.
The brown snake is considered the second most deadly snake in the world behind the inland taipan.
ESCAPE ATTEMPT: The snake leaving the IGA store earlier today. PIC: Mark Adnum.