Boy, You Can Get ANYTHING At Wal-Mart

When they say they carry everything, they're not kidding:

ROCKLEDGE -- You've heard of snakes on a plane. But what about snakes at the Wal-Mart?

A Rockledge man bitten by a pygmy rattlesnake demanded Thursday that the retail giant do something to protect customers from the poisonous reptiles that are somehow slithering into its garden centers.

John Page, 41, whose right pinkie finger was mangled by an 18-inch snake at a Brevard County Wal-Mart in November, said he never fathomed being attacked while buying potted plants.

But what he found even more startling, Page said, was that it has happened to at least seven other Wal-Mart shoppers nationwide, and the giant retailer is doing nothing to protect people.

"When the floor is wet, they put up a cone [warning customers] that it's slippery and to use caution," he said. "But there are no signs trying to prevent this from happening again.

However, they do have everyday low prices on a wide variety of poisonous reptiles.