A globe-trotting gecko has accidentally made the trip from Egypt to England after hitching a ride in a container of strawberries.
The tiny traveler was discovered by Nikata Moran, who bought a box of strawberries at her local Lidl supermarket in Manchester, England, on January 18, according to a news release from RSPCA, a British animal welfare organization.
"I got the strawberries out of the fridge and saw something move out of the corner of my eye and thought it was a spider or something," said Moran in the release. "When I looked again I saw this tiny gecko, I couldn't believe it. It seemed very alert, so I managed to get it onto a spoon and pop it into a plastic container, where it moved very, very fast."
"Apart from the little piece of tail, which I found in the punnet, it seemed uninjured, I just can't get over the journey it had, ending up in my kitchen!" said the 29-year-old nurse. The reptile was first taken to the Ashleigh Veterinary Centre, which has experience caring for exotic animals, and then to Reptilia Exotic Animal Rescue in Ossett, West Yorkshire.
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