Snake on a train! Serpent spooks passengers on express train

Passengers on an express railway train running along the eastern coast of Taiwan were startled Monday by an unexpected traveler -- a snake, which was spotted slithering in the aisle and then caught right before the train reached its destination of Hualien.

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