PICTURES: The RSPCA's most unusual rescues from 2018

A man had a fright when he sat down for breakfast to discover a snake in his cereal box, an animal charity said as it revealed its most surprising rescues of the last year.

It was one of a series of incidents highlighted by the RSPCA as they rounded up their top animal rescues of 2018, including a venomous scorpion, a cat impaled on railings, and a hamster rescued by a hand-crafted ladder after being stuck in a pipe for almost a week.

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A goat who got her head stuck between the bars of a metal fence in Norton, Stockton-on-Teesplaceholder image
A goat who got her head stuck between the bars of a metal fence in Norton, Stockton-on-Tees
A squirrel stuck in a toilet in a house in Southwark, Londonplaceholder image
A squirrel stuck in a toilet in a house in Southwark, London
A cat after falling onto metal railings in London. Miraculously, the railings had narrowly missed his vital organsplaceholder image
A cat after falling onto metal railings in London. Miraculously, the railings had narrowly missed his vital organs
A muntjac deer trapped upside-down between two walls in Bedworth, Warwickshireplaceholder image
A muntjac deer trapped upside-down between two walls in Bedworth, Warwickshire
A fox was found wedged in a front car grille more than 12 hours after being hit in an accidentplaceholder image
A fox was found wedged in a front car grille more than 12 hours after being hit in an accident
A cat who got wedged inside a tumble dryer air vent at her home in Kidderminster, Worcestershireplaceholder image
A cat who got wedged inside a tumble dryer air vent at her home in Kidderminster, Worcestershire
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