Lizard made class pet after it was found in student salad

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January 27, 2016 3:35 PM

A primary school in New Jersey has a new pet after the lizard was discovered in a student's salad.

Lizard made class pet after it was found in student salad

A primary school in New Jersey has a new pet after the lizard was discovered in a student's salad.

Riverside Elementary School science teacher Mark Eastburn told NJ.com that the green anole lizard was found in a vegetable salad last week by a kindergartner.

The lizard had been cold and lifeless after being confined in a refrigerator for days, but has since been warmed and lives in a cage in Eastburn's class.

"It's a really fitting mascot for our science lab," he said.

"It probably has some moderate adaptation to the cold which is why it made it through," Eastburn added.

The salad had been bought from Whole Earth Center, a natural foods store in Princeton.

Mike Atkinson, the store's produce manager, said the greens are cleaned as they're stocked and that the lizard must've been tucked away in a leaf.

"I've been in produce for 17 years and I've never heard of a lizard making it to the customer," Atkinson said.

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