An unexpected shipment was delivered to a pet store in Philadelphia on Tuesday, prompting the owner to immediately take action and find a solution.

According to reports, pet shop owner Mark Arabia discovered that they got a shipment containing a dead human body instead of their usual stock of tropical fish and salt water. He said they usually receive the items by air cargo that’s why it did not occur to him that he’ll encounter something unusual.

Arabia owns the Pets Plus store located in northeastern part of Philadelphia. He said that he was informed that the body was of a 65-year old man who lived in San Diego, California who died of Alzheimer’s Disease. The body was supposed to have been sent to a laboratory in Allentown for medical research.

US Airways, the carrier of the mixed up shipment, released a statement of apology saying that “verbal miscommunication” took place between the cargo official and delivery driver.

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