Deadly Snake Bites Child s Feet After Hiding in Her Bed
On 2/2/21 at 8:05 AM EST
A 10-year-old girl in Australia was hospitalized on Monday night after sustaining two massive bites from a deadly snake while in bed.
The child urgently required anti-venom and was transferred to a local hospital by St John Ambulance paramedics who were called to a home in Desert Springs, a suburb of the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs, at approximately 10 p.m. on Monday.
She was found to have been bitten on both feet by a mulga snake, also known as a king brown, estimated to be more than three feet in length by a local snake catcher.
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