Young girl rushed to hospital after being bitten by venomous snake during picnic

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A young girl was rushed to hospital after being bitten on the finger by a venomous snake while out enjoying an Easter picnic with her family.

The adder bit the schoolgirl, aged eight, on the hand before she was taken to hospital during the Bank Holiday weekend. The girl, whose name has been withheld, had been spending the day with her family at Kinver Edge, on the border between Staffordshire and Worcestershire, on April 16, The Mirror reports.

When the youngster arrived at Birmingham Children's Hospital, doctors administered an intravenous infusion of anti-venom serum.

Fortunately, she is now recovering, but is currently being kept under observation by doctors as a precaution.Her dad, David Rathbone, said: "She had been alerted to the snake's presence by one of our party, and being a plucky girl, she investigated the striking-looking reptile with her finger."Unusually, the snake did not retreat but struck at her finger."She gave out a 'yelp', at which point I grabbed her hand and sucked hard at the wound on the tip of her index finger."The snake still did not retreat.