Over 300 exotic snakebites have been reported in the U.K., including 72 children.
Over the last decade, over 300 exotic snake bites have been reported in the U.K., including 72 children — 13 under the age of five, according to a new study in. This is unusual, but according to the U.K. National Poisons Information Service , no children were severely harmed. However, nine patients had been bitten twice, and one had been bitten three times.
"The prospect of being bitten by an exotic snake is still remote, with bites typically occurring in those keeping such snakes as part of their occupation or hobby," says lead author Pardeep Jagpal, from the NPIS in a 9.3 percent of bites were by Viperidae species, including western diamondback rattlesnakes and copperheads.
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