Snake bite

The young child's survival was touch and go as doctors treated him with first aid, prescribed antihistamines, hormonal and blood-thinning drugs.

The Indian cobra stretched open its jaws to consume the creature whole after a fight between the two snakes.

Elijah Bustamante was bitten by a water moccasin and was treated with seven bags of antivenom in the ICU.

The snake charmer had already caught and killed one snake that day, before catching another and playing with it.

Rachel Myrick said her condition, considered to be more painful than childbirth, means the slightest touch feels like she's "on fire from deep in the bones."

The 49-year-old Charles County resident was found dead in January this year at a property where numerous snakes, including rattlesnakes, were kept.

The 11-year-old boy began vomiting as the venom took hold of his body, and was left with a severe bite wound.

Footage shows snake catchers trying to catch an eastern brown snake after it was found in a child's bedroom.

The man was almost bitten by a red-bellied black snake he was recovering from the backyard of a home in Queensland, Australia.

Half of U.S. snake bites are the result of people provoking the reptiles on purpose, researchers say.

The pregnant red-bellied black snake was spotted on a residential property where events are regularly held.

"Always flush the toilet before sitting down in countries notorious for their snake population," Urology Case Reports warned.

The highly venomous snake was doing its best to stay hidden beneath kayaks.

The hiker said his "entire foot looked like a giant sausage."

The California-based snake enthusiast initially thought it was only a "love tap"—until he took a closer look at his arm.

The 4-year-old mastiff cross, Ruby, began showing signs of improvement on the morning of the wedding.

After deciding to bite a poisonous snake in revenge for biting his leg, the 45-year-old visited a traditional healer nearby instead of seeking medical attention from a doctor.

"It was right in my ankle and I felt a really sharp, stinging pain," the 21-year-old said. "Then I saw the snake right on the trail."

The 65-year-old reportedly picked up the snake and began chewing on it in retaliation for being bitten earlier.

"This could be pretty devastating...We can't afford to lose [snakes] as a whole," one expert said in 2017.

Medical professionals told the schoolgirl's mother they had "never seen anything like this."

A man was bitten on his genitals by a snake hiding inside his toilet bowl in Austria on Monday, with local police saying that the 65-year-old was surprised to feel "a 'tweak' in the area of genitals" after sitting down.

"It felt like I broke my hand...plus with fire pain going through my hand," the teen girl said.

"The amount of times that snake bit her, was enough to kind of sedate an elephant at this point basically," the girl's mom alleged.

Marley, a Labrador, got between his owner Alex Loredo, and the venomous snake and was bitten in the process.

A woman was arrested Monday for drowning her stepchildren after initially claiming that a poisonous snake bite killed them. She told family members she no longer wanted the responsibility of raising the children.

Researchers in India made the concerning discovery, with their findings made public earlier this year.

An NC woman, got a big shock on Saturday when she disturbed a snake hiding in her bushes. The snake struck her and, in an effort to save herself from a second attack, she toppled off the six-foot ladder.

The Palm Springs Mounted Police Search and Rescue team jumped into action to save the child, who was then taken to a nearby medical facility.

The ASPCA estimates there may be over 100,000 venomous snake bites that occur in dogs and cats every year and the mortality rate ranges from 1 to 30 percent.