Exotic Snakebites On The Rise In U.K., New Study Reports

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 Clinical Toxicology. This is unusual, but according to the U.K. National Poisons Information Service (NPIS), no children were severely harmed. However, nine patients had been bitten twice, and one had been bitten three times.