Monday, October 3, 2005. 11:00am (AEST)
A toddler in South Australia has survived a snake bite at a popular holiday destination in the state's south-east.
The three-year-old boy is believed to have been playing on the beach at Robe yesterday afternoon when he was bitten on the foot by a tiger snake.
SA Ambulance spokesman Glen Sparks says the victim was extremely lucky.
"The thing to bear in mind with snake bites is most people tend not to die with snake bites, they can make you quite ill," he said.
"It really depends on where the bite is, how much venom is injected and your physical body size and obviously the smaller you are the more effect the venom can have, and the fact that he was treated fairly quickly is certainly a good sign."
A toddler in South Australia has survived a snake bite at a popular holiday destination in the state's south-east.
The three-year-old boy is believed to have been playing on the beach at Robe yesterday afternoon when he was bitten on the foot by a tiger snake.
SA Ambulance spokesman Glen Sparks says the victim was extremely lucky.
"The thing to bear in mind with snake bites is most people tend not to die with snake bites, they can make you quite ill," he said.
"It really depends on where the bite is, how much venom is injected and your physical body size and obviously the smaller you are the more effect the venom can have, and the fact that he was treated fairly quickly is certainly a good sign."
