Tiger snake
A Sofia city zoo employee shows one-metre long baby tiger python on January 26, 2004. Bulgarian police on Friday arrested a Cypriot man who tried to smuggle out three of the endangered snakes in his hand luggage. The reptiles, given to the Sofia zoo, are banned for trade. Reuters

A three-year-old boy was bitten by a snake in Cranbourne on a one-day trip to the botanical gardens with his family. He was then taken to the Monash Medical Centre.

Melina Sarris, a reporter of 7News, was present at the hospital and said that the boy, Daniel Super, was in an intensive care unit, but he was doing well. She added that he had been given anti-venom and that the staff would be monitoring him constantly.

Melina also posted about the incident on her Twitter page. She wrote:

3 yo Daniel in intensive care after being bitten by a tiger snake today. Details LIVE at 6. @7NewsMelbourne pic.twitter.com/mFJt1fsuHS

— Melina Sarris (@MelinaSarris7) September 28, 2014

When he was bitten, he was with his mother, father and younger sister at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne. He was bitten twice on the ankle by a snake that is said to be tiger snake. The second bite was side to be venomous, but not the first one.

Last Sept 28, around 11 am, the paramedics were called to the gardens and they found that Daniel had suffered bites on his leg. He was immediately treated by them, said a spokesman for Ambulance Victoria.

He was initially taken to the Dandenong Hospital and then transferred to the Monash Medical Centre. His father, Anthony, said that though there were snakes seen around the area, he didn't expect his son, Daniel, to be bitten. It was said that many of the snakes were removed by a snake catcher from the area, close to where Daniel was.

Daniel stepped on the snake without noticing because of which the snake attacked him immediately with bites on his leg. Anthony said that it had happened very quickly.

According to The Age, snakes had become active because of the sunny weather. Last Sept 28, the temperature had gone up to around 28 degrees in Melbourne.

A news report by The Weekly Review City in 2013 wrote that authorities had warned the public to be alert for snakes because they seem to thrive in the summers of Melbourne. A snake catcher, Raymond Hoser, said that during spring and summer, he had caught about 400-500 snakes.

He explained that tiger snakes are all deadly. He also said that resident should call a certified snake catcher and that the number of snake bite incidents were on the rise since 2013.