A Southern California family is urging people to stay alert after their 3-year-old daughter was bitten by a rattlesnake hiding beneath an Amazon package outside their home, the latest in a string of snakebite incidents during an unusually active season across the state.The frightening encounter comes weeks after a hiker was airlifted from a remote Ventura County trail following a rattlesnake bite.Earlier this year, Ventura County firefighters told Fox News Digital they had responded to seven rattlesnake bites in roughly a month, with officials attributing the increase to warmer weather that has driven snakes out earlier than usual.Manuel Barajas said his daughter, Addy, ran outside after her mother told her an Amazon package had been delivered and tossed over the family's front gate.As the 3-year-old reached for the padded envelope, a Southern Pacific rattlesnake concealed beneath it bit her on the left hand.TOURIST DIES AT LUXURY RESORT AFTER COBRA FROM SNAKE SHOW CLIMBS UP PANTS, BITES HIM: POLICEA Southern Pacific rattlesnake is held by a wrangler in Landers, Calif.
A 3-year-old California girl was recently bitten by the species after it hid beneath an Amazon package outside her home.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, File)Her mother rushed Addy toward a nearby grocery store parking lot, where paramedics met the family before transporting her to a local hospital.
She was later transferred to a pediatric intensive care unit, where she spent two days receiving additional doses of antivenom.Wildlife experts say an unusually warm spring has fueled increased rattlesnake activity across California this year, contributing to a rise in snakebite incidents and three reported snakebite deaths statewide.The latest incident follows several other serious encounters this year.In May, a woman hiking in Ventura County was airlifted to a hospital after suffering a rattlesnake bite on a remote trail.
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