“first of all the lifeguard did get an ambulance as they went to hospital in one.. secondly with regards to picking up the child, i know haylie personally and at only 4ft 11inches and being very petite i dont really think picking up an 8 year old child and carrying her down a cliff is very safe to be honest is it. also you saying im the king of being opinionated really made me chuckle. i am mearly standing up for a good woman who is being slagged off by clearly a bunch of very pathetic and disillusioned people who have nothing better to do. in the real world MISTAKES HAPPEN”

“chris from plym
im not sure anyone here is saying daisy's mum is unfit to be a parent, but she is no was, a little silly in letting her child pick up wild life in spain, thats where daisy apparently got the habit, mum apears not to realise the danger of poison snakes in spain, this wasnt a child being daring with friends and then get bit for the effort, this was a child doing what she thought was ok, and thats the point i think that people are trying to make, it is never ok to pick up wild life, watch and coo and take pics is fine but dont pick them up, they bite!. and parents should teach that. and if a child gets bitten by a snake pick them up and carry them, not make them walk.
the life guard should have recomended calling an ambulance.

i am sure mum now has learned a lesson, as my mum did when as a child i picked up a injured squirrel that bit me very bad on the hand.
and as for being opinionated well your insulting remarks seem to make you king of that.

and yes, daisy is brave but also very lucky”

“At 8 years of age, I'm surprised Daisy hadn't the sense to avoid picking up a snake, wasn't she taught about snakes at school, or told about them by her parents?”

“Darwinism in action.”

“First a Weever fish attack, now a snake attack as ig nature's going crazy, somebody should call in Mulder and Scully”

“Jo. You may not have seen them but they would have seen you, believe me. As youths I knew a kid whose party piece was to grab an adder by the tail and crack it like a whip to kill it. Seen it done many times. Appreciate how cruel that was now that I'm an old man but back then it was considered very daring.”

“it seems to me that there are alot of negative and opinionated people who get a kick out of putting people down to make their own sad little existance seem less worthless.give the woman a break. she has already had to deal with the ordeal. with regards to (shane from plymouth) they carried on to the beach so thay could speak to the lifeguard regarding the incident. surely it is safer to go to the lifeguard only 2 minutes away than have to travel back through the summer traffic to get to derriford. get ur facts right mate. at the end of the day kids will be kids. that does not make her an unfit parent. i did many silly things as a child and that doesnt make my mother unfit. as a result people will be more aware of the fact that we have poisonous creatures in our countryside. plus well done to daisy for being so brave !!!”

“John, your comment has tickled me, thanks.
For the record, lived on a clifftop in Cornwall overlooking the beach and spent most of my first sixteen years on it. Then spent 10 years in Plymouth, walking a lot on Dartmoor. Didnt see or hear of one. Ever.”

“Jo,Leamington Spa. If you grew up down here you couldn't have got out much. We spent hours on Dartmoor as kids and saw numerous adders. When we had picnics my father was always careful about where we played. They could be seen basking in the sun on the rocks all over the moor. Everywhere along the coast they are in abundance both in Devon and Cornwall. Plenty of grass snakes and slow worms too.”

“I'm thinking "shouldn't you know that picking up a snake isnt a good idea by that age" but also thinking "I did some crazy stuff when i was a kid but having the balls to pick up a snake? good on her!"”