A Mother Lets A Snake Bite Her Daughter

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A Florida Highlands County woman is under investigation for sharing a video on her Facebook account showing how she allows a snake to bite her one-year-old girl.

In the video, the minor appears to be on a wheeled walker when her mother shows her the snake in a plastic container. The girl makes a move to grab the animal when the snake reacts and apparently bites her, so she starts crying. In the background you can hear the mother laughing.

The minor's mother, Chartelle St. Laurent, told the local ABC Action News channel that she "would never harm" her children, despite authorities saying otherwise. "People are too sensitive," he said.

St. Laurent, 34, explained that he found the reptile in front of her house, near the town of Sebring, and that it stung her and another of her children without hurting them, so she thought it was a good opportunity to teach your daughter how to deal with these types of animals.

A spokesman for the county sheriff's office told the channel that this is not a good practice to teach a child not to touch a snake.

Despite the fact that the type of snake that appears in the images is not poisonous, and the mother assured that her bite does not leave any marks, the police opened a file about what happened.

That report was sent to the state attorney's office, which must now determine if St. Laurent's actions constitute a crime under Florida law.