Mom in NY finds snake in crib
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) - June 12, 2008 Cari Abatemarco said she was visiting family in the Long Island
town of Brentwood last week when she made the startling discovery.
"Once I lifted her up and the snake fell off of her, she
stopped crying. But then I was the one crying all night,"
Abatemarco told Newsday. She was in town from Troy, in upstate New
York.
A relative removed the hissing snake from the crib with a back
scratcher, and placed it in a bucket until animal control officers
arrived. The child was unharmed.
The reptile, identified as a non-venomous California king snake,
didn't belong to Abatemarco's family members. Officials say they
don't know where the snake came from.
The animal is being cared for at a Long Island animal shelter.
