Snake bites girl, 12, in front row seat while on a circus
Hungry python's crying circus: Romanian girl, 12, in front row seat left in tears after serpent bites her during live show
Loredana Diaconescu, 12, was sat in front row for circus during attack
She had to be taken to hospital by grandmother, who feared poisoning
The circus blamed Loredana for 'not taking care' when serpent was unveiled
However, video shows her squirming away from animal
Hospital staff that contacted the circus were told it was just a python and therefore non-venomous.
Serpent strike: The moment Loredana Diaconescu, 12, was bitten by a snake during a circus show in the Romanian city of Satu Mare. She was rushed to hospital by her grandmother after the attack
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Loredana Diaconescu had been delighted when she and her mother and sister Lena had managed to get seats in the first row for a performance at the Bellucci circus in Satu Mare, a city in north-western Romania.
But her excitement turned to fear that she was about to die after one of the circus performers took a huge snake down into the audience - which bit her on the arm.
Before the attack, performers showed the audience the snakes, which were taken out of a wooden box on stage. They even dangled the reptiles over their heads from the stage
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When the circus was contacted by local media about the incident, management claimed it was the girl's own fault because she had got too near to the snake despite being warned to take care.
But video footage shows that far from approaching the snake, she had actually tried to squirm back into her seat to get away from it a second before it lashed out and fastened its teeth onto her arm.
Instead of taking time to see if she was okay, the snake charmer ignored the injury and carried on moving along the front row of the audience showing the snake to other young children and risking more children being bitten.
Management claimed it was the girl's fault because she had got too near despite being warned to take care
Terrified: The girl bursts into tears as her grandmother comforts her following her ordeal
If it's true she got too close to the snake after being warned to keep her distance, I have no sympathy for her.
EDIT: I didn't notice the video in the OP. It looks like she was just as far away from the snake as everyone else.
The circus shouldn't be dangling the snakes around the audience anyways, or at all.
Why are the snakes so close to the public like that!?!?!
