4-year-old survives bite from venomous rattler
Danika Ruth Joe, 4, is held by her mother Melissa at their home near PIne Springs on Saturday. Joe was bitten by a Mojave Green Rattlesnake last week and has survived thanks to the quick work by EMS workers. The Mojave Green venom attacks the central nervous system and because of Joe's age, she is lucky to be alive. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

By Dalina Castellanos
Diné Bureau

PINE SPRINGS, Ariz. — When 4-year-old Danika Ruth Joe told her mother she had been bitten by a snake, it was hard to believe. What snake would be all the way up in Pine Springs?

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