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Zookeeper bitten by wild snake at Australia Zoo
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A woman has been bitten by a snake at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast. (Getty Images)
A zookeeper has been bitten by a wild snake at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast.
A zoo spokeswoman confirmed the 28-year-old woman was working in a paddock at the rear of the park when she was bitten today.
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The breed of snake is yet to be identified.
Paramedics were called to Steve Irwin Way in Beerwah, about 75km north of Brisbane, at 11:21am.
The keeper was taken to Caboolture Hospital in a stable condition.
Australia Zoo is owned by Terri Irwin, wife of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin.
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