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The family who found a California King snake wrapped around a 7-month-old baby's leg on Monday has decided to sue the mattress manufacturer and store where the mattress was purchased.

How a California King snake wound up in a Long Island Island baby's crib is up for debate. But what is known is that the 7-month-old whose leg had the snake coiled around it is safe. Her mother, though, not so much: Cari Abatemarco, who was visiting relatives in Brentwood, said, "Once I lifted [baby Isabella] up and the snake fell off of her, she stopped crying. But then I was the one crying all night."

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