Since you called action I guess it's back to the riverbank scene:

"Ok, let's surround that area of driftwood he came out of and see if we can spot what bit him, and what this piece of cloth came from," Detective Daniels said, pointing to the logjam at the river's edge.
The men exchanged looks, clutched their guns and began to encircle the debris. Daniels moved into position to see the spot where he had first noticed the rookie making a commotion. He saw the blue cloth, and the bottom of a tennis shoe. The debris had buried the boy in the heavy runoff of yesterday's rains.
"You see what I see," Mace murmured.
Daniels glanced at him and back at the blue. Finding the body was never easy, especially a kid. And now, the snake in the bargain.
"Ok," he said, "I think we need to confirm that the kid's in there, and try to get him out, and then set fire to this brushpile to try to burn the snake out. Who's a good shot?" he asked. "I want a man on either side of me to shoot anything that moves."

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