Carina Faerber, 13, mistook the bait for chocolate eggs, setting off the hair trigger of a vicious razor-sharp gin-trap that left her hand hanging by a thread.
Her wrist was broken and almost severed altogether when she tried to pick up the eggs - used to lure weasels in woods near her house in Weisskirchen, Austria. Her screams alerted local walkers who dialled emergency services.
Police say the eggs were left as bait by a huntsman trying to snare a weasel.
Although the traps are banned in Britain, they are legal in Austria - but only if there are clear warning signs placed beside them.
Prosecutors will interview the huntsman - who came forward to admit responsibility for the accident - over setting illegal snares.
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