Guy Tries to Take Selfie With Rattlesnake, Ends up With $153K Medical Bill

A man who tried to take a selfie with a venemous rattlesnake ended up with a gruesome injury and a $153,000 hospital bill.

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Which hurts worse, getting bit by a venomous snake, getting a bill for 150 Gs, or knowing you could have avoided the whole thing by not acting like an idiot?

A man in San Diego will probably be pondering that for a long time as he's recovering from a rattlesnake bite he sustained while trying to take a selfie with the snake, which he kept as a pet for more than a year, local ABC affiliate KGTV reports

Reporter Dan Haggerty shared this footage of the man recovering at the hospital with an arm that looks like a rotten banana (which obviously didn't damage his love for Pepsi).

I love the quote in this video. Wait until you hear how he got bit. @10News at 11. pic.twitter.com/Gs4ISAVzeE

— Dan Haggerty (@HaggertyNews) July 14, 2015

About a week later, Haggerty shared this update, reportedly a photo of the man's hospital bill for more than $153,000.

Remember the Rattlesnake bite story I did Monday? Guy just sent me this pic of his bill. Uhhhhhhh..... pic.twitter.com/ahK2W9KxVg

— Dan Haggerty (@HaggertyNews) July 16, 2015

The guy has since shot another video of himself releasing the snake back into the wild, because, he said, that's what animal control would want. 

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