Man almost lost his life after snake he was taking selfie with struck

A California, USA man, Todd Fassler, barely managed to survive sure death after he was bitten by a poisonous rattle snake he wrapped around his arm and taking selfies with.

Fassler was rushed to a hospital and given numerous doses of anti-venom before he could come out of coma after several hours.

He was also left with a large hospital bill of $150,000, because the hospital ran out of anti-venom and had to the reserves from two hospitals in order to save his life.

The anti-venom alone cost more than $80,000 while the laboratory test cost more than $20,000. He also had to pay more than $17,000 for using the Intensive Care Unit.