One of my employees was bitten and the hospital bill was what would have killed him if he hadn't had insurance. The anti-venom dose costs $10,000.00 each. He had to have 30. Top that off with a helicopter flight to the hospital and a few days of rest in the hospital and $500,000.00 later he was good to go. I didn't believe him, but after hearing of another bite victim's bill and questioning several people, I found it to be true. I have encountered 4 during my years of tromping around the New Mexico prairie. 3 warned me, the other was during a November quail hunt and I almost stepped on it as it was crawling slowly into his hole. He never made it.
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