[skeeter]

The lesson here is don't do unnatural things to your body, especially if your incentive to do so is a snake.

Duh.

[GraceG]

Clearly we need more laws to protect people from their own stuipidity...

/sarc

[VanDeKoik]

“Man’s Death After Eating Roaches Raises Questions”

*thinking*

I have no idea what those could be.

[cripplecreek]

I’m guessing he had some undiagnosed medical condition because nasty or not, eating the bugs is probably not what killed him.

[Maceman]

The really stupid thing is that you can walk into most decent pet stores and buy a ball python for about $50.

Of course, the last one I bought for my daughter came from a breeder. Still only cost $50.

[layman]

I read he swallowed the live roaches without chewing them (killing them) to save time .... that’s how he won. Live roaches crawling around in your stomach is probably not a very good idea.

[gr8eman]

Experts point to the rise in reality TV shows and movies such as "Fear Factor" and "Jackass" as egging people on and breaking down the ick factor.

Yep...the stupid TV shows that few people watch are the cause of mass stupidity. I'll take "Darwin Award Winners" for $2000 Alex!

[Tax-chick]

My question is, “How did someone this stupid live to the age of 32?”

[familyop]

Roaches carry pathogens causing dysentery, streptococcus, salmonella, hepatitis B, E coli, cholera and other diseases.

[lowbridge]

” Why did he die Friday”

Probably because his whole schedule was booked on Friday.

[NonValueAdded]

From an Orlando area radio show - take it for what it is worth - a caller said his buddy was there, spoke with the roach guy and said the roach guy was beyond hammered. Said the RG told his friend that he had to get plastered in order to compete, that he really wanted the snake prize. Likely outcome, the guy died of alcohol poisoning perhaps with a complication from vomit aspiration.

And as one of the FM talk show hosts said, she hoped the coroner was reeeeeeally careful when they cut open the stomach ...

[old school]

The question is “did he replicate” before he died?

[lump in the melting pot]

The question this raises with me is, “what the hell is wrong with the human race?” Competitively eating live bugs, in order to win a live snake? Really? Anyway, if anyone in S. Florida wants a python, ffs just go out to the everglades and get yourself one - they’re everywhere!

[a fool in paradise]

"Did they taste like chicken?"

[a fool in paradise]

"Did they taste like chicken?"

[a fool in paradise]

"Just what would you do for a Klondike Bar?"

[a fool in paradise]

"Is eating cockroaches another of those jobs that Americans just won't do?"

[a fool in paradise]

While eating bugs is normal in many parts of the world, the practice is taboo in the U.S. and many western countries.

50 cents says Baraq Hussein Ubama ate them around the same time he ate dog meat.

[a fool in paradise]

"You are what you eat." - Franz Kafka

[TennesseeGirl]

If they release the autopsy report, pls update us. Just curious.