Rare Snake Dies While Eating Giant Centipede in Florida Park

WFLA ^ | Mar 16, 2022 | Dylan Abad

[nickcarraway]

A rare snake died while attempting to eat a giant centipede at a South Florida park, according to the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

Researchers said a hiker found the rare snake at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Pictures showed the snake dead with the rear portion of a centipede protruding from its mouth.

“The state-threatened rim rock crowned snake lives in pine rockland and hammock habitats in eastern Miami-Dade County and the Keys,” FWC said in a Facebook post.

Researchers said the snake usually grows between seven and nine inches long, but is rarely seen because it lives under rocks, debris, or in limestone cavities. The post also mentioned the unusual sighting represented the first food record of any kind for the little-known species.

FWC speculated the snake tried to eat a juvenile Keys giant centipede, which can reportedly reach the size of a crowned snake in its adult form.

“Crowned snakes are usually immune to the venom of centipedes, whose bites are painful to humans, but something went wrong during this encounter,” the Facebook post stated.

The snake, along with the centipede, will soon go into the Florida Museum of Natural History collection.

[nickcarraway]

[HighSierra5]

Totally gross dude.

[FreedomPoster]

Don’t mess with pedes.

[Secret Agent Man]

I wish this was a literal metaphor for russia and china

Or north korea and iran

[Repeal The 17th]

My family camped at John Pennekamp Park...
25 plus years ago...
dang raccoons would take away anything you left outside...

[Fai Mao]

Toss jalapenos to raccoons. They will go away pretty quick.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Now more rarer.

[EEGator]

Hawaii has some nasty ones.

[Williams]

Guess that’s why they’re endangered.

[Reddy]

Great post! ;)

[Jess Kitting]

Toss jalapenos to raccoons. They will go away pretty quick.

The jalapenos or the raccoons?

[Carriage Hill]

1 Ghost Pepper should do it.

[SaxxonWoods]

It died doing what it loved.

The centipede was not available for comment.

[Ezekiel]

“Crowned snakes are usually immune to the venom of centipedes, whose bites are painful to humans, but something went wrong during this encounter,”

Another case of

Sum Fang Wong

[FreedomPoster]

I think you'll like this.

[Ancesthntr]

More likely us and the Russians. Just remember who’s running our hover - not exactly the smartest people on the planet - corrupt, venal, arrogant, yes; but definitely not too smart. They’ll poke and prod the bear until we get a nuclear boot up our ass.

[Fai Mao]

The raccoons

[Scarlett156]

I hate it when that happens.

[Sapwolf]

This sh*t has been going down for a billion years.

That vertebrate vs arthropod hatred just never ends.

There are too many Americans that are reluctant to support snakes in this conflict due to them being reptiles, and humans being mammals. But we all have backbones (except for Mittens).

Americans need to understand these...spineless armored thugs for what they are and denounce their MAGA agenda (Make Arthropods Great Again).

[Salamander]

Aw.

Poor little noodle.

:(