Posted on 09/17/2022 8:21:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
For the first time in four years, researchers said, the rarest snake in North America was spotted earlier this year in Florida, but it appears its eyes may have been too big for its stomach.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the rim rock crowned snake is a tiny reptile, growing to less than a foot in length, that is only found in a very small part of southeast Florida and the Florida Keys. The head, also known as the crown, is black to light brown, while the belly ranges from yellow to red with black spots.
Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History said in a study published Saturday in the journal Ecology, a hiker found the snake on the side of a trail at a park in Key Largo, Florida, in February. What was even more astonishing to researchers was that the snake appeared to have choked on its last meal – a giant centipede about a third of the snake’s length. Researchers said they believe the size of the centipede cut off the snake‘s air supply at its widest part.
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One of the biggest reasons that a species goes extinct is due to stupidity.
Guess it’s death had nothing to do with the centipede chewing it’s insides?
In this case, researchers said, the scans showed that the centipede fought back. Its venomous pincers attacked the inside of the snake, causing internal bleeding. Sheehy said that the wound was not fatal. The pinched trachea was.
It appears the centipede managed to get its final revenge.
“For the first time in four years, researchers said, the rarest snake in North America was spotted earlier this year in Florida, but it appears its eyes may have been too big for its stomach.“
The creature will still cast 10 mail in ballots for Dem candidates this fall .
The classic You Can’t Stump the Trump (Volume 4) video with the centipede/nimble navigator/venomous fangs reference from Knife Party. May be a little too out there for a FR audience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKH6PAoUuD0
This is the reason Trump fans from the old r/TheDonald, which moved to Patriots.win after getting banned from Reddit, are known as ‘pedes.
Had to throw this on a thread involving a centipede.
Oh, and further, Trump Tweeted this video during the campaign!
Giant centipedes are just plain nasty. Want no part of them.
Time to ban centipede’s.
No. Suffocation
Regards,
Or a pine snake. Small, harmless...lives in pine needles/mulch and eats bugs...especially roaches. I see’em around the yard on a regular basis and give them a pass...or a helping hand of needed.
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