Researchers recently analyzed the carcass of one of the scarcest species of snake with a centipede caught in its throat.
Stranger still is that this rare species of snake, died with a centipede trapped inside its throatThough the pine rocklands covered much of Florida and the Florida Keys for millions of years, the region has since shrunk as a result of human habitation and activity. This has almost annihilated many of its unique plant and animal species. Among these unique species is the threatened, also known as the rim rock crowned snake.
. “It’s extremely rare to find specimens that died while eating prey, and given how rare this species is, I would never have predicted finding something like this. We were all totally flabbergasted.”A visitor initially spotted the specimen along the side of a state park trail on the Key Largo island in the Florida Keys. A team of researchers were ready for a detailed analysis once the specimen arrived at the Florida Museum.
“We were able to perform a digital autopsy, which allowed us to examine the centipede and snake, including its injuries and gut contents, without ever picking up a scalpel,” says Jaimi Gray, another study author and researcher at the Florida Museum, in a press release.
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