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Centipede eats its way out of snake's stomach
Centipede eats its way out of snake's stomach
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/Centipede_eats_its_way_out_.html#vYm87vqVkfb9YAOB.99
Researchers on the Macedonian island of Golem Grad made a gruesome discovery after coming across a dead snake with the head of a giant centipede sticking out of its abdomen.
Scientists believe the two fierce predators ate each other, according to findings published last month in the journal Ecologica Montenegrina.
The researchers dissected the juvenile nose-horned viper and found that only the snake’s abdominal wall remained. They believe the centipede caused “chemical or mechanical damage” to the snake’s digestive organs, effectively eating its way through the reptile’s innards.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/Centipede_eats_its_way_out_.html#vYm87vqVkfb9YAOB.99
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/Centipede_eats_its_way_out_.html#vYm87vqVkfb9YAOB.99
Researchers on the Macedonian island of Golem Grad made a gruesome discovery after coming across a dead snake with the head of a giant centipede sticking out of its abdomen.
Scientists believe the two fierce predators ate each other, according to findings published last month in the journal Ecologica Montenegrina.
The researchers dissected the juvenile nose-horned viper and found that only the snake’s abdominal wall remained. They believe the centipede caused “chemical or mechanical damage” to the snake’s digestive organs, effectively eating its way through the reptile’s innards.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/Centipede_eats_its_way_out_.html#vYm87vqVkfb9YAOB.99
Ok that's just freaky!