Elusive Florida Snake Last Seen In 2018 Found Choked To Death on Its Food

The rim rock crowned snake is said to be the rarest legless slitherer in North America. Not only does this small snake spend most of its life underground, hiding in crevices or burrowing beneath rocks, but only about 26 individuals are known to exist. These survivors are confined to what's left of southern Florida's pine rocklands and hardwood hammocks.

Until recently, no one even knew what the elusive rim rock crowned snake (Tantilla oolitica) ate, despite being first described in 1966. In fact, no one has seen head or tail of it, alive or dead, since 2018 This February, that dry spell came to an end. A visitor to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park stumbled upon a dead rim rock crowned snake while walking along a trail on Key Largo. Even more incredible, the snake's corpse was frozen in time, suffocating on the body of a giant centipede.

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Do centipedes sting?

Calypso Jones wrote: Do centipedes sting?

I think they have a venomous bite.

They can rename it the Biden snake, he'll probably die choking on his mushy peas lol

I'd probably die if I had to eat mushy peas too! Lol

Yes, their venom is quite powerful. Not as bad as a Daddy Long Legs but up there

JMWinPR wrote:Yes, their venom is quite powerful. Not as bad as a Daddy Long Legs but up there

I think the daddy long legs is a bit of an urban myth lol

I shower with a couple of them most mornings, they are prolific here

A while back one landed on my nob couldn't tell whether she was trying to bite me or blow me. ?

JMWinPR wrote:Yes, their venom is quite powerful. Not as bad as a Daddy Long Legs but up there

The difference being that a snake can actually bite you but daddy long legs' fangs are so short that they can't penetrate skin.

There is an often repeated urban myth that states 'the daddy longlegs is the most poisonous spider in the world, but it can't bite you because its fangs are too small'. There is no evidence to support this story. First, there is no reason to believe the venom is particularly dangerous to people.

Poison ivy doesn't have very long fangs but brush up against it and you will get a reaction