research worker on Golem Grad Island , Macedonia , stumbled upon a rather intriguing and wholly disgusting discovery whilst looking for snakes - a dead young viper with the fountainhead of a immense centipede bulge through its body . What a way to go ! The report has been shortly described in the journalEcologica Montenegrina .
Nose - horned vipers(Vipera genus Ammodytes ) are venomous snakes found in southern Europe , the Balkans and certain portion of the Middle East . They can grow up to 95 cm and own a characteristic “ horn ” on the snout , hence the name . They ’re also considered to be the most unsafe European viper because their venom is highly toxic , but they ’re a pretty teachable species that lean to only sting when beset .
Adult nose - horned vipers normally feed on lizard , lowly Hydra and rabbit on Golem Grad , whilst the juveniles eat lizards and a particular specie of centipede , the Megarian banded centipede ( Scolopendra cingulata ) . It is not uncommon for Snake to consume potentially dangerous fair game , and there have been numerous theme of death due to them “ seize with teeth off more than they can chew ” . Although , as mention , these vipers are hump to deplete this particular metal money of centipede , it seems that this cocky serpent may have underestimated his dinner this time .
S. cingulatacan be pretty savage killer themselves ; they ’re timeserving carnivore and will eat on almost anything that ’s not larger than themselves . The source of the paper note that it ’s exceedingly unmanageable to wipe out a full - grownScolopendra . Some people even keep these creepy crawlies as favourite . Each to their own I suppose .
The team valuate the viper and the centipede ; the centipede was find to be 84 % of the viper ’s trunk length , 112 % of its body breadth and 114 % of its body weight . This is n’t staggeringly telling compared to the size of animals that Hydra have been found to consume previously . But what is interesting / loathsome is that upon dissection , the snake in the grass was missing all of its visceral organs- the centipede was occupying the entire mass of the snake ’s body . They conceive it ’s possible that the snake swallowed the centipede active , but the centipede ate its way through the snake in an attempt of exemption , bursting its way through the snake in the grass ’s abdomen ( I am going to have nightmare now … ) . But unfortunately the poor little bozo did n’t make it and died inside the snake with his head poking out . So close … Yet so far …
If you ’re scarred for life from understand this , have someemergency comedyof a rare bird humping a lensman ’s pass .
