Bug Eater Dies for a Python

Yuck! Some people are gross beyond belief :-(

No!! I most certainly would not. Aaack!! It it was 10 mil I might consider it. Lol.

No, I think I'd stay away from eating bugs. I remember reading about a woman who died a few years ago gulping down a bunch of water to win a Nintendo Wii. If you're going to die, it might be good to die for something worth a lot of money. I bet this dude didn't have life insurance either. Would they cover something stupid like this?

The entomologist quoted in the AP story I read thought that it was extremely unlikely that cockroaches were the cause of death unless there were factors like insecticide in play. The pet store owner claimed that the roaches were raised in the store under sanitary conditions as reptile food. Regardless, the story made my day.

Nippy

Regardless, the story made my day.

It made me sick.

Playing to win a reptile (snake), reptile food, reptilian brain, David Icke’s reptile theory its all coming together; we are reptilian beings from the planet Nibiru, I knew it!

And in front of Ben Siegel Reptile Store! hmmm

it's odd that "dozens" of cockroaches would kill him.

Death by allergic reaction is a possibility. I worked in zoos for many years (where cockroach control is nearly impossible) and now I'm very allergic to them.

The pesticide theory is a good one too. Roaches can feed on rat poison (warfarin) without harm and pass the poison on to anything that eats them. We had an epidemic of bird deaths in the zoo before we found this out.

Anything we suggest on the issue of the mans death would be pure speculation on our part. With that said, we are all individuals and each of us are subject to what our body likes and what it rejects. It is known that people can have a negative body reaction to almost anything on earth. Some humans are alergic to things as simple as insect stings, food, animal dander, flower pollen, etc. While other humans can be alergic to something as unbelievable as the body scent of another human being. Coming into contact with that which the body does not like, will cause a negative reaction and sometimes a related illness. The extent of which depends on the bodys alergic reaction to the rejected source.

Most of the time, such reactions are usually in the form of rashes, coughs, vomiting, dizziness, sneezing, headaches, fever, etc. However, there are people whos' reactions can be extremely harmful to their body, even to the point of hospitalization and in extreme cases causing death.

Those having a serious reaction to something their body rejects are known as persons having an anaphylaxis alergic reaction. Such reactions can be slow in taking effect and may not show any signs for several days after coming into contact. Other negative souces can be in fast with an alergic reaction occurring within a matter of seconds after contact. Upon the onset of such body reactions, immediate medical emergency care is essential and can determine how serious the illness will become. Left untreated or misdiagnosed, the illness can become quite debilitating and in servere cases, death may occur.

Cockroaches have been suggested as the culprit in this mans death, however, it was my understanding that he also injested some sort of worms as part of the contest criterior. Also, he may well have come into contact with an exotic, unusual or uncommon animal in the pet store which was the cause. Then again, maybe the man died of a heart attack or some other normal illness.

As I said, it's all speculation.

I most certainly would not, but I have two older brothers who would definately do it!