This is the bizarre moment a dead snake kept wriggling - despite half of
its body being completely crushed
.
The deceased reptile was lying on the drive way of a house in
Charleston, South Carolina, but continued to move the tail-end of its
body.
But the usual explanation that involves nerves continuing to send
signals to the spinal cord - resulting in muscles twitches and spasms
after death - is not the reason in this case.
The video reveals that the copperhead snake is full of
maggots, that are wriggling frantically under the reptile's skin.
A caption alongside the video reads: "Found a partially crushed baby
copperhead in the driveway today. Went to take a picture of it and
discovered it was still moving.
After further examination, I found that it was not some postmortem
muscle spasm causing the movement, but rather the fact that it was full
of maggots. No idea how long it was there.
Culled from UK Mirror...
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