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A US man died after winning a cockroach and worm eating contest at a Florida reptile house over the weekend, police said.

Edward Archbold, 32, had eaten several dozen roaches and worms on Friday as part of the contest to win an exotic python.

He later began vomiting and was picked up by an ambulance in front of the shop, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Archbold was later pronounced dead at a hospital, and the medical examiner’s office will be performing an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

The contest was held by Ben Siegel Reptiles, which offered different prize pythons for whomever could eat the most of different categories of bugs.

“How many giant roaches would you eat for a female ivory-ball python?” the reptile store said on a Facebook page advertising the contest.

“Here’s how it works: Eat the most bugs in 4 minutes, win the ball morph. That’s it. Oh yeah, any vomiting is an automatic DQ.” 

The reptile shop later published a message expressing sadness about Archbold’s death, saying: “We just met him the night of our sale but all liked him very much. He was outgoing and was fun and got the crowd very worked up and excited. We are sorry we will not get to know him better”.  The shop also posted a statement from an attorney.

Archbold, who went by Edward William Barry on Facebook, said he had taken part in a super worm eating contest earlier in the evening.

“So I guess I’m in a cockroach eating contest tonight... wish me luck :),” he posted on October 5, hours before his death.

Friends later posted messages of condolence on his page, with one writing: “Never thought I'd hear the day... I truly believed u were untouchable as I am sure many others did too!!”

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Oct 9, 2012

MommaC

Maybe Darwin was right after all
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Oct 9, 2012

Milk-Shake

Aaaayi, this is sick man!! So on his death certificate what will be the cause of death?
He ate roaches and bugs which had Doom so they were poisonous.For a SNAKE nogal!!! Haai, re tla reng..RIP.
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Oct 9, 2012

RobinH

Many years ago there used to be what was called the Royal Show in Pietermaritzburg. At this show I once saw a man bite the head off a live white rat and eat it, in order to win a car. He did it without vomiting and won the car. I have seldom been quite so disgusted.
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Oct 9, 2012

ApelMankotsana

He must be featured in " 1000 Ways To Die" in SonyMax. Or on "Scare Tactics".
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Oct 9, 2012

Mellow

Man dies after cockroach, worm eating contest drumrollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllsssssssssssssssssss and "The prize was to win a snake"
Wow what do you know taht s#it kills afterall #rolling-my-eyes

RIP
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Oct 9, 2012

Seja-Bana

some people are sick, anyway le kgale that python was gona kill him after winning it.
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Oct 9, 2012

DJ-Winner

ha ha ha...people sometimes hhayi hhayi...Sad, but funny. Why are people eating cockroaches in the first place?
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Oct 9, 2012

malemaforpresident

Americans are devils dying for a python and the reptile is still alive
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Oct 9, 2012

MGEEZ

Indeed foolishness abounds in the world we live in!!!
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Oct 9, 2012

Shredder

Eat the roaches and worms to win a python?
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