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Sounds more like a Dungeons and Dragons monster than a real thing. Roll to avoid an acid-based critical hit, or something.

The associated cave, Cueva de Villa Luz [1] wouldn't feel out of place in any decent DnD campaign either.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_Villa_Luz (see german article for more details)

Just when you thought spelunking couldn't get any more terrifying you see this. You're stuck, wedged between two rocks, AND acid is eating away at your body.

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Snoticle!

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I couldn’t believe that these were named after the Bohemian bacteriologist Hans-Otto Snottite.

I can’t find any corroborating sources, so either you’re trolling or that’s some OBSCURE trivia. I’m probably just being a bit dense and missing the joke.

It’s made up.

:)

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