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Python Bursts After Trying to Eat Gator
"MIAMI - The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the Everglades food chain, and the results of the struggle are horror-movie messy.
A 13-foot Burmese python recently burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole, authorities said.
The incident has heightened biologists' fears that the nonnative snakes could threaten a host of other animal species in the Everglades.
"It means nothing in the Everglades is safe from pythons, a top-down predator," said Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife professor.
Over the years, many pythons have been abandoned in the Everglades by pet owners.
The gory evidence of the latest gator-python encounter — the fourth documented in the past three years — was discovered and photographed last week by a helicopter pilot and wildlife researcher.
The snake was found with the gator's hindquarters protruding from its midsection. Mazzotti said the alligator may have clawed at the python's stomach as the snake tried to digest it.
In previous incidents, the alligator won or the battle was an apparent draw.
"There had been some hope that alligators can control Burmese pythons," Mazzotti said. "This indicates to me it's going to be an even draw. Sometimes alligators are going to win and sometimes the python will win."
It is unknown how many pythons are competing with the thousands of alligators in the Everglades, but at least 150 have been captured in the past two years, said Joe Wasilewski, a wildlife biologist and crocodile tracker.
Pythons could threaten many smaller species that conservationists are trying to protect, including other reptiles, otters, squirrels, woodstorks and sparrows, Mazzotti said.
Wasilewski said a 10- or 20-foot python also could pose a risk to an unwary human, especially a child. He added, however, "I don't think this is an imminent threat. This is not a `Be afraid, be very afraid' situation.'"
Look at the size of that. It's scary.
edit: woops fucked up the picture
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Can't see the picture, and I really wanna :S
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United States4991 Posts
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WTF
that picture is really confusing
i see a leg but no heads or anything hehhe
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that python is huge.
omg.
scary.
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On October 05 2005 19:22 Veg wrote:
WTF
that picture is really confusing
i see a leg but no heads or anything hehhe
from what i see i think the python swallowed the alligator headfirst, so the alligator's head is in the top left corner of the picture deep inside the python's stomach (?), while the python's front is in the top right corner. anyone agrees? :O
i guess the alligator was still alive enough to shake his tail around and kick with his legs, which lead to that "situation"
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Yeah, I was about to post this. 
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I labelled parts I don't get, can someone explain. From infinity said, all I know is that A = Snake head.
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wow... all i can say is, that's 1 huge ass python.
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If a python can rape a 6 foot alligator...more power to that animal.
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That was one hungry snake
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imagine that shit.. a fuckin huge ass snake swollowing your ass whole
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thats fucking awesome.they should put that picture on currency.
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On October 05 2005 19:40 Ryshi wrote:I labelled parts I don't get, can someone explain. From infinity said, all I know is that A = Snake head.
A python's head
B lizard's tail
C python's organs?
D lizard's leg
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Lovely. Once a snake that big gets a decent grip around you you're only chance is probably going for it's head or finding a sharp object.
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On October 05 2005 21:27 HowitZer wrote:
Lovely. Once a snake that big gets a decent grip around you you're only chance is probably going for it's head or finding a shart object.
I doubt a shit fart would stop that thing.
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On October 05 2005 21:27 HowitZer wrote:
Lovely. Once a snake that big gets a decent grip around you you're only chance is probably going for it's head or finding a sharp object.
i hear snake tastes good, i'd be biting
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On October 05 2005 21:49 OhThatDang wrote:
so like they both died?
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Aliens vs Predators.
Who're the good guys?
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The story is that the python swallowed the gator alive but its gut burst mid way, killing both
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Cool. Wonder if that python had successfully swallowed gators in the past.
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well
shitting it out woulda split it's asshole wide open
so no
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well
normally it would digest it first
so yes
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from the picture with the chopper on it the animals don't look as big as the sizes mentioned in the article. The snake especially looks huge in the standalone pic.
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I think this is very fishy...
that python was found exploded and without its head.
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