Snake bursts after gobbling gator
 

Amazing story from BBC News!!

An unusual clash between a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator and a 13-foot (3.9m) python has left two of the deadliest predators dead in Florida's swamps.
The Burmese python tried to swallow its fearsome rival whole but then exploded.

The remains of the two giant reptiles were found by astonished rangers in the Everglades National Park.

The rangers say the find suggests that non-native Burmese pythons might even challenge alligators' leading position in the food chain in the swamps.


The python's remains were found with the victim's tail protruding from its burst midsection. The head of the python was missing.

"Encounters like that are almost never seen in the wild... And here we are," Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife professor, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.

"They were probably evenly matched in size. If the python got a good grip on the alligator before the alligator got a good grip on him, he could win," Professor Mazzotti said.

He said the alligator may have clawed at the python's stomach, leading it to burst.

"Clearly, if they can kill an alligator they can kill other species," Prof Mazzotti said.

He said that there had been four known encounters between the two species in the past. In the other cases, the alligator won or the battle was an apparent draw.

Burmese pythons - many of whom have been dumped by their owners - have thrived in the wet and hot climate of Florida's swamps over the past 20 years.

So the snake curled the aligator who ripped open snakes stomach and bit off its head yet was still strangled?

Or is this some odd ball thing about a snake swallowing an aligator?

This thread is useless without pix

yup:thumbsup

yeah I was hoping for pics.

Is this the same one from like two years ago?

Where are the pics??

i want a reticulated python...

Where is exploded snake?

i sale cheap exploded snake

shit happens .)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl...5604/img/1.jpg

Damn!

crazy pic Rosssss

Damn,that snake was huge!

k, now we need a vid :)

Yeah it's a shame there isn't a video of this! When i first posted this i searched everywhere lol

So who won that fight? Looks like the snake to me... ?

I think it was the photograper who really won.

wow what a picture. I read about this and thought it might have been an April fool's idea for media. Strange but cool that such creatures attack each other. Ultimate fighting!

holy shit

holy shit

Good Lord : / ...

Insane !! :warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl...5604/img/1.jpg

Greedy bastard!

i aint ever going to the everglades..

I think if i seen a snake that big in real life in the wild.. id cry

Thats is some crazy ass shit!!!

Jebus.

Now I know why my mom made me take my time in chewing my food.

wow that was huge may the python didn't broke all the alligators bone thats why his stomach burst...........

Me to, like a baby.

oh my God

:1orglaugh

So glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that. I'd be cleaning my monitor right now!

what a monster!

Its fun to go in the swamps at night.
:)