What the???

[Kharn]

Taken right from the BBC -

Snake bursts after gobbling gator

The predators died in the clash

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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.

Clearly, if they can kill an alligator they can kill other species

Prof Frank Mazzotti

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.

 

[patonb]

Shazzzzzzzam.... Woulda been intresting to have watched.

Well, guess it sorta takes care of 2 problems at once.. Large alligators and huge unwated snakes.

 

[overlord20]

That is really really old.. I remember seeing that picture YEARS ago.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

That is actually very common in florida according to my mother, lived there when I was a baby, and she saw snakes always eating gators and vice versa, depending upon size.

 

[Yami]

lol, awesome.

 

[PP Mguire]

I dont wanna come across any of them outside of a zoo.

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

I eat gator.

Tough, salty, and somewhat tastes like chicken, it's really good, but expensive.

 

[Nitestick]

That is horrifying!

 

[S0ULphIRE]

^I know aye! Such a waste of good meat