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A four-metre python exploded when it tried to swallow a two-metre alligator whole in Florida.
Scientists stumbled upon the gory remains in the Everglades last week.
Scientists have documented four encounters between the giant snakes and alligators in the last three years. The encroachment of Burmese pythons into the Everglades could threaten an $8 billion restoration project and endanger smaller species, said Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife professor.
The Asian python population that has swelled over the past 20 years after owners dumped pet snakes they no longer wanted in the Everglades.
"Encounters like that are almost never seen in the wild. ... And we here are, it's happened for the fourth time," Mazzotti said. In the other cases, the alligator won or the battle was an apparent draw.
"They were probably evenly matched in size," Mazzotti said of the latest battle. "If the python got a good grip on the alligator before the alligator got a good grip on him, he could win."
While the gator may have been injured before the battle began wounds were found on it that apparently were not caused by python bites.
Mazzotti believes it was alive when the battle began. And it may have clawed at the python's stomach as the snake tried to digest it, leading to the blow up.
The python was found with the gator's hindquarters protruding from its midsection. Its stomach still surrounded the alligator's head, shoulders, and forelimbs. The remains were discovered and photographed by helicopter pilot and wildlife researcher Michael Barron.
heh I have a python, its amazing what they can fit in there jaws, proly an anoconda some kid bought as a pet and it, ermm got relly big - lol,
hmm, I thought the yanks called pythons - boas .
Jebus, that python got more than he bargained for 8O