Status: Real photo; undetermined description. It’s been well-documented in recent years that Burmese pythons are essentially taking over the Florida Everglades. A 10-foot python was about to eat a 4-foot alligator when a Florida man came to the rescue. SECTIONS Skip to Content. This is far from the first time an animal video of a natural, yet peculiar snack went viral. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox. Then again, let's not forget the unfortunate 13-foot Burmese python that was found practically ripped in half after trying to a 6-foot alligator whole. 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VIDEO: Alligator eats large python in Everglades National Park The video captures a gator eating a python at least 10 feet long Monday morning … Crocodiles and alligators actually end up on pythons’ plates with relative frequency: In 2005, a deceased Burmese python was found in the Florida … Raw video: Florida man witnesses alligator battle a large python at the Everglades National Park. The video shared by the park shows the alligator having the python as a meal. Give this gator a stipend because it’s doing its part to help curb the out-of-control python population in the Florida Everglades. "In the end, the snake finally lost the battle when the jaws of the gator made a direct hit down the length of his body," she said. 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According to … Golfers at an annual professional golf tournament in Louisiana received a shock when a huge alligator decided to make a snake its next meal. 'Hero' alligator gulps down invasive Burmese python. But an alligator eating a live snake a Florida nature preserve was a photo op not to be missed. In this Monday, Oct. 28 2019, photo, an alligator prowls the waters of Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. Share this article share tweet text email link Charles Curtis. Talk about a … A couple in Central Florida snapped quite the photo this weekend – as a giant alligator was enjoying their lunch of a snake inside of an animal reserve. Video footage of the feast was posted to the official Everglades National Park Twitter account on Sunday. According to Waring, the fight lasted about 10 minutes and the gator emerged victorious with its meal. But every now and again an alligator will eat one, like the one seen above. The American alligator, a native of these parts, was seen chilling in the swamp with his mouth firmly clamped down on a non-native Burmese python. In … Claim: Photograph shows a snake that burst trying to eat an alligator. One of the largest snakes in the world, the reptiles have invaded the saline glades and mangroves at the south end of Everglades National Park since the 1980s. I just started clicking," she wrote. In 2017, a Palm Beach Post reporter captured video of … You are beginning to heal yourself from the treacherous and vicious attacks. A couple of photographers shot a dramatic reptilian showdown in Florida over the weekend. "You really never know what you're going to get.". Live Alligator Is Eaten By A Python Snake. "The snake was giving it his all to escape from the jaws of the gator," she told the station. They’re here likely due to exotic snake breeders and pet owners dumping the snakes in the wild. A Burmese python was spotted in Naples eating a white-tailed deer weighing 35 pounds. 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Everglades National Park in Florida tweeted a video of a victorious alligator chomping down on a snake's body. These snakes can grow to 16 feet and eat almost anything -- even alligators (click if you dare, it's a photo of an alligator carcass and a dead python that burst open while devouring it). "The fun is in the pursuit and just getting out in nature," she said. In this shocking cases, we will see snakes devouring alligators or crocodiles in a matter of minutes…. This handout photograph, obtained April 7, 2019 courtesy of the Big Cypress National Preserve, shows a team of hunters with the Big Cypress National Preserve holding a female python measuring over 17 feet in length and weighing 140 pounds with 73 developing eggs. (Or, at least, a piece of the python.). She said the scene showed that patience pays off when it comes to photography. Give this gator a stipend because it’s doing its part to help curb the out-of-control python population in the Florida Everglades. (Joe Cavaretta / South Florida Sun Sentinel), (Courtesy / Conservancy of South Florida), Secrecy and spin: How Florida’s governor misled the public on the COVID-19 pandemic. Nobody really knows how many pythons are in the Everglades but estimates range from the tens thousands to the hundreds of thousands. "It was a hard fought battle.". A couple of photographers shot a dramatic reptilian showdown in Florida over the weekend. When you consume the beat of alligator or crocodile in the dream, it reflects the healing powers and qualities that they possess. An alligator stole the show at a PGA Tour stop in Louisiana when it quickly won a battle with a snake and made a meal of the smaller reptile. An Alternative Theory An animated recreation of the python-alligator battle suggests that the python might have survived its massive meal but that a … These gators are often a bit more active than their Florida counterparts in March since we’re in the midst of spring mating season. ! The invasive snake proves it's no match for the native reptile. No natural predators means they can spread like wildfire, and that’s what they’ve been doing. But when a 6-foot gator tangled with a 13-foot python recently, the result wasn't pretty. Husband and wife photographers Jesse and Linda Waring were visiting the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland on Saturday when they witnessed the dramatic struggle between the two predators unfold. © 2019 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Watch a python snake as he eats a huge live alligator! Alligators eating these giant Burmese pythons is not new. In my dream, I was in an unfamiliar rural backyard. Waring said on their joint Facebook page that her husband, Jesse, first noticed the tussle unfolding. Florida firefighters rescue horse trapped in septic tank. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2005] "CHOMP!! Last year we saw an alligator being rescued from a massive python by two men hunting the invasive snakes. Two of nature’s most fierce predators came face to face and it’s pretty obvious that one of them had to win the face-off. Be in the know. We made it out to Circle B Bar Reserve yesterday! ... Out for a stroll: Watch large alligator cross the road at Florida park. Seriously: Fort Lauderdale is ranked the least safe city in America. ... Video shows gator eating invasive python. Waring gave CBS affiliate WKMG a more detailed account of the snake's struggle. Then when he opened his jaws, the snake was still trying to fight his way out.". Florida Wildlife Commission employee Robert Edman captures a Burmese Python during the ceremony for the Florida Python Challenge 2020 Python Bowl Kickoff Event Jan. 10, 2020, in Sunrise, Florida at Markham Park. They captured a snake fighting for its life, trying to escape the jaws of a ferocious alligator. Everglades National Park officials posted this picture on their Facebook page after an alligator was found eating a giant Burmese python. Get Breaking News Delivered to Your Inbox In August 2016, South Florida water crews working in … It’s so bad that state agencies now sanction various python removal programs where hunters can either be paid or win prizes based for catching the snakes. MIAMI, Fla. – Alligators have clashed with nonnative pythons before in Everglades National Park. Dream About Eating Alligator or Crocodile. These South Florida hospitals expect the COVID-19 vaccine within days. A snake’s 10-minute-long desperate attempt to escape from the mouth of a hungry alligator in Florida has been captured on camera. As you may have noticed in the news, there are often interesting gator... "Jesse's eagle eye spotted this big guy working on his lunch and his lunch trying to escape! On Wednesday, the … Christopher Brito is a social media producer and trending writer for CBS News, focusing on sports and stories that involve issues of race and culture. Jesse and Linda Waring, who own and operate BirdWalk Photography, came across the encounter during a stroll around a nature reserve in Lakeland Saturday. "The gator would chomp down and close his mouth and each time it seemed like the end. In 2014, an olive python was video-recorded killing and eating a freshwater crocodile at Lake Moondarra, which is near Mount Isa. Florida: A video showing what happened when an alligator had a face-off with an invasive Burmese python has surfaced online. “With all the news of pythons overwhelming the Everglades ecosystem, it gives us hope to see our native animals fighting back,” the tweet read. One female captured near Naples, Florida, in 2019 had about 60 eggs inside her. 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