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| Bassmaster |
 Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:08 am Post subject: pyton burstz tryin to eat gator!!! |
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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.'"
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| GryMlock |
| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| Bode |
| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:27 am Post subject: |
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Ha ha ha...tu la...tak terer tapi nak cari pasal dgn yg lagi terer...padan muka...something to learn from here  |
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| GryMlock |
| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| Bode |
| Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| GryMlock wrote: | | tapi ni kira 2-2 mampus la kan? |
Alahai...sedihnya...I'm on the alligator's side... 
But it's still kinda cool...it's like your opponent thought he had killed you...then you still manage to kill him too before your last breath...and say,"We will continue this in hell bastard...see you down there in a bit..." |
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| djemi |
| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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 Dahsyat-dahsyat. Tak sangka pulak, buaya pun boleh jadi mangsa. |
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| Jeff |
| Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Python: I OWN you allgiator!
Alliagator: No no no..cant breath...must..get ... out... must ...
Python: On no!
*sound of skin tearing*
Python: oh my god! This is how i look in the inside!!!
Aligator: i ... still .. can't ... breath...but...i ...own u ... back... l o l.. |
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