Video: Florida alligator body slams massive python then eats it
A woman visiting the Florida Everglades found this feisty alligator smacking around and devouring a Burmese Python. The invasive python population has exploded in the state because it has no natural predators, except for this one.
Watch: Gator body slams then devours python in Florida
A Florida woman captured an incredible video of an alligator enjoying a large python for an afternoon snack, garnering the attention of multiple people on social media. Katina Boychew said she was visiting the Florida Everglades last week when she spotted the alligator in the marsh chowing down on the snake. At one point in the video, the gator could be seen triumphantly, body-slamming his meal.
A Florida woman captured an incredible video of an alligator enjoying a large python for an afternoon snack, garnering the attention of multiple people on social media.
Katina Boychew said she was visiting the Florida Everglades last week when she spotted the alligator in the marsh chowing down on the snake. At one point in the video, the gator could be seen triumphantly, body-slamming his meal.
She shared the video on Facebook with the caption, "Gator vs python" and based on the video, it's pretty clear who won the match.
"Good, I hate snakes," one Facebook user said in the comment section. "EAT'M ALL!!," another said.
OF COURSE THIS RECORD-BREAKING FLORIDA PYTHON'S LAST MEAL WAS A DEER
Biologists Ian Bartoszek, right, and Ian Easterling with intern Kyle Findley, far left, captured a 17.7-foot, 215-pound female Burmese python by tracking a male scout snake in Picayune Strand State Forest in December 2021. She was carrying a record number of eggs, 122 when 43 is the average. Her last meal was an adult white-tailed deer.
(Conservancy of Southwest Florida / FOX Weather)
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They're not alone in their disdain for the species. Each year, the Sunshine State holds The Florida Python Challenge, where volunteers help remove the invasive, nonnative snakes from the Everglades' habitat to help protect the animals.
What do alligators typically eat?
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife, alligators are opportunistic feeders that prey on species that are abundant and easily accessible. While young alligators' diets consist primarily of insects, amphibians, small fish, and other invertebrates, FWC said adult alligators often eat snakes, turtles, rough fish, small mammals and birds.
Though the gator won this battle with a snake, it could have gone the other way around.
(Content Warning: The video below may contain footage that some could find shocking or disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.)
Shocking video: 5-foot alligator found inside Burmese python in Florida
An entire 5-foot alligator was found inside an 18-foot Burmese python on Florida, as seen in shocking video that has gone viral on Instagram. Content Warning: Video above may contain footage that some could find shocking or disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Last year in the Everglades, a 5-foot alligator was found inside a massive 18-foot Burmese python. The clip shared by geoscientist Rosie Moore on Instagram quickly went viral.
The footage showed several scientists evaluating a large bulge in the python's stomach before opening it up and getting a better picture of what was inside. The entire alligator was then removed from the python.