A Florida resident has captured footage showing an alligator attempting to devour a large python after what appears to have been a lopsided battle.
The graphic footage was shared recently by Katina Boychew under the heading: Gator vs Python.
It was also a battle between a native species (American alligator) and a highly invasive species (Burmese python).
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So it must have pleased Floridians to see the gator dispatching the python, at times thrashing its rival, so thoroughly.
As Sage Marshall described this week in Field & Stream: “… The gator then proceeds to gulp down part of the giant snake in a way that reminds me of Joey Chestnut eating hot dogs on the 4th of July.”
The one-sided result should not come as a surprise, given the weight advantage enjoyed by gators.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the heaviest alligator recorded in the state weighed 1,043 pounds.
The state-record python weighed 215 pounds.
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