A cyclist stumbled upon the aftermath of an epic predator battle in the Everglades. It was a bloody one, involving a close-up footage of an alligator consuming a python.
Alison Joslyn saw an unmoving alligator about 10 feet long on the Shark Valley loop. Alligators are a common sight in Florida, but what made this one special was that it was tangled up in the long, thick snake, with the snake’s head well within the alligator’s jaws.
It got her curious. So she asked the alligator enthusiast group why it might have been so still. She thought it was lethargic from the cold, tired from wrestling the snake, or if she had secured some injuries from a bite.
Pythons are non-venomous snakes that kill prey by crushing it with their bodies. A Palm Beach Post reporter once captured a python strangling an alligator to death on video.
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Some have even been known to kill a human, only to swallow it whole. Burmese pythons are an invasive species. They have eaten through Florida’s native species, negatively affecting prey populations because they consume almost everything in their path.
Joslyn consulted members of a popular Facebook group, and they were only too happy about the battle’s outcome. They group believed the alligator killed the python and cheered it for taking care of the python. Florida state pays people to kill pythons like the alligator did.
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“Love to see this! He gets an exotic meal and helps the environment all in one!” One user wrote on the post.
“I’m so glad the gator killed the snake. I know they’re just trying to live, but they are an invasive species and have wreaked havoc on the animals of the Everglades,” another commented. “I LOVE the Everglades!”
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“That’s one less python to terrorize the Everglades,” Joslyn wrote in her post.
The post has garnered over 200 comments and 1,000 reactions on social media.
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