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Video shows 12-foot alligator dragging python in Everglades "I have seen many alligators eating pythons out here....I have never, ever, ever seen a python that large," Alvarez said.
That happened Wednesday, Dec. 20, in the Shark Valley area of Everglades National Park, when a 10- or 11-foot alligator was seen trying to swallow an equally large python.
Video taken in late November shows the alligator with jaws clenched around the dead, partially eaten python. An Everglades tour guide, Kelly Alvarez, called the alligator “one of the largest ...
An American alligator and a Burmese python in Everglades National Park struggling in lock. Burmese pythons in the state of Florida are classified as an invasive species.They disrupt the ecosystem by preying on native species, outcompeting native species for food or other resources, and/or disrupting the physical nature of the environment.
Substantial American alligator populations in the Everglades might be a contributing factor, as a competitor, in keeping the python populations low, preventing the spread of the species north. While events of predation by Burmese pythons on sizable American alligators have been observed, [ 110 ] [ 140 ] [ 141 ] no evidence of a net negative ...
A study published in 2011 found some mammal populations have dropped over 90 percent in areas populated by pythons. Burmese pythons share the top of the food chain in the Everglades with alligators and prey on 39 endangered species and 41 additional rare species.
A woman in Florida caught a brawl between a Burmese python and an alligator on camera during a recent trip to Everglades National Park.. Alison Joslyn came across the scene while riding her bike ...
The python was dead, but the alligator fine and not in a hurry to swallow dinner. MORE: ‘Swamp justice’? Cyclist crosses paths with gator eating python in Florida Everglades.