View Full Version : !6 foot python killed in Everglades with grown deer in belly
WingedMonkey
10-29-2011, 10:14
76 pound whitetail doe was swallowed whole. Wonder what an 8 point buck would have done. Ya'll come on down and hike Florida. Skinny hikers to the front of the line. Local news @ http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-10-28/news/sfl-python-digesting-a-deer-captured-in-everglades-20111028_1_burmese-python-scott-hardin-snake Better pics @ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2054968/16-foot-python-Everglades-eaten-deer.html?ito=feeds-newsxml :sun http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-111028-python-jc-02.photoblog900.jpg
WingedMonkey
10-31-2011, 13:59
Is your dog about this size?
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Pedaling Fool
10-31-2011, 16:40
I've been watching this python invasion with much interest for a couple years now; it does seem like they're firmly establishd now, along with a few other things.
Feral Nature
10-31-2011, 18:04
That pic of the snake sliced open is great!
Mountain Mike
10-31-2011, 18:37
Saw a Nat Geo show other day where one swallowed 6' aligator & was found split in half with gators tail sticking out. Really messing with eco system in the Glades
WingedMonkey
10-31-2011, 19:28
Saw a Nat Geo show other day where one swallowed 6' aligator & was found split in half with gators tail sticking out. Really messing with eco system in the Glades
Some say another gator might have bite the snake.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/images/051006_pythoneatsgator.jpg
Great White
11-03-2011, 17:03
That is a classic picture from a few years ago. Apparently the snake could not digest the alligator properly and exploded from within after some gases built up. I heard the story too about the head possibly being removed by another alligator. But I don't believe that happened. When animals start to decay, their body parts can separate from each other, I think the head just fell off from decay.
The boa has now joined the alligator as apex predators in South Florida. I hope they don't dominate the alligators or the endangered crocodiles.
Some say another gator might have bite the snake.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/images/051006_pythoneatsgator.jpg
Feral Nature
11-03-2011, 17:16
Epic fail!