We've heard of turduckens, but this is a bridge too far. (via outdoorlife)
Moore was working with scientists when she recorded the footage. She explained in her post that the 18-foot-long Burmese python had been euthanized and brought into the research lab, where they cut open the snake to sample its stomach contents.
“This is called a necropsy,” Moore wrote in a follow-up comment. “Scientists will collect weight, length, morphometric data, and take gut contents. This helps us learn more about how they impact their ecosystem.” Those impacts are well-known to Florida researchers, who have published multiple studies showing the damage that the huge, invasive snakes are doing to the native food web. Since they have no natural predators in the Everglades, pythons are free to prey on everything from birds and raccoons to large reptiles and fully grown deer.
“It was the largest prey-python size ratio ever recorded,” Bartoszek said. “That’s what we’re up against. It’s not just rabbits and mice they’re eating. They might start off that way, but early on they become big-game hunters.” And as shocking as Moore’s video may be, it’s certainly not the first time that a python has eaten an alligator in Florida. Mike Kimmel, better known as
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