As if Florida was n’t weird enough , it ’s now playing legion to epic elephantine - reptilian wrestling lucifer .
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A golfer , Richard Nadler , bewitch this striking pic of the battle between a Burmese python and an alligator . He says the photos were taken on the 10thhole at The Golf Club at Fiddler ’s Creek .
“ There was no grappling go on — nothing . The python ’s head was in the oral cavity of the alligator and the gator was just sitting there absolutely still with his centre wide loose not moving , ” Nadler toldNBC2 . “ And he had all these people around him these golf carts and people walk around taking photograph . ”
Nadler says it ’s not unusual to see wildlife on this particular golf game row , but the two fighting is out of the ordinary .
The pictures show the two fauna wind up in an larger-than-life cold - blooded battle . The serpent seems to be squeeze the gator , but the python ’s oral sex is in the gator ’s mouth .
It ’s not the first time we ’ve seen alligator take on other beasts – and they do n’t always fare out on top . Take thismarewho trail an alligator aside from her foal .
Then there are those who choose to pester the reptiles , like thisdingusdressed in a T - Rex costume tantalise an gator with its dinner . Not cool if you ask us .
That solicit the question : who would bring home the bacon in a reptilian warfare between a python and an alligator ?
The Burmese python is middling badass . Just last calendar month asnake Orion founda 5.1 - meter ( 17 - foot ) Burmese python in the Florida Everglades . They ’re notorious for their appetite and bombastic component size of it , like this almost 5 - measure - retentive ( nearly 16 - foundation - long ) python that had at least threeingested deerin its belly .
TheAmerican Alligatoralso stake up a pretty telling resume . weigh in at about 453 - kilos ( 1,000 pound ) , the carnivore average a distance of 3 to 4.5 meters ( 10 to 15 feet ) . While they mainly prey on fish , turtles , and small animals , they are opportunist eaters and will binge themselves on just about anything – including this alligator foundmunching on people .
In this showcase , we ’re not totally trusted who won , but we are willing to wager .
Are you # TeamPython or # TeamGator ? The Twittersphere seems to have a few vox populi of its own .