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Now This Would Be My Luck

BoneheadNW

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I just saw this headline in the news. This is what would happen to Bonehead the snake- have a nice alligator for dinner and ...............

MIAMI - The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the Everglades food chain, and the results of the struggle are horror-movie messy.

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A 13-foot Burmese python recently burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole, authorities said.

The incident has heightened biologists' fears that the nonnative snakes could threaten a host of other animal species in the Everglades.

"It means nothing in the Everglades is safe from pythons, a top-down predator," said Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife professor.

Over the years, many pythons have been abandoned in the Everglades by pet owners.

The gory evidence of the latest gator-python encounter — the fourth documented in the past three years — was discovered and photographed last week by a helicopter pilot and wildlife researcher.

The snake was found with the gator's hindquarters protruding from its midsection. Mazzotti said the alligator may have clawed at the python's stomach as the snake tried to digest it.

In previous incidents, the alligator won or the battle was an apparent draw.

"There had been some hope that alligators can control Burmese pythons," Mazzotti said. "This indicates to me it's going to be an even draw. Sometimes alligators are going to win and sometimes the python will win."

It is unknown how many pythons are competing with the thousands of alligators in the Everglades, but at least 150 have been captured in the past two years, said Joe Wasilewski, a wildlife biologist and crocodile tracker.

Pythons could threaten many smaller species that conservationists are trying to protect, including other reptiles, otters, squirrels, woodstorks and sparrows, Mazzotti said.

Wasilewski said a 10- or 20-foot python also could pose a risk to an unwary human, especially a child. He added, however, "I don't think this is an imminent threat. This is not a `Be afraid, be very afraid' situation.'"



ssssssssssssssssBonehead :pat:
 
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JayC

Huh?
Huh. That is weird. I presume the gator one even though they make it sound like a draw? I wouldn't have expected a python to try and eat an alligator.:4_11_9:
 

LarryRB

Member
my door gunner had a rock python as a pet. damned snake had almost as many flight hours as we did,, I was deathly afraid of the thing.. One day, they all got me so drunk I was near passing out,, they put that damned python around my shoulders and snapped a picture,. Of course I had it enlarged, and sent home like the big bad warrior not afraid of anything.
 

BoneheadNW

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LarryRB said:
my door gunner had a rock python as a pet. damned snake had almost as many flight hours as we did,, I was deathly afraid of the thing.. One day, they all got me so drunk I was near passing out,, they put that damned python around my shoulders and snapped a picture,. Of course I had it enlarged, and sent home like the big bad warrior not afraid of anything.
Larry-

That is a great story! Any chance that you could post the picture?

Isn't it amazing what practical jokes buddies will pull on eachother, drunk or otherwise. One of my favorites at work was the prank we pulled on one of the guys who thought he was "hot shit". He would always go into the crapper at about the same time every morning and stay in there "doing his duty" while reading a magazine. One day, before he came into the bathroom, we put one packet of hot taco sauce under each pad of the toilet seat. Each packet had a small tear facing toward the center of the seat (where his butt would be sticking through, get the picture?). My buddy was in the next stall to ensure that this guy sat on the boobie trapped toilet. Come 09:30, Mr. "hot shit" enters the bathroom and goes into the stall. Unable to controll ourselves, we follow him into the bathroom just in time to hear, "Hey, what the hell!! Holy shit!!" At that point, we all lost it and ran out of the bathroom, just ahead of Mr "hot shit" (literally at this point). He claimed that it really didn't hurt that bad but if that was the case he wouldn't have had to wipe the affected area with so much wet toilet paper.

Sorry I got off topic but I didn't want to start a new thread called poop chute practical jokes.

Bonehead :14_6_20:
 

LarryRB

Member
give it a try and see what happens
 

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