Burmese Python vs. Alligator. Who Wins?

(no gurls allowed in this diary)

Now for a break from all that highbrow political-type stuff.....

Answer? Neither:

Snake bursts after gobbling gator

The predators died in the clash

An unusual clash between a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator and a 13-foot (3.9m) python has left two of the deadliest predators dead in Florida's swamps.

The Burmese python tried to swallow its fearsome rival whole but then exploded.

The remains of the two giant reptiles were found by astonished rangers in the Everglades National Park.

The rangers say the find suggests that non-native Burmese pythons might even challenge alligators' leading position in the food chain in the swamps.

Clearly, if they can kill an alligator they can kill other species
Prof Frank Mazzotti

The python's remains with the victim's tail protruding from its burst midsection were found last week. The head of the python was missing.  

Kooool!

•  EEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!

  n/t

  by jillian on Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 12:02:00 AM PDT

•  Good God

  Ok, gotta go to class now, but that image will remain in my head.

  Must... concentrate.

  by Plutonium Page on Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 12:02:33 AM PDT

•  psst

  shumard, the new dKos has a maximum image width of 340 px, so re-scale your photo, and people will be happier, heh.

  by Plutonium Page on Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 12:03:39 AM PDT

  •  Can you walk me through

    the html coding details to do that?

    I just lifted it "as is" from the BBC.

    by shumard on Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 12:08:55 AM PDT

    •  Nevermind.

      the internets are my friend Here.

      by shumard on Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 12:35:08 AM PDT

    •  to your picture insert code, add before the >

      width="100%"
      or
      width="400"
      (defaults to pixels when there's no percent sign).

      Remember, preview before posting.

      by TerraByte on Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 05:18:36 AM PDT

•  Gurls snuck in

  Yecccccchhhhhh and ickkkkor

  by eyeswideopen on Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 12:21:45 AM PDT

•  Is this a metaphor ...

  for the US economy and Iraq?

  by Jon Meltzer on Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 12:45:38 AM PDT

  •  I thought it was a metaphor...

    ...about why Rove has been missing lately.

    by BlogDog on Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 05:17:45 AM PDT

•  Technically

  ...the snake ruptured, not "exploded". Unless the gator had an IED strapped to its leg.

  by dinazina on Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 05:54:52 AM PDT