WARNING: Video above may contain footage that some could find shocking or disturbing. Viewer discretion is suggested.
EVERGLADES, Fla. – A whole alligator was found inside a large Burmese python in Florida – and the video has gone viral on social media.
The clip was shared by geoscientist Rosie Moore on Instagram where it has racked up over 300,000 reactions. She told FOX 35 that the video was taken several months ago but that she only recently posted it online.
“This particular python was roughly 18-foot and had consumed a 5-foot alligator,” Moore wrote on Instagram.
Moore says the python was present in the Florida Everglades but not in a national park. It was euthanized and turned over to the research lab for necropsy and scientific sample collection.
The footage shows several scientists evaluating a big bulge within the python’s stomach before opening it up and getting a greater picture of what was inside. Your complete alligator is then faraway from the python.
Moore says that Burmese pythons are required to be euthanized in Florida and went on to say that “resulting from the subtropical environment of South Florida, paired with the Burmese pythons long life span and rapid reproduction, these snakes have successfully invaded ecologically sensitive areas akin to Everglades National Park. This poses a threat to quite a lot of wildlife.”
Florida recently held its annual Florida Python Challenge, which helps remove invasive Burmese pythons from south Florida. Since 2000, greater than 17,000 wild Burmese pythons have been faraway from the state of Florida.
WARNING: Video above may contain footage that some could find shocking or disturbing. Viewer discretion is suggested.
EVERGLADES, Fla. – A whole alligator was found inside a large Burmese python in Florida – and the video has gone viral on social media.
The clip was shared by geoscientist Rosie Moore on Instagram where it has racked up over 300,000 reactions. She told FOX 35 that the video was taken several months ago but that she only recently posted it online.
“This particular python was roughly 18-foot and had consumed a 5-foot alligator,” Moore wrote on Instagram.
Moore says the python was present in the Florida Everglades but not in a national park. It was euthanized and turned over to the research lab for necropsy and scientific sample collection.
The footage shows several scientists evaluating a big bulge within the python’s stomach before opening it up and getting a greater picture of what was inside. Your complete alligator is then faraway from the python.
Moore says that Burmese pythons are required to be euthanized in Florida and went on to say that “resulting from the subtropical environment of South Florida, paired with the Burmese pythons long life span and rapid reproduction, these snakes have successfully invaded ecologically sensitive areas akin to Everglades National Park. This poses a threat to quite a lot of wildlife.”
Florida recently held its annual Florida Python Challenge, which helps remove invasive Burmese pythons from south Florida. Since 2000, greater than 17,000 wild Burmese pythons have been faraway from the state of Florida.
