tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post617994031209823844..comments2023-12-16T02:39:56.603-06:00Comments on Gordon Grice: Python Eats Alligator . . . and Other PossibilitiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-73216673517952547422018-04-08T17:02:40.092-05:002018-04-08T17:02:40.092-05:00That's been widely reported, but also called i...That's been widely reported, but also called into question. See this post and the article it links to: http://deadlykingdom.blogspot.com/2013/11/anacondas-in-everglades.html.<br />Gordon Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068980330242909601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-55879230860919654252018-04-08T16:54:33.577-05:002018-04-08T16:54:33.577-05:00sure it's not a danger to alligators, crocodil...sure it's not a danger to alligators, crocodiles, or humans. <br /><br />what about native rabbits, raccoons, and other small mammals though? those are scarcely seen in the Everglades these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-31519450617078097032012-06-11T11:07:07.698-05:002012-06-11T11:07:07.698-05:00Good points, James. If we look at big constricting...Good points, James. If we look at big constricting snakes in general, we see even more examples of them co-existing with crocodilians. As I recall, anacondas occasionally prey on caimans, but without posing any serious threat to their populations. <br /><br />The injuries to that python in the photo certainly require some explanation beyond "it exploded." Animal guts do sometimes burst as decomposition causes gas to accumulate; but that explanation tells us nothing about what killed the python in the first place.Gordon Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068980330242909601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-36525956135022045132012-06-10T21:42:01.681-05:002012-06-10T21:42:01.681-05:00I'd add that, after all, crocodiles have so fa...I'd add that, after all, crocodiles have so far managed to exist alongside the Burmese python in its native range for...well, as long as there have been Burmese pythons. I did once see a show on one of the Nat'l Geo channels about the famous "exploded python" advancing the idea that the snake was probably attacked and torn apart by another predator (a second gator, though a cougar perhaps could have done the job) while engorged.James Smithnoreply@blogger.com