KILL! KILL! KILL!It’s Good…To Be…A Florida Gator (most of the time)
Usually the Kill, Kill, Kill features are in video form. However, this picture was too freaking crazy not to post.
Every so often in Florida, a bleary meth-head, in the midst of a fleeting moment of clarity, will realize that his decision to make a pet of a Burmese python was a poor one– and the snake is unceremoniously set loose into the Everglades. When the python crosses paths with some of the indigenous wildlife what ensues can best be described as illegal immigration: reptile style.
The Burmese python tried to swallow its fearsome rival whole but then exploded. The python’s remains were found with the victim’s tail protruding from its burst midsection.
The photo shows the gruesome aftermath. The alligator, in a testament old-fashioned American determination, refused to give up merely because he had been eaten alive– spending his final moments making sure he took the Asian invader with him. The park ranger says that he is aware of four similar encounters– all either won by the gator or like this one, a mortal draw. USA! USA! USA!
This is hardly the first time that a dismembered snake has been used to represent North American nationalism. Benjamin Franklin’s well known political cartoon at the left advocated colonial solidarity. The sentiment draw upon the old myth that a chopped up snake, if left in a bag overnight, would magically reassemble. Kind of like the myth I currently subscribe to about chopped up hookers.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:27 am
Next time you tell me a gruesome Florida gator has been swallowed by a snake, it had better be about Joakim Noah.
April 1st, 2008 at 8:48 am
Tebow would of walked away from it.
April 1st, 2008 at 9:50 am
Al Horford wouldn’t allow himself to be swallowed whole.
April 1st, 2008 at 11:45 am
Probably should have a deep throat or gagging or choking tag. Oops, wrong site. Carry on.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Pythons are not very smart, are they? All those tasty pets and small children available, and they go for something twice their width that also has teeth and claws.
It’s good to recognize your limitations.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:27 pm
It’s funny because South Carolina is the ass.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I was slightly disgusted, and couldn’t figure out what the picture was. Then I read the description of what it was….and if I had eaten today I WOULD HAVE vomited everywhere.
July 10th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Ok, it is about time the damned gators have some competition! I have been caoeing down the Wekivia River with the gators sliding up on the bank, waiting for a mistake in the boat and a free lunch! Also, in Orlando, Lake Fredricka Apts, just down the road from the airport off Hwy 436, sitting in the apt backyard facing the lake and here comes a huge gator crawling up the bank out of the water! This is a residential populous! Then the pet constictor snake that got out of its cage and came up the water pipe into a neighbors toilet, poor lady was pregnant and went to sit down with a snake face looking at her! I say let the gators and snakes kill each other, explode their gross inards, whatever they need to do to one another. But, if they should get ahold of my life long favorite, docile manatee, I’ll return with the shotgun from hell and take them out myself! They had best keep to themselves and leave the endangered, grass eating manatee alone. Send some of those home grown redneck southern boys down there to take care of them! They would make good snacks for the gators & snakes both! Maybe, the necks will stop dumping their snakes and go back to having a Pit Bull? I know all this first hand, lived there for 7 years!
July 10th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Ps I forgot to mention I do miss Florida, loved it there! I just could have done without some of the VW sized roaches though! My toddler at the time thought they were toys and wanted to play with them! We named the roaches “Herbie Cars” ! I should have turned Disney on to that years ago and changed the whole “Cars” movie! Would have to keep “Mator” though, he is what true Florida is all about! Still, nothing beats the sun, beaches, and palm trees, especially when I am freezing my ass off here all winter! Save the Manatee! I am there in spirit!