Can an animal receive a Darwin award?
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A little off topic but worth a quick read!!
i can't really tell which is which or where one begins and the other ends
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1497132/posts
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MIAMI -- A python's eyes were apparently bigger than its stomach. Scientists in Florida are puzzling over a Burmese python that scarfed down a six-foot alligator before its stomach ruptured. They found the carcasses in an isolated part of Florida's Everglades National Park. Photos show the gator's hind legs and tail sticking out of the 13-foot snake's ruptured gut. The Miami Herald reported that scientists can't figure out how the snake got the critter down. The snake's head is also missing. Experts say the clash is interesting, but it also shows the exotic snakes are competing with gators to top the food chain in the Everglades. Park biologist Skip Snow said he's documented 156 python captures in the last two years.
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Did the gator die before he was swallowed? or die he when the snake exploded? or is the gator alive?
Maybe the gator was stangled, this is very nasty and unbelievable.
This is why selling snakes, gators, parrots(ruin agriculture) and other exotic nontraditional house hold pets is a stupid idea.
Too many ignorant people out there who never think about how big these critters can and will get, then they turn them all loose into the wild or suburbs because they can no longer afford to feed and care for them properly. Then our taxes increase to hire more animal control people and build facilities to deal with this mess.
The Peter Principle! Humans are becoming too stupid for their own good.
Burp!