Python Stalks Alligator 01 Stock Footage

Pythons often stalk their prey and if not hungry they still investigate a potential food source and return at a later time to make the kill...

Burmese pythons have an established permanent breeding population in South Florida and belong to the “new” apex predators of the Everglades today. Top predators like the american alligators prey regularly on all kinds of reptiles, including pythons. An adult alligator will have little trouble to overpower, kill and eat any juvenile and in some cases even an adult constrictor. Nevertheless, a fully grown Burmese Python can reach over twenty feet in lengths and becomes extremely dangerous prey item for most crocodilians.

These large constrictors have not much to fear and will feed on most animals they come across (including alligators) when hungry. Pythons are non venomous snakes and kill by constricting their prey, wrapping its body around in a thigh coil until the animals dies of suffocation within a few minuets. The prey will be swallowed mostly head first and whole. This process can take considerable time during which the snake is vulnerable to attacks from other predators. Confrontations between pythons and alligator have been recorded during the last years but still, very little is know on the outcome of such “fights”. The fact is that invasive species like the burmese pythons are a part of the Everglades today and it is up to everyone to find out as much as possible and use the newly gain knowledge to keep the python population in check. Alligator fights python was filmed by Heiko Kiera aka Ojatro near the Everglades in 2015.

[MrCancer]

The Small Gator played dead and the Python eventually lost interest and moved on. Very clever of the Gator. Good thing it worked because that small Gator was no match for that huge Python.

[jimmyjimmyjohnson]

This alligator is a sort of hero. When an alligator lashes out like what happened at the end of this video, it could deter some snakes from considering alligators a food source. There is another video that featured a smallish alligator atacking a snake that definitely could have killed it but the snake was timid and just wanted to escape.

[superiorgaming]

That young Alligator was like "stay still it can't see me"

[anthonysturt]

would a snake this size even bother to eat a rat?

[paulamrana]

lolz what sort of stalking was that bloody that python seriously is one hell of a bodybuilder he must have worked out daily to acquire that kind of size with proper meal and training.

[mikerobinson]

Python:I'm not hungry right now I'm just sizing you up
Prey:ok, I'll be here when get back Don't hold your breath tho.😀

[TeeAiDee]

Not a good sized alligator for the python to be sizing up. Much too big. Even if the python managed to swallow it, there's a good chance it would explode afterwards.

[xzldbei]

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[kylebickley]

I know where you filmed this. Q? Why did you let it live? It also noticed you! Like the boar shoot on site! This thing is pushing different species to the brink of Extinction in the Florida swamps.

[alblake]

Yes that snake just ate but the snake wants to eat him but he's full fr

[Aryan-jink]

That's isn't alligator...so the title is unjustified