National Geographic did an hour long special on this occurence.

That is a Burmese python that was let loose in the Everglades that ate that alligator..they are not indigenous to that area. People are letting alot of these exotoc reptiles go free in the everglades and they are flourishing.

They hypothesize that another gator came up on the snake and bit into him, causing that huge snake to split wide open..that's why that gator is "hanging" out of him.

I found this; kind of the same thing.

http://jinjee1.securesites.net/extreme/

I am sure that the person who started this thread is really glad we managed to keep the subject matter to One Meal A Day--even if it is a very big reptilian meal.

I actually thought it was because they have lower-stress jobs.

"A mouse a Day Keeps the Pounds Away"

Okay, well...I don't see why humans really have to eat three times a day. Other animals don't necessarily do this. How many times a day do you feed your dog? What about a cat, at least in its natural state? It hunts at night and it munches then and that's the end of that.

During the Middle Ages, especially the early Middle Ages, and before then, it was customary to eat twice a day. That's why you hear of huge feasts and banquets or you hear about how they ate tons of bread and drank mead all day long and you wonder, "Then how come they didn't get fat?" Aside from the fact that this was only during times of plenty, and aside from the exercise factor, they certainly weren't eating like that at every meal, and they weren't eating three times a day plus snacks.

I eat twice a day. This has really stabilized my appetite. I feel really good. It's not for everybody. Nothing is.

Through doing IF (starting out with Fast Five--or 19 hr fast with 5 hour eating window) I accidently fell into a one meal a day thing the past couple of days. It hasnt caused blood sugar weakness (and I have suffered from that in the past before going LC) I dont get hungry--and I dont have a lot of room in my stomach for food these days so cant cram a huge meal all at once.

But I do fear that if my calories drop too low from that one meal my metabolism will shut down and my body will hang onto its fat in desperation and send out a message like : Everybody stay right where they are--Hey, all you Fat Cells--dont MOVE! This silly twit is trying to starve us to death and we gotta fight back!"

Gee, that's probably because "in the wild," Burmese pythons live in Southeast Asia and alligators live in the Southeastern US. Burmese pythons are an invasive introduced species in Florida, thanks to the dumb-ass reptile fans who bought them, got tired of them, and let them go.

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If this isn't binge eating, I don't know what is: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm
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"Encounters like that are almost never seen in the wild... And here we are," Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife professor, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.
Gee, that's probably because "in the wild," Burmese pythons live in Southeast Asia and alligators live in the Southeastern US. Burmese pythons are an invasive introduced species in Florida, thanks to the dumb-ass reptile fans who bought them, got tired of them, and let them go.
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AMEN, Bex!

as for :"that's probably because in the wild," Burmese pythons live in Southeast Asia and alligators live in the Southeastern US. Burmese pythons are an invasive introduced species in Florida, thanks to the dumb-ass reptile fans who bought them, got tired of them, and let them go." All too true--and that's why they found a gator or a croc recently in some offbeat place like Toledo.


Also, ya gotta really wonder where that prof got his PhD if he made such a dumb statement as "encounters like that are ALMOST never seen in the wild." HELLOOOOO--encounters like that are NEVER seen in the wild!! DUH.

I read the stupidest article last night on MSN about this woman in MAINE who found an 8 ft retic. python in her washer. The idiots said it "probably got in the washer through the water pipes". Besides the fact that ANY air breathing animal would drown if trapped in a waterpipe, How would it even get in there in the first place (forget all about the fact that the damn snake was entirely to big to fit, anyway).

They also mentioned that pythons, weren't poisonous, but "killed with their teeth".

So much misinformation about snakes already. That was just stupid. I can't believe it even got published.

Sorry to get off track.

I suspect the ability to enter torpor may explain reptile longevity.

I was up at the cottage last week fishing from the dock with slugs I was pulling off this log. I kept rolling it over, and it turned out I was pulling slugs for fishing just inches away from a big rattlesnake. I got my dad to kill it with a shovel. He had to wake it up first, so he could get at the head.

Aww that's nice..killing a rattlesnake that wasn't hurting anybody..I just don't get it. Why not leave it alone or wait for it to leave because once it senses you, it is scared to death that you may want to eat him or her.

A rattlesnake will bite when it feels threatened or in danger. They do not want to bite. They want to save that precious venom for hunting..though some bites are "dry" with no venom.

In the hundreds of rattlesnakes I have encountered, all have tried to get away from me..only when I try to 'work" with it to get my photos do they defend themselves and become aggressive.

But most peoples first reaction is to kill it..while they are in their habitat that we are encroaching..

Primates may have an innate reaction to snakes. An early reference of course is Genesis in a creation story. Another fascinating story a few Sundays ago reports that Rattlesnakes in the Southwest are becoming more toxic. Revenge?

What a shame.

If you don't want to divulge your location or whatever, OK, but if you PM me whereabouts your cottage is, I'd like to see if there's an organization in that area that will come out there (next time) and remove rattlesnakes for you without killing them. There are many groups that do this, maybe I can find a phone number for you.

Like it or not, the earth belongs to man. We have a lot of small children running around. To me, their mother's peace of mind is worth a rattlesnake or two.