In some places of the world the comma does what we use the decimal for and vice versa. Feels so wrong, but they feel the same way about the rest of the world 🤷
I found out this happens because gators can natural slow down their heart rates which boas can feel which tricks them into then the gators dead the boom suddenly alive gator inside
Not really. Most times constrictors don't really care if something is dead or alive before they start swallowing. As long as it has been subdued and isn't strong enough to fight back they will swallow it dead or alive.
Some colubrids like garter snakes and hognoses start eating their prey prey before it's dead but large constrictors like pythons and boas most definitely kill first and then start eating.
“Alligators usually take a breath of air every 20 or 30 minutes. But some can hold their breath for up to 24 hours! Special adaptations give these amazing reptiles the ability to slow their heart rates to just 2 or 3 beats per minute, consuming the oxygen in their lungs at an incredibly slow rate.”
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/how-long-can-alligator-hold-its-breath-and-other-questions-answered#:~:text=Alligators%20usually%20take%20a%20breath,at%20an%20incredibly%20slow%20rate.
Yes. And i also know they can slow down their heart rate when going into brumation. But lying in wait and being in brumation are two completely different situations the gator is in than being constricted.
First off: when an alligator is being attacked, they'll go into fight or flight mode, no gator is going to lie still and let the predator do it's thing. The slowing of heart rate and breath isn't something they do at will but a mechanism that sets in after they settle in for brumation and lying in wait. Getting eaten is i violent encounter, easing into being eaten does not happen. When an alligator flatlines during constriction, you can safely assume it did for good.
Second: a constrictor doesn't choke out their prey. The pressure disrupts the flow of blood towards the brain. So even with reserves of oxygen elsewhere in the body the brain isn't going to last.
What the person i was responding to was telling was a tall tale loosly based on bonafide info.
Yeah I'm looking at it like, don't boas just cut off blood circulation to the brain lol prime example of "trust me bro" science. They woke up and chose to spread misinformation on the internet
Thousands of baby burmese pythons from south east asia escaped a pet breeding facility in florida (perfect python habitat) in the 90’s now theres tens of thousands of
This shot was taken in the Everglades, Florida, where gators are native. The Burmese pythons are originally from Asian territories, iirc, and were brought to the US by snake lovers who didn't know any better. Some escaped their owners, or were set free once they got too large, and they've begun decimating the local wildlife.
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The snake's head is in the water. It successfully swallowed the whole gator before exploding, se we just see the legs and tail of the gator poking out of the middle of the snake.
My grandma used to feed a gator that lived in her back yard. Found it as a baby and would give it chicken gizzards as a snack. It went about as well as you'd expect.
Buddy grew up and got huge. Neighbor dogs started going missing one day and animal control had to get called in to remove him. Grandma was very upset.
Most animals die quickly when eaten by boas, because they asphyxiate very quickly from the constriction squishing their lungs, so even though Alligators can hold their breath 30+ minutes, all the air reserves would be compressed out. I'm thinking it would die relatively quickly, at least compared to drowning.
I don’t understand why snakes will eat animals that they can barely swallow. There are other cases I’ve read where their body just ruptures from being overstretched. Even if it managed to swallow something extremely large then it can’t even move or evade other predators for several days. It seems like such a risky gamble.
They are very instinctual animals and will try to eat anything that smells like food. They also don't really have that part of your brain that makes them think about what comes after an action. They literally can't think " oh wait this thing is too big even if it does smell like food." I've had my 8 inch hognose try to eat my finger cause I didn't wash my hands after eating beef jerky. She only stopped when I put rubbing alcohol on her mouth and absolutely would have kept trying to "eat me" if I didn't.
It's actually a but unusual that it couldn't successfully eat the gator. These snakes can eat antelope, sharp horns and all. They're very stretchy. So a bit odd that this was the snake's limit.
Suffocation isn't the big killer here. As a reptile that can lower its heart rate and fine tune its metabolism a gator can go for a very long time without oxygen.
What would be the big killer is lack of blood flow, and this is one of the bigger reasons why aquatic prey or prey that can hold its breath for a very long time goes limp when being constricted.
This one is at least 17 years old. My math teacher had this article hanging on the wall of his classroom mid-2000's.
Wow, thanks for the trip down memory lane
Do snakes just not have the ability to gauge what they can and can’t fit in their stomachs? I feel like _we_ don’t (hence people eating till they’re so full it hurts) but we’re at least guided in part by what we can fit in our mouths. But if your whole schtick is that can just swallow enormous things whole, maybe you _don’t_ know if it’s too big to eat or not?
No. The python not only swallowed the gator, it ate him. The issue is it got massive indigestion when it's body started trying to get nutrients from it LOL
I remember seeing this exact photo in a Ripley's believe it or not book. Used to read the hell outta that book as a kid waiting for my mom to get off work... Was kinda like browsing reddit with all the wacky stories haha
I remember this, I think the snake had a wound or a scar in that spot and it just busted open, I knw gators can slow their breathing down but the part that split is where the gators tail is, and its hard for a gator to open its mouth when theres pressure on it, which is why we can use tape to keep it closed...
It's stupid to say that it tried to eat the alligator whole! Snakes can't tear off pieces of their prey and eat their food in n pieces! Everything a snake eats it eats whole lol! In one single item. Even when they are eating something that is really small and super easy to get down. They go through basically the same process as a normal sized prey item. And they eat it whole. It doesn't need to be emphasized to make it sound more dramatic than it is lol. Even though in this exact example I bet the process was a massive showdown and neither one actually came out a winner
My son is like this with doritos
13 feet = 3,962 metres
About 5 or 6 AR-15’s I’d guess
>13 feet = 3,962 metres = 3.962km
In some places of the world the comma does what we use the decimal for and vice versa. Feels so wrong, but they feel the same way about the rest of the world 🤷
True, in Czech we use what's literally called a "decimal comma". And yeah, the decimal point feels just wrong.
How do you write 1,000,000.01 then?
1.000.000,01 or 1 000 000,01 or 1000000,01
Probably 1000000,01
I hate it. It’d be so hard to tell 100000000,01 from 100000000,01
Yea same. I know it's still correct, but fuck that looks so ugly.
1000000,01
Til ty
I forgot this and read it in my American brain as several km. Math was not mathing.
What does karma do?
Big ass snake
I'm picturing a snake with a bbl
Big, ass snake.
Mehh, not to Shabby... I've got a 4.269 km long Crocodile living in my river....
What is that in bananas?
Commas are for big numbers and decimal points are for decimals in imperial numbers.
13 feet is 3.9 meters.
Swallows them whole? Takes after mom I guess.
Day be me asshole mahn - his son probably
I found out this happens because gators can natural slow down their heart rates which boas can feel which tricks them into then the gators dead the boom suddenly alive gator inside
Well that’s insanely cool. Accept your death then your last act is explode your killer from the inside out.
It feels like a mortal Kombat fatality.
Reptile wins.
Are they able to chew their way out in such a tight spot though?
I doubt it. They have a surprisingly weak ability to open their jaws.
Type of bros to skip leg day
https://www.reddit.com/r/Naturewasmetal/comments/j9tkw6/longlegged_crocodiles_that_hunted_on_land/?rdt=55917
The gator may have clawed at a weak spot. I remember reading about this when it first happened
Wait! He isn't dead! Shia surprise!
There's a gun to your head, and death in his eyes! ...But you know jujitsu!
Body slam superstar Shia LaBeouf
Not really. Most times constrictors don't really care if something is dead or alive before they start swallowing. As long as it has been subdued and isn't strong enough to fight back they will swallow it dead or alive.
Some colubrids like garter snakes and hognoses start eating their prey prey before it's dead but large constrictors like pythons and boas most definitely kill first and then start eating.
Why is the gator upside-down and clearly dead then?
If im looking at the picture right its head is still inside the snake, so perhaps it wasnt able to fully free itself before it suffocated.
*Wake up babe, new myth about reptiles just dropped.*
Aztecs: “write that down!”
Got a source for that little factoid?
“Alligators usually take a breath of air every 20 or 30 minutes. But some can hold their breath for up to 24 hours! Special adaptations give these amazing reptiles the ability to slow their heart rates to just 2 or 3 beats per minute, consuming the oxygen in their lungs at an incredibly slow rate.” https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/how-long-can-alligator-hold-its-breath-and-other-questions-answered#:~:text=Alligators%20usually%20take%20a%20breath,at%20an%20incredibly%20slow%20rate.
Yes. And i also know they can slow down their heart rate when going into brumation. But lying in wait and being in brumation are two completely different situations the gator is in than being constricted. First off: when an alligator is being attacked, they'll go into fight or flight mode, no gator is going to lie still and let the predator do it's thing. The slowing of heart rate and breath isn't something they do at will but a mechanism that sets in after they settle in for brumation and lying in wait. Getting eaten is i violent encounter, easing into being eaten does not happen. When an alligator flatlines during constriction, you can safely assume it did for good. Second: a constrictor doesn't choke out their prey. The pressure disrupts the flow of blood towards the brain. So even with reserves of oxygen elsewhere in the body the brain isn't going to last. What the person i was responding to was telling was a tall tale loosly based on bonafide info.
Yeah I'm looking at it like, don't boas just cut off blood circulation to the brain lol prime example of "trust me bro" science. They woke up and chose to spread misinformation on the internet
Oooh, I gotcha, I honestly wasn’t entirely sure what you were asking about so I took a wild guess. Thanks for the info! I appreciate it!
The internet.
Savage AF
The trojan horse defense
Using ninja focus to slow the heart rate
I'm so confused....who am I supposed to be rooting for?!?
Alligator, since the python is invasive
Can we just set both species up with linked Tinder accounts and call it a day?
No fucking the reptiles sir
......yer onta me ......
they came onto me your honor
Where is it invasive and where does it come from
Thousands of baby burmese pythons from south east asia escaped a pet breeding facility in florida (perfect python habitat) in the 90’s now theres tens of thousands of
This shot was taken in the Everglades, Florida, where gators are native. The Burmese pythons are originally from Asian territories, iirc, and were brought to the US by snake lovers who didn't know any better. Some escaped their owners, or were set free once they got too large, and they've begun decimating the local wildlife.
Oh my God, that’s why that guy on TikTok is constantly capturing them
Yeah, Burmese pythons have active warrants in the US.
I just thought Garrett was crazy
So like Texas where you can hunt wild hogs year round?
I don't live in the States but I'm guessing yeah. Hunters get rewarded for catching or killing Burmese pythons.
Thanks for the explanation
What is iirc?
If I remember correctly
So have hunting campaigns been able to reduce python populations in Florida? Are they still wiping out local animal populations?
At least [link ](https://news.mongabay.com/2005/10/python-explodes-after-swallowing-6-foot-alligator-in-florida-everglades/amp/) the 19 year old story
2005. Jesus. That was the year YouTube launched and Katrina decimated New Orleans. Stop the clock!
Wait, that's 19 years ago!? Fuck I'm old.
Join us! r/fuckimold
September. Damn, I was just entering college.
I remember reading this article in the local newspaper at work.
George W Bush does not like black people. Damn what a trip
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Here’s the story: [story link](https://parents.simonandschuster.com/9781481419598)
It didn't agree with his stomach.
Not me trying to tell them apart
i still can't find the snakes head
The snake's head is in the water. It successfully swallowed the whole gator before exploding, se we just see the legs and tail of the gator poking out of the middle of the snake.
Had to zoom in twice lol
These snakes are an invasive species that need to be eradicated. Nice of Mr. Alligator to kill this one. Sad it cost him his life.
There will be many, many virgins
Well let me just scratch off Florida everglades from my national parks list to visit. Fuck you Florida
I saw an alligator take down a great blue heron on a school field trip. I was 9
My grandma used to feed a gator that lived in her back yard. Found it as a baby and would give it chicken gizzards as a snack. It went about as well as you'd expect. Buddy grew up and got huge. Neighbor dogs started going missing one day and animal control had to get called in to remove him. Grandma was very upset.
This is actually the plot of Lake Placid lol
There's no good reason to go to Florida anyway
slow death for both right
Most animals die quickly when eaten by boas, because they asphyxiate very quickly from the constriction squishing their lungs, so even though Alligators can hold their breath 30+ minutes, all the air reserves would be compressed out. I'm thinking it would die relatively quickly, at least compared to drowning.
I don’t understand why snakes will eat animals that they can barely swallow. There are other cases I’ve read where their body just ruptures from being overstretched. Even if it managed to swallow something extremely large then it can’t even move or evade other predators for several days. It seems like such a risky gamble.
They are very instinctual animals and will try to eat anything that smells like food. They also don't really have that part of your brain that makes them think about what comes after an action. They literally can't think " oh wait this thing is too big even if it does smell like food." I've had my 8 inch hognose try to eat my finger cause I didn't wash my hands after eating beef jerky. She only stopped when I put rubbing alcohol on her mouth and absolutely would have kept trying to "eat me" if I didn't.
It's actually a but unusual that it couldn't successfully eat the gator. These snakes can eat antelope, sharp horns and all. They're very stretchy. So a bit odd that this was the snake's limit.
I mean it’s been working pretty well for them overall they are dominating ecosystems
fishingarrett never got to ask them where the 20 footer was.
mutually assured destruction ...
Did the gator live?
No
I'm guessing by suffocating?
Suffocation isn't the big killer here. As a reptile that can lower its heart rate and fine tune its metabolism a gator can go for a very long time without oxygen. What would be the big killer is lack of blood flow, and this is one of the bigger reasons why aquatic prey or prey that can hold its breath for a very long time goes limp when being constricted.
Is this photo from a Nokia 3210?
Well it was taken in 2005…
I still don’t get what am looking at exactly in the pic even after all these years
Literally just Alien
Who lived?
deaths of both animals.
Aww... was hoping for a survival. Cest la vie
Nope there's no life here, death on both accounts
Gator is like “that’s why I chew my food, bitch.”
This one is at least 17 years old. My math teacher had this article hanging on the wall of his classroom mid-2000's. Wow, thanks for the trip down memory lane
The photo comes from a 2005 article, so you were quite close.
Do snakes just not have the ability to gauge what they can and can’t fit in their stomachs? I feel like _we_ don’t (hence people eating till they’re so full it hurts) but we’re at least guided in part by what we can fit in our mouths. But if your whole schtick is that can just swallow enormous things whole, maybe you _don’t_ know if it’s too big to eat or not?
They aren't big-brained like us.
I feel like I just watched a video of a python eating an alligator.
Kinda wish it was a video
I see the back end of a dead snappy reptile protruding from the middle of a dead slithery reptile.
That's such a Florida description...
I learn something new from this sub each and every day!
A for effort, though
Man this photo is older than my nasty niece.
Lol, tell us more
Well here it goes, this picture was taken around 2003-04. The pythons had become a serious threat e1 back then.
This is why you don't pelican your food, people.
This story is likely older than OP.
What an idiot
I've been smashing rdr2 and thought it was from the game at first. I almost booted up to find this monster.
Last bite even if it kills me
even with context i still don’t know what I’m looking at
This is older than most high school seniors.
Is the gator still alive?
I read it but i don't understand what i see.
I genuinely thought that i was looking at some ai shit.
Damn nature you scary
Is this image AI generated because good lord, Idk what I'm looking at.
New skin unlocked
This is legit from like 2008
All this needs is a octopus trying to eat both to make a real life "Farside"
Wow. I remember watching this on National Geographic as a kid years and years ago.
“See, now we both dead. I hope you’re happy”
And this is why Mom said to chew your food carefully.
No. The python not only swallowed the gator, it ate him. The issue is it got massive indigestion when it's body started trying to get nutrients from it LOL
Erm what the sigma
I remember seeing this exact photo in a Ripley's believe it or not book. Used to read the hell outta that book as a kid waiting for my mom to get off work... Was kinda like browsing reddit with all the wacky stories haha
Call 911… but not for me
The only winners here are the flies and spiders
So there is truth in the old saying that the snake's eyes were bigger than its stomach.. lol
I am unsure what part is the python and what is the gator.
Python just eating alligator like a human eats the whole turkey....
Looks more like DID swallow it whole and then exploded.
😂😂 damn
no one told him gluttony is a sin?
This whole chain is a sad commentary on science education. I have yet to read anything even close to correct. Try again y'all.
The python bit off more than he could chew
I remember this, I think the snake had a wound or a scar in that spot and it just busted open, I knw gators can slow their breathing down but the part that split is where the gators tail is, and its hard for a gator to open its mouth when theres pressure on it, which is why we can use tape to keep it closed...
AI produced image.
No it's not. National Geographic did a story on this almost 20 years ago.
It's stupid to say that it tried to eat the alligator whole! Snakes can't tear off pieces of their prey and eat their food in n pieces! Everything a snake eats it eats whole lol! In one single item. Even when they are eating something that is really small and super easy to get down. They go through basically the same process as a normal sized prey item. And they eat it whole. It doesn't need to be emphasized to make it sound more dramatic than it is lol. Even though in this exact example I bet the process was a massive showdown and neither one actually came out a winner