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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051005/ap_on_fe_st/gator_python_4;_ylt=AnSNoCvQ2tKUypaLCXgO.2lsaMYA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA

I have a hard time believing thats real. Any thoughts???
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2 RES
1.1 Argentine B/W Tegus
1.1 Iguanaa
1 leucistic texas ratsnake
1 water dragon-RIP Gimpy
0.1 Knight Anole
1 mountain horned lizard
2 Egyptian dune geckos
1 Emporer Scorpion
1 dusky conure
3 australian shepherds
3 cats

It is very real. Anacondas in the wild regularly take spectacled caiman and others as prey. Burms will take whatever they can, but sometimes with a large bull gator might get a bit more than they bargained for.
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Chris Law
U.A.P.P.E.A.L. (Uniting a Proactive Primate and Exotic Animal League)
Herpetoculture Element Representative

If you look at the pictures, you can see that the gator was way too far down inside the snake to still be alive and kicking. It would have suffacated long ago. One of the theories is that it ate an already dead gator and the decomposition gasses built up so much that the snake literally exploded. It's common in hot weather.
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1.1.0 Ball pythons (Diablo, Mercedes)
0.1.0 RTB (Kinky)
0.0.1 Crested Gecko (Indy)
0.2.0 Cats (Kate and Clarice)
1.1.0 Rabbits (Milosh and Janicka)