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I always remind myself that I live on the edge of a real-life Jurassic Park here in Southwest Florida, which is crawling with enormous alligators, snakes, and other creatures instead of dinosaurs.
As a native Floridian, I make it a point to never get complacent when it comes to wildlife. A great reminder of how nature is harsh in the Sunshine State is this video of an alligator swimming while holding a Burmese python in its mouth.
The Burmese python/alligator video was also shared to the hugely popular Facebook group “Alligators of Florida,” where someone claims that it was shot in the Shark Valley loop of Everglades National Park.
However, I was able to do some extensive research and find that the video posted below to Reddit didn’t contain much information.
If we’re being honest, their assertion that the alligator is about 12 feet long seems exaggerated. However, supposing for a moment that the alligator is indeed 12 feet long.
This invasive Burmese python is incredibly large. The Big Cypress National Preserve is where the 19-foot snake that was found in July of last year was the largest one ever caught in Florida.
Where did Phish perform on New Year’s Eve in 1999? Imagine something like this slithering along as Phish are jamming in the Florida Everglades:
You may view the video on Reddit if it’s not loading. The snake’s exact size is unknown. The Burmese python seems bloated based on its form.
It implies that the snake has been dead for a short time. Here is a picture of the state record 19-foot Burmese python just after.
It was captured in Big Cypress and taken to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida for comparison.
Although this snake appears smaller than the one in the video above, it is the largest ever photographed in Florida and an absolute UNIT:
Unfortunately, it seems that no one was able to measure the Burmese python in the aforementioned video, therefore we will never be able to determine its exact size.
But that looks like a dinosaur from where I’m sitting. More recently, a 115-pound Burmese python was discovered by Florida field biologists consuming a 77-pound deer.
As a result of that discovery, it was discovered that these invasive snakes can bite off far greater portions than previously believed.