In a viral Instagram video, pathologists remove a dead 5-foot alligator from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python.
A team of veterinary pathologists recently extracted a 5-foot-long alligator corpse from the body of an 18-foot Burmese python that was euthanized in Florida. The necropsy, or animal autopsy, was captured in a jaw-dropping video and recently went viral on Instagram.
A group of biologists discovered the alligator-stuffed snake in Everglades National Park. The scientists were surveying invasive plant species when they came across the enormous serpent, which is also invasive to Florida. The researchers swiftly euthanized the snake in accordance with local wildlife guidelines and sent it to a Florida-based laboratory for a necropsy. .)
The swallowed gator was in such good condition that it looked like it could have stood up and walked out of the room, which surprised the researchers who freed it."The python had begun to digest the gator, but for the most part, the gator was fully intact," Moore said. The only visible damage was done to the dermal layer, or scales, she added.
It is commonly and falsely assumed that pythons and other large snakes, like anacondas, are able to swallow massive prey — such as alligators, deer and even humans — by dislocating their jaws. But in reality, snakes' jaws do not dislocate. Instead, their upper and lower jaws are connected by a super-stretchy piece of elastic tissue that gives them"a great deal of mobility," Moore said.
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