October 5, 2005
WHY NOT TEACH THEM TO EAT SNAKEHEADS? (via mc):
Python Bursts After Trying to Eat Gator (DENISE KALETTE, 10/05/05, Associated Press)
The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the Everglades food chain, and the results of the struggle are horror-movie messy.A 13-foot Burmese python recently burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole, authorities said.
The incident has heightened biologists' fears that the nonnative snakes could threaten a host of other animal species in the Everglades.
"It means nothing in the Everglades is safe from pythons, a top-down predator," said Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife professor.
Where's the downside? Posted by Orrin Judd at October 5, 2005 4:38 PM
Gators will give you gas.
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at October 5, 2005 4:50 PM
"It means nothing in the Everglades is safe from pythons, a top-down predator," said Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife professor.
Apparently 6 ft alligators are safe from pythons or have I missed the point of the story.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at October 5, 2005 4:50 PMSerpentine version of the restaurant scene from "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life".
But it's a wafer-thin 6 foot alligator...
Posted by: joe shropshire at October 5, 2005 5:34 PMWhat the hell is a "top down predator"?
Posted by: jdkelly at October 5, 2005 6:28 PMjd - "Top-down predators" start with the head, and leave the tail and hind legs dangling out their mouths.
Posted by: pj at October 5, 2005 7:00 PMpj, Then new meaning to the phrase "keep your head".Sounds like Jefferson Airplane.
Posted by: jdkelly at October 5, 2005 8:45 PMStill there after the White Sox victory.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at October 5, 2005 9:56 PMOOPS wrong thread!
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at October 5, 2005 9:57 PM