Python Bursts After Trying to Eat Gator

There are some headlines that just grab you and make you think, "Oh, I gotta see this..."

This would be one of those occasions. And the photo does it justice.

Officials say a "13-foot Burmese python burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live, six-foot alligator whole" causing the death of both animals. A wildlife professor says its the fourth such gator-python encounter he's seen, highlighting the introduction of new animals (pythons released by pet owners) into new habitats (the Florida Everglades).

The snake was found with the gator's hindquarters protruding from its midsection. The wildlife prof said the alligator "may have clawed at the python's stomach as the snake tried to digest it."

Yum.

Python Bursts After Trying to Eat Gator [AP via Yahoo!]