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Several golfers had their games interrupted in Florida by a highly unusual sight on Friday: a python battling an alligator.
Richard Nadler was one of the golfers to post photos and footage on social media of the surprising encounter at The Golf Club at Fiddler's Creek in Naples.
"'Wild' day on the 10th hole today!" Nadler captioned several photos of the two massive beasts tangled together next to a lake. "That's an alligator and a Burmese python entwined. The alligator seems to have the upper hand."
According to WILX-TV, several witnesses said they saw the alligator eventually drag the python into the water. There was also personnel from the club on hand to prevent anyone from getting too close to the animals.
Nadler told NBC 2 he was rather unfazed by the unsettling sight.
"In this particular golf course, there is a lot of wildlife. It's an absolutely beautiful course, with tons of wildlife. We don't normally see these animals entwined or having a fight or fighting for their life or whatever, but in this case the alligator is wrapped with this python," he said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/alligator-python-captured-tangle-golf-145033643.html
hack89
(39,171 posts)yardwork
(61,703 posts)This is not normal wildlife interaction. Pythons aren't supposed to be here. They're killing native animal species.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)and many snake cages were broken-- starting, or adding to, the snake invasion.
When I lived in Tampa, there was the water hyacinth problem.
What's next?
csziggy
(34,137 posts)Iguanas
Tegus
Cuban tree frogs
Rhesus macaques (with a dangerous form of herpes)
Nutrias
Gambian pouched rats
Monk parakeets
Nile monitor lizards
Squirrel Monkeys
Sambar deer
Vervet Monkeys
More:
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/mammals/
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/birds/
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/reptiles/
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/nonnatives/amphibians/
And then there are the invasive plants:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_invasive_plant_species_in_Florida
FSogol
(45,526 posts)yardwork
(61,703 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,592 posts)I wonder if they increase par for the hole?
Wouldn't you love to be the groundskeeper who has to clean this mess up?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)BoneyardDem
(1,202 posts)d_r
(6,907 posts)Go Gators!