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Python vs. Alligator
evil agent writes "Fox News is reporting an incident in Everglades National Park where a python tried to swallow an alligator whole, causing it to explode. A picture of the aftermath is also provided. Scientists say that these python vs. alligator battles are becoming more frequent due to pet owners who discard the nonnative pythons in the Everglades."
Wait for Dave Barry's column on it.
The latest Slashdot meme.
Perhaps the Alligator should stick to Perl and stay away from Python(s).
Fox News? You're using that as a source?
Oh wait, I see it's under the "It's funny. Laugh." Category.
People by them when they are young and cute... then flush them down the toilet. Some just need to watch what they eat...
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/snakegator
We all know the ultimate battle is Bear v. Shark, anyway (a great book regardless).
Every post I make begins with the assumption P=~P.
biting off more than you can chew.
Winner of Python versus Alligator advances to take on Giant Squid!
Wonder what exception got thrown for that one...
Disconnect and self-destruct, one bullet at a time.
More pictures of the "snakey explosion" available here:
http://www.tfkitchen.com/totalfark/gator1.jpg
http://www.tfkitchen.com/totalfark/gator2.jpg
def eatGator(gator):
....try:
........digestGator(gator)
....except:
........dumpCore(gator)
........sys.exit(1)
But first, why oh why is this headed with "science"?
There's more to science than hurting animals... but, frankly, it's the part that I like best.
And there I was thinking Alligator was some sort of new programming language.
Maybe it's just that most slashdotters don't read articles, but I did read the article and it seems an environmental problem of some concern.
Poor Eric Idle *Sniff* He should of realised he couldn't swallow an alligator whole
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
It's as if there weren't such thing as invasive species before humans came along to transplant them.
Seriously, what you have there is an example of evolution in action. The snakey equivalent of a Darwin award. At some point over the next half-milennium, a new ecological balance will stabilize between indigenous gators and feral snakes. Either one will be the top predator, or they'll stay mutual predators, but with a better appreciation of "don't bite off more than you can chew". Meanwhile all the other beasties will match their habits to the new predator's methods - or die out, as it always has been and always shall.
What's so special about eg: "endangered woodstorks" that makes their species worthy to get a free pass on evolution?
Just imagine, you're an alligator, and you got owned by a snake. It's not bad enough that it ate you, but now you're hanging out there on display for the whole swamp to see.
It's wafer thin...