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An intact 1.5m long alligator has been found inside the stomach of Burmese python in the US state of Florida, scientists said.
The 5.4m python was caught by workers in the Everglades National Park and euthanised on site, Florida-based geoscientist Rosie Moore told USA TODAY on Friday.
During a necropsy at a research lab, Moore said, scientists found the alligator in its stomach.
A viral video of the discovery shot by Moore and posted on her Instagram page shows scientists wearing gloves evaluating the bulge in the python’s stomach before cutting it open on the floor.
Scientists are then seen sliding the alligator out of the snake’s stomach.
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“The alligator was fully intact,” Moore said on Friday. “Just slight decay on the outer dermal layer. The osteoderms (the bony deposits on the skin) were completely intact!”
The size of the gator and the slight decomposition made for an especially unpleasant scent, Moore added.
“The smell was horrendous,” said the 26-year-old master free diver, who lives in southeastern Florida’s Boca Raton.
As of Friday, Moore’s post of the footage had garnered more than 337,000 likes and more than 2,600 comments, including one from Instagram user trusty_official.
“Shoulda just cooked the whole thing! Woulda been some kinda creepy Cajun version of a Turducken,” the user wrote.
Another user wrote, “Did somebody put some of these in the waters of Florida because these guys are not original (y) from here …”

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida, Moore said. Native to Asia, they are one of the largest snakes in the world and can reach lengths of more than 6.0m.
Under Florida law, Burmese pythons are required to be euthanised.
Late last month, more than 230 pythons were removed from the Everglades as part of an annual competition to eliminate the invasive species from the South Florida wetlands preserve.
“These snakes have successfully invaded ecologically sensitive areas such as Everglades National Park,” Moore wrote. “This poses a threat to a variety of wildlife, due to the pythons’ wide dietary preferences.”


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1.5m intact alligator found inside stomach of Burmese python in Florida

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida. File photo: Getty Images/AFP

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida and are considered a menace to the state’s swamplands. File photo: Miami Herald/TNS

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Wildlife officials say this snake is the largest Burmese python ever to be removed from Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades. Photo: National Park Service.

MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 29: Edward Mercer, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission non-native Wildlife Technician, holds a North African Python during a press conference in the Florida Everglades about the non-native species on January 29, 2015 in Miami, Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission along with the Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ECISMA), Miami-Dade County, National Park Service, South Florida Water Management District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Geological Survey, University of Florida were surveying an area for the Northern African pythons (also called African rock pythons) and the Burmese Python in western Miami-Dade County. The teams of snake hunters were checking the levees, canals and marsh on foot for the invasive species of reptile. Many of the non-native snakes have been introduced in to the wild when people release pet snakes after they grow to large to keep. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP

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A video went viral on social media showing scientists pulling the alligator from the stomach of the 5.4m snake caught in the Everglades National Park
Geoscientist Rosie Moore said the size of the gator and the slight decomposition made for an especially unpleasant scent



A video went viral on social media showing scientists pulling the alligator from the stomach of the 5.4m snake caught in the Everglades National Park.


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