The alligator and the python were engaged in an intense battle.
A video has gone viral on social media showing an alligator holding a huge python in its mouth and trying to tear it apart.
The video was shared by Animals Energy on Instagram on Wednesday and has received more than 10,000 likes and more than 4.5 lakh views so far.
The caption says, “Can a crocodile bite the python in half?”
In the video, the python strolls all over the alligator’s body and wraps itself around it, trying to bite each time, but the alligator tries to tear the python apart.
Pythons are known to wrap around their prey and crush them – squeezing tighter as the victim exhales.
Both the alligator and the python are members of the same reptile family and in the video they don’t seem to give up, resulting in a brutal face-to-face battle.
However, after some time, the alligator leaves the python when it cannot kill it and bites it in half.
Users were excited to see the intense battle and commented on the post.
“Great to see devil vs devil. Who dies is a blessing,” wrote one user.
“Looks like python wins the last frame, watch the alligator’s eye go limp when the snake rubs it, the snake won suffocated it,” commented a second user.
The average adult American alligator weighs 360 kg (790 lb) and measures 4 m (13 ft), although they can reach 4.4 m (14 ft) and weigh more than 450 kg (990 lb). The world’s largest, discovered in Louisiana, measured 5.84 meters (19.2 ft).
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