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(Miami Herald)   Dead alligator ruptures through the body of a Burmese python. Curious scientists seen high-fiving each other, screaming "cool" (with surreal pic)   (miami.com) divider line 253
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skink [TotalFark]
2005-10-05 04:29:00 PM
Mr Gecko: Feh...I don't worry about them eating humans. Plenty of those in Florida.

I worry about them over competing with native predators, like saltwater crocs and even panthers.
 
tricycleracer
2005-10-05 04:31:17 PM
Is the alligator...? It the python....?

Seems like more of a game warden thing to me.

Pythonfarker! Do you need assistant!?!
 
Dancin_In_Anson [TotalFark]
2005-10-05 04:31:40 PM
Actually, it would be the snake's last words, wouldn' it?

Ah what the hell...only us old timers would recognize that ad anyway...
 
Can 'O' Soup
2005-10-05 04:32:01 PM
Senor Dingdon
We know. Read above you. You'll see it. "I've seen this before..."
 
Xaxor [TotalFark]
2005-10-05 04:33:46 PM
gunslinger19

The Del Rey books are nice, but you're going to end up with a lot of repeated stories. The art is awesome, but the Cthulhu picture posted in this thread appeared on one of the Arkham House editions. Amazingly enough I eneded up finding out about Big C through being a gamer... his name seemed to pop up a lot, so the first book I found was Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos. It only has two stories by Lovecraft, but it's still a good introduction to Lovecraft and others of his circle such as Clark Ashton Smith and Robert E. Howard (the real creator of Conan). Chaosium, the gaming company that produces the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game, also puts out collections of Mythos fiction. Encyclopedia Cthulhiana is a wonderful reference work as well.
 
Nobody'sPerfekt
2005-10-05 04:35:54 PM
"I can't believe I ate the whooooooooole thing!"

/Alka-Seltzer spot flashback
 
zero trick pony
2005-10-05 04:36:08 PM
There are a few Hiaasen quotes in this thread, and given the FLORIDA tag, and the hurricane season, let me suggest that each of you take a few minutes to read the first 15 pages of Carl Hiaasen's Stormy Weather the next time you're in the bookstore. I bet you'll buy it.

Thank me later.
 
Dancin_In_Anson [TotalFark]
2005-10-05 04:38:14 PM
Nobody'sPerfekt: /Alka-Seltzer spot flashback


Another old fart eh?
 
GristleDick
2005-10-05 04:38:52 PM
"spike rush marsh in the Shark River Slough" Sounds lovely.
 
emmasews
2005-10-05 04:39:28 PM
Weren't Jessica Simpson and Nick Latchkeykid this close once?
 
Nobody'sPerfekt
2005-10-05 04:39:31 PM
Dancin' In Anson,

I was late...and no audio link...I am shamed.
 
Whodat
2005-10-05 04:41:44 PM
''It's just off-the-charts absurd to think that this kind of animal, a significant top-of-the-pyramid kind of predator in its native land, is trying to make a living in South Florida,'' said park biologist Skip Snow, who has been tracking the spread of the snakes.


Frikkin undocumented pythons coming here and eating our gaters. t'ain't right! just t'ain't right!
 
pelzo63
2005-10-05 04:42:34 PM
maybe THIS is what it means when someone is "PVed"?
 
Julieahni
2005-10-05 04:43:28 PM
Hey, no one's ever seen a pytholligator [sp?] before? Sheesh.
 
Nobody'sPerfekt
2005-10-05 04:44:12 PM
Dancin_In_Anson,

"Another old fart eh?"

I prefer to use the terms "A Child of the Sixties" or "Last of the Baby-Boomers", thank you.

(Sadly, "old fart" works, too)
 
Dancin_In_Anson [TotalFark]
2005-10-05 04:44:40 PM
Nobody'sPerfekt: was late...and no audio link...I am shamed.


I was looking for a vid...to no avail...my father lovedthat commercial...
 
kirbeep
2005-10-05 04:45:14 PM
The Aristocrats!
 
gunslinger19
2005-10-05 04:45:26 PM
Xaxor and MastaBremb

Thanks for all the info. I find when I get interested in something, I like to get all the information I can get. I was going to buy the The Mythos book, but I didn't know because it had several different authors. After reading the preface in my book, I understand why. Even though it is a paperback, I noticed Michael Whelan did the illustrations for the cover, who also did some work for Stephen King.

/oh damn it, this is a total thread jack
 
Dancin_In_Anson [TotalFark]
2005-10-05 04:45:46 PM
Nobody'sPerfekt: (Sadly, "old fart" works, too)


Heh! Thanks for the reminder.
 
Kope
2005-10-05 04:46:12 PM
DId someone offer the python just one thin mint?
 
totalbanalilation6969
2005-10-05 04:47:29 PM
monster87

I've seen this kind of thing before, Johnson.

And it's not pretty.
 
bughunter
2005-10-05 04:50:29 PM
Regarding "spinal cord jelly" comments...

The gator peripheral nervous system can remain alive long after the beastie is considered "dead,"
such that the gator can still render harm by reflexive thrashing of its tail and limbs.

The traditional way to "harvest" a reptile like this is to capture it via snare or harpoon, then use an axe or machete to sever the spinal cord at the neck. A flexible metal rod, (often called a "pith") then inserted down the spine to scramble (the proper verb is also "pith") the spinal cord.

State fish and wildlife regulations usually require the brain also be pithed as a humane way to end the beast's suffering. Assuming they do suffer.

An excellent reference: Florida Alligator Harvest Training and Orientation Manual

/grew up in Florida
//never ate a gator
///glad they returned the favor
 
gr8fultom
2005-10-05 04:54:25 PM
Until a gator's spinal cord is severed and literally stirred into jelly with a special tool...

What I find most amazing is that we apparently have a special tool that stirs a gator's spinal cord in to jelly...fareekee
 
REO-Weedwagon
2005-10-05 04:54:32 PM
Sheezus Christ, I hate South Florida. Not the actual geography, but what the place has become. Florida was cool as hell before, ohhhh, about 1982. The developers circle-jerked with state politicians, and Florida suffered and continues to suffer from exploitation.

The pythons and lizards are byproducts of too many 'tards wanting a reptile for a pet. A reptile! Who the fuk over the age of 13 wants a reptile for a pet? Seal off the place from Orlando to Miami, make it another country.

If any of you ever visit Florida on vacation, skip the tourist crap. Search out the hidden stuff, and you'll be rewarded greatly. On second thought, go to the Hard Rock in Orlando! It totally rawks.
 
Anaesthetized Cephalopod
2005-10-05 04:55:57 PM
"Now I know how all those white women must have felt"
 
ChaoticCoyote
2005-10-05 04:56:41 PM
Man, oh man, maybe this geek should rethink his future career plans. My wife will never forgive me if I get swallowed by a python...

See, I'm writing a book about "invasive reptile" species in Florida, so I've been tracking issues like Pythons and Anacondas in the Everglades. At the moment, I'm looking into feral iguanas... you can see one of my first articles here:

The Iguanas of Gasparilla Island

The situation is very ugly here in Florida, and I'm not talking about fat men in thongs. Native species like the kingsnake are dying out, while "alien" species like pythons are thriving. People have screwed this place up so bad, it's tragic.
 
milk_plus
2005-10-05 04:59:44 PM
Florida has a log of odd animals and not all are native like monkeys.
 
Xaxor [TotalFark]
2005-10-05 05:00:24 PM
gunslinger19

Who cares if it's a thread jack? If you want to see something hilarious, check out the thread about the Catholic Church and the Bible. I posted a great piece of Internet History.
 
PlaidKing
2005-10-05 05:02:05 PM
Guess he bit off more than he could chew.
 
Ignore this jackass
2005-10-05 05:02:38 PM
Heh. I think I can see alligator balls.
 
FishingWithFredo
2005-10-05 05:06:34 PM

/Can relate
/Fuggoff, I cawn't eat ano'uh boyt.
 
milk_plus
2005-10-05 05:09:22 PM
or *lot* of odd animals
 
Heamer [TotalFark]
2005-10-05 05:11:09 PM
Always chew your food before you eat it.

Always.
 
Thresher
2005-10-05 05:11:50 PM
Skink did it - Best Hiaasen book ever
 
MacGabhain
2005-10-05 05:14:56 PM
With all of the algae, mussels, and fish completely taking over other environments in the US, it's nice to know we still have one animal that can hold its own with most anything.

Go Gators!
 
Thresher
2005-10-05 05:16:23 PM
damn Zero Trick Pony! You and I are on serious brain waves - no?
 
Jagasian
2005-10-05 05:19:54 PM
GIS "Bermuda Python" and make sure "safe search" is off.
 
grimcity
2005-10-05 05:19:55 PM
 
free_daedalus
2005-10-05 05:22:22 PM
"You've got a deteriorating carcass, you've got a buildup of gases, you've got sharp claw points . . . "

It is only obvious that the result would be as is. No other explanation needed.
 
suprslackr
2005-10-05 05:26:21 PM
ChaoticCoyote: you can see one of my first articles here:

The Iguanas of Gasparilla Island

No, I can't. The linky-linky no go clicky-clicky
 
Spacehorse Invincible
2005-10-05 05:26:35 PM
Turducken:Allipythogator
 
Wei Kai Xuan
2005-10-05 05:27:19 PM
Im surprised that no one has mentioned Anacondas and alligators. Anacondas can swallow alligators with relative ease, the discovery channel has showed that on many occasion.
 
Dated a Witch
2005-10-05 05:30:04 PM
I bet that the huge hard on that the scientist had while telling this story really distracted the reporter
 
Wytchocolate
2005-10-05 05:31:31 PM
I think the alligator was an al-Qaeda suicide bomber.
 
milk_plus
2005-10-05 05:33:19 PM
ChaoticCoyote
If you want to curtail the invasive reptile problem in Florida I have a solution: recipes.

I was born in Florida and lived in Florida for 20 years. Those people will eat anything. They'd eat the manatee if they were allowed and some do anyway.

I'm submitting that link to the main page because that is one of the funniest things I've read in a while.
 
Hyernel
2005-10-05 05:39:08 PM
The gator was merely trying to re-enact the scene where Han Solo flew the Millennium Falcon into what he thought was a "cave."

'cept Han got out in time.
 
Wizzin
2005-10-05 05:40:13 PM
No one ever accused snakes of being the brightest creatures.
 
jagstang
2005-10-05 05:41:47 PM
Julieahni: I can't make heads or tails of that picture.

We have a winner!
 
gunslinger19
2005-10-05 05:43:23 PM
Xaxorxaxor


I see that, I tried to avoid that flame fest, as no amount arguing will change anything.
 
frescabear
2005-10-05 05:44:19 PM
one mean burp gone bad
 
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