• @[email protected]
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    151 year ago

    Consider this…pythons were introduced to the Everglades by idiots throwing their pets away. A few years ago a python ŵas found dead from trying to swallow the alligator it killed. Alligators are no longer the apex predator in the Everglades.

    • Kalkaline
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      61 year ago

      Were Alligators ever the apex predator in the Everglades? I feel like I’ve seen big cats take them out.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        No big cats. The Florida panther is almost extinct and lives in grasslands not swamp. Besides, if I had to bet, I’d put money on the gator…or python now.

      • @PickTheStick
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        21 year ago

        Jaguars take out their version of big swimming reptile with teeth, but that’s in the opposite latitude.

    • @Pretzilla
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      21 year ago

      Still apex if it can take out a python.

      Guessing the snek underestimated how long a gator holds its breath while being squeezed. Gator then clawed it’s way partially out.

      Ok let’s call it a tie.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Anywhere there is water, and lorida has a lot of water, there is a potential for alligators. Central Florida has a big population of gators. Its only a matter of time.when their predator will come to meet them.