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Crazy X-Ray Images: See a Python Digest an Alligator Over the Course of a Week

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 9:01PM EST
Python Digesting Alligator X-Ray Images
Image: IFL Science

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Pythons are ready to consume anything they can catch, regardless whether it’s a 30 pound porcupine that might kill the snake by piercing its guts, or a dangerous alligator that you’d imagine can put up a fight. That’s right, pythons can apparently swallow an entire alligator and then digest it in about a week.

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A few months ago, IFL Science posted a series of amazing images that show how a python digests an alligator. As you’ll see in the seven images below (one for each digestion day) the python’s digestive system apparently has no issues breaking down an entire alligator.

If you’re wondering how the python ate the alligator in the first place, then you should also check out the video at the end showing you how that can happen. According to YouTube channel Barcroft TV, that gator put up a 5-hour fight before finally going down.

Chris Smith Senior Writer

Chris Smith has been covering consumer electronics ever since the iPhone revolutionized the industry in 2008. When he’s not writing about the most recent tech news for BGR, he brings his entertainment expertise to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and other blockbuster franchises.

Outside of work, you’ll catch him streaming almost every new movie and TV show release as soon as it's available.