Florida's 1.3 million alligators enjoy a varied, opportunistic diet, including snakes. Do gators eat invasive Burmese pythons, too?

There are approximately 1.3 million alligators in Florida. One of them recently made a meal of an invasive, destructive Burmese python in the Everglades. Coincidentally, the alligator ate the ...

Florida alligator kills invasive Burmese python, biting off snake’s head and eating it over a period of days in the Everglades, witnesses say. See video.

Florida alligator kills invasive Burmese python, biting off snake’s head and eating it over a period of days in the Everglades, witnesses say. See video.

Florida alligator kills invasive Burmese python, biting off snake’s head and eating it over a period of days in the Everglades, witnesses say. See video.

Florida alligator kills invasive Burmese python, biting off snake’s head and eating it over a period of days in the Everglades, witnesses say. See video.

Florida alligator kills invasive Burmese python, biting off snake’s head and eating it over a period of days in the Everglades, witnesses say. See video.

Florida alligator kills invasive Burmese python, biting off snake’s head and eating it over a period of days in the Everglades, witnesses say. See video.

Florida alligator kills invasive Burmese python, biting off snake’s head and eating it over a period of days in the Everglades, witnesses say. See video.