By Denise Kalette Associated Press MIAMI - The alligator has some foreign competition at the top of the Everglades food chain, and the results of the struggle are horror-movie messy.
A 13-foot Burmese python recently burst after it apparently tried to swallow a live 6-foot alligator whole, authorities said. ... ... It is unknown how many pythons are competing with the thousands of alligators in the Everglades, but at least 150 have been captured in the past two years ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
