WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES A geoscientist and popular bikini model has shared how she and a team of field workers performed a necropsy on a Burmese python to find a huge alligator inside.
A geoscientist has revealed the moment a five-foot alligator was pulled from a massive Burmese python.
Rosie Moore shared footage of the horror moment the stricken reptile was pulled out of the snake in a video that now has 10 million views and over 250,000 likes.
She is known for her work as a scientist but also has over 17,000 followers on Instagram as an influencer and bikini model.
Moore, 26, told the Mail field workers found the python while working in the Everglades national park, but it was not known what the creature inside the snake was until it was opened up by her team during a Necropsy.
Moore added: “They called us and they said there was a large object in it, we thought it was either a deer or an alligator.”
The snake had to be euthanised due to the harm it causes to the local wildlife and Florida. they can be hard to control once introduced to new habitats and the Florida habitat is similar to the parts of Asia from which they originate.
Burmese pythons likely came into Florida as exotic pets in the 1970s, but have thrived to the point where they are known to be destructive to native wildlife.
They normally prey on small mammals but have been known to attack bigger animals. A Burmese python found earlier this year weighed in at 98kg.
“It’s definitely shocking”, Moore said. “It was my first time ever seeing an event like that, I’ve never seen a python with something like that in it.”
The US Fish & Wildlife Service and US Customs and Border Protection say the Burmese python is considered “injurious to human beings.”
In 2015, the US Fish & Wildlife Service said: “The Service determined an injurious listing now is the most effective way to prevent future problems like those occurring with the Burmese python.”
To Newsweek, Moore explained why her team were so keen to open up the creature after its death.
She said: “For research purposes, the stomach contents of deceased animals are sometimes removed to analyse commonly consumed prey.
“This aids in natural resource management and helps us understand the impacts pythons are having on native species.”
She hopes the large view count helps to promote the image of female scientists.
“In media, female scientists are often portrayed as shy, dorky characters. I think it’s important for young women to see that is not the case, and that being a scientist can actually be a cool thing to aspire to be.”
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