An X-ray of a python that was eaten by a snake in Florida is on display.
Zoo Miami confirmed in social media posts that a cottonmouth devoured a python.
"You can see the spine and the transmitter of the python inside of the cottonmouth on this x-ray, or radiograph, that was taken at Zoo Miami's animal hospital," Zoo Miami wrote on Facebook.
The cottonmouth is a native species that is fighting back against the python, according to Zoo Miami.
In Florida, biologists captured anagonistic interaction between two animals.
Zoo Miami communications director Ron Magill told USA TODAY that the snake was captured in May 2021. The female python was implanted with a tracking transmitter as part of a study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department.
The cottonmouth was found at Big Cypress National Preserve. The X-ray showed the cottonmouth had eaten the python.
The researchers found that a young python was eaten by a cottonmouth in August 2020. The results were published in December.
The pythons were tracked by the U.S. Geological Survey. X-rays were taken at the zoo's animal hospital after the transmitters were implanted.
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The pythons are not native to Florida. The introduction of the snake has had a negative impact on the ecology of the area.
There are efforts to combat pythons. A female python can lay as many as 100 eggs annually.
The record-breaking 215-pound Burmese python was caught by biologists.
There are photos of annual'removal competition'.
According to a news release from a python hunt that took place earlier this month, more than 17,000 pythons have been removed from the environment in the last fifteen years.
Amy Bennett Williams is a reporter for the News-Press.
An X-ray shows that a python was eaten by a snake.
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