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A geoscientist and bikini model has shared disgusting footage of a five-foot-long alligator being removed from a 5-meter-tall Burmese python.
Rosie Moore, 26, and a team of scientists watched the still-intact alligator slowly pull out of the monster snake’s stomach in their Florida lab.
Speaking to DailyMail.com, she said it underscores the massive problem of invasive pythons in the Everglades, which mostly prey on mammals and small reptiles.
She said they were able to investigate the creature because it was euthanized after being captured by field workers, which is required in the state of Florida due to predation.
“They called us and they said there was a large object in it, we thought it was a deer or an alligator.”
Moore, speaking to DailyMail.com, said the popular video highlights a huge problem of invasive pythons in the Florida Everglades that prey on everything from mammals to small reptiles, with the large alligator taking things to a new extreme.
A geoscientist and bikini model has gone viral removing a five-foot alligator from a euthanized, 18-foot-long Burmese python
She said they were able to research the creature because it was euthanized after being captured by field workers, which is required in the state of Florida due to predation.
She said they thought pythons have such varied diets that they could have found an alligator or a deer in it!
When the alligator was found during an autopsy of the python, Moore said, “It’s absolutely shocking. It was the first time I’ve ever seen an event like this. I’ve never seen a python with anything like this in it.”
The Instagram post was “for fun,” but she was “really surprised it went viral. I was genuinely surprised how little people knew about the invasive pythons in Florida and their impact on our native populations down there.”
Moore, who specializes in spatial technology and human-environment interactions, says it will be a difficult problem to solve.
She said knowledge of the problem has grown through “a variety of things.” It can only be more reporting, social media, but the Burmese population has also increased considerably.’
The pythons reproduce quickly and can camouflage themselves in their environment, meaning, according to Moore, “It’s impossible for anyone to really know where they are or how many there are.”
When the alligator was found during a python necropsy, Moore said, “It’s absolutely shocking. It was the first time I’ve ever seen an event like this. I’ve never seen a python with anything like this in it”
The Instagram post was “for fun,” but she was “really surprised it went viral. It truly amazed me how little people knew about the invasive pythons in Florida and their impact on our native people down there.”
She said it is important to break the stereotype of women working in geosciences, where women make up only about 30 percent of those who work.
Moore, who specializes in spatial technology and human-environment interactions, says it will be a difficult problem to solve
She said knowledge of the problem has grown through “a variety of things.” It could just be more reporting, social media, but the Burmese population has also increased considerably’
Moore also works on the side as a model, which she started on a freelance basis 2-3 years ago during the weekends and nights off through friends. Her page now has over 16,000 followers.
She said it’s important to break the stereotype of women working in geosciences, where women make up only about 30 percent of those who work.
‘In the media, female scientists are often portrayed as the shy, wimpy characters. I think it’s important for young women to see that’s not the case, and that being a scientist can be pretty cool to be,” Moore said.
She added: “In that sense I think I would do well to show both sides of my life and maintain my feminine qualities while still being able to put on my field gear and go out and getting dirty for some data collection.’
Given the complex problem, there aren’t many simple solutions to prevent predation from Burmese pythons, with Moore joking that some people suggested to her on Instagram that “we throw jaguars into the Everglades to hunt them.”
‘In the media, female scientists are often portrayed as the shy, wimpy characters. I think it’s important for young women to recognize that that’s not the case, and that being a scientist can be pretty cool to be,” Moore said.
She added: “In that sense I think I would do well to show both sides of my life and maintain my feminine qualities while still being able to put on my field gear and go out and getting dirty for some data collection’
Moore combines her passion for the ocean into her modeling career
Given the complex problem, there are not many simple solutions to prevent predation by Burmese pythons, with Moore joking that some people suggested to her on Instagram that “we throw jaguars into the Everglades to hunt them.”
Rosie Moore, 26, posted the video – which now has more than 10 million views and 250,000 likes – on her Instagram page. The video shows Moore and a team of scientists removing the still intact alligator
As Moore wrote on Instagram, “South Florida’s subtropical environment, combined with the Burmese pythons’ longevity and rapid reproduction, have allowed these snakes to successfully invade ecologically sensitive areas such as Everglades National Park.
While Florida tries to get rid of the snakes, they are still protected by the state’s anti-cruelty laws, so hunters must be able to prove they humanely sent the animals.
“This poses a threat to a variety of wildlife, due to the wide feeding preferences of pythons.”
Moore’s advice is a warning to pet owners: ‘If you get an animal or reptile that you can’t take care of your whole life, you probably shouldn’t get it, and if you can and can’t take care of it, you should rehome it. .’