A 13-foot Burmese python, bloated and dead, was found in the Everglades National Park on September 26, 2005. There was a large gash in its side and from it protruded a 6-foot alligator. Helicopter Pilot Mike Barron and Wildlife Biologist Skip Snow discovered the creature within a creature. Did the python attack the gator? Find out more about this hidden war between carnivore and invader.
(Photograph by Mike Mercier)