Chilling X-ray shows python after it was swallowed by cottonmouth snake

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Chilling X-rays of a Burmese python that was swallowed by a cottonmouth snake have been released by the Zoo Miami in Florida. “You may have heard in the news about the bobcat that was documented stealing and consuming eggs from an invasive Burmese python in the Everglades,” Zoo Miami captioned the Facebook post. A python that had its tracking transmitter implanted by surgeons at Zoo Miami was recently found to be consumed by another snake; a native cottonmouth, also known as a water moccasin. “You can see the spine and the transmitter of the python inside the cottonmouth on this x-ray, or radiograph, that was taken at Zoo Miami’s animal hospital.” The zoo says that the tracker was implanted in the young, female python as part of a study by the US Fish and Wildlife Department and US Geological Survey.