# A croc and a python enter a bar… who would you wager on?

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**Created:** [March 3, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/a-croc-and-a-python-enter-a-bar-who-would-you-wager-on/3421 "2014-03-03T18:24:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![yosemitesam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7feea3/32.png) [@yosemitesam](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/yosemitesam)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/a-croc-and-a-python-enter-a-bar-who-would-you-wager-on/3421/1 "2014-03-03T18:24:43Z")

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> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26413101 A snake has won a lengthy battle with a crocodile in northern Queensland, wrestling it, constricting it and then finally eating it. The incident at Lake Moondarra, near Mount Isa, was captured on camera by local residents on Sunday. The 10-ft snake, thought to be a python, coiled itself around the crocodile and the two struggled in the water. The snake later brought the dead crocodile onto land and ate it.

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**Author:** ![occam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@occam](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/occam)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/a-croc-and-a-python-enter-a-bar-who-would-you-wager-on/3421/2 "2014-03-03T20:08:08Z")

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Since they’re both carnivores and predators, confrontations between the two species may not be all that unusual. Probably it depends on their relative sizes. From the picture it seems that the croc is medium sized and the python full size. I’d guess that some young pythons end up as croc food.  
Occam

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**Author:** ![lois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f8ce5/32.png) [@lois](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lois)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/a-croc-and-a-python-enter-a-bar-who-would-you-wager-on/3421/3 "2014-03-03T22:10:02Z")

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> Since they're both carnivores and predators, confrontations between the two species may not be all that unusual. Probably it depends on their relative sizes. From the picture it seems that the croc is medium sized and the python full size. I'd guess that some young pythons end up as croc food. Occam

Yes, I thought so, too. There is no frame of reference to show how big the croc is, but I suspect it's not full grown, possibly a baby. The mother and full grown male crocs were probably not around or the Python might have been a tasty croc dinner. Lois

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**Author:** ![yosemitesam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7feea3/32.png) [@yosemitesam](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/yosemitesam)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/a-croc-and-a-python-enter-a-bar-who-would-you-wager-on/3421/4 "2014-03-04T03:11:05Z")

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> There is no frame of reference to show how big the croc is,

To bad the bush got in the way ![]()_he's inside_ :ahhh: