Our staff spotted this alligator swimming away from a levee in western Miami-Dade Co. with lunch — a Burmese python. pic.twitter.com/7ngW1EDuCF

MIAMI, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- An alligator in south Florida was photographed making a meal of an unusual prey -- a massive Burmese python.

The South Florida Water Management District tweeted a photo Thursday snapped by staff in western Miami-Dade County.


The picture shows an alligator swimming away with the Burmese python in its jaws after apparently winning a battle with the rival predator.

Burmese pythons, native to Asia, are considered a nuisance species in Florida and have no natural predators in the area.