Resistance is Futile?

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Resistance is futile? FALSE! Those Borg were wrong! A little resistance, intentional or not, goes a long way. at least in the way of revenge. And as the Klingons say, "Revenge is a dish best served cold." And here's the proof:

Python chokes on gator
By now, I know you all have seen the picture, but it's worth a second look for the sheer awesomeness of the scene.

"Park biologist Skip Snow described the gruesome scene he found on September 27 in a remote corner of the Everglades park, which he said showed a Burmese python almost four metres long had "apparently" entirely swallowed an alligator about half his size.

"I say apparently because the tail and hind limbs of the dead alligator were protruding from a hole in the mid-body of the dead python," said Mr Snow.

"Although some bones of the jaw were present, the head of the python was missing," he said in a field report, illustrated with graphic photographs.

The photographs show the hind quarters of the alligator protruding from the snake's mid-section.

"The stomach of the python still surrounded the head, shoulders, and forelimbs of the alligator," said Mr Snow.

"When extracted from the snake, the alligator was largely intact except for two open wounds, one to the top of the skull behind the eyes and one on the shoulder," he said.

It was unclear how the python's gut was ruptured, or how the snake died.

Park officials have removed dozens of Burmese pythons from the Everglades over the past years, and are training a Beagle, nicknamed "Python Pete", to track the exotic invaders."

Now, I am no biologist, but is a beagle really going to do any damage against this? (NOTE: That gator is coming out of the middle of the snake's body. The middle.)

Jesu cristo! That is hardcore.

Even more disturbing is how this scene could have played out 120 millions years ago in my native homeland.

Ancient flying reptiles discovered
"Paleontologists have uncovered the remains of two new flying reptile species that shared the skies with early birds 120 million years ago in what is now China.

Feilongus had two crests atop its head running from front to back, one along its foot-long snout and another on the back of its head. It had a slight overbite and its teeth were curved and needle-shaped, while that of Nurhachius were pointed and triangular.

Both species had wingspans of about 8-feet and belonged to groups previously found only in Europe.

Pterosaurs were distant relatives of dinosaurs and ruled the skies for millions of years before birds. The members of their order ranged from that of sparrow-sized Pterodactyls to Quetzalcoatlus, the largest flying creature of all time with a wingspan of up to 40-feet.

Some pterosaurs flew by flapping their wings like modern birds. Others, like Feilongus and Nurhachius, used their thin wings of stretched skin to ride the wind like kites. Many pterosaurs were covered in hair similar to that of mammals."

Jesus Christ on reading this article about giant hairy bird-reptiles: "Me, Mom, and Mom's husband, that is scary!"

Take-home lesson of the day: The next time a prehistoric bird-gator flies down on its hairy wings and tries to swallow you whole, make your death throes dramatic enough and you might just bring that sucker down in the end.