Python Eats Siamese Cat

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Maybe this Burmese python learned a lesson from the one that tried to eat an alligator but exploded because its prey was so big. This snake apparently took on an animal that never stood a chance - Frances, a 1-year-old Siamese cat.

Frances vanished last week from his owner’s home, but his whereabouts were possibly revealed Sunday. A snake expert says Frances is the bulge inside the 12-foot-long Burmese python.

“Poor baby. He was my favorite cat. I know Siamese (cats) are supposed to be distant, but he slept in my bed and everything,” said a distraught Elidia Rodriguez, the cat’s owner.

The snake was captured and taken to a nature preserve, where it will live in a glass cage.

Earlier this month, a 13-foot python had a run-in with a 6-foot American alligator in Everglades National Park, and neither animal survived. The python burst after it tried to swallow that alligator.

Watch the video of the Big Snake Eating Alligator