A 77 year old golfer found out exactly why they call those ponds on golf courses “water hazards” recently.

The man was golfing at the Ocean Creek Golf Course in South Carolina when his ball rolled into the water. The man reached in to retrieve his ball and was attacked by a 10 foot long alligator. The reptile dragged the man under and performed what’s known as a “death roll” where the animal rolls over and over in order to rip pieces of flesh off it’s prey.

The man was rescued and rushed to the Medical University of South Carolina while wildlife workers killed the alligator and retrieved the severed limb. Doctors at the hospital tried to reattach the arm but it is unknown at this point if the surgery was successful.

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Beast versus Beats, its a grudge match at the top of the food in the Miami everglades. A 13 foot Burmese python literally exploded after it bit off more than it could chew trying to swallow a six foot alligator, which was both whole and alive at the time.

The left over bits or evidence was filmed by a biologist in a helicopter.

According to wildlife experts over the last few the years, many pythons have been abandoned in the Everglades by pet owners. These pythons go on to kill the native wildlife, and it was hoped that the alligators may be able to control the python outbreak. But on this occasion it looks like a nil all draw.

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