Alligators are mostly opportunistic predators. They eat whatever is the easiest prey, based on size and availability. Their diet consists primarily of fish, birds, turtles, snakes, frogs, mammals and crème brûlée (we may have made that last one up).

Can alligators kill snakes?

On very rare occasions, some python species will even attack and eat humans. Pythons also have been known to go head-to-head with crocodiles and alligators. ... In 2014, an olive python was video-recorded killing and eating a freshwater crocodile at Lake Moondarra, which is near Mount Isa.

Do alligators in Florida eat pythons?

Pythons are believed to have been introduced to South Florida through the exotic pet trade and have become the main predators in the Everglades, displacing alligators at the top of the food chain.