鱷魚殘忍吞食幼崽 畫面令人瞠目結舌

This is the moment an alligator swiftly devoured one of its own without thinking twice.

這是一隻鱷魚毫不猶豫地迅速吃掉自己的一隻幼崽的一刻。

Horrifying photographs shows the baby reptile desperately wiggling for freedom at Brazos Bend State Park in Needville, Texas.

這組恐怖照片顯示，在德克薩斯州尼德維爾的布拉佐灣州立公園，這隻鱷魚寶寶拼命掙扎，希望獲得自由。

Photographer Brad Streets, 31, was blown away by the brazen act of cannibalism.

31歲的攝影師布拉德·斯特里特被這種肆無忌憚的同類相殘行爲震驚了。

He stopped by the river after noticing a "gut pile" floating in the river.

他注意到河裏漂浮着一堆“內臟”，就在河邊停了下來。

But minutes later he saw the larger alligator snatch the baby by the neck, before swallowing it whole.

但幾分鐘後，他看到大鱷魚咬住了小鱷魚的脖子，然後把它整個吞了下去。

He said: "I wasn't sure what was going on at first, I saw a gut pile floating by the large alligator so I stopped to observe."

他說：“一開始我不知道發生了什麼，我看到大鱷魚肚子上漂浮着一堆東西，所以我停下來觀察。”

"It wasn't until about an hour later that I finally got to glance at it and saw that it was, in fact, another much smaller alligator in its mouth. I was very excited to be seeing nature at work in this way."

“直到大約一個小時後，我才瞥了一眼它，發現它嘴裏其實是另一隻小得多的鱷魚。看到自然之道是這樣的，我非常興奮。”

Cannibalism is not extraordinary in the alligator community. Experts William Roots and Robert Chabreck said the reptiles devour babies in a bid to regulate their population.

在鱷魚族羣中，同類相食並不稀奇。專家威廉·魯茨和羅伯特·查布里克稱，爬行動物會吞食幼崽以控制數量。

Discussing the extent of cannibalism in the gator community, the pair said the act strongly influences the competitive interactions and life histories of populations.

在討論鱷魚族羣同類相食的程度時，這兩位專家表示，這種行爲強烈地影響着族羣間的競爭互動和生命歷史。