A video is going viral on social media where an alligator is seen  trying to tear apart a huge python. 

The video was shared by Animals Energy on Instagram on Wednesday and has garnered over 10,000 likes and more than 4.5 lakh views so far, reported NDTV.  The caption reads: “Can a crocodile bite the python into two?”

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In the video, the python strolls all over the reptile’s body and wraps itself around, attempting to bite each time, but the alligator tries to tear the python apart.

Pythons are known to wrap themselves around their prey and crush them, squeezing tighter as the victim exhales.

Both the alligator and the python are members of the same reptile family. In the video, they seem unwilling to give up, resulting in a brutal face-to-face battle.

However, after some time, the alligator gives up, abandons the python when it is unable to kill it and bite it into two pieces.

Social media users were thrilled to watch the intense fight commented on the post.

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“Great to see devil vs devil. Whoever die is a blessing,” a user wrote.

“Looks like python win last frame look how the eye of gator is limp when snake rubs it snake won choked him out,” a second user commented.

The average adult American alligator weighs 360 kg (790 lb) and measures 4 m (13 ft), although they can reach 4.4 m (14 ft) and weigh over 450 kg (990 lb). The world’s largest, discovered in Louisiana, measured 5.84 metres (19.2 ft).