Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world, growing up to 23 feet long and weighing over 200 pounds, though most in the wild average around 12 to 16 feet.

Pythons can consume meals over 100% of their body mass, feeding on a diet that includes more than 85 species, including deer, bobcats, foxes, rabbits, birds, various reptiles and other native ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey. Pythons can eat prey over 100% of their body mass, including deer and bobcats.

Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) don’t believe in waste, digesting not only the muscle and fat of their prey, but the bones as well. Where other predators might eat the flesh off the bone, or ...

The Burmese python, native to Southeast Asia, has become one of Florida’s most notorious invasive species. Originally brought to the US through the exotic pet trade, these massive snakes, some ...

Burmese pythons and other carnivorous snakes are well-known for swallowing their prey whole. But what comes out the other end doesn’t resemble what went in. There’s not a bone to be seen in ...

Research into the intestinal cells of Burmese pythons has revealed the existence of a previously unknown cell type, responsible for completely absorbing the skeletons of their prey. Most ...

One python measured for data was found by Conservancy biologists while it was ingesting a 77 pound (35-kg) white-tailed deer. The deer was 66.9% of the snake’s mass.

When hunting, many bite their prey once and then let go. This allows the snake to avoid possibly injuring itself. They then track their prey’s scent. Snakes also bite when defending themselves!

And they hunt in a nightmarish way ― grabbing prey as it passes. Once secured with a bite, pythons wrap their muscular bodies around their prey and then crush the life out of them.