'Truly primal': Watch Burmese python swallow deer whole in Florida Everglades by stretching its mouth to the absolute limit
Female Burmese python measuring 14.8’ (4.5m) and weighing 115.2 lbs (52.3 kg) consuming a white-tailed deer weighing 76.9 lbs (34.9 kg) in southwestern Florida.
Burmese python in Florida tries to swallow 77-pound deer; video
Biologists studying the invasive reptiles’ impacts on Florida wildlife recently documented the extraordinary predation event.
Welcome to Florida: Burmese python swallows 77 pound deer
In February, the team discovered a massive, squirming, 500-pound ball of Burmese python snakes huddled together in the marshy swampland of Naples, Florida. The snakes were in found in what wildlife experts refer to as a “mating ball” — which occurs when several male snakes swarm over the same female to get her pregnant.
Burmese pythons stretch their mouths even wider than we thought possible
Watching an invasive apex predator swallow a full-sized deer in front of you is something that you will never forget.'
Burmese python swallows 77-pound deer, proving they can eat bigger prey than scientists realized
A new study conducted by biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida reveals that Burmese pythons are capable of consuming larger prey than scientists realized.
Burmese pythons can eat bigger prey than previously thought
Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study published in the journal Reptiles & Amphibians.
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