Wild predators must regularly hunt or forage to survive. While many animals graze or scavenge, large constrictor snakes rely on overpowering and swallowing prey whole. But even experienced predators ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — 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. The study ...

UC Professor Bruce Jayne poses with a Burmese python specimen with a 22-centimeter gape, right, compared to an even larger specimen with a 26-centimeter gape. Credit: Bruce Jayne UC Professor Bruce ...

CNN — The expression "so hungry I could eat a horse" might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python, at least. It had long been thought that the size of the python's head and body ...

The expression “so hungry I could eat a horse” might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python, at least. It had long been thought that the size of the python’s head and body allowed it ...

In October 2022, a 22-foot reticulated python in Indonesia was found to have swallowed a grandmother whole. Pythons will usually feast on large mammals such as pigs and monkeys. But reticulated ...

Burmese pythons in Florida can eat larger prey than scientists previously thought due to their ability to stretch their jaws. Researchers believe that understanding the size limits of prey that ...

If you got eaten by a snake, it could take a whole month to digest you... but it would at least leave your hair ...

Carl Jackson has only been hunting snakes in Florida since June of 2025. He's off to a strong start with a near-record catch on Jan. 13.

The expression "so hungry I could eat a horse" might not be just a figure of speech — for the Burmese python, at least. It had long been thought that the size of the python's head and body allowed it ...

Biologists have found that it's not just the size of its head and body that puts almost everything on a Burmese python's menu. They evolved super-stretchy skin between their lower jaws that allows ...