News Environment Large python swallows 77-pound deer, stunning researchers with the size of its mouth Researchers found a 14.8-foot 115-pound python consuming a 77-pound deer near Naples.

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found ...

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found ...

News National News Python swallows 77-pound deer, stunning researchers with the size of its mouth Researchers found a 14.8-foot 115-pound python consuming a 77-pound deer near Naples.

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 scientists took three adult female Burmese pythons. As one of those snakes was ingesting a 77-pound white-tailed deer, they discovered the deer was 66.9% of the snake’s mass.

The scientists studied three adult female Burmese pythons. As one of those snakes was ingesting a 77-pound white-tailed deer, they discovered the deer was 66.9% of the snake’s mass.

It ate a 77-pound whitetail deer. That's what one of three female Burmese pythons did while being observed by experts for research published this week in the Journal of Reptiles and Amphibians.

An invasive Burmese python’s eyes were a little bigger than its stomach when it decided to devour a white-tailed deer fawn. Officials say pythons have been known to kill and […] ...