Crazy video shows massive python swallowing a deer whole
Florida ’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp. Scientists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida recently came upon the 115.
The snakes are able to open so wide because their lower jawbones are not fused at the front, the scientists said. With such large bites, the pythons can consume prey up to six times larger than that of similarly-sized slitherers. “Besides the large absolute size of the deer that was eaten being impressive, our anatomical measurements indicate this deer was very near the size limit on the prey that could be consumed by this snake,” said University of Cincinnati Professor Bruce Jayne.“Hence, these snakes resemble overachievers by sometimes testing the limits of what their anatomy allows rather than being slackers that eat only ‘snack size’ prey.
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