Pythons are non-native to Florida and non-venomous snakes. Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. The ball python found in Vero Beach was "friendly" and docile when rescued.

Burmese pythons are not just ... prey compared to other snakes their size, Jayne said. "A bigger baby has a wider variety of prey it can consume. By being big, snakes can exploit a wider variety ...

Prey: "What a big mouth you ... This limited the size of the snakes that Jayne and his team could test in their experiments. "I wish I could've gotten bigger pythons, because one thing people ...