Researchers found a 14.8-foot 115-pound python consuming a 77-pound deer near Naples. The snake became part of a study on the Burmese Python’s gape, which allows it to kill and eat very large ...

What matters more is the size of the python’s “gape” — how widely it can open its mouth. Biologist Bruce Jayne of the University of Cincinnati measured just how widely euthanized pythons ...

What they stumbled upon was nothing short of astonishing: a massive Burmese python — the largest they had ever seen in person. Advertisement “Got to get it, got to jump on it,” Sargood said.

The video shows the python tucked away behind the front left wheel of a car. "Jeez not a bad size! That's a very decent size, bigger than what I was expecting," McKenzie exclaims in the video.

But this means a snake’s overall mouth size expands in conjunction with the larger diameter, says researchers, who add this means a 10.2-in gape increases its total area by 40-percent.

Researchers found a 14.8-foot 115-pound python consuming a 77-pound deer near Naples. The snake became part of a study on the Burmese Python’s gape, which allows it to kill and eat very large ...

Size of Huge Python Crossing the Street Shocks Internet: 'I'd Move State' Published Jun 22, 2023 at 9:44 AM EDT. By . Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK.

Python swallows 77-pound deer, stunning researchers with size of its mouth. The discovery is helping researchers understand the full impact the invasive snakes are having on native wildlife. ...