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.

"It felt like we were literally catching the serial killer in the act," said one study author Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Brenton's ...

Catching Burmese pythons — an invasive species in Floridas known to eat alligators and deer — in the act of eating is often difficult. Still, Bartoszek, alongside Ian Easterling of the ...

"It felt like we were literally catching the serial killer in the act," said one study author Ian Bartoszek, Conservancy of Southwest Florida Burmese python eats a 77-pound deer whole Scientists in ...

Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study. That means more animals are on the menu across southern Florida, where the nonnative, invasive ...

Bruce Jayne poses with two mounted Burmese python specimens captured in Florida to show the impressive gape of their mouths. The specimen on the left has a 26-centimeter gape compared to the 22 ...

It’s possible that some infected snakes could be saved if captured and treated by experts, but that isn’t a realistic solution. “it’s impossible to go out, catch all the wild snakes in an ...

For years, the Burmese python has run rampant in the Florida Everglades. The invasive snake has eaten everything in its path, including full-sized White-tailed deer whole. Recommended Videos Now ...

One python measured for data was found by Conservancy biologists while it was ingesting a 77 pound (35-kg) white-tailed deer. The deer was 66.9% of the snake’s mass. “Watching an invasive ...

The impressive feat challenges what gape models suggest the invasive snakes are physically capable of. "It felt like we were literally catching the serial killer in the act and it was intense to ...

Burmese pythons are one of the most concerning invasive species in the region ... The state also pays bounty hunters to catch Burmese pythons through the FWC's Python Patrol program.