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The Burmese python is classified as an invasive species, and is firmly established in South Florida. It's making its way farther north.

Burmese pythons have two rows of teeth lining the top and bottom of their jaws, fangs like hypodermic needles, so sharp they’re often undetectable.

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The Conservancy of Southwest Florida announced a record-breaking Burmese python season.

Giant, invasive Burmese pythons are moving north from the Florida Everglades toward Georgia, taking out hundreds of native species.

The Florida Python Challenge is underway. In 2022, scientist found a 5-foot alligator carcass inside an 18-foot Burmese python. See viral video.

Three hunters caught a massive Burmese python in Florida near Everglades City on May 31, 2025.

Florida scientists got more than they ever imagined when they actually came across a Burmese python eating a full-grown deer.

Pythons swallow deer, alligators and other prey whole. What they can eat is limited to and dependent on how big the Burmese python’s mouth opening can stretch.