LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (CBS12) — A weekend pool party in Florida had an unwanted guest when a ball python was found on the pool deck.

B urmese pythons ( Python bivittatus) don’t believe in waste, digesting not only the muscle and fat of their prey, but the ...

A deputy in southwest Florida helped a family remove an unwanted guest at their pool party: a ball python. Body camera video ...

Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

Research into the intestinal cells of Burmese pythons has revealed the existence of a previously unknown cell type, ...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.

The particles in the cells' crypts, the researchers determined, are excess to the snake's requirements once it has extracted all it needs from the completely dissolved bones. The purpose of the ...

A Lehigh Acres family discovered a ball python on their pool deck, leading to a rescue by Deputy Roedding who safely removed the snake. The deputy is actually no stranger to catching wildlife.