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 ...

Open wide: Florida’s invasive pythons can eat bigger prey than previously reported. ... What they can eat is limited to and dependent on how big the Burmese python’s mouth opening can stretch.

When python researchers Ian Bartoszek and Ian Easterling tracked a male “scout snake” with a radio transmitter, they expected him to lead them to a big female Burmese python. What they found ...

What they can eat is limited to and dependent on how big the Burmese python’s mouth opening can stretch. Researchers call this the snake’s gape. More: Python challenge: Why state recommends ...

After euthanizing the python and bringing it back to the lab, Bartoszek called Dr. Bruce Jayne at the University of Cincinnati, who has conducted studies into a variety of snake species’ maximum gape ...

These snakes' enormous jaws may be able to open as wide as 10.2 inches in diameter, large enough to fit a human head inside, according to a new paper in the journal Reptiles & Amphibians.

Previous studies indicated that large Burmese python’s mouth openings – what scientists call their “gape” – could reach up to 8.7 inches, the Conversancy explained.

A wild video online shows an alligator with what has to be the largest python ever in its mouth. Alligator Catches The Largest Python Ever This massive reptile makes the alligator seem petite ...

As the Florida Python Challenge gets closer, let's take a look at the largest Burmese pythons caught in Florida.

Large python swallows 77-pound deer, stunning researchers with the size of its mouth – Nation and World News ... to study the Burmese python’s gape, or how wide they can open their mouth. ...