Special intestinal cells collect excess minerals into particles the snakes can poop out, according to a new study ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

There’s something magical about discovering culinary treasures in unexpected places, and Cook’s Station in Pioneer, California might just be the gold standard of hidden gems – quite fitting for Gold ...

This is the nightmarish moment a huge python was found swallowing a deer in Florida. Footage captured by staff at the Everglades National Park shows a 15ft female Burmese python devouring the 77 ...

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.

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.

Bartoszek, who has performed more than 500 necropsies on invasive pythons, said most of the snakes weighing more than 100 pounds have deer hoofs in their stomachs.

A massive Burmese python was caught on camera swallowing a 77-pound white-tailed deer whole in footage that is now helping scientists better understand what the species is capable of consuming.

WATCH: Burmese python swallows 77-pound white-tailed deer Florida’s invasive snakes can eat bigger prey than scientists previously realized, a study in Journal of Reptiles & Amphibians concluded.

WATCH: Burmese python swallows 77-pound white-tailed deer Florida’s invasive snakes can eat bigger prey than scientists previously realized, a study in Journal of Reptiles & Amphibians concluded.