The jaws of a Burmese python are truly something to behold. Unless you are a python's prey. A video taken in Florida in 2024 of a python with an entire deer in its mouth went viral took the legend of ...

UC Professor Bruce Jayne poses with a Burmese python specimen with a 22-centimeter gape, right, compared to an even larger specimen with a 26-centimeter gape. Credit: Bruce Jayne UC Professor Bruce ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey. Pythons can eat prey over 100% of their body mass, including deer and bobcats.