A photo of a python lounging in a garage with a bulging belly has gone viral online, sparking fierce debate about the contents of the snake’s mystery meal.

A ball python from Leinwand’s lab. CREDIT: Yuxiao Tan. Compared with the hearts of pythons who hadn’t eaten, the fed pythons increased their own mass by close to 25 percent after eating.

“There is a python with a platypus in its mouth,” Elliot Bowerman’s friend called out as the two walked through a forest in Queensland, Australia. Sure enough, in the nearby creek, a two ...

The giant Burmese python has been known to consume large animals like a deer. But the length of time it can go between meals is impressive.