David Attenborough explains how a python can eat an entire deer. | BBC Earth

Watch this nearly 15-foot-long Burmese python in Florida devour a 77-pound white-tailed deer — a size that makes up nearly 67% of the snake’s mass. Biologists with Conservancy of Southwest Florida captured the moment as part of a new study that found the invasive snakes are able to consume prey even larger than what scientists had previously thought. https://cbsn.ws/48uMqfU | CBS News

BIG CYPRESS, Fla. — Florida wildlife officials have confirmed the capture of the longest snake ever officially recorded in the state, and yes, it’s exactly as massive as it sounds. The record-breaking Burmese python, measuring an astonishing 19 feet long and weighing 125 pounds, was captured in July 2023 inside Big Cypress National Preserve by renowned python hunter Jake Waleri and his team. To put that into perspective: this snake was longer than a pickup truck and heavier than most refrigerato