Can Floridians curb the population of Burmese pythons by eating them? Possibly, though some officials don't recommend it.

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.

Scientists in Bangladesh have documented a 10-foot-long Burmese python swallowing alive a reticulated python, an unprecedented encounter involving two of the world’s largest snake species.

Stock image of a python eating a chicken. A farmer in Thailand had more than 100 of his ducks and chickens eaten by a massive python. iStock / Getty Images Plus There are three types of pythons ...

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Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study published in the journal Reptiles & Amphibians.

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida documented a Burmese python eating a white-tailed deer that weighed more than the python itself.