The Cool Down

Cyclist spots alligator chomping giant Burmese python, then swimming off with the catch

A video of an alligator in the Florida Everglades biting into an invasive Burmese python and then swimming off with the snake ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Python meat should never be on the menu. Here's why

A python hunter recently caught a nearly 17-foot, 202-pound snake in the Florida Everglades. While it is legal to eat python meat, health officials strongly advise against it. Burmese pythons from the ...
Roll Tide Wire

How a python can eat its prey, like a whole deer, is jaw-dropping

Eating its prey can be a process for a python, which is why it relies so heavily on its jaw to get the job done, including consuming a whole deer.
Sun Sentinel

Record 8,000 pounds of pythons pulled from southwest Florida using sex drive

Biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The haul — 177 snakes in total — beats their ...