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A giant Burmese python in Florida could potentially swallow a deer weighing more than 120 pounds, according to a study that found the invasive snakes can eat larger prey than scientists once believed.

Burmese pythons in Florida are devouring animals as small as rabbits and as big as deer and alligators. How they do it is fascinating and unsettling.

Burmese pythons have proven to be formidable foes to large wildlife. Consequently, in habitats where the pythons live, there is truly no animal safe from being hunted. However, sometimes pythons ...