Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

B urmese pythons ( Python bivittatus) don’t believe in waste, digesting not only the muscle and fat of their prey, but the ...

A newly discovered cell helps pythons digest entire skeletons—and might be present in other bone-eating predators, too.

Research into the intestinal cells of Burmese pythons has revealed the existence of a previously unknown cell type, ...

Burmese pythons, according to a new study, can eat animals as big as deer. Scientists were awestruck when one python ate a 77-pound doe.

WATCH: Burmese python swallows 77-pound white-tailed deer Florida’s invasive snakes can eat bigger prey than scientists previously realized, a study in Journal of Reptiles & Amphibians concluded.

WATCH: Burmese python swallows 77-pound white-tailed deer Florida’s invasive snakes can eat bigger prey than scientists previously realized, a study in Journal of Reptiles & Amphibians concluded.

The impact the Burmese python is having on native wildlife cannot be denied. This is a wildlife issue of our time for the Greater Everglades ecosystem,” Bartoszek said.

Burmese pythons can grow to 19 feet (5.8 m), while reticulated pythons can reach up to 25 feet (7.6 m). In thi case, the reticulated python was larger than the Burmese, but the exact length was ...

The scientists studied three adult female Burmese pythons. As one of those snakes was ingesting a 77-pound white-tailed deer, they discovered the deer was 66.9% of the snake’s mass.

WATCH: Burmese python swallows 77-pound white-tailed deer Florida’s invasive snakes can eat bigger prey than scientists previously realized, a study in Journal of Reptiles & Amphibians concluded.

But just how large of an animal are we talking? Try ingesting a 77-pound white-tailed deer. That's what one of three female Burmese pythons did when the scientists were observing them for the ...