The python was 115 pounds and the deer was 77 pounds, which amounts to 66.9% of the snake’s body mass, according to the newly released study “Big Pythons, Big Gape and Big Prey.” ...

Researchers found a 14.8-foot 115-pound python consuming a 77-pound deer near Naples. The snake became part of a study on the Burmese Python’s gape, which allows it to kill and eat very large ...

NAPLES, Fla. — A shocking new study is showing just how dangerous Burmese pythons are for the environment. Scientists from the Conservancy of Southwest Florida came upon a python that was eating ...

The female python weighed about 115 pounds, while the deer weighed about 77 pounds -- representing 93% of the snake's maximal gape area, the size of their mouth opening, according to the paper.

Florida man killed dog because power wasn’t restored after Milton, sheriff says Over the past 12 years, roughly 770 pythons have been removed from southwest Florida by the Conservancy’s team. Dr.

Florida’s invasive Burmese pythons can swallow native deer and alligators completely, according to a new study – as a jaw-dropping video showed one of the snakes taking down a deer in one gulp.

Female deer in Florida average around 90 pounds, though they’re a bit smaller in South Florida. Jayne said this particular deer was very near the size limit for the snake’s gape.

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.