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8-foot Burmese python found in NJ backyard, ate opossum under shed

The rescue effort required assistance from a local contractor, who helped remove floorboards of a shed so responders could safely access the animal.

'It's an unsettling feat': How Florida's invasive python kills its prey

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.
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Hunters pulled a 19-foot python from the Everglades at 1 a.m., the longest ever recorded in Florida

A nighttime search in Big Cypress National Preserve ended with hunters wrestling a Burmese python that stretched 19 feet. The capture set a verified Florida length record after biologists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida measured the animal.

In India, a 10-foot python swallowed a deer, then got stranded beside a water pipeline

Local wildlife officials sprang to action after a giant python in southwestern India was found lying motionless. The 10-foot animal had swallowed an entire deer and was reportedly unable to move.