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Jaw-dropping study reveals how pythons can devour super-size prey
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Biologists studied Burmese pythons to see just how wide the snakes could gape their jaws to swallow large prey.

Rare Florida snake found dead after choking on a giant centipede
By Mindy Weisberger last updated
The rim rock crowned snake is the rarest snake in North America. And now there's one less, after a snake was found dead with a centipede stuck in its throat.

Copperhead snakes: Facts, bites & babies
By Ben Biggs, Jessie Szalay published
Reference Copperhead snakes are common in North America, and have the distinction of biting more people in the United States than any other snake.

19 python babies and their massive mom nabbed in Florida nursery raid
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Officials removed two breeding females and many hatchlings.

Snake caught eating even bigger snake in striking new video
By Harry Baker published
A new video captured by an 82-year-old man in Georgia shows an eastern kingsnake eating a larger and venomous timber rattlesnake, swallowing it headfirst.

Largest python ever found in Florida is 18 feet long and weighs a whopping 200 pounds
By Nicoletta Lanese published
The python was as wide as a volleyball, at its widest point.

How do boa constrictors avoid suffocating when they squeeze their prey?
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A new study reveals how the snakes breathe while squeezing prey.

Surprise! King cobra is actually a royal lineage of 4 species
By Cameron Duke published
The king cobra is not one species, but four independent ones, spread throughout the Asian tropics.
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