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![Researchers Ian Bartoszek (left), Ian Easterling, and intern Kyle Findley (right) transport a record - breaking female Burmese Python — weighing 215 pounds and measuring 17.7 feet in length — to their lab in Naples, Florida, to be laid out and photographed.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zzfsL3kY6EUBaAzoWXFBR6-320-80.jpg)
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.
![x-ray video shows a boa constrictor using its ribcage to breathe as one portion of its body is constricted by a blood pressure cuff](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LiJEjVCG8rBNyCAsXBrT5N-320-80.gif)
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.
![King cobras — which may be four distinct species — are the longest venomous snakes in the world.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sU3VN5h9qkUxjihjTruagH-320-80.jpg)
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.
![A green Anaconda sunning itself on a tree branch](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pJDpp9SkMX6fdpdxVP2GCP-320-80.jpg)
Anaconda: Habits, hunting and diet
By Callum McKelvie, Jessie Szalay published
Reference Everything you wanted to know about Anacondas including size, types, and conservation.
![The brown snake, Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HW8icW7TKfxefNv5ugotpE-320-80.jpg)
Brown snakes: Facts, characteristics, habitat and diet
By Jessie Szalay published
Reference North American brown snakes are nonvenomous, unlike the Australian variety, which is among the most venomous in the world.
![A snake with its tongue out.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/opXPFpNUqNgNF7DvgbcGTg-320-80.jpg)
How do snakes hiss if they don't have front teeth?
By Ashley Hamer published
Here's how snakes can hiss even though they don't have front teeth.
![Black rat snakes are the largest species of rat snake.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3mdGwMjRmEBe2SGCC4AoFC-320-80.jpg)
Rat snake facts
By Jessie Szalay published
Rat snakes are medium-to-large, nonvenomous snakes that kill by constriction. Recent research has complicated the taxonomic classification of rat snakes.
![An African rock python](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rZCrnXHXe5YxnuqfSe6Cz9-320-80.jpg)
Watch a python swallow an impala whole in this jaw-dropping video
By Cameron Duke published
An incredible video shows an African rock python swallowing an impala.
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