Florida biologists prove invasive Burmese pythons are swallowing deer, alligators whole

scientists in Florida are sounding the alarm over what they're calling a wildlife issue of our time it feels like we caught the serial killer in Action a new study finds invasive burmes pythons in South Florida which can grow to 18 ft long are able to open their jaws wider than previously thought making them capable of swallowing native deer and alligator whole these are things you don't see every day this jaw-dropping video shows a 115 lb snake doing just that its jaws stretched around a 77 pound white tail deer for us biologists this was the most intense thing we've ever seen on assignment This was um as Primal as it gets but this National Geographic worthy footage has major implications severe declines in mammal populations throughout Everglades National Park have been linked to the species one study finding populations of raccoons and AP possums dropped 99% over a 15-year period Bobcats dropping 87% other mammals have effectively disappeared imagine just thousands and thousands of pythons eating their way through the Everglades local officials hold an annual python hunt I tagged along with some of the hunters last year when you tell people I'm a snake Hunter what's their first reaction you're nuts every python that these participants remove is one more python out of here we said one more out of The Glades but that's also one less thing that's just eating The Glades Andrew dibert ABC News New York