Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

Burmese pythons can consume prey even larger than scientists realized, according to a new study published in the journal Reptiles & Amphibians.

Researchers discover the secret behind Burmese pythons' ability to fully digest the bones of their prey. Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ...

Burmese pythons, and possibly all other snakes, have special intestinal cells that allow them to digest their prey's bones.

The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

To find out, researchers studied the pythons’ intestinal cells after feeding them three different diets—a standard fare of whole rodents, a low-calcium variant of “boneless prey,” and a ...

But the licensed python hunter underestimated its reach and took a risk by grabbing its tail instead of its head. Teeth, engineered to impale and hold struggling prey, sliced a vein below his elbow.

A bobcat was documented killing and eating a 13-foot Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. Alligators, native snakes, and birds of prey are also known to prey on pythons. Burmese pythons are ...

A team dedicated to controlling populations of invasive Burmese pythons in Florida has deployed another unique method to find the elusive predators: robotic rabbits.

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.