The Burmese Python
The Burmese python, is a carnivore they can live for 25 years or more, and are threatened though.
Native to the jungles and grassy marshes of South-east Asia, Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes on Earth. They are capable of reaching 23 feet, and can weigh up to 200 pounds, there is one though that holds the world record it is 27 ft and a whopping 403 pound!
Burmese pythons are carnivores, surviving primarily on small mammals and birds. They have poor eyesight, and stalk prey using chemical receptors in their tongues and heat-sensors along the jaws. They kill by constriction, grasping a victim with their sharp teeth, coiling their bodies around the animal, and squeezing until it suffocates, just as the Boa Constrictor does.
They have stretchy ligaments in their jaws that allow them to swallow all their food whole, such as alligators and larger prey.
Burmese pythons are solitary animals and are generally only seen together during spring mating. Females lay clutches of up to 100 eggs, which they incubate for two to three months. To keep their eggs warm, they continually contract, or shiver, their muscles.
Size relative to average man:
Habitat depletion, continued demand for Burmese pythons in the pet trade, and hunting for their skins and flesh have landed these graceful giants on the threatened species list.
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