Native to the jungles and grassy marshes of Southeast Asia, Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes on Earth.
They are capable of reaching 23 feet or more in length and weighing up to 200 pounds with a girth as big as a telephone pole.
When young, they will spend much of their time in the trees.
Diet and Hunting
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. They have stretchy ligaments in their jaws that allow them to swallow all their food whole.
They are capable of reaching 23 feet or more in length and weighing up to 200 pounds with a girth as big as a telephone pole.
When young, they will spend much of their time in the trees.
Diet and Hunting
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. They have stretchy ligaments in their jaws that allow them to swallow all their food whole.
- Catégories
- MAMMALS
- Mots-clés
- python snake, Amazing Snake Python, python species
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