A Burmese python in Florida broke a record by regurgitating a deer larger than itself
A different python of the same size was recently found with a white-tailed deer fawn in its stomach.
If you see a python in the wild, you're urged to report it to Florida Fish & Wildlife by calling 888-IVE-GOT1 or on IveGot1.org.
Members of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, a grassroots environmental advocacy group based in Naples, first stumbled on the 11-foot female python in April 2015 at the Collier-Seminole State Park, according to a Medium article from the organization.
The python was 31.5 pounds and the deer was 35 pounds; 111% of the python's mass.
As of last month, the Conservancy's team has removed hundreds of adult Burmese pythons with a combined weight of more than 10,000 pounds in Southwest Florida.
The incident of the Burmese python successfully devouring the fawn heavier in weight than itself was "jaw-dropping", Bartoszek said.
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"It nearly did not compute", Ian Bartoszek, wildlife biologist and science coordinator for the conservancy during an announcement of the findings in the conservancy's snake laboratory.
Officials said pythons are known to kill and ingest large prey, but this was a record-breaking meal.
- A Burmese python that swallowed a white-tailed deer that actually weighed more than the python itself is believed to be the largest predator/prey ratio ever documented for the python, according to The Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
"Pythons pose a concern for all native wildlife in Florida", she wrote in an email. They also said this discovery confirms that the Burmese python is an invasive species that is a threat to native wildlife.
Biologists documented the discovery in pictures, one of which shows the python regurgitating the fawn. What stunned the scientists was the predator-to-prey ratio, he said.
A snake is pictured on January 12, 2013 in Davie, Florida.
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