How does python digest the big animals that it swallows?

Adding to Tracy's response... A recent paper in Science journal explains what happens inside a Burmese python's body, when it eats after going without food for months at time. read more

But a series of X-ray images has revealed what happens when a Burmese python, one of the largest species of snake in the world, takes on an alligator and manages to swallow it whole. The X-ray images, captured by biologists at the University of Alabama, show how the snake's digestive system kicks into overdrive to quickly break down the crocodilian's body. read more

In an epic battle, a 10-foot olive python got the best of a Johnson's crocodile, and a lucky passerby snapped photos. In an epic battle, a 10-foot olive python got the best of a Johnson's crocodile, and a lucky passerby snapped photos. read more