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About this snake: Burmese Python
Among the largest pythons, Burmese Pythons can grow to a
length of six meters (20 feet), with almost 400 sets of ribs.
The largest ones are always female. Burmese Pythons are typically
18" to 24" long at birth. The female is capable of
depositing and incubating up to 100 eggs. The female will gather
the eggs together and coil herself around them to keep them warm.
She has the ability to raise her own body temperature and does
so by making her muscles tremble. The Burmese Python is the only
snake who is capable of doing this and the increased body heat
helps to keep the eggs warm enough to develop properly. The eggs
hatch in 55-60 days. Although the female will never leave the
eggs to eat, once they are hatched the baby pythons are on their
own.
Pythons kill by constriction, crushing their prey. In the
wild, their diet is extremely diverse. They've been reported
to eat such things as birds, rats, monkeys, deer and even porcupines!
The prey is swallowed whole and digested while the python basks
in the sun, which keeps its body temperature high enough to be
able to digest properly. Burmese Pythons are able to swallow
their prey whole because of their hinged jaw which actually separates
and allows them to intake something that is five times as wide
as its head. Even though they are often docile in captivity,
they make poor pets because of their huge size and unpredictable
behavior.
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