The lifespan of a Burmese python is 20 years to 25 years when in captivity and some Burmese pythons may live as long as 28 years.
The oldest recorded Burmese python reached 28 years and 3 months.
In the wild though the Burmese python may not live as long but they still may live to 20 to 25 years unless captured and killed or something else eats them.
A Burmese python can swallow a deer, including adult deer.
A study also documented a python consuming a 77 lb deer, which was roughly 2 thirds of the snake's total mass.
The pythons and Burmese pythons ability to consume and swallow large prey is a result of their flexible jawbones as well as their stretchy skin, which allows them to open their mouths extremely wide.
A Burmese python can also crush a human and even kill them and swallow them eventually.
Attacks on humans from a Burmese python are rare, but they are powerful and are very capable of constricting it's prey until it is dead.
Large pythons including the Burmese pythons can subdue and even swallow humans, but it's more likely to happen when humans encroach on their territory or when humans provoke them.
To tell if a snake is a Burmese python look for a large snake that has a distinctive tan or light brown coloration as well as dark blotches which resemble a puzzle or even a giraffe pattern.
Burmese python snakes also have a dark, wedge shaped marking on the top of their heads, which also extends towards their nose.
Burmese pythons are among the largest snakes in the world and can reach 10 feet to 20 feet in length.
What you should do if you see a Burmese python is you should back away from the Burmese python slowly if near it and then report the Burmese python to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission by called 188-483-4681.
Don't attempt to capture the Burmese Python yourself or handle the snake unless you're trained to do so and can safely do so.
If you're on private land you can kill the Burmese python humanely but otherwise leave the Burmese python alone and report it.
If you're hunting and trapping the Burmese pythons they must be killed humanely and not by shooting them.
No permit or hunting license is required to hunt the Burmese Pythons on private land or 32 commission managed lands in South Florida.
The FWC encourages the public to remove and to humanely kill any pythons including Burmese pythons when safe to do so and when possible.
Live transport of the pythons or Burmese pythons is not allowed and they must be euthanized before being transported and done so humanely.
When pythons including Burmese pythons are caught in the Everglades they are humanely euthanized and often by professional hunters or contractors.
The pythons carcasses may also be used for data collection, research or even disposed of in landfills or by other methods, but are not often used as food because of concerns about mercury.
Florida law also requires that any Burmese pythons that are caught be humanely euthanized, using methods like injections or CO2 chambers.
And the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water management District also employ python removal agents that are authorized to transport and capture pythons to be euthanized.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also encourages the public to capture and humanely kill the pythons on private lands and even on some Commission managed lands.
The amount of pythons that are in the Everglades is tens of thousands of pythons.
Burmese pythons are common in the Everglades National Park and because of their ability to hide and camouflage themselves, it's pretty difficult to pinpoint an exact number of them.
It's estimated that there are around 100,000 pythons or Burmese pythons in the Everglades.
Just like other pythons, Burmese pythons are not venomous and are instead constrictor snakes.
Burmese pythons can cause painful bites using their sharp teeth, but they don't inject venom, because they kill their prey by suffocating it through constriction instead of venom.
A python squeeze is pretty strong but not overly strong and larger pythons can exert a squeeze in pressures of over 50 kPa.
The squeeze of a python is not about crushing bones, but instead is about suffocating their prey by tightening their coils around them with each exhale.
The actual force exerted by the python varies but it's enough to cause internal bleeding and even incapacitate prey and cause internal damage.
Many pythons squeeze with a pressure of just under 6 psi during constriction.
It's a myth that the python squeezes their prey until they can't breathe anymore.
The bite force of a python in PSI is 14 PSI or pounds per square inch.
The 14 PSI of bite force from a python is generated when the python snake bites and coils around it's prey, and uses it's 100 rear facing teeth to latch onto and constrict what it is biting on.
It might not seem like a lot of force when compared to some other animals, but the 14 PSI bite force of a python snake is enough to subdue and kill prey, which also includes humans.
Python snakes are a genus of constricting snakes in the Pythonidae family that is native to the tropics and subtropics of the Eastern Hemisphere.
The name Python for Python snakes was also proposed by Francois Marie Daudin in 1803 for non venomous flecked snakes.
Currently there are 10 species of python snakes that are recognized as valid taxa.
The python snake is also known as Pythonidae, are a family of non venomous snakes that are found in Australia, Asia and Africa.
While they are non venomous the python can still bite and cause pain.
Pythons are constrictors and instead of venom the python relies on constriction to subdue it's prey.
Pythons don't possess any venom glands or fangs to inject any venom into their prey or other potential threats.