Last week one of the rangers in the Everglades National Park did not leave her astonishment, when he met a Burmese python. But it was almost five meters reptile that caught his attention, but that was swallowing a whole adult deer nearly 40 kilos.
The snake was killed with a shot in the head, and scientists believe that she was chasing the deer for some time, judging by the traces left, and then pounced on the animal when it stopped to drink water.
The unnatural pythons of the Everglades, but its population in the area has increased dramatically in recent years because many people who purchased them for house pets, getting rid of them ended when they began to grow.
According to scientists, the python in the Everglades are unbalancing the natural habitat of thousands of species, some endangered, because they tend to feed on birds, jutías or small crocodiles. But it is the first time they find one that has eaten an adult deer, Sun Sentinel newspaper said.
The Everglades National Park occupies more than half the area of Florida and is the second largest nature reserve in the United States.
Via: elmundo
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