- Contrary to popular belief, pythons don’t unhinge their jaws to gulp down their food. Instead, a stretchy connective tissue between their cranium and lower jaw allows them to open their mouths four times wider than their skulls, per Scientific American 's Bethany Brookshire.www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-how-burmese-pythons-eat-such-b…
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WEBFeb 20, 2020 · While only in South Florida for an ecological blink of an eye, the Burmese python has already devastated the mammal population of the Everglades, severely threatening its biodiversity.
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