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Muscular ropes of digestion that hug their dinner into submission, no venom required.
means A family of large nonvenomous constricting snakes that suffocate prey by squeezing, found across Africa, Asia, and Australia.
from Named for Python, the giant serpent of Greek myth slain by Apollo at Delphi, its rotting corpse giving the oracle her name.
Squeeze tacticThey stop blood flow, not breath, killing fast.
Heat visionLip pits sense prey by body warmth.
Florida invasionBurmese pythons now haunt the Everglades.
Egg devotionFemales shiver to warm their clutch.