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Hungry predator
A Burmese python treated the Florida Everglades like an all - you - can - eat on snack counter after it ate three deer in a mere three month , a new study finds . After authorities catch and euthanized the snake — whose specie is invasive — they did a necropsy , or an creature autopsy . They receive the clay of three deer — a doe and two greyish brown — that the python likely down by wrapping itself around the animal ’s body and restricting its blood menses . [ record the Full Story on the Ravenous Python ]
Long snake
Officials caught and euthanized the 15.6 - foot - long ( 4.78 meters ) female snake in the Everglades on June 3 , 2013 .
Snake necropsy
The python carcass just before the necropsy .
Close up
This finis - up of the Hydra shows that it had lesions on the top of its body before the necropsy began .
Large intestine
The python ’s large intestine , which holds the fecal matter within . The excretory product weighed more than 14 lbs . ( 6.5 kilogram ) , or 13 percent of the snake ’s body pile , the researchers said .
Snake poop
The bring out snake in the grass poop was 31 inches ( 79 centimetre ) long .
Hoof sheaths
After sifting through the serpent poop , the researchers found 12 lily-white - chase after deer hooves and 10 dewclaws — the upper part of the cervid ’s toe . The hooves are organized by individual , with the grownup on the left side , the large fawn in the midsection and the small fawn on the right .
Fawn hoof
A close - up of the hoof belonging to the 14 - daytime - honest-to-god fawn . The bracket show the area of prenatal and postnatal growth , which helped the investigator figure its age .
Elk hoof
Much like this European elk hoof ( which is not related to the study ) , deer hoof have four toe — two in the front and two dewclaws in the back.[Read the Full Story on the Ravenous Python ]
