Can you eat pythons? Florida snake hunter prefers his ground up like hamburger, however state recommends NOT eating the ...

So while snake farms supplanting cattle ranches across Florida may seem far-fetched, lead study author Daniel Natusch finds the prospect of commercial python production intriguing.

Burmese python caught swallowing full-sized deer proves the invasive snakes are eating bigger native prey in Florida, study says.

CREDIT: Dan Natusch. These snake farms could offer a solution, particularly in regions where python farming has already begun to expand in recent decades.

Pythons are comparatively resilient, going for long periods without eating at all. The scientists found that the snakes that didn’t eat for four months only lost 0.004% of their body mass.

We’d need to raise python as livestock and — clearly the No. 1 hurdle — learn to eat snake instead of beef or pork. Pythonburger, anyone?

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The scientists studied three adult female Burmese pythons. As one of those snakes was ingesting a 77-pound white-tailed deer, they discovered the deer was 66.9% of the snake’s mass.

Burmese python caught swallowing full-sized deer proves the invasive snakes are eating bigger native prey in Florida, study says.

Burmese python caught swallowing full-sized deer proves the invasive snakes are eating bigger native prey in Florida, study says.