Massive python caught after eating whole deer

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Updated: 11/02/2011 10:57 am
This could either be one of the coolest things you've ever seen, or the most disgusting.  A snake swallowed a deer - whole.

We have to warn you, the photos could be disturbing to some viewers.

A Burmese python was found in the Florida Everglades with an intact 76 pound deer inside of it.  The snake is just under 16 feet long.

Wildlife officials are worried because these pythons are upsetting the balance of nature in the area.  Burmese pythons aren't native species and don't have any true enemies.

Pythons usually eat rodents, birds or smaller snakes.

Officials say snakes like this one are likely pets and that people sometimes let them loose, not expecting them to grow so big.
 
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