PYTHON (IMAGE)

University of Cincinnati

PYTHON

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Bruce Jayne poses with two mounted Burmese python specimens captured in Florida to show the impressive gape of their mouths. The specimen on the left has a 26-centimeter gape compared to the 22-centimeter gape of the snake on the right. But that gives the larger snake's mouth a 40% bigger area to swallow prey.

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Bruce Jayne

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