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Oh deer! Python has big appetite

In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 photo provided by the South Florida Water Management District, workers are shown holding a nearly 16-foot long Burmese Python that was captured and killed in Everglades National Park, Fla. The Python had recently consumed a 76-lb. adult female deer. The reptile was one of the largest ever found in South Florida.  (Associated Press)

WILDLIFE — This week’s story about the havoc Burmese pythons are inflicting on wildlife in the Florida Everglades has been brewing for quite a while.

Here’s my November blog post featuring photos of a python that had swallowed an entire deer - whole.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog