When it comes to food consumption, snakes skip the whole chewing bit and swallow their meals whole. But sometimes their eyes are bigger than their stomachs, and the prey comes right back up. This startling Instagram video shows what appears to be a python regurgitating a full-sized bird.

Efficient food source: Lead author Dr Dan Natusch, pictured, handles an Australian water python, one of 39 different python species. Credit: Derek Henderson Farmed pythons may offer a sustainable and efficient new form of livestock to boost food security ...

Ecosystems can be thrown into chaos by unexpected invaders, and few examples are as striking as a massive snake devouring a deer whole. A video filmed in the Florida Everglades shows an enormous Burmese python consuming a 77-pound white-tailed deer,