New research indicates that, relative to their size, the snakes that can gulp down the largest meals are harmless and three feet long. By Kate Golembiewski Snakes can’t really unhinge their jaws, but ...

Burmese pythons are famously known for being capable of swallowing pigs whole, but you have to keep in mind, the snakes themselves are pretty darn big. When it comes to snake-to-prey-size ratio, ...

When it comes to eating a big, filling meal, the Gans’ egg-eating snake rules. The African snakes only grow to about 3 feet long, but for their size they can outmatch a much larger Burmese python, in ...

The Gans' egg-eater swallows a quail egg far larger than its head. Bruce Jayne via the University of Cincinnati A tiny egg-eating African snake may take the prize for swallowing the largest meals ...

Pythons have huge appetites, but which snake would win an eating contest? Surprisingly, it’s a harmless little African snake that consumes eggs whole like an amuse-bouche. Biologist Bruce Jayne at the ...

A hungry rat snake in Texas had to throw up after accidentally swallowing two ceramic eggs. The snake was brought into Austin Wildlife Rescue last week after he swallowed the eggs, which he mistook ...

What would you do if you found a four-foot snake in your kitchen? A couple in North Carolina didn’t freak out. They just started recording video. The homeowners even let the snake finish its meal ...