How Pythons Digest Their Food
Pythons are stealth predators. They are known to wait patiently until they see their prey in sight, then they strike quickly before wrapping their powerful bodies around their kill to suffocate them. Then, they open their jaws, which are retractable, in order to swallow them whole. And depending on the size of the prey, it can take anywhere between a few months, to much more time, to fully digest their food.
