Python meat should be seen as a serious alternative to chicken and beef because of its environmental benefits, according to a scientific study.

A monstrous python sparked alarm when it swallowed a chicken whole in front of shocked workers in Thailand. The 8ft beast coiled around the helpless hen, suffocating it before stretching its jaws ...

During the study, the pythons ate fish cuts, chicken heads from poultry farms, and stillborn piglets from pork farms, all processed into sausages.

Photos show 10-foot Burmese python swallowing a reticulated python whole, eating the snake from the tail up in just 2 hours.