Pythons kill by tightening their coils so that their victim cannot breathe.

蟒蛇捕杀时紧紧盘成圈，使猎物无法呼吸。

Pythons mainly feed on birds and small mammals.

蟒主要吃鸟和小的哺乳动物。

If there are no truly non-venomous snakes, were the so-called non-venomous snakes, like constrictors and pythons, were they venomous at some point in their evolution?

如果没有真正的无毒蛇，那些所谓的无毒蛇，比如蟒蛇和巨蟒，在它们进化过程中的某个阶段是有毒的吗？

Others just say pet pythons should be banned entirely.

还有些只是说应该干脆完全禁养蟒蛇。

Burmese pythons have been turning up in south Florida in recent years.

缅甸蟒蛇前几就已经出现在佛罗里达州的南部。

Florida has also started giving people permits to kill Burmese pythons.

佛罗里达州已经开始允许人们杀害缅甸蟒蛇。

Here's another reason to stop global warming: to keep the Burmese pythons in Florida.

这里有另外一个理由要阻止全球变暖，那就是佛罗里达州出现了缅甸蟒蛇。

We saw elephants, kangaroos, cheetahs, pythons and many other animals at the zoo.

我们在动物园里看到大象、袋鼠、猎豹、蟒蛇及很多其他种类的动物。

Pythons breed rapidly, and the Burmese population is estimated to be in the thousands.

蟒蛇繁殖得很迅速，据估计缅甸蟒的数量将有数千条。

I'm not afraid of timid alligators, but hungry Burmese pythons give me the willies.

我并不害怕胆小的鳄鱼，但是饥饿的缅甸蟒蛇使我心惊肉跳。

Now comes another unintended yet equally man-made threat: an invasion of Burmese pythons.

现在又出现了一个意想不到的、但却是同样是人类带来的威胁：缅甸蟒的入侵。

Well, let's write it, because nobody else is doing anything that excites me, apart from the Pythons.

好吧，就让我把它写出来，因为其他人正在做的任何东西都没有能够激动我的，除了Python之外’。

In fact, I've been keeping ball pythons for nearly 30 years, and they are still one of my favorites.

事实上，我已经饲养球蟒超过30年了，到现在它们仍是我的最爱之一。

The spread of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades is responsible for sparking this wave of herpetophobia.

引起对这类爬行动物的恐慌是来自佛罗里达沼泽的缅甸蟒蛇。

Scientists are also trying to lure male pythons into traps using the scent that females emit at breeding time.

科学家们还试图利用雌蟒在繁殖期发出的气味引诱雄蟒掉入陷阱。

And then analyzed where Burmese pythons would be comfortable, based on their home territory, from Pakistan to Indonesia.

基于其他的国家领域，从巴基斯坦到印尼，分析了缅甸蟒蛇合适的栖息地。

Rattlesnakes, boas and pythons sense their prey's heat directly with "wasabi receptors" in their snouts, biologists reported.

生物学家报道，响尾蛇、王蛇和蟒蛇直接靠鼻部的“wasabi感受器”探测有体温的猎物。

Think of those big, burly nightclub bouncers, crossing their 26-inch pythons while standing guard at the door to a club.

想想那些站在俱乐部门口高大魁伟的保安交叉着他们26 英寸的双臂。

For instance, everything with anotochord (which would be a spine for sharks, pythons, pelicans, you) belongsin the phylum Chordata.

比如，凡长有脊索（包括鲨鱼，蟒蛇，鹈鹕还有你的脊柱）的生物都归属于脊索动物门。

Apparently people with pythons as pets have been getting rid of the snakes when they get too big by dumping them in the Everglades.

很显然，那些把蟒蛇当宠物的人们在蛇长得太大时，为了摆脱它们，就把它们扔到了Everglades。

After one Czech member described her collection of pythons, another poster chimed in seamlessly to admit, “I am so afraid by snakes.”

就在一位捷克会员展示她收集的巨蟒后，马上有人跳出来插话承认“我很怕蛇”。

Ball pythons are tremendously undervalued in the market today and as such are not always treated with the care and respect they deserve.

球蟒在现如今的市场上其价格被严重低估，因而，也没有得到它们应得的照顾和尊敬。

A 26-year-old man from Wuhan, Hubei, likes animals so much that he raises various reptiles like spiders, toads, scorpions, pythons and lizards.

据当地媒体报道，湖北武汉一位26岁的小伙喜欢动物，养了蜘蛛、蟾蜍、蝎子、蟒蛇、蜥蜴等多种爬行动物，家里就像一个爬行动物馆。

Two pythons got married in Cambodian village, and hundreds of guests cheered for the ceremony believed to bring peace and good luck to villagers.

柬埔寨某个村庄的两只蟒蛇"喜结连理"。 数百名来宾欢庆它们的“婚礼”，他们相信蟒蛇的“婚礼”能为村民们带来和平和好运。

Burmese pythons are thought to have found their way into the wild because pet-owners released them, and now thousands are slithering around there.

导致现在成千上百缅甸蟒蛇在这一带游走的原因，被认为是它们的主人将它们放生野外。

Very real boa constrictors, pythons and corn snakes are laying curled up together under a blanket, waiting for their cue to join in the class.

成群结队的红尾蚺蟒、美洲巨蟒以及玉米锦蛇都蜷缩着躺在一张毛毯下面，等待着让它们加入到课程中来的信号，这就是当今推崇的“蛇瑜伽”健身课程。