A word of warning: If you’re afraid of snakes or blood-sucking insects, then this video showing a giant python being eaten alive by hundreds of ticks will almost assuredly give you the creeps. It’s ...

A group of hunters in the Florida Everglades walked up on a nightmare in progress when they found an invasive Burmese python being drained of its blood by a horde of engorged ticks. Video shared Aug.

This large mudsnake recoiled as the hunters tried to help it by plucking off the swollen ticks. Python Cowboy video screengrab Snakes eat ticks, but the notorious blood-suckers occasionally get the ...

The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world. Adult snakes caught in Florida are between 6 and 9 feet on average, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.