A 9-foot reticulated python is reportedly slithering through a British city, sparking a massive police search for the reptile.

Think you stuffed your face on Thanksgiving? That's nothing compared to what a Burmese python can eat. The snakes, which can grow up to 20 feet, devour animals as large as deer and alligators ...

Man-Eating Python on Discovery looks at the case of an Indonesian man swallowed whole and whether people in Florida could be at risk from similar attacks.

"The sort of yardstick is that a python eating one of these huge meals is equivalent to a 140-pound human eating a 220-pound cheeseburger or something like that in one gulp," Hall explained.

Florida officials want to encourage people to eat Burmese pythons, deemed an invasive species, if the mercury levels are determined safe for human consumption.