THE following details of a recent attempt to feed a python now at the Raffles Museum, Singapore, may be of interest as upsetting previous ideas as to the certainty of that reptile's attack:— ...

THE attack of a constrictor, at all events in confinement, is very often unsuccessful; but perhaps this may be because the reptile is not hungry. I have often seen the constrictors in the London ...

Scientists have unlocked the mystery of how Burmese pythons digest bones without leaving any trace in their droppings. The ...

The extreme metabolism of some snakes could provide leads on how to regenerate human tissue. Elanor, a Burmese python, feeding on a rat in the converted garage of David Nelson, who has several ...

Burmese pythons add 40 percent to their hearts' muscle mass within 48 hours of feeding, according to new research, which found that the process is fully reversible.

Pythons, much like elite athletes, excel at healthy heart growth. Her previous work has shown that over the course of about a week to 10 days after a meal, python hearts get much bigger, their heart ...

Pythons turn bones of prey into calcium Pythons turn bones of prey into calcium Society for Experimental Biology April 1, 2007 Burmese pythons don’t eat very often, but when they do they like to ...

How a python's wild feeding habits could inspire new treatments for heart disease ...

Zoo officials at the time knew very little about a python’s diet, and when Diablo went several months without eating, they grew concerned enough to try force-feeding him sausage through a hose ...

The python's enlarged heart bears all the hallmarks of an "athlete's heart," a heavily muscularized organ common to long-distance runners and capable of feeding big demands for oxygen, Leinwand said.