Overview
These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a dime.
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Pythons' extreme biology may hold clues for treating human disease
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These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a dime.
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These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a dime.
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