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A ball python from Leinwand’s lab. CREDIT: Yuxiao Tan. Compared with the hearts of pythons who hadn’t eaten, the fed pythons increased their own mass by close to 25 percent after eating.

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What is a ball python snake? And why isn't this 'nice cousin' to the Burmese hunted in Florida? We explain the details.