The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

Research into the intestinal cells of Burmese pythons has revealed the existence of a previously unknown cell type, ...

The particles in the cells' crypts, the researchers determined, are excess to the snake's requirements once it has extracted all it needs from the completely dissolved bones. The purpose of the ...

B urmese pythons ( Python bivittatus) don’t believe in waste, digesting not only the muscle and fat of their prey, but the ...

The jaw of a python can stretch open up to 150 degrees, and they have loose ligaments between their bones to help move their mouths over food—no chewing required. Young pythons, ...

Reptile DEATH match: X-rays reveal a Burmese python devouring an alligator whole. Biologists took daily X-ray images of a Burmese python after it swallowed an alligator to show the digestion process ...

The jaw of a python can stretch open up to 150 degrees, and they have loose ligaments between their bones to help move their mouths over food—no chewing required.