Within 48 hours, a python’s small intestine more than doubles in mass, and its microvilli length increases fivefold. These changes restore digestive capabilities to handle large meals.

Fatty Acids Identified in the Burmese Python Promote Beneficial Cardiac Growth. Science , 2011; 334 (6055): 528-531 DOI: 10.1126/science.1210558 Cite This Page : ...

Intestinal stem cells then transform into a variety of cells needed at the intestinal lining. A Burmese python is held during a safe capture demonstration at a media event for the 2022 Florida ...