In an amazing display of nature being breathtakingly wild, a python is able to grow its heart by 25% just 24 hours after first devouring its prey. This process also allows the python’s cardiac tissue to “dramatically” soften. Additionally, the python’s heart then squeezes much harder than before to more than double its pulse.
Researchers say that this process of the snakes metabolism is what can lead to the priceless research into heart disease. As the python continues the digestion of its food, a massive collection of specialized genes are then put into motion, which helps boost the snake’s metabolism by “fortyfold.” After two weeks, when the python’s food is fully digested, the inner systems of the snake return to its normal functions, yet its heart remains slightly larger, and even stronger, than it was before the digestive process.
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