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snakes can digest their own hearts!!!
while I don't agree with this guys methods his findings are quite interesting.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/s...07/2011956.htm
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Re: snakes can digest their own hearts!!!
Very interesting thanks for posting.
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Re: snakes can digest their own hearts!!!
Actually so do you. During extreme starvation your body will use up all of it's fat reserves for energy first and then when those are gone start on your muscles and internal organs. I believe that people who have starved to death die of organ failure.
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Re: snakes can digest their own hearts!!!
wow like we really needed to know that and it was REALLY worth putting a whole bunch of snakes in a freeking blender and making python smoothies for that glorious oh so astonishing fact that any starving animal would begin to digest stored fats. wow i coulda told you that from looking at your starving snake THANKS ALOT mr scientist.
yeah thats what id say to him.
ohhhmyfreeekinggod im so pissed right now i hope animal activist are all up this scientists butthole right about now!!!!!!!!
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Re: snakes can digest their own hearts!!!
I understand that some are mad because snakes make you feel all fuzzy inside, but it's not like he was cruel to them. Everyone knows that snakes can live for over a year without food, and some have actually had snakes refuse food on their own for that long. 168 days is only half a year, so I don't really see that as being cruel since their body structure is made to function with a lack of food. As far as the blender goes, they were euthanized first, so still no cruelty there either. If his studies do end up playing a part in helping humans survive longer periods of time without dying from hunger, I'd say those snakes died for a good purpose.
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Re: snakes can digest their own hearts!!!
Originally Posted by m00kfu
I understand that some are mad because snakes make you feel all fuzzy inside, but it's not like he was cruel to them. Everyone knows that snakes can live for over a year without food, and some have actually had snakes refuse food on their own for that long. 168 days is only half a year, so I don't really see that as being cruel since their body structure is made to function with a lack of food. As far as the blender goes, they were euthanized first, so still no cruelty there either. If his studies do end up playing a part in helping humans survive longer periods of time without dying from hunger, I'd say those snakes died for a good purpose.
yeah snakes do make me feel fuzzy inside, i like it (: i dont think the experiment was worth it though, do you? i dont think that his studies will end up helping humans in any way, other than relating snakes to all other living things which isnt very groundbreaking. the starving wasnt so bad the dead ball python in a blender was the sick part. he could have just taken tissue samples and blended those but im no scientist and idk if that would work.
and yeah im totally snakist here but why couldnt he have used some other snakes!! ball pythons are exotic and beautiful ):
its like if i blended cheetahs instead of idk i cant think of a good example haha but catch my drift ?
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Re: snakes can digest their own hearts!!!
I too dont like how he did this experiment. He starved over 60 animals, kills them and then puts them in a blender. He didnt need to do this to that many animals. It would make more sence to do tests on snakes that are not eating on thier own.
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Re: snakes can digest their own hearts!!!
Originally Posted by Kryptonian
I too dont like how he did this experiment. He starved over 60 animals, kills them and then puts them in a blender. He didnt need to do this to that many animals. It would make more sence to do tests on snakes that are not eating on thier own.
Most researchers would consider a sample group of 60 to be too small. It also seems to me that if the animals are choosing not to eat, that could affect the results of an experiment looking to see what kind of effects a lack of prey would have on a normally eating snake.
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