Scientists have captured video evidence of eels wiggling out of the stomachs of bigger fish after being swallowed alive, marking the first such observation of prey behaviour within the digestive tract ...
Burmese pythons possess a remarkable ability to swallow and digest prey significantly larger than their heads. This adaptation allows them to survive long periods without food. Upon feeding, their ...
The Starfish, which ejects its cardiac stomach to digest prey, is famous for spitting its stomach out of its mouth.
But one family of spiders, the Uloboridae, don’t have venom glands. These strange animals have baffled scientists for years - if they cannot produce venom, how do they catch and kill their prey? A ...
Scientists have discovered that Burmese pythons possess specialized intestinal cells to digest calcium from prey bones, preventing toxicity. The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology ...