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#394 - Carl Zimmer - What Are The Weirdest Types Of Life?
Modern Wisdom
The Hallmarks of Life, You Know?
There are some species that are just really amazing metabolically speaking, and really stand out. One example is certain kinds of snakes, like boo constrictors or pythons. And so i want to visit a scientist who studies them, and hung out with some of these massive snakes. They can go for weeks without eating anything, and they're fine. But then they can suddenly, like, leap into action, attack something,. Whether it's someone feeding them a rat, or if ther, you know, a python out in the wild might kill a deer. So there are some scientists who have been studying this, his amazing feat of metabolism. It could have all sorts of important implications
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