A model of optimal digestive strategy in infrequently
Here, we construct an optimisation model to quantitatively predict this strategy in terms of the length of time post- feeding after which gut downregulation occurs and the minimum prey mass required to initiate gut upregulation.
Many snakes can subdue and swallow very large prey after many months of fasting. The functional capacity and the mass of the gastrointestinal organs regress during fasting, but are quickly restored upon feeding .
Feeding Behavior
PDF Evolution of Regulatory Responses to Feeding in Snakes
To test this hypothesis, we compared postfeeding regulatory responses in eight snake species: four frequent feeders on small meals and four infrequent feeders on large meals.
We conducted a phylogenetically explicit meta-analysis, which included ca. 100 species, to test this paradigm of snake feeding ecology. We gathered data on prey size by inducing regurgitation by palpation in free-rang-ing snakes and by examining the stomach contents of preserved museum speci-mens.
Physiological Responses to Starvation in Snakes
Abstract Many types of snakes are capable of surviving over a year of complete starvation. The physiological effects of food limitation on snakes can be appreciated both by controlled studies of individuals and wild populations of snakes .
Though fearsome predators, snakes can go weeks or even months without eating. Now, scientists think they may know how they do it. Snakes have lost the genes to produce ghrelin, a key hormone that regulates appetite, digestion, and fat storage, researchers report today in Royal Society Open Biology.
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