• @Eheran
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    27 months ago

    Why are they using a boa constrictor in the picture when it is about pythons?

    • SalamanderOPM
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      27 months ago

      Ha! Good catch. They probably thought it was a Ball python.

      • @Eheran
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        17 months ago

        Really odd that snake researchers of all people make such a mistake.

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    6 months ago

    This is a cool concept for a study, but in their methods and materials section, they didn’t say anything about the general upbringing/living conditions of those 4 snakes.

    There might be a massive difference between animals kept in dark breeder tubs vs. animals kept in vivariums with see-through doors. The former wouldn’t even have the chance to focus their eyes on anything further away than the hind wall of the tub. I can’t imagine that that wouldn’t lead to some sort of atrophy.