These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a dime.
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When Skip Maas first adopted Agrapina, a mottled ball python, she hadn't eaten in 14 mo… [+8037 chars]
When Skip Maas first adopted Agrapina, a mottled ball python, she hadn't eaten in 14 mo… [+8037 chars]