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What do zoos feed big snakes, such as pythons?

2025/5/27
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Evelyn: 动物园里喂养蟒蛇的食物通常包括各种大小的老鼠,有时也会喂兔子甚至鸡。这些食物的选择取决于蟒蛇的大小和食性需求,确保它们获得足够的营养。 Emily Taylor: 作为一名生物科学教授,我观察到蟒蛇进食的方式非常独特。它们拥有巨大的嘴巴,能够张开到足以吞下与自身体重相当的食物。蟒蛇会先抓住猎物,然后迅速用身体缠绕并收缩,阻止猎物的血液流动,使其最终因大脑缺血而死亡。之后,蟒蛇会从头部开始吞食猎物,并需要数周的时间来消化,最后排出含有毛发和骨头碎片的粪便。

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Happy Snake Week! Every episode this week explores a different question about our slithery friends. Zoos have to have all kinds of foods available to feed the different species that they care for. Animals like elephants, zebras and buffalo eat plants. Predators like lions, foxes and bears have a much meatier diet. But what’s on the menu at the snake house? Snake cake? Snake steak? Snake grapes? We asked biologist Emily Taylor to help us find the answer.

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