Scientists find that a mouse?s heart swells in the presence of python blood
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Maybe you think you know what happens when a mouse meets a python, but scientists recently presented a surprising twist on the typical snake-meets-mouse tale.
They found that three substances in the blood of a Burmese python cause a mouse?s heart to grow larger (though probably not fonder). When lab mice received injections of these substances, called fatty acids, their hearts grew heavier by 10 percent in a week. The larger hearts looked healthy, as though the mice had been exercising more, the scientists said.
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Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/336203/title/FOR_KIDS_Snake_blood_boosts_mouse_heart
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