Fig. 7. Width of the intestinal muscularis/serosa and mucosa layers, and height, width and volume of intestinal enterocytes and micrographs of the intestinal epithelium of fasted (following a 30-day fast, open bars) and fed (2 days postfeeding, solid bars) Python brongersmai, P. molurus, P. regius, P. reticulatus and P. sebae. Note that after feeding there is a lack of change in muscularis/serosa layer thickness and enterocyte height, and the significant increase in thickness of the mucosal layer and enterocyte width and volume. Asterisks indicate significant differences between the two states; ^*P<0.05, ^**P<0.01, ^***P<0.001.