Fig. 1. Percentage of ingested meal remaining in the stomach as a function of time postfeeding (days) for Python molurus. All pythons had consumed meals equaling approximately 25% of their body mass. Mass of stomach contents was measured from 3–8 pythons per sampling period. In this and all following figures, error bars represent ±1 S.E.M. and are omitted if the S.E.M. is smaller than the width of the symbol for mean value.

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