▪ Abstract The ability of animals to survive food deprivation is clearly of considerable survival
value. Unsurprisingly, therefore, all animals exhibit adaptive biochemical and physiological …

Specific dynamic action (SDA) is the term used to refer to the increased metabolic
expenditure that occurs in postprandial animals. Postprandial increases in metabolism were …

Investigation of vertebrate regulatory biology is restricted by the modest response
amplitudes in mammalian model species that derive from a lifestyle of frequent small meals …

The physiological challenges initiated by food limitation and the risk of death by starvation
were likely faced by the very first animals and show no signs of abatement within the …

Do animal species that normally consume large meals at long intervals evolve to down-
regulate their metabolic physiology while fasting and to up-regulate it steeply on feeding? To …

The relatively large meal sizes consumed by sit-and-wait-foraging snake species make them
favorable for investigating specific dynamic action, the rise in metabolic rate associated with …

As an apparent adaptation to predictably long episodes of fasting, the sit-and-wait foraging
Burmese python experiences unprecedented regulation of gastrointestinal and …

With approximately 7000 species, snakes and lizards, collectively known as squamates, are
by far the most species‐rich group of reptiles. It was from reptile‐like ancestors that …

Diminishing natural resources and increasing climatic volatility are impacting agri-food
systems, prompting the need for sustainable and resilient alternatives. Python farming is well …

Oxygen consumption by carnivorous reptiles increases enormously after they have eaten a
large meal in order to meet metabolic demands, and this places an extra load on the …