ASU Study Finds Animals Can Use Muscle as An Internal Water Source (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

ASU Study Finds Animals Can Use Muscle as An Internal Water Source

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For the first time, ASU researchers found that animals can use muscle for as an internal water source if they can't find water externally. Here, undergraduate researcher Brittany Kaminsky and doctoral candidate George Brusch IV give a Children's python a bath. The snakes are originally from a humid region in Australia. Because Arizona's air is so dry, bathing the snakes helps them completely shed their skin.

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Sandra Leander/ASU School of Life Sciences

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