Feast and famine: MRI reveals secrets of animal anatomy
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 16:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists have used Computer Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI to reveal, for the first time noninvasively, how a snake adapts its internal organs in preparation for a big meal and during digestion, until it has disappeared completely. The images could be valuable supplements to traditional textbook sketches, diminishing the need for invasive research and dissections.