Likewise, the heart isn't an island in and of itself; the rest of the python (as the article stated) undergoes changes to support it. I guess I would equate this to someone taking steroids or HGH.

Now, researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder say the way the python's heart balloons after it eats could help treat human heart disease.

The expanding hearts of pythons have intrigued researchers. Leslie Leinwand - a University of Colorado at Boulder molecular biologist who studies heart disease in humans called pythons ...

Python’s heart-restoring elixir works in mice Chemical brew used by snakes to build cardiac muscle could help humans ...

Helping the heart with a dose of python (no, not the programming language) Snakes fast for extended periods, after which they gorge on meals that should … ...

Adult Burmese pythons can swallow prey as large as deer. Now, researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder say the way the python's heart balloons after it eats could help treat human ...