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Close up photograph focused and centered on the head of reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) in a coiled position
Farmed reticulated pythons grow quickly when being fed trapped rodents or waste protein from other meat-producing industries. (Paul Starosta/Getty)

Snake meat could help feed the world


Large pythons are better at converting their food into edible protein than many other farmed animals, including chickens, pigs, cows, salmon and crickets. Reticulated pythons (Malayopython reticulatus) and Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) on farms could fast for months without losing much weight, which could help to ensure food security during economic or climatic disruptions, says herpetologist and study co-author Dan Natusch. “Farming pythons could be a big part of the solution for a part of the world that is already suffering from severe protein deficiency.” Python farming is well established in Asia and the meat is “pretty tasty and versatile”, Natusch adds. Detailed analyses of python farms’ environmental impact and of the meat’s nutritional content are now needed, says food systems scientist Monika Zurek.
Scientific American | 5 min read
Reference: Scientific Reports paper

How to stop ‘passing the harasser’


A think tank is urging UK universities to share information on misconduct investigations to make it more difficult for sexual harassers to hide their past. A 2018 review of more than 300 sexual misconduct cases in US academia found that more than half of the perpetrators were serial harassers, who often relocated to different institutions and repeated the same pattern of misconduct. Supporters of the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme point out that it has already proved its worth in the humanitarian sector.
Nature | 4 min read


hopefully watch him/her uncoil,and do there thang