Why are they using a boa constrictor in the picture when it is about pythons?
Ha! Good catch. They probably thought it was a Ball python.
Really odd that snake researchers of all people make such a mistake.
I agree!
This is a cool concept for a study, but in their methods and materials section, they didn't say anything about the general upbringing/living conditions of those 4 snakes.
There might be a massive difference between animals kept in dark breeder tubs vs. animals kept in vivariums with see-through doors. The former wouldn't even have the chance to focus their eyes on anything further away than the hind wall of the tub. I can't imagine that that wouldn't lead to some sort of atrophy.