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Some Alaskan trout use flexible guts for the ultimate binge diet

By Sandra Hines

March 20, 2013

The stomach and intestines of certain Dolly Varden trout double to quadruple in size during month-long, salmon-egg-eating binges in Alaska each August. It’s the first time researchers have documented such fish gut flexibility in the wild.