I watched an infamous video of a snake engulfing a whole egg. It didn’t bite it down or anything, it just extended its mouth like an elastic band. You can see the egg travel down the snake. How does this process not hurt it?
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Snakes are able to dislocate their jaws in order to eat food larger than their mouth would normally be able to open. Since snakes are essentially just a ribcage and a tube of muscle their bodies can stretch to accommodate the larger food.
On top of all that fun evolutionary perks they have a breathing tube in their mouth that lets them continue to breathe during the lengthy swallowing process.
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