How do animals that swallow their prey alive (e.g. frogs, lizards etc.) ensure that their prey doesnt struggle and hurt their internal organs? Are they crushed during the swallowing process?

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How do animals that swallow their prey alive (e.g. frogs, lizards etc.) ensure that their prey doesnt struggle and hurt their internal organs? Are they crushed during the swallowing process?

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As others have said, it is absolutely an issue for them, in the wild its just a numbers game, the prey occasionaly wins. Lots of memories of crushing mealworm heads for my guy once he got a little slow.

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