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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There isn’t really an issue with swallowing it, at least from a boa constrictor standpoint, I keep them. By the time they are actually being swallowed, they are dead or very close to it. They suffocate their prey before actually consuming it. It is however a problem from the catching prey standpoint. It can be dangerous for the snake to actually get the prey in its mouth, as in the mouse struggled and sliced open the snake. That’s why its extremely common for enthusiasts to use frozen thawed rodents.
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