How do giant frogs like bull frogs and pac-man frogs not get stung or bitten inside their mouth when they swallow preys like venomous spiders and scorpions?

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Answer 1

They get stung all the time, just like how animals that eat prey live (like birds and fish) can get injured when the animal they ate moves inside them.

Most frogs have adaptations that make them immune to the poison of the prey they hunt, like the Brazilian Toad Frog which feasts primarily on scorpions. But in addition, insects will usually die quickly after they are swallowed. This is because a frog’s sticky tongue and the sudden whip motion as they reel in insects disorients them. Sometimes, bigger insects collide with a frog’s mouth hard enough to snap in two (like dragonflies), and digestive enzymes immediately go to work breaking down the body so it doesn’t have time to fight back. A frog’s mouth is also a tight and moist environment which suffocates the prey.

When they digest prey though and the sacs of venom/poison burst open, their stomach acid neutralizes venom because of it’s high acidity. Actually, if you were to drink snake venom your stomach acid would do the same because venom only works in the bloodstream, though this is not recommended.