why predators that eat their pray whole (snakes, lizards, birds, frogs, fish, etc) don’t have their insides completely torn apart when they swallow an animal that is still alive?

Question

I understand venom, but I’ve seen a lot of videos of live animals still alive when a venomous snake is killed and cut open

In: Biology

Answer 1

I saw a video of a seagull eating a rat whole, head first. And I’m just like, how the hell does the bird digest that thing? The tail, the skull, the teeth, ew.