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

The prey has no easy access to oxygen in there. So is suffocated/dead.

But they do, rarely, escape, for example: [https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/i/newscms/2014_16/322921/140414-centipede-snake-cover-1500_1be1d0430c642bf8629853a16666a11c.jpg](https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/i/newscms/2014_16/322921/140414-centipede-snake-cover-1500_1be1d0430c642bf8629853a16666a11c.jpg)