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’ve wondered this too. And how does the victim die? Asphyxiation? Drowning in digestive fluids?