How big of an animal can a python swallow in nature?

The animals that the snake can swallow are neither big nor small, basically it is not too much of a problem to swallow an animal as big as a lamb and a pig. Of course, an adult python can also be easily swallowed.

This is because they have a special set of structures in their bodies. Our human mouth can only be opened at an angle of 30 degrees, but the mouth of a snake can be opened to an angle of 130 degrees, or even 180 degrees. The reason for this is that the bones of our mouths are connected by "tenons", but snakes are connected to each other by ligaments.

Here, we might as well do an experiment: the tongs used by people when cooking rice are not easy to open because they are inlaid with tenons; If you divide the tongs into two and tie a rubber band to the original tenon, it will open freely. The snake's mouth can be opened very wide, and this is also true.

Moreover, the serpent has processed the animal before devouring the large animal: when it wraps around its prey, it tightens as it wraps until it suffocates to death; It then squeezes its prey into long strips for easy swallowing.

What if the snake catches a bird with wings like two folding fans? When a small belly snake devours a larger bird, it usually always swallows the bird's head first. In order to prevent the bird from slipping out of the mouth, the pit viper's left and right rows of teeth alternately do a series of slow motions

The left tooth does not move, firmly hooking the bird, and the right tooth slowly moves forward, pulling the prey into the mouth; Then the right tooth hooks the food, and the left tooth moves forward ......In this way, it slowly devoured, and the pair of open wings of the bird also converged in one direction.

When a snake swallows a large animal, will the trachea be blocked? No, it won't. Because the opening of the larynx is in front of the floor of the mouth, which is also where the opening of the trachea is. When a snake devours its prey, its movable larynx extends out of its mouth so that it does not have to worry about its trachea being blocked.

Will large animals pass through the intestines of snakes unimpeded? Yes. You know, the stomach of a snake is not the same as that of a chicken or a rabbit, it is not spherical, but resembles a surprisingly long bag.

The snake's intestines are also different from other animals, not twisted and twisted, but a straight pipe. A straight bowel is great for swallowing larger foods.

Of course, then again, snakes don't always have to eat large animals easily, and sometimes they come at a great cost. People sometimes see that when snakes swallow large animals, the food is stuck in the mouth, and they can't spit it out, and they can't swallow it when they want to; Or get a mouth full of blood, and the teeth are broken. Sometimes, although the snake swallows a large animal, the animal's spines and bones pierce the snake's intestines and body walls, causing it great pain.

Its bodily apparatus allows it to do so, the result of evolution, a product of nature.

Pythons often feed on small muntjac, small wild boars, rabbits, squirrels and poultry; With a large appetite, it can swallow animals of equal weight or more than its weight at a time, such as a 10-kilogram python purchased by Wuzhou Foreign Trade Warehouse in Guangxi Province in 1960 and devoured 15-kilogram domestic pigs. Strong digestion, except for the prey animal hair, can be digested, but after a full diet can not be eaten for several months.

The largest serpents can swallow baby goats, piglets, or fawns, but generally only hunt small prey.

People often use the metaphor of "the heart is not enough to swallow the elephant" as a metaphor for those who are inadequate and insatiable. Can snakes really swallow elephants? This is of course impossible. However, it is not uncommon for snakes to swallow sheep, deer, piglets and calves.

Why is it that a snake can swallow an animal several times larger than its own head whole? It turns out that the snake's various joints related to feeding are very flexible, especially the joints of the mandible and skull are very loose. The left and right halves of the lower jaw are also very different from other animals in that they are not tightly connected, but are loosely connected by ligaments.

In this way, the mouth of the snake can be opened to 130°, and the mouth can only be opened to about 30°), and the two halves of the lower jaw can be extended to the left and right at the same time, and can be extended to one side alone or alternately. When a snake bites food, the maxilla, palate, pterygoid and mandible can all pull the food back and right alternately, and the upper and lower jaws can also wrap the food forward. At the same time, because snakes do not have sternum and ribcage, and the expansion ability of gastrointestinal muscles is very strong, they can swallow animals several times larger than their own heads.

In general, the larger the food, the more effort it takes for the snake to swallow it. Small foods tend to take only a minute or two to swallow, while larger foods sometimes take an hour or more. When food is swallowed into the esophagus, the snake's body wall can gradually expand, and the food will quickly enter the stomach due to the sequential contraction of the body wall muscles.

Snakes have a strong digestive power, except for bird feathers, animal hairs, etc., which cannot be digested, everything else can be digested, and even bones are not left.

Because their ** is actually very elastic, so it can be said that it can be like this.

They don't have a throat, so they can get away relatively large things.

Probably because the snake has a very large mouth and a more elastic belly, it will swallow other animals much larger than itself.

Because the mouth of the snake can be very large, and the stomach is very digestive.

This is because snakes have very large stomachs, so they can swallow animals that are much larger than themselves.

The mouth of a snake can be opened many times wider, so it can swallow very large things.

Because the snake's mouth is actually very large, and it can be opened very wide, and its body is also very large.

This is because the snake's ** stretch is particularly good, and it has such a function.

It may be that the tissues and organs of this creature can be stretched very strongly.

Because the mouth and stomach of snakes are very contractile. So it can eat very large animals.

People often use the phrase "the heart is not enough to swallow the elephant" as a metaphor for those who are inadequate and insatiable. Can a snake really swallow an elephant? This is obviously impossible.

However, it is not uncommon for snakes to swallow sheep, deer, piglets and calves. Why is it said that snakes are able to swallow animals several times larger than their own head whole? The reason is that snakes are very sensitive to each bone joint related to feeding, especially the joints between the mandible and the skull are very relaxed.

The left and right sides of the jaw are also different from other animals in that they are not closely connected, but are connected by the relaxation of the ligaments. Thus, the snake's mouth can be opened to 130 (the human mouth can only be opened to about 30), and the two halves of the jaw can be extended to the left and right together, or to one side alone or alternately. Whenever a snake bites food, the maxilla, palate, pterygoid and mandible can alternately pull the food backwards, and the upper and lower mandibles can also wrap the food forward.

At the same time, because snakes have sternum and ribcages, their gastrointestinal muscles are so strong that they can swallow animals several times the size of their own heads. In general, the larger the food, the greater the effort it takes for the snake to swallow it. Small foods usually only take one to two minutes to swallow, but larger foods sometimes take an hour or more.

Whenever food is swallowed into the esophagus, the snake's body wall will gradually expand, because the body wall muscles contract sequentially, and the food will quickly enter the stomach. Snakes have a very strong ability to digest, except for bird feathers and animal hair, which cannot be digested, everything else can be digested, and even bones will not be left.

The snake can be separated from the top and bottom, and he doesn't have to separate when he eats small things, and when he encounters a large food, he separates them and eats it, but I think I've seen snakes spit out indigestible things.

Yes, you know, and I asked, just because the snake's mouth is very special!

It's called eating when you want! You don't see snakes hibernating! People won't!Don't eat more and hibernate without starving it! Adopt it.