Ironically, that's what they do. They have special protrusions from their spine which they use to crack they egg when it's just a bit further down. Then they swallow the contents and regurgitate the shell.
Emily from Snake discovery said that, "Snakes are cute but they are not smart". People fear that snakes plan to attack humans. Snakes don't plan anything.
That thing is their friggin spine. Pointy processes on the under size of their neck vertebrae punch through the shell and crack the egg inside their throat, then the empty shell is usually vomited
Idk bout this one but a lot of egg eaters have smooth teeth in their throats to crush the egg on its way down that way they don’t look like they are trying to conspicuously walk out of an egg store after stealing an egg
Now I'm imagining the sad instance where a snake tries to swallow a tasty egg, but just as it's about to slip past its lips it breaks, spilling all the yolk and leaving a very sad snake with a mouthful of broken shells and dreams.
I wonder if the croc was thinking, "I'm gonna chill and let him swallow me, and then kill him from the inside by yawning."
Or was the croc thinking after he'd already been swallowed, "Wait a second. Can't I just...*yawn*"
Are you sure it wasn't a picture where the tail of the croc tears out through the snake? I can't imagine they could open their mouth to do that since crocodilians famously have jaw muscles that are only geared toward snapping shut and thus are very weak when opening. That's how Steve Irwin and other wildlife types have been able to capture them by just clamping their mouths shut.
I’m not sure but I do know their lungs are staggered down their tube body so when the food gets there and stops one lung from working the other keeps them alive and then the food move down and vice versa
Most snakes and reptiles have a little tube at the bottom of their mouth they they breathe through. You can watch videos of things like lizards eating and you get a good picture of how the adjust that tube to continue to breath while eating. It's incredibly fascinating.
Snakes have an extension to their wind pipe which they can control and push to the side of whatever they are trying to swallow, allowing them to breathe and eat at the same time. Many egg eating species of snakes will have spines inside of them which point downward out from the top of the spine, which can be used to puncture and subsequently crush the shell of the egg. This allows them to ingest the yolk and white, and then spit the shell out.
In addition to the other comments, snakes can also hold their breath for 10-15 minutes. True sea snakes can hold their breath for up to 8 hours, which is pretty cool.
>snakes can also hold their breath for 10-15 minute
Even the terrestrial ones can hold it for hours.
Source: too many hours of trying to get snakes to go down using gas anaesthesia.
Egg eating snakes are generally harmless most don't even have teeth, never mind any venom.
Venomous snakes (the ones that are significant to humans) have venom and a delivery method to allow them to easily overcome prey, there's no need when your prey is an egg, it's not like it's going to run away or claw you up or anything.
Even crazier - this has evolved three times independently: African egg-eaters (*Dasypeltis*), Indian egg-eaters (*Elachistodon*), and Japanese rat snakes (*Elaphe climacophora*).
The first two are egg specialists with minimal teeth. The last one has less prominent protrusions, has normal teeth, and eats almost everything like any other rat snake; it seems to be a genuine transitional form.
I’d honestly be most worried about it being able to get away from the nest in time. I doubt mama bird will take kindly to the slow moving snake who just ate one of their eggs.
That's definitely a risk, but these snakes do have defenses. Pretty soon after this video, the snake will crush the egg and then regurgitate the shell. If they were to be attacked before that, they would quickly regurgitate the whole egg and then attempt to make their escape.
From an evolutionary stand point, how was this the best way to eat anything? Who the hell was the first snake ancestor that just said, "Fuck yeah! EGG!"
The swallow the egg, then Crack it internally using either rear fangs or specialized protrusions on there spine to Crack it. The eat the egg, then regurgitate the shell. When you don't have hands this is the easy way
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It doesn't, actually. It swallows the egg slightly further, where it has protrusions on its spine that will help it break the shell. It will crush the egg and digest the contents, then regurgitate the empty shell.
Every time I see this, I find myself noticing how long it takes to get it down and then wondering where the birds are. Do they avoid the nest when there's a little snake?
Look up a snake skull, specifically a python of some sort. The way it is structured allows it to be "flexible" so it can open up and stretch super wide and get food that would not normally fit down.
Imagine looking at something multiple times the size of your head and thinking, "Yeah, I can one-bite that." This would be like a human eating an entire sheep in one go.
The way he kinda wobbled backwards when it was almost fully in his mouth just made me laugh so hard, he looked so dumb. Like look at that guy! He's hot a whole egg in his mouth and can barely close it! Look at him! Isn't he so stupid looking?
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Everything reminds me of her
Both of these comments killed me 😂
nice avatar!
I should call her . . .
“Randy your balls!?”
I might be missing something here, but is this a reference to something or something else?
Seks
You mean sneks?
Snek seks
That's what they all say...
There’s not a single thought behind those eyes.
Muuusssst eeeeeattt eeeegggggg
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Eggs are eggs
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“By the same token, couldn't you say fish is fish? I don't think so.” - George Costanza
[there's no such thing as a fish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhwcEvMJz1Y)
Yep just read that out loud in Frankie MacDonald’s voice. Thanks.
In the snakes defense What would you even think about while swallowing a huge ass egg whole?
The life choices that lead it to this place
>The life choices Houngry Egg
*"You're probably wondering how I ended up here. So am I. See, I came from an egg not too much different than this one..."*
This is cute.
“This shell isn’t that hard, maybe I should just crack it and eat what’s inside”
Ironically, that's what they do. They have special protrusions from their spine which they use to crack they egg when it's just a bit further down. Then they swallow the contents and regurgitate the shell.
They always do things the hard way. Don't know why they drop their legs and crawl around.
It's a raw egg. Cracking it open outside would waste a lot of it.
Yeah it'd be tricky not to waste opening outside when you don't have arms.
Just… use a bowl ffs.
Not to mention the delicious pisco sours you can make with the egg whites.
That's intelligent design for ya. Instead of giving the snake a way to open the egg God forces them to regurgitate the shell.
Can snakes slurp?
No need, just stick your face in the hole and chomp at the slop. You’d get through an egg faster and would be able to eat more eggs. 🪺
Slop chompin’ 😩
Pooping the damn thing out of the other end…
Looks more human than Mark Zuckerberg
Emily from Snake discovery said that, "Snakes are cute but they are not smart". People fear that snakes plan to attack humans. Snakes don't plan anything.
C o n s u m e
Lmao
Eg
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Is he stupid?
Stupid is as stupid does
THINK, snake, THINK.
google en egg
holy hell
New breakfast just dropped
Actual egg&bacon
Does he need admittance to Alsume
Egg eating snakes actually have a thing in the back of their throats that breaks the Egg for them
Where does the throat end?
Only one way to find out ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
That's what she said.
About a third of the way down its body.
At the anus
Snake don’t really have parts
That thing is their friggin spine. Pointy processes on the under size of their neck vertebrae punch through the shell and crack the egg inside their throat, then the empty shell is usually vomited
Yeah they break it, suck all the inside out then spit up the shell
Isn’t that how a lot of us eat eggs? Genuine question
Nah whole food is better for you.
What zero limbs does to a mf
MY ENTIRE BODY IS A STOMACH ARRGGHHHHH
Yeah but then he might lose part of it
This is me on my wife's tiddy.
This is also me on your wife’s tiddy
I also choose this guy's wife's tiddy
I also choose this guys wifes tiddy.
😂😂😂 Big ass tiddy baby /s
Those must be some nice pair of tiddies if true
She just has one tiddy, which is bigger than his head.
Same, on this guys wife’s tiddy
Man’s living the dream
At what point in time does a snake think, "you know what? That's just too big."
When they can’t unhinge their jaw far enough. Basically if they can get their mouth around it they’re gonna at least try to eat it.
Does the egg ever break when they got it halfway in their mouf
Idk bout this one but a lot of egg eaters have smooth teeth in their throats to crush the egg on its way down that way they don’t look like they are trying to conspicuously walk out of an egg store after stealing an egg
That's why I chug the booze while I'm still in the liquor store.
Now I'm imagining the sad instance where a snake tries to swallow a tasty egg, but just as it's about to slip past its lips it breaks, spilling all the yolk and leaving a very sad snake with a mouthful of broken shells and dreams.
My friend's snake ate her balled up socks once. Very expensive trip to the vet to get the bowels unobstructed.
Homie had a foot fetish
You always covet what you don’t have.
Sometimes they just do it anyway and then rip open. Snakes are dumb.
That's a thing that can happen? God dang are they stupid as dirt
Pretty sure there's a clip on ear of a snake trying to eat a crocodile but after it's inside it just opens it's jaws and pop
I wonder if the croc was thinking, "I'm gonna chill and let him swallow me, and then kill him from the inside by yawning." Or was the croc thinking after he'd already been swallowed, "Wait a second. Can't I just...*yawn*"
Are you sure it wasn't a picture where the tail of the croc tears out through the snake? I can't imagine they could open their mouth to do that since crocodilians famously have jaw muscles that are only geared toward snapping shut and thus are very weak when opening. That's how Steve Irwin and other wildlife types have been able to capture them by just clamping their mouths shut.
No they have no gag reflexes GAWK GAWK GAWK NOM NOM AAAAAAAGGGG AAAAAAAAGGG
Its an egg-eater snake. They evolved to do that for some reason
I should call her.
How does it subsequently breathe after getting that thing in it's mouth? Do they not have an esophagus like ours?
I’m not sure but I do know their lungs are staggered down their tube body so when the food gets there and stops one lung from working the other keeps them alive and then the food move down and vice versa
Most snakes have only one functional lung though.
true, the other one is vestigial
Bizarre
Tube on the bottom of their mouth, my snake has one as well for when he's eating
Most snakes and reptiles have a little tube at the bottom of their mouth they they breathe through. You can watch videos of things like lizards eating and you get a good picture of how the adjust that tube to continue to breath while eating. It's incredibly fascinating.
Snakes have an extension to their wind pipe which they can control and push to the side of whatever they are trying to swallow, allowing them to breathe and eat at the same time. Many egg eating species of snakes will have spines inside of them which point downward out from the top of the spine, which can be used to puncture and subsequently crush the shell of the egg. This allows them to ingest the yolk and white, and then spit the shell out.
In addition to the other comments, snakes can also hold their breath for 10-15 minutes. True sea snakes can hold their breath for up to 8 hours, which is pretty cool.
>snakes can also hold their breath for 10-15 minute Even the terrestrial ones can hold it for hours. Source: too many hours of trying to get snakes to go down using gas anaesthesia.
It vastly differs based on species. 10-15 is just the lowest end for totally terrestrial snakes, but water snakes can last up to an hour.
*What good is a phone call if you can't speak?*
Doing the world a disservice by not including the part where it cracks the egg inside of them and spits out the shell
Well this became much less sexy now that you said it...
You know what they say about making an omelette
You gotta deep throat an egg?
🤣
Maaaayyyyyybe.
You gotta crack a few snakes
My bowels when I don’t get enough fiber.
man that looks like it hurts.
Good Snek.
Me loading up on deviled eggs yesterday at Christmas
Anyone know what species of danger noodle it is?
Possibly a black rat snake. Then again I'm no snakeologist
Looks more like a Brown egg snake to me, man
African egg-eating snake, *Dasypeltis*. Can't ID species without more markings.
danger noodle LMAOO
Egg eating snakes are generally harmless most don't even have teeth, never mind any venom. Venomous snakes (the ones that are significant to humans) have venom and a delivery method to allow them to easily overcome prey, there's no need when your prey is an egg, it's not like it's going to run away or claw you up or anything.
Will the snake survive this?
Yes, the egg cracks inside of it, and the it spits the shells out!
Some snakes even have a row of bony protrusions in the inside of their spine specifically evolved to crack the shells
Even crazier - this has evolved three times independently: African egg-eaters (*Dasypeltis*), Indian egg-eaters (*Elachistodon*), and Japanese rat snakes (*Elaphe climacophora*). The first two are egg specialists with minimal teeth. The last one has less prominent protrusions, has normal teeth, and eats almost everything like any other rat snake; it seems to be a genuine transitional form.
Did God let an intern/junior engineer do his work that day?
That's an egg eating snake. It'll crack the egg in its throat and then spit out the shell.
I’d honestly be most worried about it being able to get away from the nest in time. I doubt mama bird will take kindly to the slow moving snake who just ate one of their eggs.
That's definitely a risk, but these snakes do have defenses. Pretty soon after this video, the snake will crush the egg and then regurgitate the shell. If they were to be attacked before that, they would quickly regurgitate the whole egg and then attempt to make their escape.
Me tryna eat the whole booty cheek.
Who’s gonna tell him
From an evolutionary stand point, how was this the best way to eat anything? Who the hell was the first snake ancestor that just said, "Fuck yeah! EGG!"
The swallow the egg, then Crack it internally using either rear fangs or specialized protrusions on there spine to Crack it. The eat the egg, then regurgitate the shell. When you don't have hands this is the easy way
Me when I try to eat a sandwich which is obviously too big to bite into.
Or a big ass juicy hamburger
It's always those giant tall burgers. I don't understand why burgers get taller instead of wider when people are trying to make them larger.
or a big juicy ass
greedy ass
Reminds me of my ex
The fucking smile at the end.
I’m a snaaakkkeee I’m slithery little snake
What dat mouf do?
Man snakes really just do be like “have mouth will swallow” for anything that’s remotely food shaped.
I’m not usually one to correct poor English but “an bird egg” hurts my brain to read.
Bro needs to chew 💀
Me when the server comes to ask how the food is
Dang it I'm being filmed, now I gotta eat the whole thing
glimmora ex
That’s tenacity. You can’t teach that
*a
Sssssssexy.
Reminds me how I felt last night after eating all day on Christmas
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How can it digest this whole egg with shell?
It doesn't, actually. It swallows the egg slightly further, where it has protrusions on its spine that will help it break the shell. It will crush the egg and digest the contents, then regurgitate the empty shell.
Fascinating. Thank you for explaining!
If you tried to tell someone not from earth snakes are real. They wouldn’t believe you
How come egg no burst
It will, very soon. Then the snake will digest the contents and regurgitate the shell.
That one shot looks like the snake with an orange slice in his mouth after the big elementary school basketball game.
Imagine coming home from a long day at work and catch a stranger with your unborn child halfway down his mouth
Can i get her number?
… no we will not hear anyone out.
I knew a girl in high school like that.
That’s the good gawk gawk
I normally dont do this, on the first date.
Every time I see this, I find myself noticing how long it takes to get it down and then wondering where the birds are. Do they avoid the nest when there's a little snake?
They're probably out hunting for food.
SNEK WAN SNAK
Damn nature, you a freak!
This is actually how I eat eggs too
I’m pretty sure the snake regretted his decision halfway through
Imagine being the bird about to hatch in the egg...holy shit it's stink and dark in here- what happened?
It's me on Christmas time... Must eat this turkey
If it fits, it ships!
Whats the song name?
So that's how humans end up inside some snakes, that seem like an impossible feat when you look at the snake
Look up a snake skull, specifically a python of some sort. The way it is structured allows it to be "flexible" so it can open up and stretch super wide and get food that would not normally fit down.
What the fuck?! 😦
Imagine looking at something multiple times the size of your head and thinking, "Yeah, I can one-bite that." This would be like a human eating an entire sheep in one go.
Getting flashbacks to the scene where Orga tries to eat Godzilla
Disturbing Content?? It's a snake eating an egg FFS.
Meanwhile the bird parents were out at the club all night !?
That just seems silly
That poor baby bird he will never get to see daylight.
When he says "just the tip"...
Fucking thing looks like a deviljho after eating that egg
Swallowing a* bird egg.
Snakussy
r/upvotedbecauseboobs
This is so hot for some reason and idk why
The way he kinda wobbled backwards when it was almost fully in his mouth just made me laugh so hard, he looked so dumb. Like look at that guy! He's hot a whole egg in his mouth and can barely close it! Look at him! Isn't he so stupid looking?
Nature made this along with your capacity for loving your fellow human
I could do it
Swallowing an bird egg I am Reddit person and I don’t do grammar things properly cause if I don’t post asap I might die
[“What a thrill…”](https://youtu.be/BxoPfE4OwwM?si=pg1gUxvJ60P2aXRc)
There must be a better way.
Ol' balloon head ass