Wildlife biologists believe a huge shift is occurring in the Florida's ecosystem after witnessing a Burmese python swallow an ...
This is the facing-view of the deer-eating snake’s gape of 10.2 inches. The lower jaw, which splits and is held together by elastic skin, accounts for 59% of the gape size. (Courtesy Bruce Jayne ...
According to wildlife experts, the snakes’ lower jawbones are not fused, allowing their mouths to stretch. "Besides the large absolute size of the deer that was eaten being impressive ...
The snake stretched its jaw to fit around the deer’s entire torso ... The snakes are able to open so wide because their lower jawbones are not fused at the front, the scientists said.
Wildlife biologists believe a huge shift is occurring in the Florida's ecosystem after witnessing a Burmese python swallow an entire deer ... has a huge gape as its lower jawbones are not ...
or the measure of how wide the jaw can extend, is at least two inches wider than previously observed, allowing for the possibility of larger deer, alligators and other sizable prey being consumed ...