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Can a snake eat by unhinging its lower jawbones?
Yes. This is how most snakes are able to eat prey several times larger than the snake's head.
Why does snake eat big animals?
Snakes eat prey animals that are relative to their own size. The larger the snake - the larger meal it needs for it to survive.
What helps a snake find its prey?
A Snake tracks it's prey by flickering its tongue. This is how a snake smells its prey. Most vipers use their tongue as well as their heat sensitive pits located near their eyes. This allows them to detect variations in temperature. A snake does not have a nose to smell nor are they able to hear, as all snakes are def.
Is a dolphin a prey or a predator?
A dolphin is a predator and preydolphins are both
When a snake kills a shrew the shrew is called the what and the snake is the what?
The snake would be the predator and the shrew would be the prey
Can anything eat a viper?
Small snake species do not eat vultures. Pythons are able to to prey on vultures.
When a snake kills a shrew the shrew is the?
The shrew is the prey.
What is the predator that the anaconda protects itself from?
well there is the birds with prey but why would any animal face with one of the strongest snake in the world
A snake that choke its prey to death?
A snake that can choke it's prey to death is known as a constrictor. The snake waits for it's prey to suffocate, and will then begin consuming the meal whole.
What is the prey of a snake?
the snske can prey on people,fish
How does snake catch its prey?
Some species of snake poison their prey. Other snakes constrict their prey until suffocated. Either way, the prey has to be swallowed whole.
What does a snake do when it get its prey?
Well, it depends on what kind of snake you are talking about. Usually, snakes swallow their prey whole.
