Very few animals are large enough. The sticking point is the breadth of a human's shoulders. Few creatures can distend their jaws enough to work past this obstacle. A large great white shark could do it, or possibly a sperm whale. A large killer whale might be able to.
Among terrestrial animals, there are none known that could swallow a large adult male human. There are several snakes (anaconda, Burmese python, Reticulated python, possibly ) that could swallow a small woman or child if the snake in question was a very large specimen.
an African Rock python can swallow a man whole. A Great White Shark can in fact swallow you whole. White sharks swallow unchewed creatures and objects half their size.
The PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL REVIEW (Oct. 1927) tells of two incidents, one in 1758 and the other in 1771, in which a man was swallowed by a whale and vomited up shortly thereafter with only minor injuries. The account of the 1891 incident of James Bartley in that same article has been discredited, but the earlier two still stand.
Cougars, Mountain Lions, and Pumas. Or, in other words, any Carnivore.
A huge snake
Gorilla.
Snakes,Sharks,and elephants
They swallow their prey whole.
An Anaconda, for sure. ------------------------------- The most known an famous breed for eating a whole goat and such sized animals are python's.
Most marine animals swallow their food whole. This is because they do not have teeth. But not all marine animals swallow their food whole. Some have small teeth.
If the snake is big enough it will just unhinge its jaws
That is true.
anything small enough to swallow whole
Well, it depends on what kind of snake you are talking about. Usually, snakes swallow their prey whole.
The only thing that stands a ghost of a chance at catching a swallow would be a falcon, and then only on a stealth attack.
True
The Rattlsnake
Yes, they have no way to chew or tear off a chunk on the prey. They have to swallow it whole.