Pythons can swallow prey that is bigger than them because their jaw opens really wide for that purpose.
A python can open its mouth very wide to swallow prey, stretching up to four times the diameter of its own body.
It unlocks it bottom jaw wide enough so swallow the prey whole.
Reticulated pythons swallow deer that weigh 300 pounds.
A python can open its mouth very wide, up to about 180 degrees, allowing it to swallow prey much larger than its head.
No
Depends how big its meal is it can swallow around 1m of prey whole maby few cm bigger then no it cant
yes it is a prey
the python is a very large snake it can swallow an alligator whole so yes it can swallow a cougar but it would never win
If the python was not hungry, but saw the prey as a threat, it would eliminate the threat but not eat it.
They swallow them whole, and then their insides devour the rabbit.
Alligators swallow their prey whole they only use their teeth to catch and wound prey not tear prey apart.
Their lower jaw is not one bone like ours but two. They are able to "dislocate" them and can then begin to swallow their prey.