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Well snakes are really flexible abit like a gymnastic person, anyway back to snakes

so they are really flexible and are able to eat animals bigger than their size. But how? It's because they dislocate their jaw (which is where their mouth is by the way!!!!!!!!) and cover the animal or bite the animals leg, neck or anything to kill their prey!

There is one more thing a snake can do that can definatly kill their prey if snakes are either trying so so so hard to get food and can't or when they're being attacked they use their VENOM which can be very very very very very very very very deadly so be aware of your surroundings.

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The most DANGEROUS snakes in the world......

the snakes........

are the

POISSssssssssssssssssssssENOUS snakesssssssssss!!!!!!!!

But the most most biggest snake in the world is the

the anaconda that is horrible I've seen a film about one it was really scary!!!!!!!! honestly i have seen a film!!!!!!!!

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they have a special jaw witch lets them unlock allowing it to consume a large size of food

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