Some people believe snakes unhinge their jaw in order to eat their prey whole, but this is actually not true, if you think about it, unhinging your jaw would just leave it floppy and unusable, what they actually do is much cooler anyway
Their bottom jaw is actually two separate pieces, it doesn't connect at the middle, and because of this they can walk prey down their mouths.
There are actually a variety of snakes you can get that don't eat rodents, especially small ones, you could get an african egg eating snake (warning: it is very hard to find eggs for babies as they'll eat finch eggs, but adult females can do quail eggs, which are much easier to find) and garter snakes can eat fish, there's also dekays brown snakes which can subsist off of worms/insects and are very small
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burgersc12@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
communist@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y
Some people believe snakes unhinge their jaw in order to eat their prey whole, but this is actually not true, if you think about it, unhinging your jaw would just leave it floppy and unusable, what they actually do is much cooler anyway
Their bottom jaw is actually two separate pieces, it doesn't connect at the middle, and because of this they can walk prey down their mouths.
Username@beehaw.org · 2 pts · 3y
Cute Snake! I love Snakes but I could never have one because I also love Rats!
communist@beehaw.org · 0 pts · 3y
There are actually a variety of snakes you can get that don't eat rodents, especially small ones, you could get an african egg eating snake (warning: it is very hard to find eggs for babies as they'll eat finch eggs, but adult females can do quail eggs, which are much easier to find) and garter snakes can eat fish, there's also dekays brown snakes which can subsist off of worms/insects and are very small
Username@beehaw.org · 0 pts · 3y
huh the more you know! Please excuse my ignorance and thank you for the education!
communist@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y
No problem at all!
PascalPistachios@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y
What's it like having the best username on the site? Also. Fantastic image. I'm saving it.
communist@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y
I've always felt like my default username stems from a lack of creativity, so, thanks!
CaptainEffort@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y
Damn that's cool! It's eyes are way too big for its head lol.
communist@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y
I do quite love him hahaha, i've found him to be one of the few snakes even people with the phobia can't help but love.