Strengthens secrets to help snakes swallow big snakes

Flexible jaw and the ability to create huge pressure to swallow larger snakes is the mysterious ability of the snake god.

Princess snakes have the ability to eat rat mice larger than them at least 20%. The challenge of swallowing larger snakes forces them to develop flexible jaws, creating great pressure to crush the prey inside, according to New Scientist.

The mystery lies in the way the snake god subdued the snake much larger. Other mammals are prone to suffocation and unconsciousness, snake species tolerate a lack of oxygen longer, allowing them to react violently when squeezed.

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The snake snake is swallowing a rat snake.(Photo: New Scientist).

Researcher David Penning and Brad Moon conducted three experiments to study the snake snake. They tested 36 snake lords and mouse snakes to check muscle proportions compared to body size. The team also measured the force that the snake created when it tried to escape from bondage and squeeze its prey.

Tests showed that the mechanical snake's ratio was not higher than that of snake rats, nor did they have stronger traction. However, the snake snake has a higher squeezing force than rat snake, although its body size is much smaller. The strongest snake snake created more than twice the force of mouse snakes in this experiment.

The key to creating the power of a snake is how they roll the body . Snake snakes twisted wildly in each part of the body, while the snake snake rolled like a spring. That posture gives effect and strength to the method of luring the snake god. However, scientists believe this hypothesis needs to be tested more.

"The evolution has refined the similarly structured body structure to produce very different results , " said Rick Shine, a professor at the University of Sydney.