Snakes' killing prey methods

We caught a really interesting show on National Geographic I think it was, awhile back on the egg eaters. Amazing how they could swallow such a relatively large single item (egg) and then there is this protrudence on their bone structure that breaks the shells of the egg as it passes. The contents are ingested and the egg shell is very tidily regurged. Just amazing to watch!


Our milksnake doesn't constrict. She will sort of sit on her prey item, presumably to suffocate it (not sure really) or just eat it right up. She does tend to go from the butt first which I assume would be a smart thing to do if you are eating a whole, live prey item.

Yeah.. I believe the egg eaters are the only snakes to not have teeth. Their substitution is the extentions in their vertebrae that 'pop' the egg.