Show me them snake yawns

I was looking at snake pictures today and just found the ones with snakes yawning are just so adorable. So why not start a thread about it? Post your pictures of your snakes yawning. It's hard to actually capture a snake yawning on camera but when you do it's the best thing ever. I was so happy when I got Crowley yawning. I kinda learned when he'd yawn, he'd roam around doing his missions then suddenly stop moving, when he does this he usually yawns like 10 seconds after stopping then continues, so cute. It happens so rarely but I was lucky I got it on camera. So if you were lucky enough to snap a picture of your snake(s) yawning post em here. :)

Here is Crowley yawning, this was taken a few years ago and I have yet to get him yawning on camera again.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/soQm0FM.jpg

This one was a complete accident. He was laying out in the open, looking cute, so I took a picture. Only he had yawned as I clicked to take it, lol.

Before yawn:
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e29e303dff.jpg

During yawn:
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8c86e02f9d.jpg

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pretends2bnormal, yours looks like he's trying to talk!? :D

I've always loved snake yawns too, & my favorite yawns came from the rattlesnakes that I used to keep. I don't have photos so I'll have to describe them so
you understand why: when they yawn, they often stretch each side of their jaws one at a time...they stretch their fangs the way we might stretch our arms.

(I know, that probably sounds nightmarish, but rattlesnakes, like other snakes, are not out to "get" us...they're just trying to survive, one day at a time, and
their ONLY means of self-defense & catching food is their venom. Venom is actually like a concentrated version of our saliva- it starts their digestive process
after it immobilizes their prey. Dangerous yes, but not "evil".)

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

pretends2bnormal, yours looks like he's trying to talk!? :D

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If so, he was just shouting "MOOOOOOMMMM! I'M STARVING HERE! FEEEEED MEEEEE!!" Hahaha.

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I made a GIF of Crowley yawning, this was captured last night.

https://i.imgur.com/j3reCTl.mp4

Edit: can't seem to embed the video so you'll have to click the link

Big yawn from my 8' boa, photo from 9 years ago (RIP Autumn).
I had a co-worker and her niece over at the time, showing the reptiles, and they were very impressed by the yawn (my co-worker took this pic)
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...CmOwYEgx3K.jpg

Crowley has such huge, adorable yawns! :D It's pretty funny how small his body looks compared to that huge, gaping mouth in the photo and the video. Very cute that he likes to hang out on your keyboard too.

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Originally Posted by pretends2bnormal

This one was a complete accident. He was laying out in the open, looking cute, so I took a picture. Only he had yawned as I clicked to take it, lol.

Before yawn:

During yawn:

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What a perfect capture, just like Bogertophis said he looks like he's yelling LOL

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

pretends2bnormal, yours looks like he's trying to talk!? :D

I've always loved snake yawns too, & my favorite yawns came from the rattlesnakes that I used to keep. I don't have photos so I'll have to describe them so
you understand why: when they yawn, they often stretch each side of their jaws one at a time...they stretch their fangs the way we might stretch our arms.

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Wow that's really cute actually, I never realized they stretched their fangs. I've seen a few rattlesnakes yawn on Youtube and I'm always amazed that they can even fit their fangs in their mouth, they look huge.

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Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril

Big yawn from my 8' boa, photo from 9 years ago (RIP Autumn).
I had a co-worker and her niece over at the time, showing the reptiles, and they were very impressed by the yawn (my co-worker took this pic)

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Such a big yawn! This is a great pic for studying the anatomy of a boa mouth, you can see all the rows of teeth.

Here is my Noodle, I was trying to take a video of his reaction to seeing his own reflection and he yawned. I've noticed he tends to do that when he's nervous so I guess he didn't like his reflection very much.

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2019-06-19.jpg

"Yakety-Yak...don't talk back! YaketyYak, Yakety Yak!" :rofl: This photo is PRECIOUS! It's like he's arguing with himself, lol....

And btw, rattlesnake's fangs fold up into the roof of their mouths, that's how they fit. They also have replacement fangs whenever they shed their fangs. ;)

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...2019-06-19.jpg

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

"Yakety-Yak...don't talk back! YaketyYak, Yakety Yak!" :rofl: This photo is PRECIOUS! It's like he's arguing with himself, lol....

And btw, rattlesnake's fangs fold up into the roof of their mouths, that's how they fit. They also have replacement fangs whenever they shed their fangs. ;)

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LOL it sure does! There is only enough room in this world for one Noodle :P

I had no idea that they shed their fangs :O (makes sense now that I think about it though). That is so cool, do the old fangs just fall out like shed does? It's really amazing you had the opportunity to keep rattlesnakes and learn so much about them. Truly something that not many people in the world will ever experience.

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LOL it sure does! There is only enough room in this world for one Noodle :P

I had no idea that they shed their fangs :O (makes sense now that I think about it though). That is so cool, do the old fangs just fall out like shed does? It's really amazing you had the opportunity to keep rattlesnakes and learn so much about them. Truly something that not many people in the world will ever experience.

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I love the awesome mirror shot of that yawn. Fanged snakes will grow out new fangs then shed out the old ones so it is possible to see snakes with 4 fangs at a time.

Not my snake, just found the picture on google to show you:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...resdefault.jpg

Wow, that's awesome! Bad day for the prey that gets that double-fang bite though. I wonder if the snake can inject venom through two sets of fangs while they are both still attached?

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Originally Posted by Valyndris

I love the awesome mirror shot of that yawn. Fanged snakes will grow out new fangs then shed out the old ones so it is possible to see snakes with 4 fangs at a time.

Not my snake, just found the picture on google to show you:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...resdefault.jpg

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This is not how it typically works... Normally, the old fangs fall out first, usually lost in prey but can sometimes be found in their cage or water bowl. I have a little
collection of fangs...:D The snake pictured with double-fangs is an aberration as far as I know...can't say if all 4 can actually inject venom at the same time or not,
but they appear to all be solidly attached, so maybe so?

When a normal rattlesnake sheds their fangs, they aren't without them for long...maybe a few days at most, as the new ones come down from the roof of their mouth.

Too bad we poor humans can't just shed our old teeth & get nice new replacements, eh? Especially with the high cost of dentistry, not to mention the discomfort.

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

This is not how it typically works... Normally, the old fangs fall out first, usually lost in prey but can sometimes be found in their cage or water bowl. I have a little
collection of fangs...:D The snake pictured with double-fangs is an aberration as far as I know...can't say if all 4 can actually inject venom at the same time or not,
but they appear to all be solidly attached, so maybe so?

When a normal rattlesnake sheds their fangs, they aren't without them for long...maybe a few days at most, as the new ones come down from the roof of their mouth.

Too bad we poor humans can't just shed our old teeth & get nice new replacements, eh? Especially with the high cost of dentistry, not to mention the discomfort.

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Thanks for correcting me, I watched a documentary that said they grow the fangs then shed the old ones after the new ones are ready. I just figured they always grew like that because a fang-less venomous snake is quite gimped. I guess they just hide when they're in "fang-less mode". That'd be awesome to have some shed fangs, I didn't even know they shed those till recently.

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Originally Posted by Valyndris

Thanks for correcting me, I watched a documentary that said they grow the fangs then shed the old ones after the new ones are ready. I just figured they always grew like that because a fang-less venomous snake is quite gimped. I guess they just hide when they're in "fang-less mode". That'd be awesome to have some shed fangs, I didn't even know they shed those till recently.

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Maybe they didn't explain it very well. The "new" fangs are embedded in the roof of their mouth, & I've seen pictures taken at just the right moment when the old fangs
are at an angle ( clearly on their way out) while the others aren't far behind (like when we're kids & our adult teeth help to push out our "baby teeth"), but these (in photo
above) are side-by-side, and not normal or typical. Rattlesnake fangs are mostly used for catching food, which they don't do every day, so a day or two isn't a big deal...
yes, I would think they might lay low (just like when in shed) but I never noticed any behavior difference from those I kept, & they did their fair share of shedding fangs.

Most of the fangs came loose when they bit their f/t prey, so while I'd find some fangs in the cages, I saw many more in their stool & I didn't fish them out to save, lol.
I had to wonder if the fangs swallowed ever caused them any internal issues, but apparently not...they seemingly get swept along their digestive tract with the other
indigestible stuff (like rodent fur) & get harmlessly expelled. Since their old fangs often came loose in their prey, they'd naturally just be laying low & digesting
at the time their new fangs would be coming in anyway. Interesting "room-mates" for sure. ;)