Ever seen the inside of a big retic's mouth?

[Kara]

You can see the glottis closed on the floor of her mouth - that's the windpipe that allows snakes to breathe even while consuming large prey items. Here's a pic with the glottis open:



That's "Scary" - a 20'+ Malaysian silver retic. Some of you may also recognize her from this pic:



Enjoy!

K

[Shelby]

To answer the question.. yes I have. At work there is a 19' retic, and it yawns on a fairly regular basis. They're so beautiful.

The last pic is awesome. Nothing like a retic's eyes.

[Kara]

That's awesome!!! Where do you work?

Isn't amazing when they yawn? It's like "do that trick where you open your mouth & your face disappears!"

[Shelby]

It's so funny, I say snakes love to yawn. They stretch first one side, then the other of their jaws.

I work at Serpent Safari. It's a reptile zoo, and home to Baby, who is the world's largest snake. She's in the Guiness record book. 403 lbs 27' burm.

They actually have three retics there. A normal, a tiger, and a lavender albino.

[alexrls]

that 3rd pic looks like something out of jurrassic park reaaally freaky

[sk8er4life]

that 3rd pic looks like something out of jurrassic park reaaally freaky

thats true!

wouldnt want my had to be in that mouth!

[Smynx]

Great photos, Kara! Thanks for sharing them.

[led4urhead]

WOHOHO! Thats a great catch. Thanks for sharing

[Super_Smash]

thats a beautiful snake.... and that last pic is AWESOME!! it reminds me of a Raptor so much... oooo creepy!

[gen]

Awesome pictures, as always. Thanks for sharing. Yeah, I think I remember that Jurassic park pic.