Show me them snake yawns

[Luvyna]

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?

[Bogertophis]

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:

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... 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.

[Valyndris]

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... 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.

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.

[Bogertophis]

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.

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.