This is just a general question, purely my own curiosity.

I was watching Amber eat the other day, and something dawned on me. Do Bps and other snakes breathe while they are swallowing their prey? Same goes for blood flow and other processes like that. I would think that the channels for air and blood might become temporarily strained while swallowing something that stretches their neck to 4-5 times its normal size.

I really should do some research on snake anatomy.

Anyone know what's up with this?