Guys, does no one know how a snake's jaw is put together??? The lower jaw is disjointed at the "chin" and connected by a ligament which stretches. This allows the lower jaw to seperate and the snake to move each side independantly. This allows the animal to swallow large prey items.
Ruby just "dislocated" her jaw at the point of the chin and had to realine it. Boas and pythons have to realine their jaws every time they eat. It does look grusome sometimes though, lol....
Here is a picture illustrating this. This is the jaw of a Burmese Python, but all constricting snakes have the same seperation.
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