Snake | August 23, 2024 2:20 PM | Alisa

Anaconda enters chicken coup to feed, catches 2 birds at same time

This video focuses on the science of snake behavior to support a master’s thesis, Video is for citations for junior high school, high school science reports.

Shows the hunting strategy of a large constrictor, locating small prey by scent, using the tongue, Video demonstrates that large constrictors have a preference for small prey as an opportunity for calories regardless of size, and regardless of assumptions made by researchers for the exclusivity of large food sources.

Please note the “pterygoid walk” of the snake’s jaws over small prey, Quadrate bones at the back of the snake’s skulls at attachment points to lower jaws are not rigidly attached, They pivot allowing vertical and horizontal rotation.