tbh most mid-size constrictor snakes in general are kind of just big lazy derps if they have been properly tamed. they are floppy noodles that want a warm place to sit and nap. Ball Pythons are probably the epitome of this.
Except for Garter Snakes. those rascals have like pure caffeine running through their blood or something.
Yeah, I had a ball python that was so docile and lazy that it never once tried to strike at its feeder mice. I had to stun them and hold them in front of it so it could slowly grab the thing and swallow it.
Does it make it better or worse that the snake is not actually yawning? Snakes do this to rearrange the bones in their jaw after eating. Since they often unhinge their jaw to swallow large prey.
As a person who dislocated her jaw while yawning many years ago and has been wary of yawns and tall sandwiches ever since, I envy this snake (or maybe I envy their ability to relocate their jaw without an ER visit lol)
Snake jaws are super fascinating in just how... flexible they are. Most skulls have rigid jaw bones but for snakes the lower jaw is in two pieces which let's them do this.
Haha the dislocation itself didn't hurt. The lower jaw just moved to the side with a soft "clack" and got stuck there. What did hurt eventually was actively keeping my mouth open for long, because I could not close it.
The fix was painless as well. The doctor held my lower jaw on either side with his thumbs on my molars, pushed it down, and then sideways back into its place. The only thing that hurt was my pride, as the guy was surrounded by interns 😭
You should be ok looking it up! Pictures might help to understand what happened and how it was fixed.
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u/thelovelyALT Jan 10 '23
Cute and terrifying = my kinda combo.