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A snake couldn't like that? Just wait (viral video)

Snakes have an incredibly flexible jaw structure that enables them to swallow prey that are larger several times than their own heads. But even if you know that, it is still incredible to see. A viral video shows a relatively small snake that tries to swallow an egg that appears incredibly large in addition to the size of his mouth. And yet. . . Well, you just have to watch. (Just don't watch whether you eat your own meal.)

Raul Barbosa posted the video in December, and well over 2 million people liked it. Barbosa does not call the snake species, but it is probably in the Dasyptis Genus, a group of more than a dozen types of egg -free snakes.

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“Engole ou não?” wrote Barbosa in his viral Instagram post that shared the video. (Translation of Portuguese into English means: “Swallow or not?”) The first attempt at the snake to wrap your mouth around the egg makes the task look impossible, but you just have to wait.

Watch a snake tries to swallow an egg around several times as his head:

Well, that has just happened.

The snake probably exceeded its expectations by not only swallowing the egg, but also recovering the eggshell. It is one thing to know that this happens out there in the wild, and it is another thing to watch it completely.

Header Stock Image by David A. Northcott about Getty

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