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What is meant by a "kinetic" skull and what benefit does it confer? How are snakes able to eat such large prey?
Kinetic skull means "mobile skull having movable joints". The skull has more joints than a "typical" animal's skull and it permits them to swallow whole prey by dislocation. The prey may be much larger than the snakes diameter.
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