Aso Snake Boying, How Much Can a Snake Boyng?

The asian cukre snake generally eats toads, big, lumpy toads. They will cut the toad's belly open with a specialized cutting tooth and start thrashing around in a death roll similar to an alligator's death roll. So after rolling for a while, the snake will start eating the toad’s guts one at a time. The researchers aren't really sure about why they do this - it might be to loosen up the gut or force the guts out of the toads bodies. Or maybe just because they're so full that they don't want a whole toad.

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