How do snakes breathe when they are eating?

Subject: How do snakes breathe when they are eating?

Date: Sat Aug 26 09:25:41 2000
Posted by Jennifer
Grade level: 4-6 School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 967296341.Zo

Message:


It may take snakes 30 minutes to eat, so hoe do they not choke? My science 
teacher says the they breathe through thier nose, but I don't really 
believe her(I thought that some snakes had movable windpipes).

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