Can snakes vomit, and is the ability dependent on the size of the vomitus?

Subject: Can snakes vomit, and is the ability dependent on the size of the vomitus?

Date: Tue Dec 21 13:03:04 1999
Posted by Ben Kershaw
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: Boston State/Province: MA Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 945802984.Zo

Message:


We know that snakes can swallow large animals, so they must have muscles 
that move the food along it's length. If the snake must then eject the 
animal (for whatever reason), do the muscles allow the object to go in the 
opposite direction?

Re: Can snakes vomit, and is the ability dependent on the size of the vomitus?

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