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It’s A Snake Eat Snake World Out There

It is no secret snakes eat their prey whole. For the most part they completely digest their prey except for a few small bones and maybe some hair. So then why do their fangs always survive their digestive process when snakes swallow them? This question had me stumped until I happened to be talking to a dentist one day. He reminded me that teeth have protection that other bones do not. A layer of enamel protects teeth from being dissolved like other bones when a snake swallows them. That is why I

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