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How do snakes breathe while they're eating? 🤔 Snakes have a tube like structure located behind their tongue that can literally be used like a snorkel to get air whilst eating! This structure is called the glottis, and it can move side to side to facilitate breathing depending on where the food item is sitting in their mouth. Cool right? This is a video Giffo took of a Coastal Carpet Python finishing off a possum. It takes a lot of energy for them to swallow such large meals, and they are extrem