Skeleton of a Snake Love them or hate them, snakes are biologically fascinating. This image shows the skeleton of a corn snake. Its flexible spine and jaws allow it to eat animals like mice and rats ...

Though they are often assumed to be snake skeletons or even spines, according to the National Park Service, they’re actually egg casings in the form of long strings of connected disks.

Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the ...

The invasive Burmese pythons plaguing Florida have an almost supernatural ability to absorb skeletons, and scientists say ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell that helps Burmese pythons digest the entire skeletons of their prey.

The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

How do we know it’s a baby? First, it’s tiny. The skeleton, which is missing its skull, is about 5 centimeters long. In total, the snake was probably less than 8 centimeters.