Assertion: snake | /r/CapableOf | open its mouth
Facets:
value: wide enough to swallow
type: MANNER
value: to strike its prey
type: PURPOSE
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: wide
type: MANNER
value: around 150°
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Stretchy ligaments allow it to open its mouth wide enough to swallow prey whole – which could be large fish, rodents, caiman (relatives of crocodiles), wild pigs, small deer and even jaguars!
text: This loose connection lets snakes open their mouths around 150° to swallow their prey whole.
text: # Snakes can open their mouth up to 150 degrees.
text: The snake can open its mouth almost 180 degrees to strike its prey.
text: Once a snake is ready to eat, it opens its mouth wide and begins to "walk" its lower jaw over the prey as its backward-curving teeth grip the animal -- one side of the jaw pulls in while the other side moves forward for the next bite.
text: During a partial display, the snake raises the front part of its body horizontally just off the ground, flattening its neck and sometimes opening its mouth.
text: In a full display, the snake rises up vertically high off the ground, coiling its neck into an S shape, and opening its mouth.
text: They become exposed when snake opens its mouth to attack the prey.
text: Contrary to the popular belief that snakes can dislocate their jaws, snakes have a very flexible lower jaw, the two halves of which are not rigidly attached, and numerous other joints in their skull (see snake skull), allowing them to open their mouths wide enough to swallow their prey whole, even if it is larger in diameter than the snake itself.
text: They can open their mouths wide enough to swallow their prey whole, even if the prey is larger in diameter than the snake itself.
text: Snakes have a small notch in their lips that they can stick their tongues through so they don’t need to open their mouths.
text: Snakes do not chew their food and have a very flexible lower jaw, the two halves of which are not rigidly attached, and numerous other joints in their skull (see snake skull), allowing them to open their mouths wide enough to swallow their prey whole, even if it is larger in diameter than the snake itself.
text: Their flexible lower jaws, and other joints in their skull, allow them to open their mouths wide.