Do snakes yawn?

[user 30368]

I have watched both of mine do it. Its cute Are they yawning or just stretching their mouths?

 

[Tassie97]

realigning jaw if they have just eaten

 

[Khagan]

They are telling you they have grown tired of your foolish human ways and you no longer amuse them. =p

 

[Digitaliss]

realigning jaw if they have just eaten

Yes, exactly this.

 

[chewbacca]

i swear its a yawn, my bredli does it after she's had a sleep and moves to a new spot

 

[pythrulz]

I always see my snakes yawn Its not realigning there jaws because I see It all the time They seem to sleep all day so you would thing there not tired but I think Its yawning

 

[JAS101]

I always see my snakes yawn Its not realigning there jaws because I see It all the time They seem to sleep all day so you would thing there not tired but I think Its yawning

yup mine do the same .

 

[user 30368]

well, because i see them as little people with no arms and legs - i have come to the conclusion that they are yawning

 

[Darwin-Girl88]

Forgive me if im wrong.. But i didnt think snakes "slept" :/

 

[Gibblore]

Mine do the smae or it could be showing off their teeth lol

 

[Khagan]

Forgive me if im wrong.. But i didnt think snakes "slept" :/

Ofcourse they do. Or maybe they don't... And just pretend to, so that when you go to sleep they sit there... Watching... Waiting.. To take over the world while everything else sleeps.

 

[GeckPhotographer]

To take over the world while everything else sleeps.

You'd think after 2 billion years they'd have figured out someones gonna stay awake to stop em. ;P I think it is yawning.

 

[RSPcrazy]

Forgive me if im wrong.. But i didnt think snakes "slept" :/

I'm pretty sure they sleep, I was watching one of my albino Darwin's sleeping one day, her pupils were fully closed and know matter what I did around her (even 2cm's from her head), she wouldn't move, but then I touched her and she jumped like a cat does when it's surprised, then it took a little while for her to realize what was going on, before she calmed down.

 

[cement]

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[user 30368]

kjgffjh

Exactly what i think!!!!

mine did the same tonight. Went to pick him up and it was like i woke him. He has no idea what was going on!

I'm pretty sure they sleep, I was watching one of my albino Darwin's sleeping one day, her pupils were fully closed and know matter what I did around her (even 2cm's from her head), she wouldn't move, but then I touched her and she jumped like a cat does when it's surprised, then it took a little while for her to realize what was going on, before she calmed down.

 

[Bluetongue1]

All vertebrates sleep. It has to do with their brains and the way they function.

Here is a copy of what I posted in another thread about a month ago...

Snakes do yawn and for a number of different reasons.

As has been mentioned, they will often yawn shortly after swallowing a meal to ‘realign the jaws’. This allows the jaws to sit back together they way they are meant to go. Top and bottom jaws separate the most but each half of these also operates independently. It is bit like having a dislocated finger and pulling the joint apart so that it sits back in properly.

They yawn coming up to a shed to stretch and loosen the old skin around the mouth, so that it comes free of the new skin. Once that has been achieved they will start rubbing to break the loose skin so they can they can then begin their slough.

At other times, snakes will yawn to limber up the muscles and ligaments of the jaws, which may not have been used for a while. The human equivalent is stretching.

Snakes also open their mouths wide to say 'stay away'. If a snake coils back, in the typical s-shape, and opens its mouth wide, you don’t have to guess what it is trying to tell you.

Under normal circumstances, snakes do not yawn to take in more oxygen – as is the case in humans. However, if they are suffering respiratory infection, they may display gaping or open mouth breathing where the mouth is kept open for prolonged periods (does not really qualify as yawning) and the head is often supported in an elevated position in the enclosure. There will be other very obvious symptoms as well.

Blue

 

[mysnakesau]

I know now, when they are swallowing that last mouthful to have the camera already in place so I can snap pics like this..

 

[Dylie]

WOW Nice pic!

 

[diamond 007]

Ofcourse they do. Or maybe they don't... And just pretend to, so that when you go to sleep they sit there... Watching... Waiting.. To take over the world while everything else sleeps.

Bahahahah so funny. I like it.

 

[user 30368]

WOW! That photo is amazing! Sunair 2000 watt fan heater is only $16.95!!!

I know now, when they are swallowing that last mouthful to have the camera already in place so I can snap pics like this..