Snakes are not the only problem: Here are 5 animals that can fight off snakes’ stomachs.

Snakes have their jaws disconnected from their skulls, unlike humans. This allows snakes to widen their mouths and swallow whole prey. Snakes don’t wait for their prey fully to die. They let their stomachs do the work.

Although most snakes will swallow their prey, and it’s over, the prey may continue to fight in some cases. They sometimes fight out of the snake’s stomach, breaking the snake from the inside. These are five animals that can get out of the stomachs of snakes.

How Snakes Eat Their Prey

Let’s first look at the animals that have survived this process.

Once it has captured its prey, the snake wraps itself around it and bites it. The snake will push the animal down if it is sufficiently weak. Snakes can easily swallow smaller animals due to their large gaps. Snakes use the bones in the jaws and heads of larger animals to move prey when they swallow. After securing the prey, snakes increase their metabolic rate. Their hearts beat faster to pump blood more quickly and prepare the snake for its meal.

5 Snakes’ Stomachs

There aren’t any snake species that have the natural ability to rip apart snakes. This is because snakes don’t rely on their ability to swallow whole their prey but also on the digestive acids that break down tissue.

There have been many instances when animals showed a strong will to survive. These are five animals who fought against all odds to escape from a snake’s belly.

Centipedes

Centipedes are small and ferocious creatures that don’t seem to be afraid to fight back. In 2014, the Daily Mail captured a rather unlikely story.

A female nose horned viper, weighing 0.148 ounces, tried to swallow 0.169 ounces of scolopendra. The centipede was able to outsmart the snake, which measured 7.9 inches.

Crocodiles

BBC News reported in 2015 on a bizarre event in Florida. A large Burmese Python attempted to swallow a 3.2ft Crocodile.

The Python wrapped itself around the animal as usual and opened its mouth wide to swallow it whole. The animal continued fighting until the end, and the Python burst into flames just moments after it swallowed the animal.

Alligators

Alligators are not strangers to snakes’ diets. However, more often than others, they prefer smaller-sized snakes. A 13-foot Burmese Python chased an adult alligator and regretted it.

Six-foot tall, the alligator was just half the length of a python. Yet, it refused to give up. Officials from the national park released photos that showed that the alligator was too big for the snake to swallow, which caused it to succumb to its injuries and eventually die.

Porcupines

In 2015, a large python died after swallowing a porcupine.

These snakes love to eat these animals despite their sharp spikes. Snakes prefer smaller porcupines. Newsweek published a 2015 story about a large Python that had decided to eat a porcupine weighing 480 ounces. This didn’t go well for the Python, as you can see.

The South Africans were baffled when the snake was discovered dead with a swelling belly. Finally, the snake was removed, and the carcass of the porcupine was discovered.

Scientists suspect that the porcupine spikes may have punctured the snake’s stomach or other important organs and killed it. Although the snake’s owner did not confirm this, it is possible that it did.

Cows

Cattle, especially large ones, are a good game for snakes. They can bite or constrict cattle before swallowing them. This method of operation did not work for Burmese Python.

Before swallowing the large cow, the Python had already captured it. Its stomach burst before this could occur, and it died. The snake looked unbelievable after a farmer discovered it. However, both animals died.