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Could a giant snake swallow me to my shins, or even as far as my ankles??
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If I had a run in with a giant anaconda, could it seriously swallow that far down on me?
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They often swallow children. They first suffocate their prey by squeezing it and then swallow it head first whole. They can unhinge their jaws and can get huge openings vertically but only a little wider horizontally. So if an adult human is lying on its face or back, the snake gets stuck on the shoulders. If the human is lying on its side, the snake can manage to swallow the whole thing. Length is not a problem. They swallow other snakes easily.
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The anaconda can live in fresh water and could be a candidate for some smaller sea serpent, or lake monster reports. Like all snakes, the anaconda is carnivorous. While some snakes use venom (poison) to kill or paralyze their victims, the anaconda, like its Eastern Hemisphere cousins, pythons (left), kill by constriction. A python, by looping its body around an animal, ca...
Answer Date: 11:57pm 05/17/08
 
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Well it all depends on the size of the snake and your size, they can swallow humans but they are usually children. Before you get eaten you would be killed first but in all yes you could be swallowed but with alot of hard work cause of your arms and legs....
Answer Date: 09:54am 05/18/08
 
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Yes, big snakes have been known to swallow humans, I've seen photos with just legs hanging out so I assume they could digest the feet as well -depending on person height obv. However they usually can't move much afterwards! lol, and it takes ages to digest the whole body as they more swallow then eat their victims. They're more known for eating large animals as cases of snakes eating humans is rare but has happened. Snakes have an amazing jaw system and the bottom jaw stretches open slowly to eat their victims -this is ...
Answer Date: 07:19am 05/20/08
 
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easily would be a problem!!!!it would chrush your ribs and puncture your heart first then swallow you whole .it can even swallow a buffalo
Answer Date: 03:18am 05/21/08
 
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