does your snake yawn?

[lostwithin]

Wow this topics going all over the place, if we are talking about actual yawning in humans, I believe the main purpose is due too low oxygen counts. But there also would have too be some sort of physiological trigger as well hence the yawning when you see or even hear somebody else yawn. In the case of being tired or bored I don’t know the reason In order too completely understand you would have too find out exactly what happens in the human body at these times, I would assume the being bored is the same reason as getting tired. and my guess and this is just a GUESS is that when you become tired something occurs in your body i.e. change of heart rate/ constriction of blood vessels something of the sort that prepares the body for the act of sleeping, and if I were too guess I would say that while the body is going through this change the brain momentarily reads low O2 hence the yawn too balance it back out before actually sleeping.

Now I pulled that right out of my a** its completely what I would call a well thought out guess. But like I said I haven’t actually tried too study yawning .

Devon

[JD@reptiles]

Originally posted by Invictus
????? Since when do they dislocate their jaws when they drink ????

Did I say they dislocate there jaws? no i did not. snakes dont dislocate there jaw anyways, did you google that too?

[JD@reptiles]

look what i found on google: http://hometown.aol.com/jabberblahgoodly/

[iheartclutch]

I came accross this thred by accident and just had to sign up for the forum so that I could reply.</p>With my 8 balls I believe that I have witnessed about a million snake yawns. They yawn after eating, they yawn after drinking, they yawn after they wake up, they yawn after going to the vet, they yawn in the bath, and they yawn sitting on the couch watching TV. They yawn alot if they have a RI. </p>I do not think that a single person disputes the fact that a snake yawns. It is sad that a very cute post about someone experiencing their first snakie yawn has turned into this. Ken, I believe that you need to open up your mind a little bit. My snakes realign their jaws after rubbing against something the wrong way all of the time. The realigning is especailly aggressive if I decide to be nosey and check out their tonsils:-) I kind of feel like you are just blowing off everyone else's posts. You could be wrong. Why not? Everyone is wrong sometimes...even me:-)</p>It is great that y'all care about why your snake yawns...it is imporant to know what is going on with your snake to give it propper care. Excessive yawning can be a sign of RI. It was one of the best clues that let me get one of my snakes treated before the RI got too bad. </p>Arkuden, enjoy your snake. I like to make a big deal whenever my snakes yawn. Exclaiming SNAKIE YAWN! is fun.

[Scales Zoo]

You guys are all so wrong it is pathetic. You are all pathetic pond scum - I can't beleive how wrong all of you are, way off, way way off.

Snakes yawn because they are bored, it is a proven fact.

Have you ever seen your snakes do this when moving? No, didn't think so, they do it when they are sitting around, bored.

Ryan

[Vanan]

You are all pathetic pond scum

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No offense Ken. Just a lil humour to liven things up.

[JD@reptiles]

lmao. sheesh. ryan taking jabs at all of us now, lol. what kind of pond scum are we talking about here?

[Scales Zoo]

On a serious note however, snakes do yawn to get their bones and jaws re-aligned.

But they also yawn out of the blue. As was also said, science isn't really sure why humans yawn. Tiredness, boredom, oxygen, stress - there are many things that seem to make people yawn, maybe the same is true for snakes.

Maybe you are all a little bit right, they yawn for many reasons.

I'm still betting on boredom, however.

Ryan

[Katt]

I'd rather be pond scum than be one of you people. You "herpers".

BTW Jordan, that link was hysterical!!

[Gary D.]

The human yawn has no psychological nor phisiological purpose. What actually happens is that there is a minute bio-electrical pulse which triggers the bio-locating gamma pulse emmiter implanted in the hypothalamus. The gamma pulse then alerts the xenological mother race that you mind and body are nearing a state most susceptable to abduction, and your global position. Similarly this pulse has the effect of momentary paralysis of the facial muscles.

Snakes just do it because it looks cool.

[HetForHuman]

I'm with Gary.

LMAO!!!

[JD@reptiles]

sorry for making a personal jab invictus...

[Jungle Jen]

I know when I read some of the links on research studying yawns, it triggered me to yawn. Food for thought?

Read this link in particular... http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/yawning.html

[arkuden]

iheartclutch -- welcome to ssnakess.com haha what a way to start. Thank you very much, I plan on enjoying every opportunity i can with my ball. Someday when im done with this crappy college i plan on getting more. Maybe not 8 hehe but a few to start with. And yes.. SNAKIE YAWN IS FUN!!!

for the rest of you.... i live in a farily small town in the middle of minnesota that is not very diverse in hobbies i guess so i dont really have any one to share my experiences with my ball python with. I also share a house with 5 other guys, we all fight everyday as none of us get along. Im not too fond on leaving one setting of hostility only to find it in the next place i would want to go. From what i know most people here are full grown adults and probably alot older than I. (19) yet i dont understand what this had to turn angry, Im sure you all know what you are talking about and have good sources for the reasons that snaks may or may not yawn. I dont find any one to be more right than the other. Im glad that there were so many reasons and so many people were willing to contribute their opinion or findings with the rest of us. Honestly unless this is going to be on double jeapordy i dont think i need to go to these lengths to find out the truth id love for the discussion on this topic to continue as it is interesting for me, but i dont think ill be comming back if all i see are uncalled for remarks in what should be nice smart conversation... now if you will all excuse my my snake appears to be out and id like to play Night guys!

[TexasAggie04]

Read my first post, it backs up what Scales Zoo said. I am with him on this one. This thread makes me yawn too.