GET IN MY BELLY!  This is a pretty impressive gape.  Reggie, Reptilia's 6+ metre reticulated python yawns as she begins to shed.  You can clearly see her windpipe, the hollow, pink,  tube-like structure in her lower jaw.  A snake's windpipe actually protrudes from its mouth to keep the airway open while the snake is eating. 

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