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Unhinged!
Adaptations improve an animal's chances for survival by making it better suited to its environmental conditions. Snakes and humans each have adaptations that help them eat. These structures are located in and around the jaws, which are the bones or bony parts that hold the teeth in place and give shape to the mouth.
In this video, you will see how each structure is specialized, or serves a specific purpose. For example, humans are omnivorous, which means they eat both plants and animals. We have several kinds of teeth to help us eat. Snakes are carnivorous, which means they eat only meat or flesh. When a snake eats, certain ligaments (tissue that connects two bones) allow its jaw to swing wide open—or "unhinge." Click on the left to watch the video.
Then write down what the structure of a snake's mouth and jaw can tell you about its diet.