Do Reptiles Yawn?

[Leigh]

do reptiles yawn? (to repeat the titled question unnecesarily)

i thought i saw my beardy in pain, or constipated, or something wrong, only to see him settle down, and start going to bed.

a yawn?

just curious, not a medical dilema or anything...

 

[Aussie Python Lover]

Well I've seen my snake Yawn i'm not sure if it is or not but he opens his mouth and it stays open for a bit then he closes it. he could be rearranging it but Im not sure

 

[slip_phreak]

nah im sure my snakes yawn... I've seen both my bredli n my stimmi do it in the evenings.. lol

 

[shamous1]

Yawn

I have sighted quite a few of our pythons yawning. If the camera is handy it makes for a great shot. There was a pic of a black and gold jungle posted a few weeks back. It was yawning and quite an incredible shot.

 

[Duke]

I've haven't been around snakes that much but what I have seen of snakes yawning makes me cringe.
They dislocate their jaw for a bit, wiggle it about, then put it back together.

For example:
[video=youtube;EBZxaqqt7qM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBZxaqqt7qM[/video]

Youch! I cringe mostly because about a year ago I had a weak jaw and every time I yawned hard it would pop and hurt like hell.

 

[Aussie Python Lover]

lol its like *Yawn could the enclosure be any more boring i need excitement* lol

 

[cans]

me to ive seen all my beardies yawn

 

[Duke]

lol its like *Yawn could the enclosure be any more boring i need excitement* lol

That's when you throw your cat in the enclosure too.

lol j/k



I don't even own a cat.

 

[Chrisreptile]

yeh reptiles do yawn,
ive seen pythons, beardies, shingle backs and bluey's do it.

 

[Snow1369]

I've seen all my snakes yawn.

 

[DA_GRIZ]

yep my blue tongues yawn all the time hehe

 

[krissy78]

to repeat the answer un-neccessarily (lol) yes i have seen all my snakes yawn...

 

[Aussie Python Lover]

Ohhh I have two cats but one of mine would kill my babies cant do that i rather keep my snakes alive but they do **** me sometimes and have been told I should feed the cats to the snakes lmao

 

[*~PreciousDiamonds*~]

I have seen my babies yawn also and guess what.....I yawn afterwards too...hehehhee...Yawns are so contagious

 

[Duke]

*yawn!*

 

[S.D.]

After being fed Carpets always seem to yawn to realign their jaws where-as Womas and BHPs just seem to wait it out and they just sort of realign themselves without a yawn usually. Apart from feeding, I have seen almost all my snakes yawn at some time or another and I always seem to catch them when they’ve got their head outside their hide and after a few yawns they seem to curl themselves back up in the hide and apparently go to sleep. Seems like a genuine yawn to me.

 

[MoreliaMatt]

after feed yawn

 

[Leigh]

great shot, and thanks for all the responses to this one little question. granted, most of the responses were exactly the same...

and yeh, i saw a guy yawn from behind this morning, and then i yawned, but im not even sure if he yawned, he just stretched his arms and looked tired, and so i yawned... weird....

or im just weird...

 

[shamous1]

Twilight Zone

I just read the last post and started yawning. What have you done?:lol:

 

[RedEyeGirl]

im now so tired lol!!!
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