:28:05
The mongoose looks like the meerkat,
but he's from a different family.
:28:09
When he finds an egg,
he hikes it to the nearest rock...
:28:13
...juggles it into position,
takes a quick sighting, and shoots.
:28:22
But the meerkat doesn't
have the know-how.
:28:24
He always digs for his food...
:28:26
...so instinctively, he tries to solve
this problem by digging.
:28:31
But it doesn't work.
:28:33
Maybe he can learn
by watching the mongoose.
:28:37
All right, he'll try that.
:28:44
That guy makes it look so easy.
:28:54
But the egg-eater snake...
:28:56
...can swallow an egg
10 times as big as his head...
:28:58
...without breaking it or his head.
:29:03
He unhooks his lower jaw
from the rest of his face...
:29:06
...so he can open his mouth wide enough.
:29:12
At first, the egg keeps slipping away,
and he goes around in circles.
:29:16
But he has a good reason for that.
:29:18
Eventually, he has the egg surrounded
so it can't slip away anymore.
:29:23
And now he can do his trick.
:29:43
Once the egg is safely inside him,
he crushes it...
:29:45
...and squeezes out all the good stuff
without spilling a drop.
:29:49
And a few minutes later, he ejects the shell
in a neat, disposable package.
:29:55
But if you want to swallow eggs whole,
there's no room for teeth in your mouth.
:29:59
That makes him the most defenseless snake
in the world...