
Originally Posted by
GrifTheGreat
If his airway were blocked, he would have asphyxiated. Though they can utilize cutaneous respiration, their primary means of obtaining oxygen is through ventilation of the lungs.
They do not breath through their mouths. The yawn like motion of the mouth is to assist in swallowing prey. This is sometimes used in conjunction with depression of the eyes to release the prey from the tongue.
I've never had any discharge blood from their nostrils or have their nostrils obstructed. This is not a natural occurrence.
If he were full and ate too much or too large of prey it could result in a ruptured stomach, but that would have killed him immediately.