What happens to the bones alligators eat?

They use their powerful jaws — 3,000 pounds per square inch — to crush the bones of small animals and swallow them whole. If its prey is too large to be swallowed at once, the alligator will store its kill underwater by wedging it under a log or tree root.

Do alligators digest human bones?

By intentionally diverting blood flow to their digestive system, an alligator can digest bones and giant meals with ease. With such complete control over their body, an alligator can devour just about anything it comes upon.

Do crocodiles dissolve bones?

New research explains crocodiles’ spectacular method of digesting large meals that lets them eat 23 percent of their body weight at once, bones and all.

Can crocodiles break bones?

“They are messy eaters.” After latching onto an animal and drowning it, a crocodile will dismember its victim into “bite-size” pieces by rolling it underwater, violently shaking the carcass, and banging it on rocks, marking and fracturing the bones in the process.

Do crocodiles eat their babies?

However one distinct difference is that crocodilians are not known to feed their young. Unlike most birds, hatchling crocodiles are ready to feed on their own soon after hatching. On two occasions, we have witnessed our adult female Siamese crocodile allowing her hatchlings to eat meat from her mouth.

Do crocodiles eat everything?

It’s said that a croc will feed on anything it can outswim or ambush and overpower. Larger crocodiles will eat larger mammals and birds, but they’ll also eat fish and mollusks like snails. During difficult times, they will even scavenge for carrion. In fact, crocs will consume almost everything they encounter.

Which animals can digest bones?

Hyenas are famed for their bone-cracking jaws and ability to eat everything, bones and all, but bone only counts for a small part of their diet, while polychaete worms in the genus Osedax digest the fat and bone of dead whales worldwide.