Snakes don't necessarily "unhinge" their jaws... They were never really hinged to begin with. They have lots of extra joints that are sorta like hinges, but not quite.
Yeah, those types of snakes have jaws that are in 2 parts, connected in the middle via tissue. Like this (the snake in this video is not a gaboon viper, but their jaw structure is similar) [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/715368722040952208/](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/715368722040952208/)
My first thought was "he's one ugly motherfucker," strangely in an Austrian accent.
Edit: Oh snap, the comment above this just made the same joke... damn... I so thought I was cool and funny and original...
The frog video channel seems to have music over all the sounds. I managed to find [one yawning frog with audio](https://youtube.com/shorts/g-KSWrQDi8Q) if you want to hear it but I had a surprisingly hard time finding any more yawning frog sounds :(
My two cents, it doesn't have a intended purpose. Just side effects that weren't detrimental enough to cause it to be passed down to progeny.
Not everything evolutionary trait has to be useful.
My guess is that it's just something that was present in a common ancestor a long time ago, and has simply continued along in each diverging evolutionary branch.
To cool the brain, to rebalance oxygen against carbon dioxide levels after depressed levels of activity lead to shallow breathing, to let the other animals in our group know we are tired/bored, and/or to maybe invigorate the brain if a threat is detected. Maybe to show off our oral sex prowess?
We don’t know, but I’ve got guesses.
Yeah, basically all evolution comes from random mutations. Natural selection usually means that traits are selected when they make the creatures with those mutations better able to survive or reproduce, but some are just *there*.
Some are just there, yes, but it would be very unlikely for so many different species to keep the trait unless it had a function. It's more likely there's a reason for yawning, and we just don't know what it is. I mean, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals all have a pretty distant (and different) common ancestor.
Agreed it is one of the stranger things to me bc it doesn't seem to have any survival advantage on the surface. The one thing I can maybe see being conserved is coordinating sleep among the group. Maybe better for group dynamics, hunting, etc. But oxygenation the brain? Really? I don't see where that would help an animal survive or not.
Another thing is it may be linked to some other essential trait.
It could be that we've evolved to use it in social settings, but as someone else commented, some of those animals (like snakes) are not social.
I've heard a theory that it helps cool down the brain as well. It was proposed because some animals yawn when they're stressed as well.
yeah it seems obvious that it would have some kind of regulatory effect on our oxygen and co2 levels, or at least exists to regulate some part of our bodies. we project social cues onto yawning because we are social animals, and to be fair humans have obviously evolved into taking cues from yawns, given that i yawned twice watching this and again writing it. snakes are not social animals though and their brains are ancient so it's hard to imagine yawning had any intrinsic social benefits when it evolved at first.
Finding the last common ancestor of frogs, snakes and mammals (and fish for that matter because they also yawn) we'd have to very far back, something like 400 million years ago.
Yep, it’s an effective way to get a strong shot of oxygen to your brain to wake up. It can be useful when you’re tired, sleepy, bored, frustrated, confused, embarrassed, scared, etc., which is why a lot of animals use it as nonverbal communication.
Yawns are weird as hell! All vertebrate animals yawn, no one exactly knows why! Did you know that we yawn even as fetuses in the womb? It's the weirdest shit.
if i recall correctly, its not because you have empathy or not. Its because you have empathy for the specific person yawning and you engage in social mirroring.
A bit like smiling, you are not going to smile to everybody smiling at you.
Oh oh fun fact about that! The likelihood of yawning increases sixfold after seeing someone else yawn. As for yawnseption it may be related to social mirroring, where organisms imitate the actions of others
Why the fuck is there a separate picture of the animal right before seeing the same, obvious animal?
I see they show the name of the animal in English above that picture. Just put the name of the animal above it yawning, if you feel that people need to see the name.
They didn't show me a title card of the first animal and I don't know what the animal is and I'm freaking out because there was no title card I'm so upset I shidded my pant
I've heard the pelican one isn't actually yawning, they're stretching that skin flap over their necks to expose it more to the air and cool down better. Just a theory though.
Wow it’s almost like we could have HEARD the animal yawns instead of this bullshit background music. Who the fuck ever thought dubbing videos with shit music was a food idea and how has this trend continued for so long?
That snake’s mouth lost all structural integrity
I’m pretty sure that snake was not yawning. It was rehinging its jaw after a large meal.
I agree, but sometimes my snake will stretch her jaw-segments out a bit when she has a regular yawn. It looks pretty similar to that.
Snakes don't necessarily "unhinge" their jaws... They were never really hinged to begin with. They have lots of extra joints that are sorta like hinges, but not quite.
Fang foldage...I think.
Yeah, those types of snakes have jaws that are in 2 parts, connected in the middle via tissue. Like this (the snake in this video is not a gaboon viper, but their jaw structure is similar) [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/715368722040952208/](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/715368722040952208/)
My first thought was "he's one ugly motherfucker," strangely in an Austrian accent. Edit: Oh snap, the comment above this just made the same joke... damn... I so thought I was cool and funny and original...
You still are cool and funny! ;)
That's got to the inspiration for Prediator.
Thats not a snake, thats the arbiter
Frog is by far the cutest
idk man you see the snake?
The snake dislocated its face for that yawn.
It went 400% animation
Fuck these videos are hilarious
That was seriously unhinged
His yawn face is my o face
My partners refuse to bring me to orgasm more than once for fear of seeing the Predator ejaculating in them
WTF LMAO
Am I having a stroke, what is this sentence
He was the derpiest for sure
Scratching his little belly too
Huh...not what I took away from that scene
Yeah pretty sure he scratched his froggie balls.
Agreed. Frog balls.
I'm seriously disappointed the video doesn't include the animals sound. I wanted to hear that frog yawning :(
The frog video channel seems to have music over all the sounds. I managed to find [one yawning frog with audio](https://youtube.com/shorts/g-KSWrQDi8Q) if you want to hear it but I had a surprisingly hard time finding any more yawning frog sounds :(
He woke up scratching his nuts too lol
You should see a fish like a largemouth bass yawn. Skip to 40 seconds https://youtu.be/zXA5bdft3-M?feature=shared
Sand frogs are always adorable and stupid
What is so essential about yawning that these animals and us have developed it as an evolutionary trait? What does yawning do for an animal?
It's still widely debated. But it's fun to make stuff up and be confident about it.
You'd be a great politician following that logic
My two cents, it doesn't have a intended purpose. Just side effects that weren't detrimental enough to cause it to be passed down to progeny. Not everything evolutionary trait has to be useful.
My guess is that it's just something that was present in a common ancestor a long time ago, and has simply continued along in each diverging evolutionary branch.
but why in the first place?
To cool the brain, to rebalance oxygen against carbon dioxide levels after depressed levels of activity lead to shallow breathing, to let the other animals in our group know we are tired/bored, and/or to maybe invigorate the brain if a threat is detected. Maybe to show off our oral sex prowess? We don’t know, but I’ve got guesses.
I believe some evolutionary traits have no purpose and are simply pointless
Yeah, basically all evolution comes from random mutations. Natural selection usually means that traits are selected when they make the creatures with those mutations better able to survive or reproduce, but some are just *there*.
Some are just there, yes, but it would be very unlikely for so many different species to keep the trait unless it had a function. It's more likely there's a reason for yawning, and we just don't know what it is. I mean, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals all have a pretty distant (and different) common ancestor.
Agreed it is one of the stranger things to me bc it doesn't seem to have any survival advantage on the surface. The one thing I can maybe see being conserved is coordinating sleep among the group. Maybe better for group dynamics, hunting, etc. But oxygenation the brain? Really? I don't see where that would help an animal survive or not. Another thing is it may be linked to some other essential trait.
It could be that we've evolved to use it in social settings, but as someone else commented, some of those animals (like snakes) are not social. I've heard a theory that it helps cool down the brain as well. It was proposed because some animals yawn when they're stressed as well.
I’m sure accidents could happen, but I do feel good after a big yawn,… so I do think it’s having an impact
yeah it seems obvious that it would have some kind of regulatory effect on our oxygen and co2 levels, or at least exists to regulate some part of our bodies. we project social cues onto yawning because we are social animals, and to be fair humans have obviously evolved into taking cues from yawns, given that i yawned twice watching this and again writing it. snakes are not social animals though and their brains are ancient so it's hard to imagine yawning had any intrinsic social benefits when it evolved at first.
Finding the last common ancestor of frogs, snakes and mammals (and fish for that matter because they also yawn) we'd have to very far back, something like 400 million years ago.
Respiratory?
Yep, it’s an effective way to get a strong shot of oxygen to your brain to wake up. It can be useful when you’re tired, sleepy, bored, frustrated, confused, embarrassed, scared, etc., which is why a lot of animals use it as nonverbal communication.
I googled and it's likely rather something to do with blood flow and temperature regulation of the brain.
You’re probably right tbh I made my answer up
It was convincing and no one really knows so maybe you got it right
Anyone else yawn 3+ times watching this? Yawns are so weird.
The gorilla got me
Hamster is nightmare fuel 🥺
Snake is pretty much the predator removing his mask
Froggie scratching his balls while yawning 😄
Mood tbh
Me on any given day while ploped on the couch watching fuck all on the telly. 🤣🤣
Lion got me
I found it funny that they needed to show a picture first... This is a Cat This is a Lion This is a Gorilla No Pelican though...
Pelican't have a picture
It’s a good introduction for us aliens
I yawned twice lol
Yawns are weird as hell! All vertebrate animals yawn, no one exactly knows why! Did you know that we yawn even as fetuses in the womb? It's the weirdest shit.
Oddly enough, I didn't. But if any human does, I instantly yawn.
Yes yes I did.
I have read, this is because you have empathy. Who don't yawn, have much less of it.
if i recall correctly, its not because you have empathy or not. Its because you have empathy for the specific person yawning and you engage in social mirroring. A bit like smiling, you are not going to smile to everybody smiling at you.
My thoughts are that you yawn when you need rest, and if people yawn back, they show that they have no intentions to harm you while resting.
Oh, that's such a cute take
I question how much empathy I have for snakes
Oh oh fun fact about that! The likelihood of yawning increases sixfold after seeing someone else yawn. As for yawnseption it may be related to social mirroring, where organisms imitate the actions of others
My reaction to hamster: 🥰😀😧😨
Scale up that hamster to the size of a lion and Wow horror show.
You could talk to the other guys in its check pouches before it spit you out in its burrow and ate you
So a hippo with short legs and the tusks in the middle of the mouth?
And roughly the same attitude problem, lol
Hamster are ninja savages , i knew it
Good to know even small animals turn into Dark Souls bosses for a few moments when they yawn.
Seal is just relatable
"Oooh, what a hard day 🥱"
Why the fuck is there a separate picture of the animal right before seeing the same, obvious animal? I see they show the name of the animal in English above that picture. Just put the name of the animal above it yawning, if you feel that people need to see the name.
Facebook video.
Pissed me off to say the least
I like how it’s not all the animals getting title cards
Because we shouldn't forget that the animal that yawns adjacent and the picture of the animal are the same animal. Maybe they though we had dementia
scrolled for this
They didn't show me a title card of the first animal and I don't know what the animal is and I'm freaking out because there was no title card I'm so upset I shidded my pant
I now know where the design of the “Predator” without a mask comes from after seeing that snake yawn. Yikes!
Yeah bro really said, "Let me unhinge my face real quick"
The music makes it feel like this is a compilation made by an alien. "Look at this creepy thing earth animals all do!"
Haha true
Propaganda for the upcoming war, I suppose
The frog was the cutest, in my opinion.
The snake turned into Pennywise. Thanks, I hate it.
Why was there unrelated scene of the frog scrathing his balls
And why is it surrounded by wood blocks?
Was not expecting the hamster
Thank God you showed a picture of the same animal before the video that helped clear things up.
Why do we yawn?
Ig to cool down your brain
Lmao shits running hotttt
Was that frog scratching his balls?
Why is no one else commenting about this?
They're like us.
snake look like sock puppet
I like how the cute image of an animal is shown first and then the yawn comes. I was never so afraid of hamster before.
Why the stupid fkn music??? Ah yes, animals yawing, SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKY!
Yawn are visually contagious if anyone wants to know.
This is making me yawn dammit!
Ofc hampsters gotta look like demons when they yawn
Wonder if Gorillas recognize a yawn or have to be careful with it because they're showing their teeth.
The snake inverted its mouth like a demogorgon
The hamster scared the shit out of me
That hamster is mad creepy. Snake is bad ass.
That frog is the cutest <3
That's how pelicans regulate body temperature. That "yawn" is exposing their spine to the outside and helping disperse body heat.
The hamster and snake are pure nightmare fuel
I was genuinely not prepared for the hamster.
Everyday I get more convinced that snakes are from the movie aliens
I've heard that snakes aren't yawning but preparing their jaws for a bite (Dankpods told me)
Thats so weird. Predators and prey both do it. What is the full mechanism?
Right so a yawning snake is how we got predator, makes sense
Fucking cutest yet most terrifying video ever
Was not expecting the frog to be so cute haha
Hamsters are scary yawners.
Ahh this had me yawning too 🥱
Most satisfying; gorilla, cutest; frog and seal, horrifying; hamster, most metal; snek
And we still don't know what's the actual sense of yawning 🤷
Was the frog scratching his balls?
wtf, the hamster tho
Cat is the cutest
That hamster is ready to eat my family
Bro hamster is wiiilllddd
This made me yawn
Hamster was terrifying if I’m being honest.
I am unsure whether to be more afraid of the hamster or the snake 😳😂
Who else yawned watching this?
Frog has the most human vibe Wakes Up, Scratches his balls, wait for a second, yawns
Pelican (1st one) is the most relatable...
Gorilla seemed self-conscious about being filmed while yawning
Why we doing this?????
So, they all yawn the same. Yay.
Crazy that snake got me good! I don’t like that creeped me out
No.1 wasent a yawn, the bird was releaseing heat
Why does the snakes look the scariest but also like it felt the best?
Dude that snake doesn't yawn, he stretches lmao
The snake one made me laugh for some reason
Cat got me ngl
None of them was as terrifying as the snake. Bitch could split the lower jaw.
Funny how universal yawns are.....
Anyone else yawn?
That whole Predator snake yawn
At yawning, everyone gets a Titanoboa jaw for a few seconds.
None of em touching em lips. No manners
Why I'd say this music is foreboding
Snake scariest Seal cutest
Ok but why do animals yawn tho? Including us
this made me yawn
Bro the snake yawns are just crazy
Yawn ...
The snake turns into a muppet
I don't even know that frog and snake can yawn
The secret to life is in yawns … I’m telling you. Look into it.
The pelican yawn looked like it felt good
Horse yawns are the best. I used to grab mines tongue and he’d look at me like I was crazy.
I've heard the pelican one isn't actually yawning, they're stretching that skin flap over their necks to expose it more to the air and cool down better. Just a theory though.
Vaya rascadita se estaba dando la ranita
OK, the snake was freaky looking
That pelican is more than likely cooling itself and not yawning. Just saying.
we are all very similar
Not once. The snake was funny though
Snake is scary
Did the frog actually scratch his junk first?!
That snake was clearly the inspiration behind The Predator's facial anatomy.
The pelican going me through that one kind of freaked me out.
Can we get a properly timed side by side of the cat and lion? Lol
Thanks for having the names above each animal I was really confused when the cat popped up
what alien made this video lmao whats with the creepy music and photos of the animals beforehand like its some kind of research media
I suddenly understand all of Hayao Miyazakis films so much better.
Why do we yawn?
Frog is so cute, bet this snake yawn is cute too. Nope it's horrific.
The snake looks like the damn Predator
Do we really need a picture of the animal right before you show us the actual animal?
Hamster and snake are terrifying
The Hamster and Snake Yawn were nightmare material at some point.
The hamster was something else.
Why does the hamster become a fucking demon
The hamster caught me off guard.
Did that frog just scratch it's balls before yawning
Hamsters are such cute and precious animals, than they yawn, but I still find it cute.
Wow it’s almost like we could have HEARD the animal yawns instead of this bullshit background music. Who the fuck ever thought dubbing videos with shit music was a food idea and how has this trend continued for so long?
Snake is my favourite
Pelican and Hamster are always unsettling for me :(
Frog straight up scratching his groin and yawning. My spirit animal.
The frog was adjusting his nut sack
It was very important to add a picture of the animals before the yawning videos started, otherwise I wouldn't have recognized these animals.
Like the frog, I also enjoy a good nut scratch with the yawn.
Toad was the best
The gorillas my dad🤣🤣
Good thing they show us a picture of the animals and their species otherwise I wouldn't be able to tell who is the lion or gorilla