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Do snakes have jaw bones?Explain

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Snakes can contain more than 300 bones, depending on the snake's size and its species. However, snakes have not many types of bones such as the jawbone, skull and the backbone. The backbones of snakes are flexible. It is ready up of vertebrae and skulls, ribs, plus jawbones by teeth.

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