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As the serpent has no lips or distendable cheeks, and as its mechanism of deglutition acts very slowly, an egg crushed in the mouth would be mostly spilled.
The Last Harvest John Burroughs 1879
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Their naked, distendable throat pouch functions to regulate temperature on hot days.
Salem-News.com 2010
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Common to all of them are large beaks with small nares often without external openings, a featherless and distendable throat pouch, a long neck, an elongated body, long wings, and short fat feet with long toes totally covered with a membrane which aids swimming.
Salem-News.com 2010
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