*Puts head here?*

This is a very nice vore reference sheet.

The bone structure is good, but what about muscles to move those bones? In some of these cases, muscles have little or no anchor point to opposing structures.

That is why the "elastic tendon" jaws design is not found in nature. The floating quadrate bone in 4. (snakes) allows for very large prey, but has the drawback that it limits bite strength. A mammalian carnivore the size of a large python has vastly higher bite strength. A snake's jaws are optimized for grabbing and holding, not killing.

I updated the sheet a bit. Among other things I noted that the last two jaw designs allow for large prey but have weak bite force, which is true to nature. (Well, for #4, #3 does not exist in nature).

This is interesting stuff, and could be part of a very detailed character reference sheet: o

very well detailed, and good way to help people learn how some things aren't and are possible. :)

ooooh you should give us a demonstration of how each works ;3

YOUR HEAD HERE

LOL! You don't have to sell me; I'm already a fan. :P

my snake is probably the one at the lowest

Hmm...interesting reference. As of yet I don't actually have any organic preds myself (two are ooze constructs and the other in the works is a demonic being where logical physiology does not apply), but it is highly useful anatomy reference for those who do. Honestly, I've avoided biological preds because I don't care so much for acidic digestion and don't want to explain why the gastrol intestinal process of a creature is non-painful and non-lethal without magic, or how the throat/belly stretches. Yeah, that might be over analyzing it, but that's just me. I like everything up to getting into the stomach; not a big fan of the natural process thereafter.

As a writer this is stull useful for me actually, in explaining in more detail the jaw action and such of a pred, should I make a story of that nature. This puts what would likely be 3-4 different book pages/website articles into one article that I find easy enough to understand.

I am waiting for an expert to pop up and point out problems, hee hee. And the right hand diagram on #4 could be clearer. I may do that tomorrow.

now that's useful
lot of nice detail here

Cougar as surrogate prey, nice cameo

Very nice. Really well depicted.

. . . . I can't believe my eyes, I thought nobody will share the tutorial that related to vore directly!
This is very useful thought. It make me understand clearly about various type of jaws +fav

Hmmmm, very informative. ^^ Least now if I ever come across a large snake I'll know it's jaws work while it's swallowing me. :P

VERY well put together. I myself admit that a lot of the time when RPing with Tal, it seems that I really RP to suit the situation, and have never really thought on the mechanics of how it would work logically in a real world context. A VERY interesting little reference, and well done to ya! ^^

Very well assembeled and illustrated with commendable detail and information, this could definately be very helpful, and it is quite interresting!

That is really neat stuff! I love seeing people's reference and process work like this. Fiddly details are usually interesting. :3

Excellent Tooth-torial
I find it kinda unsatisfying to just jump from the 'stuffing prey into mouth' part to the 'almost done' part, so jaw details are especially important to me. You've given a fantastic combination of anatomy AND the science (or lack thereof) behind it.

Wow, this reference has really helped me get to know what I've been, or will be, seeing xD
Brilliantly put together, and suprisingly easy and entertaining to read! Great work!

Wow, very nice reference. It's nice to see someone who realizes that snakes don't unhinge their jaws IRL. I actually do prefer realistic proportions when it comes to vore, even with snakes.

And is that my panther? Probably not, but you never know.

I may redo this with more detail on the snake jaws, such as the bone case the brain is in.

Very interesting.. :3

interesting. i did not faved it and yet i had it saved on my hdd ^^. i like the 3 most :D

Nicely detailed reference, this will make writing about vore a lot easier

I love you for this!

XD this is epic! Nice work!

Can you make a Torso Structure for these kinds of prey size?

Well, the main thing would be that the collarbones, organs and ribcage would have be very flexible and/or expand out of the way. See here for how it works with a lamia/nage: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4886300/

Yeah I thought of that. Im still working out a plausible anatomy for De'Vout. XD