o..o Well, this was fun. What are you looking at? Why, my snakey trachea! If you look in a snake's mouth, you'll notice a hole above the tongue. That little tube things is for breathing (not for storing the tongue; a common misconception).

In case it's hard to tell what you're looking at: Fangs and tongue at the bottom, trachea dead center, and throat above! Huzzah! XD