5 Uses of Animal Tongues 15 types of animal tongue effects

1 The serpent's tongue.

When the snake moves on the ground, it always has its head up, and its forked tongue is constantly expanding and retracting from its mouth, which is to use its tongue to probe the surrounding situation. This is because the snake's tongue can accept chemical molecules in the air and can correctly determine what is nearby.

2 frog tongues.

The frog's tongue is peculiar, with the base of the tongue growing in front of the jaw and the tip of the tongue protruding into the mouth. When catching a worm, the tongue will immediately pop upside down to stick to the worm, and then turn back to the mouth to devour the worm, which is a frog's trick to prey.

In addition, similar to the tongue of a frog is the tongue of evasion.

When it comes to hunting with tongues, evasion (also known as chameleons) can be considered a strong hand. This animal is not very large, most of them are only 20 to 30 centimeters long, and the largest is only 60 centimeters. When the tongue sticks out of its mouth, it resembles a long cylindrical rod that is about twice the length of the body.

What's more, it can eject its tongue like a spring, with a rate of fire of up to 5 meters per second, and often misses every shot. In the blink of an eye, invertebrates such as insects became its delicacy.

3 Woodpecker's tongue.

The woodpecker's long, thin tongue with barbs on it cuts holes in the trunk with its chisel-like beak, and then sticks its tongue in and hooks out the moths one by one, even if they hide deep in the trunk.

4 giraffe tongue.

The giraffe's tongue is very long, about 60 centimeters, and it can roll up the young branches and leaves of the tree, so it is easy to eat.

5 bees' tongues.

The tongue of the bee is born in the middle of the tubular snout of the mouthparts, and when collecting pollen, the long, thin tongue reaches into the flower tube, stretches and shrinks, and the pollen enters the bee's body through the snout.

6 snail's tongue.

The snail's tongue has countless tiny teeth (more than 10,000 of them), and as long as the tongue is scraped on the young leaves, the young leaves are scraped into the mouth, which often kills the seedlings of crops.

7 The anteater's tongue.

The anteater's tongue is the longest of the animals, and reaching into the nest can stick termites out and eat them.

Pig's tongue, which can be eaten.

The head of a snake is used to sense movement.

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The dog's tongue dissipates heat.

The giraffe's tongue helps to crush some plants with thorns.

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The functions of the animal tongue are: powerful insect trap, ultraviolet reflector, food detector, combing bone scraper and ring brain shock absorber, etc.

1. The tongue of the frog - a powerful insect trap

It is usually difficult for humans to hit flies with their hands, but scientists have found that the tongue of a frog can shoot at its prey at a speed of 4 meters per second, completing the hunt in seconds. Frogs are said to be one of the most mucus in the world with mucus attached to their tongues, which is 175 times more sticky than human saliva, and can be used by frogs to lift weights about twice their own weight.

2. The tongue of the blue-tongued lizard - ultraviolet reflector

As the name suggests, the blue-tongued lizard has a blue tongue that looks like it has been dyed with blue pigment, due to the fact that the tongue contains melanin. The tongue of the blue-tongued lizard can act as a disruptive predator attack because it reflects ultraviolet rays, and the closer it is to the roots, the stronger its reflex ability, while the natural enemies of the blue-tongued lizard such as birds and snakes can see ultraviolet rays. When they approach the bluetongue, they will quickly open their mouths wide and pop their tongues, reflecting ultraviolet rays to interfere with the enemy's line of sight.

3. The tongue of the poisonous lizard - the food detector

The blunt-tailed poison lizard that lives in North America and the pearl poison lizard in the Mexican region have fork-shaped tongues that resemble the tongue of snakes. They often stick out their tongues to detect odor molecules in the air around them, to determine the exact location of food or to find a mate.

4. The tongue of the tiger - combing and bone scraper

If you reach out and let the cat lick it, there will be a very rough feeling, and if you look closely at the cat's tongue, you will find that there are white barbs on it, but it is not too sharp. If you look at the tiger, which is also a feline, you will notice that its tongue has very sharp barbs, which can shave and lick the remnants of meat from the bones of its prey, and can also comb its own mane, which is not soft.

5. The tongue of the woodpecker - ring-brain shock absorber

While the human tongue is "rooted" at the bottom of the mouth and extends to the mouth, the woodpecker's tongue starts from the maxilla, passes through the right nostril, passes between the two eyes, then splits into two prongs, goes around the skull in the direction of the back, goes around the entire brain, and then passes back from the sides of the neck, merges into one, and finally passes through the mandible, and protrudes from the mouth.

Scientists speculate that the tongue was probably grown to protect the woodpecker's head from a rapid impact on the trunk of the tree, cushioning the shaking of the head when the tongue muscles tightened.

The role of the animal's tongue:

1. The horse's tongue is usually relatively long, and if it cannot be fixed in the speed race, it may cause tongue damage or suffocation due to tongue curling and other behaviors.

But in everyday life without racing, quirky horses play with their tongues.

2. The tongue of the honey-sucking bat is not in the mouth: The tongue of the honey-absorbing bat in Ecuador is twice the length of the body, and compared to the bat with a length of only centimeters, this tongue can obviously be described as huge.

When foraging at night, honey-sucking bats are able to insert their tongues into their "prey" – the stamens – with astonishing accuracy. And what is even more interesting is that the tongue of the honey-sucking bat is not in the mouth, although it is connected to the back of the mouth, but the "home" is in the ribcage.

3. The tongue of the bee is like a straw: The tongue of the bee is called the beak, which is figuratively a long straw. It is this straw that bees rely on to suck the nectar of the flowers. Different bees have different beaks of different lengths depending on the foraging area.

After burrowing into the flowers, the bees will suck the nectar and put the collected pollen into a "pollen basket" on their hind legs.

4. The lion's tongue is like sandpaper: The lion's tongue is much rougher than that of a domestic cat, and even comparable to the coarse sandpaper. One of their important functions is to help lions groom.

5. The chameleon's tongue is as fast as lightning: The chameleon's tongue is almost twice its length, and it stretches out and retracts as fast as lightning, beyond the reach of the human eye. The chameleon's tongue moves about 26 times its length per second.

6. The giraffe's tongue is not afraid of the sun: During the day, the African giraffe spends most of its time eating, and its long, soft and sticky tongue is naturally exposed to the scorching sun all the time.

But we don't have to worry about giraffes' tongues, because nature has long dressed them in blue to protect them from the sun.

1. The woodpecker's tongue can reach into the bark of the tree and hook the insect out.

2. The frog's tongue will stick to the worm and pull it into its mouth.

3. The snake tongue is a "detector", which is specially designed to reconnoiter the surrounding situation.

4. The giraffe has a long tongue and can wrap up the young branches and leaves on the tree.

5. Penguins have sharp teeth on their tongues that can bite fish and shrimp.

6. The ant's tongue is relatively long, and the base of the tongue is not in the mouth, but fixed to the sternum.

7. The bee's tongue is born in the middle of the tubular snout of the mouthparts. When collecting pollen, as long as the long, slender tongue is inserted into the flower tube, and the pollen enters the body through the snout.