What is the function of an animal's tongue?

As we all know, the human mouth has the function of tasting, is helpful for pronunciation, and also has the function of mixing and transporting food. In addition, the mouth is also a mirror that reflects the symptoms. Traditional Chinese medicine can distinguish the symptoms from different white tongue coatings. So, do you know what unique functions animal tongues have? Today I will tell you about the functions of the tongues of several common animals.

1. The woodpecker's beak can reach deep into the roots of trees and hook small insects out.

2. The frog's tongue is like a "catapult". It will flip out of the entrance in an instant, stick to the small insects and pull them into the passage.

3. The snake's tongue is a "detector" that is professionally used to detect the surrounding conditions.

4. The mouth of a sika deer is relatively long, about 60 centimeters, and it can wrap around branches and leaves, making it very convenient to eat.

5. The little penguin has long and sharp teeth on its tongue, which can bite slippery fish and shrimps.

6. The ant's mouth is relatively small. Its tongue does not have a mouth, but is fixed on the shoulder blade.

7. The bee's mouth is located in the middle of the tube-shaped proboscis. When collecting pollen, it just extends its long and slender mouth into the flower tube, and the pollen enters the body through the snout.

8. A dog’s mouth can be used to dissipate heat

9. A cat’s tongue can be used to groom hair and remove meat from fish bones

10. The saliva on a lamb’s tongue can be used to treat illnesses

11. The mouths of anteaters and pangolins can be used to eat ants

12. Mynah birds and parrots have loose mouths and can learn to speak. Human mouths can be used for speaking and tasting.

13. The frog chameleon's mouth can be used to stick to small insects

14. When a bee steals pollen with its mouth, it extends its long and thin mouth into the flower tube, and the pollen enters the bee's body through its snout. There are thousands of tiny teeth on the tongue of the bee (as many as 10,000). If it scrapes its mouth on the leaves, the leaves will be scraped into its mouth, which often kills the seedlings of crops.