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yes snakes use their tongue to taste air.

it is processed in Jacobson's organ on the roof of it's mouth.
The primary use of a snake's tongue is smell and taste, using a flicking motion the tongue grabs particles from the air and runs them across the roof of its mouth, a sensory gland then translates the particles to smell and even taste. The primary use of a snake's tongue is smell and taste, using a flicking motion the tongue grabs particles from the air and runs them across the roof of its mouth, a sensory gland then translates the particles to smell and even taste.

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6mo ago

Yes, snakes use their tongues to collect chemical signals from their surroundings. They can sense prey, predators, and potential mates through their forked tongues, which they flick in and out of their mouths to pick up scent particles.

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14y ago

This is Not true. A snake has a forked tongue that Picks up two different senses when he sticks it out.

When a snake sticks out his tongue, he waves it up and down. This is to pick up scents off the ground and in the air. This can be done without even opening his mouth, as there is a slit in his upper jaw that is large enough for the tongue to fit through. When the snake pulls his tongue back in, the tongue brushes across something known as the Jacobson's Organ. This organ serves two purposes.

One of those purposes is to convert the scents to smell. Almost any average snake can strike with complete accuracy in pitch black because of this acute sense of smell.

The second purpose of the Jacobson's Organ is to actually convert the scents into Audio. Combined this gives the snake an incredible advantage over any prey it chooses, a lot of times, humans.

The ability to differentiate the substances comes from the fork on the tongue, one part tells the Jacobson's organ to do one, and the other part of the split tongue tells another.

My experience shows me that as long as a snake is resting, i can get him. But if

he is hunting and on the move, you may find yourself in a bad position if he comes up on you.

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15y ago

Snake do use their tonues. They don't use them for taste as we know, instead they sort of smell/taste with them. That's why snakes poke their tongues out quite often.

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Yes. They don't smell as much as they taste the air.

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