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Why do snakes smell with their forked tongue and not their nose?
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∙ 10y ago
A snake has a forked tongue because it evolved as a 'direction finding' sense over thousands of years. As a snake flicks its tongue, microscopic particles of scent stick to it. The tongue is pulled back into the mouth, and placed into the Jacobson's Organ - an area of very sensitive nerve cells. So sensitive that it can detect the microscopic variations from one half of the forked tongue to the other - telling the snake to 'go this way' to food !
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoAll snakes have forked tongues. A snake uses its tongue to smell, flicking it out to collect odor molecules, and the flicking them up into the Jacobson's organ, a sensory organ in the roof of the mouth. The fork gives a snake's smell a sense of direction, by figuring out which fork carries the strongest smell.
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∙ 10y agoSnakes can smell with their noses as well as with their toungs, but the toung profides an advantage. The tongue of a snake tells not only what the snake is smelling, but the fork allows the snake to tell the direction the smell is coming from based on which fork gets the strongest scent.
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∙ 9y agoSnakes have long tongues because that is how they smell and see. They use the tongue as one of their senses; that is why it is always going in and out of their mouth.
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∙ 10y agoIt stickes out its tongue so it can smell. Because God cursed it to eat the dust of the ground. So, whenever it sticks it tongue out the mud sticks to its tongue.
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∙ 6y agoSnakes can sense the heat from a animal or person by flicking it's tongue.
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Snakes flick their tongues every few seconds because it is a snakes scent mechanism.
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∙ 12y agothey eat to many potatoes
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∙ 15y agoThat's just how God created snakes.
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Do snake has nose?
Yes, But most snakes use their nose for smelling; some snakes use their forked tongues
Where does the nose of the snake is found?
Snakes breath through nostrils like you and me, but if you mean how do they smell, then the snake's sense of smell is in it's tongue, which is why snakes flick their tongues a lot.
Why can not python's smell out of their nose?
Nothing. The pythons sense of smell is in with its tongue.
Why do people have tongue's and nose's?
To breath, taste and smell.
What do ears eyes nose and tongue do?
ears : hear sound Eyes: vision Nose: smell Tongue: Taste ..in simple terms
How can you get the smell and taste from food?
u smell it with ur nose and u taste with ur tongue when u lick it
How does a lizard smell?
like any other living creature (through its nose)
Are the nerves for taste from the tongue the same as those used for smell?
Yes a snake's tongue is like a nose for us, that's why it flicks it's tongue a lot! Hope i helped!
What is smell and taste mean?
Smell and taste are 2 of the 5 senses we humans have: smell, taste, hear, sight, and feel. Guess what? You use your nose to smell and tongue to taste. Surprise, surprise.
What are five sense and their orgens?
Hearing - the ear sight - the eye taste - the tongue smell - the nose touch - the skin
What helps a snake find its prey?
A Snake tracks it's prey by flickering its tongue. This is how a snake smells its prey. Most vipers use their tongue as well as their heat sensitive pits located near their eyes. This allows them to detect variations in temperature. A snake does not have a nose to smell nor are they able to hear, as all snakes are def.
Does smell influence taste?
Well, if you were to plug your nose, and eat or drink something at the same time, you would not have your tongue taste that thing in your mouth like it usually does. That's because you are stopping a nerve that goes from your nose to your tongue, therefore blocking some taste. I would say that yes, if you to smell a food before you taste it, and it smells bad to you, it might influence you taste buds/ tongue.
