The Rough tongue a snail uses is named RADULA which are tiny rows of teeth.
a snails eats it's food which goes through it's digestive system.
Most land snails eat plants and other vegetation. Snails eat mostly living plants as well as decaying plants. They also chew on fruits and young succulent plant barks. Snails also eat algae. A snail has something called radula in its mouth for grinding up its food. This radula is like a rough tongue, something like a file with rows of tiny teeth, which it uses to scrape off leaves and flowers to eat. Snails can also gnaw through limestone. They eat the little bits of chalk in the rock, which they need for their shells (calcium). Many people get upset and farmers get angry when snails eat their plants and crops. Snails can cause serious damage to crops.
It feels like a cats tongue and if you don't know how that feels it is like sandpaper.
Certain mollusks have rough raspy tongue-like organs called radulas. These mollusks include snails, and slugs. Another animal called the hagfish lives in marine environments and uses its radula to eat dead carcases in its water environment.
Smooth surface
dry/rough tongue......
You might try a mouth wash and/or a tongue scraper.
The papillae give the tongue a rough-textured surface which allows the tongue to move food to the back of the mouth more easily.
A puma's tongue is quite rough due to the presence of numerous small, hook-like structures called papillae. These papillae are made of keratin and serve multiple purposes, such as helping the puma lap up water and scrape meat off bones when feeding. This unique texture allows them to effectively consume their prey and maintain their grooming habits. Overall, the roughness of their tongue is an adaptation that aids in their survival.
elephant snails have characteristics such as: *Black/slippery-protection against predators,hard to grip. *White shell-protection against sun *herbivore-eats algae such as microscopic seaweed *rough tongue
The rough edge of the tongue refers to the side edges or margins of the tongue, where tastebuds are located. These areas are sensitive to taste stimulation and play a role in detecting different flavors.
Marine Gastropods (snails, slugs) as a group cover pretty much every feeding strategy known. Many use their rough tongue (called a radula) to scrape micro algae off the surface of hard substrate. However, Gastropods can also be carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, scavengers, deposit feeders, suspension feeders and parasites. Some cone shells even hunt small fish!