Sort of. All snakes, not just rattlesnakes, and some lizards have a Jacobson's organ on the roof of the mouth. Reptiles with this trait flick the tongue out to gather scents and then flick them into the Jacobson's organ.
Rattlesnakes fangs fold back into the roof of the mouth when not in use.
Yes it has special sensors and tasters on the roof of its mouth.
They smell with the roof of their mouth called Jacobson's Organ.
they seldom bathe!
Cats have a special gland on the roof of their mouth that allows them to 'taste' the scent, letting them smell it better. So in a sense they are. I am sorry I cannot remember what it is called and I can't find it.
No, you do not taste with the roof of your mouth. Taste buds are located on the tongue, not the roof of the mouth.
A snake uses its forked tongue to collect scents and then flicks them into the Jacobson's organ on the roof of the mouth.
It's the Jacobsons Organ
No, you cannot taste with the roof of your mouth. Taste buds are located on the tongue, not the roof of the mouth.
Copperheads This is, in fact, myth. Copperheads do not smell like cucmber and rattlesnakes do not smell like watermelon.
The Palatine bone forms the posterior roof of the mouth.
Copperheads This is, in fact, myth. Copperheads do not smell like cucmber and rattlesnakes do not smell like watermelon.