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Snakes use their tongue as an aid in smelling, and molecules detected are passed back into the mouth for identification.

Snake venom is a modified form of saliva, whose ordinary purpose is adding enzymes to the food to aid digestion.

Some snakes have further improved the design by having sharp fangs down which the poison can be passed into the punctured animal.

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