The tongue is used to help the snake find food and to respond to its environment. It can sense a source of heat with the tongue telling it if there is an animal near or danger. Some snakes have a gland behind the tongue that allows them to spit venom. The cobra is one snake that can do this.
Snakes don't have a very good sense of smell through their noses, the tongue has a sensor in it that the snake can "sense" danger, food, water and more things they need to survive. Without the tongue the snake wouldn't last too long
Snakes don't have a very good sense of smell through their noses, the tongue has a sensor in it that the snake can "sense" danger, food, water and more things they need to survive. Without the tongue the snake wouldn't last too long
A snake's tongue is a 'sensory organ'. Each side of the tongue is monitored separately by the brain - enabling the snake to determine which way to go in search of food.
The tongue is used to help the snake find food and to respond to its environment. It can sense a source of heat with the tongue telling it if there is an animal near or danger. Some snakes have a gland behind the tongue that allows them to spit venom. The cobra is one snake that can do this.
Actually, the tongue is very important for a snake. While a snake's eyesight and hearing are only average, its sense of smell is very intense, thanks in large part to its tongue. A snake's tongue may look strange, but it helps the snake to experience various aromas in its environment: for example, it flicks its tongue as a way to smell the air and detect if there is prey in the area or if there is some kind of threat.
it has shelter it has food where he/she could eat
No. There is not a set tongue color for poisonousand harmless snakes. A garter snake has both red and black on its tongue
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The tongue is used to capture the air particles around the snake. It (the tongue) is rubbed on a small organ in the roof of the mouth called "vomeronasal organ", or "Jacobson's organ. From this the snake can perceive if there is prey or predators around it
If the species of snake is different than it will flick its tongue differently because its surroundings will change
The Snakes tongue is most important for identifying its surrounding and prey, the snake flicks it's tongue in and out of it's mouth rapidly to catch particles in the air, because snakes don't really smell and most species see poorly (some species are believed to have trouble or the inability to see stationary objects) the heat sensitive pits (Some Vipers can sense a 0.2 degree (F) change, which is enough to temporarily see your "Heat Footprint") and the tongue are crucial to survival. Particles from the air stick to the tongue, the tongue is rubbed against the toof of the mouth and a gland basically allow the snake to smell or even taste what its looking at, whether prey or predator or whatever it may encounter.