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Why do snakes lick the air?

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Snakes 'taste' the air with their tongues. They draw odor particles into their mouths and taste them with their Jacobson's organ in the roof of the mouth. It is a manner for exploring their environment and searching for food.

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all lizards do this, it is to smell prey. even the tiniest lil guys do

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