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- Forked_tongue abstract "A forked tongue is a tongue split into two distinct tines at the tip; this is a feature common to many species of reptiles. Reptiles smell using the tip of their tongue, and a forked tongue allows them to sense from which direction a smell is coming. Sensing from both sides of the head and following trails based on chemical cues is called tropotaxis. It is unclear whether or not forked tongued reptiles can actually follow trails or if this is just a hypothesis.Forked tongues have evolved in these Squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) for various purposes. The advantage to having a forked tongue is that more surface area is available for the chemicals to contact and the potential for tropotaxis. The tongue is flicked out of the mouth regularly to sample the chemical environment. This form of chemical sampling allows these animals to sense volatile chemicals, which cannot be detected by simply using the olfactory system. This increased ability to sense chemicals has allowed for heightened abilities to identify prey, recognize kin, choose mates, locate shelters, follow trails, and more.Forked tongues have evolved multiple times in Squamates. It is unclear, based on the morphological and genetic evidence, where the exact points of change are from a notched tongue to a forked tongue, but it is believed that the change has happened two to four times. A common behavioral characteristic that has evolved in those with forked tongues is that they tend to be wide foragers.Hummingbirds also have tongues that split at the tip. Galagos (bushbabies) have a secondary tongue, or sublingua, used for grooming, hidden under their first.".
- Forked_tongue thumbnail Morelia_spilota_head.jpg?width=300.
- Forked_tongue wikiPageID "1460361".
- Forked_tongue wikiPageRevisionID "605043007".
- Forked_tongue hasPhotoCollection Forked_tongue.
- Forked_tongue subject Category:Deception.
- Forked_tongue subject Category:English_phrases.
- Forked_tongue subject Category:Sensory_organs.
- Forked_tongue subject Category:Tongue.
- Forked_tongue type BodyPart105220461.
- Forked_tongue type Organ105297523.
- Forked_tongue type Part109385911.
- Forked_tongue type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Forked_tongue type SensoryOrgans.
- Forked_tongue type Thing100002452.
- Forked_tongue comment "A forked tongue is a tongue split into two distinct tines at the tip; this is a feature common to many species of reptiles. Reptiles smell using the tip of their tongue, and a forked tongue allows them to sense from which direction a smell is coming. Sensing from both sides of the head and following trails based on chemical cues is called tropotaxis.".
- Forked_tongue label "Forked tongue".
- Forked_tongue label "Gespleten tong".
- Forked_tongue label "Langue bifide".
- Forked_tongue label "Língua bifurcada".
- Forked_tongue sameAs Langue_bifide.
- Forked_tongue sameAs Gespleten_tong.
- Forked_tongue sameAs Língua_bifurcada.
- Forked_tongue sameAs m.0539fk.
- Forked_tongue sameAs Q3217309.
- Forked_tongue sameAs Q3217309.
- Forked_tongue sameAs Forked_tongue.
- Forked_tongue wasDerivedFrom Forked_tongue?oldid=605043007.
- Forked_tongue depiction Morelia_spilota_head.jpg.
- Forked_tongue isPrimaryTopicOf Forked_tongue.
