LA Zoo | Lizards Smell Using Their What?! @TheLosAngelesZoo | Uploaded 9 months ago | Updated 19 hours ago
Did you know that lizards, like the butaan, use their tongue to smell? 👅 Every time they flick their long, forked tongue, scent particles land on it. When the tongue is brought back into the mouth, it rubs against a special organ on the roof of their mouth called a Jacobson's organ. The Jacobson's organ helps differentiate what the lizard is smelling, and the forked split in the tongue communicates what direction the scent is coming from.
#TongueOutTuesday #Butaan #Lizard
Did you know that lizards, like the butaan, use their tongue to smell? 👅 Every time they flick their long, forked tongue, scent particles land on it. When the tongue is brought back into the mouth, it rubs against a special organ on the roof of their mouth called a Jacobson's organ. The Jacobson's organ helps differentiate what the lizard is smelling, and the forked split in the tongue communicates what direction the scent is coming from.
#TongueOutTuesday #Butaan #Lizard
