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She is smelling you!
The snake’s tongue has a fork on the end of it, because it captures little pieces of smell — odor particles — that are floating in the air. The fork in the tongue that holds this smelly air is brought back into the snake’s mouth and pressed against the roof of the mouth.
The snake has an organ called the Jacobson’s organ inside its head. When the snake’s tongue goes back inside its mouth, it is put into two pits in the roof of its mouth. Those two pits are the entrance to the Jacobson’s organ. The two pits in the roof of the mouth is why snakes have to have that forked tongue.
The air particles that are pressed into the two pits in the roof of the mouth have information that is sent into the Jacobson’s organ. This special organ reads the information about the air’s scent and then sends that information to the snake’s brain. Info courtesy Google.
I shot this yesterday while out watering my garden. She's quite beautiful.
Female Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) named Ratu, one of two dragons in the San Diego Zoo's Komodo Kingdom. Also known as the Komodo monitor, these 'dragons' are the largest extand species of lizard. Conservation status: Vulnerable
Female Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) named Ratu (Queen in Indonesian). She is one of two dragons in the newly opened Komodo Kingdom. Also known as the Komodo monitor, these 'dragons' are the largest extand species of lizard.
Monitors lizards have a deeply forked tongue like that of a snake. There is a sensitive receptor organ on the roof of the mouth, also like that of snakes.
San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Vulnerable
A Monitor Lizard just slithering along through the Singapore Botanical Gardens
Monitor Lizard - Singapore
This large water monitor was stalking the flood plain looking for tasty morsels... Their distinctive forked tongues are used to detect scent molecules in the air...
One of the things I need to do more of on my walks now, is look down at the ground often. I watch for little things that can trip me or set me off balance. On this occasion, I discovered a garter snake in the grass close to me. He was completely still. I found a spot on the ground and got low to capture this pose. I love snakes. They get such a bad rap from several people I know. They are like velvet to the touch and I am amazed at how fast they move with no legs. Snakes use their tongue to taste the air around them. The forked ends allow him to taste two areas at once using each tip. I was glad I noticed him and I was even more happy that I was able to get back up on my own two feet from being on the ground!
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I came across the broad-banded water snake while hiking at Armand Bayou Nature Center. Directly below the snake was the water it had climbed out of and up onto this small tree. It was pretty neat watching it as it slithered up the tree. That tongue was moving in and out, until it would stop and rest.
Not what I would necessarily call a *good* picture, but since lizards are vanishingly uncommon in the PNW, I had to take what I could get! I've lived here for a decade and have only seen a lizard twice. Quite a change from living in Florida! The northern alligator lizard (Elgaria coerulea), presumably E. c. principis based on our location. They can detach their still-wriggling tails to confuse a predator and they practice "mate-holding", where males hold females' heads in their mouths for up to several days during mating. Zoom for a glimpse of a slightly forked tongue.
Spring has officially sprung, the Garter Snakes are out and looking for love.
Garter snakes were long thought to be nonvenomous, but recent discoveries have revealed they do, in fact, produce a strong
neurotoxic venom.Despite this, garter snakes still cannot kill humans with the small amounts of comparatively mild venom they produce, and they also lack an effective means of delivering it. They do have enlarged teeth in the back of their mouths, but their gums are significantly larger, and the secretions of their Duvernoy's gland are only mildly toxic. - Wiki
According to what I've read, this Ruby-throated Hummingbird ought not be able to snap up an insect this way. Hummers can't use their forked tongues as a pincer. But perhaps it took its best shot.
This Western ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus) was 'hiding' among the fall leaves near the trail at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center. This photo makes it look as if one fork of its tongue is missing but other pictures say it was just curled under. It was a pretty healthy specimen at ~4' (1.3 meters). It had rained during the night and this was during a lull in the following day's moisture.
So, I'm at Cape May Point State Park photographing birds when we see something in the water, maybe a turtle, but it's moving too fast to be a turtle, so I look through the camera and it's a snake swimming towards the shoreline of the lake. I was out on a platform so I was able to get some shots of this eastern gartersnake as it swam along with it's tongue out, checking for scents. I never thought I'd see a snake but when you're out in nature you never know what you'll find! I'm actually surprised that with all the birds present that one of them didn't make a meal of this snake!
Captured with a Canon 7D Mark II and Sigma 150-600mm f/5.6-6.3 OS DG HSM Sports Lens on 8 November 2015.
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I have several of these small toy snakes in different colours. In full, they are 4 inches long. Frame above is 2.5 inches across.
DIABLO the KINGSNAKE
Love them or hate them, they are amazing creatures and usually just "misunderstood"
One of many to come !! So please don't creep out, the pics will be hopefully interesting to look at ! This is my nephew's pet !
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His name's so nice, you gotta say it twice.
A Komodo dragon at Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo in Queensland.
Haven't felt really inspired as of late to take better pictures, what with starting a new job so..here's a filler image I took a bit back of my demon fusky.
A street portrait of a young brave avant-garde, post-modern beauty with a forked tongue and some piercing face decorations or how-do-they-call-it. Hope, she is healthy and happy now.
Well, they're mouth parts really... didn't know it was shaped like this. I'd not long eaten an apple, so this Volucella bombylans sat quite happily for a while sponging away!
Side on shot below!
Upton Magna - Shropshire
Madzharovo area, Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria, 23/5/25
The nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) is the most venomous snake in Bulgaria, due to its large size, long fangs, and potent venom; though it is not typically aggressive. They are widely distributed throughout the country, and It is also known as the horned viper, long-nosed viper, and sand viper. Two subspecies are found in Bulgaria: V. a. ammodytes in the north-east which are red-tailed, and V. a. montandoni in the rest of the country that are green-tailed. This one is the latter, and has a green tail.
Nose-horned vipers are ambush predators, meaning they often wait for prey to come within striking distance. They will strike, release, track, and then swallow larger prey, while smaller prey may be swallowed without using venom. They primarily prey on small mammals like rodents (mice, rats, rabbits), birds, and lizards. As juveniles, they often consume lizards and centipedes. Occasionally, they may also eat other snakes, including their own species.
This young and brightly colored Banded Water Snake was on the prowl for something to eat, it passed over probably 100 small bullfrogs, so I don't know what was on his menu, but it wasn't frogs. :) He slithered very nicely right in the good light for me. Anyway, this was another in the Marsh Series I have been doing, I have spent several days taking shots of all kinds of things. As far as "surface tension" goes, its amazing how much weight the water's surface can take before an object goes under, for instance the small floating leaf of the duckweed. :)
Taken with the 7dmkII camera and my Canon 400mm f/2.8 lens.
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Nerodia rhombifer rhombifer
Here's a detail of BHOB's head. While most all the materials are from farm equipment, M T Liggett did a lot of free hand oxy-acetylene torch cutting and the welding of light weight sheet metal shows some real skills beyond the creativity.
Beautiful yellow phase Rattlesnake seen in Blairstown, NJ. www.facebook.com/paulinskillriverphotography
I was standing on the pier looking at debris floating in the water when I realized this was more than just a stick. What a rude snake sticking its tongue out at me like that.
Diamondback water snake (Nerodia rhombifer)
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Up among the cliffs of the Forked Tongue Ridge, there's a hideout I call Sky Pocket. It's decorated with domes and swirls similar to those at White Pocket, but it adds a feature: great views to the north and south. This was taken within the castle domes of Sky Pocket on May 17, 2017, looking north toward Paria Canyon. See my Episode 2 hike on YouTube about how I found this interesting spot. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAKJMbqaJutHW6o8lAza3QoxTC...