2006-08-12 10:59:47 · 4 answers · asked by ERMASTER 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Smell - Like humans, snakes breathe airborne smells into nasal openings that lead to an olfactory chamber for processing; but snakes have a secondary system, as well. When a snake flicks its tongue, it is gathering odor particles for transfer to two fluid-filled sacs at the roof of the mouth -- Jacobson's organs -- that lead to a second, smaller olfactory chamber. The tongue is used only to assist in this process; snakes do not have a sense of taste.
2006-08-12 11:19:55 · answer #1 · answered by Dukie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer likely a nostril yet nostrils and nasal cavities, yet they do no longer seem for use to smell. rather, the flicking tongue is mostly a smelling gadget by way of fact there's a small organ on the roof of the oral hollow area. So whilst they flick their tongue the forked section brings lower back air debris into the organ.
2016-12-11 07:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snakes smell with their tongues.
2006-08-12 13:39:55 · answer #3 · answered by puma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure
2006-08-12 11:18:34 · answer #4 · answered by chikidii 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋