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2006-09-03 17:00:10 · 6 answers · asked by Raphael 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
This is a receptor located in the mouth of the snake which senses particles collected from the air by the snake's flickering tongue. This is how snakes can "smell" with their tongue. It is also found in other animals, including some mammals and, according to some researchers, in humans.
2006-09-03 17:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by gummydad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reptiles taste and smell using an organ in the roof of the mouth called the Jacobson’s organ—a small cavity lined with sense detectors that recognize chemical changes in and around the mouth. This sense organ helps the animal locate prey, find mates, and generally obtain information about its surroundings. Monitor lizards and snakes continually flick their forked tongues, collecting small airborne particles that are carried back to the Jacobson's organ. The information they obtain in this way enables them to detect prey and follow scent trails.
2006-09-03 19:44:07 · answer #2 · answered by isaac a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the heat detector snakes have to locate their warm blooded prey. It is located in the snakes mouth behind the tongue.
2006-09-08 14:01:47 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its the organ that allows snakes to sense ("smell") particles in the air by using their tongue
2006-09-03 17:06:20 · answer #4 · answered by miamiman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ORGAN SITUATE ON THE SNAKE TONG USING FOR SMELLING!!
2006-09-11 01:52:16 · answer #5 · answered by gabriela b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vomeronasal organ
see the wiki page
2006-09-03 17:07:11 · answer #6 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋