2007-02-25 20:37:18 · 17 answers · asked by Alan B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Crocodiles do have tongues, they just can't move them.
Many insects (such as mosquitos) do not have tongues.
2007-02-25 20:43:16 · answer #1 · answered by Vegan 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Crocodiles, Alligators, Gharials: all have tongues, but it is so well glued to the bottom base of the mouth, that they cannot move it at will like us. Only movement that is permitted is the slight up and down motion, without getting off the base.
Since the senses of sight, smell and feel of the croc are well developed; and since it just swallows the bits that it could chew off the carcass or animal, it does not need to taste or move its tongue to enable chewing.
However, a croc has good maneuverability with its mouth. Check out a gharial after it catches fish with its slender snout, as to how he throws, catches, aligns the fish to make sure the head first goes into the throat. Great feat with just an immovable tongue.
2007-02-26 00:05:02 · answer #2 · answered by Tiger Tracks 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a crocodile does have a tongue, but it is fused to the roof of the mouth
2007-02-27 10:58:51 · answer #3 · answered by cornerstone 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alligators and crocodiles and -all- reptiles have tongues. Take a look...
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/alligator-palatal-valve.jpg
http://www.lsu.edu/icc/pictures/alligator/SwampAlligator.jpg
(btw, don't try that at home)
http://courses.washington.edu/vertebra/452/photos/diapsids/alligator_head.jpg
(this is a common alligator deformity, but it's a good look at a young gator's tongue)
Anyway, their tongue is attached to the bottom of their mouth, so they can't stick it out. This is why you see alligators and crocs gaping....
2007-02-25 23:44:42 · answer #4 · answered by gimmenamenow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Crocodiles have tongues . Come to my Pond and see. I wonder where you got that information ?
2007-02-25 20:44:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Crocodiles have tongues. Whatever gave you the idea they didn't?
2007-02-25 20:41:32 · answer #6 · answered by tentofield 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go stick your head in ones mouth they got a tounge and lots of teeth........Never watch Crocodile Hunter?
2007-02-25 20:46:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Crocodiles have no tongue; frogs have half, because it’s backwards, attached at the front and free at the back; men have one, the best of all, because with it they speak all languages and imitate every animal, as the philosopher Archidamos said; sea foxes [raposas marinas] have two, as I have said; women have three, because they talk with their mouth and with their fingers and heart, and their tongues are rough and sharp, like those of cats and leopards.
2007-02-25 20:44:47 · answer #8 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No crocodiles do not have a tongue.
2007-02-25 21:28:08 · answer #9 · answered by ehtesham k 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Crocodiles have tongues! So do alligators and tortoises - why did you think they didn't?
2007-02-26 00:12:37 · answer #10 · answered by Chris W 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋