A giraffe's tongue is also the strongest of any animal, and it can be an impressive 18 inches long! For comparison, the average human tongue is between 3 to 3.5 inches long.
In addition to its speed, the frog tongue is strong. The tongue of the horned frog can pull objects that are about 1.4 times the frog's body weight, a 2014 study in the journal Scientific Reports found.
Cheetah. Described by Conservationist Dolph C. Volker as “the roughest type of sandpaper with little teeth attached”, cheetah tongues are some of the prickliest you'll find, and with good reason. They're designed that way so the big cats can more easily get the flesh off the bones of their prey.
The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) of Latin America can extend its tongue at least 45 centimetres (1 foot 5 inches) outside its mouth, and there are reports of it reaching as long as 61 centimetres (2 feet).
spinous, also called the Rosette-nosed Pygmy Chameleon. The lizard can shoot its tongue out 2.5 times the length of its body at about 8,500 feet per second.
Well, frogs have a trick up their sleeve: an ultra-fast tongue. Their tongue is made of two powerful muscle groups: an extender and a retractor. The extender fires the tongue towards its prey at an astounding 4,000 meters per second, that's six times faster than a jet fighter.
“A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.” is a fact in the Animal Facts category.
The icefish of the Channichthyidae family are unusual in several ways—they lack scales and have transparent bones, for example—but what stands out most is their so-called white blood, which is unique among vertebrates.
Yes, frog tongues are uniquely sticky (and their saliva makeup is crucial in bug capture), but they're also very soft—10 times softer than human tongues and one of the softest known biological materials. That softness makes frog tongues more like adhesive shock absorbers than scotch tape, the researchers suggest.
The hippopotamus has the widest mouth of any land animal. It can open its mouth up to 3.3ft (1m) wide.
According to a study, Elephants have the finest and probably the sharpest sense of smell ever recorded in a particular species. They can recognize all kinds of odors in their environment. This is owing to their nearly 2,000 distinct genes dedicated to the sense of smell.
Of all animals alive on Earth today, the Nile crocodile has the strongest bite, at 5,000psi (or 3,4473,787 newtons per square meter).
Chimpanzees can catch the “common cold” from humans—and it can kill them. Facing yet another danger posed by humans.
Geographic tongue is also known as benign migratory glossitis. As its clinical name implies, the unusual red patchy areas (often surrounded by a grayish white border) aren't cancerous nor contagious.
The greatest weight lifted with a human tongue is 12.5 kg (27 lb 8.96 oz) by Thomas who lifted the weight hooked through his tongue. Previous World Records: The World Record of 'heaviest weight lifted by tongue' was achieved by Thomas Blackthorne from UK.
Lemurs have a second tongue—called the “sublingua”—that is used to remove debris from the tooth comb. The sublingua is smaller than the primary tongue, sits below it and lacks taste buds.
The Hardest Teeth
The hardest substance ever discovered in nature is the tooth of a limpet (sea snail). They have a tensile strength between 3 and 6.5 gigapascals, breaking the previous record of spider silk at 1.3 GPa. Limpets need super hard teeth in order to chew the algae off of hard rocks.
Ever wondered what animal has the highest sense of taste? Well, the award goes to the catfish! Apparently, this fish with cat-like whiskers has up to 175,000 taste-sensitive cells (compared to an average person with only 10,000 taste buds) in its entire body.
One of those animals is the giraffe. Their tongues are more of a black color and it has been something that many people have wondered about. Why is Their Tongue Black? Giraffes spend a lot of time using their tongues to get food.
Brachiopods have black blood. Octopuses have a copper-based blood called hemocyanin that can absorb all colors except blue, which it reflects, hence making the octopus' blood appear blue.
Meanwhile, some marine worms (such as peanut worms,) have purple blood for a different reason: an oxygen-binding protein called hemerythrin. Finally, there are other marine worms called polychaetes that have blood with yet another oxygen-binding protein, called chlorocruonin.
Flatworms, nematodes, and cnidarians (jellyfish, sea anemones, and corals) do not have a circulatory system and thus do not have blood. Their body cavity has no lining or fluid within it.
Koalas (Phascolartos cinereus) really are a real-life Snorlax! These marsupials can sleep for 18 to 22 hours a day. This is largely due to their diet. Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves, which is actually toxic, so their digestive system has a hard time processing this food and can only get limited nutrients from it.
Elephants can run up to 25 miles per hour. However, they remain the only mammal on earth that can't jump. They always keep one leg on the ground - even when running.
The Pacific hagfish is the only vertebrate that can obey the cardinal rule of the dinner table: don't eat with your mouth open. Uniquely among the 50,000 vertebrate species alive today, it can absorb nutrients through its skin.