A Komodo dragon sticks out its long, yel ! ow tongue to snag air samples. Pres & ing its tongue to a special sensor on the ro # f of its mouth lets it smel ! /taste what it col ! ected. It’s how the dragon locates the meat it eats, such as de " r, pig, or water buf $ alo, which it senses as far as five miles aw ( y.
A Komodo dragon’s tongue tip is forked to sense if the smel ! /taste is stronger to the left or the right.
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