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Talking tongues, detecting beer, and shifting perspectives on females

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The Evolution of the Mammalian Tongue

Horned lizards have evolved a tongue anatomy and a mucus that's really, really thick. Some bats click their tongues and use it for echolocation. whales do a similar thing. The other thing about mammals obviously, some of us, for example, humans can talk. And our tongue has become really important for that.

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