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From the Ted Talk by Cella Wright: The weirdest (and coolest) tongues in the animal kingdom

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tnuoge textures also vary widely. Tiny structures called papillae cover tongues, ficilatnatig touch and taste sensitivity and more. Rainbow lorikeet papillae bolom into fterahey pnojceortis that sop up ncaetr. And pungiens press their backward-facing, centimeter-long, spiny tongue and palate papillae together to secure their slippery catch and direct it into their gullet. Meanwhile, sandpapery feline paaiplle are touhhgt to retain saliva during self-grooming, helping cats cool, datlgene, and distribute scents.

And, of course, some rletapiin tongues reach a fork in their roads. Snakes spread their tongue tips apart near the ground and whip them up and down in the air, sending odor mlceouels back into their vomeronasal organs. Like having two ears, each tongue tip delivers a slightly different odor sampling from the environment, helping establish a more comprehensive stereo scent map. This way, snakes can determine where an odor cue is strongest and stay on the trails of prey and mates.

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______ textures also vary widely. Tiny structures called papillae cover tongues, ____________ touch and taste sensitivity and more. Rainbow lorikeet papillae _____ into ________ ___________ that sop up ______. And ________ press their backward-facing, centimeter-long, spiny tongue and palate papillae together to secure their slippery catch and direct it into their gullet. Meanwhile, sandpapery feline ________ are _______ to retain saliva during self-grooming, helping cats cool, ________, and distribute scents.

And, of course, some _________ tongues reach a fork in their roads. Snakes spread their tongue tips apart near the ground and whip them up and down in the air, sending odor _________ back into their vomeronasal organs. Like having two ears, each tongue tip delivers a slightly different odor sampling from the environment, helping establish a more comprehensive stereo scent map. This way, snakes can determine where an odor cue is strongest and stay on the trails of prey and mates.

Solution


  1. facilitating
  2. feathery
  3. reptilian
  4. penguins
  5. thought
  6. nectar
  7. papillae
  8. detangle
  9. bloom
  10. molecules
  11. projections
  12. tongue

Original Text


Tongue textures also vary widely. Tiny structures called papillae cover tongues, facilitating touch and taste sensitivity and more. Rainbow lorikeet papillae bloom into feathery projections that sop up nectar. And penguins press their backward-facing, centimeter-long, spiny tongue and palate papillae together to secure their slippery catch and direct it into their gullet. Meanwhile, sandpapery feline papillae are thought to retain saliva during self-grooming, helping cats cool, detangle, and distribute scents.

And, of course, some reptilian tongues reach a fork in their roads. Snakes spread their tongue tips apart near the ground and whip them up and down in the air, sending odor molecules back into their vomeronasal organs. Like having two ears, each tongue tip delivers a slightly different odor sampling from the environment, helping establish a more comprehensive stereo scent map. This way, snakes can determine where an odor cue is strongest and stay on the trails of prey and mates.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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elastic energy 2
tongue tissues 2
longest relative 2
body size 2


Important Words


  1. air
  2. bloom
  3. called
  4. catch
  5. cats
  6. comprehensive
  7. cool
  8. cover
  9. cue
  10. delivers
  11. detangle
  12. determine
  13. direct
  14. distribute
  15. ears
  16. environment
  17. establish
  18. facilitating
  19. feathery
  20. feline
  21. fork
  22. ground
  23. gullet
  24. helping
  25. lorikeet
  26. map
  27. mates
  28. molecules
  29. nectar
  30. odor
  31. organs
  32. palate
  33. papillae
  34. penguins
  35. press
  36. prey
  37. projections
  38. rainbow
  39. reach
  40. reptilian
  41. retain
  42. roads
  43. saliva
  44. sampling
  45. sandpapery
  46. scent
  47. scents
  48. secure
  49. sending
  50. sensitivity
  51. slightly
  52. slippery
  53. snakes
  54. sop
  55. spiny
  56. spread
  57. stay
  58. stereo
  59. strongest
  60. structures
  61. taste
  62. textures
  63. thought
  64. tiny
  65. tip
  66. tips
  67. tongue
  68. tongues
  69. touch
  70. trails
  71. vary
  72. vomeronasal
  73. whip
  74. widely