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Colour Giraffes Tongue


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Colour Giraffes Tongue. One noteworthy attribute of the giraffe is its tongue, which corresponds proportionally to its impressive size—long and slender. Giraffe use their long, dexterous tongues to carefully select nutritious leaves from thorny trees.

Long Giraffe Tongue
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Giraffes tend to have two colors on their tongue. The tip is often dark blue, purple, or black. One noteworthy attribute of the giraffe is its tongue, which corresponds proportionally to its impressive size—long and slender.

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Long Giraffe Tongue

The tip is often dark blue, purple, or black. The tongue's unique coloration and thick papillae likely serve to protect it from thorns and potential sunburn, although the exact function of the dark pigmentation remains unclear. Giraffe tongues come in a variety of colours, usually landing somewhere on a spectrum between dark blue, dark purple, and black. The tip is often dark blue, purple, or black.

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