Snake noses (fwd)

[sean.kerns@sdrc.com (Snake)]

Steve corrects:
> 
> 
> ;Sean writes:
> ;What other use for such a sensitive nose? Maybe to track prey?
> ;Like snakes, or any number of other predators.
> 
> Maybe "scent organ" was meant above, and possibly I'm nitpicking but....
> 
> Snakes do not have "noses" per se, they have nasal openings, but the 
> olfactory organ is in their tongue.  It is called a Jacobsen's (sp?) organ, 
> and can sense taste, smell and temperature.  Some large cats have this organ 
> (Felis concolor, the mountain lion) also.
> 
> Steve
> 
> skshowa@sandia.gov
> 

Yes, I used "nose" in the general sense. What I was getting at was
that lots of predators find scent a very useful tool.

Sean



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