The tiger standing at the top of the food chain is a very ferocious existence in nature. The reason why tigers are powerful is not only because of their amazing athletic ability and sharp minions, but also because of its special structure of tongue.
Friends who have raised cats know that the surface of the cat’s tongue is not smooth, and it feels a little numb when licked. What would it feel if it was licked by a tiger? The breeder conducted an experiment and only started for 2 minutes, and all netizens were stunned!
1 Special tongue of feline
When feeding, felines rely on joints to bite. The feline has no moving teeth to chew, so they can only swallow their prey whole. The feeding is not complete, which will affect the survival of the feline, so they evolved into barbs.
barbs are made of keratin, with a hardness similar to that of human nails. When eating, you can lick the flesh from the bones so that you will not waste it.
Tiger is the largest among cats, so the barbs on the tiger's tongue can be said to be the sharpest. What will happen if you are licked by this kind of tongue?
The keeper of the zoo conducted an experiment specially.
2 The breeder specially made raw meat popsicles
The breeder put a few pieces of raw meat and clean water into the refrigerator and specially made 1 raw meat popsicle. After the popsicle was put down, the tiger was quickly attracted and came to lick it.
When the tiger licked it for the first time, the place where it was licked was obviously smaller. After licking it two or three times, the side of the popsicle had broken, and the tiger had eaten raw meat effortlessly.
The barbs on the tiger's tongue feel the same as steel brushes. If they are licked on a person, they may be licked off directly!
However, the barbs on the tiger's tongue can be controlled by themselves. When the tiger mother licks the little tiger's hair, she will put it away to avoid hurting the baby~
