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    Which animal has the longest tongue?

    Question #101399. Asked by Matthew_07. (Dec 02 08 8:11 AM)


    WesleyCrusher

    Relative to body size, this title would likely go to the Tube-lipped Nectar bat.

    http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Largest-body-part

    Photo of Tube-lipped bat:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00631/news-graphics-2006-_631887a.jpg

    In absolute terms, answers vary, but the best documented ones point to the African Giraffe.

    http://www.zoo.com.sg/spotlight/african_giraffe.htm

    (Other sources identify the aardvark with 45 cm and a specific boxer at 15 to 17 inches.)

    [Photo of bat added -- Zb]

    Dec 02 08, 8:21 AM
    Arpeggionist

    The largest tongue in the animal kingdom is that of the blue whale. I haven't been able to find specific lengths, but certainly it is greater than 53cm. The creature's tongue "weighs as much as a small car" according to at least one writer whose book I've read.

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_a_blue_whales_tongue_bigger_than_an_elephant

    Dec 02 08, 2:14 PM


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