Emery County Progress | 1917-01-20 | Page 8 | Tongues That Kill

Tongues That Kill. The tongues of some animals are very dangerous weapons. A lion could speedily kill a man by merely licking him with his tongue. The tongues of all the members of the cat family are covered with curious recurving spines, formed of tough cartilage. In the common: com-mon: domestic cat these spines are very' small, but are sufficiently well developed to give the tongue a feeling feel-ing of roughness. ' In the fiercest animals, ani-mals, such as the lion or tiger, these spines are frequently found projecting up for Bn eighth of an Inch or more, with very sharp points or edges. While the mouth Is relaxed the tongusj Is soft and smooth, but when the animal ani-mal 1b excited the spines become rigid, i