Tongue Out Tuesday

A cow's tongue is an amazing body part.

A cow only has front teeth on the bottom of their mouth - the top is a hard pad, but no teeth. So in order to eat grass, a cow can't bite it off like a horse, but they must rip it off with their tongue.

A cow's tongue is very rough-nearly like sandpaper. When a cow has an itch, she will use her tongue to scratch it.

​Cows use their tongues for other things too -like licking their calves dry at birth or cleaning out their nose.  

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