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00:27 So for those who are wondering, a lion's tongue is extremely rough.
00:32 In fact, it's so rough that it reminds me of about 40 to 50 grade sandpaper.
00:38 That being said, if you take your arm and you rub it on some brick paving more than five or six times,
00:47 it's more than likely going to bleed.
00:49 The same thing if a lion licks you five or six times in the same spot.
00:53 You can see the little blood droplets building up.
00:57 You can hear that.
01:00 This is due to these tiny little spinous kind of processes on the tongue called papilla.
01:07 You can't have that, you ski.
01:13 No.
01:21 Ending off on spinous processes, they're actually called papilla.
01:26 They're very rough, multifunctional.
01:29 A lion can use them for grooming, can use them for softening and getting into hard to reach places when it's eating meat.
01:39 And also use them for drinking.
01:42 Kind of dump their tongue in the water, tongue fills up, and then they leach it back into the back of the throat.
01:48 It's a real multipurpose tool.
01:51 A lion uses tongue, a lion's tongue.
01:54 It's also used in all grooming calves' hair.
01:57 I hope you enjoyed that little video, eating Ishka, the white lioness,
02:02 and her perfect demonstration of the use of her tongue, what her tongue is used for.
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