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What are the only three animals known to have blue tongues?

Question #89258. Asked by BRY2K.
Last updated Feb 20 2017.

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Answer has 6 votes.

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Response last updated by MrNobody97 on Feb 20 2017.
Dec 01 2007, 6:10 AM
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USELESS INFORMATION #43: There are only three animals with blue tongues -- the black bear, the Chow Chow dog and the blue-tongued lizard.

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Dec 01 2007, 11:15 AM
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link http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/giraffe

A giraffe's tongue is 18 to 20 inches (46 to 50 centimeters) long and blue-black. Some people think the color is to keep the tongue from getting sunburned. So if the black bear also has a blue tongue, that makes 4 animals. I haven't been able to find any article nominating black bears having blue tongues.

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Dec 01 2007, 10:18 PM
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Black bears do NOT have a blue tongue. There are plenty of pictures on the internet that clearly show a black bear's tongue to be pink.

That means there are at least 5 animals that do have a blue tongue: blue-tongued skinks, Chow-Chow dogs, giraffes, okapis and impalas.

Just note that an impala's tongue isn't as bright blue as the others. It's a bit more greyish-blue.

Response last updated by MrNobody97 on Feb 20 2017.
Jan 11 2017, 5:54 PM
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